Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David Brigham; Angran Xiao; Kenneth Bryden

, which are essential inengineering education. Despite these advantages, there are several barriers to the use of virtual reality inengineering education, including a lack of simple, easy-to-use, low cost software that can enable theinstructor to build virtual environments for educational use. In this paper, we discuss our experiences indeveloping a virtual education program in biotechnology for Indian Hills Community College. Thisdiscussion includes the development of VE-Suite, an extensible, cross-platform, open source, freelydownloadable library of tools that enable engineering education in a virtual environment. Using thissoftware, a virtual fermentor was developed, which not only allows students to explore the innerworkings of the

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shaundra Bryant; David Cavallo; Arnan Sipitakiat; Anindita Basu

implemented a number of initiatives in K-12 education, in both schools and informalsettings, in which we used engineering projects as a basis for creating personally meaningful artifacts withingenerative themes. This has opened new pathways to achievement for a broad range of students not only amongthose who already had high achievement levels, but also including those who did not perform well in traditionalschool settings as well as those who were not technically inclined. Students were able to deepen and, strengthentheir understanding of underlying mathematical and scientific as well as explore these concepts in areas of personalinterest. We have taken an interdisciplinary approach by providing generative themes such as “Designing the

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Dockter; Carol Muller

withe-mentors in its One-on-One mentoring program. MentorNet program design is guided byresearch and evaluation, and formative and summative evaluations have been conducted at theend of each year. One consistent finding is that graduate students in particular have benefitedfrom these relationships. This paper will explore the benefits and outcomes of e-mentoring Page 9.488.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”specifically for Master’s and Ph.D. students in engineering, providing and

Conference Session

K-12, Teamwork, Project-Based Scale Models

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon DeReamer; Nick Safai

graduates in five years and triple the number in eight years.Because of the above trend and the Governor’s initiative, the Computer Science and EngineeringDepartments at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) are working diligently to enroll morestudents in Science and Engineering programs. This was the incentive to offer such a workshop. This paper will outline the steps that were taken to arrange and coordinate the workshop.It will include details of how activities were selected and prepared, how the workshop waspromoted to the appropriate audience, how the participants were kept interested throughout eachsession, and how parents of the participants were kept informed. Successes and challenges of ourworkshop experience will be discussed and

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Rosenkrantz

Session 1639 Lessons from Teaching Engineering Economy as a Hybrid On-Line Course Using WebCT Phillip R. Rosenkrantz, Ed.D, P.E. California State Polytechnic University, PomonaThis paper summarizes the results of research and lessons learned in teaching EngineeringEconomy on-line as part of the "Collaborative On-line Learning and Teaching" (COLT) Programat Cal Poly Pomona. Based on research proposals, twelve faculty members were chosen fromacross the campus to teach existing traditional courses as on-line courses and compare on-lineresults to results from

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Washington Braga

interested in promoting changes in Engineering Education. This paper presents some reflections on teaching strategies to promote active teachingthat may result in effective learning. Most of them have been used for some time now in anundergraduate Heat Transfer course at the Mechanical Engineering Department of PUC,Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is essentially an analysis course, that issupposed to give fundamental information on Heat Transfer. A following course calledThermal Systems Projects is oriented towards technical and industrial problems. Thelearning environment to be considered herein is an extended classroom, combiningsynchronous (face-to-face meetings) and asynchronous (using Internet email conferencingsystems

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Berrisford Boothe; Todd Watkins; John Ochs

approach to curricular integration includes pre-college outreach, freshmanprojects, curricula support, capstone projects and graduate projects. The educationalenvironment includes a Campus Center for Entrepreneurial projects; an entire building designedto support students project teams. This paper will discuss the design and implementation ofthese programs, our assessment and evaluation methods, lessons learned and future plans forimproving this environment.1. IntroductionThe engineer as inventor is certainly not new. Many innovative products that we enjoy todaywere invented and created by engineers, but what about the engineer as entrepreneur? Textbookauthors write and students study engineering design, concurrent engineering and design in abroad

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jordan; Stan Napper; Melvin Corley

Session 1566 Doing Assessment During a Time of Administrative and Curricular Change William Jordan, Mel Corley, and Stan Napper College of Engineering and Science Louisiana Tech UniversityAbstractOur university has recently gone through the ABET EC-2000 review process. Like many otheruniversities, we have integrated this process with our efforts to improve assessment of our academicprograms and college operations. This paper documents some of the processes that we havesuccessfully developed to deal with these issues.There are some things that made our

