Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghulam H. Bham, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

students’ academic self-efficacy. Higher self-efficacy produced the desiredoutcome as a result of better alignment of the complexity of the laboratory activity with the levelof students’ expectations. This outcome is of great interest as the GIS laboratory was set as adistributed learning activity implemented as stand-alone laboratories in several coursesthroughout the civil engineering curricula. The data used for the analyses were obtained from afour-semester study of student performance in the GIS laboratory.INTRODUCTIONWeb-enhanced instruction, ranging from basic communication support to fully immersivelearning environments made promising developments in higher education lately (1). Oneimportant benefit of web-enhanced instruction is its

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F. Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, specifically, who goes into engineering, who stays inengineering, and why. It is believed that increased student engagement leads to higherpersistence. The current study focuses on one measure of student engagement – that is,involvement in and leadership of engineering student organizations in one college ofengineering. As we identify who becomes involved with engineering organizations and how andwhy they became involved, we can develop a profile of our most engaged students, the leaders ofengineering student organizations, in an effort to better understand student interests and needsand to alter support structures to promote engagement and persistence.A cross-sectional study of engineering students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) at a medium-sized

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida; Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Student

AC 2012-3356: MOTIVATING LEARNERS: A PRIMER FOR ENGINEER-ING TEACHING ASSISTANTSMrs. Ana T. Torres-Ayala, University of South Florida Ana T. Torres-Ayala is a doctoral candidate in higher education at the University of South Florida. She holds a B.S. degree in computer engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagez, and a M.Eng. degree in computer and systems engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute. She has experience in the telecommunications industry where she worked for Lucent Technologies. Torres-Ayala was previously an information technology instructor. Her research interests include faculty development, scholarship of teaching and learning, graduate education, and broadening participation of

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2010-1274: THE "WRITE" PATH TO EFFECTIVE STUDENTUNDERSTANDING IN PHYSICSTeresa Larkin, American University Teresa L. Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education and Faculty Liaison to the Pre-engineering Program at American University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with special emphasis in Physics and Science Education from Kansas State University. Dr. Larkin has published widely on the assessment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. She has been an active member of ASEE for 25 years. Dr. Larkin served on the Board of Directors for ASEE from 1997-1999 as Chair of Professional Interest Council III (PIC III) and as Vice

Conference Session

Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning Environments

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 23.21.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Better Mousetrap: Why Did They Come?AbstractAn Academic Success and Professional Development Class, FSE 394, has been offered for over10 years for engineering and computer science students at Arizona State University (ASU).Seminars were first held for 22 students with scholarships from one NSF S-STEM program, withan emphasis on females and underrepresented minority students and both transfer and non-transfer students. The seminars have now grown to a

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Hancock; John Norton

meetings usually have an instructional theme such as providingfeedback, dealing with classroom cheating, holding office hours, etc. The GSM meetings alsoprovide a forum to discuss more detailed classroom problems that a GSI may have presented totheir GSM. This forum allows a number of potential scenarios and solutions to be developed anddiscussed, which allows the GSM to present a number of well thought out responses back to theGSI who originated the problem.The GSMs also send emails to their GSIs that may contain teaching tips, web links to teachingresources or information about upcoming teaching-related seminars. These emails may includeinformation about on-campus programs and seminars, teaching-oriented information emails fromgroups such as the

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Jacobson

electronic democracy. ISU offers an M.S. in InformationAssurance, concentrations in Information Assurance through one of the home departmentssupporting BS, MS, and PhD studies, and a new graduate certificate in Information Assurance.Faculty research interests cover the breadth of Information Assurance, including intrusiondetection, security of wireless networks, mobile ad-hoc tactical networks, secure e-commerce,public policy for electronic democracy, and the development of a curriculum framework forInformation Assurance. Iowa State University was one of the first seven universities designateda Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education2 by the National Security Agency asauthorized by Presidential Directive PDD63.As part its land grant

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Anna Phillips; Paul Palazolo; Scott Yost

Conference & Exposition Copyright 2001, American Society of Engineering Education2. Pappas, Eric C., Hendricks, Robert W. Holistic Grading in Science and Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 4, pp. 403-408 (2000).3. Miller, P., Bausser, J., Fentiman, A. Responding to Technical Writing in an Introductory Engineering Class: The Role of Genre and Discipline. Technical Communication Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 443-61 (1998).4. Randolph, Gary B. (2000) “Collaborative Learning in the Classroom: A Writing Across the Curriculum Approach”, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 2, pp. 119-122.5. Kolb, D.A. (1984) Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Manuela Romero, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jennifer Binzley, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Eman A. Zaki, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

to advancetheir thinking levels beyond “memorizing” and “understanding.” The most important goal of any revised physics instructional curriculum should be helpingstudents learn how to learn. Instructional materials to help students develop substantially moresophisticated beliefs about knowledge and learning should be promoted and expanded. Students’new beliefs about knowledge and learning will help them refine approaches to learning new andadvanced materials. Learning how to learn requires improving metacognitive knowledge as well.21 SI students have shown determination and have taken responsibility in their own learning, yetthey still lack deep understanding or knowledge of cognition. Some students might be aware oftheir own cognition

