Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tang; Lynn Johnson

, Page 9.621.2 and logistic collaboration among program partners.3c; and Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ÆÉ 2004, American Society for Engineering Education• Create an online environment that facilitates collection of data and research collaboration among FEST participants.3a,4,5Development of online and/or blended online versions of the FEST core coursesWeb based technologies are being used to help manage the project comprised of distantpartners with disparate environments, including application of a learning managementsystem to act as: 1) a content management system and 2) a course development systemfor inter-institutional faculty who

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert McLaughlan

, B.M. and Rogers, G.M. “Defining the Outcomes: A Framework for EC-2000”, IEEE Transactions on Education, 23(2), 100-110, 20003 Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. and Smith, K.. Academic controversy: Enriching college instruction through intellectual conflict. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report Volume 25, No.3. Washington, D.C.: The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, 19974 Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. and Smith, K. Constructive controversy: The educative power of intellectual conflict. Change, 32(1), 28-37, 2000.5 Ballantyne, R. and Bain, J. Enhancing environmental conceptions: an evaluation of structured controversy learning units, Studies in Higher Education, 20(3): 293

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jackie Sullivan; Daniel Knight

, and a rapid prototyping machine are also well used bystudents.Gender Differences in First-Year Engineering Projects CourseThe effectiveness of the FYEP course is documented by retention studies conducted on 2,581students into their seventh semester of college.2 The results for all students show a 19% increasein the likelihood of a student remaining in engineering into their senior year if they completed theFYEP course during one of their first two semesters in engineering. The retention results are evenmore impressive for women students. Women who take the FYEP course are 9% more likely topersevere in engineering into their sophomore year, and 27% more likely to remain in engineeringinto their senior year compared to their female counterparts

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Cameron; Rosalyn Hobson; Gary Huvard

Academic Campus situated twomiles west in the historic Fan District.The VCU School of Engineering (SoE) was established in 1996 as an initiative of theUniversity's strategic planning process in response to workforce and economic developmentneeds of Richmond and central Virginia.2 The initial undergraduate programs in mechanical,electrical, and chemical engineering received ABET accreditation in 2001. The school added anew undergraduate major in biomedical engineering in the Fall of 1998, and VCU's longstanding degree programs in Computer Science joined the SoE in the fall of 2001. In May of2000 a graduate degree program in engineering was created and added to the historic graduateprograms of biomedical engineering. With the admission of its sixth

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman; Monica Schmidt

been very positive as demonstrated by a 50% improvement in attendance. The objectives of improved communication, problem solving, and team skills in addition to a background in BME applications have been successfully demonstrated with projects, papers, and presentations. This approach has provided additional benefits for the supervision of graduate students and for research planning. Although initially challenging, the benefits to cost ratio is so high that it is planned for incorporation in all courses in the curriculum. I. Introduction This paper presents the results of having students use the instructor’s grading rubrics to assess both oral and written presentation. For the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Asif M. Shakur; Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

activelyinvolved in teaching and research in the fields of engineering mechanics, robotics and systems and control. Dr.Nagchaudhuri received his bachelors degree from Jadavpur University in Calcutta, India with a honors inMechanical Engineering in 1983, thereafter, he worked in a multinational industry for 4 years before joining TulaneUniversity as a graduate student in the fall of 1987. He received his M.S. degree from Tulane University in 1989 andPh.D. degree from Duke University in 1992.ALI EYDGAHIDr. Eydgahi is an Associate Professor of electrical engineering at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Hereceived his Ph.D. and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Wayne State University. Since 1986 andprior to joining University of Maryland

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon A. Driscoll

has a picture taken with a camera. The professor then goes through the pile and memorizes faces and names. Learn the student’s names – in many cases it makes them study more, they are more hesitant to miss class for unimportant reasons, and makes it easier for them to ask and answer questions. My goal is always to learn names by the third week of the sixteen- week semester class. Before using index cards it took much longer to memorize names. Some professors choose to meet with students individually.(3) Student Interaction. During the semester, I encourage students to work together. I also plan group activities during class where communication becomes important. These activities run smoother when

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Georg Mauer

extensively on sample solutions, even when these were shown to be inapplicable.” “Despite individual professors’ dedication and efforts to develop problem solving skill, “general problem solving skill” was not developed in the four years in our undergraduate program. Students graduated showing the same inability that they had when they started the program. Some could not create hypotheses; some misread problem statements. During the four-year undergraduate engineering program studied, 1974-1978, the students had worked over 3000 homework problems, they had observed about 1000 sample solutions being worked on the board by either the teacher or by peers, and they had worked many open-ended problems.” “ In other words

