Conference Session

Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Xinrui (rose) Xu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Douglas B. Samuel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Ramirez, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nichole Ramirez is a Research Data Analyst in the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Ef- fectiveness Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering Education and M.S. in Aviation and Aerospace Management from Purdue University, and her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The Uni- versity of Alabama. As a postdoctoral researcher, she was the Associate Director of Policy Analysis for the Multiple Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Longitudinal Development (MIDFIELD). She is also President of the Board of Directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - West Central Indiana.Xinrui (Rose) Xu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura Jun Chee Yong, Pennsylvania State University; Linda M Hanagan P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering

depending on the purpose they serve, the regions where they are located. Everyonehas some connection with buildings, and the functions and systems of buildings can be exploredat any cognitive level and from almost any location. Because buildings are relatable andaccessible to everyone, there are many opportunities within the building industry to connectstudents with engineering and potentially spark interest in pursuing engineering careers.This paper aims to lay the groundwork for developing, implementing, and assessing the efficacyof a classroom intervention. The purpose of the proposed classroom intervention is to increaseSTEM career awareness and readiness at a socioeconomically challenged middle school with adiverse student population by

Conference Session

Labs and Experiential Learning

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Gurcan Comert; Zulfikar Berk, University of South Carolina; Robert Petrulis; Balaji Iyangar; Esmail M Abuhdima, Benedict college; Negash Begashaw, Benedict College

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Diversity, Labs and experiential learning

self-assessed research skills (sorted highest to lowest) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35162 Table 5: Pre-experience participants' self-assessed research skills, highest to lowest (N = 16) Mean Strongly Slightly Slightly Strongly Response* Disagree Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Agree I have well-developed 5.13 0.0% 6.3% 0.0% 6.3% 50.0% 37.5% critical thinking skills. I am good at working on 5.13 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 37.5% 37.5

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

David I. Schwartz, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS)

reinforcetheir math, physics, and graphics programming skills. This paper is ultimately a call to action toinspire other educators curious about leveraging the appeal of game physics and PBA.Preliminary evidence presented in the paper suggests that physics can be taught with gamephysics, but with two different groups of researchers (physics/engineering andgames/computing) tackling the approaches for different goals, much remains to be studied: • Assessment of game physics in teaching physics to game programmers. The author’s current course and related work are part of games and graphics curricula that lack the formal assessment seen in ABET and educational research studies. • Investigation of programming environments for non-programmers

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University; Cindy Rojas

Paper ID #35040Design and Development of Augmented Reality Engineering Expeditions -Innovations in Online Engineering EducationDr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University Araceli Martinez Ortiz, PhD., is Research Associate Professor of Engineering Education in the College of Education at Texas State University. She leads a comprehensive research agenda related to issues of curriculum and instruction in engineering education, motivation and preparation of under served pop- ulations of students and teachers and in assessing the impact of operationalizing culturally responsive teaching in the STEM classroom. As executive

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daisuke Aoyagi, California State University, Chico

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

plan for a hypothetical “client”, abiomedical professor, who needed to measure human arm movement to test his researchhypothesis regarding stroke-induced impairment. The client, role-played by the instructor, had afew “meetings” with the students to exchange ideas and elaborate on project requirements.In this pilot implementation, we were interested in the students’ response to the open-endeddesign format. The main assessment tool was the reports written by individual students. Basedon the grading of the report, we aimed to identify common deficiencies and proficiencies so thatwe can improve instructions, guidelines, and/or structure to help improve students’ performanceand learning.The course structure for Spring 2016 semester and Spring 2015

Conference Session

DEED Postcard Session 2 and Presentation of Student Essay Competition Winners

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University, Center for Engineering Education Research; Morteza Pourmohamadi, Tabriz Islamic Art University; Sarah Abdellahi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Lilian Maria de Souza Almeida, Utah State University ; Yuzhen Luo, Utah State University, Department of Engineering Education; John S Gero, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and George Mason University

