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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Goetz; Darin Ridgway; Ben Stuart; Valerie Young; Michael Prudich

Session 3213 Criterion-Based Grading for Learning and Assessment in Unit Operations Laboratory V.L. Young, D. Ridgway, M.E. Prudich, D.J. Goetz, and B.J. Stuart Department of Chemical Engineering, Ohio UniversityAbstractGoals for student learning in Unit Operations Laboratory are diverse. Students are to developskills in the planning and execution of experiments, the interpretation of experimental data, andthe communication of technical information. Additional goals include gaining familiarity withprocess equipment, improving teamwork skills, and developing professional habits in

Conference Session

Visualization and Graphics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Baxter

PDMWorks. Thefinal project is also evaluated. The final project scores follow a normal distributioncentered between 73-78 points (out of 100) with a standard deviation of six points. Thisdistribution has been constant since the implementations undertaken in 1999[5].In addition to the four quizzes, a 50 question quiz[13] developed by Dr. Sheryl Sorby isused to determine overall course effectiveness. The test works with 2 and 3 dimensionalvisualization, measurement and technical drawing skills. In 1998, this test was introducedin EG&CAD as a paper test. In the Spring 1999 semester, the test was moved to WebCT.This quiz is administered through WebCT and is given at the beginning and end of thecourse. Final averages are examined between semesters

Conference Session

Design Cognition II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, Texas A&M University; Nicole Elise Esposito; Julie S. Linsey, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering curriculum. They Page 25.1372.2argue for the “reflect-in-action” plan where students build their designs and understand the flawsin them, themselves7, 8. However, there are no clear guidelines available regarding the use ofphysical models and their cognitive implications in engineering education.This study addresses the cognitive effects of the use of various kinds of examples and physicalmodels on engineering students who design a stunt vehicle as a part of their class project. Thestudents are divided into three groups and given three different kinds of examples: a good one, apoor one and a poor one with warnings about its negative

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raul Ordonez; Hong Zhang; Ravi Ramachandran; Stephanie Farrell

Session 1526 MULTIDISCPLINARY CONTROL EXPERIMENTS BASED ON THE PROPORTIONAL-INTEGRAL-DERIVATIVE (PID) CONCEPT Ravi P. Ramachandran, Raul Ordonez, Stephanie Farrell, Zenaida Otero Gephardt and Hong Zhang Faculty of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028Abstract - The hallmark of the newly configured Rowan College of Engineering undergraduateprogram is multidisciplinary education with a laboratory emphasis. The development of a newmultidisciplinary control laboratory upholds our hallmark very well. We attempt to address thedemand of industry for acquiring control engineers (1) with a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Schweitzer; John Klegka

, industry accepted CAD packages. This relationship makes it easy to use themid-level CAD package as an instructional tool toward teaching the industry standard CADpackage. The instructor is still faced, however, with the task of selecting the appropriatesoftware. This paper will describe a process for selecting an optimum package from among avariety of contenders. It will also explore the use of Parametric Technologies Corporation’s(PTC) Pro/Desktop as a stepping-stone for the use of PTC’s Pro/Engineer.IntroductionIn the past few years computers have begun to dominate the Engineering Design Graphic (EDG)curriculums. The hand drawing tools of the past are rapidly being discarded in favor of 3-D solidmodeling software. A survey of EDG professional

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard L. Marcellus

process, and simple queueing systems. The basicprobability portion of the course is intended to reinforce and deepen knowledge of the probabilityconcepts taught in the preceding statistics course. The reliability portion is meant to furtherstrengthen knowledge of basic probability concepts, while at the same time introducing animportant application. The remainder of the course is completely new material for most of thestudents. It is a standard part of the industrial engineering curriculum, although I suspect thatvery few students who learn it in a traditional way will ever apply it.As theory, probability is rich and beautiful, and students should be taught to appreciate it. Theyshould also, however, be taught to connect the theory to engineering

Conference Session

New Endeavors

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Bergel; Jean Fullerton; Troy McBride

wheelchair ramps, a jig set to perform life skills, a dollhouse forvictims of abuse, a vertical maze for a children’s display, and a handrail system for a walkingbridge. In the Fall of 2004, 36 students worked on ten projects including a wheelchair ramp,proximity sensors for a power wheelchair, toy-boxes for families in transitional housing,basement access for a community center, CAD and GIS map work for a neighboring boroughand two dollhouses for a fundraising auction. These projects are well suited to first yearengineering students, as they generally do not require skill-sets developed in upper-level scienceand engineering courses. Yet, these projects are genuine, have real clients, and are able toaddress many important topics in the Introduction

