Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Joseph J. Rencis; Hartley T. Grandin

formally integrated into the solution process!Once our students graduate and become professionals, they must be prepared to stand behindtheir ‘answers’. In our approach, verification Step 8 is carried out after solution Step 7 is performed once.The power of our proposed use of the modern engineering tool rests in the ability to quickly andeasily run many cases to verify the problem solution. How does one test the problem solution?Listed below are some suggested questions that students may apply for the purpose ofverification of their ‘answers’. • A hand calculation? A longhand analysis for the complete solution, a partial solution and supporting calculations, e.g., geometric properties. The pitfall here is

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne E. Keilson; Randall Jones; Lester Coyle; Elliot King; Duane Shelton

Web-based educational modules. The materialsare integrated into a Web site, http://isi.loyola.edu., the Internet Science Institute (ISI).Educational materials developed on the pilot grant are summarized. The topic of the firstmodule developed was pendulum motion. It has been discussed elsewhere.To add lab experience to Web learning, the Interactive Web Board (IWB-1) was developed. TheIWB-1 has data acquisition via the audio port of a standard PC, which allows the computer tomonitor all activity performed on the board, thereby serving as an "instructor". The IWB is abreadboard that may be used to construct electronic circuits. It is also possible to use it as ageneral data collection device for science experiments.An example of a new module

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Annick Jade Dewald; Anjali Karina Desai, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

application of the learning sciences to engineering education, design thinking and the liberal arts, and faculty development initiatives. Borjana teaches courses in Engineering Design, Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Failure Analysis, and Skeletal Biomechanics.Mr. Al Rudnitsky, Smith College Al Rudnitsky teaches Introduction to the Learning Sciences; Thinking, Knowing and the Design of Learn- ing Environments, How Do We Know What Students are Learning?; and instructional methods in ele- mentary and middle school mathematics and science. He has authored books on curriculum design and teaching children about scientific inquiry. Current research interests focus on creating environments for ”good talk” in elementary and

Conference Session

Teaching Topics in Aircraft Manufacturing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg, Purdue University; Sergey Dubikovsky, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

CNC mill andthat they can make parts using the drawings they created, they become motivated. Technologystudents have to realize that CATIA V5 and other solid modeling software are as much tools as adrill, lathe, or mill, and not fancy tools used by engineering students.In the past, many hours were devoted to manual machining, and it took a lot of skill to master theequipment. New CNC equipment has made it much easier to machine parts, and the operatordoes not need as much skill, but they need to learn how to use CATIA V5 or similar software tomake the design and run the CNC equipment. The focus has shifted from manual machineoperations to using software and CNC equipment.Many students who choose Purdue University are attracted by the hands-on

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Sivachandran Chandrasekaran P.E., Deakin University; John Matthew Long, Deakin University; Yanan Wang P.E., School of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Junior Nomani JN, Deakin University; Qiang Zhao; Zhigang Jiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Roger Dianlei Geng PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Bernard Rolfe, Deakin University

Tagged Topics

International Forum

simply designing experiments in authentic learning environments. Integrating design andtechnology tools into science education provides students with dynamic learning opportunities toactively investigate and construct innovative design solutions.7 A design-based learning environmentassists the curriculum to move into the twenty-first century with students being hands-on in their work,in addition to using problem solving skills, engaging in collaborative teamwork, creating innovativedesigns, learning actively, and engaging with real-world problems.8, 9The collaborative teaching in undergraduate engineering education has a number of features:  A design-based learning curriculum approach in teaching and learning,  Student projects

Collection

2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Roy Y. Myose, Wichita State University; Foo Ngai Kok; Elizabeth Rollins

attendance in face-to-face classattendance contributed to poor performance and reduced student retention. The hybrid coursepolicy was changed by incorporating a one letter grade penalty for students who did not have goodattendance. This resulted in an improvement in average performance by 0.18 grade points and anincrease in student retention by 12.5% compared to the optional-attendance hybrid course. Introduction In today’s increasingly technological world, the availability of a highly skilled Science,Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) workforce determines whether a nation can remaineconomically competitive. "A number of studies have shown that 50 to 85 percent of the growth inAmerica’s GDP is

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

of rural schools needassistance in the following areas: (1) appropriate education materials to stimulate and challengestudents; (2) strategies to enhance problem-solving ability in students; (3) means to conductinquiry teaching; and (4) ways to foster cooperation between mathematics and scienceeducation. Engineering and education faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville hadconceived an approach and a plan to address the above needs and to foster teachers’professional development. As pointed out in a recent report by the National Commission onMathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century [3], teachers' competence is pivotal forimproving quality of education in U.S. schools. One of the seven recommended strategies fromthat

