Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

coordinators to centralize informational resources including support activities (e.g.tutoring, workshops, etc.) and opportunities (e.g. research opportunities, internships,scholarships, presentations, etc.). It also houses resources for the technical writing module andinformation on student enhancement plans and professional development funding. Thedevelopment and implementation of personalized student enhancement plans (SEPs) which allowprogram participants to identify long-range plans and set associated short to long range goals insupport of these plans is one of the primary aspects of the program (Kunberger & Geiger, 2016).Originally implemented for upper level students, the activity has been expanded to all programparticipants for this

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Benson, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

considered accepted practice in K-12 education or in Humanities [4]programs, their use in the Engineering or Physical Sciences is limited. Grumbacher used thejournal process to examine the relationship between writing processes and problem solving andfound that students who were better problem solvers are better able to use their learning logs as [5] [6]vehicles to synthesize new knowledge. Other authors, such as Selfe and Arbabi and Gibbs ,have used these journals as vehicles for engineering students to develop their writing skillswhile at the same time clarifying

Conference Session

Writers, Experts, and the Workforce in Civil Engineering

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Mary Katherine Zanin, The Citadel; Dena Garner, The Citadel; Deirdre D Ragan, The Citadel; Jeffery M. Plumblee II, The Citadel; Daniel B. Bornstein, The Citadel; John H. Lewis Jr, The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

on Undergraduate Research, undergraduate research is defined as “aninquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an originalintellectual or creative contribution to the discipline [1].” As stated in literature, undergraduateswho conduct research show improvements in thinking independently, thinking critically, puttingideas together, solving problems, analyzing data, analyzing literature, interpreting researchfindings, conducting ethical research, writing and communicating [2-9]. Literature also assertsthat it is rare for students to have enough opportunity to gain higher-order thinking skills fromtheir undergraduate research experiences [10].Students involved in undergraduate research also report outcomes that may

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Robert Kuehl, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mehdi Mirakhorli

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

architecture design. This helps the students learn how requirements, especially non-functional quality requirements, drive architecture design decisions.In a recent Twin Peaks workshop3, participants found that “a major shortcoming was identifiedin that requirements and architectures are often taught independently and in a fashion thatresembles a waterfall process.” Our merged requirements and architecture course addresses thisshortcoming.Another driver of change impacting the merged requirements and architecture course was tomake this course a “writing intensive” course in support of the general education requirements atour university. Given the document and model-centric nature of the course, the requirements andarchitecture course was a natural

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Work

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leanne Petry, Central State University; Morris M. Girgis, Central State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

(2) published,peer-reviewed literature articles for each technique intended for use as a point of reference.Copies of the journal articles were provided with summarized background information on eachtechnique along with a defense for the decision made for the choice of method (as assessed in theCSU Critical Thinking Value Rubric).Proposed Approach: Student apprentices were to build the proposed framework for theirindividual testimony from an instrument based tool box to use as a road map to the get to the rootcause of the PBL scenario. They needed to identify the key skills and competencies required toconduct their analyses, such as research ethics, content knowledge and informational literacyskills; practical and problem-solving skills

Conference Session

Getting Into Graduate School

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

Paper ID #18996Applying to Graduate School in Engineering: A Practical GuideDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands

Conference Session

Diversity and K-12 Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Mohamad Mustafa, Savannah State University; Hope Cranford, Savannah State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

toward the abovepopulations.Virginia Polytechnic University: Virginia Polytechnic University uses a five week summerprogram to facilitate the recruitment and retention of minority students. This program focuses onincreasing skills in academic subjects; developing skills in interactions with peers, faculty andadministrators; and learning successful study methods and time management.The Rochester Institute of Technology: The Rochester Institute of Technology, in partnershipwith the Rochester City School District and the National Action Council for Minorities inEngineering (NACME) is participating in the NACME Vanguard program to identify potentialminority engineers and provide them with academic enrichment and college readiness skills.The New

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Findlay Edwards, University of Arkansas; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

, exceptional students can be identified early in their academicstudies.ResearchAt most research universities, the official appointment for a faculty member is 50 percentteaching and 50 percent research. The teaching load is either 3 or 4 courses per year.Theoretically, research activities account for only 50 percent of the faculty’s membertime, but in reality, research oriented activities can consume much more of your time.The research side of academia can be divided into two major sections, research incomeand publications.A significant portion of a faculty member’s job can be spent on locating funding forhis/her research program. The search for research funding is sometimes combined withlittle or no training in writing research proposals. However

