Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Avanzato

course have more responsibility for participation and out-of-the-classroom reading, andit is unclear what impact this has had on performance. Quizzes on robot programming techniquesyielded positive results, but are qualitative at this time. The experiment will be repeated in the nearfuture with additional assessment. An informal survey was distributed in the class during the last week of the course. One questionasked for the student to rate the usefulness of the team robotics projects in the course. Of the 13respondents, 3 rated the team robotics “extremely useful,” 7 selected “very useful,” 2 rated the roboticsprojects “somewhat useful,” and one responded that he/she was “not sure.” To the question of whetherthere should be more lecture

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuba Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

physical or psychologicalcharacteristics. It is important to focus on specific tasks and to assess efficacy perceptions andperformance over a range of increasing task difficulty [2]. Self-efficacy arises from the gradualacquisition of complex cognitive, social, linguistic, and/or physical skills through experience [3].One’s self-efficacy beliefs are multidimensional and can vary based on the task that is assumed.Self-efficacy has three dimensions [4]: magnitude (level of task difficulty that a person believeshe or she can attain); strength (whether the conviction regarding magnitude is strong or weak)and generality (the degree to which the expectation is generalized across situations). All threedimensions can influence the modeling abilities of

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Upperclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Turton, West Virginia University; Joseph Shaeiwitz, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

education, and outcomes assessment. Joe is an associate editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, and he is a co-author of the text Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Processes (3rd ed.), published by Prentice Hall in 2009. Page 15.56.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Module for Teaching Batch OperationsRationaleFor the past several years, the majority of projects chosen for one of the two required designs inour senior capstone course have involved some form of batch or semi-batch process. However,no formal instruction in the design and operation of batch processes was

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2010-777: INFLUENCING SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A STEMLIVING-LEARNING COMMUNITY: AN NSF STEP FUNDED PROJECTMelissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida Melissa Dagley Falls is the Director of Academic Affairs for the UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science and advisor to both undergraduate and graduate students within the college. Dr. Dagley Falls chairs the Admission, Advising, and Retention Committee (AARC) and serves on the assessment and activities teams of the NSF-funded STEP program entitled “EXCEL:UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence." Her research interests lie in the areas of student access to education, sense of community, retention, first-year

Conference Session

Innovation in ECET Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

informationtechnology.The main motivation to update this course was to provide better programming experience andreal engineering applications experiments to the students taking this course, and at the same time,making the material easier to understand. To make the learning experience for the students moreinteresting we implemented the following policies: a) Increasing interactions between instructor and students in class and lab b) Enhancing communication with students during class and lab sessions c) Supporting students software learning and project development while using microcontrollers for the first time d) Enhancing active learning and instruction e) Practicing program debugging and documentation f) Improving class assessment and evaluation

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fleisig, McMaster University; Harry Mahler, Ontario College of Art and Design

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

prepared to innovate continuously in the global marketplace. This programhas come to fruition through the collaboration of two schools: Ontario College of Art andDesign and McMaster University offering Industrial Design and Engineering Designexpertise, respectively. This paper presents the current efforts in defining creativeengineering practice and couching it in terms that can be assessed by bothcreative/engineering professionals/academia. The paper will review the philosophybehind the current program, curricula, and an example of student work. For engineeringstudents, learning to become creative individuals requires a considerable degree oflearning outside their normal world view, which, by definition, expands the definition ofthe engineering

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

conscious mental processes by which peopleaccumulate and construct knowledge. It is common to distinguish between lower- Page 15.55.2level cognitive processes, such as perceiving, recognizing, memorizing, understandingand conceiving, and higher-level mental functions, such as analyzing, conclusiondrawing, reasoning, synthesizing, problem-solving, assessing and creative thinking.Cognition is also about educators understanding that learning occurs through socialinteraction, as well as interaction with the physical world such as artifacts orcomputers.The metacognitive dimension of the SRLT has to do with individuals’ awareness oftheir learning, and their ability

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

white spaces for notetaking. Instead, a new approach isneeded, in which images are copied into a word processor, then manipulated to transform user-hostile handouts into user-friendly handouts. Assessment of this approach includes student-generated improvement recommendations. Students photocopy their notes, then mark them withred pen to indicate recommended changes. This approach is not limited to fluid power, or even toengineering; it lends itself to any image-intensive topic, technical or otherwise.IntroductionOne reason students choose to enroll in Mechanical Engineering Technology rather than inMechanical Engineering is the hands-on, practical nature of an MET curriculum. These studentslike the blend of engineering science and engineering