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Design in Engineering Education

description (D) are expressed in terms of FBS so new ontologicalvariables are needed to cover them.Designers decide which behaviors (B) are significant and needed to assess the designs theyproduce. So, B can be subdivided into two sub-categories: the behaviors the designer expects thedesign to have (Be) and those that are measured from the design (S) itself and called behaviorfrom structure (Bs).Different functions for the same design produce different expected behaviors that generatedifferent structures. An example of two different functions invoking different behaviors anddifferent structures for the same design using a cell phone is show in Figure 1.A design description is never transformed directly from the function, but is a consequence of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University; James A Middleton, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Robert J Culbertson, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, Arizona State University; Bethany B Smith, Arizona State University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

Krause is professor in the Materials Science Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of introductory materials engineering, polymers and composites, and capstone design. His research interests include evaluating conceptual knowledge, mis- conceptions and technologies to promote conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory and a Chemistry Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge and change for intro- ductory materials science and chemistry classes. He is currently conducting research on NSF projects in two areas. One is studying how strategies of engagement and feedback with support from internet tools and resources affect

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer C. Mallette, Boise State University; Harold Ackler P.E., Boise State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to solve problems [10]. Other studies focus on the impact of reflection onengineering educators and their teaching practices [11] or development as educators [12].Several studies examine reflection in the context of teaching design: one recommends using“structured reflection grounded in variation theory” to increase students’ metacognition of theirapproaches to design work [13], and another includes reflection as an approach to systematicallyteach design methods [14]. Another used reflection through interviews to assess students’experiences around human-centered design and found that students learned more aboutthemselves and human-centered design from the process, though it was not the focus of the study[15]. Thus, while some research in

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kali Lynn Morgan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

asked about change, a consideration we plan to Table 1 Count data from reflective level coding address in future analysis.Level Pre Post We also assessed how students moved between the levels from the preHabitual action 3 0 to the post reflection. That data is shown in Table 2. The most commonUnderstanding 21 6 result was that students identified as reflecting in the pre stayed at theReflection 29 28 reflection level in the post. The two most common changes were fromCritical Reflection 4 18 understanding to reflection (10) and from understanding to criticalNot submitted 0 5 reflection (8). These

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Justin Franklin Shaffer, Colorado School of Mines; Logan Riley Nimer

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Chemical Engineering

development responsibilities here include the Unit Operations Lab and Senior Design (including Aspen), among other undergraduate core courses. His research interests include digital & online methods in engineering education.Dr. Justin Franklin Shaffer, Colorado School of MinesMr. Logan Riley Nimer c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Work-In-Progress: Development, Implementation, and Student Perceptions of Pre-Class Thermodynamics VideosFlipping course lectures using online videos has demonstrated mixed results in various contexts(e.g., in different courses, with or without post-assessments, in tandem with reading guides).This work will describe the initial results of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Decision-Making

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dayoung Kim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

other words, Kohlberg emphasized cognition as astarting point. Cognition became a dominant approach in moral psychology: for example, themost commonly used measurement tools for moral development such as the Defining Issues Test1 and 2 (DIT1 and DIT2) were rooted in the cognitive approach [10], [11]. Engineering ethicseducation has also developed in parallel with this stream. For example, engineering ethicsresearchers have used DIT and developed instruments such as ESIT (Engineering and ScienceIssues Test), which are both based on Kohlberg’s theory, to assess engineering students’ moraldevelopment [12], [13].However, some engineering ethics researchers argue that engineering students’ ability to makemoral judgments does not necessarily predict

