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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Thomason, Mansfield ISD/The University of Texas at Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, The University of Texas at Arlington; Erick C. Jones, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jay Michael Rosenberger, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jaivardhan Sood, The University of Texas at Arlington; Vishnu Sharma Kaipu Prabhakar Sharma, The University of Texas at Arlington; Soulmaz Rahman Mohammadpour, The University of Texas at Arlington; Rahsirearl Dominick Smalls, Everman ISD/The University of Texas at Arlington; Jocelyn Sigler M.Ed., The University of Texas at Arlington; James Hovey

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

pursue research that can enhance quality of life by improving access to sustainable resources and economic opportunities, particularly where a lack of physical infrastructure or economic resources presents a major obstacle, leading to the creation of the SEAR lab. The SEAR lab investigates how communities, companies, and countries can allocate their limited resources in a way that maximizes their desired outcomes in a sustainable, equitable, and resilient but also elegant way. The SEAR lab assesses these problems by combining physical experimentation, data analytics, and stochastic systems optimization to provide actionable decisions and create scalable prototypes.Prof. Jay Michael Rosenberger, The University of Texas

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dustin Scott Birch, Weber State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

materialstesting project was to assess the effectiveness of research engagement strategies and long-termemployment opportunities for students on the research teams. Of particular interest is how this modelworked for complex engineering and research activities related to aerospace systems. Considering thePrimarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) emphasis of Weber State University (WSU), significantnumbers of graduate students, with associated long-term funding options, are not as common whencompared to an R1 type university. Thus, to satisfy local demand for fundamental research andencourage academic-government-industry partnerships, the project model described in this paper wasinstituted. As currently assessed, the outcome of this initial effort is mostly

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 12: Promoting Student Success and Motivation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, American Instiutes for Research (AIR); David L Burris, University of Delaware; Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

forapproximately one hour. This study took place in the second year of face-to-face implementationof the course, with a version being taught online for two semesters due to the COVID-19pandemic. One faculty member from within the discipline (mechanical engineering) taught thecourse, supported by eight undergraduate teaching assistants who assisted with grading theweekly assignments.Several data sets were collected as part of this study. Student participation in formative andsummative assignment was documented, as well as course completion rates. The primary data setwas a voluntary skills self-assessment survey (Qualtrics XM) that was completed by students attwo time points during the semester. The survey was first administered during the first week

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Aming'a Omwando, Simpson University; Bhavana Kotla, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs; Adel Alhalawani, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Ashutosh Khandha, University of Delaware

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

milestone related to theproject, students were required to submit their progress reports by the respective due dates.3.3 Data Collection Instrument(s)Each student was asked to fill out a metacognitive assessment form adapted from [25], from whichdata was extracted. The form contained three photovoice reflection prompts and three open-endedquestions. The photovoice reflection prompts required students to use three pictures (e.g. photos)to provide a 200-word narrative (e.g. voice) explaining how their learning experience incorporatedan entrepreneurial mindset, bio inspired design and STEAM (arts) in the course. The following arethe three photovoice reflection prompts the participants were given to answer. A. Entrepreneurial Mindset: The

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Nicewonger, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

socioculturalcontext (pp. 5-6). Our objective was to identify decision points and understand how they play outin socially specific and interrelated ways across an academic plan. To frame this investigation,we drew from socio-cultural theory to examine the influence of socialization processes in atransdisciplinary undergraduate honors program. Beyond course assessment, this type of analysisof the socio-cultural influences of socializing practices is critical for ensuring that continuousreflection and adjustment is iteratively built into the implementation of newly initiated curricula(Lattuca and Stark, 2011: 229). In this section of the paper, we further explain these conceptualframes and their role in our methodology.Background, setting, and participantsOver

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Laboratory and Research Skill Development

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Stephanie G Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman; Catherine Anne Hubka, University of New Mexico; Jennifer R Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

, no. 6, pp. 847-867, 2015, doi: 10.1002/tea.21221.[26] T. Fernandez et al., "More comprehensive and inclusive approaches to demographic data collection," Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/25751.[27] A. B. Costello and J. W. Osborne, "Best practices in exploratory factor analysis: Four recommendations for getting the most from your analysis," Practical assessment, research & evaluation, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 1-9, 2005.[28] L. R. Fabrigar, D. T. Wegener, R. C. MacCallum, and E. J. Strahan, "Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research," Psychological methods, vol. 4

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebeca Petean, Society of Women Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

is also important to bridge the gap between industryexperiences by partnering with sectors to provide practical insights. Programs should bedesigned inclusively and made accessible to groups while accommodating diverse needs.  "I think one of the most important parts is to bring them in contact with  mentors from companies. So from the economic part, from the real, life  working people – this is something we keep in mind when we match our  mentees that they're kind of in the same professional area [and] that they may  be studying the same field." Effective communication strategies are essential to attract and retain participants. Thisincludes using messaging across platforms. Regular assessments