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Alok Verma; Paul Potier; Irfan Khan; Andrew Moore; Vanicha McQueen; Sepideh Maleki

CollegeStation. This paper discusses the development of a minor to prepare the current license-optionstudents in the program for the ETO endorsement.3. The InstitutionTexas A&M University at Galveston, an ocean-focused branch campus of Texas A&MUniversity, educates early 2,300 undergraduate and graduate students in a diverse range ofmarine and maritime programs, including majors in science, business, engineering, liberal arts,and transportation. With almost $10 million in research expenditures, it is an essential part ofTexas A&M’s unusual land-, sea-, and space-grant mission and is promoting the growth of theblue economy in the Gulf Coast Region.The Texas A&M Marine Academy, one of seven in the nation and the only academyincorporated

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Patricia S. Buford

Information Science, designed andsupported the project webpage. His Computer and Information Science students examined andevaluated all the donated laptop and desktop computer systems; researched thesoftware/operating system; and identified and installed Ubuntu5 as the choice of educationalsoftware.Dr. Ramon Magrans, Professor of Spanish, Head, Department of Foreign Languages andInternational Studies; and his student tested the software and prepared communications for thestudents in Guatemala.Dr. Gwen Morgan, Professor of Elementary Education, was part of the project management teamand through her efforts obtained the donation of used laptops from a major accounting firm inHouston, TX.Dr. Hanna Norton, Associate Professor of Journalism (now

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Fani Zlatarova; Pavel Azalov

formulated as: “Collect,analyze, and interpret data”. Obviously, this statement implies possessing computing knowledge andskills. Current engineering students are future operational employees, supervisors and team leaders,middle managers and knowledge workers, and also top managers. Obtaining an appropriate backgroundin Computing during the years of undergraduate studies is important for their successful career. Theauthors of this paper try to answer the question if the currently offered undergraduate computing coursesfor engineering students provide the needed preparation for taking advantage of Information Technologywhen developing a variety of projects in the everyday professional activity. After analyzing academicprograms for engineering majors

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Frank Lanzer

presentation wasmade to the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Conference of the prior research, conclusions, initial plansand activities to improve this situation1.At that time the research of Margolis and Fisher2 was being widely read. Although theCarnegie Mellon University study centered on computer science, many of the premisesand conclusions are just as applicable to engineering and technology. Educators at bothsecondary and post-secondary institutions seeking methods to increase enrollment andretention of girls and women, explored programs that directly affected their own studentsand those that sought to influence much younger populations. Also influential were thestraight-forward publications of The American Association of University Women(AAUW) 3,4. These make

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bruno Osorno; William Oh

the San Fernando Valley Engineer’ Council, February 2010, LosAngeles CA.William Oh-Graduated from California State University Northridge in 2009 with a Master’sdegree in Electrical Engineering in The Electric Power Systems Option. His research interestsare; renewable energy, industrial power systems and power electronics. Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education 

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Frank Lanzer

presentation wasmade to the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Conference of the prior research, conclusions, initial plansand activities to improve this situation1.At that time the research of Margolis and Fisher2 was being widely read. Although theCarnegie Mellon University study centered on computer science, many of the premisesand conclusions are just as applicable to engineering and technology. Educators at bothsecondary and post-secondary institutions seeking methods to increase enrollment andretention of girls and women, explored programs that directly affected their own studentsand those that sought to influence much younger populations. Also influential were thestraight-forward publications of The American Association of University Women(AAUW) 3,4. These make

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Ganago, University of Michigan; Inger Bergom, University of Michigan; Britton Wolfe, Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

helps toresolve only simple questions. Given the choice, TAs prefer personal contacts for learning fromothers' experience, rather than search the wiki for their comments. Page 15.1317.7References 1. Garland, N. T. (1983). A training program for graduate teaching assistants: The experiences of one department. Teaching Sociology, 10(4), 487-503. 2. Tschannen-Moran, M. & Hoy, A. W. (2002). The Influence of Resources and Support on Teachers’ Efficacy Beliefs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2, 2002. New Orleans, LA. 3. Shaughnessy, M. F. (2004). An interview with Anita