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lunal Khuon, Drexel University; Yalcin Ertekin, Drexel University (Tech.) (MERGED); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Brandon B. Terranova, Drexel University; Simi Hoque, Drexel University; Christine Marie Fiori, Drexel University ; Crachad Craig Laing, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

potentially provide similarexperiences but with a take-home item. Our major limitation is cost as both Girl Makers and theoverall Drexel STEM University for girls are minimally funded by the College of Engineering,and organized and run by volunteers who incorporated re-usable items or low-cost items whichwere individually purchased by the instructors. At present, the Drexel STEM University for girlsand Girl Makers are actively seeking support to purchase activity materials, pay for activitydevelopments such as formulating a theme, and incorporate assessment for learning outcomes.Support would permit us to begin formally incorporating pre- and post-tests to gauge learningoutcomes and assess the learning effectiveness of the activities, potentially

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Pradip K. Bandyopadhyay; Amy L. Freeman Ph.D., Tufts University; Ryan Scott Hassler; Mark William Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Mikhail Kagan, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Campus; Ann Marie Schmiedekamp; Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #21575Board 24: Sustainable Bridges from Campus to Campus: Progress after Year2Dr. Catherine Cohan, Pennsylvania State University Catherine Cohan holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and has been a research psychologist for over 20 years. Her areas of expertise include engineering education, retention of underrepresented students, assessment, and measurement. She is currently the Research Associate on the Sustainable Bridges NSF IUSE project (Amy Freeman, PI). Previously, she was the project coordinator the the Toys’n MORE NSF STEP project (Renata Engel, PI).Dr. Pradip K. BandyopadhyayDr. Amy L. Freeman Ph.D

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tommaso A. Vannelli, Whatcom Community College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Michael Jason Babcock, Whatcom Community College; Dan Hanley, Western Washington University; Ed Harri, Whatcom Community College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Community College and is interested in providing students with authentic practice of science experiences through their courses and independent study.Mr. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl is faculty and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College. His teaching and research interests include developing, implementing and assessing active learning instruc- tional strategies and auto-graded online homework. Eric has been a member of ASEE since 2001. He currently serves as chair of the Pacific Northwest Section and was the recipient of the 2008 Section Out- standing Teaching Award.Dr. Michael Jason Babcock, Whatcom Community College Jason Babcock is the Director of the Learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina L. Baze, University of Texas, Austin; Todd L. Hutner, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Victor Sampson, University of Texas, Austin; Lawrence Chu; Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas, Austin; Hannah Smith Brooks, University of Texas, Austin

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin studying STEM Education. His research interests include engineering integration in secondary science classes, science assessment devel- opment, and educational program evaluation.Dr. Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas, Austin Stephanie Rivale is a research faculty member at the Center for STEM Education at the University of Texas. She received her Ph.D. in STEM Education at the University of Texas. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester and her M.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado. She has collaborated on engineering education research with both the VaNTH Engineering Research Center, UTeachEngineering

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Marylin Dyrud

course inethics may not be a possibility due to credit limitations.While many EAC resources are available on the Web, Illinois Institute of Technology’s Centerfor the Study of Ethics in the Professions (ethics.iit.edu), an engineering ethics center, offers anenormous collection of materials, including examples of courses, class assignments, teachingmethodology, and assessment. Due to NSF-sponsored workshops led by Michael Davis andVivian Weil from 1991-2003, the center has collected many tried-and-true classroom materials,as workshop participants were required to submit final reports detailing their efforts on theirhome campuses. All are adaptable to various classes and are offered at no cost. Proceedings of the 2019 Conference

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcos Esterman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Dorin Patru, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Edward Hensel, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

sponsor, DPM student, or faculty/staff member.2. PRP draft is submitted to the DPM instructor, MSD Program or Director for initial review.3. PRP draft goes to review team and is assessed against acceptance criteria 1-4. It is at this stage that if the RIT champion is also identified if the project is not going to be rejected. Possible outcomes are (a) rejection, (b) postponement, or (c) identification of RIT champion to complete PRP.4. If the RIT champion is not the project Guide, a project Guide is assigned.5. PRP reviewed by project Guide. The Guide is responsible for securing reviewers from other departments and gaining approval from those reviews. The Guide is also responsible for any final changes needed before releasing the PRP to

