Conference Session

Perceptions, Reflections, Collaborations, and Student Support in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Maxson, The Ohio State University; David L. Tomasko, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

health services 3 . In the survey of CBE students conducted at Ohio State in2018, 81% of respondents reported that they had not tried to schedule an appointment with theuniversity’s Counseling and Consultation Services, suggesting that students are reluctant to seekout help. Studies have shown that university students are likely to hide their mental healthdifficulties due to fear of discrimination, but that students who disclose mental health conditionshave improved outcomes compared to those who do not 4 .Clearly, the availability of counseling and mental health services is not sufficient to support themental health of college students. However, mental health is a strong predictor of academicperformance 5 and productivity in the workplace 6

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Teams

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Durward Sobek, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-803: MEASURING STUDENT ABILITY TO WORK ONMULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS: BUILDING AND TESTING A RUBRICCarolyn Plumb, Montana State University Carolyn Plumb is the Director of Educational Innovation and Strategic Projects in the College of Engineering at Montana State University. She works on various curriculum and instruction projects including instructional development for faculty and graduate students, assessment of student learning, and program evaluation. Prior to coming to MSU, Plumb was at the University of Washington, where she directed the Engineering Communication Program. While at the UW, Plumb also worked as an Instructional Development and Assessment Specialist for the School of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Richard O'Brien; Jenelle Piepmeier

to population distribution in enrollment, academicperformance, and graduation rates of all groups at each level.” With this objective in mind, thegoal of the proposed recruiting methods is to increase the female enrollment in SystemsEngineering (without decreasing the male enrollment) to achieve the same representation of maleand female students in Systems Engineering as in the student body at USNA. “Equalrepresentation” in the sense defined above has not been achieved at the national level or at USNA.It should be noted that achieving equal representation implies an overall increase in engineeringstudents as female students are drawn from other fields of study. In this section, enrollment datafrom USNA and peer institutions are used to

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John Parsons

received his B.Sc. in Mathematics from Salisbury State College in 1973, his M.Sc. in Mathematicsfrom the University of South Carolina in 1975, and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from North Carolina StateUniversity in 1987. His appointment is 65% research and 35% academic. He teaches the introductory course and anadvanced undergraduate/entry graduate level course in environmental engineering. Page 4.528.7Appendix 1. Sample Biomedical Engineering Problem. Biomedical/Biological Engineering Case Study - BAE 101 - Fall, 1998 The following problem is extracted from the notes of a short course I attended

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gary P. Halada; Nancy McCoy Wozniak

instruction, they havewith broader issues of thinking, feeling, perceiving and presented particular challenges to assessment and evaluation.behaving. [2] In this work, the Kolbs explain the need toconsider the learning space, consisting of both the student and B. Electronic portfolios in engineering educationtheir environment, in the assessment of learning fromexperiences. The learning space in which experiential learning Multiple studies over the past decade have shown strongoccurs is broader than just the physical space, and includes the evidence that portfolios, and by extension, electroniclife experience of the learner outside the course or the portofolios (eportfolios), benefit student learning andclassroom, and in

Conference Session

Implementing the BOK - Can it Be Done?

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karl Meyer; Allen Estes; Ronald Welch

experience in the four sub-disciplines of Structures, Geotechnical, Hydrologyand Hydraulics, and Construction Management. A depth component in Structures is providedthrough required courses in Structural Analysis, Steel Design, and Reinforced Concrete Design.Additionally, there is a mandatory Capstone design course as well as a widely subscribedprogram of Independent Study projects. The three elective offerings are mostly in the area ofstructural or environmental engineering. Thermodynamics and Electrical Engineering provideengineering breadth outside the civil discipline.A key difference from other institutions in that all students have a full scholarship and are fullyexpected to graduate in four years. The summers are filled with military training

Conference Session

Sustainable Education and the Environment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger Beardsley, Central Washington University; Stephen Morton, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2009-679: DETERMINING THE GREENHOUSE-GAS IMPACT OFUNIVERSITY-SPONSORED AIR TRAVELRoger Beardsley, Central Washington University Roger Beardsley is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Wa. His interests include many of the renewable energy technologies. This paper reports on research performed as a member of CWU's Climate Commitment committee.Stephen Morton, Central Washington University Stephen Morton is a senior undergraduate student in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA. He has been working with the CWU Climate Commitment committee helping to establish procedures for

