Conference Session

Communication and Engineering Careers: Motivating Our Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John C. Anderson, Northwestern University; David W. Gatchell, Northwestern University; Barbara Shwom, Northwestern University; Stacy Benjamin, Segal Design Institute; John Andrew Lake, Segal Design Institute, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-making process?The team used this list of questions to help them consider the issues they needed to communicateabout their design options, with the intent of revising the paragraph to reflect their thinking.Using the answers to the questions above, the team evaluated the trade-offs of their two designoptions, and came to the conclusion that one option was clearly better suited to the project thanthe other. The revised text is both clearer and a better statement of the team’s design direction. The pressure tank will connect to the Shedd’s water supply to ensure the water parameters are adjustable to the animals living inside. Since the Shedd always has at least one tank optimized for any species of seahorse, no

Conference Session

Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part I: Non-traditional Learning Methods and Expanding Student Markets

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

will be performing the work?Once the work is organized into a logical collection of related tasks, the next activity of theprogram and project management process is to assign the work to functional organizations, orindividuals, who will be performing the work. This end product is referred to as a ResponsibilityAssignment Matrix (RAM). Page 25.522.5To simplify the transition from the WBS to the RAM, it is assumed there are levels of detail inthe WBS not currently reflected in the above. Given this, the below is a depiction of themapping of work to be performed (WBS) to the individual/organizations responsible forperforming the work. The field

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Ethics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather E. Canary, University of Utah; Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University; Karin Ellison, Arizona State University; Jameson M. Wetmore, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

. Due to shorter class meetingtime, Ellison presented the RCR materials over 9 class sessions rather than 5. On the whole,these changes are believed to have strengthened the integrated nature of ethics content deliveryfor these students. More applied content gave more direct opportunities to raise ethical questions.Delivering the RCR content over more sessions provided more sustained reflection on thesetopics.Hybrid ModelBased upon feedback from the Coordination Workshop (1) and the extensive availability ofonline course materials for RCR, the PIs decided to change the online modules envisioned in theproject proposal to a hybrid course model. This permitted maximum use of existing materials forthe online portion of the course and allowed for

Conference Session

Construction Classroom Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Lutey, Montana State University; Penny Knoll, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Constructors (AIC) Exam results and in-class assessment.3. Student attitudes towards safety and their belief that safety is common sense, intuitive knowledge.In addition, the paper offers a brief overview of our current approach to teaching constructionsafety, our plans for course improvement, and recommendations for safety education for similarprograms.This paper follows a similar thread to Peterson1 on student knowledge of and attitude towardsafety. Specifically, we wanted to investigate the safety culture of outgoing graduates of theprogram, reflecting the goal of the National Occupational Research Agenda’s NationalConstruction Agenda: research goal 8.1.2: Evaluate how safety and health cultures influence keyconstruction industry subgroups. In

Conference Session

Information Integration

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Priesmeyer; Mary Fernandez; John Fernandez

each of the emotions by combining responsesto low, medium, and extreme expressions of each. It also computes an overall EmotionalQuality (E-Quality) score that reflects the overall emotional state of the individual at thetime of the assessment. This E-Quality score is computed as the difference between theaverage of the pleasant emotions (happiness, interest and surprise) and the average of theunpleasant emotions (contempt, disgust, shame, fear, anger, distress, sadness andanxiety). The difference is then recalibrated to range from +100 to -100. The result is a Page 10.613.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Harris; M. Bramhall; Ian Robinson; David Hick

undertake. This module develops the students’ teamwork andleadership skills away from the university, by participating in a series of indoor and outdoortasks, with an inter-disciplinary design focus, spread over a weekend. Assessment is by bothstaff observation and student self-reflection with a ‘portfolio style’ evidence-based final report.The second module described in this paper uses ‘video conferencing’ between higher educationinstitutions, with postgraduate students at each university undertaking joint project work. Thesejoint projects are multi-disciplinary, for example engineering students working with businessstudents, or materials engineering students working with design students. This leads to thestudents’ greater understanding of the

Conference Session

Multimedia Engineering Education: Distance & Service Learning, Web-based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram Al-Rawi, McKendree University; Faouzi Bouslama, Université Laval

have the potential to: Provide a venue where information, ideas, and knowledge are shared and constructed; Provide a learning structure for reflection and critical thinking; Integrate multiple learning perspectives; Create strong commitment to achieve common goals; Provide positive impacts on learning.6. Learning Outcome Assessment and e-PortfolioThe purpose of outcome-based learning assessment is to improve the quality of learning andteaching in the College of Information Systems. It is based on three fundamental principles: Student learning is the focus in the classroom; Students must be able to apply their learning beyond the classroom; Students should become effective, independent, lifelong

