Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

capstone senior design, thermal-fluid system design, and engineering research. The projectsimplemented in those courses were selected in such a way to establish an in-depth understandingof sustainability through analytical and experimental studies, and to build environmentallyfriendly and energy efficient systems. Some of these projects include: design of an active solardistillation system for purification of wastewater produced in rural agricultural processingfacilities, experimental studies on prototype green roofs to investigate the effects that soil typeand soil moisture level have on the thermal performance of a roof, design and construction of athree-stage wind tower with a bypass system for indoor cooling in rural dry and hot climates

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Sherwood; Stacy Klein-Gardner

learned might be used innew settings rather than remaining inert. Studies in science9 as well as mathematics10 andliteracy11 pointed towards the effectiveness of such instructional designs. This also led theresearchers to jointly propose a name for this general type of instructional design, “AnchoredInstruction”12,13. As noted in Bransford12, “The model [Anchored Instruction] is designed to help students develop useful knowledge rather than inert knowledge. At the heart of the model is an emphasis on the importance of creating an anchor of focus that generates interest and enables students to identify and define problems and to pay attention to their own perception and comprehension of these problems.” (p. 123

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Contributions to this area come from faculty expertise, internal assessmentprograms and constraints introduced by accreditation boards. Since this is an area of emphasis,and that disciplines vary broadly in appropriate technical competencies, we will leave it up toindividual programs to determine appropriate discipline centered competencies.Examples from education of future innovatorsExample 1: Combining Systems, Discipline and Discovery Competencies in Civil EngineeringSenior Design.One of the System Competencies is applying a system stakeholder view of value, trade-offs, andoptimization. This skill has been a focus in the senior design course in civil engineering at Rose-Hulman for about eight years. The importance of this skill to effective

Conference Session

Assessment in Mechanics Courses

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amie Baisley, University of Florida; Keith Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Efhalia Chatziefstratiou, Arizona State University

differentmechanics courses at two different universities.Self-assessment is not a new pedagogical technique and has been studied in many differentcontexts. David Boud has developed a well-established and accepted definition of self-assessment,its purpose, and example uses [1]. He states that SA is becoming an important part of educationbecause it allows students to become more effective and take responsibility for their learningwithout requiring the intervention of an instructor as typical assessments do [1]. Self-assessmenthas also been shown to improve student self-efficacy by increasing student understanding of thetask and their performance [2]. In a meta-analysis on SA done by Boud and Falchikov, they lookedat many examples of SA that compared student

Conference Session

Innovations in Computer Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill D Carroll P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Shawn N Gieser, University Of Texas At Arlington; David Levine, University of Texas, Arlington

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

coordinating lecture topics withlaboratory exercises almost impossible and often mixed students in the laboratories with varyinglevels of understanding of fundamentals. Also, the effectiveness of lectures was diminishedsince fundamentals could not be immediately applied and understanding reinforced in thelaboratory. A few years ago, this problem was resolved by combining the two courses in to onefour SCH course.Two of the most significant changes in digital logic design over the years have been the adventof computer-aided-design (CAD) tools for design and programmable logic devices (PLDs) forimplementation. Logic circuit simulators and schematic capture software enabled designers andstudents to more easily design and verify increasingly complex

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. The QEP will also serve to fulfill part of theaccreditation requirements made by SACS. The focus of the QEP is ―on improving the criticalthinking skills of undergraduate students and to more effectively prepare them to contribute tosociety‖ (QEP final report page 4). Implementation of the plan, called Ideas to Action (i2a), is aUniversity wide, multi-year, ongoing effort to strengthen and improve how critical thinking skillsare cultivated in undergraduate students. Each unit within the University is developing animplementation plan that includes a mix of course modifications, a culminating experience andtargeted, critical thinking specific, assessment. The J.B. Speed School of Engineering iscurrently developing and implementing its i2a plan

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Thompson

Student Supply Chain Analysis Bruce R. Thompson Rader School of Business, Milwaukee School of Engineering Abstract: Several years ago, an elective in supply chains was added to the Master of Science in Engineering Management program at Milwaukee School of Engineering. A major requirement of this course is student analysis of an actual supply chain. This project consists of three papers over the course of the term: (1) describe a supply chain, (2) identify problems and issues in the chain, and (3) make recommendations for improvement. Since most students are working full-time and attending class part-time, they

