Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Barrie Jackson

international experience withthe Shell group and a subsequent more than twenty year adventure as an adjunctassociate professor at Queen’s University I have observed some profound changes inthe Engineering Profession as well as in the education of proto engineers. The core body of knowledge expected of a graduate in Chemical engineeringhas been expanding at a considerable rate. The impact of the computer has beenprofound as has the impact of new technologies. In my experience faculty (who to asignificant degree have no industrial experience to speak of) seem to be moreinterested in the esoteric rather than the basic fundamentals of sound reliableprocess engineering. A comment was made at a conference at the University ofMichigan that in many

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approach to Env. Engrg

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wendell King

cycle costs of the engineered systems in the world may bean expense this earth can’t afford, at least as technology is being implemented today.Admittedly, this represents a worst-case view of the environmental future. Technology has thecapacity to do great harm or immense good. All engineers must learn to address the issues of asustainable environment, and not just environmental engineers. Further, and more difficult,engineers must bridge the gap between the social science and the hard sciences to developworkable solutions within the social/political construct that governments employs to make publicpolicy decisions. This paper addresses two themes, one concerning engineering education and the secondconcerning the importance of sustaining

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

writing assessment attitude survey conducted at Oregon Institute of Technology,identifies areas of concern, and offers suggestions for improvement. The SurveyIn informal corridor and cafeteria conversation, faculty are not shy about expressing theirdiscontent regarding student writing. As a communications instructor who has frequent contactwith technical faculty, I decided to explore these complaints via a survey, in hopes of pinpointingareas of concern and offering suggestions that would help alleviate the frustration of technicalfaculty as they deal with the paper load. All 43 full-time engineering technology faculty weresent the "Writing Assessment Attitude Survey" (Appendix A), requesting

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John McMasters

outlinesprospects for future developments. Specific program elements are discussed. Key in this hasbeen the Welliver Faculty Summer Fellowship Program which, after a decade of operation, canbe considered to have met its initial expectations. Reasons for successes and failures will bediscussed and opportunities for future developments will be identified. Alumni of this programhave enhanced the relevance of engineering education by incorporating industry perspectives,and industry has benefited from the perspectives and insights brought by the faculty participants.The paper will survey the results from the program and relate them to the needs of the presentand future aerospace industry and engineering academe.IntroductionConsolidation, new technologies and

Conference Session

Technology and Equipment to Improve IE Instruction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Yearwood, University of North Dakota; Alex Johnson, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

began switching todifferent curriculums, such as modular laboratories, 15 because of the expenses associated withmaintaining traditional machining programs.8 Simply increasing class sizes—one way togenerate needed revenue—may not only increase student-to-faculty ratios but also the number ofstudents that can be served by the available equipment. One important finding in the UC Berkleystudy was that CNC equipment is perhaps less important than having simpler manual machinetools that have traditionally been part of these programs.1 Given the cost of new industrialequipment—manual or programmed—a reasonable alternative may be to obtain used systems.However, securing older equipment presents three issues: frequent repairs, obtaining

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan S. Hoback, University of Detroit Mercy; Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

done.MethodsThis study was conducted through a survey of civil and environmental engineering departmentheads and distributed by email. The survey was developed based on the goals of the study, withseveral rounds of review and revision to ensure that the questions would be interpreted asintended.The study focuses on four issues: approval of new experiments, training of students to be in thelabs, inspections of labs for unsafe conditions, and reporting lab accidents and documentationrelated to laboratory safety. These are all basic but important concerns. They were chosenbecause they were all questions that any respondent should be able to answer completely.The list of department heads was provided by ASEE. The email addresses were given for 223people. A

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry W. Samples; C. Conley; Thomas Lenox

department as beingabove average, if not outstanding, in an institution where teaching is considered to be the faculty’s primaryresponsibility, and where many departments provide training for their incoming faculty. Teacher training is such an issue at West Point because the majority of the faculty are on a 3 year tour ofduty. In the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering every year, some 25 percent of our faculty areteaching for the first time. With this many new instructors coming on board every year, they cannot be left todevelop their teaching on their own if the Academy’s intent is to provide its students with the best educationpossible. Several factors led the authors to seek funding for a modified version of ISW to be

