Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles Baukal

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Cooperative Classroom Problem-Solving Charles Baukal Oklahoma Baptist UniversityAbstractThis paper describes a relatively simple technique for engaging engineering students in solvingclosed-end problems in class by working in small groups. Ideally, students work in groups of 2 to4 to solve problems in a relatively short amount of time on content that has just been covered inclass. Students mentor each other while the instructor monitors the groups and provides furtherinstruction as appropriate. Some examples are given for how the technique

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laine Schrewe Ph.D., Otterbein University; Elena Joy Caruthers, Otterbein University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #41107Board 75: Can Small Changes in Course Structure in Early EngineeringCoursework Have a Big Impact on Retention?Dr. Laine Schrewe Ph.D., Otterbein University Dr. Laine Schrewe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics at Otterbein University. Before transitioning to this role, Laine designed engines for Honda Research and Development for 9 years and then transitioned to education to develop a high school engineering program that she taught for 8 years. She is passionate about improving the educational experience of diverse populations in engineering programs and

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

John Paulino; Jesús García; Joshua Lohse; Hector Prado; Atul Balani; Sridevi Lakshmipuram; Cheng Chen; Amelito G. Enriquez; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser

12we created a summer internship program to engage community college students in researchprojects on the latest challenges of circuit design in nano-scale semiconductor technology.Through this program, four community college students were mentored by two graduate studentsin a research project to analyze performance degradation of integrated circuits due to transistoraging effects in nano-scale. This paper presents the research conducted by these students onestablish how SBD affects the performance of a circuit, specifically the delay variation andpower consumption, in relation to location of the breakdown, and its severity. II. APPROACH The effects of leakage current through the transistors of

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert

in combination with other variables to develop a predictive model for determiningat-risk students at an individual university. It is then anticipated that with these results, anassessment of teaching styles and curricular changes could be determined and/or suggested todraw closer links between the integral components of teaching and learning. In addition,expansion of this study is essential in determination of if/how institutional differences may beinvolved.AcknowledgementsThis research was funded in part by a mini-grant awarded through the Colorado School of Mines for the NSF project“Conducting Rigorous Research in Engineering Education.” NSF DUE-0341127. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Fred Guzek; Kathy Brockway; Troy Brockway; Sue Guzek

Saint Peter’s cathedral in Geneva,Switzerland.This paper describes the course goals, program implementation, assessment, results, lessonslearned, and finally, next steps.Supporting LiteratureDuring the planning and development stage of this course, the faculty team chose to employ avariety of techniques intended to invite students to enroll in the course, engage students with theproject management tools presented, broaden student perspectives regarding possible careerpaths, and augment students’ global and cultural awareness. Blended learning has beendescribed as the thoughtful integration of classroom face-to-face learning experiences withonline learning experiences. The characteristic that makes blended learning particularly effectiveis that

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. Joe Stanley; Stuart Baur

academicperformance improvement by year in the students’ program of study and by degree program for the 17engineering and computer science degree programs offered at Missouri S&T; 3) Missouri S&T studentsappear, on average, to have benefited in their academic performance at Missouri S&T [6,10]. This studyextends the academic performance study from [10] with a more complete data set of Missouri S&T studentrecords for the spring 2015, fall 2015, spring 2016, and fall 2016 semesters. Rationale This paper presents academic performance results from the spring and fall semesters for the 2015 and2016 academic years which are being examined as part of an ongoing 5 year research study comparingretention

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Nathan M. Schneider; Mark Janzen; Eylem Asmatulu

thermal pyrolysis method makes waste management more efficient, with lesscapacities in landfills, while lowering pollution and positively affecting the economy. Thedependence on fossil fuel as the non-renewable energy could be reduced through the presentstudies. Two of the engineering students designed, developed and performed the tests to produceliquid, gas and solid products from the recycled shopping bags, and gained enormous researchexperiences. These practices will benefit undergraduate students for their future academic studiesin different universities.AcknowledgementThe authors greatly acknowledge the Department of Chemistry and Department of MechanicalEngineering at WSU for the financial and technical supports of this study