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kun-jung Hsu

methods through democratic processes. The normative discourseproposes that public space planning and design be regarded as requiring direct publicparticipation in the decision-making processes in formulating public space.Environment-Behavior study (E-B study) adopts problem-oriented approaches that emphasizethe need for interaction between design and research [6]. Following the development of E-BStudy, the normative viewpoint of participatory planning and design has gradually becomeone of the main themes in professional design and social science [3, 7, 8]. The idea ofparticipatory planning/design is deeply rooted in normative theory. Accompanying thetraditions of occidental civil society, the participatory planning/design idea became one of

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kemi Ladeji-Osias

, you need to include some flexibility in your planning. The profile of your studentsmay be different from your expectations or previous experiences; your plan will need to beadapted. Research on engineering education is continually changing; you may want to takeadvantage of some of the new work. This paper is divided into three sections: the first one willcover some of the details of planning a course, the second section will discuss teaching thecourse, and the third will suggest some next steps.Planning a CoursePrior to making any decisions about your course, you will need to know your students’backgrounds. What are the prerequisites for the course? This can include college-levelprerequisites and pre-college courses required of all students

Conference Session

First-Year Design Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tonya Peeples; Julie Jessop

Consultants, P.C.17. U.S. Department of Energy (2004). Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Retrieved September 20, 2004, from the World Wide Web: http://www.eere.energy.gov/.JULIE L. P. JESSOPJulie Jessop is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa. She isactively involved in polymer research and teaches a series of polymer courses in addition to an “Introduction toLiterature Review and Proposal Writing” course for first-year graduate students. She received her Ph.D. inChemical Engineering from Michigan State University.TONYA L. PEEPLESTonya Peeples is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Iowa. Shereceived her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Morgan Elaine Bartley, West Virginia University; Andrew C. Nix, West Virginia University; Brian D. Woerner, West Virginia University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

-long sessions, ensuring alignment with the team'seducational needs. This training is given every two months for one hour and will focus onproviding tools for understanding DEI initiatives, implicit bias, and allyship. We have alsorequired graduate research assistants to be Safe Zone Trained. Additionally, open dialogue isencouraged by fostering small group discussions during team meetings and events.The intended impact of these efforts is to elevate team members' understanding of DEI topics,fostering a sense of belonging and inclusivity. The data-driven techniques provide tangibleevidence of team members' engagement and the impact of training on their perceptions. Thisbuilds a foundation for team members to develop a shared understanding

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Francisco Ruiz; Michael E. Gorman; Phil Weilerstein

-Teamsof graduate or undergraduate students can apply for grants of up to $20,000 to pursuethe development of their ideas by building prototypes, pursuing patents, writingbusiness plans and doing market research. Brief (less than five page) proposals areaccepted from faculty and students at member schools biannually in December andMay. Proposals are competitively reviewed by committees of faculty, entrepreneurs andcorporate R&D professionals. Grantees are usually funded within 60 days ofsubmission. Allowable expenses include equipment, supplies, travel, technical services,limited faculty stipends and expenses directly related to creating an E-Team program.II. Learning Engineering as Art at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)Engineering

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of Columbia; Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6147Software/Hardware Implementation of an Adaptive Noise Cancellation Sys-temDr. Wagdy H Mahmoud, University of the District of ColumbiaDr. Nian Zhang, University of the District of Columbia Dr. Zhang’s research expertise and interests are neural networks, fuzzy logic, and computational intelli- gence methods on autonomous robot navigation, pattern recognition, signal and image processing, time series prediction, and renewable energy. Dr. Zhang received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering at the Wuhan University of Technology, M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey G. Groark, Southern Methodist University; Delores M. Etter, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science8.Program OverviewBuilding on the framework of inquiry-based learning, in 2010 the Caruth Institute forEngineering Education at Southern Methodist University initiated a Crime Scene Investigation(CSI) Summer Camp program with funding from the Office of Naval Research as a means ofproviding middle school students with an introduction into the science, technology, engineeringand math (STEM) used by experts in crime solving. During each of these week-long events,students participate in hands-on activities and attend presentations by law enforcement officialsand forensic scientists. These experts provide real-world applications and introduce students toSTEM professions with which they may have otherwise been unfamiliar. Each camp uses aninquiry

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Joanne Tuck

Designers of Death: Nazi Engineers during the Holocaust Joanne Tuck Wentworth Institute of Technology1. Introduction I’ve been teaching the Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behaviorcourse to juniors and seniors at the Wentworth Institute of Technology for twenty- five years.This humanities and social science elective is a unique course that deals with many social issuesusing the Holocaust as a case study. This is done through the explorations and analysis of a hostof ethical and moral concerns relating to and continually challenging Wentworth students on anindividual, societal and national level.To fully engage the students in