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design in Engineering Technology: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Rios-Gutierrez, Georgia Southern University; Youakim Al Kalaani, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

peers, EET faculty and industrial partners.Industry SponsorsEvery year, during our IAB meetings, we ask or industrial partners to provide a list of projectsthat our students could help them to implement, this list is also enhanced with projects providedby faculty members that are associated to their research. Once the project is approved fordevelopment, the industry sponsor only acts as an external technical advisor and does not getinvolved in the design, implementation or management of the project. The other onlyinvolvement is at the end of the senior design course, where he gives an assessment of thedevelopment and completion of the project. Sponsor costs are deliberately kept low, for projectsrequiring additional funding for materials

Conference Session

Engineering in the Middle Grades

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan Hynes, Tufts University; David Crismond, The City College of New York; Ethan Danahy, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

hardware to the computerprovides students with critical, immediate feedback regarding their programming ideas and thedevices and structures they create. The RoboBooks software tools enable students to store digitalnotes, photos and videos as they proceed with their designing. Such records can support studentsin doing meaningful assessment of their designs, do reflective writing about their decisions, andcommunicate with others about their design work and final process in ways that go far beyond a“veneer of accomplishment” 10 often seen in design portfolios 11. Robocart(Robobooks curriculum) The Tufts/City College of New York teamadapteda piece of paper-based, middle-schoolengineering curriculum previously developed by Hynes (NSF Award#DRL

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi; Sana Nawaz, Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne; Reynaldo Pablo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

: Sustainable Sites 14 points in detail ≠ Water Resources and sustainable Landscaping: Covering USGBC LEED-NC Water efficiency 5 points ≠ Building Orientation, Renewable energy and storage and HVAC Systems: Covering USCBC LEED-NC Energy and atmosphere 17 points ≠ Materials and Resources: Covering USGBC LEED NC-materials and Resources 13 points ≠ Indoor Quality-Air, Light and Views: Covering USGBC LEED-NC Indoor Environmental Quality 15 points ≠ Innovation and Design: Covering USGBC LEED-NC Innovation and Design Process 5 points Page 15.684.5Assessment Method: The method of assessment included a Mid Term in class

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ari Epstein, MIT; Beverly Mire, Cambridge Youth Programs; Trent Ramsey, Cambridge Youth Programs; Karen Gareis, Goodman Research Group; Emily Davidson, MIT; Elizabeth Jones, MIT; Michelle Slosberg, MIT; Rafael Bras, MIT

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

assessment conducted by independent evaluators,and the role that assessment has played in shaping the program.IntroductionIn this paper we report on a unique university-community partnership, in which urban teens, Page 15.1199.3working under the mentorship of undergraduates at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), create and broadcast radio stories on environmental topics. The program, calledTerrascope Youth Radio (TYR), is run as a collaboration between the MIT Terrascopeprogram1,2 and the City of Cambridge Youth Programs, with independent evaluation fromGoodman Research Group (GRG). The program is offered both in a summer intensive

Conference Session

Teaching Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter W Malak, Marquette University; Mark L. Nagurka, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

springs presented to the students are commercial metal wire springs Page 24.878.4and 3D printed (ABS-M30) springs (Figure 8). The team measures the wire diameter, the coildiameter, the number of coils, and force and displacement values of each spring (Figures 9 and10). From these values the shear moduli of the spring material are calculated and the stiffnessesare found. The team is required to assess the suitability of the approach for determining materialproperties. Since it is not commonplace to fabricate springs by 3D printing, these springs prompta discussion of the feasibility of their use in applications. The purpose of the experiment is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

attribute to their experiences in precollege engineering programsand activities.Quantitative Data CollectionBased on the results of the qualitative data analysis, an instrument will be developed to measurethe effects of K-12 engineering programs on students’ experiences in their first year ofengineering coursework. Our development and validation of an instrument to assess the effect ofprecollege engineering will follow standard procedures for psychometric research. This willinclude identifying potential constructs/items from preexisting instruments that align with thefactors identified through the interviews, creating new items, development of an “alpha”instrument, expert review of the “alpha” instrument and administration to a small pilot group

Conference Session

Mentoring Minorities: Effective Programs, Practices, and Perspectives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence; Anna V. Elde, The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence; Kate Ambrose, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

forresearching best practices in mentoring. Thus, in this research investigation PAESMEMrecipients were analyzed to characterize effective strategies for mentoring minorities withinSTEM fields. Twenty-five randomly selected PAESMEM recipients were asked to participate ina descriptive research study designed to assess mentoring practices. The results of the surveyreveal five practices that the majority of PAESMEM recipients identified as having performed“very well” in their own mentoring programs. These research results can informrecommendations for mentoring practices that should be implemented in future mentoringprograms to help underrepresented groups successfully navigate STEM fields.IntroductionMentoring is pedagogical method defined as a