Conference Session

Building Engineering Identity and Practice in Rural and Pre-College Contexts

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasha Wilkerson, Vivify, LLC; Joanne K Olson, Texas A&M University; Justin Wilkerson, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

of roller coasters and tips in the instructionalvideo likely influenced student design solutions. Additionally, the building of one model requiredextensive time and materials, likely limiting improvement efforts to tweaking the model insteadof major design changes. The Robot Hand task included a step-by-step instructional video thatdemonstrated how to build the hand. This task was also time-intensive, requiring significanteffort to thread strings through straws to create functional movement. As a result, students wereless likely to construct multiple models.Therefore, despite all program activities involving the engineering design process, the activitiesthemselves have different affordances and constraints. The design constraints, the number

Conference Session

ERM: Instruction and Engagement

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Sangree, The Johns Hopkins University

andproblem-solving with hands-on guidance provided by an expert.” While there is a large body ofresearch providing evidence that active learning strategies in flipped classrooms produce at leastmodest improvements in student performance [2] [3], student engagement [4] [5], andsatisfaction [6] [7], there is now a need to refine our understanding of best practices when itcomes to implementing these techniques in specific learning communities [2, 8].This paper represents the culmination of a three-year exploration of three different teachingmodes for a large sophomore-level Statics and Mechanics of Materials course. The first year ofthe study (2018) was both the author’s fifth year teaching the course, and her last year teaching itusing a traditional

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

AC 2010-1150: ONLINE VS. ON-PAPER EXAMSEdward Gehringer, North Carolina State University Ed Gehringer, efg@ncsu.edu, is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. His main research area is collaborative learning technology. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and taught at Carnegie Mellon University, and Monash University in Australia. Page 15.927.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Online vs. On-Paper ExamsAbstractAs information and education continue to migrate to an online format, on

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

A. J. Baker; Z. Chambers; M. B. Taylor

. TheEngineering Science program at UTK has developed and taught the first level graduate course inthis area, specifically tailored for students majoring in computational mechanics. It has provenhighly useful as well in addressing students across engineering disciplines, and the naturalsciences, with an interest in using scientific simulation in thesis or dissertation projects.Developing a hands-on practical computing environment has been a course focus, with softwaresystem growth leading to ever broader applications capability. One outcome of this process wasthe introductory textbook Finite Elements 1-2-31, published in 1991 and containing a PC code ona 5.25” floppy disc (how ancient!). Developments since then have led to utilization of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Decision Making, Problem-Based Projects, Role-Play, and a Nontraditional Project Theme

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Hingle, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Cory Brozina, Youngstown State University - Rayen School of Engineering

of information. He is often preoccupied with issues of surveillance and newlimits on privacy due to technology.References[1] C. E. Harris Jr., M. Davis, M. S. Pritchard, and M. J. Rabins, “Engineering Ethics: What? Why? How? And When?,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 93–96, 1996, doi: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1996.tb00216.x.[2] B. Newberry, “The dilemma of ethics in engineering education,” SCI ENG ETHICS, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 343–351, Jun. 2004, doi: 10.1007/s11948-004-0030-8.[3] C. Fiesler, N. Garrett, and N. Beard, “What Do We Teach When We Teach Tech Ethics?: A Syllabi Analysis,” in Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Portland OR USA, Feb. 2020, pp. 289–295. doi

Conference Session

Freshman Success/Retention Strategies

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Blowers

representative assignments will be discussed. Because our University's job fair comes early in fall semester, our first few lectures arecentered on resume development. The next round of topics covers learning styles and teachingstyles to help students find methodologies that may help them learn material more effectively.Following sessions highlight student leadership opportunities, how to take college exams, how towork in teams, time management skills, dealing with personal conflicts, and resources on campusfor finding information. The second semester covers topics that include algorithms and their usein engineering education, consensus building, presentation skills, interviewing tips, graduateschool and how to prepare for admission, research

Conference Session

International Collaborative Efforts

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Kander

technological problems in a real-world context (with an appreciation of economic,social, political, and legal constraints), and communicate and work productively with individualsfrom a variety of disciplines. The use of the computer as a problem-solving tool is a centralfeature of the curriculum, along with an emphasis on the collaborative (team) approach toproblem solving. The ISAT Program is specifically designed to engage students in studying thesciences and technology, lead students through examples of the practice of science, and help themlearn the underlying methods and principles. Scientific theory is thus combined with hands-onexperience designed to motivate and stimulate interest as well as impart learning. While not an engineering

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; James I. Craig, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

challenges. Work is currently underway to develop photographic methods for measuring biaxial beam tip deflection and rotation using a webcam and image analysis implemented with a Matlab toolbox.  Understanding strain and stress distribution on the cross section of simple bi-material nonhomogeneous beams is a direct way to build on (and reinforce) the similar concepts for homogeneous beams. The initial challenge is to find compatible materials with distinctly different moduli.Acknowledgement:The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation awardnumber 1626362. Dr. Abby Ilumoka is the program manager. We would also like to thankmembers of the Vertically-Integrated Projects team on Hands