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Benjamin Cooper; Steve E. Watkins

traditional path of faster and more densely packed devices. Economic limits,driven by physical limits, have been reached. Next generation digital technologies willincorporate more parallelism and may exploit new computing approaches.This paper proposes proactive curricula options that build upon a pure object-orientedprogramming methodology. In particular, the concepts of encapsulation and message passinghave features that will complement parallel hardware structures and new digital technologies.The evolution of computing hardware and procedural-based software is described. Object-oriented languages are presented as timely alternatives. Squeak Smalltalk is discussed as onesuch language and proactive curricula options are proposed for engineering

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

DingXin Cheng; Joel Arthur; Albert M. Johnson

410OBJECTIVESThe objectives of this research are to: • synthesize the knowledge of utilizing waste tires in civil engineering applications • develop effective teaching materials to educate university students about utilizing waste tire products in civil engineering • promote sustainability by using waste tires in civil engineering applications through university educationThe goal of this paper is to summarize the curricula of civil engineering applications of waste tireproducts and to make faculty aware of the existence of the course materials and resourcesdeveloped on this project.APPROACH AND PROPOSED CURRICULAUtilizing waste tires in civil engineering applications is a multi-disciplinary and complex subject.No single class

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Carol Stokes-Cawley; Katie Cadwell

female faculty and professional female engineers in the field, and thus realize that women play a critical role in technical innovation, creative design and solving societal problems.  Raises their awareness of the full spectrum of skills engineers rely on for success in their careers, beyond strong math and science skills including: creativity, teamwork and communication, in order to help participants increase their identity with the profession.  Provides fun, hands-on, inquiry based projects and investigations, which allow the girls to approach projects in their own learning styles while learning to use the engineering design process.  Explore learning opportunities that participants are not

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Tamer Abukhalil; Madhav Patil

tabukhal@my.bridgeport.edu mpatil@my.bridgeport.edu Abstract— this article presents a high-level configuration Decentralization means that the algorithm does not requireand task assignment software package that distributes access to the full global state and all control computations arealgorithms on a swarm of robots which allows them to done locally. However, to command large groups of robots, itoperate in a swarm fashion. When the swarm robotic is also essential to include an element of centralization tosystem adopts a decentralized approach, the desired allow humans to interact and task the team. Our paper is basedcollective behaviors

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Zachary Boorman; Richard Freitas; Kristie Kordana; Adam Stanley

collapsible child transport system for pushing children. The team is somewhat different from most multidis- Keywords—upright; child; transportation; collapsible; kid; ciplinary teams, in that each member has a technical back-cruiser ground in mechanical engineering but has interests and expe- riences in divergent areas of the field. The team’s design phi- I. INTRODUCTION losophy involves working collectively suggesting ideas that The upright

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Selyna Perez Beverly

‘learn by doing’ philosophy. Students in the Cal Poly Pomonaengineering program receive both technical and practical skills to prepare them for the engineeringworkforce. Small class sizes and the integration of a multitude of labs in the engineering curriculumprovide for a robust experience for the student in preparation for a career as an engineer. The student-centered philosophy of the institution supports student involvement and programmatic efforts thatincrease student success and learning. The College of Engineering is the largest college at Cal PolyPomona serving approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The student populationconsists of a large number of first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented racial minorities

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Lina H. Kloub, University of Connecticut; Vraj Patel; Tina Huey

outcomes, others express deep concerns about stu-education, understanding instructor perspectives is critical for dent over-reliance on AI-generated content, the difficulty ofits responsible integration. This study investigates instructor detecting AI-assisted academic dishonesty, and the ethicalperceptions of AI tools in education, focusing on their perceivedbenefits, challenges, and strategies for fostering trust in their use. implications of using AI-powered assessment tools [4][7]. ThisAn online survey was distributed to all instructors across various paper summarizes the findings of a recent survey conducteddisciplines at the University of Connecticut. The survey is used to at the University of Connecticut, which

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Barrett, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

programs are toincrease teachers’ understanding of cutting-edge content, expose them to real world applicationsof science, mathematics and technology, and encourage the teachers to implement inquiry-basedlearning strategies in order to increase student achievement and interest in science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. An important challenge to all of the SWEPT and RET programs is how to evaluate thesuccess of the program, and how to determine whether bringing teachers into researchlaboratories has a positive measurable effect on K-12 education. In this era of increasedaccountability, issues of program assessment are of critical importance to both public and privatefunders. This paper will therefore provide

