Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Murali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2009-2425: SCAFFOLDING TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING ENGINEERINGSTUDENTS' WRITING SKILLSMurali Krishnamurthi, Northern Illinois University Murali Krishnamurthi is Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Director of Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at Northern Illinois University. He received his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. His teaching and research interests include project management, information systems, system simulation, optimizaton, expert systems, and engineering education. Page 14.1042.1© American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Beams, University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2009-435: HOW ENGINEERING STUDENTS LEARN TO WRITE:FOURTH-YEAR FINDINGS AND SUMMARY OF THE UT-TYLERENGINEERING WRITING INITIATIVEDavid Beams, University of Texas, Tyler DAVID M. BEAMS is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Tyler. He received his BS and MS degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in and the Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has had over 16 years of industrial experience in addition to his 12 years with UT-Tyler. He is a licensed professional engineer in Wisconsin and Texas and holds or shares four patents.Luke Niiler, University of Alabama LUKE NIILER is an Associate Professor of English and

Conference Session

Writing Is Fundamental

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Richards, University of Hartford; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; Hisham Alnajjar, Computer and Electrical

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

passive voice for intermediate texts. To verify that this was representative of textsbeing read for other courses, an additional analysis of engineering texts was performed. Theresult: Those texts overwhelmingly used present or simple past and passive voice, as is typicalfor scientific reporting.After each reading, the workbook also provided a writing prompt, asking students to complete ashort writing passage linked to the text. Obviously, in a class containing more than 100 students,it would be impossible for instructors to provide detailed constructive feedback on writingexercises. However, instructors were encouraged to use these exercises to help students reinforceand apply new vocabulary and grammar concepts as well as use the paragraphs for

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Adams; William Manion

semester 2004 began with two recent alumnae visiting the lecture class to talk about theimportance of communication in the workplace. Each spoke briefly about their first fewprofessional years and offered examples of how communication had affected their jobs, settingthe stage for an introduction to the ECP and the writing component of the lab course. During thefirst week of lab, wood variability testing was performed, and the first memo from the projectmanager was distributed. Following a short discussion of the assignment objectives, framed bythe three fundamental questions below, students were assigned to respond to the manager’smemo by email and on paper by 9pm the following day. 1. What is the answer to the most important question? 2. What

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geetanjali R. Date, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #15513The Socio-Technical Connection is Plastic, but Only When Design Starts fromNeed FormulationMs. Geetanjali R. Date, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Geetanjali Date is a doctoral research scholar at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, T. I. F. R. India. There she is a part of the Learning Sciences Research Group led by Dr. Sanjay Chandrasekha- ran. Her research area is at the confluence of Engineering Design Education, Engineering Studies, and Cognition and Learning Sciences.Dr. Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Cognitive Scientist working in Learning Sciences

Conference Session

Interactive Approaches to Teaching Materials Fundamentals

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Paper ID #6148How to Write a Textbook in Ten Easy StepsDr. Barry Dupen, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne Dr. Dupen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). He has nine years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and materials laboratory manager in the automotive industry. His primary interests lie in materials engineer- ing, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is also an experienced contra dance caller

Conference Session

Construction 4: Construction Education Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Shaurette, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Construction

and writing across a variety of technical, managerial, and social research onthe creation or operation of the built environment. This case material will be useful for otherswishing to increase the understanding of fundamentals of research appropriate for graduateresearch in construction related programs.IntroductionThe MS in Building Construction Management (BCM) is a department administered MSprogram within the Purdue University Graduate School. It offers both a thesis based on-campusMS program as well as a non-thesis distance delivery option. Although some universities offernon-thesis graduate options, thesis research is a significant component of the graduate educationprovided by many construction management programs. The Purdue University

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Furey; Eugene Brown

Engineering) or focusing on anenvironmental issue involving thermodynamics (e.g., energy). Examples of the diverse topicsselected for essays are given together with some general observations on the writings. There arebenefits to this exercise for both students and teachers and these are briefly discussed.IntroductionFor decades, the mechanical engineering department at Virginia Tech has offered service coursesin engineering thermodynamics to the College. The population for these courses is drawn fromjunior/senior level students in the departments of aerospace and ocean engineering, mining andminerals engineering, industrial and systems engineering, electrical and computer engineering,engineering science and mechanics, biological systems engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Isaac Macwan, Fairfield University; Naser Haghbin, Fairfield University; John F Drazan, Fairfield University