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Cognition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marina Pantazidou; Paul Steif

theeducational literature, including physics7, and more open-ended tasks, such as generalproblem solving8. The prescriptive approach was also the initial choice of the authors of thispaper. Reflecting on our own experiences as researchers and instructors and calling upon thethoughts of our colleagues, we independently formulated ideas on modeling, organizing theminto a framework. We then each critiqued the other’s framework, prompting each toreformulate our individual frameworks, with this process continuing for several iterations.Our respective frameworks had many commonalities. We both believed that modelingshould have a qualitative stage, followed by a quantitative stage. In the qualitative stage,decisions are made regarding the relevant phenomena

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

AHAMAD FARHOUD

crucial to farming. The idea isto water the plants when the soil becomes dry beyond a certain level. Students are expected toselect, design and build each component based on required specifications. Students areencouraged to take initiative in examining all the available options. This works to incite curiosityand inquisitiveness in students. To monitor the moisture levels of the soil, students are toinvestigate the conductivity of electrodes constructed from different metals and then choose theone with the widest range of variations in resistance reflecting changes in soil wetness. A signalconditioning circuit is then designed to change output resistance of the sensor to voltage, whichis then amplified and fed into the controller to be compared

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmine C. Balascio, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

requirement with a “Technical Practicum in Industry” – aninternship. Students are required to keep a reflective journal documenting their work activitiesand time on the job, which must reach 120 hours for a 3-credit course. The students also submita final report summarizing their experience.The ET workplace competencies provide an excellent framework around which the students canorganize their journals and final reports. Artifacts consisting of work products generated by thestudents can be provided and discussed in the narrative to demonstrate mastery of specificworkplace competencies. Students are encouraged to document significant workplaceexperiences using the behavioral interviewing response technique known as “STAR” –Situation/Task, Action

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi, The Petroleum Institute; Jaby Mohammed, The Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

process can affect the quality of the team experience. In this study,female students in an Engineering Design course at the PI were randomly assigned toteams. After the first team presentation, they were asked to consider the effectiveness oftheir random team assignment and reflect on their team processes. Student perceptions ofteam effectiveness were gauged using anonymous surveys. Engagement in teamwork wassubsequently assessed using a variety of tools. In this paper, the authors discuss theimplications of choice in team creation on student perceptions of team effectiveness andsatisfaction.IntroductionResearch suggests that same-gender teams (all-male or all-female) perceive themselves asmore effective than heterogeneous teams (Baugh &

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip J. Parker P.E., University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Ben Bocher, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Austin Polebitski, University of Wisconsin Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Low level are deemed “Unacceptable.” The competencieslisted in each outcome level varied slightly for each course and varied as the semester progressed(as will be noted in the “Reflection” section of this paper). The competencies used at the end ofthe Fall 2013 semester for the 4000-level Hydrology course are listed in Table 1. A similar listof competencies was used in the 3000-level Fluid Mechanics course, with adjustments to fit theinstructors’ preferences. These adjustments were relatively minor; for example, in the 4000- Page 24.205.3level courses, two or more comma errors are considered a Low level error, while for the 3000-level courses

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

professional leadership plan tailored to students’current and future career goals. Particular focus was made upon ways that students can aligntheir technical interests with leadership. The class involved a combination of lecture (based onarticles or papers by Kotter11, and Northouse12), experiential exercises (e.g., attending leadership Page 24.863.2seminars and writing reflections), discussions, in-class presentation, videos, individualassignments, and team assignments. Seven students took the course in Fall 2013 and were eitherfreshmen or sophomores in the College of Engineering. As part of their requirement in the course,each student developed a

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

not at all new and has been in practice for a very long time.Regardless, a problem based curriculum is significantly different from the traditional disciplinecentered curriculum. It is important that the aims and objectives of problem based learning arereflected in every aspect of the learning environment created. Scholars have identified fourfeatures that clearly separate a problem-based curriculum from a traditional, topic-basedcurriculum. It is important that the aims and objectives of problem-based learning are reflected inevery aspect of the learning environment created. Problem-based curriculum should documentaccomplishments at the upper levels of Bloom's Taxonomy Triangle. Scholars in the area ofcognitive science and educational