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Williams; James Hedrick

encourage students to continue on to college topursue science or health careers and to provide them with an intensive, real-life college learningand living experience. More broadly, the program is designed to help redress the grave andcontinuing underrepresentation of minorities in those careers.II. Institutional BackgroundUnion College is a small liberal arts college in Schenectady, NY. Founded in 1795, it was the firstarts college to offer engineering as part of its curriculum. In the fall of 2000 the undergraduatestudent population was 2,064. Of these, 172 (8.3%) were students from underrepresentedminorities. Minority representation among more than 300 students advised by our HealthProfessions Program is 17.2%III. Recruitment of Program

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Cutkosky; Christopher Richard; Allison Okamura

curriculum. Some of the phenomena that might be well-illustratedusing force feedback include curves and surfaces, gravitational forces between planets, magneticfields, dynamic systems, and the effects of control laws. Other than the haptic paddle presentedin this paper and similar projects inspired by it, we have not seen haptics used to illustratephysical principles in undergraduate or K-12 education. Some haptics is used at the graduatelevel, but primarily as part of a robotics courses as a general research topic. Page 5.298.21.3 The Haptic PaddleThe idea for developing the haptic paddle began with the success of in-class demonstrations ofcommercial

Conference Session

Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sage Maul, Purdue University; Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University; Senay Purzer, Purdue University; Ruth Wertz, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

adult inform their research work.Dr. Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University Kirsten Davis is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research explores the intentional design and assessment of global engineering programs, student development through experiential learning, and approaches for teaching and assessing systems thinking skills. Kirsten holds a B.S. in Engineering & Management from Clarkson University and an M.A.Ed. in Higher Education, M.S. in Systems Engineering, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education, all from Virginia Tech.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University Senay Purzer is a Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research is

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rodrigo Alonso Vergara, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

Oriented Interdisciplinary STEM Education Research Group of the Institute for the Future of Education at Tecnologico de Monterrey. He collaborates with the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Andres Bello in Chile. He is National Researcher Level 2 in Mexico. His research lines are interdisciplinary STEM education, social oriented education, conceptual understanding, active learning, assessment tools, and faculty development. Dr. Zavala was appointed to the editorial board of the PRPER (2015-18). In the AAPT, he was a vice-presidential candidate, member of the Committee on Research in Physics Education, member and chair of the International Education Committee, and elected member of Leadership Organizing Physics

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

software components.I) IntroductionAt the ASEE Inaugural International Forum in 2012, many authors called for internationalcollaboration in curriculum and laboratory innovations, and also in faculty development1 citingthe need for balancing demands and capacities between the developed and developing countries,and showing that information and instructional technologies had risen to levels that enabled thesecollaboration opportunities. Even on a local and daily level, there is no doubt that we all livewithin social networks, even within the microcosm of instructors and students, and the age-oldquestion had always been about which practice, between competition and collaboration, worksthe best (whatever “best” means) for any individual or group

Conference Session

Improving Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jr., Hartley T. Grandin, Hartley T. Grandin,; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

. Introduction of verification develops the student’s discipline to question and test ‘answers’.If a problem solution can be formulated in general symbolic format, and if specific solutions canthen be obtained and carefully verified, the extension from analysis for one set of variables to thedesign for different sets of specifications can be done quickly and easily with confidence. Threeexamples are included to demonstrate the approach and one example considers design.Introduction In a homework assignment, the ultimate goal for a majority of undergraduate engineeringstudents is simply to obtain the ‘answer’ in the back of the book. A common approach is tosearch the textbook chapter for the applicable formula or equation and immediately

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kisha Johnson; Grace Mack; John Wheatland

powerful role models forengineering freshmen. This assumption formed the basis for development of a freshmanretention program, "Fast Track to Achievement." The primary strategy of Fast Track is to engageteams of upperclassmen in dialogue with groups of freshmen in a series of workshops focusingon three themes -"Mastering Mathematics," "Making It in Engineering," and "Planning toGraduate." The goal of the program is to expose the greatest number of freshmen to successfulengineering undergraduates who can speak from experience on how to adjust to the rigors of theengineering curriculum, earn the best grades, and make the freshman year a good foundation forachievement in engineering. This paper describes the training, implementation, and evaluationof