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Keith Level

semester, I am now using MasteringEngineering for the 4th time: twice in Statics (Fall 2011, Fall 2012) and now twice in Circuits(Spring 2012, Spring 2013). This report summarizes briefly how Mastering Engineering works,and also includes both my assessment, and my students’ assessments, of the effectiveness ofusing this web-based homework management system. In my situation, the fact that I no longerpersonally grade each student’s homework, nor spend time recording each student’s homeworkscore, has been a significant time savings to me, particularly in large classes.In both Statics and Circuits, the homework portion of each course, which now comes completelyfrom the Mastering Engineering website, is worth 20% and 15% of the total course grade

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2013 GSW

Authors

Xiao Peng; Lex Gonzalez; Eric Haney; Amen Omoragbon; Bernd Chudoba

Develop a KBS to be combined with GISA.M. Buis12 1996 Geodetic Engineering to support parceling design task Build a knowledge-based system toStewart Long13 2003 Computer Science automatically assess IT skillsNobuhide 2006 Computer Science Develop a KBS for QoS serviceNishiyama14 Information Build a knowledge-based system forKihyeon Kim15 2007 Technology diagnosing ECG and heart disease Integrate KBS with a

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt; Daniel Knight; Christopher Swan; Nathan Canney

among the respondents might teach a type of course and not include ethics/societalimpact issues.The surveys include a lot of additional information that was not analyzed and presented in thecurrent paper. The goals of the larger study include identifying exemplars for teaching differenttopics in different courses using various pedagogies and assessment methods. Thus, many surveyrespondents provided some of this basic information for one or two of their courses. In responseto an open-ended question, a number of the survey respondents indicated that societal impact andethics issues should be integrated into courses across the curriculum. Given the large number ofexamples provided by survey respondents, it appears that there are opportunities to

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2010 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

: • use a topic that allows students to identify and engage enthusiastically with the topic • deepen the connections through carefully selected readings and highly structured writing assignments that reinforce both analytical skills and communication skills • reinforce the learning process—common to engineering design and to writing—of generating ideas, making them clear to others (in speaking and writing), getting feedback, and refining the product.AssessmentAssessing the results of this approach is in its early stages. As a university we rely on theaccreditation based assessment tools such as ABET (for engineering) and New EnglandAssociation of Schools and Colleges

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 8: Leadership and Persistence

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kavitha Chandra, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Susan Thomson Tripathy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sumudu Lewis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; nadia sahila, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

and 2019 have completed their engineering degreeprogram. We assessed their experiences through exit interviews and report in this paper asummary of their responses. The students noted that being able to identify themselves asbelonging to the RAMP community was a positive outcome of their participation during thesummer, an identity they appreciated throughout their engineering program. The potential forsummer bridge programs to create community and sense of belonging has been discussed insurveys of STEM summer bridge programs [8,9]. Characterized as a psychosocial goal of theprogram, improving student sense of belonging to a community has been found to influencestudent motivation, academic achievement, and well-being [8]. The Meyerhoff

Conference Session

Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gianina Morales, University of Pittsburgh; Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile; Emily C. Rainey, University of Pittsburgh

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

(…) associate the connection between their movement and what’s happening around them, whether that’s in the music and the light (…) And that was one of the things that we heard back from a couple of our first meetings, that the lights are actually really important.”The students had three main objectives for their prototypes (build connections, enjoyability, andaccessibility). In addition to the oral information received from the participants, the teamdocumented the kids’ interaction with the prototypes in relation to those goals. Anya hereexplains the process regarding the first objective: So collecting data is really hard because, ultimately, what we’re trying to do is assess learning. And how do you assess learning, especially when it

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Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Todd Jeffrey Freeborn, The University of Alabama

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, examinations, and attendance (for asynchronous/flippedmodalities only) are also given in Table 1 for each iteration. Average final grades range from79.33% to 86.47% which reflects that overall the groups are demonstrating good to very goodmastery of the course material. The average final examination grade, which is the finalindividual assessment of course material, ranges from 67.63% to 79.91% over this same perioddemonstrating satisfactory (with some weaknesses) to satisfactory performance.To determine if there were differences in student course performance between iterations from2018 to 2023 a one-way ANOVA was conducted using the average course grades in Table 1.This analysis reported that the final course grade between semesters was not

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 8

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Michael Elmasry, The University of Sydney

