Conference Session

Program and Curriculum Design Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Ann Hill, Numeritics

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

has grown to include a consortium of eight companies whohave joined forces to provide similar training, and has evolved from an original trainer/traineeformat to its current mentoring-based curriculum. Apprenticeship 2000 has successfullygraduated 116 students, and has 49 current apprentices in training.National Science Foundation Advanced Technical Education (ATE) ProgramAn excellent model for using community colleges to train skilled workers is that of the NationalScience Foundation’s (NSF) Advanced Technical Education (ATE) program. This programoffers Federal grants to community colleges that are focused on educating technician for high-technology fields. The program encourages partnerships between educational institutions andemployers to

Conference Session

Integration of the Humanities and Social Sciences into Civil Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey C. Evans, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

anecdotal information, it is believed there remains an strong need for greaterintegration of humanities and social sciences into the civil engineering curriculum. Ways toaccomplish this integration need to be further explored including team teaching with humanitiesand social sciences faculty.One of the most difficult aspects of this problem is the measurement of outcomes, both in theshort-term and the long-term. For example, in the long-term, we might expect an increase incivil engineers in roles as public policy makers and in political positions.Our profession has made an enormous leap forward in the establishment of explicit outcomes inhumanities and social sciences in the 2nd edition of the Body of Knowledge. The next step is toexplore how we

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3: Veterans in the Lab Environment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Landon M. Raby, United States Military Academy ; Erick Martinez P.E., United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; Richard Francis Rogers III, United States Army; Patrick Baker, United States Military Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

Environmental Engineering Technologies. As such, the capstonecourse, is designed to be robust and challenges students to link concepts from the first twocourses focusing on environmental science and environmental engineering technologies, to solveproblems that are open-ended and contextually-based in the developing world. Students areexpected to integrate concepts from core curriculum courses, their life experiences, and theexperiences and training from the military program. A large portion of the course is dedicated tothe students developing concrete answers to problems by applying science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills. However, the semester long design project is arealistic, open-ended problem representative of a humanitarian

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Heil, David Heil & Associates, Inc.; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Susan E. Burger, David Heil & Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

regarding the impact of the program or a review of research literature on integrated curriculum? 4. Do the authors present information or insights that are likely to contribute to developing a taxonomy for integrated STEM education and/or an agenda for future research? 5. Is the focus of the article/report on formal K-12 education and learning and/or informal learning using an integrated STEM approach or program?Articles did not have to meet all five criteria in order to be included in the review, but meetingthe first criteria was necessary, and meeting additional criteria increased their chance of beingincluded in the final review. Following this initial analysis, full text copies of 200 of thesecitations were obtained to assess

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sajay Sadasivan, Clemson University; Deepak Vembar, Clemson University; Paris Stringfellow, Clemson University; Carl Washburn, Greenville Tech; Andrew Duchowski, Clemson University; Anand Gramopadhye, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

systematize the inspection process.To facilitate an effective redesign of the curriculum, an appropriate assessment methodology hadto be devised. This involved developing course objectives. Using Bloom’s taxonomydescriptors [14, 15], goals for student outcomes at the course level were developed for aprototypical course. These address the nature of the desired outcomes, such as knowledge,comprehension, or analysis. These refined outcomes are used to organize daily topics, developlesson plans, construct exercises, and develop supporting material, integration exercises,simulation tests, software support manuals and examinations. The methodology used to apply theBloom’s Taxonomic approach to the prototypical course is illustrated in Figure 8

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Raul Ordonez; Harriet Benavidez; Anthony J. Marchese; James A. Newell; John L. Schmalzel; Beena Sukumaran; Ravi Ramachandran; Julie Haynes

Session 2325A PEDAGOGICAL CONCEPT OF INTEGRATING MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONRavi P. Ramachandran1, Anthony J. Marchese1, James A. Newell1, Raul Ordonez1, John L.Schmalzel1, Beena Sukumaran1, Harriet Benavidez2 and Julie Haynes2 1. College of Engineering, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 2. College of Communication, Rowan University, Glassboro, New JerseyAbstract The Engineering Clinic is an eight-semester sequence, based on the medical schoolmodel, taken by every engineering student at Rowan University. In these clinics, students andfaculty from all four engineering departments work side-by-side on

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

James Helbling

472 INTEGRATING DESIGN APPLICATION AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS INTO SENIOR DESIGN COURSES James Helbling, Department of Aeronautical Engineering Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZThis paper recounts the evolution of a capstone senior design course taught at Embry-RiddleAeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona. It will discuss the development of the applicationbased learning objectives and the integration of a technical communication component into thecourse in question, and the challenges and negotiations involved in successfully implementingthese