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard V. Melnyk, United States Military Academy; William Clarence Pyant III, United States Military Academy; Daisie D. Boettner P.E., United States Military Academy; Daniel Richard Brown

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering, an MBA in Technology Management and recently commanded a Battalion at Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia.Major William Clarence Pyant III, United States Military Academy Major William Pyant III is an Instructor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY. He received his B.S. from the United States Military Academy and his M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University. His research interests include orbital mechanics, optimization in aerospace systems, and engineering education.Col. Daisie D. Boettner P.E., United States Military Academy Colonel Daisie Boettner graduated from West Point in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree. She

Conference Session

Liberal Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanne Lax, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2007-2658: HELPING ENGINEERING STUDENTS WRITE EFFECTIVEEMAILJoanne Lax, Purdue University Ms. Lax is the communications specialist for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. She is a graduate of Northwestern University (B.S.J., 1977; M.S.J., 1978) and Purdue University (M.A. 1994). She teaches graduate courses in academic writing and speaking for international engineering students. Page 12.800.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Helping Engineering Students Write Effective EmailAbstractWith the widespread availability of text

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carisa H Ramming P.E., Oklahoma State University; John J. Phillips P.E., Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #10249Improving retention of student understanding by use of hands-on experi-ments in StaticsProf. Carisa H Ramming P.E., Oklahoma State University Carisa Ramming joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University as an assistant professor in January 2009 after a stint as a visiting professor in the School of Architecture during the 2007-2008 academic year. Professor Ramming is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree in 2001 and dual masters degrees; Master of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Construction Engineering and Master of Architectural

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Carter; Sarah Rajala

opportunities.6. To expose students to advances in engineering practice and research as preparation for opportunities in professional practice and graduate education.7. To obtain resources necessary to recruit, develop, and retain faculty who are committed to the educational mission of the department and to acquire, maintain, and operate facilities and laboratory equipment appropriate to our engineering program, and to incorporate traditional and state-of-the-art educational technology and methods.3 Page 6.400.9 Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

think not everyone is cut out for competition teams due to the time impact, however I wouldsay that anyone who is willing to put in the time benefits greatly and learns a great deal aboutdedication if nothing else. This becomes highly important in the professional world.” (Thiscomment is from a former team member who has now graduated and is working for one of the“big-three”.)“I would recommend to Lawrence Tech's students, that they participate in similar types ofcompetition teams. These experiences will help improve study habits, networking skills, teamwork, the understanding of automotive technologies.”“I would recommend this experience because it is great on the resume and crucial to fullyunderstanding the field of engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Courses II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

2006-279: GREEN ENGINEERING DESIGN THROUGH PROJECT-BASEDINDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIPSC. Stewart Slater, Rowan University C. Stewart Slater is a Professor and Founding Chair of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. from Rutgers University. His research and teaching interests are in the area of membrane technology where he has applied this to fields such as specialty chemical manufacture, green engineering, bio/pharmaceutical manufacture and food processing. He is the recipient of the 1999 Chester Carlson Award, 1999 and 1998 Joseph J. Martin Award, 1996 George Westinghouse Award, and the 1989 Dow Outstanding New Faculty Award.Mariano Savelski, Rowan

Conference Session

Educational Software

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Chonacky, Yale University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2007-2127: COMPUTATION IN UNDERGRADUATE PHYSICS: WHAT NEEDSTO CHANGE AND WHAT CHANGE CAN MEAN TO COMPUTATION INENGINEERING COURSES.Norman Chonacky, Yale University Norman Chonacky is currently the editor in chief of Computing in Science and Engineering, a joint publication of the American Institute of Physics and the IEEE-Computer Society. He is a retired physicist who has spent his career split evenly between being a physics faculty member and conducting applied science and engineering research. As an academic he worked to apply computers in physics educational settings and to evaluate the impact that various methodologies had on student learning. As a research scientist he worked in optics

Conference Session

The Modern ChE Laboratory

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Brazel

of chemical engineers 1, and with the recent growth in technologicalbreakthroughs related to biology and medicine, engineers must be trained to work withbiochemicals for process design and scale up for production of such products as new drugs,biomaterials, bio-based fuels and enzymes2. In the next several years, chemical engineers will beincreasingly exposed to biochemical processes in auxiliary roles, such as biochemical sensors foron-line monitoring of chemical reactors and the use of microorganisms in environmentalbioremediation. With the advancements made in biological research in the past decade3,chemical engineers need to be trained to work with different chemical entities, and understandthe importance of proteins, enzymes