Conference Session

Poster Sessions for Unit Operations Lab Bazaar and Tenure-Track Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Coon, Washington State University; Paul B. Golter, Washington State University; Derek Allen Cline, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Education, 2011 Unit Operations Lab Bazaar: Assessment of Miniature Industrial EquipmentAbstractThere is a need for lower cost undergraduate Unit Operations equipment to meet needs at budgetconstrained colleges and universities, and industrial technology programs. There is a further needto reduce the space in which equipment is housed and to design flexible systems that can performmore than one task, especially for emerging departments in countries where departments mustrent space from their own universities. Washington State University has developed a way to meetthese needs by providing miniaturized low-cost industrial equipment on the scale order of adollar bill and in the form of interchangeable cartridges

Conference Session

Persistence and Retention II: Curricular Issues

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas F. Wolff, Michigan State University; Steven M. Cramer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Barbara A. Masi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students.The engineering education literature is replete with studies on retention, with the overwhelmingmajority of these studies focusing on measuring and comparing retention rates among various Page 22.1252.2demographic groups, assessing reasons for staying or leaving, and developing predictive modelsthat attempt to explain these rates and reasons. However, a large number of these publications • consider a limited cohort of those who have matriculated into engineering as incoming freshmen or at the end of a common first-year pre-engineering curriculum, • consider that other, later entry points to engineering have small populations

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Herbert Holland; Dean Bruckner

representative of Electrical Engi-neering at the Academy, as you can.Two years ago we decided that the EE module had to be changed. The former material was tech-nically accurate but not particularly interesting to the students. It also did not support course ob-jectives in the area of design, and it was not very representative of the Electrical Engineeringsection at the Academy. With the assistance of LT Martin Roberts, on loan to the Coast GuardAcademy from the U.S. Navy, we developed a new module featuring digital signal processingand speech recognition. It involves technology demonstrations with a high “wow” factor and ahands-on design project. This paper discusses that module

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

James A. Ozment; Alison N. Smith; Wendy Newstetter

course.Nonetheless, the significance of the deviations demonstrates the three groups are notsuccessfully communicating their beliefs. The results further indicate a need for clear leadershipin the definition of which actions and behaviors constitute cheating.I. IntroductionAs Information Technology pervades all workplaces and disciplines the increasing demand forprofessionals, particularly in engineering, who are proficient at computer programming hasnecessitated introductory programming courses for many students of higher education. To meetthis need Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Computing has developed an Introductionto Computing course. This course, formerly CS1501, is now required for all students, fromthose majoring in International

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reisel, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

positive teaching experience for the new teacher, and better learning environment andeducation for the students.IntroductionMany new as well as experienced teachers of engineering, science, and technology in collegesand universities often struggle with the teaching component of their jobs. This can be veryfrustrating as these individuals see themselves as highly-intelligent, well-accomplished peoplewho understand the material that they are attempting to teach to students—often undergraduatestudents. When the teaching struggles result in (a) poor teaching evaluations by the students or(b) a significant reduction of time spent developing his or her research program, the teachingproblems can reduce the chances of the faculty member gaining tenure. So

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Robinson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

research is needed to advance the STEM achievement of womenfrom a Hispanic background—an ethnicity that accounts for more than half of the populationgrowth in the U.S. since 2000 8,9. An extensive body of research has examined the perceptions,culture, curriculum, and pedagogy that impede women and underrepresented ethnic minorities inengineering and computer science (e.g., Baker, 2010; Ceci & Williams, 2007; Hall & Sandler,1982; Margolis & Fisher, 2003; Seymour & Hewitt, 1997; Tonso, 2007). However, limitedresearch has exclusively focused on Latinas in engineering. Similarly, considerable research hasfocused on the attrition of minority students, examined all students in STEM fields, orinvestigated why students leave a specific

Conference Session

Tablets, Mobile and Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chingnam Goh, University of Southern Queensland; Linda Ann Galligan, University of Southern Queensland; Harry Ku, University of Southern Queensland