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Zahorian; Sacharia Albin; William Swart

at Old Dominion University.2.2 Financial considerationsA major concern for both Old Dominion University and Rajagiri was the development of apricing structure that would not be prohibitively expensive to Indian students, yet that wouldstill cover the costs of the program at Old Dominion University. In particular, as a state-supported school, Old Dominion University is required to charge “full costs” to out-of-state andinternational students. Faculty proponents of the program argued that the marginal cost ofeducating these students is quite low, since these students would not be coming to OldDominion University otherwise, and they would mainly increase existing class sizes, thusproviding economies of scale, and that therefore it should be

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

effects on the potential users in their lived conditionswarrants greater concern than design typified as more “thing” or technically oriented. Moreover,engineering has become an increasingly global profession such that prior ethical decisions thatmight have had to do with technical design feasibility and other criteria have been reconsidered. Page 23.1350.2Globalization along with the proliferation of new technologies create new contexts and issuesthat are not covered by traditional codes of ethics. Professional engineering codes areinsufficient for dealing with complex cultural and social issues as well as with decisions aboutemerging

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josephine Meyer, University of Colorado Boulder; Bethany Wilcox, University of Colorado Boulder; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado Boulder

in quantum technologies. The rapid growth in funding has led to fears of a quantum arms race between world powers [20], [26], [45]. Do QIS practitioners have the responsibility to advocate for quantum technology to be used for peaceful purposes, and to consider the ethical implications of military funding on their research [46], [47]? • Rhetoric and media coverage of quantum technologies – Our work has identified concern that quantum technology is overhyped in the media as a particularly salient issue for faculty teaching QIS courses [48]. Media hype of quantum technology may have unwanted consequences for international policy [49] and the business community. Concerns have also been raised about

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Gary Mullett; Lara Sharp

an overall issue that needs to be dealt with. Some of these NSF entitiesare the National Center for Next Generation Manufacturing, the Micro-Nano TechnologyEducation National Center, the BEST Center, and The Future of Work and CORD [16-19].These groups are all struggling with this issue to one extent or another, most likely from a lack ofexpertise about the topic themselves.Additionally, the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) has been involved with afairly, long-term major initiate concerning Industry 4.0 (i.e, ASEE Industry 4.0) [20]. However,that effort became dominated by four-year college faculty and really had very little input fromtwo-year faculty or relevance to the two-year college technology education mission in the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University; Frazier Benya, National Academy of Engineering; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University; Rachelle D. Hollander, National Academy of Engineering; Kelly Laas, Center for the Study of Ethics, Illinois Institute of Technology; Simil L Raghavan, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

engineering such as public engagement, sustainability, and diversity. Theseresources will be helpful in teaching ethics modules, designing courses and in continuingeducation on ethical and social issues in engineering and science. Content editorial boards havebeen formed and are reviewing, identifying, and developing materials and working with variouscommunities to meet their needs.The OEC is also redesigning and strengthening technical and communal aspects that supportboth the resource collection and the community of users and authors. The new site will offerexpanded searching abilities and content sorting; discipline specific (e.g., engineering)homepages that highlight resources and content specific to the discipline; and more extensiveresources

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E Canney, Seattle University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

will reveal a national picture of engineering macroethics instruction. Surveydevelopment began based on a review of the literature. One survey was targeted to deans anddepartment chairs, aimed at identifying the names of faculty at their institutions who areinvolved in ethics instruction. A second survey was aimed at faculty who teach macroethicaltopics in courses for engineering students. A third survey was aimed at faculty who mentor co-curricular activities where students may learn about or engage with macroethical issues. Pilotversions of the three surveys were distributed to selected faculty at three institutions: a largepublic research-intensive university, a private research-intensive university, and a Christian-affiliated, private

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Research and Spatial Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Susan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

American Colleges & Universities first publishedinformation on HIPs [1]; these practices are generally accepted as “best practices” in theacademic world, and as we create new programs for our students we often look to HIPs to guideour efforts. Some HIPs such as collaborative assignments and common intellectual experiencesare in place at most major colleges and universities, and implementable without a lot of cost oroverhead. Undergraduate research is also a HIP, however, this practice is a bit more daunting toimplement. How will faculty and undergraduate students be matched? How will we ensure firstgeneration students and students from other under-represented groups (e.g. racial/ethnicminorities) will get an equal chance to participate in a

Conference Session

Student Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Wroblewski, Boston University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

on the integration of these concepts intoa working system. The course will include an introduction to systems analysis and the usesimulation tools. By having students in the course formulate and develop new activities forintroductory core courses, the process can be, to some degree, self-sustaining. This may be along-term solution to the concerns raised on the survey regarding the small number of CATsactivities in many courses.Sustainability of effort beyond the two years of project funding is an important issue for thefuture robustness of CATs activities. A three-pronged approach is planned to address this issue. 1. Institutionalize CATS through the ME department undergraduate committee: To date, the topic of CATs was a standing