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald V. Richardson

, this was a “bass-ackward” experiment but Northwest became "true believers".10. HUMAN HEART CONDITION ANALYSIS - (1952 - 1953)HUMAN HEART DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTATION: This was my graduate thesis subjectat Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1953. a.) PROBLEM: Study the available range of contemporary cardiac diagnostic instrumenta- tion such as the electrocardiogram. Determine if any new and/or improved diagnosis of congenital conditions could be made. This came from a challenging article in the monthly magazine, "Electronics"8, which I found while searching for a suitable thesis project. b.) DESIGN: First I studied the unfamiliar medical nomenclature and technical jargon to un

Conference Session

Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford Univeristy; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

teach- ing both undergraduate and graduate design and education-related classes at Stanford University, she con- ducts research on weld and solder-connect fatigue and impact failures, fracture mechanics, applied finite element analysis, and engineering education. In addition, from 1999-2008, she served as a Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, leading the Foundation’s engineering study (as reported in Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field). Sheppard’s graduate work was done at the University of Michigan.Ms. Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University Samantha Brunhaver is a fourth-year graduate student at Stanford University. She is currently working on

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Danielle Trenchard, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christopher Lombardo, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

havethe opportunity to earn academic credit for their engineering design work. A key difference in thisframework as compared to other typical capstone designs, independent studies, or research creditcourses is that undergraduate TAs and project managers within the project teams are responsiblefor developing many of the assignments distributed to those students enrolled the course as theproject progresses. The methods of student assessment within this framework include: individualor small-group weekly assignments, design notebook checks, peer and self-evaluations,participation, summative technical reports, and the Humanitarian Library. Additionally, unlikemany traditional problem set or laboratory courses, student skills are developed through

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kyle D. Feuz, Weber State University; Linda DuHadway, Weber State University; Hugo Edilberto Valle, Weber State University; Richard C. Fry, Weber State University; Kim Marie Murphy, Weber State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #31321Improving Student Learning Through Required Exposure to Other StudentCode Via Discussion BoardsDr. Kyle D Feuz, Weber State Univesity Kyle Feuz is an Associate Professor at Weber State University in the School of Computing. He earned his Ph.D from Washington State University under the guidance of Dr. Diane Cook in 2014. He also received his B.S and M.S in Computer Science from Utah State University in 2010 and 2011, respectively. He is actively engaged in research in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Security and Computer Science education.Dr. Linda DuHadway, Weber State University

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Kathryn Holliday-Darr, Pennsylvania State University-Erie, The Behrend College; Melanie Ford, Pennsylvania State University, Erie

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

theirclassrooms. The focus of the engineering outreach efforts is on hands-on activities. Many suchactivities are commercially available, and some of those are used at PSB, but most of theactivities that are used are developed by individual faculty members in their particular areas ofexpertise. These include such activities as simple motors, bridge building, wind power, andmany more.As part of the effort to design these hands-on activities, an independent study course was offeredin the spring of 2009 for Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students as a technicalelective. The objective of the course was to design, build and test four hands-on activities to beused as part of the school’s K-12 outreach programs. Eight students signed up for the

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

electric motors and battery packs. The Vehicle Research Institute operates as a technology development center that provides undergradu- ate students with opportunities for career specific training and research. Funding comes from a variety of sources including the Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, EPA, Paul Allen Family Foundation, BP, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Whatcom Public Utility District, Boeing, Janicki Industries, Northwest Porsche Club, Danner Corp. and Fluke. Past supporters include the De- partment of Defense, Fuji Heavy Industries (Subaru), PACCAR, Mazda, Ford, Bentley (parent company Audi), Alcoa, Conoco-Phillips, CNG Fuels of Canada, Chrysler, and DaimlerChrysler

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heimdahl Peter; Brenda Puck; Danny Bee

direct hands-on experience in math, physics, chemistry,packaging, computer aided design, rapid prototyping, computer aided manufacturing, CNCmachining, metals casting, plastics processing, robotics, web-page development, and printing.Industry, University, and SME-EF support have been key to the success of this program. Thecamp has been free to all campers due to the generous donations of industry and universitysponsors. The seventh grade outreach program, which has recently completed its sixth campingsummer, now has over 900 female graduates from the UW-Stout camp. In addition, there areseveral hundred other female graduates from branch camps established by SME in Minnesotaand Michigan.Evidence will be presented detailing the outstanding