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Bottomley

currently use to achieve those goals, and the extent to which teachers’practices reflected the recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of MathematicsPrinciples and Standards for School Mathematics . Our results focus on specific questionsincluded in the questionnaire that are directly related to the goals of the RAMP-UP project. Atotal of 33 elementary teachers teaching grades 3-5, and 4 middle school teachers teachinggrades 6-8 provided responses to this survey. A second survey that was administered was theFelder-Soloman Index of Learning Styles assessment2, used in a variety of applications toidentify learning styles of individuals as active versus reflective, sensing versus intuitive, visualversus verbal and sequential versus global

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Khaled Mansy

is needed.This paper reports on the ongoing effort to build an Artificial Sky Dome for the School ofArchitecture at Oklahoma State University. The paper discusses the technical challenges facedby the team in charge of designing the Artificial Sky Dome. Challenges that relate to thestructure of the dome, uniform distribution of light sources, avoiding the star effect, effect ofinternal reflections, models of different sky conditions, control of sky luminance, and the needfor a post-construction calibration of the lighting control system. The construction of theArtificial Sky Dome is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2005. This laboratory isfunded by the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, (CCLI)Course

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Cordelia Brown

Ethnicity Group N Non-White Reflective 13 * Active 6 * White Reflective 14 3 Active 15 3 Non-White Sensing 10 * Intuitive 9 * White Sensing 14 4 Intuitive 15 2 Non-White Verbal

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Chesler; Leslyn Hall; Mark Chesler

were physically enacted will be described below.Individual and group reflection time was provided to discuss the results of all exercises, todiscuss the parallels between the emotions raised by these scenes and ones at work, to assess theeffectiveness of the strategies developed, to explore novel and creative alternatives to the issues Page 9.140.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationthat were raised, and to consider the application of these alternative strategies to their ownpersonal and

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Devenport; Terry Wildman; Glenda Scales

regularly study and reflect upon their teaching, not only toadvance their own teaching, but to enhance the quality of teaching across the university. As Page 9.1257.2inspiration they cite the importance of the reflective component of professional learning asProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationdiscussed by Schön2 and of the development of communities of learners amongst educators,as well as earlier efforts employing faculty study groups.3In 1996, Wildman et al. and the CEUT initiated the program by inviting

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

, both with the same educational objectives and approaches. This rigorous approach isneeded to isolate the effect of using the sensors.By studying the use of sensors only in laboratories that can be conducted with or withoutsensors, we constrain the benefits of this new technology. This paper will address the benefits ofadapting the laboratory content and pedagogy to make the best use of the technology withoutlimiting the use of sensors to only laboratories that could be conducted without them. Thisapproach results in learning that cannot be compared experimentally to a control group becauseof the presence of confounding variables. Nonetheless, benefits to learning are discussed,including the reflections of students.IntroductionOur previous work

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherif Yehia; James Nelson

the American Society of Civil Engineers, andthe expectations of employers. Second, given the characteristics expected of an engineer, theauthors will attempt to provide a coherent set of fundamentals for structural analysis that agraduating engineer should know. This set of fundamentals will reflect the fact that moststructural analysis is conducted with the use of computers, but that the computer is only a tool inthe process rather than the process itself, as some students and practitioners have come tobelieve.This paper states the summary opinion of the authors and serves as the opening statement of theauthors in a panel discussion on this subject. It is not intended to be an all encompassing reviewof the content of structural analysis

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Moody

effectively. The dimensions are listed below: Felder’s Learning Style Dimensions2 • Perception Sensory vs. Intuitive • Input Visual vs. Verbal • Organization Inductive vs. Deductive • Processing Active vs. Reflective • Understanding Sequential vs. Global Page 9.626.3Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert McLaughlan

posting systems allows all students to view multipleperspectives about the topic being discussed. This stage is highly interactive with each Forumhaving between 320 and 560 postings over a 7 day period.Debriefing and Reflection (Stage 3): During this stage participants identify what they havelearned as a consequence of participating in the activity. The debrief of each Forum occurs ina face to face mode over a 3 hour time period. It is a structured post hoc method involvingguided recall, reflection and analysis of the experience involving three phases10. Thisinvolves a systematic reflection and analysis of the experience followed by an intensificationand personalisation of the experiences by the participants. Finally participants generalise