Conference Session

New Computer ET Course Development

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle Hebsch; Jefferey Stevens; Andrew Gilchrist IV; Joel Weinstein

limitedcapacity.The skills developed in the co-op experience still need to be fine tuned and developed ifthe student is to succeed after graduation. Additional skills must somehow be made partof the classroom requirement and to achieve this, the classroom must be transformed intoan environment where these skills can be further improved. This concept of the classroomis the focus of a course offered at Northeastern University entitled “SoftwareEngineering.” Be neath the title, the class teaches all of the necessary “tools” beyondtechnology that allow the student to be successful in a real-world design project.The remainder of this paper will describe the objectives, methods and results when thereal-world requirements of industry are blended with course work in

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Kris Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

pieces are most effective in influencing,inspiring, and/or guiding our students into their particular pathways of engineering.At NU, the first-year engineering curriculum is fundamentally common for all majors andstudents take an Engineering Design course and a Problem Solving and Computation course in atwo-semester sequence. There is pressure for these two introductory engineering courses toaccomplish a myriad of things alongside content delivery, such as prepare students for thedemands of college, expose them to the engineering majors, provide relevant hands-on and real-world projects, develop algorithmic and critical thinking skills, and get them excited about theirengineering career path. There are a number and variety of projects

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Katherine Sofía Palacio, Fundacion Universidad del Norte; Sarah Spencer-Workman, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Yaneth Correa-Martinez, Colorado State University-Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

company in manufacturing or serviceat the end of the semester where sustainability is used to measure the viability of such potentialcompany.Both universities are interested in incorporating sustainability into their engineering programs.The collaboration presented in this paper is a first attempt to evaluate the context’s effects onengineering students’ knowledge and perception on sustainability. Both universities are planningto incorporate sustainability into junior and senior courses as well as the creation of a major onsustainable systems engineering open to all engineering disciplines.Sustainability ModuleDuring the fall semester of 2013, freshman engineering students from our university werepartnered with one large private university in

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mariano Savelski; Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

delivery, yetundergraduate chemical engineering students are rarely exposed to drug delivery through theircoursework. To provide students with the skills directly relevant to the evolving needs of thepharmaceutical industry, an elective course in drug delivery has been developed. This courseaddresses fundamentals and applications of drug delivery from a chemical engineering point ofview. Critical analyses of journal articles and a project in which students designed hands-onexperiments were important components of the course.Acknowledgment This work was funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Course,Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program under grant DUE-0126902.References1 Langer, R., Foreward to Encyclopedia of

Conference Session

Investigations Using Calculus Courses

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emre Tokgoz, Quinnipiac University; Elif Tekalp; Berrak Tekalp; Hasan Tekalp; Samantha Scarpinella, Quinnipiac University; Michael Giannone, Quinnipiac University

. Effectiveness analysis of the method used for designing such questionsis also important. Efforts have been made in understanding and improving engineering students’ability to respond calculus questions in (STEM) fields that require knowledge of more than onecalculus concept [1-11] and more research results are added every year to these results forunderstanding students’ approach to solve these problems. In this work, 26 undergraduateengineering students’ written and oral responses to a calculus question that involves multiplecalculus concepts are recorded after Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval. Triangulationmethod [1] and Action-Process-Object-Schema (APOS) theory [10] are used for analysis of thecollected data. The students are tested on

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Esmeralda Campos, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Carlos Eduardo Martinez-Torteya, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

forcompetency-based education, new educational models, and the perception among students andparents of high-value/low-cost education. In addition, the pandemic brought new problems touniversities: financial difficulties, lower students' enrollment and credit registrations, and theneed for improved technological advances to facilitate effective online or distance education anda more satisfying student experience. Our institution, a private multi-campus Mexican university,has been preparing for these old and new challenges by migrating the traditional, lecture-basededucational model to a challenge-based learning methodology that emphasizes competenciesinstead of educational objectives [1].Challenge-based learning (CBL) has been used in different

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald M Reimer, Lawrence Technological University; Ahad Ali, Lawrence Technological University; Sabah Razouk Abro, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 22.1235.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Relationship between Student Competitive Activities and the Entrepreneurial MindsetAbstractThis paper analyzes the effect of student competitive projects as part of their curricular activities.The goal of the analysis is to examine the relationship between these activities and the buildingof entrepreneurial mindset in engineering education. Student competitive projects have been andcontinue to be an integral part the engineering curriculum. Cross disciplinary and interdisciplinary teams are formed to compete in various competitions in our engineering programs.These projects include: Aero Design Competition

Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; Jon Pratt, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Ph.D. in Finance at the University of Arkansas in 1986. He has 30 years experience in banking, investments and small business. He is the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Information Technology where he works to foster collaboration between multidisciplinary groups of faculty, students and commercial interests in Louisiana to encourage new business creation. He teaches the university’s innovative entrepreneurship courses emphasizing technology commercialization.James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Jim Nelson is the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies for the College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. He is also the Robert Howson Professor

