Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Potpourri I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghavi Merugureddy, Purdue University ; Amani Salim, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

professional experience2,3. The level of comfort and skill with which instructorscan engage in teaching through open-ended problems will greatly affect the potential for studentlearning4-6.Due to large course enrollments, finances, and retention concerns, first-year programs often useundergraduate teaching assistants (UGTAs) (also known as peer teachers or peer learningassistants) to support classroom instruction, where their duties include providing classroom aid,functioning as liaison between students and faculty, preparing lesson plans, grading andtutoring7,8. Undergraduates have served as TAs at undergraduate institutions, where there is nograduate student pool to draw from, and in large entry-level courses9,10. At these undergraduateinstitutions

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherrice Traver, Union College; Douglass Klein, Union College; Borjana Mikic, Smith College; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Ari W. Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Gillette, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

with real-world impact in partnership with local community organizations. Union College (Hal Fried, Ron Bucinell): Engineering and liberal arts student form design teams based on engineering senior projects. Teams explore the potential for commercialization and social entrepreneurship, and participate in business plan competitions.18The integrated approach to capstone and extracurricular projects requires students to understanddifferent perspectives and apply them to solve complex problems. Students should alsodemonstrate interpersonal, leadership, and cross-disciplinary communication skills when theyinteract on diverse teams. Projects that focus on entrepreneurship require that studentsunderstand what it means to be an entrepreneur and

Conference Session

Topics Related to Telecommunications

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Hsiung, Old Dominion University; Walter F. Deal III, Old Dominion University; Lacides Agustin Osorio, Norfolk Ship Support Activity; Mathew Henderson, Tidewater Community College

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Engineering Technology

Graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School in 1983, enlisted in the United States Navy, and in 1984 reported to basic training in San Diego, California. I had plans of completing my four-year enlistment and separating from the navy, but things did not work out that way, and I retired from the United States Navy in 2009 after more than twenty-five years of active service, and achieving the rank of Senior Chief Petty Officer. Throughout my naval career I continued taking college courses with hopes of, one day, graduating with a bachelor’s degree. On my last tour of active duty, I was assigned to Mid Atlantic Regional Center, which was a shore duty for me, and I was able to complete my educational requirements for my

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jitesh Panchal, Washington State University; Sammy Haroon, The RBR Group; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Design in Engineering Education

degree to which you attained the identified competencies and learning objectives. 15. Analyze what you have written in Steps 10 through 14. Then, critically evaluate your performance (in terms of competencies and learning objectives) throughout the semester; be sure to use action words from Bloom’s taxonomy. Comment on the level of attainment in Step 14, what you would do differently if you had to do it over, and plans for the future.Grade for A0 End of Semester 16. Reflect on your performance in this class throughout the semester. In tabular form, please suggest a grade for yourself in the following categories and justify2: a. Contribution to the collective Question for the Semester. Justify

Conference Session

Understanding Students and Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; Nina J. Truch, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuba Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

theexternal conditions that can influence the system, determining the necessary conditions for asystem to exist or function normally, and establishing the extreme cases of how the systemfunction.Items 14 - 16 relate to student’s comprehension of what is to be measured quantitatively usingthe model (referred to as the performance criteria), such as determining how to make theperformance criteria better. Items 17 - 22 pose questions related to the tasks of developingcalculational or computational models to estimate the performance criteria, such as writing a Page 15.1050.10computer program, planning out hand calculations, identifying the constraints

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University; Lynne Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University; Nina Truch, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

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Materials

Conference Session

ADVANCE Grants and Institutional Transformation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna M. Zajicek, University of Arkansas; Shauna A. Morimoto, University of Arkansas; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas; Valerie H. Hunt, University of Arkansas

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Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Hart, United States Military Academy; Steven Kreh, United States Military Academy; Rhett Blackmon, United States Military Academy; Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Effective Methods for Recruiting Women to Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleanor M. Jaffee, Smith College; Donna Riley, Smith College

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Women in Engineering

Research Group, Inc.7. Foor, C.E., Walden, S.E. & Trytten, D.A. (2007). “I wish that I belonged more in this whole engineering group:” Achieving individual diversity. Journal of Engineering Education, 96(2) pp. 103-115.8. Eglash, R. (2002). Race, Sex, and Nerds: From Black geeks to Asian American hipsters. Social Text, 20(2), pp. 49-64.9. Lichtenstein, G., Loshbaugh, H.G., Claar, B., Chen, H.L., Jackson, K. & Sheppard, S.D. (2009). An engineering major does not (necessarily) an engineer make: Career decision making among undergraduate engineering majors. Journal of Engineering Education, 98(3), pp. 227-234.10. Mitchell, K.E., Levin, A.S. & Krumboltz, J.D. (1999). Planned happenstance: Constructing

