Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William Daughton

assignments. High technology companies, such as thethen Martin Marietta, were concerned that many engineers were entering management positionsresponsible for project or development teams or promoted to managers of small departments orwork groups with little preparation. Ironically, these opportunities sometimes came as a rewardfor a job well done for engineering contributions but placed the individual in an awkwardposition. As Matson1 and Lancaster2 have recently reported, and this author observed whileworking in industry, engineers usually find themselves very poorly equipped to take on theirmanagement assignments. To exacerbate this situation, many individuals cannot leave theworkplace for an extended period to obtain the essential management

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

engineering education in the Region.IntroductionAchieving change via engineering education reform is a formidable challenge to any college ofengineering, whether in North America or anywhere else in the world. This paper, is a follow upto prior papers (1, 2, 3, 4) on engineering reform in the Arab Gulf Sates (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and the Sultanate of Oman) focusing on vital issues thathave been either neglected or have not been sufficiently addressed. The purpose here is toprovide some perspectives, and at the same time, renew the call for a new and fresh outlook atengineering education for the Region, commensurate with demands for more roundedengineering graduates with the ability to function in a modern

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia; Lisa R. Lattuca, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Katie L. Piacentini, University of Missouri - Columbia; David B. Knight, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

AC 2011-881: PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES MAKING A DIFFERENCE:A CROSS-CASE ANALYSIS IDENTIFYING PROGRAMS AND FACTORSTHAT INFLUENCE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF WOMEN EN-GINEERING STUDENTSLois Calian Trautvetter, Northwestern University Lois Calian Trautvetter Assistant Professor of Education and Director, Higher Education Administration and Policy Program, Northwestern University, l-trautvetter@northwestern.edu Dr. Trautvetter studies faculty development and productivity issues, including those that enhance teaching and research, motivation, and new and junior faculty development. She also studies gender issues in the STEM disciplines.Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia Rose M. Marra, Ph.D. is an Associate

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Core Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony T. Cahill, Texas A&M University; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Texas A&M University; Mark Weichold, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

courses (216 & 217) were to use the programming language taught in the firstcourse. Faculty on the implementation committees felt that Python was an appropriate choice forthe new courses. There had been a number of changes in the programming language used in thefreshman courses over the past two decades, so there was some concern about yet another changein supported language. Nevertheless, the Computer Science faculty in charge of contentdevelopment for ENGR 102 were satisfied with the choice, so planning on the use of Pythonwent forward.The Use or Dis-Use of Educational TheoryAn important question is to what extent the development of the new courses was guided byresearch on engineering education research and theories on engineering student

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

to my wider dreams andinterests occurred while I was an undergraduate student at Michigan Tech. Demarcation quicklyemerged as a path of least resistance. Fueled by a passion for computers that ran back to mygrade school years, I found a measure of comfort and satisfaction immersing myself in thedecontextualized technical nuances of electrical and computer engineering, from learning how towire up circuits and code programmable logic chips to exploring new worlds of integrated circuitdesign using various CAD and simulation tools. At the same time, I discovered a growingpassion for social and environmental issues, which I nurtured by taking a cluster of electivecourses in the area of Science, Technology, and Society, and getting involved with

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Tech.

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-3068: DEVELOPING ENGINEERING CURRICULUM IN ANINTEGRATED KNOWLEDGE ENVIRONMENTJosef Rojter, Victoria University of Tech. Page 12.495.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Developing Engineering Curriculum in an Integrated Knowledge EnvironmentAbstractUnlike curricula in professional courses such as medicine and law which are focused onspecific discourses such as health and justice respectively, engineering curricula at Australianuniversities lack, by and large, a unifying ideology. In general schools and faculties ofengineering at Australian universities have failed to address this issue and resisted calls forchange in professional engineering

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

particular way ofinterpreting, which prevents further reflection. Boud states that if learner experiences feelings 5that prevent further reflection, then the learner must find some way to regain flexibility (p. 29).A common detraction from using reflective practices in engineering is that the students willfocus too much on the emotional aspect of the project, such as complaining about the amountof work to be done or the dysfunction of the team. To help avoid this issue, reflective promptscan be worded to address discoveries and anticipations. This would allow the analysis to focuson how the projects and student work would be impacted by new information

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel A. Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania; Rocio Chavela Guerra, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University

IFEES President-Elect. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Demographic Data Collection of LGBTQ+ Identities: Barriers and MotivationsAbstractAlthough recent studies highlight the unique difficulties that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer(LGBTQ+) engineering professionals face in their careers, the availability of data concerning thisunderserved population remains scant. Postsecondary educational institutions play a critical role in thecollection of LGBTQ+ demographic data related to sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) amongstudents, faculty, and staff. Such data can be utilized to measure retention