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Angelo J. Perna, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Shari Klotzkin; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Reginald Percy Tomkins, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

courseobjectives are necessary, they are not sufficient to guide the students in the achievement of theexpected learning outcomes. Within the structure of a course, student-centered learningoutcomes should be identified for each topic or concept covered in the course syllabi. Thearticulation of these outcomes provides students with a clear path for the acquisition of the skillsand knowledge for the course that can be evaluated through assessments of student work.Traditionally, university faculty/instructors have expertise in their respective field but notnecessarily an understanding of alternative instructional practices and curriculum developmentstrategies. These methods can provide their students with clear learning outcomes that arerelevant and

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa K. Murray, Western New England University; Andrea T. Kwaczala, Western New England University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #37425Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion through Culture-RelatedDesign in First-Year Engineering Curriculum: A Work in ProgressDr. Lisa K. Murray, Western New England University Lisa K. Murray is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in the first-year engineering program at Western New England University (WNE). She currently serves as a co-advisor for the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) at WNE. She is an alumnus of WNE. She holds a BS in Biomedical Engineer- ing, Masters in Education and a Masters and PhD. in Engineering Management. Her research interests are in engineering education

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session I: WIP: Experiential Learning Potpourri

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine McConnell, University of Colorado, Boulder/Denver; Julie Elizabeth Steinbrenner, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #25128Push and Pull: Integrating Industry Across the Student ExperienceKatherine McConnell, University of Colorado, Boulder/Denver Katherine McConnell is a Senior Professional Development Advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is currently a student at the University of Col- orado Denver pursuing an EdD in Leadership for Educational Equity with a concentration in Professional Learning and Technology.Julie Elizabeth Steinbrenner, University of Colorado, Boulder Julie Steinbrenner earned her PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in 2011. She is

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Mark H. Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kerri Ann Green, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3730: CREATING LOW-COST INTRINSIC MOTIVATION COURSECONVERSIONS IN A LARGE REQUIRED ENGINEERING COURSEDr. Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Geoffrey L. Herman earned his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illi- nois, Urbana-Champaign as a Mavis Future Faculty Fellow. He is currently a Postdoctoral rRsearcher for the Illinois Foundry for Engineering Education. His research interests include conceptual change and development in engineering students, promoting intrinsic motivation in the classroom, blended learning (integrating online teaching tools into the classroom), and intelligent tutoring systems. He is a recipient of the 2011 American Society for

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Abaté; Ramesh Gaonkar

strongfoundation of interdisciplinary concepts supported in a learning community of students andfaculty members. An Integrated Interdisciplinary Program (IIP) that includes electronics,mathematics, writing/reading, and computing skills was designed and implemented in theenvironment of a learning community that emphasized collaborative learning and team work.This program, which is known as the Foundations of Technology Program [NSF Award: DUE99-50019 Advanced Technology Education], is truly an integrated curriculum since the studentsexperience it as a single entity and not as a group of separate experiences. The integration ofcourses and the environment of a learning community has had a dramatic positive impact onretention, which has already increased

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lelanie Smith, University of Pretoria; Nadia Millis Trent P.E., University of Waikato

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

curriculum structure in the EngineeringSchool to develop a sustainable large scale project aligned curriculum proposal. A two-phase plan toexplore large-scale transition of an AREND-type structure at UP will be the next step in the process.First, the dissemination of the lessons learnt and the experience of the students involved in ARENDover the last six years will be completed using surveys and interviews. This will give a clearindication of the developmental benefits students working on AREND obtained in comparison to alarge cohort that does not participate in such programmes.Second, staff need to be trained for PBL-specific education to enable them to understand the learningpotential of an integrated PBL structure and aid in solving the possible

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glen Archer; Leonard Bohmann

students are allowed to select a research topic from alist of electrical and computer engineering buzz-words. In Lab 4, student teams are givenunique design challenges. As part of the design deliverables each team presents itsdesign and the challenges associated with it to the rest of the teams expanding both theirown presentation skills and the other teams’ technical knowledge simultaneouslyThe changes in the lab sequence were both motivated and constrained by the transitionfrom quarters to semesters. Preserving the integrity of student transition plans required aphased roll out of the new curriculum over two years. Each year’s curriculum wasdeployed behind an advancing group of students who were completing their degrees.Academic year 2000 – 2001

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Gabriella Santi; Arif Mohaimin Sadri, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

intra-disciplinary curriculum, which acts as a nexus to developskills with real-world implications [5]. This approach is student-centered, and it fostersintegrative learning and performance-based assessment; thus, it shows a significant potential toimprove CM pedagogy and develop students’ soft skills [6]. A similar vertically integrativeproblem-based learning framework was implemented between undergraduate CM students andgraduate civil engineering students at Arizona State University in a face to face environment;through such learning framework, students’ soft skills improved, as well as their intent to pursuean advanced degree and to stay in the major [7]. Such an integrative approach has also beenfound to be effective in other studies