Conference Session

Exemplary Teacher and Counselor Professional Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers plan to use two or three experiments andthe ETK in their classes, while 70% of Middle and High School teachers will use only one ortwo and the ETK. The written material provided for all the experiments was rated as veryhelpful. Suggestions for improvement include: funds, materials, more preparation time, follow-up worksheets to copy and hand out to students, and lists for materials (including suppliers).IntroductionUniversidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP) is a Mexican private institution of higherlearning committed to first-class teaching, public service, research and learning in a wide rangeof academic disciplines including economics, business administration, the physical and socialsciences, engineering, humanities, and the arts. UDLAP

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sammie Giles; Mark Pickett; Doug Oliver

to realize both of these educationalreform goals. In this paper the four engineering activities introduced are appropriatefor secondary math and/or science classes. This paper describes four projects used in a collaborative effort at the University ofToledo between engineering professors and education professors to create a successfulcourse entitled T4MS/E: ‘Teaching Teachers to Teach Math & Science via En&neering Activities’. The course was graduate-level, targeting secondary science andmathematics teachers in local schools. The course was offered through the educationcollege but it was taught primarily by engineering faculty. The material presentedwas ‘hands-on’ in nature and included projects where physics and

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhifeng Kou; Sudhir Mehta

the third-week enrollment of studentsin each class that took the survey. Enrollment ranged from 1 to 430. The mean was 32.7, with astandard deviation of 42.7. The surveys were completed by 13,441 students in those classes(76% response rate). The mean response was 24.9 with a standard deviation of 27.8.For each participating class, its academic college was also noted to determine the distribution ofengagement score (ES) across disciplines. The colleges were coded as follows: 1, Agriculture; 2,Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; 3, Business Administration; 4, Engineering andArchitecture; 5, Human Development and Education; 6, Pharmacy; and 7, Science andMathematics.The ES was obtained by summing the 14 responses on the survey (with question

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Heeter; Sheng-Jen Hsieh, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

aninstructional module for 9th-12th grade students in a science or engineering class. The moduleconsists of a lecture with hands on activities to help students understand Boolean Logic. It willintroduce the PLC and Ladder logic programming.Learning Objectives: After this lesson the student should be able to (a) describe what aProgrammable Logic Controller is (b) understand basic AOI Boolean Logic (c) be able to write asimple Ladder Logic program.Administer: Pre-Test (Appendix A)Concepts for Teachers:The first PLC was introduced in the late 1960s. The first commercial and successfulProgrammable Logic Controller was built by Modicon Corp. as a replacer part for GeneralMotors. Originally, it was a machine with thousands of parts, but in the late ‘70’s with

Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Isabella Huang; Qianwen Zhao, Stevens Institute of Technology; Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Long Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

togethermath, physics, cognitive science, computer science, electrical engineering, and mechanicalengineering. A robotics education in high school fulfills this acute need of preparing students toengage in diverse fundamental STEM concepts, in math, physics, engineering, computerprograming, and industry design [4,5].The current challenge to implementing robotics curriculums in K-12 education is the lack ofsuitable hands-on projects for starters. In this project, we designed and developed an open-source,low-cost, and lightweight robot manipulator that can be easily adopted and replicated by highschool students who are interested in exploring and learning engineering and robotics in college.Through the particular project described in this work, in

Conference Session

Sustainable Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rex C. Kanu, Ball State University; Tyler Steven Steward, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Injection Process Parameters on the Molding Process for Ultra-Thin Wall Plastic Parts." Journal of Materials Processing Technology 187-188 (2007): 668-71.10. Postawa, P., D. Kwiatkowski, and E. Bociaga. "Influence of the Method of Heating/Cooling Moulds on the Properties of Injection Moulding Parts." Achives of Materials Science and Engineering 31.2 (2008): 121- 24.11. Kovacs, Jozsef G., and Tibor Bercsey. "Influence of Mold Properties on the Quality of Injection Molded Parts." Periodica Polytechnica Ser. Mech. Eng. 49.2 (2005): 115-22.12. Shuaib, N. A., M. F. Ghazali, Z. Shayfull, M.Z. M. Zain, and S. M. Nasir. "Warpage Factors Effectiveness of a Thin Shallow Injection-Molded Part Using Taguchi Method

Conference Session

Software and Hardware for Educators II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter Schilling, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2009-2332: TABLET PC FEATURES ON A BUDGETWalter Schilling, MSOE Walter Schilling is an assistant professor in the Software Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, WI. He received his BSEE from Ohio Northern University and his MSES and PhD from the University of Toledo. He worked in the automotive industry as an embedded software engineer for several years prior to returning for doctoral work. He has spent time at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH. In addition to one US Patent, Schilling has numerous publications in refereed international conferences and other journals. He received the Ohio Space Grant Consortium Doctoral Fellowship, and