Conference Session

SE Tools and Techniques

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Ringenberg, University of Michigan; Marcial Lapp, University of Michigan; Apoorva Bansal, University of Michigan; Parth Shah, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

universities typically include students with a widevariety of computing backgrounds. Some students may arrive with many years of programmingexperience from courses they took in high school while others may only be able to do basiccomputing tasks such as word processing. This often creates a disparity in the classroom and thestudents with little background in the subject resent the fact that they are competing withstudents who have more experience. In addition, those students that do have experience tend tofeel that the pace of the course is too slow and that they are being held behind.In order to address this difference in backgrounds, this paper proposes a technique to helpidentify those students who may have a natural proclivity for programming or

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holli Burgon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees

. Creativecompetence, including establishing a mindset for innovation, and having the wherewithal toarticulate and execute a vision, is essential for technical leadership in the future.Further, enhancement of creativity contributes to personal fulfillment. To realize and enjoy thefull human experience, individuals would do well to cultivate their personal creativity, and insome cases to help others in doing so as well. Many students are drawn to engineering becausethey are creative or want to be. By understanding creativity better and teaching it moreeffectively we will attract and retain students.Efforts to enhance creativity can be expected to benefit all students, and perhaps to help withengineering retention. When assessing creativity, women and men

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcin Lukowiak, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andrew Meneely, Rochester Institute of Technology; Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Rochester Institute of Technology; James R. Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology; Christopher A. Wood, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-3602: DEVELOPING AN APPLIED, SECURITY-ORIENTED COM-PUTING CURRICULUMDr. Marcin Lukowiak, Rochester Institute of Technology Marcin Lukowiak is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at Rochester In- stitute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y. His research interests are concentrated in the applied cross- disciplinary area related to reconfigurable computing, hardware and hardware-software systems, crypto- graphic engineering, high performance computing, and hardware-assisted image and video processing. Lukowiak obtained his Ph.D. in technical sciences from the Poznan University of Technology in Oct. 2001.Dr. Andrew Meneely, Rochester Institute of TechnologyDr. Stanislaw P. Radziszowski

Conference Session

Stakeholder Perspectives on Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Bull, Brown University School of Engineering; Maureen Kay Sigler, Brown University; Michael Lye, Rhode Island School of Design

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Community Engagement Division

underperforming highschool.The projects presented a complex context with many stakeholders and competing agendas. Froman educational perspective, we explore whether students gained skill in articulating the rationalefor their decision making, whether the experience motivated further study and engagement, andwhether any of this transferred to other areas of study. Using information from surveys andinterviews, and our experience, we offer some ideas about the environment and the frameworknecessary to promote these objectives.IntroductionThis paper defines models for partner interactions and explores student experiences in courseshaving community-based components. We surveyed 90 students who had taken courses ineducation, engineering, and industrial design

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zbigniew J. Pasek, University of Windsor

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

clearly distinguish between images of "engineers" and"scientists"). The paper also assesses specific character and professional attributes, stereotypes(profession-, ethnicity or gender-based) and attributes known to facilitate viewer's identificationwith on-screen characters, of engineering professionals portrayed in selected films. In particular,the key research question of “How are engineer(s) and their work portrayed in the feature films?”was broken down to more detailed sub-questions: • What types of engineering work are represented? How is creative component of that work shown? How successful (or unsuccessful) are the outcomes? • Is the distinction between science and technology, and scientist and engineers depicted? • Are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gamze Ozogul, Arizona State University; Amy M. Johnson, Arizona State University; Martin Reisslein, Arizona State University; Kirsten R. Butcher, University of Utah

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3625: REPRESENTATION GUIDANCE WITH ABSTRACT ANDCONTEXTUALIZED REPRESENTATION: EFFECTS ON ENGINEERINGLEARNING PERFORMANCE IN TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY EDU-CATIONDr. Gamze Ozogul, Arizona State University Gamze Ozogul is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). She received the undergraduate degree in Curriculum and Instruction in 2000 from Hacettepe University, and the M.S degree in Computer Education and Instructional Technology in 2002 from Middle East Technical University. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Technology in 2006 from ASU. She completed a Postdoctoral Research fellowship in the Department of Electrical Engineering at ASU in

Conference Session

Retention and Two-year to Four-year Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Krudysz, City College of the City University of New York; Ardie D. Walser, City College of the City University of New York; Annita Alting, City College of the City University of New York

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Two Year College Division

to provide students from juniorcolleges with the same curriculum as the first two years of an ABET-accredited engineeringprogram at a senior college. Students entering the programs are granted dual admission to thecommunity college as well as the senior college. Upon successful completion of the lowerdivision courses and degree requirements for an Associate in Science (AS) degree in EngineeringScience at a community college, students seamlessly transition to the upper division of thebaccalaureate engineering program at a senior college. This paper discusses the advantages anddisadvantages of the JD programs as well as a preliminary analysis of the success of theprograms. Data from the JD program where students attend both the community