Conference Session

Manufacturing Processes Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Harold Henderson, United States Miliary Academy; Jeffrey Butler, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. The results of this assessment should be useful toany program that incorporates metal part fabrication techniques into an engineering course. Page 15.954.2 “Just as one cannot learn to drive without getting behind the wheel; or to swim without getting wet; entry into the profession of engineering, particularly in the area of design, requires far more than sitting in a lecture hall.”1IntroductionManufacturing processes are an important part of the curriculum for mechanical engineeringmajors. Industrial employers have long called for newly-graduated engineers to have bothknowledge and proficiency in manufacturing, and they

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Kathryn Bohn; Jeff Georgette; Brian Self; James Widmann

effectiveness of the IBLA.IntroductionDue to time constraints and the difficulty of the material, very few universities include three dimensionalkinetics and kinematics in their undergraduate curriculum. Cal Poly offers a three- unit dynamics course(on the quarter system) with a subsequent intermediate dynamics class. This intermediate course is afour-unit combined lecture and lab curriculum that facilitates the effectiveness of the hands-on mini-labsand includes significant programming with Matlab. A review of 2D kinematics and kinetics is coveredduring the first four weeks, including an introduction to computer simulation and numerical techniques.The remainder of the quarter is devoted to three-dimensional motion. During the final week of thecourse

Conference Session

Active Learning Methods in Action

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ray Morelock, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

processes, andsuggest that teaching processes will likely change based on the game’s intended learningcontribution.Introduction and PurposeIn the past decade, games have developed an increasingly strong theoretical and empirical basisfor effectiveness as pedagogical tools (Plass et al., 2015; Whitton, 2014). Studies have foundgame-based learning (GBL) to offer learning benefits in multiple disciplines, includingimmersive contexts to learn new languages (Peterson, 2010), authentic disciplinary problem-solving environments (e.g., Coller & Scott, 2009), and play spaces to develop social skills liketeamwork (e.g., Hadley, 2014). The use of games in STEM education is of particular interest, asGBL has grown popular among mathematics instructors

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Claudia Morrell, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Anne Spence, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Claudia Morrell is the executive director of the Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) at the UMBC. Under her leadership, the Center’s programs and resources have expanded dramatically, including the development of a CWIT Scholars program which retains 94% of its students; increased funding of $7 million in scholarships, research, and program funding to support girls’ and women’s participation and advancement in STEM careers in education and industry; and the expansion of personnel from two to forty-one staff, students, teachers, and faculty. She also served as the executive producer for an international award-winning women and technology video entitled, You Can Be Anything.Anne

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

@u.washington.edu.Angela Linse, Temple University Angela Linse is the director of the Teaching and Learning Center at Temple University. Dr. Linse holds B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology, with an emphasis in American Southwest prehistory and geoarchaeology. Dr. Linse served as the Assistant Director for Faculty Development at the University of Washington's Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching. Her interests include graduate education and the role of individual consultations in the faculty development process. Dr. Linse is co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation grant investigating the teaching challenges of engineering faculty. Email: angela.linse

Conference Session

Engineering Education and Comparative Studies at Universities throughout Asia, Far East

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Ratnajeevan Herbert Hoole P.E., Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

International

at the behest of the UniversityGrants Commission which is principally responsible for all university development and funding.While in most countries the criteria on whether to set about establishing a new faculty and wherewould depend on need, in Sri Lanka, as in many countries where government is solely in chargeof universities, the final process and its outcome depended on many additional criteria to thenormal, including political criteria.While need was certainly a part of it, in this instance, the author who was commissioned to writethe report, had to a) Examine regional aspirations in a country rent by communal strife; b)Weigh the viability of big cities where industry can support an engineering faculty’s researchand training programs

Conference Session

Are You Experienced? Approaches and Tools for Experiential Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Christopher R. Shearer, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, physical, and mechanical properties and durability performance of infrastructure materials, with a focus on sustainable concrete materials technology. He also researches new strategies to improve STEM education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Implementation of a laboratory experience in reinforced concrete coursesIntroduction College students enrolled in an engineering curriculum learn in a variety of ways (e.g.,sensory vs. intuitive, visual vs. verbal, inductive vs. deductive, active vs. reflective, or sequentialvs. global). In a reinforced concrete design course, where students learn how to designcomponents of large structures, it can be