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: New Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Yell Inverso; Rachelle Heller; Dave Snyder; Charlene Sorenson; Catherine Mavriplis

. These latter goals are related to team involvement as defined by Turner (2002)when he points to the role of integration and collaboration in global engineering.Taking risks in solving complex problems: Women typically choose disciplines inwhich they believe they will do well. Discussions about the leadership qualitiesnecessary for successful women indicate that the ability to take risks is key (Mills,undated, Howell, 1993, Based on Brown University website). Moreover, they oftenperceive their abilities in science, engineering and mathematics to be less that those oftheir male peers. They, as well as other students who do not typically pursue science,engineering or mathematics, would benefit from increasing exposure to more real-lifelearning

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Terrence Freeman; Ashok Agrawal

§ Audience analysis § Edit and revise documents § Outline in standard formats § Work/write/edit/revise in groups/teams § Peer review and evaluation § Basic standard grammar, spelling, mechanics, and appropriate vocabulary § WWW sites research & evaluation § Basic library research skills § Note taking techniques Page 8.592.4 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education” § Simple documentation

Conference Session

Inservice Teacher Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon Kurpius; Dale Baker; Chell Roberts; Stephen Krause

building unit. Denise changed her practice by attendingto gender, integrating the design process and tinkering into lessons, and adding technologydiscussions. She helped the museum staff examine their program activities. Her unit indicatedgreater awareness of the time needed for hands-on exploration and discussion. Dana exhibitedthe most changes. She had students write about science and technology to determine priorknowledge. They designed labs as well as the lab instruments e.g. calorimeter. As departmentchair, she helped other science teachers incorporate DET into instruction. In creating her unit,she used the design process and her evaluation (including a delayed post test) which indicatedthat the students had learned everything

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

was nominated to serve on the college undergraduate research committee(URC). The committee members had the privilege of attending a national conference onundergraduate research in June 1994 held in Lewiston, Maine. This helped us a lot in developingguidelines for our undergraduate research activity. Typically we invite research proposals fromstudents in the fall semester. URC members contact students directly, and through colleaguesand department chairs. Students are required to write proposals with the help of their facultymentors and submit them in the first week of November. Committee members review theproposals, rank them and meet to decide on awards in December. Awardees are notified in thesecond week of December and they are required to

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Nored; David Compton

industry experience is through mentoring designprojects. At OC, no engineering student may graduate without completing a three-semestersystems design project. Project teams composed of electrical and/or mechanical students workthrough the difficulties of planning a project. They must plan a schedule and a budget, writestatus memos, and present reports to the rest of the college. During their presentations, they mustanswer questions submitted from an audience that includes professors and their peers. This isrigorous project designed to emulate the reality of industry.II. IntroductionThe founders of the engineering program intended to prepare every engineering student to enterthe workforce with the skills to be immediately productive, professional

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Cem Karacal; John A. Barker; Jacob Van Roekel

with a set of suggestedchanges. After making the changes, the students turn in revised versions of the reports. Theimprovements are significant. This method provides the students with an effective opportunity todevelop good writing skills through revisions based on corrections to their previous work.During the first week of the semester, the students play the name game adapted from ProfessorRaymond Landis of California State University at Los Angeles. They work in randomly formedgroups and are required to remember the names of the other group members. Group membershipis changed at each class meeting. The name game has proven to be very useful in fosteringbonding among the students. For many of the students this peer bonding is important for

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur B. Sacks

Division for taking leadership in defining the substance of arequired LAIS Division and to the humanities and social science curriculum: n Graduates must have the skills to communicate information, concepts and ideas effectively orally, in writing, and graphically.... Page 3.313.2 -2- n Graduates should have the flexibility to adjust to the ever-changing professional environment and appreciate diverse approaches to understanding and solving society’s problems. They should have the creativity, resourcefulness, receptivity

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Cox, The University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, The University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

physical or online resources, services in the building, online, or in class, etc.)Text examples from presentation [11]Focus groups encourage conversation between peers so researchers can learn their thoughts andopinions. A potential way to structure those conversations is either open or closed card sorting.Card sorting asks a group a broad question such as “what are the strengths of the library” andindividuals arrange cards using a category tree [6]. Open card sorting is when the focus group ishanded a blank set of index cards or sticky notes and invited to write down whatever they chooseto. In a closed card sorting conversation, the cards are already filled out by the researchers andthe group organizes them. A variation of this is the nine