Paper ID #44923Lessons Learned from Fundamentals of EngineeringDr. Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University Djedjiga Belfadel is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Bio Engineering department at Fairfield University. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from University of Connecticut in 2015, in electrical engineer- ing. Her interests include embedded systemDr. Isaac Macwan, Fairfield University Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Fairfield University, interested in developing bioelec- tronic devices through electrospinning and electropolymerization strategies and understanding the bio- nano

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Randall A. Yoshisato

made the ability to work in teams andto communicate effectively with technical and non-technical people a fundamental jobrequirement. These “softer” skills are now no less important than technical skills. Applicants canbe reasonably certain that they will be evaluated for these skills in the hiring process.Secondly, all the technology roles and functions are now tightly directed to meet the businessobjectives. R&D and new product investments are made only after careful analysis is done on thepotential value of the work relative to the cost of development and the business risks involved.Because of the greater cost pressure from customers and the earnings pressure from investors, thelevel of high-risk, high-return projects must be carefully

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin; R. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

examining could be regarded as a way that theacademic profession keeps an eye on its own standards of conduct in the one area in which is theirunique prerogative; the awarding of degrees?”[10, p 2]. After investigating this propositionthrough a study of external examiners n his concluding sections he writes: “As is abundantly clearfrom accounts given of examining practice in the written answers and interviews, respondents werealmost always people of notable sophistication and great experience, many of whom thought deeplyabout their subject and its examination. For all that, there is little evidence, indeed, of more than ahandful drawing upon a relevant body of theory and systematically collected evidence aboutexamining in higher education. In the

Conference Session

Documenting Success

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carl Bern; Brian Steward; Amy Kaleita-Forbes; Steven Mickelson; Thomas Brumm

Session 2508 ABET is Coming! Getting Faculty Involved Thomas J. Brumm Steven K. Mickelson Brian L. Steward Amy L. Kaleita Carl J. Bern Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Iowa State University Ames, Iowa USAAbstractFaculty participation in outcomes assessment is critical to a successful ABET

Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part II: Activities for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric J. Fitzsimmons, Kansas State University; Stacey E. Tucker-Kulesza, Kansas State University; Xiongya Li, Kansas State University; Whitney Jeter, Fort Hays State University; Jana R. Fallin, Kansas State Univesity Teaching & Learning Center

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #16701The Engineering Classroom is Still RelevantDr. Eric J. Fitzsimmons, Kansas State University Dr. Fitzsimmons is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Kansas State Uni- versity. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering with a specialization in trans- portation from Iowa State University. During his graduate career, Dr. Fitzsimmons worked at the Institute for Transportation (InTrans) at Iowa State University and received training to specialize in highway safety, particularly in rural areas. Dr. Fitzsimmons worked closely with staff at the Iowa Department of

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

work againstexisting privilege trends, one must not only walk opposite the walkway direction, but also doso at a speed greater than the walkway (pp. 15-16).19 One might also notice that the walkwaydesign is fundamentally flawed, as do researchers on privilege inequality.20,21,22Third, one can identify social groups that have been marginalized, disenfranchised, orignored by powerful social institutions such as corporations, governmental agencies, anduniversities, and then uncover the problems that such groups deem important. For example,two of the authors work on a campus that is only 10 miles away from the poorestneighborhood in Colorado, Sun Valley, a place that generally does not benefit from thefinancial and social capital that circulates

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Gorka; Reza Kamali; Jacob Miller; Han Reichgelt; Eydie Lawson; Barry Lunt; Joseph Ekstrom

volume of the CC2001 document defines 14knowledge areas, which are additionally broken down as necessary. In keeping with ouragreement to work toward writing the IT volume of the CC, we next endeavored to define theknowledge areas for IT.After several iterations, the knowledge areas presently defined for IT include the following nine:IT Fundamentals; Programming Fundamentals; Web Systems; Hardware and Operating Systems;Networking; Human-Computer Interaction; Information Management; Social and ProfessionalIssues; and System Integration.Timeline for IT Curriculum DevelopmentThe 4-year IT curriculum committee formed a writing subcommittee in October of 2003, for thepurpose of writing the IT volume of the CC document. As mentioned before, this