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre; Larry J. Shuman; Jack McGourty

/evaluation methodologies. Sheholds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh.LARRY J. SHUMANLarry J. Shuman is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Universityof Pittsburgh. His primary areas of interest are the application of operations research to improving the engineeringeducational experience and the study of the ethical behavior of engineers. He served as the co-General Chair of the1997 Frontiers in Education Conference held in Pittsburgh, PA. Page 4.50.10

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bhaskar R. Sinha; Pradip P. Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Mohammad N. Amin; Debra A. Bowen

this program specified by theProgram Learning Outcomes. This study identifies criteria and determines ways to structuretechnical capstone projects to ensure development of valuable real-world learning experience bythe student that is transferable to a workplace environment. Current acceptable methodologies forstructuring capstone projects are evaluated and those which produce the best results in anaccelerated format for the Information Technology Management curriculum are identified. Thefindings suggest that structuring and designing the capstone project using these guidelines is apractical way of improving student learning, meeting the required learning outcomes of theacademic program, and completing a successful capstone project.Keywords

Conference Session

Innovation and Fun in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Audra N. Morse P.E., Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #26819Teaching and Assessment of Innovation and Creativity in Civil Engineering:Why? How? Now!Dr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, En- vironmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She has served as the Associate Chair for Under- graduate Education in the CEAE Department, as well as the ABET assessment coordinator. Professor Bielefeldt was also the faculty director of the Sustainable By Design Residential Academic Program, a living-learning community where interdisciplinary students learn

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mike Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Ed Evans; Francis Broadway; Helen Qammar

(%) 60 40 20 0 A B C D LPFE ActivityFigure 4. Analysis of the percentage of students who included written personalstatements concerning their own learning as part of the LPFE process, as well as thepercentage of these comments that were positive and negative. The activities are (A)team project, (B) seminars/colloquia, (C) field trips, (D) research facility tours.Field Trips/Positive - very affirming to undergraduate engineering students who mayhave a tendency to lose perspective; I got to see some of the topics we are studying inclass

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 10: Institutions and Structures

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Gibson, National Academy of Engineering; David A. Butler, National Academy of Engineering; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, a research associate in the Department of Environmental Health of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, conducted research at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and practiced as a product safety engineer at Xerox Corporation. He has directed numerous National Academies studies on engineering and environmental policy topics. Dr. Butler earned his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering with a concentration in biomedical engineering from the University of Rochester and his PhD in public policy analysis from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a recipient of the National Academies’ Cecil Medal for Research.Dr. Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Patricia Dee Zobel, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Proceedings of the Association of the Study of Higher Education, Albuquerque, NM.17. Schussler, D. L., & Fierros, E. G. (2008). Students’ perceptions of their academics, relationships, and sense of belonging: Comparisons across residential learning communities. Journal of the First Year Experience & Students in Transition, 20(1), 71-96.18. Stassen, M. (2003). Student outcomes: The impact of varying living-learning community models. Research in Higher Education, 44(5), 581-613.19. Pike, G., & Kuh, G. (2005). First- and second-generation college students: A comparison of their engagement and intellectual development. The Journal of Higher Education, 76(3), 276- 300.20. Cabrera, A. A., & Castaneda, M. (1993). College persistence

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Lauren Singer, AmeriCorps VISTA; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #22229Community: Voices from a Small CohortMiss Monica Lauren Singer, AmeriCorps VISTA Monica Singer is an AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteer in Service to America) supporting diversity and inclu- sion initiatives within engineering at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. There she received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology with minors in Gender, Race, Culture, Science & Technol- ogy and Child Development. She is currently a research assistant in the Advancing Cultural Change lab on campus studying students’ experiences of bias in STEM. Her research interests include masculinity, STEM

Conference Session

Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Hee Kim, Iridescent ; Tara Chklovski, Iridescent

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

  partnering  with  engineering  corporations  and engineering  professional  societies,  training  professional  engineers  to  develop  Open  Ended Engineering  Design  Challenges  and  teach  Family  Science,  adopting  the  EasT  and  Family Science  model  to  a  professional  instead  of  collegiate  setting.  This  will  enable  engineering corporations  and  their  engineers  to  broaden  reach  in  their  immediate communities. Through this early  work,  Iridescent is also conducting a research study on the impacts of training and outreach on  employee  engagement,  job  satisfaction,  and  development  of  soft  skills  (including  public speaking,  communication  to  laymen,  and  team  management).  We  understand  that  employee