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Brown; Francine Battaglia; Donald R. Flugrad

a process for continuous quality improvement was implemented. Thispaper focuses on our development of assessment tools, which includes fives components: designpanels to judge reports from design-oriented courses; targeted assessments in all core andtechnical elective courses; student assessments to receive feedback from students in our courses;graduating senior surveys to allow students completing our curriculum to provide an overallprogram assessment; and alumni surveys of former students who are three years into theirprofessional careers.I. IntroductionThe faculty and staff of the Mechanical Engineering (ME) Department at Iowa State Universityhave recently devised a new curriculum that includes assessment of program outcomes. Thesteps

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - Ethics in ML/AI

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emad Ali, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bailey Kathryn McOwen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Arsalan Ashraf, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dayoung Kim, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

world’spopulation, a population that migrates in huge numbers to the other three regions mentionedabove), and varying cultural perspectives.This paper analyzes the documents that discusses the AI policy of each mentioned country, to takea deep dive into the frameworks that were developed for regulation of AI technology. The paperwill introduce the policy documents presented by the governments and then conduct comparativeanalysis. We will answer the following question: What are the similarities and differences inethical concerns and mitigation strategies discussed in the policy documents across these fivecountries? The findings of this study will allow the engineering faculties to see a comprehensivepicture of the existing efforts to govern AI ethically

Conference Session

Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

be confused or do the wrong thing.” Overall, then, it appears to us thatone way engineering education is failing students in preparing them for workplace writing is ingiving them the impression that the writing and engineering content are not inextricable linked.The tie between their writing and the financial and legal consequences of engineering workseems to be even less familiar to students. Often, when the issue of liability is raised, faculty,students, and people outside of engineering express an expectation that liability concerns have anegative effect on writing; they assume it causes writers to use “weasel words,” as many peoplecall them. In contrast, in this study we are finding that concerns about liability lead practitionersto

Conference Session

Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edwin R. Schmeckpeper P.E., Norwich University; Michael B. Kelley P.E., Norwich University; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

faculty members responsible for a “Professional Issues” course atNorwich University have deployed EPSA scenarios. The course instructors have observed thatthe interdisciplinary EPSA scenarios generated more enthusiastic and higher level discussionthan case studies focused solely on ethics. Based on their experience with the EPSA method, thefaculty members involved with the “Professional Issues” course hypothesized that the process ofwriting and discussing EPSA scenarios would both enhance the students’ interest in the scenariosubject, and lead to a more mature understanding of the issues raised in the scenario. The EPSAdevelopment package includes an assessment tool for crafting timely, relevant, and engagingscenarios. This was utilized by the

Conference Session

WIED: Community

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Callie Miller, James Madison University; Daniel Castaneda, James Madison University; Melissa Aleman, James Madison University

gendered lens thatdemonstrate how a supportive partnership led to the creation of a new faculty culture that couldpotentially be realized more broadly within academia and engineering education. The themes weexplore under the broader umbrella of collaboration are survival, creating sanctuary, settingboundaries, and faculty empowerment. We hope our stories tell of the reward in demonstratingcare for others as it relates to fostering meaningful, inclusive working relationships that enhancestudent and faculty retention and persistence in engineering education.2. Background – Gendered Strains in STEM and Engineering CulturesA significant amount of research has considered how student behaviors can lead to femalefaculty burnout or feelings of being

Conference Session

IE Program Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion Jackson, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Two will be adding sufficient staff to handle the increased scope ofwork and to provide the essential training to enable the new team members to learn from thosewho were active participants during Phase One.Phase II – Implementation of Online B.S.I.T. ProgramDuring Phase II, the following actions will be taken. 1. Complete Set-up of Online Platform 2. Complete Hiring of Learning Managers & Content Developers 3. Complete Training of Faculty & Staff 4. Review Student Support Infrastructure 5. Revise Marketing Materials to Reflect New Course Structure 6. Monitor/Address Accessibility Issues 7. Integrate Technology Infrastructure 8. Implementation of Teaching

Conference Session

Collaborative Projects in Architectural Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlie Setterfield, Sinclair Community College; Eric Dunn, Sinclair Community College; Russell Marcks, Sinclair Community College