Conference Session

IS and IT Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fanyu Zeng

certification, for example, CCNA. So students in this program will have anintensive training on CISCO networking equipments. Even though CISCO is a majormanufacturer in network router and switch, it does not make all equipments for networkand telecommunication industry. Or it means a person who gets a CISCO CCNA Page 9.75.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationcertification can not have his knowledge on all the networking equipments because of thelack of understanding the fundamental theory.Certifications and

Conference Session

New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

interests include effective teaching, conceptual and inductive learning, integrating writing and speaking into the curriculum and professional ethics. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Why Not Ask Students to Explain Themselves? Enhancing Conceptual Testing with Technical Writing1. IntroductionRecently a great deal of exciting work has been performed on concept-based instruction inchemical engineering, in particular the efforts associated with the AIChE Concept Warehouse(AIChE-CW)1,2. The AIChE-CW provides chemical engineering educators with instruments forevaluating students’ conceptual understanding of course material. Conceptual learning is notwell-served by traditional

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Smith; Anneliese Watt; Caroline Carvill; Julia Williams

be incorporated amidst the formulas and free body diagrams taught inan engineering course. Technical faculty do not need to be able to recite comma rules by heartor feel responsible for teaching the fundamentals of paragraph development. Instead, facultyshould be good role models, emphasizing the importance of students being able to communicatetheir technical knowledge through writing.Step 3: Specify document typeOne of our tasks as designers of writing assignments is to clearly indicate the document typestudents are expected to produce, and to give them guidelines for producing such a document.Common document types include memos, lab reports, project proposals, essay exams, andtechnical reports. Instructors who specify a particular document

Conference Session

DELOS Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

AC 2008-1600: A WRITING-INTENSIVE FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORYPhilip Parker, University of Wisconsin-Platteville Page 13.134.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008A Writing-Intensive Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Philip J. Parker University of Wisconsin-Platteville Page 13.134.2BackgroundCE330, Fluid Mechanics, is required of all Civil and Environmental Engineering students at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Platteville. This four credit class consists of three 1-hour lectures andone 2-hour laboratory each week. Approximately 40 students enroll in the course each semester.When I teach the course, my

Conference Session

Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley R. Strong, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #26998Middle School Engineering Teachers’ Literacy Instruction (Fundamental)Ashley R. Strong, Utah State University Ashley Strong is a doctoral student at Utah State University.Dr. Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University Amy Wilson-Lopez, an associate professor in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Utah State University, studies culturally sustaining engineering pedagogies, including funds of knowledge- based pedagogies, and literacy-infused engineering with linguistically diverse students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Fundamental: Middle School

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Adriaens, University of Michigan; Timothy Faley, University f Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-1601: ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS FORSCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERSPeter Adriaens, University of MichiganTimothy Faley, University f Michigan Page 13.562.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Entrepreneurial Business Fundamentals for Scientists and EngineersAbstractTraditional engineering approaches to technology transfer and venture creation tend to be basedon the technology push principle. These evolve from long term government support for theresearch, culminating in potential patents and licensure agreements. Research indicates that forevery successful company there is a two order of magnitude of failed or

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ofodike Ezekoye; John Doggett; J. Nolen; John Butler; Steven Nichols

services. Other core topics to be covered inmarketing are an understanding of promotional strategies, the notion of distribution channels,and the recognizing the impact of competitive forces on pricing and creation of market share.Management: In management, the fundamental notions of organizational behavior andoperations will be presentedIntellectual Property: This module includes introductions to patents, copyrights, trademarks,trade secrets, employment contracts and other concepts related to intellectual property. Thematerial will focus on developing a students understanding of intellectual property as "property",that is, how to develop and protect manifestations of intellectual concepts (inventions, writings,machines, devices, etc.). From the