Conference Session

Moving the Needle: The Complexities of Race and Gender in Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique S. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

(Second.). New York and London: Routledge. Page 26.166.1116. Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. HeinOnline, 139–168.    17. Nelson, D. J., & Brammer, C. N. (2010). A national analysis of minorities in science and engineering faculties at research universities.18. Hamilton, K. (2004). Faculty science positions continue to elude women of color. Black Issues in Higher Education, 36–39.19. Stanley, C. A. (2006). Coloring the academic landscape: Faculty of color breaking the silence

Conference Session

Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Whiteman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Mathews, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

enters the decisioncycle of all new distance learning faculty members. Since classes are captured and available tothe distance learning students, I needed to make the decision whether those same distancelearning class resources should be made available to my on-campus students.My fear was that the on-campus students would stop attending class in favor of viewing theonline lectures. My original decision was not to give my on-campus students access to thedistance learning lectures. Early in the course, I communicated my concern of non-attendance tothe on-campus population and emphasized my opinion that teaching and learning is a“participation sport” that is significantly enhanced by in-class interaction.However, I reversed this original decision

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David DiBiasio

is residential. Students travel to the site for a 2-month period, with aresident faculty advisor to conduct the projects. Local government, industry, nonprofitorganizations, and sometimes universities sponsor projects. Each sponsor provides a liaisonresponsible for overseeing student teams working with the agency. A WPI faculty memberserves as project center director----responsible for setting up projects, general academic issues,and overseeing center operation. A local coordinator, who is a permanent resident at the site,assists the center director particularly with housing and logistical concerns. Student preparationfor the experience includes formal coursework taught by WPI faculty, and orientation/culturalpreparation taught by WPI

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas M. Jacobius; Gerard Voland

and perspectives needed for successful teamwork (e.g., competency in such areas as communication, leadership, creative thought, problem-solving methodologies, project management, technology transfer, information searching and synthesis, balancing quality and economics, ethics, safety issues, environmental concerns, global diversity, client and customer relations, entrepreneurship, and the legal protection of intellectual property) ½ Offer real and tangible benefits to the sponsor in the form of significant milestones achieved within the given timeframe of the project ½ Require multiple disciplinary perspectives, integrated through teamwork ½ Be sufficiently

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

relaxed, social setting. It is thus apriority in the department that there be a number of such events each semester whereby facultyand students can interact informally. A sense of collegiality is important and should not beoverlooked. This is one area where the department had been traditionally quite strong, but thetradition has weakened in recent years as the emphasis on developing a strong research agendabegan to predominate. This has been countered by trying to ensure that all faculty members teachat least one undergraduate course, and strongly encouraging attendance at all events by everyone.Freshman RetentionRetention of freshman students is a particular concern. In 2001, a new “Introduction to ChemicalEngineering” course was introduced for

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Madar; David L. Huggins

. Evaluations for Improvements V I . In-class ex~eriences VII. Summary “ I. General Considerations for Delivery of Information: Colleges and universities around theworld are being asked to deliver more for less cost: Downsizing cost effectiv~techni ques, distant learning,multimedia presentations, home based education, are all part of our life style today. The authors believeconsideration needs to be given to the learning curve of all these changes coming so rapidly. Are students as well,better-off, or worse with these new techniques. Is distant learning another way for universities to teach underprescribed sections with a single faculty and a couple of interactive computer based delive~ systems. The costs of PictureTel units

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lu Xiao, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Yu Tao, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences); Andre Benjamin Bondi, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Eman Abdullah AlOmar, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

systematic software performance optimization. She actively contributes to the academic community through roles in organizing committees and program committees for conferences like ICSE and ASE. At Stevens, Dr. Xiao teaches courses in software engineering and plays a significant role in academic service, including serving on curriculum committees and initiatives to enhance student-faculty interaction.Yu Tao, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) Yu Tao, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Stevens Institute of Technology. Her research analyzes issues related to human resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as well as online privacy and

Conference Session

Innovative ET Leadership

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; John Hansen; Thomas Hall

Engineering Technology Departmental Leadership Scott Danielson, Thomas M. Hall, Jr., John Hansen Arizona State University/Northwestern State University/University of HoustonAbstractThis paper discusses important aspects of leadership as applicable for engineering technologyeducational unit leaders and senior faculty. The paper is divided into four primary areas and hasbeen used as the basis for an engineering technology leadership workshop with new leaders orindividuals preparing for leadership roles. The content areas are: a) leadership versusmanagement; b) situational leadership for educators; c) motivating people in the academicsetting; and, d