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Anthony Tzes; Hong Wong; Vikram Kapila

nowconducted online. Within the education sector, WWW is being exploited for rapid informationdissemination and content-rich delivery of educational material to enhance student learning andto revolutionize distance learning. In this paper, we describe our efforts toward the developmentof a Mechatronics/Process Control Remote Laboratory1 (MPCRL) that is designed to providestudents i) a multidisciplinary experimental control experience and ii) the ability to access andinteract with selected laboratory experiments using WWW beyond the laboratory hours; thusenhancing their overall laboratory experience.Objectives To respond to the aforementioned need for a multidisciplinary control laboratorycurriculum, we have established a pilot program, viz

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine

Session 1454 A Multidisciplinary Approach to Teaching Invention and Entrepreneuring Edward Lumsdaine Michigan Technological University (USA) and University of Nottingham (UK)AbstractThis paper describes the context, format, experiences, and outcome of three multidisciplinaryteam project-based pilot courses focused on teaching entrepreneurial skills and invention:1. ME 490 “Invention and Entrepreneuring,” co-taught by two professors (from engineering and business) at Michigan Tech for multidisciplinary students during fall quarter 1999.2. N1D041 “Creative Problem

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Broadbelt; L. Catherine Brinson; Kathleen Issen; Brad Kinsey

and panelists complete at the end of each session. As we prepared this paper, werealized that all evidence of success was anecdotal. Receiving quantifiable feedback couldprompt changes in topics, format, panelists, etc., thus improving the effectiveness andapplicability of the series. These evaluations could also be used to document the student needsfor and benefits from this and similar programs. This evidence would be useful in driving theestablishment of more extensive local and national programs, which could include mentoring andhands-on teaching/service activities for future engineering faculty, similar to those available tostudents in PFF sponsored disciplines.In several sessions, panelists were often asked to contrast academic careers

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Hall

bias toward the hardware laboratory in learning troubleshooting. A concurrentqualitative investigation produced several thoughtful recommendations for improving thecomputer simulation laboratory experience. This paper reports the results of the quantitativeresearch, but it focuses on the conclusions, recommendations, and implications of the qualitativestudy.I. IntroductionNorthwestern State University of Louisiana has been improving its ties with area industrythrough partnerships. At the same time, the university is taking steps to increase access toeducation by using several technologically oriented methods in distance education. In part, theseefforts have been motivated by a desire to expand the university’s ability to offer courses

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student-Centered Approaches in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Hennessey, The University of Arizona; Dean Papajohn; Tyler Jean Le Peau, The University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #43359”Fail a little, succeed a lot”: How Experiential Learning Influenced CivilEngineering Students’ Approach to CourseworkDr. Noel Hennessey, The University of Arizona Noel Hennessey is the Director of ENGineering Access, Greater Equity, and Diversity at the University of Arizona College of Engineering. She oversees a suite of research informed and evidence based initiatives designed to improve underserved students’ sense of belonging and engineering identity development.Dean PapajohnTyler Jean Le Peau, The University of Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 “Fail a little

Conference Session

Inclusive Horizons: Shaping Diverse Pathways in Engineering and Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachael E Cate, Oregon State University; Jacob Field, Oregon State University; Sierra Kai Sverdrup, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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

Paper ID #43745Report on a Student Community of Practice Program’s Impact on CareerPreparedness and Sense of Belonging Among Underserved UndergraduateStudents in the Electrical & Computer Engineering MajorDr. Rachael E Cate, Oregon State University Rachael Cate received her M.A.in rhetoric and composition from Oregon State University in 2011 and her Ph.D. in higher education leadership and research from Oregon State University in 2016. She joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University as a member of the professional faculty in 2016. In this role, she provides engineering

Conference Session

Robotics and Circuits

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Lara Wujciak, Tufts University; Briana M Bouchard, Tufts University; Chris Buergin Rogers, Tufts University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

Paper ID #42746Scaffolding Strategies for Teaching ROS 2: An Approach Using JupyterLaband iRobot™ Education’s Create® 3 RobotMiss Kathryn Lara Wujciak, Tufts University Kathryn Wujciak recently graduated from Tufts University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and is pursuing a master’s in the same field this year. She has been a teaching assistant for multiple robotics courses throughout her time at Tufts. Kathryn is passionate about educational robotics and hopes to lower the barrier of entry for new engineers.Dr. Briana M Bouchard, Tufts University Briana Bouchard is an Assistant Teaching Professor in

Conference Session

Lisa's Legacy: Guiding Students Toward Engineering Careers, Excellent!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Britta Solheim, Wartburg College; Jack Saylor Priske, Wartburg College; Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College; Cristian Gerardo Allen, Wartburg College; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #43156The influence of self-efficacy on pre-college students’ interest in STEM fieldsBritta Solheim, Wartburg CollegeJack Saylor Priske, Wartburg CollegeDr. Murad Musa Mahmoud, Wartburg College Murad is an Assistant Professor at the Engineering Science Department at Wartburg College. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Utah State University. Research interests include recruitment into STEM, diversity in STEM as well pedagogy.Dr. Cristian Gerardo Allen, Wartburg College Cristian graduated in 2017 from the University of North Texas with a Ph.D. in Mathematics under Dr. Su Gao. He is currently an Assistant