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Paper ID #6128Wireless Tablet PCs for enhanced teaching at an Australian regional univer-sity teaching both campus and distance modesDr. Steven Chingnam Goh, University of Southern Queensland Dr. Steven Goh completed his B.Eng. in Manufacturing at Materials at UQ, his M.B.A. in Tech. Mgt. at Deakin University, his M.P.A. at USQ, and a Diploma in Company Directorship from AICD. He joined USQ as an engineering academic staff in 2006 after spending ten years in industry in various roles in- cluding R&D manager, Business Development engineer to managing director of his own firm. Dr. Goh is currently active in a number of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Auguste, University of Colorado, Boulder; Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Shelly Lynn Miller, University of Colorado Boulder; Joseph L. Polman, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Management at Regis University, a B.S. in Electrical Engineer- ing and Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley; has 25 years of software/hardware industry experience and 21 patents; and has volunteered extensively in developing countries.Mrs. Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder TANYA D. ENNIS is the current Engineering GoldShirt Program Director at the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Engineering and Applied Science. She received her M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her career in the telecommunications industry included positions in

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Amer H. Daggag

information thatstorage devices. The name ICT started in 1997 by Denis he requires [6]. The Internet provides powerful search enginesStevenson who introduced the term in the revision of the that allow the increased analysis of the million of informationnational curriculum for England. The term was supposed to that are provided in the Internet. The deciding of the websitesreplace the term computing. The ICT offers users the ability to is based on analysis of the Boolean operators and the Internetmanipulate information, transmit, store and access relevant security issues.data [1]. The purpose of ICT in education has led to the The Internet has facilitated communication through the use ofincreased

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Visual Strategies in Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Logan Izaiah Abraham, Florida Polytechnic University; Elisabeth Kames Ph.D., Florida Polytechnic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #47790Non-Traditional Spatial Ability Training Methods and their Effect on CADProficiencyLogan Izaiah Abraham, Florida Polytechnic University Logan Abraham is a Mechanical Engineering student specializing in aerospace at Florida Polytechnic University, where he also serves as an Undergraduate Research Assistant. His work centers on engineering design and the integration of spatial abilities into the curriculum, exploring how these skills impact engineering education and influence the long-term success of students in STEM majors. An active member of ASEE, Logan is committed to advancing engineering education through

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Innovative Assessment Strategies in Design

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Edmondson, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

average 12 / semester) to successful completion of an end produ ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work in Progress: Project Health as a Capstone Rubric ElementAbstractSenior Design capstone programs help students develop many skillsets, including the ability tosuccessfully manage a project. Students struggle transitioning from small assignments with clearinstructions to large projects with less defined short-term activities and deliverables. As studentshave little to no experience managing large projects, the curriculum must provide tools andtemplates to help students manage their projects. A common method is to introduce ‘gates’ withspecific deliverables for each gate, as typically used in

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) 2 - Becoming Engineering Professionals

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Joseph Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University; Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

research advisors, andadministrators alike to help inform policy, student support, and best practices.Keywords: veterans, GI Bill, graduate students, diversity, exploratory factor analysis.IntroductionEnacted in the 1940s, the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act and its successors—commonlyreferred to as to the GI Bill—increased student veteran enrollments in college and contributed toincreased diversity, perspectives, programs on campus [1]. Since then, the succession of GI Billsenacted since 1944 has facilitated over one million veterans attending college [1] and contributedsubstantially to the development of the U.S. skilled technical workforce. Despite historicallyhigh military student enrollments in college today [1], student veterans and service

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 6

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Analia E. Rao, University of California, Irvine

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

were recipients of an NSF funded S-STEM scholarship at a4-year Hispanic serving university in the Southwest of the U.S. Scholarship recipients transferredfrom 49 different community colleges and were an average of 22.6 years old with 7% of studentsabove the age of 30 years when they transferred. They enrolled in a variety of engineeringmajors at the 4-year university: 10% Aerospace Engineering, 11% Biomedical Engineering, 11%Chemical Engineering, 8% Civil Engineering, 10% Computer Engineering, 13% ElectricalEngineering, 2% Environmental Engineering, 1% Material Science and Engineering, 34%Mechanical Engineering.The goal of the scholarship program is to improve the transfer student experience in engineeringby providing co-curriculum cohort

Conference Session

ECCNE Technical Session 2 - Alternative Energy Sources

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reg Pecen, Sam Houston State University; Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Ulan Dakeev, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Divisions

Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

2019). Otranto, Puglia-Italy, July 2-4, 2019.[15] Pecen R., Yildiz F., (2019). A Smart Grid Implementation for an Engineering Technology Curriculum.Proceedings of the ASEE 2019 Annual Conference and Exposition. Tampa, Florida, June 16-19,2019.[16] Pecen R., Yildiz F, Johnson K, Aguirre A, Dakeev U. (2018). A Novel Curriculum Development in Solarand Wind Energy Systems in an Engineering Technology Program. Proceedings of the 6th Int. Assoc. ofJournals & Conferences (IAJC), Oct 11-14, Orlando, FL.[17] Blattner Company: Building on more than a century of innovation. www.blattnercompany.com, Avon,Minnesota.