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

rubrics included four competency levels: beginner, developing,competent, and proficient. The courses, all within Electrical and Computer Engineering, includetwo junior programming courses and a specialized junior-level technical elective. As part of thenew course models, the students were allowed to resubmit their work as often as necessary toachieve an assessment of competency or proficiency. Students could not pass the courses withoutachieving at least competency in each level, and their letter grade was determined by how manytopics in which they achieved proficiency. Thus, it forced students to revisit their quizzes, exams,and assignments and resubmit (and improve) work until they reached a satisfactory assessmentlevel.In this work, we will

Conference Session

Computers in Education 6: Best of CoED

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Molly Rebecca Domino, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret O'Neil Ellis; Dennis Kafura

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Molly Domino Dennis Kafura Margaret Ellis mollydomino@vt.edu kafura@cs.vt.edu maellis1@cs.vt.edu Computer Science Computer Science Computer Science Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Jieun Chon Luke Guzukuma g471000@gmail.com lukesg08@vt.edu Computer Science Computer Science Virginia Tech Virginia TechAbstractInteractive visualizations were developed to improve the learning of list-based iteration bystudents in our university’s

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Barbara A. Karanian, Stanford University; Ville M. Taajamaa, City of Espoo; Mona Eskandari, University of California, Riverside

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

for the development of project workduring virtual collaboration in on-line classes. This leaves less room for spontaneous time andthe fun of getting to know each other or to leave a space for the unexpected story in project work.Invite Micro- ObservationInstructors may shorten collaborative length of tasks and reduce requirements to increasesuccessful fulfillment of the course. Instructors may also leave a space and build in emptyspaces to iterate and elevate attempts to iterate (whether during times of uncertainty or not) intheir curriculum. This could also provide time to encourage the women and men students willingto take the lead; and to encourage those that tend be observers. In support of findings thatwomen are showing a readiness for

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoselyn Walsh, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Tugba Yuksel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Vojtech Krs, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Bedrich Benes Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

how undergraduate level students use their model-based reasoning in the process of learning quantum mechanics and identifying new instructional strategies which helps to support visualization and model- based reasoning. She also has experience on learning design, curriculum development and professional development.Mr. Vojtech Krs, Purdue University, West Lafayette Vojtech Krs is a computer graphics researcher. He received his Bc. degree from Czech Technical Uni- versity in Prague in 2014. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the department of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette IN.Dr. Ida B. Ngambeki, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Ida Ngambeki is an Assistant Professor of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Ann Kos, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

from Yale University in chemical and environmental engineering, where her doctoral research produced a bio-based water purification system for removing arsenic from developing world water supplies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Grade-a-thons and Divide-and-Conquer: Effective Assessment at ScaleABSTRACTThis complete evidence-based practice paper will describe our successful grading andassessment practices of a large freshmen engineering course. In the Fall of 2016 we taught“Introduction to Engineering”, a course designed to help students transition from high school tocollege and learn strategies to help them become successful engineering students. Over 70% ofthe students had not yet

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, her research interests include engineering education, particularly as related to systems thinking, organizational cultures, professional identity development, and supporting the success and ideas of underrepresented students within engineering.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in Engineering Edu- cation from Purdue University (2008). Her research focuses on strategies for design innovations through divergent and convergent thinking as well as through deep needs and community assessments using design ethnography, and

Conference Session

Computing Technology Applications-I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Predrag T. Tosic, University of Idaho; Julie Beeston, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Master’s degree (from Carleton University) and a PhD (from the University of Victoria) in Computer Science, and she has developed and taught over a dozen courses at the university level. Beyond her teaching experience, she also has over a decade of industry experience as a software developer. In industry, she has a history of solving ’unsolvable’ problems. She enjoys a great deal of personal satisfaction when her analytical and problem solving skills can be applied to solve complex technical problems and when she can find creative new ways to pass the things she has learned on to the next generation. Her first teaching experience was at Ozanam Sheltered Workshop teaching adults with mental and physical

