Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maureen Tang, Drexel University; Tamara Galoyan Galoyan; Shannon Capps

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

submitting a knowledge inventory and remediation plan. Students create a glossary of termsand concepts from the class and rank them by their level of understanding. Recent iterations ofthe remediation plan also include reflections on emotions and support networks.In February 2023, the project team will scale the interventions to freshman-level IntroductoryProgramming, which has 400 students and the college’s highest fail/withdrawal rate. The largesample size will enable more robust statistics to correlate exam scores, intervention rubric items,and surveys on assignment effectiveness. Piloting interventions in various environments andclasses will establish best pedagogical practices that minimize instructors’ workload and decisionfatigue. The

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Debs, Purdue University; Claudio Martani, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

: (i) architectural history as a background to discuss the relationship betweenthe changes in society and the architectural developments from the first industrial revolution topost-modernism and (ii) recent technological and societal changes to reflect on the foreseeablefuture challenges. The present paper describes our experience developing and deploying thiscourse for the first time. We start by presenting the motivation behind this new course, the learningobjectives, the schedule of topics, and assessments. Following, the instructors provide lessonslearned from the course's first iteration. Finally, we conclude by making suggestions for improvingfuture iterations of the course. These suggestions can also be relevant to others considering

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #1: Global Competency

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Tunno; Dr. Angela Rothrock, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University

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International Division (INTL)

engagement, and academic integrity as Assistant Dean since 2014. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Preparing for Student Success in Global Competency and AwarenessEngineering student global awareness is qualitatively and quantitatively assessed in anengineering-specific preparation course through the undergraduate global engagement office at alarge land-grant university. This course was designed to introduce students to globalcompetencies, reflective practice, and foreign language for non-English speaking destinations.Data captured from several semesters indicates a positive trend of student satisfaction andincreased competencies. This data is corroborated by identifying important connections

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 3: Technology in Biomedical Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Leonard-Duke, University of Virginia; Shayn Peirce-Cottler, California State University, Channel Islands; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

groups from countries where travel outof the country may be difficult, mean that virtual conferences and presentations are goingto continue to happen in some capacity[4]. In the post-pandemic age, pre-recordedscientific presentations have become more commonplace, including at biomedicalengineering related conferences, including the Biomedical Engineering Society AnnualConference. Presenting virtually and preparing pre-recoded presentations requires adifferent skill set than in-person presentations, and therefore educators should considerimplementing them in the classroom to help students develop these skills early on. Additionally, pre-recorded presentations allow the student to reflect on and self-assess their presentation skills by

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #5: Best Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Ghambi, Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences; Ashley Rae Taylor, Rice 360 Institute for Global Health Technologies; Joseph Chikaphonya Phiri, Malawi polytechnic; Justin J. Henriques; Joseph Towles, Swarthmore College

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

a number of reasons, including ensuring that academic terminology and workshopmaterials were relevant and well adapted to the local institutional context. Further, it helpedbuild capacity and expertise through authentic partnership and knowledge sharing. There wasalso parity in leadership and contribution for running the workshop exercises. Finally, agileapproaches–like on-the-fly changes to facilitation activities in response to the energy andexperiences of the faculty participants in the room, as well as post-mortem reflections at theend of each day–help the team pivot exercises.Secondly, the workshop was designed exclusively using active learning strategies. A pitfall ofworkshops on active learning strategy is that the pedagogical

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Peer Mentoring/Learning, Teaching Assistants, and Career Mentorship

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Madison Andrews, University of Texas at Austin

adapt theirprogramming and events based on student feedback and level student engagement.Each SEL was required to attend a series of interviews with the research team and submitquarterly reflections on their experience being an SEL. Prompts for these reflections focused onwhat the SELs thought went well during the quarter as well as challenges and opportunities forimprovement. These reflections also prompted SELs to share when they felt most supported anddescribe impacts because of their experience. SELs also had the opportunity to share thoughtsand input about future programming to support community within the makerspace.In addition, the research team conducted interviews with SELs in the July 2021, at the end oftheir first year of work. These