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

solution. Professors worked withstudents to foster a sense of community that allowed cross-disciplinary collaboration, includinghosting a visiting lecturer who specializes in IPD who worked with both faculty and studentsprior to the start of the project. Technology allowing for group communication was employed bythe teams and monitored by faculty throughout the course.Building Information Modeling (BIM) was a cornerstone of the challenge, driving students toexplore new technologies of modeling and construction. Autodesk’s Revit, a component-drivenbuilding modeling program, was the design software of choice. Revit models were coupled withenergy analysis, estimating, rendering, and other design programs. A designated server oncampus was established

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Vislocky; Cecil Beeson

requires only one form and it can be completed quickly. It specifies the name, purpose and proposed bylaws of the group. Names of advisors are also entered. A minimum of five (5) students must be willing to form the nucleus of the new organization. The form is reviewed by appropriate administration personnel and reviewed by the Student Senate.IX. Inform the Faculty and Staff This is a very important item. Faculty and staff can provide several valuable services. Their business and technical expertise can help identify and thereby avoid and overcome obstacles during early planning. They can serve as a fantastic source of advertising. They can provide an advising role. Suffice to say that

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Olds

the statement “Tests require the students use learned material in new orinnovative ways, rather than reproduce types of problems used in class or homework,” theaverage response was 1.8. Page 3.312.5We need to continue to explore ways in which to maximize both resources and effective delivery.We are also exploring the possibility of including essay questions on the exams and developingwriting assignments that tie directly to the lectures. These options may become more viable aslecture faculty are required to spend less time developing course materials.Effectiveness of TextsThe major texts for the course 1, 2, 3 were generally positively

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., High Point University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

has over 30 years’ experience in engineering practice and education, including industrial experience at the Tennessee Valley Authority and the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Her research inter- ests include Engineering Ethics, Image and Data Fusion, Automatic Target Recognition, Bioinformatics and issues of under-representation in STEM fields. She is a former member of the ABET Engineering Ac- creditation Commission, and is on the board of the ASEE Ethics Division and the Women in Engineering Division. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Can ABET Assessment Really Be This Simple?AbstractWith the hard roll-out of ABET’s new outcomes 1-7 in the 2019

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Frances S. Johnson; Carlos C. Sun; Anthony J. Marchese; Heidi L. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Roberta Harvey; Ravi Ramachandran; Paris von Lockette; Kevin Dahm

representative anecdotesfollow. During one early session, students were brainstorming possible topics for theirresearch papers. One area of interest was Mars exploration, as one of the two major Page 5.347.11Sophomore Clinic design projects concerned design of a mission to Mars. Theengineering faculty member present has done work with NASA and was able tocontribute a good deal of technical expertise to the discussion of potential issues. Theability to bring specific engineering knowledge to the writing classroom is certainly oneof the more apparent benefits of team-teaching. Another engineering faculty member observed that his most

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold T. Evensen, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Molly M. Gribb P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Adel Nasiri, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

“vendor neutral instruction,” which utilizes common standards and is not overly-focused on a single vendor’s products… but it is not clear how to go about this. § How do we work with industry in a vendor-neutral way? o Will there be something even more disruptive coming on the heels of IoT? If so , how do we maintain relevance – what “pieces” will have the longest relevance? § What problems is industry solving today vs. tomorrow? § What technology is in development? o What are some new areas for ethical concerns/issues (arising with IoT)? o A “topical area advisory board” could be very helpful. • Student support

Conference Session

BME Courses and Learning Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Kelly Laas, Illinois Institute of Technology, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions; David W. Gatchell PhD, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

potential ethical issues in thisscenario and how the student may be able to resolve them. The ethical issues they identified werecategorized as shown in Table III. A comparison of the categories listed in Tables II and III with the topics addressed in thecourse (see the course syllabus in the appendix) shows the students using more specificterminology from the course on the posttest. In addition, the students on the posttest hone in onthe more important issues such as intellectual property and student/advisor relationships a greaterpercentage of the time than they do on the pretest. As shown in Table II, students often cited the“need to fit into the lab”, or “problems with publishing faculty data”, not recognizing that theseissues fall

Conference Session

Network Administration and Security

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron McKean, Ferris State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

intelligence, and computer control applications merged,industry encountered a shortage of qualified technical staffing. Employment searches forengineers and computer scientists with cross-discipline experience were widespread. Electricalengineers typically lacked formal software education. Computer science graduates weredeficient in digital, microprocessor and other hardware based skills. Both groups lacked trainingin network design or implementation. Ferris State University’s Electronics faculty perceived thisas an opportunity to introduce a new Bachelor of Science degree that would provide graduateswith knowledge in computer technologies that spanned digital electronics, microprocessors,networks, and control software.As the degree concept was