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

continuousassistance and mentoring by engaging students in a way that happens naturally in the classroomsetting but must be actively sought in this course format. Also critical is the ability to transitionto new content, instructors, and implementations, so that the presence, style and preferredcontent can be customized and easily refreshed. New course instructors may not be adept atusing the current system. Thus the learning curve and time investment must be reduced without acommensurate reduction in implementation creativity and flexibility. In an attempt to addressthese issues, this paper provides a case and implementation strategy for how web-basedinstruction can be administered effectively while maintaining presence and easing transition.IntroductionPSI

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Cedric Walker; Carol Mullenax

Session 3453 Adding Mini-Labs to ENGR101, Tulane’s Freshman Intro to Engineering Course Carol Mullenax, Cedric Walker Tulane UniversityAbstractAs part of the effort to improve the freshman engineering experience for the 2003-04 academicyear, labs were added to our required fall semester “introduction” course. The experiments wereprimarily developed and conducted by graduate students in each of Tulane’s five engineeringdepartments.The ultimate goal for these activities was three-fold: (1) get the freshmen into the research labsin small

Conference Session

Novel Courses for CHEs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

that have a majormarket share, such as that of the chlor-alkali industry, need to have further improvements madeby process engineers to remain competitive. All of these areas have a high potential growth andchemical engineers will have a large impact in these areas.Electrochemical engineering tends to be perceived as relatively daunting course in chemicalengineering. Students see topics using concepts that are very unfamiliar. A typical chemicalengineering student will have seen some concepts related to ions in their chemistry courses suchas the dissociation of ions and they will have balanced a redox reaction, but this is typically donein the freshman year and is covered near the end of the chemistry course. Since mostelectrochemical

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Marchese, Colorado State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

don’t think ours will get anywhere. But it would be awesome if somebody’s did.Based on the student comments, there was a consensus that the large class size (40 students) wasproblematic for effectively conducting the in-class exercises. We had originally expectedapproximately 10 to 20 students for the first offering but we capped enrollment at 40 students,which was the maximum limit for the classroom assigned to the course. To our surprise,enrollment swelled to approximately 40 students in the first offering with 20 students officiallyenrolled in MECH 581, 15 students officially enrolled in AREC 581A2 and a handful of Page

Conference Session

Software Engineering Course Content

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2008-1705: ENHANCING THE SOFTWARE VERIFICATION ANDVALIDATION COURSE THROUGH LABORATORY SESSIONSSushil Acharya, Robert Morris University Sushil Acharya, D.Eng. Assistant Professor of Software Engineering Acharya joined RMU in Spring 2005 after serving 15 years in the Software Industry. With US Airways Acharya was responsible for creating a Data Warehouse and using advance Data Mining Tools for performance improvement. With i2 Technologies he led the work on i2’s Data Mining product “Knowledge Discover Framework” and at CEERD (Thailand) he was the product manager of three energy software products (MEDEE-S/ENV, EFOM/ENV and DBA-VOID) which are currently in use in 26 Asian and 7

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in Existing Courses

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Barkel, University of Michigan; Peter Woolf, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

control, yet is seldommentioned in any chemical engineering curriculum. SPC is a control method heavilyused in almost every field where chemical engineers work. Industry sources repeatedlymentioned the importance of this type of control and the relative weakness of ourgraduates in the basic concept of it and the underlying statistical methods.Somewhat unexpectedly we discovered that to present this topic effectively, a review ofstatistical principles was required. Remedying this deficiency occupied more time thanexpected, and will likely occupy a larger part of the course in future versions.Briefly, SPC is class of methods for improving the reliability of a process and foridentifying when a process is out of a user defined control range. The

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum and Course Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University; Tris Utschig, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

local version of a similar town hall washeld in Spring 2019 during an engineering college-wide meeting which all faculty and staffattend at the beginning of each semester. Data were gathered about ways to improve college-wide collaboration efforts to support student success through this forum. This data, andsubsequent discussion about the resulting analysis, is used to address our research question: Whattypes of change can be produced through a town hall approach to leverage college-wideexpertise in support of student success?College faculty and staff do not always feel like they are not directly connected to makingmeaningful change, or that their voice is heard. Therefore, a mechanism, based on the ASEEInterdivisional Town Hall, was proposed

Conference Session

Experiences in Teaching Energy Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Mohammed Safiuddin, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

programs. It gives existing engineers an opportunity to continue their educationon a Masters Degree level and in the process gain knowledge in current technologies. It alsoprovides a method to obtain Professional Development Hours required to sustain theirProfessional Engineers license. Classes are tailored to adult learners, one class per week, from3:30 PM to 7:15 PM using a 10-week Quarter system instead of the usual 15-week Semestersystem. Each course is rated at 3 semester credit hours (although the scheduling is done usingquarter system, the course content and contact hours are based on semester system). It totals 30credit hours (8 courses of 3 credit hours and a project of 6 credit hours).Improvements to the Current ProgramAfter the initial