Conference Session

Elementary Students: Computational Thinking, Reasoning, and Troubleshooting

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily M. Haluschak, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michelle L. Stevens, Lafayette School Corporation; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth Gajdzik, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruben D. Lopez-Parra, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #23248Initial Problem Scoping in K-2 Classrooms (Fundamental)Emily M. Haluschak, Purdue University, West Lafayette Emily M. Haluschak is an undergraduate student in Chemical Engineering working within INSPIRE In- stitute at Purdue University. She primarily focuses on data analysis for K-2 STEM integration while also editing STEM curriculum.Ms. Michelle L. Stevens, Lafayette School Corporation Michelle Stevens is a 1st grade teacher at Glen Acres Elementary School in Lafayette, Indiana. She became interested in the implementation of STEM integration in the early grades after teaching the 1st grade STEM

Conference Session

Freshman Experience in Engineering Technology

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Franz, University of Houston, Downtown; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

course are discussed. Tomake the course topics seem easier a variety of methods are used. These methods include linearand non-linear proportion methods, and short-cut methods.IntroductionThe goals for the Engineering and Technology Fundamentals course students are to obtainknowledge of standard engineering and technology methods, and learn software tools forapplications. The knowledge of software gained in the course is used for technical report writing,project presentations, graphic visualization, engineering computation, and effectivecommunication. Note that the students are not required to have previous knowledge of electricalcircuits, digital logics, analog concepts, or software packages used in the course. The studentsideally are first year

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University; Elif Kongar, Fairfield University; John Drazan, Fairfield University; Isaac Macwan, Fairfield University; Michael Zabinski

Paper ID #37465Term Design Project in Fundamentals of Engineering CourseDjedjiga Belfadel (Associate Professor)Isaac Macwan Dr. Macwan is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at Fairfield University. He got his PhD in 2014 from University of Bridgeport. He is interested in developing bioelectronic devices and understanding the interactions at the interface of biological macromolecules and nanoparticles.Elif Kongar (Associate Dean)John F Drazan (Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering)Michael Zabinski © American

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert J. Voigt

Session 2632 Introducing Information Technology Fundamentals into the Undergraduate Curriculum Robert J. Voigt United States Naval AcademyAbstractWe have been challenged to introduce our students to “information technology” as part of theirundergraduate education. This is not an exercise in training people how to use a word processor,rather it is teaching the undergraduate student, from any discipline, the underlying fundamentalsof the technology which pervades our daily lives. The genesis of the course is a result from asurvey of senior people at

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Quinn

Java Applets to Reinforce Fundamental Computer Science Concepts Michael J. Quinn School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Oregon State UniversityAbstractWe describe a set of 15 interactive animations developed for college freshmen taking a computerscience orientation course. The purpose of using the interactive animations is to improvestudents’ understanding of conceptual and procedural knowledge fundamental to the field ofcomputer science. The animations have been implemented as Java applets. We explain howintroducing applet-enabled activities into lectures has affected the classroom

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Robotics in Pre-K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia Mambo Nche, Clemson University; Barbara Jeanne Ramirez, Clemson University; Sekou Remy, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #15832Drawing with Robots: An Experience Report (Fundamental)Olivia Mambo Nche-Eyabi, Clemson University Olivia Mambo Nche-Eyabi is currently a Ph.D. student in Human Centered Computing. Her focus is Robotics and she investigates innovative ways of using robots to facilitate engineering education. She graduated from Anderson University in 2010 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems and from Northwestern University in 2012 with a Master’s Degree in Computer Information Systems.Barbara Jeanne Ramirez, Clemson University Barbara Ramirez has been a faculty member at

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

Session 2364 Applied Materials Science - A Fundamental Course for Engineers Mark A. Palmer1, Robert E. Pearson, Kenneth J. Wynne2 1 Kettering University 2 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAbstractMaterials selection is a required part of design, and thus if design is to be incorporatedthroughout a curriculum it is necessary that the students be exposed to the fundamentals ofmaterials science early in their careers. This has been done in a freshman-level materialsengineering course designed to

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sara Willner-Giwerc, Tufts University; Miela Efraim, Tufts University; Chris B. Rogers, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

in engineering classrooms pre-k through college.Miela Efraim, Tufts University Miela Efraim is a student at Tufts University in the Class of 2024 studying Engineering Psychology. She works as an undergraduate research assistant at the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach.Prof. Chris B. Rogers, Tufts University Chris is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University with research in engineering education, robotics, musical instrument design, IoT, and anything else that sounds cool. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Analysis of Online Robotics Challenge Submissions (Fundamental)IntroductionRobotics competitions