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William J. de Kryger; David A. Lopez

to observe foreign industrial technology, to provide cross-culturalexperiences, and give the students and faculty an opportunity to collaborate on technical projects. Page 3.144.1The first two objectives were easily accomplished, the third is well underway, accompanied bycontinual challenges and refinements.One measurement of the exchange program’s success is the most recent agreement, which wassigned in October 1997. The new agreement, a change from the first, is an open-ended document,allowing greater flexibility and is based on mutual expectations and trust, attributes which had tobe earned. The early exchanges had many challenges and

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sanders; Sanju Patro

will be a dedicated site to collect the specific learning experiences of students from the perspective of cultural and timeliness issues • a communication record/log sheet will be submitted by WebEx at the end of each project • projects will be collected and made available for all faculty members and universities who are interested in joining Global Classmates • A survey to evaluate both faculty and student experiences will be conductedFor the pilot project on Global Classmates, Erasmus University and Hogeschool van Utrecht ofthe Netherlands, Texas Tech University, and Iowa State University are contacted. The respectivefaculty members from each university have listed their concerns

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Elizabeth Ann Strehl, University of Michigan; Sabrina Olson, University of Michigan; Ricardo Elias, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

social context, students are left ill-prepared torecognize and address challenging ethical questions and issues they will encounter in their futureengineering careers. Alternatively, aerospace engineering curricula should support thedevelopment of the critical consciousness (see [9]) required to reflect on the social impact of thefield and students’ present and future roles within it. We are addressing this pressing need withintegrated curriculum development research initiatives. Our multi-institutional team is composedof aerospace and engineering education research faculty, graduate students in engineeringeducation, undergraduate students in engineering, and practitioners in the aerospace industry.This paper highlights the results thus far and

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Danielson; Sudhir I. Mehta

, President of the CarnegieFoundation for the Advancement of Teaching, it should manifest at least three keycharacteristics. These characteristics are that it should be public, susceptible to critical reviewand evaluation, and accessible for exchange and use by other members of one’s scholarlycommunity (Shulman, 1998). Hutching and Shulman (1999) have since added a fourth attribute,implied by the other three, of involvement in question-asking, inquiry, and investigation,particularly around issues of student learning.In the spirit of the scholarship of teaching, we attempt to determine what teaching activitiesimprove student learning. First, we report on a survey of over eight hundred NDSU engineeringstudents, alumni, and faculty. From this survey, we

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Benjamin David Lutz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Nick AuYeung, Oregon State University; Trevor Kenneth Carlisle, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette P.E., Oregon State University; Susannah C. Davis, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

2discipline, and imposing a false dichotomy between technical and social, learning related to thelatter can feel out of place and prevent the deeper learning needed for effective practice.This existing culture does two important things when it comes to pedagogical practices. First, thegeneral lack of discussion concerning issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion might leadengineering faculty to question the appropriateness of learning related to such topics within anengineering context. If we, as a profession, do not recognize issues of diversity, equity, andsocial justice as integral to the success and advancement of our field, it is perhaps onlyreasonable to push back on educational interventions that target those issues. As a result, manyfaculty

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Dick Desautel

Session 2602 Assessment System Workshop Dick Desautel San Jose State UniversityAbstractThis paper first reviews the concepts, design and operation of a complete engineering programassessment system, and then addresses issues of concern in system maintenance and facultyparticipation for such a system. The system review serves to equip those who are unfamiliarwith assessment systems to be able to develop one, and those that are familiar with such systemsto evaluate the system presented. The review clarifies the contrast of old and new cultures

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Ansari, Virginia State University; Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University; Krishan Agrawal, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

financial workshops during the summer so as to start on a timely basis. Provide a little more flexibility with spending . 14. Need more time and/or help to follow Purchasing and State policies for expenditures. 15. We need someone who will directly be involved with the RIGs to help new faculty especially to administer the grant. 16. The purchasing system was a major obstacle that had to be overcome in order to hire students and obtain supplies. Perhaps designating one person to handle all RIG purchasing requests would help. 17. Budget related issues has to be sorted out. 18. The process of how the funds became available, what is needed to use the funds, and a very poor purchasing dept. are

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson

thegreatest benefits of the workshop was the chance to exchange ideas and expertise with colleaguesacross disciplines, with whom one might not ordinarily interact. This led to some stimulatingexchanges and a growth in mutual understanding and respect. In order to participate in the institute faculty had to provide their objectives for applyingto the program. My personal and professional objectives for applying for a position in thesummer institute were as follows:• Personal development and sensitization.• Develop some background in general source materials.• Contribute my perspectives from a science rather than a “liberal arts” discipline to the group.• Learn about the scholarship and pedagogy relative to “classroom climate” issues, which are