Conference Session

Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Thomas A. Wall, Georgia Institute of Technology; Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael O. Rodgers, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #5882Development and Application of a Sustainable Design Rubric to Evaluate Stu-dent Abilities to Incorporate Sustainability into Capstone Design ProjectsMary Katherine Watson, Georgia Institute of Technology Mary Katherine Watson is a Ph.D. candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Georgia Tech (GT). Through support from a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, she has been working to improve the quality of sustainability education in CEE at GT through development and application of a variety of assessment tools and educational interventions. In addition to research in the field

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Idalis Villanueva, University of Florida

Paper ID #38370Perceptions of Engineering Learning Software in Classroomswith Diverse Student Populations Using an ExpandedTechnology Acceptance ModelKimberly Cook-chennault (Associate Professor)Idalis Villanueva (Dr.) For the past 10 years, Dr. Idalis Villanueva has worked on several engineering education projects where she derives from her experiences in engineering to improve outcomes for minoritized groups in engineering using mixed-and multi-modal methods approaches. She currently is an Associate Professor in the Engineering Education Department at the University of Florida. In 2019, she received the

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Page 12.298.7reports: Most women in the class indicate a desire to utilize their technical skills in a way that advances environmental quality and social responsibility. There is a “systems perspective” that these students have; they look at engineering as an enabler that can support the “greater good” of society. Money is not a motivator for these students, but the ability to help others using their technical knowledge excites them about their future. These students tend to purse technical interest in bioengineering applications, environmental remediation, and renewable energy. Several have expressed interest in joining non-profit organizations upon graduation. In particular one student

Conference Session

Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12572Engineering, Society and the Environment in the Teaching Goals and Prac-tices of Engineering InstructorsMs. Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto Lisa Romkey serves as Senior Lecturer, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning with the Division of Engi- neering Science at the University of Toronto. In this position, Lisa plays a central role in the evaluation, design and delivery of a dynamic and complex curriculum, while facilitating the development and imple- mentation of various teaching and learning initiatives. Lisa is cross-appointed with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at OISE/UT, and

Conference Session

Student Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Salim, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

answer three questions: Q1)“Who is the client?”, Q2) “In one of two sentences, what does the client need?” and Q3)“Describe at least two issues that need to be considered when developing a solution for theclient”. These questions are designed to guide students’ problem formulation. As graduateteaching assistants (GTAs) are responsible for assessing these student responses, it is anticipatedthat GTAs contribute to students’ ability to formulate problems. However, a cursory review ofGTAs assessment of student work indicated that some GTAs struggle to properly assessstudents’ responses. To guide future GTA professional development with MEAs, and problemformulation in particular, this paper seeks to explore these questions in more detail: “How are

Conference Session

Promoting Social Sustainability, Cultural Assets, and Assessing Equity and Diversity Index

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Collette Patricia Higgins; Emily Joanna Kamp; Kenneth Stewart; Azadeh Bolhari, P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Paper ID #40277Surveying the Cultural Assets of Engineering Students: An ExploratoryQuantitative StudyCollette Patricia HigginsEmily Joanna KampDr. Kenneth Stewart Dr. Kenneth L. Stewart is retired professor of sociology at Angelo State University where he served on the faculty from 1975 through 2018. He was also among the founding faculty members of the Master of Public Health Degree at Texas Tech University HealthDr. Azadeh Bolhari, P.E., University of Colorado, Boulder Dr. Bolhari is a professor of environmental engineering in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Ar- chitectural Engineering (CEAE) at the

Conference Session

The BEST InDEED

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #22268The ’Structured’ Engineering Design Notebook: A New Tool for Design Think-ing within a Studio Design CourseMs. Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington Kristen Clapper Bergsman is the Engineering Education Research Manager at the Center for Sensorimo- tor Neural Engineering at the University of Washington, where she is also a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in Learning Sciences and Human Development. Previously, Kristen worked as an ed- ucational consultant offering support in curriculum design and publication. She received her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction (Science Education