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University; Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University; Jin Ho Jo; Jeritt Williams, Illinois State University; Maria Luisa Zamudio

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

integration of the otherdomains as well as for the skills and knowledge associated with those domains. Thus, we usedthe characteristics of engagement were comprised by Cunningham and Kelly’s (2017) epistemicpractices of engineering in this study because they are reflective of the nature of engineering,specific to the habits of mind reflected in the Framework for P12 Engineering Learning, butgeneral enough to be more likely to arise in the interviews. The three groups of stakeholderswhose views were examined in this study are not engineers and it was unlikely that theirreflections on STEM engagement would be specific enough for the Framework (2020) to be themost meaningful descriptors of their views. For example, it was unlikely that the community

Collection

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Amy Voss Farris, Pennsylvania State University; Anna Eunji Kim, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

and reflections for this study. Noneof the TCs were science or engineering majors, and all were specializing in one of three contentareas: Social Studies (n = 3), English Language Arts (n = 8), and Mathematics (n = 12). All theTCs were in their final semester of coursework and teaching practicum before their full-timestudent teaching semester. The TCs included 15 women and 8 men. A key goal of the course was that the preservice teachers learn to recognize and value thescience and engineering learning opportunities that are embedded within their areas of contentspecialization. During Weeks 12 and 13 of the fifteen-week course, learning aims focused oninterdisciplinary connections of engineering and technology across the middle level

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachel Mosier P.E., Oklahoma State University; Heather N. Yates, Oklahoma State University; Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

research has documented the relationship between the efficacy of internships in constructionor engineering (Laxman et al. 2005 and Moore and Plugge 2008). However, little research has focusedon the relationship between the availability of paid internships and the economy. There is plenty ofresearch available on job rates and the economy in general (BLS 2020), however there is no researchpublished that reflects the relationship between internships and the economy. In the past recession, jobloss has caused some employed to return to university as non-traditional students (Barr and Turner2013). It is not yet known if that same non-traditional population will return to university while courseshave shifted to an online format. Perceptions of student

Conference Session

For Students to Know and Grow

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kirsten Heikkinen Dodson, Lipscomb University; Courtney Deckard, Lipscomb University; Hannah Duke, Lipscomb University; Makenzie Cohn; Natalie Shaffer, Lipscomb University; Elizabeth Buchanan, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

perspectives ofDEI, the team designed the research activities to isolate those factors in the questionnaire andinterviews.MethodsThe project is a sequential mixed methods study combining quantitative and qualitative aspects toexamine connections between involvement in HEP, professional formation, and views of DEI. Thequantitative aspect of this project will be a questionnaire which will guide the development of theinterviews for the qualitative aspect. Current engineering students at Lipscomb as well as alumniof the engineering program will be asked to participate in the questionnaire and interviews.Students will reflect an immediate impact on DEI from a pre/post-questionnaire due toinvolvement in HEP whereas alumni will represent the long-term

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lightning Talk Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel; Daniel Gingerich, Ohio State University; Sneha Prabha Narra, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Casey I. Canfield, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Faculty Development Division

may have a difficult time adapting to highlysocial university, local community, or governmental service organizations. The authors reflect onhow their time as graduate student leaders, in student government, student organizations, andcampus committees, influenced their ability to maximize impact while efficiently balancing timespent. The authors’ service portfolios span a range of fields – as student organization advisors,committee members, or advisory board members – in diverse types of institutions (from researchuniversities to undergraduate teaching colleges) and have each balanced their personal andprofessional goals with their commitments. While not all junior faculty may have comparablegraduate student leadership backgrounds, the

Conference Session

Supporting the Capstone Experience

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kun Zhang P.E., California State University-Chico; Pablo K. Cornejo, California State University-Chico; Chris Fosen, California State University-Chico