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelia Yeo, Nanyang Technological University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Sharyn Anastasia Limas, Nanyang Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

gesture production in bilinguals, gestural effects on learning, visual attention to hand movements, and the role of expectation in communication. Her work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition, as well as in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. Her work is also highly interdisciplinary, crossing the fields of cognitive science, embodied cognition, psycholinguistics and education. She serves as the honorary secretary of the Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS) for 2024-2026.Dr. Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University Ibrahim H. Yeter, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education (NIE) at Nanyang

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

health services compared to their peers [4]. These issues wererecently claimed to be understudied [5], but efforts to explore the mental-health-related andattrition-related experiences of engineering graduate students have become more common (e.g.,[6], [7], [8]).Our work investigates the implications of stressors on student well-being and retention. Stresshas been linked to attrition rates for engineering graduate students [8], [9] and stress has beenrelated to mental health challenges in graduate students [10], [11], [12]. Research has suggestedthat a relationship exists between doctoral student mental health and attrition, particularly forstudents exhibiting high anxiety symptoms [11], [13], suggesting that the three phenomena ofstress, mental

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Estelle M. Eke

of each group’s project, and a technical report. Every student in a group must write a portion of the report so that his/her writing skills may be assessed. Students evaluate their peers’ presentations and demonstrations. Grade distribution (MATLAB and SIMULINK 60%; project 40%).Table 1. Course Syllabus Lecture 1: Introduction to Computing Environment (SacCT, UNIX, Voyager, Windows); Review of Linear Algebra http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm Lab 1: Introduction to software (MATLAB) Driver, Plots, Conditional Statements; User-defined functions;Exercises with vectors and matrices Lecture 2: Global variables; Data files: Read and Write Lecture 3: Graphical User Interface (GUI) (Instructor notes) Lab 2: Creating a GUI - Exercises with

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Haering

teaching loads and the lack of graduateresearch assistants available for such a faculty member.I – IntroductionFor tenure-track faculty the publication of papers, either technical or pedagogical, oftendetermines whether tenure is granted. As a result, understanding how the process of conductingresearch, writing and publishing the associated papers, and producing other scholarly works indifferent university environments is important to many new and perspective faculty. This paperwill discuss this process based on the author’s experience in a small teaching-oriented campusenvironment.The paper will be presented in four major sections. First, an overview of typical major and non-major research locations is provided. Second, the challenges that must

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Arch. Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

, design, model making, drawing, CAD, structures, environmentalsystems, presentations and writing. Our capstone program provides opportunities forexploration, questioning, testing, and criticism. It requires the students to use experience andknowledge gained in other courses and forces them to play an active role in their own learning. Itdemands personal accountability for decisions, and commitment to ideas and proposals that arescrutinized publicly. We believe that we have developed a model that other disciplines oncampus could well profit from observing.IntroductionThe Carnegie report "Building Community: A New Future for Architecture Education andPractice" by Ernest Boyer and Lee Mitgang criticized architecture programs for lack ofintegration

Conference Session

Communication - Needs and Methods

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; David Bowles, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Stephen Sears, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Daniel Thomas, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Paige Davis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

-EPSCoR Center for Bio-Modular Multi-Scale Systems (CBM2) and is responsible for the development and implementation of several of the centers K-12 and public outreach programs.Sarah Liggett, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge Sarah Liggett is a Professor of English at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge. She is the Director of the campus-wide Communication across the Curriculum Program and is also the Director of the LSU Writing Center. She has published extensively on the histories, theories, programs, practices of technical and scientific writing. Dr. Liggett holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University.Warren Hull, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Conference Session

DSAI Technical Session 1: K–12 and Early Exposure to Data Science and AI

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faiza Zafar, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University; Matthew Cushing, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) Constituent Committee

services to boost productivity and streamline tasks. Google Scholar,for instance, provides a free database that helps students find scholarly articles, research papers,and other academic resources for their projects [15]. Notion serves as an all-in-one productivityplatform, combining note-taking, project management, and collaboration features, making itespecially useful for group work and managing busy schedules [15]. Grammarly, an AI-poweredwriting assistant, helps students refine their writing by checking for grammar, spelling,punctuation, and style while also offering suggestions for improving clarity and organization[14]. ChatGPT stands out as a powerful tool for homework assistance, test preparation,language learning, and other