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Wallace; David Adams

. Members of the PAB advise the department on its efforts and participate inassessing those efforts.TA Training. The technical writing specialist and lead faculty member meet weekly with TAswho grade reports in CE 321. We design report models and checklists to aid TAs as well asstudents. We also review grading issues in reports that students have submitted. A handbook onproviding written feedback on student reports is in process.Technical Communications Awards. We have prepared and circulated a case statement to seeksupport for a named cash award for outstanding student reports from the Capstone DesignCourse. Page 7.1003.4Assessment. We have

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Baker, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the value add this program brings to their professional and career development. A review ofthis best practice and lessons learned will be shared.IntroductionThe 2001 newly hired tenure track faculty class of 125 saw little gains in diversityrepresentation, especially among African Americans. When former President Al Simone lookedinto the sea of faces at the New Faculty Orientation he stepped up the demands for diversityhiring. This was not only a concern of the President but it became a direct concern of the Boardof Trustees; what naturally followed was an inquiry with the Provost and the Deans. When askedwhy the departments were unsuccessful in increasing the diversity in their applicant pools, theywere quick to reply, “It’s not that we

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Probst

prepared to beginwriting the self-study in 1999 under the old criteria 1. We knew that the new EngineeringCriteria 2000 2 was being phased in, but all our efforts to date had been based on the old criteriaso we thought being evaluated under the old criteria would be best for us. However, we did havesome concerns regarding the faculty makeup and the large general education component.After several discussions with people familiar with ABET at various conferences, we decided todelay one year and submit the self-study under Engineering Criteria 2000. This decision wasbased primarily on the greater flexibility permitted under Engineering Criteria 2000, which wefelt might benefit our program. Specifically, the number of engineers on the faculty was

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Yukio Yoritomo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Maxx Joseph Villotti, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aric Tate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly Searsmith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

draft)Table 1. Phys 280 Writing Assignments before Participation in WAEIV. During and after Participation in WAEThe goal of spring semester mentoring in WAE was to help the faculty mentees (and their coursestaff) implement pedagogical changes to better align with and adapt best practices from writingstudies to the particularities of their courses. In the first mentoring meeting, the instructor ofPhys 280 named three major areas of concern: improving TA response practices, shifting thefocus of weekly writing labs from content to writing, and revising assignment prompts toscaffold writing processes. These concerns were linked both to his continued work with thecourse and to new approaches to which he had been introduced to during the fall WAE

Conference Session

Disability, Neurodivergence, and Sense of Belonging in STEM: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Holles, University of Wyoming

been established for approximately one year. To construct the committee, thegoal was to include a wide variety of members, particularly those from the historicallymarginalized and under-represented groups. These voices help to provide the leadership on thecommittee to properly view and then develop potential solutions. The committee also representsthe entire university and thus, we have included a mix of faculty, staff, students, administrators,and community members. This committee is a subcommittee of the university wide Council onDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI). As chair of the IPS, I also serve as a member of theCDEI. This allows me to interact with other CDEI members as needed to address issues. TheIPS committee has met and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

“conventional pedagogical discussions of technical communication oftenoverlook the social forces that affect the engineers’ and engineering students’ views ofrhetoric,” faculty defined engineering communication in this course by assuming thatdisciplinary knowledge in all fields is “negotiated between people rather than passedfrom one to another.” As a result, course components were designed to allow students to“develop an understanding of audience and purpose through the exchange of written andoral feedback, the analysis of existing documents, and audience proximity” in an attemptto “overcome the challenges that teaching writing to engineering students presents.”Additionally, the March 1999 issue of IEEE Transactions in Professional

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Rinker; J. Peterson; H. Hess; Richard Wall; Kathy Belknap

unity and itscurriculum. This experience suggests this cooperative model is a realistic alternative to the proliferationof multiple, but isolated, engineering colleges in a state or a geographic region.Introduction ASEE Prism recently noted a proliferation in the number of engineering programs offered in theUnited States.[1] Many of these are new, independent colleges or programs. While expressingappreciation for the increased recognition of engineering education's importance, concern for the survivalof so many schools did appear in the Prism article. Very practical people have questioned the wisdom ofbuilding a new engineering school in every city that demands one. [1] The issue centers around the highcost of engineering education