Conference Session

Internet Delivery of Mechanics Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

A Web-based Electronic Book (eBook) for Solid MechanicsAbstractThe use of electronic media has been widely recognized as an effective and efficient tool indelivering course materials. Through electronic media, interactive and visual appealing mediasuch as texts, animations, graphics, simulations and sounds can be incorporated in theillustrations of engineering theories and concepts. The motivation of developing such media isto promote students’ interest in engineering education and perhaps have a positive impact on thequality of education. This paper presents an eBook in solid mechanics that is delivered via theweb (www.ecourses.ou.edu). The online eBook is intended to cover materials for a typicalintroductory solid mechanics (i.e

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Micou, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

focus on community building, communication,problem solving, leadership, and fun. The same cohort of students attended weekly seminarsfocused on preparing students to apply to and succeed in graduate school. Seminar topicsincluded: How to Impress a Graduate Admissions Committee (panel discussion), How to Write aPersonal Statement, Dinner & Dialogue with a Graduate Student, Keys to Success in GraduateSchool, Professional Ethics, Effective Scientific Presentations, and How to write a ScientificPaper. Following each one hour seminar there was a group dinner to give students from thedifferent programs an opportunity to meet and discuss the workshop topic in depth. Participantsfrom the same set of programs also attended GRE preparation courses

Conference Session

Course Tools and Practices

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kellie Grasman, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

for the University of Missouri System and earned a Faculty Achievement Award for teaching.Ms. Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology Julie Phelps has been an instructional designer at Missouri University of Science and Technology since 2010. She supports faculty in the effective use of technology in the classroom as well as blended/online course development. She holds an M.A. in Information and Learning Technologies from The University of Colorado-Denver and a B.S. Ed. from The University of Missouri, Columbia. From 2001-2010, Julie was an instructional specialist for the eMINTS National Center providing pro- fessional development to K-12 teachers throughout Missouri. Prior to eMINTS, Julie

Conference Session

Technology in Environmental Engineering Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Harmon

propositions in the knowledge maps and there was more use of propositions with Page 8.763.4theoretical relations. Students who reported higher use of self-checking cognitive processes Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationalso had higher course grades, fewer misconceptions, and fewer shallow propositions in theirknowledge maps. Finally, students reported that they considered the ISIS activity as beinggenerally effective in improving their skills in dealing with complex projects, linking theory toreal

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica R. McCormick, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Beverly Radloff, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Nancy Lamm, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Terri L. Talbert-Hatch, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

attained through the completion of multiple degreeprograms in diverse areas.5 A problem for companies when looking to promote engineers is thatthey “lack of breadth of vision and the ability to communicate effectively, or take the lead.”2The inclusion of courses in the liberal arts with engineering curricula produces graduates thatencompass a mixture of traits that companies desire. Success occurs in programs designed toprovide the capable and motivated student with an excellent grounding in the liberal arts that isthoroughly integrated with the mastery of the skills and concepts that are fundamental to modernengineering thought.5 Heckert & Lavelle support this by stating that desired engineeringgraduates come from programs that provide

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

P. Ruby Mawasha, Wright State University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Wright State University; J. Mitch Wolff, Wright State University; Joseph Slater, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

data, and development of a balloontracking system.Through this experience, students have learned principles of integrated engineering technology,and nurtured their skills in cooperative learning, team work, and effective planning. This paperpresents in detail the modes by which these have been achieved, results obtained andimprovements planned for the next senior design team.IntroductionWeather balloons have been used for many years by meteorologists to study weather patterns inthe upper atmosphere. Recently there has been increasing interest in other studies that could beperformed using weather balloons in “near space” environment. The exact definition varies, but“near space” is often considered the area of the earth’s atmosphere between

Conference Session

BME Courses & Curricular Content

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatice Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Lianne Cartee, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

± 1.1 4.25 ± 0.51 NA NA 4.15 ± 0.62 Q1: This course was intellectually challenging and stimulating Q2: The course improved my knowledge of the subject Q3: Laboratory sessions contributed to mastery of course conceptsThe effectiveness of the addition of physical homework assignments in Linear Systems was alsoassessed through a student questionnaire. Students were asked to gauge the level of biomedicalengineering content in four courses. 1. Linear Systems (with the addition of physical homework).While this course was offered by the BME department, it is a traditional Electrical and ComputerEngineering course that was directly incorporated into the BME curriculum by only changing theapplications