Conference Session

BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

accreditation change and approval process.Task Committee Members:• Rich Anderson (Chair): Somat Engineering, Inc.; Past-President of ABET; past Chair of theBOK2 Committee.• Dave Binning: Applied Engineering Management Corporation; member of ABETEngineering Accreditation Council (EAC), and active in ASCE educational committees.• George Blandford: CE Department Chair at University of Kentucky, past Chair of theDepartment Head Coordinating Council (DHCC), and active in ASCE educational committees.• Phil Borrowman: Retired from Hanson Professional Services Inc.; Past-President of ABETand retired consulting engineer.• Donald Carpenter: Professor of Civil Engineering and Past Director of Assessment,Lawrence Technological University with extensive

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Melissa Thompson P.E. P.E., BridgeValley Community and Technical College; Bekir Zihni Yuksek, University of Northern Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

incomingstudents.STEM seminar. BCTC developed a non-credit, two-course STEM seminar that STEMScholars take in lieu of the existing freshman seminar. The first-year seminar focusesacademic issues, and the second-year seminar focuses on career placement. The seminarsenable STEM faculty to maintain interaction, create consistent programming, and assess theprogression of STEM Scholars.Career Services. BCTC’s Career Services counselor uses workshops on resume writing andinterviewing within the STEM seminar. The counselor also schedules workshops for eachtargeted major to address local career opportunities and to provide individualized careerassistance.Career Check. BCTC has implemented a “Career Check” in which students must prepare forcareer readiness. The Career

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Justin Bryan Gillander; Joshua C. Newton; Kelly R. Reid

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

H-Bridge Heat pumpFigure 4: Temperature control scheme for POC system using Arduino Microcontoller, thermocouple, H-Bridge, and thermoelectric element (heat-up).A packaged instrument, i.e., housing for the instrumented platform shown in Figure 3, was designed inSolidWorks® and made on a 3-D printer in ABS plastic— see Figure 5. The smartphone could bemounted on the package to serve as a communication port and detector. The image capture capabilityof the phone (centered over and focused on the amplification chamber of the chip) provided colorimage data for red, green, and blue pixels, thus assessing the amount of green fluorescence due to theblue LED

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moustapha Diab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Uche Ezechi, University of Delaware; Mohamad Dyab, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

, enabling scientists to assess environmental health of lakes,bays, and estuaries. This will provide a background for the eventual protection and conservationof endangered species and ecosystem health of water bodies.Prevailing monitoring techniques are expensive, time consuming, and sometimes do not providein-situ data analysis, increasing the possibility of sample contamination. Water ways inaccessibleto humans and bigger boats are also largely ignored and seldom monitored.An autonomous monitoring platform with in-situ data collection method will limit the chances ofsample contamination, and provide an easy means of data collection. Inaccessible water wayscan also be monitored with small devices such as SAMPLE as it can be launched from

Conference Session

General Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christian Rogers, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Jerry Clyde Schnepp, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

of Technology, Architecture and Applied Engineering at Bowling Green State University. His research and teaching focuses on Computer Graphics, Animation, and Interactive Media. Page 24.1159.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Students Perceptions of an Alternative Testing Method: Hints as an Option for Exam QuestionsIntroductionFor educators, creating and administering effective evaluation tools can be arduous. Tests andquizzes, the traditional approach, must be challenging enough to assess the student’s mastery ofcourse material, yet

Conference Session

Hands-on/Experiential Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gavin T. Garner, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

submission is undeniably unique and creative.Project Assessment & Conclusions Each year, at the end of this final project, the author has personally interviewed everystudent individually for 10-15 minutes each to quiz them on the details of their project solutionsincluding their understanding of the unique software code that their team has developed, thefunction of all of the hardware and circuitry they have implemented, and the general mechatronicconcepts that were covered in the course that related to this project. Students were thereforetasked with the challenge of reverse-engineering all of the circuits (Figure 4) and mechanisms atwork in their HooPrint. The author has performed individual interviews of all of his students at

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technolog Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian R. King, Bucknell University; Ashwin Satyanarayana, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

perweek, where they were free to express their thoughts about their experience in the course. In thisfinal section, we first present a general assessment of our learning outcomes through offeringdata in our final project. Then, we present recurring themes from our own observations and fromthe student journal entries that will hopefully help the reader form a new course with "eyes wideopen."6.1 Assessment of Learning OutcomesTo assess the learning outcomes of the course, students were required to find a real-worldproblem where data mining could be used to provide useful knowledge about the underlyingprocesses that generated the data in the first place. Specifically, they had to find the data to useon their own, understand and explain the data and

Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P Hung, Texas A&M University; Wm Adam Farmer, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

approach.SummaryWe propose and implement Group-Cell laboratory practices to replace the Traditional laboratoryexercises. Teaching manufacturing through simulated production line in a group cell wouldprovide both hard-skills and soft-skills to students since this approach: a) Simulates industrial practice, b) Provides opportunity for students to interact and be responsible, and c) Reduces floor space and expenses when having less number of identical machines and tooling.Although very promising, the impact of this new approach is yet to be verified with feedbackdata and assessment of student comprehension.References1. Askin, R.G. and Standridge, C.R., Modeling & Analysis of Manufacturing Systems, John Wiley & Sons publisher, 1993.2

Conference Session

Women in Engineering (WIED) Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Svetlana Vasilievna Barabanova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Julia Ziyatdinova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Anastasia Sokolova, Kazan National Research Technological University; Vasiliy G. Ivanov, Kazan National Research Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering education professions and this role steadily grew with almost 60percent of all the engineers being women in the Soviet era. One of the main reasons for thissignificant role of women was a mass liberation of women from their "domestic slavery". Apopular theme is exemplified by Vladimir Lenin's politically important slogan that claimed that"Even a kitchen maid can rule the state" in Russia. In that same era, though, a number of social,cultural, and political reason forces resulted in women not playing a key role in solving theproblems of Russia. The modern demographic situation, the problems in engineering educationand science backed up by statistical data suggest the need to take the influence of women intoaccount when assessing the role

Conference Session

Information Literacy, Computer Efficacy and Readiness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Renee Henson, Mineral Area College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

potential for bias among students with lowskills. However, online surveys were administered to four online classes. In addition todemographic information, the survey included questions that assess the individual’s access anduse of Internet technologies and computer related devices as well as their perceived level ofskills and aptitude (computer efficacy). At the end of the semester, course grades, completionrates, and cumulative grade point averages (GPA) of participating students were gathered.A combination of multiple regression, bivariate correlation analyses, and independent-samples t-tests using SPSS version 20 determined the level of correlation between various dependent andindependent variables. Initially, Pearson correlation coefficients

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cory A. Hixson, Virginia Tech; Thomas W. Mason, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

in design orentrepreneurship fields. Specifically, it provides a means to help both novice and expertdesigners and entrepreneurs organize, communicate, refine, and reflect on their ideas. Thecanvas also provides a means of design-thinking documentation in which comparisons betweeninitial, mid, and final versions of the canvas could be used to assess student learning.The prototype version of the innovation canvas is shown in Figure 2 below and is availableonline for educators and practitioners to test, evaluate, and provide feedback36. In addition to thedetails presented in the remainder of this paper, a brief description of the canvas’s themes can befound in the appendix of this paper. The canvas is shared under a Creative Commons (CC

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Nathan Dunn, University of Idaho Integrated Design Lab; Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg; Sherry McKibben, IURDC, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

workshops, to seven week design studios, to 15- Page 23.1307.7week seminars. One of the main goals of the curriculum is to “identify and applyintegrated performance metrics and assessment methods and tools,” and it does thismainly through the incorporation of the IES VE6 software. The software plays a criticalrole in the integrated approach of the courses, and provides a flexible, modularsimulation platform with a wide range of simple and advanced analyses. The IES VEsoftware provides an easy to use front end for Radiance and can handle advancedHVAC system design and calibration. The University of Minnesota curriculum serves asa good example of how critical

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Morgan M Hynes, Arizona State University; Ethan E Danahy, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

23.1310.7 The final product was a stand-alone research tool that allowed the researchers to conduct multiple experiments simultaneously for the purpose of widespread use. Conclusions & Implications The digital environment of RoboBooks allowed for an easily streamlined data collection process. The tool provided a method to easily assess participants and saved the researchers countless amounts of time. Additional information that would have been extremely tedious to collect (e.g. time stamping, ratings, images) was collected easily through the RoboBooks platform. Usability testing also showed the new digital version of the design task to be well received by research participants. This approach to data collection appears to present a valuable

Conference Session

Instrumentation Technical Session III

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

microcontroller a pulse width modulated (PWM) output is generated usinga system counter. To generate a PWM output in SPIN, one cog would run an endless loop thatcounts on and off steps, forcing the pin manually on and off. Interestingly, the Propellerprocessor also has a built in capability to generate regular VGA output signals.Surprisingly, the only ASEE paper to reference the Parallax Propeller hardware was written byFraser17. He switched to the platform in 2010 from a PIC processor. His assessment was “TheParallax environment is far superior to the PIC development environment making for easierlearning by non-computer science students.” This authors experience is similar, by replacinginterrupt driven programming with the polled nature of SPIN

Conference Session

Misconceptions

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Venters, Virginia Tech; Lisa DuPree McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

teaching emphasizes the roles of engineers as communicators and educators, the foundations and evolution of the engineering education discipline, assessment methods, and evaluating communication in engineering.Dr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communica- tion and teamwork in engineering, design education, and engineering identity. She was awarded a CA- REER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is co-PI on NSF . Her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of