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Mohammad Amin; Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Bhaskar Sinha; Debra Bowen

sensories and brain pathways.Literature reports that people can understand something better, and retain it longer in memory, when theylearn the content in different ways. In the traditional educational system, students learn only by hearing,seeing, reading, writing and doing. Figure 1 shows a histogram of memory retention rates when studentslearn in this traditional way7. With the advancement of technologies students can now learn in many newand innovative ways. The following, Table-1, lists important examples of additional modes of learning.Table 1. List of some additional popular modes of teaching and learning • Mode-1: Teaching in lecture mode: Individual students learn individually (without group work) • Mode-2: Project based teaching mode

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 2: Skills Development and Career Preparation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Benjamin Daniel Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

students’understanding of engineering through action rather than abstraction.Before we can recommend modifications to the teaching of engineering at the early college level,we need to find out how students currently describe what engineers do and what might havecontributed to their impressions. In our experience, simply asking them has resulted in asimplistic or abstract response. In order to elicit more thoughtful responses, we have designed astudy to begin to answer the following research questions: 1) How well do our first-year engineering students describe what engineers do? 2) How well can students communicate an understanding of what engineers do, when asked to write a brief story vs. answer a brief question?Background and Conceptual

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Frederick Doe, Illinois Institute of Technology; Elana Rose Jacobs, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

obtaining a bachelor’s degree and beginning her graduate studies. Her most significant obstacles in her post secondary education were financing hereducation, taking math courses, and maintaining the drive to complete academically rigorousclasses. She described herself as being a very social person and planned on keeping in touch withher peers from the undergraduate research program. Her determination and drive was evident inher overcoming her math phobia by studying statistics in depth and her spending days takingfeedback from her professor and improving her final research Powerpoint presentation. Estelle’sundergraduate research project focused on a cell adhesion assay and teaching module.Data Collection and Analysis A pre- and post

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 2 - Personal Situations

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enas Aref, Western Michigan University; Dina Idriss-Wheeler, University of Ottawa; Julia Hajjar, University of Ottawa

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn and workefficiently, and contribute to their community and to socio-economic development” [25]. Inacademia, students and professors alike struggle with their mental health and well-being. Facultyat all levels must balance many roles and responsibilities such as teaching, mentorship, researchand administrative tasks. Similarly, graduate students must complete course and/or laboratorywork, teaching or research assistantships, secure funding to cover costs of tuition, write andpublish papers, attend meetings, and complete administrative tasks. Notably, graduate studentsexperience rates of depression and anxiety at rates six times higher than the general population[26]. Research

Conference Session

They're Not "Soft" Skills!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Candice Stefanou, Bucknell University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; John Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

course for mechanicalengineering students. The course meets 3 times per week, has no associated laboratory and includeshomework sets, quizzes, and midterm and final exam. Collaborative student-centered learningtechniques including in-class problem solving using clickers, peer to peer instruction, discussionswith student neighbors, calling on students for answers, and handing out partially completed notesare employed. Conceptual questions are included in addition to calculation-based examples. Thehomework assignments are completed by about half the students in two-person teams, while the restelect to do them individually. Each time that a homework solution is submitted, the students take anin-class quiz that assesses their knowledge of the

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Emergent Methods for Engineering Education Research

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Oregon State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Tech ; Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Stephanie A Damas, Clemson University; Gabriella Torres; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

to provide diverse perspectives on pressing topicswithin academic and non-academic communities. Individuals participating in panels are usuallybrought together to express a wide range of viewpoints and to combine ideas, research, andexperiences. We see an opportunity to extend panel discussions to have enduring impact bybroadly distributing the data synthesized during the panel discussions. The use of paneldiscussions as a research endeavor has the potential to broaden researchers' ways of knowing, yetknowledge transfer from panel conversations to peer-reviewed publications has to this point beenminimal.This paper highlights a methodology for analyzing panel discussions, discourse content, andpanelist reflection to produce research results

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 1: Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

2 Female 1 Male 0 Video with Video that Video that No only the shows the shows preference writing instructor students regarding visible video formatFigure 4: Student Responses to the Question: “For the worked example videos, which format doyou prefer?”Next, Figure 4 shows student preferences