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

as needing more of one component thananother.Future researchers can build on this model by creating a more comprehensive list of teachingapproaches that academics can use, as well as by specifically identifying more engineeringtopics and how they relate to the three components of Idea Acceptance. Expanding these twosections will help academics identify topics that will need additional attention, whilstsimultaneously giving them the tools to address them.References[1] D. Carless and D. Boud, “The development of student feedback literacy: enabling uptake of feedback,” Assess. Eval. High. Educ., vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1315–1325, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1080/02602938.2018.1463354.[2] J. S. Eccles, “Subjective Task Value and the Eccles et al. Model

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Cultural Perspectives

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Biewenga, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University; Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University; David Owuor Gicharu, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center; Gladys Jeptoo Kerebey, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center

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International Division (INTL)

education from Stanford University.Dr. Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University Kirsten Davis is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research explores the intentional design and assessment of global engineering programs, student development through experiential learning, and approaches for teaching and assessing systems thinking skills. Kirsten holds a B.S. in Engineering & Management from Clarkson University and an M.A.Ed. in Higher Education, M.S. in Systems Engineering, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Virginia Tech.David Owuor Gicharu, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center David Owuor Gicharu is the Head of Department (HOD) for welding and

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eliot Bethke, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ali Ansari, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Ruth Ochia P.E., Temple University; Holly M Golecki, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

todeploy these workshops and assess their perceived utility to students and student projects.Materials and Methods At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the bioengineering senior designprojects are sourced from several places. Sponsors of projects typically include alumni, faculty,medical students, local healthcare workers, and representatives from various businesses inindustry. Sponsors are invited to submit project ideas to the course directors, who screen ideasahead of time for curricular alignment and scope to ensure they are appropriate for a team ofsenior undergraduates. Throughout the undergraduate curriculum, students build from a foundation ofmathematics through differential equations, physics mechanics and

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Darrin S. Muggli; Brian M. Tande

those atUND? What are the best program assessment methods (ABET accreditation) for this uniquepartnership between engineering programs? Since UND DEDP can provide stability andflexibility in course offerings, how many faculty are required for an ABET-accredited programfor each engineering discipline? Figure 3: Details of model implementation at Benedictine CollegeProceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 8Implementation of the BC Engineering ModelThe barriers of implementing an engineering program, which are primarily the cost and risk,have previously prevented BC from initiating an

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Beth Richards; Karen Walsh

: • use a topic that allows students to identify and engage enthusiastically with the topic • deepen the connections through carefully selected readings and highly structured writing assignments that reinforce both analytical skills and communication skills • reinforce the learning process—common to engineering design and to writing—of generating ideas, making them clear to others (in speaking and writing), getting feedback, and refining the product.AssessmentAssessing the results of this approach is in its early stages. As a university we rely on theaccreditation based assessment tools such as ABET (for engineering) and New EnglandAssociation of Schools and Colleges

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Design Communications & Cognition II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University ; Philip Samuel, BMGI

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Design in Engineering Education

and seek to bring about change” (including the solution ofproblems)11. As such, cognitive style is a bipolar construct that is independent from level; italso has multiple dimensions, including Adaption-Innovation (A-I)11 and Introversion-Extraversion18, among others22.Here, we begin our discussion with cognitive level, as it is often readily understood byengineering students and instructors alike, even if that formal term is not used. After all, inthe classroom, both students and instructors are in the habit of assessing themselves andothers in “level” terms – i.e., “how good” someone is at doing something, “how much” theyhave achieved, the particular “areas of study” in which they excel, etc. In earlier work[references to be provided after

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Pedagogical Innovations in Laboratory Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Matthew Nathaniel Bruer, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 Injector Pulse Width (uS) Figure 7. Sample Injector Calibration with Uncertainty BarsConclusions and RecommendationsAt this point in time, the prototype Fuel Injector Test Bench has been built and tested in thestudent lab. Students find the concept of calibrating a fuel injector much more interesting thansimply making volumetric flow rate measurements with a flow meter. The injector calibrationalso provides some relevance for the concept of experimental uncertainty. There are no formalstudent assessments done for this

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Digital Technologies and Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Christine A. Victorino, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Charles Birdsong, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Unny Menon, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Marilyn Tseng, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Tyler Scott Smith

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Educational Research and Methods

(alsoknown as e-textbooks and digital textbooks), little is known about their impact with respect tostudent usage, attitudes, and learning outcomes. It should be noted that there is a distinctionbetween e-books, which only include digital versions of paper books, and online textbooks,which typically include digital text as well as enhanced online course materials.In undergraduate engineering courses, online textbooks have the potential to provide richlearning environments, which include traditional textbook content, online assessment tools (e.g.,individualized homework questions, quizzes, automatic grading), enhanced multimedia content,and interactive simulations. Moreover, online textbooks are appealing to both students andinstructors for their

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part One

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Moira M. Walsh, Independent Scholar