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1 - Sustainability & Environmental Justice

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Henderson, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; E. Christian Wells, University of South Florida; Maya Elizabeth Carrasquillo, University of California, Berkeley; Ruthmae Sears; Katherine Ann Alfredo, University of South Florida; Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, University of South Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

Institute of Technology and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of South Florida.Dr. Ruthmae Sears Ruthmae Sears, Ph.D., is a Professor at the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on curriculum issues, the development of reasoning and proof skills, clinical experiences in secondary mathematics, and the integration of technologyKatherine Ann Alfredo, University of South Florida Dr. Katherine Alfredo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida. Dr. Alfredo’s research focuses on sustainable potable water provisions to include technical treatment and regulatory policy in both the U.S. and internationally. As a 2015

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

teams researched and presentedthe following case studies: a beer brewery that mimicked an ecological system, a Speedoswimsuit that mimics sharkskin, and airplane wings that mimic bird flight. The freshmen gaineda strong understanding of the concepts presented in this book, imagine what would happen ifbiology was integrated throughout the curriculum.Biology in other Engineering CoursesEngineering students could become prepared for their careers, by being exposed to biology andcomplex systems study throughout their education. This could occur by including a module thatinvolves biology in every course that is taught throughout the curriculum. As with planning anycourse it is important to adhere to a continuous improvement loop. Some possible ways

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Knox; Randall Kolar; Leslie Fink; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan; Gerald Miller; David Sabatini; Baxter Vieux; Michael Mooney; Kurt Gramoll

Session 2525 Report on the Sooner City Workshop 2000 on Integrated Designa R. L. Kolar, L. D. Fink, K. Gramoll, R. C. Knox, G. A. Miller, M. A. Mooney, K. K. Muraleetharan, D. A. Sabatini, B. E. Vieux University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019AbstractSooner City, a curriculum reform project undertaken by the School of Civil Engineering and Envi-ronmental Science at the University of Oklahoma, seeks to thread a common design project (devel-oping a city’s infrastructure) throughout the undergraduate curriculum, starting in the freshmanyear. The project, begun in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 1: Robotics and Bio-Inspired Projects

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maged Mikhail, Purdue University Northwest; Khalid H. Tantawi, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Jeffrey Ma, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

self-esteem and self-confidence. In contrast, when we integrate practical-orientedlearning methodologies and experiential learning with the curriculum in the class to improvestudents’ creativity and help students to learn from previous experiences and avoid repeating thesame mistakes. The common factors leading to a lack of integrating experiential learning [9], • Lack of faculty experience and techniques. • Insufficient educational spaces and equipment • Not paying attention to parallel and additional experiences • Insufficient class management by the educators and techniciansAnother way to compensate for and overcome the lack of practical experience and hands-onskills is to seek an opportunity for internships or coops

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Saunders; Donald Grove; Charles Reinholtz

bridges four year curriculums.The digital age we are experiencing dictates that for engineering to prosper as a discipline wemust become more multitalented. For example, mechanical engineers must be able to usemicroprocessors and many other of the traditional electrical engineer’s tools. For this to occur,mechatronics needs to be sufficiently integrated in the curriculums. Therefore, a verticalintegration of mechatronics in the Mechanical Engineering Department curriculum was proposedto begin this process. Through assistance provided by NSF/SUCCEED, an experiment tovertically integrate mechatronics at an earlier level in the mechanical engineering curriculum was

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Marilyn Barger; Richard Gilbert

ETD 415Industry 4.0 Skills in Engineering Technology Technical WorkforceIndustry, at an accelerated pace, is injecting integrated technology subsystems and systems intotheir environments. Figure 1 presents tight bundles of these expansive technologies as industry4.0 technologies as identified by the Boston Consulting Group. These same technology sets havebeen adopted by the NSF (DUE 18-39567) future of work special project, “PreparingTechnicians for the Future of Work,” for insertion into the two-year technician preparation Fig. 1. Industry 4.0 technologies [1] Fig. 2. NSF ATE technology [3]degree programs within the technology groups as supported by the NSF Advanced TechnologicalEducation program (NSF-ATE) and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Meredith Aronson; Reid Bailey

played a major role in the dynamic of integration, as institutional goalsand priorities have shifted with external events. The roots of the design course lay with a “cubiccentimeter of chance” that emerged in fall of 2000, when the Dean of the College of Engineeringagreed to fund a position to develop a multidisciplinary capstone design course. The institutionalclimate during this first year created a setting where departments were willing to consider large-scale integration of the curriculum. Committees were involved in assessing redundancy ofteaching across departments (e.g., numerous departmental thermodynamics courses, statisticscourses, etc.), and thus there was an interest in reducing the number of design courses (and thusthe costs) across