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour, The College of New Jersey

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

possibilities. However, the spectral density of the samples might not deliver all of theinitially planned combinations (and histograms). Although Tables (2) and (3) show a promisingset of such unique features (and their corresponding Histograms), at the time, there was noguarantee to physically compile such distinct sets from the 200 available springs.Fortunately, (as will be shown in section V-1,) the recommended springs provide normaldistribution. Additionally, the fact that only 150 out of the 200 springs would be utilized (forcreation of the six (6) sets of 25 springs,) makes the choices available for the desired ranges andfrequencies significantly broader. It should be clear that while another group may be able toreplicate the sets chosen by this

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

expected. During the fall, students convincedthe professor to alter the plan for their use by including the responses in the students’ journals.This resulted in a few responses being recorded in the journals but not reviewed by the professoruntil well after the class discussion, as well as in some students’ failure to complete theresponses at all. This experience emphasized the necessity of immediately collecting theseresponses after one minute of writing.During Spring Semester, one-minute papers were assigned in class about three times. As noted,these were the less mature students, and their responses were less helpful than anticipatedbecause they tended to give polite, vague responses. Also, the professor was unable to use thisstrategy as often

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Halverson, Brigham Young University; Rollin H. Hotchkiss, Brigham Young University

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Civil Engineering

information was to accomplish thefollowing things. First, we wanted to verify that the project-based learning, at least from astudent perception perspective, met the purposes for why we implemented it in the first place.Can team-based, project-based learning assignments that require learners to plan and design howto teach others the course concepts increase subject matter mastery, interest in the subject, andthe ability to see applications of the content in the everyday world? The survey data helped us toanswer these questions. Momentarily, we’ll share that data as evidence that according to thestudents the project assignment had the intended effect.Second, from an instructional design standpoint for the course, we wanted to learn what workedfor

Conference Session

Professional Identity

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Brock E. Barry, U.S. Military Academy; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Rachel Louis, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Ingram, University of Manitoba; Anita H. Ens, University of Manitoba; Marcia R. Friesen, University of Manitoba

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

which long, informalconversations about issues not directly related to work would be considered appropriate, andwhere the initiative in the conversation would rest with the senior individual. His narrativeillustrates that in a short period of time, he had made the shift to planning for a focussed,efficient meeting in which he showed appropriate initiative in the North American low powerdistance, low context environment.Similarly, participants reported the PPEM course offered a head start on the networking process.A single class was devoted to the topic, and guest speakers including professors and othersexternal to the university came in and allowed IEEQ students to interact and exchangeinformation. Subsequently, a provincial engineering

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter L Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; William F. Heybruck, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah L Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Gary Teng, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Elizabeth Sharer, Francis Marion University

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Design in Engineering Education

large. These projects provide students with the experience ofworking with established engineers. They also provide a marketing opportunity for the Collegeof Engineering (COE), as well as the capstone design program. In the last four years, coursepopulation has increased from 60 to 265. The solution described herein for the studentassignment problem allows projects to be staffed with students using a weighted coefficient foreach student/project combination. This course begins with an event where projectrepresentatives are present to answer student queries regarding project specifics andexpectations. The course timetable is such that project assignments need to be made quickly, sothat an initial planning meeting with student teams, faculty

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Special Session: Impacts of Service in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Educational Research and Methods

understanding of subject matter. They found that service-learning is moreeffective over four years and that the messiness inherent in helping solve real community-basedproblems enhances the positive effects  (Eyler & Giles, 1999).  Astin et al. found with longitudinal data of 22,000 students that service-learning had significantpositive effects on 11 outcome measures: academic performance (GPA, writing skills, criticalthinking skills), values (commitment to activism and to promoting racial understanding), self-efficacy, leadership (leadership activities, self-rated leadership ability, interpersonal skills),choice of a service career, and plans to participate in service after college. In all measures exceptself-efficacy, leadership, and

Conference Session

ECE Education and Engineering Mathematics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Seyed Zekavat

Conference Session

BME Introductory Courses

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Mia Markey; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Buck; Kathleen Wage; Cameron Wright; Thad Welch

questions on the SSCI exams, including eight example questions taken directly from theexams. Section 4 outlines the studies now underway to evaluate the current versions of theexams. Section 5 presents the results from these studies with the data collected to date.Lastly, Section 6 summarizes our findings thus far and describes our future plans.2 Exam DevelopmentSignals and systems is typically taught in the late sophomore or early junior year. Represen-tative texts for this subject include the books by Oppenheim and Willsky with Nawab,6 andby Lathi.7 As indicated in the introduction, there are several ways to organize the signalsand systems material. One approach is to present continuous-time topics first, followed bydiscrete-time topics; a