Conference Session

Simulation and Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sorraya Khiewnavawongsa, Purdue University; Ron Leong, Purdue University; Edie Schmidt, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

was used to validate the experience level students possess prior to the experimental lecture. The pre-test consisted of ten questions which were a combination of multiple choices andfill-in-the-blank questions. It assessed both basic concept knowledge and calculation ability.The pre-test was administrated one week before the lecture. Two post-tests were conducted toassess the effect Adobe Connect had on students in the short term and long term. As a short termassessment, the first post-test was completed right after the class. At the end of each lecture, aninstructor used the last ten minutes for students to answer the first post-test. As a long termassessment, the second post-test was done in WebCT Vista three days later. Students

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlie Hall, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

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Manufacturing

behind them are not just applicable to the factory – the student can applythese same problem solving techniques in other classes and in their life. Students learn Paretoanalysis, scatter plots, cause and effect diagrams, root cause analysis, and other methods. Theyalso learn one of the core values of lean that problems should be made evident so that they canbe seen and then addressed.We can also apply these problem-solving principles to the classroom itself. The first way is toimplement measures that allow students to quickly identify when problems are occurring in theirown learning. This is done through frequent assessments of student learning. For example, shortquizzes can be given weekly. Furthermore, during lectures, students should be

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

who Page 13.1043.3have experienced the industry first hand will be needed to teach these subjects. Only a personwho has worked on numerous real world engineering projects is best qualified to assess whethera student capstone design project is realistic and relevant.Since practitioners are needed, then there needs to be a career track where their services can bevalued and rewarded. In most universities, practitioners are included on the faculty as adjunctprofessors. They are paid less and are not viewed as full-fledged partners. Most do not have thePh.D. credential that accords equal status. For many schools this is a business

Conference Session

Problem Solving and Misconceptions

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Verleger, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

usedthroughout the entire sequence for feedback and assessment. This rubric is provided to thestudents before they begin writing the first draft. This rubric is currently being examined forreliability and validity.After students receive feedback on their first draft from the teaching assistant, they makerevisions to their procedure and submit a second draft that enters a calibrated double-blind peerreview. Each team receives three or four critiques. Teams then utilize these critiques to finalizetheir procedure which is submitted for grading to the teaching assistant. Page 13.689.4In the five years since MEAs were first implemented in the first-year

Conference Session

FPD6 - First Year Curricula Development

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; John Uhran, University of Notre Dame; Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; John Ventura, Christian Brothers University; Patricia Ralston, University of Louisville; John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Constance Slaboch, University of Notre Dame; Brenda Hart, University of Louisville; Rebecca Ladewski, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

security.John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Brenda Hart, University of Louisville Professor Hart is the director of student affairs in the School of Engineering

Conference Session

Focus on High School Girls in Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Porche, Wellesley Center for Women; Jennifer Grossman, Wellesley Center for Women; Anne Noonan, Salem State College; Peter Wong, Tufts University

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Women in Engineering

either STEM subjects or other subjects forsummary description. Job or Career Aspirations. Students were asked “What would you like to do for a job or acareer once you are finished with school?” These open-ended responses were recoded to STEMjobs/careers or other jobs/careers for summary description.Interactions with micro-system Teacher Support. The Teacher Attitudes subscale from the Modified Fennema-ShermanAttitudes Scale 12 was used to assess perceived relational support from teachers in two differentdomains: science and math. Sample science items include “I would talk to my science teacherabout a career that uses science” and “It’s hard to get math teachers to respect me” (reversed;alpha = .86). Math items have identical

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abul Azad, Northern Illinois University; Ghayasuddin Mohammed, Northern Illinois University; Mohammed Murtuza, Northern Illinois University; Muhammed Abedur Rahman, Northern Illinois University