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Civil Engineering

allowedstudents to reflect on experimentation and interpretation of results. Future work will explorecurriculum planning and design at the departmental level to continuously improve technicalwriting for civil engineering undergraduate students from their first-year courses to their seniorcapstone design projects.IntroductionCompetent technical writing is an essential communication skill for civil engineering students toimprove in undergraduate programs. Engineering students with strong technical writing skills arecompetitive in engineering job searches and career promotion [1]. Engineering educators haverecognized the importance of technical writing for decades and various approaches have beenimplemented to redesign the writing curriculum and improve

Conference Session

Faculty Development 3: Research, Practice, and Lessons Learned

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., NASA EPDC

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division

parenthesesThe survey also included an open-ended question for both cohorts: Share your thoughts and reflections about your experiences collaborating with the faculty advisor (e.g., mentorship experience), and your overall experience conducting researchIV. RESULTSCohort 1 ResultsThe questions administered on the survey (Table 2) were intended to inquire about developingrelationships, commitment to mentorship, genuine desire for mentee to succeed, and willingnessof the faculty member to disseminate personal and academic wisdom.Table 2. Student Response Percentages: Cohort 1 Question N Yes No Prior to joining the group, did you engage in research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kerul Suthar, Auburn University; Thomas Mitchell ; Anna Claire Hartwig, Auburn University; Jin Wang, Auburn University; Shiwen Mao, Auburn University; Laura Parson, North Dakota State University; Peng Zeng, Auburn University; Bo Liu ; Peter He, Auburn University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

institutions. course DataFest[12] using on the data source and have immediate multiple datasets of variety domain expert support applications fields; availability. Temple: multiple climate datasets[13]The proposed approachTo address the above-mentioned limitations, we propose to develop data-enabled engineeringproject (DEEP) modules guided by the latest research on experiential learning theory (ELT).Experiential learning (EL) is the process of learning through experience, and is more specificallydefined as “learning through reflection on doing”[15], [16]. Kolb helped to develop the moderntheory of experiential learning, which focuses on the learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

ShaKayla Moran, Boise State University; Leslie Atkins Elliott, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

how students iterativelyconstruct and “manipulate” theoretical objects in pursuit of scientific models with the ways theyconstruct and manipulate physical objects – particularly with respect to tinkering.The course contextIn the iteration of the course described here, students are undergraduate preservice science andengineering teachers in a UTeach replication site. The semester began with the question: ”is everycolor in the rainbow?” Students are provided with a range of materials - colored gels, printer inks, 3Figure 1: Source wavelengths (left), reflected wavelengths (red and blue), and perception (twocones, indicating magenta.flashlights, and markers; we also have the science education

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tim Dallas P.E., Texas Tech University; Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Texas Tech University; Kelli M. Frias, American University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

thecompanyStudents are asked multiple questions corresponding to each of the seven areas above. Theiranswers to these questions show the level of intrapreneurial competencies.Intrapreneurial Motivation Scale Survey (IMSS)The IMSS includes questions designed to get at intrapreneurial motivation. This is a 12-questionset designed to get at various levels of motivation.Cohort 1It is important to note that the data reflected for Cohort 1 in this paper shows data collection forthe first components of TIP. Not all data tools were used (for example, interviews) because, atthis time, not all of the components of TIP have been experienced by the students.Students are given multiple experiences, in each course, to develop intrapreneurial dispositionsand competencies

Conference Session

Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheena Miao Ying Tan, Simon Fraser University; Taco Niet Ph.D., P.Eng., School of Sustainable Energy Engineering, Simon Fraser University; Kamaria Kuling, Simon Fraser University

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Educational Research and Methods

usingWeBWorK prelab problems to support students’ learning. Specifically, our study seeks toaddress the question: What is the impact of the WeBWorK prelab problem sets on students’preparedness for lab sessions, students’ learning and students’ engagement during labsessions?(Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the course was moved entirely online and the format andthe structure of the original lab sessions implemented were affected. Although the shifts inthe format and structure may not fully reflect the usual state of the original lab sessions andthe corresponding observations, the study was carried out mostly as planned.)Utilizing Online Homework SystemsOne of the key advantages of online homework systems is that students can receiveimmediate feedback