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Engineering Ethics

are compared for validity with theprinciples of Aristotle’s ethics. The paper will include a summary of the principal tenets ofAristotle’s ethics as they apply for engineering cases, some comparison with the utilitarianapproach, as well as both qualitative and quantitative assessment of student learning.BackgroundThe following material is presented in two 50-minute sessions of the one unit Process Safety andEthics course that is required for all chemical and material engineering students at SJSU. SJSUis proud to claim it is the Metropolitan University of Silicon Valley and educates a very diversestudent body. The only prerequisite for the course is CHEM 1B (2nd semester chemistry in a twosemester sequence). It is nevertheless an upper

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Young, Ohio University-Athens

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Chemical Engineering

article in ASEE’s Prism magazine (Loftus, 2005) featuredretention-enhancement programs at a number of universities, and quoted a national average of52% of engineering freshmen eventually graduating with engineering degrees. The article’smessage was that this was an improvement over the prior decade, but still unsatisfactory.Various authors have reported assessments of the effectiveness of individual retention programs.For example, Baxter and Yates (2008) report an increase in retention of engineering freshmen atthe University of Southern California following centralization of freshman advising in theengineering Student Affairs office and implementation of a freshman seminar course forengineers. Morning and Fleming (1994) report on higher-than

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Issues for ET Administrators

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Thom; James Thom; Dennis Depew

report also endeavored to answer the questions of what engineering education curriculacontained as compared to what was perceived to be needed. These questions included how longshould the program be? Should the program have advanced degrees and if so what kind? Didthere need to be more specialization in the undergraduate program or less?Mann concluded that engineers were responsible for building artifacts and systems. To reconcilethis responsibility with an engineer’s role as a professional, Mann concluded that engineers wereprofessionals but of a different type than physicians, lawyers or clergy. His assessment was thatthe differences were great enough that an engineering program should not try to emulateeducation any of the traditional

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Academic Standards & Issues/Concerns & Retention

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brian Manhire

cause for seri-ous concern about higher education’s priorities and future direction. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationShould engineering educators be concerned about grade inflation? Yes, for practical reasons suchas its limited utility in the assessment of learning for accreditation purposes. Because inflatedgrades have no purchase in assessing educational efficacy, grading doesn’t (and shouldn’t) play amore explicit and important role in the ABET processes used to accredit our educational pro-grams. Professors work directly with their students. They are in the best, most intimate

Conference Session

Web-Based Laboratory Experiments

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Emmanuel Okoro; Viva Austin; Thomas Hannigan

beendiscussed in various forums with increasing frequency over the past several years. It is difficultto pick up a single copy of a journal, such as those published by the ASEE Computers inEducation Division, without finding several articles that specifically detail an individuallaboratory exercise being offered via the web, or in some cases, articles summarizing suchalternatives at length. Details concerning the possible initial negative reactions of students, thereluctance of some faculty to accept web-based activities as “real labs” and the assessment oflearning in such web-based classes compared to traditional classes have been presented byGoldberg and Lansey3, et al. Results of such efforts have included comparisons to traditionalclasses, and the

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Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Hofle; Ken Bosworth

overview:In the winter and spring of 2004, a proposal was developed jointly with the ISU College ofEducation, and subsequently funded by the Idaho State Board of Education, to run a summerworkshop entitled “Math Applications in Engineering and Science: Grades 4-8”. The workshopwas to carry 3 academic graduate credits, for teachers needing coursework towards post-baccalaureate degrees in the College of Education. We (the authors) were responsible for thestructure and content of the workshop, and the co-PI from the College of Education wasresponsible for performing follow-up classroom visits in the fall of 2004 to assess how well theteachers were integrating the materials into their teaching plans. Enrollment was limited to 25participants, selected

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Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

respective field that can be further developed and woven into the course.Additional Examples of SuccessThere are many more examples of improvements accomplished within the Gateway team model.One example is in the approach to exams in both the Engineering Design course and in theProblem Solving and Computation Course. After years of using a traditional midterm and finalexam as assessment tools, the team reviewed many comments from the students stating that theseexams did not fairly evaluate their learning. The team first looked at the Design course, andredesigned multiple-choice exams, creating exams with a variety of question types that betterreflected how the presented material applied. The mixed format allowed the students to betterdemonstrate

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

wereport our experiences in developing and delivering an experimental mathematics courseto secondary in-service mathematics teachers where software and devices reinforceimportant concepts. The course structure balanced rigor with utility in secondaryinstructional environments.1. IntroductionRecent state and federal accountability requirements have renewed interest in studentachievement in mathematics[1]. In addition, many states monitor local school productivityagainst predetermined benchmarks of effectiveness and have attached well-publicizedrewards and sanctions including school accreditation classifications and rankingsystems[2, 3]. State sanctions based on assessment scores can affect graduation, studentdiplomas, school accreditation, school