Conference Session

FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis

Tagged Topics

ASEE Headquarters

Paper ID #28122Board 14: Materials Division: Measuring Student Learning of Crystal Struc-tures Using Computer-based VisualizationsDr. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Dr. Susan P. Gentry is an Assistant Professor of Teaching Materials Science and Engineering at the Uni- versity of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. She is specifically interested in students’ com- putational literacy and life-long learning of computational materials science tools. c American

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Kee; Jean-Pierre Delplanque

network, which simplifies the student effort in the subsequentformation of the derivatives required to represent certain operations (e.g., forming the vor-ticity field). Based on the computed flow fields as represented in the spreadsheets, we assignhomework exercises to reinforce theoretical concepts that are being developed in the lectures.It is relatively easy for the students to form vector or tensor operators by manipulating thesolution fields in the spreadsheets. Also, Excel graphing features facilitate visualization of Page 6.675.1results. Overall, the students can understand theoretical complexities of a flow field, with amodest time investment. The

Conference Session

Frontiers in EM Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Middle, Secondary and K-12 Ed Special Ed. and Child Develop. Systems Eng. & Eng. Mgmt

Conference Session

Software Engineering Pedagogical Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Georgas, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

since architectural styles are focused on capturing refined ordistilled architectural experience21 from past development efforts. As a result, architectural stylesare a core component of the software engineering curriculum, and provide learners with a solidgrounding for their own software designs. Descriptions of selected architectural styles will bepresented in Section 3.2, alongside the detailed explanation of our role-playing activity.2.2. Learning Theory FoundationsOur work is informed by a number of important learning theories: Active learning4 describes Page 23.1118.3pedagogical techniques that are aimed at increasing the level of

Conference Session

Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matt Gordon P.E., University of Denver; Bradley Davidson, University of Denver; Corinne Shirley Lengsfeld, University of Denver; Bernard Chao, University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

with Daniels College of Business Page 26.1282.3enabling engineering students to stay for a fifth year and earn both a BS in engineering and anMBA. The program was very popular with roughly one third of engineering studentsparticipating. Shortly after that, curriculum changes allowed students to pursue their BS inengineering while preparing for medical school. During those changes, the idea of collaboratingwith the Sturm Law School arose. The law school was very receptive – in fact one of thepersons representing the law school (co-author on this paper) had a BS in Electrical Engineeringin addition to his JD. A plan quickly developed in which

Conference Session

Student Motivation, Identity, and Resilience

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Saira Anwar, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Computer Science Department at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) at Pakistan for eight years and was recognized for outstanding teaching with the year 2013 teaching award. Saira was also the recipient of the ”President of Pakistan Merit and Talent Scholarship” for her undergraduate studies.Dr. Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Muhsin Menekse is an Assistant Professor at Purdue University with a joint appointment in the School of Engineering Education and the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Menekse’s primary research focus is on exploring K-16 students’ engagement and learning of engineering and science con- cepts by creating innovative

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Univ Of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, and evaluate any encountered task fit together as the team evolved their design?MethodThe purpose of this study was to examine learners’ self-management of cognition by observing agroup of four undergraduate engineering students (i.e., the Orange Team) exercising theirexecutive control over behavior during their work on their senior design project class (MIE 470).MIE 470 is one of the major capstone design courses prescribed by the mechanical engineeringdepartment’s curriculum at one of the large Midwestern University.Design Task and Context. This team’s task was to design and build a hydraulic bicycle. Unlike aregular bicycle, a hydraulic bike replaces a mechanical drive system with a hydraulictransmission and therefore, there is

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan; Madara Ogot

software. Spreadsheet programs, for example Microsoft Excel, are alreadyentrenched in college computer laboratories with students and faculty having familiaritywith their use. We present our experiences in implementing this approach in one section(32 students) of a freshman introduction to engineering design course. A preliminaryassessment is also presented.1. IntroductionThe use of team projects as a way to teach engineering design is pervasive across allengineering disciplines and throughout the curriculum. The success of any design team --both in learning design concepts and performing well -- requires that students have agood grasp of technical and management aspects of the design process. Accordingly,poor management or lack of communication

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathmatics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Stickel, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

wireless systems. He has also worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the developing field of three-dimensional metamaterials. He is interested in advancing the art of engineering education through the appropriate use of technology both in and outside of the classroom. As well, he has recently become more involved in the department’s efforts to highlight the many engineering applications of electricity and magnetism to high school students. Page 22.1205.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Putting Mathematics in Context: An Integrative Approach Using