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy-Philosophy of Engineering (TELPhe) Division Technical Session 3 / Perspectives on Advances in Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sayyad Zahid Qamar, Sultan Qaboos University; Ramanathan Arunachalam, Sultan Qaboos University; Sayyad Basim Qamar, Texas A&M University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Unfortunately,engineering educators generally find it difficult to foster critical thinking among their students.This work-in-progress paper describes a strategy to inculcate critical thinking ability inengineering graduates. Examples are taken from two core courses in the Materials andManufacturing stream.Several critical thinking models were explored, such as Gibbs’ reflective cycle model, Facione’smodel, Kronholm model, and King and Kitchener’s model. Paul and Elder’s (P-E) model forcritical thinking was found to be more suited for engineering. P-E model provides a good basisfor the way in which engineers think, and is especially suited for CT as it targets issues such ascreativity, design development, and professional and ethical issues. Learning

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amanda Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

development.Science Content Description of the problem that students are presented with inFocus/Grade the unitLevel ofimplementationLight and Laser Secure, Inc., designs security systems to protect valuableWaves assets, and the company is seeking help from students to design a laser security system to protect the artifacts in a traveling6th grade museum exhibit. Students investigate properties of light, including reflection, refraction, absorption, and transmission. Their solutions must protect the artifacts by having an intruder cross the laser light at least three times between entering the door and encountering the artifact using

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University; Clarissa Belloni, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

all four courses were compared to determine if student grades reflect a differencewith the addition of a humanitarian engineering project. The goal of this study is to betterunderstand whether humanitarian engineering projects may be used to improve the motivation,retention and educational outcomes of female engineering students.IntroductionHistorically, there has been a discrepancy in engineering between the retention rates of thosestudents who identify as male versus those identifying as female, with women earning 21.9% ofall engineering bachelor’s degrees [1]. Different engineering disciplines have been moresuccessful in increasing representation of women than others, specifically in the fields ofenvironmental, biomedical, and biological

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Faculty Development Division

faculty in engineering educationresearch, regardless of institution type. While only a small fraction of CAREER proposals arerecommended for funding, former EEC deputy director Sue Kemnitzer frequently remindedapplicants that the process of applying for a CAREER award has value in itself. By this claim,she included the self-reflection on a faculty member’s research agenda, a plan to integrate theresearch and education activities throughout the individual’s career, and the discussions heldbetween the early career faculty member and their department chair, senior mentors, and, insome cases, deans and other constituencies. These key activities provide many opportunities forfaculty development and encouraging growth in all aspects of faculty life

Collection

2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Krista Nicklaus; Daniel Puperi; Patricia Clayton

toinclude the student-teacher in course planning before the semester begins, to provide guidance inpreparing and teaching a major portion of at least five classes, and to support participation in gradingand responding to student work. The student-teacher participates in all aspects of course planning,lesson planning, and student assessments with opportunities for reflective self-assessment andstructured feedback from faculty and student-teacher peers from lesson observations. Thispresentation will provide perspectives on the teaching practicum experience of a student-teacher,supervising faculty mentor, and students in a sophomore-level computational fundamentals ofbiomedical engineering design laboratory course. The student-teacher and supervising

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yang Victoria Shao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Zuofu Cheng

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Electrical and Computer

free space and wave velocity 7 Wave Equation and Induced EMF Wave propagation in material Solutions medium 8 Wave Solutions in Visualization of magnetic Damped wave in conducting Conducting Media fields media Module 3: Transmission Line Theory 9 Wave polarization and Wave reflection due to Reflections impedance mismatch 10 Transient Response and Transmission line reflection Transient time domain Bounce Diagram

Conference Session

Applied Frameworks

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Joel Raymond Hood, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Derrick S. Harkness, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

of user-centereddesign (UCD) and human-computer interaction (HCI) during the mid to late 1990s. Unlikesimple descriptions of real people, personas are fictional, “hypothetical archetypes” [1]constructed from purposeful research about product users. Personas help to communicate thegoals, values, needs, and actions of targeted users and to develop empathy and interest for usersduring early stage design. Scenarios are narrative descriptions (i.e., “stories”) of “typical andsignificant” user activities that help designers define specific product features that reflect a userfocus [2]. Today, use of both personas and scenarios are widely recognized; designers mayimplement personas and/or scenarios in the context of product usage models that enable