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Information Systems

flexiblemanipulator systems can in general be divided into two categories: open-loop and closed-loopcontrol. For the reported facility, the controller design involves both the classical open-loop andclosed-loop controllers for flexible manipulator systems 24, 25. Within the open-loop control low-pass filter band-stop filter and Gaussian shaped torque,inputs are considered. Initially, to identify the characteristic parameters of the system, theflexible manipulator is excited with a single-switch bang-bang torque input and its vibrationbehavior is monitored 24. Then the filters are used for pre-processing the input so that no energyis fed into the system at the natural frequencies. Performances of the techniques are assessed interms of level of

Conference Session

Beyond Individual Ethics: Engineering in Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education

, no systematic study has been done of the underlying approachof the program’s pedagogy or the effectiveness of integrating STS and aesthetics insights into thestudents’ design process. Based on interviews with faculty and students and a review ofcompiled student feedback, this paper provides a first-round description of the program’sunderlying approach and evaluates the program’s success in creating a new, liberal engineeringdesign education. It also assesses institutional challenges and how they impact the PDIprogram’s character and effectiveness. Ultimately, the paper shows how the design studio can bestructured to be an ideal setting for genuinely liberal engineering education, because, under theright conditions, it allows integration of

Conference Session

FPD8 - Early Intervention & Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Hensel, West Virginia University; J. Ryan Sigler, West Virginia University; Andrew Lowery, West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

of the students, a moreflexible, yet focused, course structure was selected. The early calculus topics of limits andderivatives were eliminated and the course was re-focused on helping students make up severedeficits in algebra and trigonometry. The online mathematics review courseware, ALEKS, isused. Students register and pay for a six-week “Preparation for Calculus” course, take the initialassessment, and work through the on-line lessons. ALEKS breaks pre-calculus topics into 239concepts and uses artificial intelligence algorithms to assess which of these concepts the studenthas mastered and which are lacking. The student takes a series of online tutorials, with practiceproblems, quizzes and re-assessments, to complete all 239 concepts

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suleiman Ashur, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne; S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne; Essam Zaneldin, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Computers in Education

improvedcomputer science students’ access to software3.The current technologies that provide such accessare either custom-built for a single or a relatively small set of applications4.There are several used in the market to remotely access software including but not limited toopen source software like X Windows and VNC, and proprietary packages such as MicrosoftTerminal Services (Remote Desktop) and Citrix MetaFrame3.In this study the Citrix software was used to deliver applications to users remotely through theWeb5. This package was installed on the engineering sever by February 25, 2007. Three softwareapplications were available on Citrix to access by faculty and students: AutoCAD 2006, Matlab,and MultiSim. In order to assess the use of the Citrix, two

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Timothy Newby, Purdue University

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Mathematics

Rozeboom, 1966 9 ); but “in the toughsense of the word, ‘measurement’ is assessment of quantity” (Rozeboom, p. 224 9 ). Therefore,the only difference between the absolute and the quantitative proportional sizes is what Delgadoet al. 12 , describe as the process when the unit used is another object (for the case of thequantitative proportional) rather than a conventional measurement unit (for the case of theabsolute size).Proportional Reasoning: the Cognitive Process behind the Proportional Conceptions ofSize and ScaleAccording to Lesh, Post, and Behr, (1988) 14 , proportional reasoning is a form of mathematicalreasoning involving multiple comparisons, inference and prediction, as well as both qualitativeand quantitative methods of thought. In

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Dupuis, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Benjamin Thompson, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Lawrence Bank, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Herridge, Autodesk

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Architectural

Environmental Engineeringstudents, so that other departments might learn from our experiences and tap into a growing Page 13.589.2demand for a BIM knowledge base in our graduates and in the AEC industry at large. The paperwill discuss the way in which the curriculum was developed, why various curriculum elementswere included, how the students were motivated, how the students’ development andperformance in the course were assessed, what the instructors learned from students andpractitioners while teaching the course, and how this learning is being used to improve the courseas it moves forward.Course InceptionThe rapidly increasing importance of Building