Conference Session

FPD10 -- Pre-Engineering and Bridge Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecelia Wigal, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga; Molly Littleton, Signal Centers

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

students have the education to“understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, andsocietal context.” Many engineering programs use design projects as one means of addressingthis outcome. This paper describes UTC’s process of using freshman hands-on design projectsto address these outcomes. Of special interest is the impact of student projects that address needsof children with disabilities.IntroductionThe Engineering program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) recentlyredesigned its freshman introduction to engineering design course (IED) to use Project–BasedLearning (PBL) to excite students to independently learn, to create an environment for peerlearning, and to increase student in-class and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carlotta Berry

The Influence of Demographics on an Introductory Circuits Course Carlotta A. Berry Tennessee State UniversityAbstract This paper evaluates the performance of engineering students in an introductory circuitscourse during the period of Fall 2000 through Spring 2003 at Tennessee State University (TSU).TSU is a historically black university in Nashville, TN with an approximate enrollment of 9000graduate and undergraduate students with 500 full- and part-time faculty. The College ofEngineering, Technology, and Computer Science has an approximate enrollment of 1000students and 8 majors. This paper will

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

David Andrew Yu, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Cynthia Lima; Nikolaos Gatsis, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Melissa Sanabia, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Topics

Diversity

. Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education 2 IntroductionThe present paper deals with the development of a small battery-powered vehicle model that issuitable for integration into elementary school curricula. The documentation of the process in thisarticle is intended to contribute a hands-on activity that can promote engineering and scientificliteracy and facilitate teaching of engineering and science concepts.1The concept of battery powered vehicle is selected due to the

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 12: Resource Exchange

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Benjamin Cieslinski, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Tala Katbeh, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Hassan Said Bazzi, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

online; completing a survey of student highlighting the hands-on experience of science body information, site safety, and & engineering. language proficiency. • Grades 3-5: “STEM not Magic” - 45 minutes• The Road Show materials are designed of demos with explanations of everyday science to fit into six rolling cases that can be and engineering. easily transported with two staff. • Grades 6-12: “STEM Road Show” - 60• Water, tables, and a small PA system minutes of demos with full technical lessons and are carried in case location warrants

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Vince Bertsch; John Krupczak; Kate Disney; Elsa Garmire; Tim Simpson

), and Tech Tally: Approaches to Assessing TechnologicalLiteracy (2006), outline the characteristics of a technologically literate citizen. The InternationalTechnology Education Association (ITEA) and the American Association for the Advancementof Science (AAAS) have also developed standards for technological literacy. The NSFsupported a working group lead by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)Technological Literacy Constituent Committee to develop standardized and readily adoptableundergraduate courses on this topic. This group met on March 26-27, 2007 and developed fourmodels to serve as standardized courses on technology. A framework was established for specificcourse outlines consistent with the content areas established in

Conference Session

Assessing Conceptual Thinking about Engineering Mechanics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Welsh, United States Air Force Academy; Lorena S. Grundy, Tufts University; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

small case study, researchers identified thinkaloud interviews to be educational in nature because it gave students an opportunity to reasonthrough new problems out loud and answer follow up questions. This process allowed students toconsider new ideas and solution paths and learn something in the process. Researchers posit athink aloud could be used to teach students either one-on-one or adapted in some way in theclassroom environment.AcknowledgmentsThe authors acknowledge the support provided by the National Science Foundation throughgrant NSF 1821638, 1820888 and 1821439. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National

Conference Session

Service Courses for Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Mary Rose, Ball State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

curriculum materials for theK-12 audience [15]. In the midst of these efforts, Engineering departments offering courses ontechnological topics for non-engineering students remain relatively uncommon[16].The recent history of efforts to address the technological literacy of undergraduates can be tracedback to 1982 when the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation launched the New Liberal Arts Program(NLA). The goal was to improve the quality of education that undergraduates receive in theareas of technology and quantitative reasoning [17-19]. The Sloan Foundation sponsoreddevelopment of a variety of courses on technological topics for non-science majors. The NLAProgram broke new ground in establishing technology as the intellectual peer of science at thecollege

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John Krupczak

perspective in implementation is that the structure of the course should be designed for thespecific needs of the target audience and not a simplified version of an introducto~ physics course forengineering and physics majors. It is assumed that the students have no prior technical knowledge or hands-onexperience. As in any survey course, compromises had to be made between the number of topics covered andthe depth of the material presented. In general, the focus is on technology, and concepts from basic science areintroduced as they appear in the context of technology rather than vice versa. l The book used as a text is The Way Things Work, by David Macaulay . The