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Joseph Mook

abroad has been resolved bypreparing an approved “program of study” for each student prior to departure to the hostuniversity. As part of the application process, students, with their academic advisor’s approval,list courses that must be taken in order to complete their degree and provide course syllabi andother documentation on these courses for the review of prospective host campuses. Advisors atthe host campus recommend equivalent courses and provide similar documentation for thestudent’s own advisor, who then approves this plan of study before the student departs foroverseas. ABET was consulted on this method and has endorsed this general approach. Tocomplement the credit transfer process, a course databank was recently created, listing

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Keating

made, most have been piecemeal at best, seeming never to break intothe mainstream of U.S. graduate engineering education at the national level. This is no longer acceptableif America is to sustain a competitive advantage in advanced engineering and technological leadership inthe global economy. This situation will continue unless there is deliberate, planned systematic action foreducational leadership at the national level. In order to meet the challenge for sustainable change, theASEE-Graduate Studies Division has formed a National Collaborative Task Force to spearhead actionacross the country to purposefully address the compelling issues for needed reform in engineeringgraduate education. The National Collaborative is charged not only to

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Mohammed Ferdjallah, Marshall University; Asad Salem, Marshall University

Collection

2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Peter N. Knox, State University of New York at Binghamton; Sawsan Werfelli, Binghamton University; Amber Simpson, State University of New York at Binghamton

practices[20]. Despite growing evidence of the importance of introducing elementary students toengineering concepts and activities, several systemic barriers persist in truly integrating andsustaining these concepts into curriculum and practices in schools. Few students express interestor plans for STEM and engineering careers or experiences, as they’re often not exposed to thediscipline or its applicability during their K-12 education. This is likely due in large part to thelimited or nonexistent training or preparation that K-12 teachers receive in integratingengineering principles into their existing curriculum or content areas [21]. Epstein and Miller[29] corroborated these findings, adding evidence that educators understand the importance

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, and Critical Thinking 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natasa S. Vidic, University of Pittsburgh; Nur Ozge Ozaltin; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial En- gineering Sept 2010 - present Center Associate Director of Operations, Engineering Education Research Center Jan 2011- Sept 2013 Visiting Assistant Professor Sept 2008 – Sept 2011 Graduate Research Assis- tant Sept 2002 – Sept 2008 Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA Project Manager/Planning Department Aug 1992- Oct 1994 University of Delaware, Delaware Transportation Center, Newark, DE Graduate Research Assistant Aug 1990 - May 1992 University of Novi Sad, Institute for Traffic and Transportation Eng., Serbia Research Associate /Lecturer Aug 1987 – Aug 1990 Selected Publications • Bursic K., Vidic N., Yildrim T. P., Besterfield-Sacre M., Shuman L., (2013

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Zietlow, Bradley University

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Mechanical Engineering

iii Page 24.958.12 Therefore, the thermal resistances are a function of the convective heat transfercoefficients, and the conductivity and geometry of the channels and fins. For this systemanalysis, it is assumed the fin and channel geometries, except for the length of the channels, andflow rates have been optimized. Geometry and flow optimization is beyond the scope of thispaper but is planned for a future work. With these geometries and flows, the convective heattransfer coefficients, conductivity of the channels and the fin efficiency are fixed. This in turnfixes the overall heat transfer coefficient. For the area of the

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Learning 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K. Lape, Harvey Mudd College; Rachel Levy, Harvey Mudd College; Darryl H. Yong, Harvey Mudd College; Karl A. Haushalter, Harvey Mudd College; Rebecca Eddy, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.; Nancy Hankel, Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Caitlin H. Wasilewski, Seattle Pacific University

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Educational Research and Methods

sciences, in particular, task value is closely linked with the student’sdesire to pursue and persist in these subject areas even two years after the task value ismeasured9. Self-reported or subjective task value has also been linked to future course plans andactual choices of courses as well as achievement10-12. Task value has multiple componentsincluding the intrinsic, attainment, and utility value of a task as well as the perceived cost ofpursuing that task7. Intrinsic value refers to the inherent enjoyment that engineering is expectedto provide the student over the course of his or her program. Attainment, on the other hand,speaks to the student’s perception of how important the engineering course of study is to his orher future career and the