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Divya Pahuja, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Manufacturing

embeddisciplines as distinct knowledge bases [7] and communities of practice [8].Figure 1 illustrates the intertwined evolution of a profession’s preparation and practice [9]. AsFigure 1 suggests, the enactment of a professional discipline is guided both by ethics andstandards of practice; these activities define competencies, job roles, and ultimately career paths.Professional societies codify these elements by defining ethics and competencies, but also byFigure 1. Model of a Professional Discipline [6]reflecting professional performance. Professional societies span another boundary:governmental. By promoting and facilitating certification and licensure, professional societieslegitimize and allow external bodies to monitor and enforce professional

Conference Session

M3B: Learning in Context 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Alicia Baumann, Arizona State University; Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

, noticing and reflecting on the results, and possibly getting feedbackfrom someone else” (Felder & Brent, 2016, p.3). We understand that the assumption underlyingthe rubric will not hold in all cases in all courses. We reason, however, that the target EMbehaviors are performance-based and therefore can only be internalized through practice.Therefore, weighting skill development over lecture is appropriate. We reason that assessmentincreases impact. Gibbs (1999) argues that “assessment is the most powerful lever teachers haveto influence the way students respond to courses and behave as learners” (p. 41). Grades raisethe stakes of student learning, particularly when assessment is preceded by skill development,which increases reinforcement of

Conference Session

Technical Session III

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland; Lynne C Elkes, Loyola University Maryland

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FYEE Conference Sessions

question of commodities, an S-curve ofdevelopment with creative destruction, and the Ehrlich-Simon bet. The conclusion of themodule requires students to write a reflective essay where they analyze the presentations moreformally for the intended audience, author biases, and methodologies. The students are asked tofind one thing they agree with and disagree with on both sides of the debate. Current students(2017) seem to readily accept ecological concerns about consumerism and show a desire forfairness and equity. This author believes those attitudes are well established in current K-12education. This provides a nice frame, as time allows, to introduce principles from sustainabilityengineering and design, which are intended to analyze rigorously the

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

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Mechanical Engineering

functionality. They also had to provide a technical report ofthe design and construction of it. In addition, they were required to create complete experimentalprocedure, data sheets, and analysis and to describe the requirements for a lab report based on theexperiment that future students can complete and turn in for a grade in the heat transfer lab. Thelast part of the project that challenged the students to reflect on their own learning and the wayfuture students may learn the concepts. The reflection component may not be present in typicalprojects, and/or may not be probed. The learning of the students was probed via a survey of afew questions. The questions asked the students if the project increased their understanding ofthe technical concept they

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mark Ardis, Rochester Institute of Technology; Cheryl Dugas, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Cooperative learning isa pedagogy that directly supports this type of teamwork. Through cooperative learning studentsrealize their interdependence, practice face-to-face communication, recognize their individualaccountability to the success of the group, practice interpersonal and small-group skills, andengage in frequent reflective processing of their achievements.We have adapted cooperative learning to teach software architecture in two undergraduatesoftware engineering programs. In traditional cooperative learning, students work on one teamfor an extended period. This helps foster acceptance of individual differences and promotessuccessful teamwork. In our courses we kept students together on the same teams, but we wantedstudents to play multiple

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado at Boulder; Bernard Amadei, University of Colorado at Boulder; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado at Boulder

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International

course goals include: (i) introduce students to open ended problems at the community level;(ii) help students develop the skills to solve those problems and provide holistic engineeringsolutions that are sustainable and appropriate to the community being served; (iii) help studentsdevelop cultural and social awareness; (iv) help students work in interdisciplinary teams; (v) givestudents the opportunity to reflect on the importance of their community service; (vi) givestudents a professional work ethic, and (vii) help students gain a better understanding of theimportance of engineering in society and in community development. Two different models forthe course have been used: in year one, a single team of three students worked on two