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Colonial and Local Contexts (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 8)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Agrawal, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Paper ID #47973Student and Instructor Experiences with a Seminar Course on Engineeringand Social JusticeDr. Ashish Agrawal, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET) Ashish Agrawal is an Assistant Professor in the College of Engineering Technology at Rochester Institute of Technology. His research interests include exploring the intricacies of STEM curricula, studying the influence of curricular features on students’ experiences, and designing equitable interventions and assessing their influence on student learning. He has taught several introductory engineering courses using student-centric approaches such as project-based

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Cain; Julia McLees; Jason Bara; Gary Wnek; Bradford Crosby; Gary Huvard

summer, the company suffered abnormally high scrap ratesdue to “mushy” preform side panels and then the problem would disappear as the summer ended.Brad and Nick were to determine the cause of the increased scrap rate and find a workable, cost-effective solution to the problem.After about two weeks spent studying the process and the curing chemistry, the boys devised ahypothesis. The air for the curing ovens was simply drawn in from outside and then heated. Ifthe summertime humidity increase somehow slowed the evaporation of water from the preformemulsion, the curing process might not go to completion since the temperature of the materialcould not rise to the necessary polymerization temperature until all of the water boiled away.(This concept

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

when and how teachers engage with students can be acts of kindness. They studied a fullyonline, primarily asynchronous graduate-level education course where the four students engagedin critical / collaborative learning largely via threaded / responsive online discussion boards. Thethree video conferences with students were identified as key points to create communitycohesion. The acts of kindness of the online learning tutors (co-instructors) included givingfriendly and informal responses to student posts via Facebook, supporting student control, givingformative feedback, offering one-on-one support, and timely availability for help. The instructorsconsidered the interactions from the perspective of students and engaged with ‘authentic well

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Sadraey, Daniel Webster College; Nicholas Bertozzi, Daniel Webster College

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

to all engineering discipline – aeronautical, mechanical, electrical, civil, computer.Engineering design is a methodical approach to dealing with a particular class of large and complexprojects. Engineering design provides the design engineer with a realistic design process. Page 26.1453.2 1Recent statistical data indicates a few significant challenges in the US higher education andcompetitiveness. About 36 percent of college graduates in a 2012 study [11] did not show anysignificant cognitive gains over four years. While the price of home dropped about 35% over thelast seven years [11]; the

Conference Session

Bringing Biology into Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Schaffer; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Jenna Rickus; Matthew Verleger

tokeep pace. Until only a few years ago, the subject of bioengineering was predominantly limitedto graduate level coursework and research labs. Only in recent years, due in part to theburgeoning of interdisciplinary research and the general increased growth of technology hasbioengineering found its way into the undergraduate curriculum. Yet despite the expansion intoundergraduate coursework, most instructors are limited to professional journal articles orcomplex tools aimed at those working in the field. Moreover, because of the scale, complexity,and interdisciplinary nature of the study of most bioengineering phenomena, the developmentand implementation of hands-on experiments can be challenging at the early undergraduate level

Conference Session

Track 6: Technical Session 5: Student-based Recommendations to Increase Accessibility in Undergraduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Emily Violet Landgren, University of Texas at Austin; Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

formalaccommodations fail to remove all barriers. Student interviews informed this paper’srecommendations to improve their access to education, especially when implemented together.Recommendations include both instructor- and administrative-level supports.II. METHODSA. Positionality Both authors hold engineering degrees and identify as white, disabled women. The firstauthor, whose disability affects her cognitive function, energy, and mobility, is working towardsa graduate engineering degree. This research came to fruition out of the frustration we felt afterthe first author experienced numerous barriers to accommodations and faculty support during herfirst year of graduate school. We are motivated by this experience to increase accessibility

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Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Enrico Martinez; Shelby Mullen; Brent Rogers; Haley Worman

these first two lab sessions, students work on members. It was first decided to eliminate obsolete experi-the measurement of one or more of the significant variables, ments, and new experimental setups were added to supplyand results of statistical data analyses are reported in a memo- Shelby Mullen graduated from Purdue University in May 2016 with a B.S.randum. Next, students spend the remaining seven sessions in chemical engineering on the dean’s list. She works at Naval Surfaceon an Analysis Project, in which they conduct experiments Warfare Center, Crane Division in the Polymers and Undersea Sensorsto characterize their assigned processes. In