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2013 GSW

Authors

Xiao Peng; Lex Gonzalez; Eric Haney; Amen Omoragbon; Bernd Chudoba

designknowledge to current aerospace design problems, the key requirements on which a modernknowledge-based system (KBS) have to be based reads as follows: (i) accumulate and maintainaggregate knowledge; (ii) supply information relevant to any particular design effort; (iii) predictunavailable information based on trends from available knowledge.To this end, a first of its kind aerospace conceptual design knowledge based system, AVDKBS, isintroduced in this paper. It provides researchers with a convenient way of storing, applying andpredicting knowledge in a total systems approach. The categories of the system are differentiatedby knowledge collection, exhibition, application, innovation and update. The structure ofAVDKBS is constructed according to the

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bryce Holloway, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Al Mundy, U.S. Air Force Academy; Bradley Adam Camburn, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

should include focus on portability. Page 22.84.12Educational benefits for undergraduate engineering students as exemplified by this researchThe process followed to arrive at the research results in this paper is itself an educationalenhancement that could be adopted by others. The process involved encouraging anundergraduate to identify a “research-oriented slice” of the overall capstone design problem; inthis case the issue of measuring and enhancing portability. This portability study has shown howthe research process begins and how it develops into a final deliverable. Working with severalexperts in the field and also graduate level students

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching and Assessment Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

communication of the complexity of a system. Their ability to construct and reason withthese diagrams demonstrates their understanding of how to use the tools and their currentconceptual understanding of the factors governing the behavior of that system. We areconducting a series of studies to better understand how students come to understand these toolsbetter and its link to comprehending new domain knowledge.This paper presents a theoretical framework for analyzing the interaction between knowledgeassociated with graphical representations (tools) to support thinking and the domain knowledgeassociated with using these tools to solve both routine problems and adapting ones knowledge togenerate new knowledge (innovation). We used think aloud protocols

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia; Wraegen Williams PhD, University of Virginia; Ping Guan, University of Virginia

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. The paper will conclude with an overview of findings from these threeprograms, including the quantitative distribution analysis of the applicants’ race and gender,curriculum critiques, ongoing assessment survey reviews, characteristics of the most successfulactivities, and lessons learned. All of these programs departmental implementation andevaluation experiences will be presented in a format that can be adapted at other highereducational institutions.IntroductionSeveral reports have indicated that the Unites States is challenged with retaining and graduatingenough well-qualified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers tomeet the needs of the economy. 1-5 This shortage of technically skilled workers, threatens

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia; Yan-Fu Kuo; Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

Paper ID #8247Experiences in Cross-Teaching within a Distance Education EnvironmentDr. Chi N. Thai, University of Georgia C. N. Thai is an Associate Professor for the College of Engineering at UGA. He teaches courses in Robotics, Machine Vision and Systems Simulation. His main research areas are in Robotics and Spectral Imaging applications for plant health and quality characterization of agricultural products, and also in Human Robot Interactions within Theatrical Environments.Prof. Yan-Fu KuoDr. Ping-Lang Yen, National Taiwan University Dr. Ping-Lang Yen was born in 1966. He Received B.S. degree from Dept. of Power

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Tuskegee University; Stacy Benjamin, Northwestern University; Kwanju Kim, Hongik University; Manuel Löwer, RWTH Aachen University; Pradosh K. Ray, Tuskegee University

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Faculty Development

Paper ID #8270Student Team Formation, Management, and Collaboration in PACE GlobalSUT ProjectDr. Mohammad Kamal Hossain, Tuskegee University Mohammad Kamal Hossain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Tuskegee University. He received his Ph.D., M.S., and B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA), Tuskegee University (USA), and Bangladesh University of En- gineering and Technology (Bangladesh), respectively. His specialization is in the areas of materials and design. He has been involved with the capstone design program at Tuskegee University for the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tia Sharpe; Robert Maher; James Peterson; James Becker; Bradford Towle

components, andthe basic practical skills necessary to build and test a printed circuit board. In this paper weexplain the risks and difficulties overcome during the course development, the features andcapabilities of the custom robot kits, and the assessment results for our first group of 90 studentsduring the Fall 2004 semester. This effort is supported by an Educational Enhancement Awardfrom the Montana Space Grant Consortium.IntroductionUniversity engineering programs typically provide at least one course at the freshman level tointroduce new students to the field of engineering. These introductory courses are intended toteach some basic engineering principles, to stimulate creative thought and observation, and toretain students who might