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Briana B. Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University; Fong K. Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

methodology have beengiven at the annual ABET Symposium. Based partly on this dissemination stream, the use ofthis instrument has spread far beyond its origins. As other institutions and departments haveadopted the instrument, they have made modifications as well. In turn, these adopters havereported at a variety of venues regarding how their version of the FCAR has played a highlyuseful role in streamlining their continuous quality improvement processes, yielding bothqualitative and quantitative information, facilitating greater consistency in the reporting andprocessing of that information, and keeping faculty actively engaged in an on-going assessmentprocess. In brief, this paper will present an in-depth discussion of the FCAR instrument, how

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

An Nguyen, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #44000Exploring the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Racing Games in EngineeringEducation: A Systematic Literature ReviewAn Nguyen, University of Oklahoma An Nguyen is a student in the Gallogly College of Engineering at The University of Oklahoma. He is pursuing a double degree in Computer Science and Math and is hoping to graduate with both Fall ’25. Afterwards, An is hoping to pursue a one-year Master’s program in Computer Science to further expand his knowledge in the technological field. Passionate about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), An’s academic and research interests are focused

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Kramer

Explaining Faculty Involvement in Women's Retention Laura Kramer Montclair State University After a period of rapidly increasing female enrollments in engineering (from the mid1970s to the late 1980s), the percentage of undergraduate degrees earned by women climbedvery slowly and has been stuck near twenty percent for more than ten years. Without moredirectly confronting and responding to a relatively unchanged set of cultural and institutionalfactors, gender integration in engineering may have gone about as far as it can. The researchdescribed in this paper helps to fill in the picture of the engineering faculty, whose role(s) androle

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Stern

computer-based textbooks. Of present interest is integration ofcomputational fluid dynamics (CFD) into undergraduate engineering courses and laboratories.CFD is a widely used tool in fluids engineering with many specialty and commercial CFD codesthrough out the world covering many application areas. One major obstacle to the greater use ofCFD is lack of trained users.Fluid mechanics courses are included in the curricula of most engineering programs, with bothprogram required and technical elective courses. Program required courses are at both theintroductory and advanced levels, whereas technical elective courses are at advanced levels.More than one program often requires introductory level courses (e.g., mechanical, civil, and bioengineering

Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9624Perspectives on Failure in the Classroom by Elementary Teachers New toTeaching EngineeringDr. Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, worked briefly as a process engineer, and taught high school physics and pre-engineering. She has taught engineering and science to children in multiple informal settings. As a pre-service teacher educator, she includes engineering in her elementary and early

Conference Session

Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremy Grifski, Ohio State University; Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Dira Melissa Delpech, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #34332Thinking as Argument: A Theoretical Framework for Studying how FacultyArrive at Their Deeply-held Beliefs About Inequity in EngineeringJeremy Grifski, Ohio State University Jeremy Grifski is a Graduate Research Associate in the department of Engineering Education at The Ohio State University. Previously, he completed an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering at Case Western Reserve University and went on to work for General Electric Transportation as a part of their Edison Engineering Development Program. Recently, Jeremy completed a Master’s in Computer Science and Engineering under Dr. Atiq and is

Conference Session

FPD9 - First Year Learning & Assessment

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Beverly Jaeger, Susan Freeman and Beverly Jaeger are members of Northeastern University's

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Page 13.164.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Agile Education: What We Thought We Knew About our Classes, What We Learned, and What We Did About ItAbstractIn a continuing effort to improve a first-year design course, a team of faculty has evaluated a variety oflearning modes over a two-year period by surveying both the student and faculty populations on thelearning potential of each of these modes and on the degree to which each mode is interesting orengaging. Following the first year of the study, efforts were made to address learning modes which wererated low for both categories of learning potential and level of engagement. This paper presents the resultsof the survey administered in the second year and

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Gail Goldberg

FALL 2017ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONYou Be the Judge: When Competitions Employ an Engineering Design Rubriceach category is not as dramatic as might be expected based on that feedback. Of elementscores assigned to engineering design portfolios, 22% of scores were discrepant by the definitionestablished for this paper, while for the biomedical engineering portfolios, 29% of the assignedscores were discrepant. Instances of discrepancies in assigned scores suggest that among judges of the engineering de-sign competition, Elements C and E were the most challenging to score, with eighteen of fifty-fourportfolios receiving discrepant scores for these elements, followed closely by Element F with six-teen of the fifty-four portfolios receiving