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

inengineering and engineering management courses reflect few references to ocean applications.To account for this opportunity in ocean resource management, a new curriculum is evolvingwithin the ocean engineering major at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA). With existing electivetracks in Civil and Coastal Engineering, Deep Ocean Technology, and Ocean EnvironmentalEngineering, the faculty has initiated a newer thrust in ocean engineering Project Management.At the core of this discipline are four related courses: EN412 – Ocean Resources Engineering; Page 9.521.1EN445 – Marine Fabrication Methods; EN450 – Engineering Economic Analysis; and

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Sean Brophy; Stacy Klein-Gardner

information is reflected in a normal ECG?" Challenge 3: "How can the ECG reflect abnormalities of rhythm and structure?"Students went through the legacy cycle (a learning cycle to support guided inquiry of achallenge) once for each of the challenges, eventually answering the grand challenge in theend[3,4]. The learning cycle begins with the presentation of a “Challenge” in either video,audio or text format. Then students are asked to reflect on the challenge and to"Generate Ideas". Once they have articulated their thoughts, they may listen to"Multiple Perspectives" from various experts. These experts provide hints about thingsto think about when solving the problem. These hints, however, do not provide a specificsolution

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Kostic

-output (or aliasing) frequency; f is the realsignal input frequency; f Nyq (=0.5f s) is the Nyquist frequency; f s is the sampling frequency; f n isthe instrument natural frequenc y; φ is the phase shift or lag; z is the damping ratio; and M is theoutput-to-input magnitude ratio.Art of Measurement of Rotation or Frequency with a Stroboscope:The Strobe EquationThe physics and concept of data sampling and aliasing are the most vivid in real- life physical ormechanical world as perceived by our eye (“The seeing is believing”). The concept of samplingis very well demonstrated by measuring angular speed of a rotating wheel in a dark room with astroboscope. A reflective mark on a rotating wheel, as in Figure 4 for example, will be sampled(seen) when

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

skills. His discussion and insights were quite consistent with thecurrent literature on self-directed learning that identifies these same factors. For example,Garrison includes these very same factors, albeit at a more detailed level, in her model for self-directed learning [7].Candy in his extensive review of self-directed learning summarizes the characteristics of theself-directed learner from many sources [8]. These characteristics fall into two sets, personalattributes and skills, that quite clearly correspond to Flammer’s “will do” and can do.” Candy’slists are: “Will do” Attributes: curious/motivated, methodical/disciplined, logical/analytical, reflective/self-aware, flexible, interdependent/interpersonally competent

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter J. Graybash

dilemmas are non-existent and that the means-end principle and utilitarian principle willdominate ethical considerations. Second, the Bounded Rationality model tends to be less idealistic, and to consider thelimitations of day-to-day decision-making. It reflects individual tendencies to conduct limitedsearches for alternatives, to make choices under situations of inadequate information or control,and to (satisfice) select the less than best solution. Satisficing is the practice of selecting anacceptable goal, which might be easier to identify, less controversial, and otherwise safer thanthe best possible solution, very often, the manager's view of being reasonable to achieve. Thebounded rationality process reflects the human tendencies to 1

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Asif M. Shakur; Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

to appreciatecomplexity; to be capable of working in a variety of interpersonal and organizational settings; tobe able to act reflectively.Engineering is a profession in which knowledge of mathematical and natural sciences acquiredby study, experience and practice is prudently applied to develop ways to utilize optimallymaterials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind and improving quality of life. "Service-Learning" is a combination of academic instruction with service that addresses real communityneeds. It uses reflection and critical thinking to provide an emphasis on personal growth andcivic responsibility. Humanities and Social Sciences curricula emphasize more on "soft skills"and "social service" and as such have naturally

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Wallace; David Adams

Learning Across theDisciplines1 highlighted some of these approaches; it also serves as a useful summary ofsome of the issues involved at different institutions.The plan that emerged for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineeringincorporated some of these strategies and the practical experiences of the technicalwriting specialist. It also reflected the need to produce some positive results with limitedresources and within three years.This effort is now in its fifth semester. This paper describes the history of the effortwithin the department, the plan that emerged, some reflections of a lead professor from acritical course, the problem of assessment, and some of the issues and opportunitiesencountered along the way.II. HistoryOver the