Conference Session

Innovating Inclusivity: Rethinking Access and Empowerment in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Paper ID #43435Anti-racism, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Database Curriculum ThroughGroup Research Projects on Historical, Social and Ethical Database RelatedTopicsDr. Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University Ioulia Rytikova is a Professor and an Associate Chair for Graduate Studies in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. She received a B.S./M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Automated Control Systems Engineering and Information Processing. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Data Science and Big Data Analytics, Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Educational Data Mining

Conference Session

ChE Department and Faculty Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hassan Alfadala; Andrew Wilson

Driving Continuous Program Improvement by Integration of Assessment into Strategic Planning Andrew J. Wilson and Hassan E. Alfadala University of QatarAbstractThe College of Engineering at the University of Qatar is seeking to become among the firstengineering programs in the Middle East to be evaluated by ABET using the EC2000 Criteria.The Chemical Engineering program’s assessment and continuous improvement activities haveevolved over the course of five years to move from emphasizing assessment measures tofocusing on targeted areas of improvement and targeted assessment. The next step has been tointegrate the curriculum assessment activities

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

the engineeringprofession.3. Breaking Stovepipes and Interweaving Anchoring Concepts Through Knowledge IntegrationPedagogically, students’ lack of perceived utility and low self-efficacy can be attributed to thelack of threads throughout the curriculum that weave foundational concepts and the creativityand professional aspects of engineering throughout the curriculum. This is particularly true forthe sophomores and juniors that are asked to comprehend complex subjects such as electronics,signals and systems, and electromagnetics, in isolation. Knowledge integration (KI) acrossdifferent core competency areas will become an essential piece in the curriculum to weavetogether anchoring concepts from different subject contents to make learning

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheng-Hsien (Gary) Teng

theygraduate. Simulated or real industrial projects are good training tools to provide students allthese skills. Without these training, students are not competitive in the job market when theyfinish their manufacturing degrees. Students who know how to complete an industrial projecthave many advantages in searching a job. They know how to sell their accomplishments andideas. They understand the art of working with other people. They recognize the need ofinformation gathering and data collection. They take work seriously and learn manufacturingknowledge quickly in the classroom. If hands-on projects are not integrated into manufacturing curriculum, other methods have tobe used to provide hands-on industrial experiences to the students. Otherwise

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcia DeMendonca; Charles U. Okonkwo

Session 3551 Integrating DFE as Core Course for Engineering Technology Programs Dr. Charles U. Okonkwo Arizona State University East And Dr. Marcia DeMendonca Northern Arizona University ABSTRACT Design for the environment (DFE) is an essential tool for manufacturing companies tobecome competitive in today’s global market. In the past, economic and technological decisionswere solely based on market and profit outcomes, and little consideration was

Conference Session

Computer and Information Technology-Related Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duane Fairfax, USMA; Kevin Huggins, USMA; Bryan Goda, USMA

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

goal supports the USMA’s mission of producingArmy Officers who can respond effectively to technological changes in the defense of ournation.Courses augmented with IT can be daunting for cadets who lack the experience and confidencelevel to succeed in the course. As a result, these types of courses are avoided by cadets if at allpossible. This is not an option for an aspiring officer who will lead the soldiers of tomorrow on adigitized battlefield. Since 1990, cadets have been issued a computer which has played a centralrole in bringing the power of IT to all graduates of the Military Academy. Integration of IT inthe curriculum begins early with every cadet receiving a laptop computer. An integratedsoftware package is included to support any

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suleiman A. Ashur, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Mohammad Alhassan, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and Effective Assessment Tool to Evaluate Engineering CoursesAbstractThe civil engineering program at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne wasestablished in the fall of 2006. The program went through ABET accreditation in 2011 and wasgranted accreditation in August 2012. A key component of getting accreditation is thedevelopment and the implementation of an effective and continuous assessment based process toidentifying strengths and weaknesses and to ensure continuous program improvements.The goal of this paper is to present an integrated assessment tool to assess course outcomes basedon direct and indirect assessment measures. The tool was developed to establish consistency inthe course assessment

Conference Session

Lessons Learned about Faculty Development!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emily Peterek Bonner; Vittorio Marone, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Timothy Yuen, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Robin Nelson, University of Texas at San Antonio; Joann Browning P.E., The University of Texas at San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

Paper ID #28984Lessons Learned: Integrating Active Learning into UndergraduateEngineering CoursesDr. Emily Peterek Bonner Emily Bonner is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction specializing in mathematics edu- cation. Her research interests focus on professional development and equity in schools.Dr. Vittorio Marone, The University of Texas at San Antonio Vittorio Marone is an Associate Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Interdisci- plinary Learning and Teaching at The University of Texas at San Antonio. He earned his doctorate in Education in a dual-degree program between the