Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

this writing, C# is the language that is taught in the first course and C++ in the second course of our introductory programming courses.Literature review has also shown that the retention rate tends to increase if the students areinvolved early with both faculty and peers in the academic and social systems of the university.6,7By enhancing student-to- student and student -to-faculty interactions increases the retention rate.These interactions are most effective if they occur within the first semester of the collegeexperience9.LEAP Project Management PlanAs part of the LEAP grant application to the NSF, UVU developed a project management planfor the S-STEM scholarship program. Specifically, the PI has the overall

Conference Session

Diverse Issues in Renewable Energy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Slowinski , M.Ed., CREATE NSF-ATE; Kenneth A. Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

future.In response to these needs, the California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances inTechnological Education (CREATE) proposed the development of international learningexchanges to provide a cohort of renewable energy faculty with relevant international exposurein their discipline. As a result, the National Science Foundation’s Advanced TechnologicalEducation program funded two CREATE learning exchanges. Participants were charged withlearning how their international peers had met similar challenges in terms of teaching renewableenergy technicians, with expanding their knowledge of the global renewable energy sector, andwith sharing the results of their study. Fourteen nationally recognized educators from across theU.S. were selected to

Conference Session

Curriculum in Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynne Cowe Falls, University of Calgary; Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Gord Aker P.Eng. PCC, Logical Leadership

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

have demonstrated an interest inleadership with the opportunity to accelerate their leadership development and realise their fullleadership potential. This includes students involved in engineering students’ societies,competitive teams and student clubs. This paper will describe the program structure, the contentpresented, and some of the feedback received from participants.Elements of the program include individual coaching, formal learning in classroom andworkshop settings, and two annual conferences. The conferences include sessions on leadership,guest panels or keynotes from industry, interactive workshops, and networking with peers. Thepower of the program comes from combining the practical leadership experience the studentsreceive as a

Conference Session

Innovative Project-based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tumkor Serdar, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

abilities as an engineer. PBL increases student retentionrates and allow students to form useful connections between content of the course and problemsexpected to be encountered in their future careers in engineering.In MET1161, three design projects related to (i) molding, (ii) forming, and (iii) machiningprocesses were assigned. Students were also asked to write a technical paper and perform apresentation in the class. Students were free to choose their own product. They started theirproject with an existing product/part and they redesigned the part to improve it for the predefinedconditions. Students also decided for the manufacturing process and tools required tomanufacture the part. Sub steps were (i) describing the product/part, (ii) listing

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University; Dennis D. Truax PE, BCEE, F.ASCE, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

research over past 10 years has resulted in national and international recognition, industry collaborations, 5 patents/patent appli- cations and over 75 scholarly publications in highly regarded discipline specific journals, peer-reviewed conference proceedings and invited book chapters. He is a scientific and technical reviewer for over 50 in- ternational journals, book publishers, and several funding agencies. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of New Mexico and a board certified environmental engineer. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, bioelectrochemical systems, desalination, algae, biofuels, and sustain- ability. He enjoys teaching and mentoring undergraduate and

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James G. O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Franz J. Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Derek Cascio, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

. The teamworkfostered by the competitive atmosphere encouraged peer-learning so that everyone couldcontribute. Before the conclusion of the first game, most students were able to grasp the overalllesson and contribute to the advancement of the team’s objectives.Although in general the students had a grasp of the topic from lecture, as in any new assignment,students are often initially hesitant. Groups would at first labor over the initial placement ofcards. As the game evolved, they were able to make quicker and more informed decisions. Oftenthey had to reconcile their initial moves with the changing board, making decisions later in thegame to create new parallel or series combinations and offset earlier errors. In lecture, studentsoften

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V. Canino, Trine University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

,students discuss their answers to the question with a peer. Finally, after the discussion, all of thestudents answer the question again. Often the students in the classroom converge on the correctresponse after discussing the question with their peers.18 The Think-Pair-Share pedagogy wasselected for comparison since implementing it in a class is fairly easy and did not require asignificant redesign of the instructor's notes. Additionally, implementing the Think-Pair-Sharemethod in thermodynamics was made even easier by the development of the AIChE ConceptWarehouse,19 which has hundreds of concept questions that instructors can use for free.The driving motivation for this study is the comment from Bishop and Verleger that states, "Wesuggest that in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia H. Carlson PE, PhD, Merrimack College; Anne Pfitzner Gatling, Merrimack College; John G. Adams, Merrimack College; Jocelyn Fraga Muller, Merrimack College

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

final project presentation, foreach of the projects were determined. The Google Spreadsheet was revisited several timesthroughout the semester to remind students of their commitments, and to encourage students toconsider if they will be able to make deliverables and ask for extensions early if needed materialfrom others had been delayed.Scope of work, deliverables, and presentations were instructor-graded. The instructor wasprimarily looking for clarity of communication – if the submission was shared with members ofthe public or of the Conservation Commission, would it be understood? Was there enoughbackground on the project and on any results or conclusions?Peer review on presentations, using the rubric found in Table 1, was a part of the

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nicole Wagner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

-compliance-articulated robot arm, or SCARA, for a pick-and-place operation. Workingin groups, students were tasked to write a program to move small parts from one location into acommon bin for all parts. During the robotics laboratory session, students were allowed to asktheir group and the instructor as many questions as needed to complete the task. At thecompletion of the robotics laboratory session, students were asked how effective theirinteractions were with the instructor in enhancing their learning in this laboratory session.All LaboratoriesAll of the surveys employed in this study were on a 5-point Likert scale. The sample size for thisstudy was 19. Weighted averages were calculated to evaluate the student experience in theselaboratory

Conference Session

Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

visits eight specific countries and places that represent the cultures ofother faculty in the department. This provides students with some cultural context of the otherfaculty members and an opportunity to engage in conversation relative to engineering in theirplaces of origin.World Structures Reports and PresentationsAs part of the ESCALA certificate program, the author performed a Timed Observation Protocolfor Student Engagement and Equity (TOPSE) in the prerequisite Mechanics of Materials course[6]. In the lessons studied, the author noted that he does not regularly give students anopportunity to teach one another in class. Peer-to-peer instruction is a powerful tool; therefore,when incorporating the new culturally relevant pedagogy, the

Conference Session

Online and Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; C. V. Hollot, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Russell Tessier, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; George Bryan Polivka, Shorelight; Yadi Eslami, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

,interactions between students and the instructor and among students are the norm.3.1 Cohort ConfigurationsThe Live Platform we use for instruction supports three fundamental configurations: • One classroom: This configuration, shown in Figure 1(a), connects the instructor with one classroom as described in [6]. In this configuration, the instructor can directly interact with the students in the classroom, and students in the classroom can interact with their peers. • Multiple classrooms: This configuration, shown in Figure 1(b), enables the instructor to interact with multiple classrooms at the same time. Each classroom perceives the instructor as dedicated to their location, but the instructor can monitor all

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Mana Seifaei; Salah Badjou

he also discussed at length in class. !2!The following topics were to be discussed in the lecture portion of the course:• Project planning and control.• Effective proposal writing.• Effective oral presentations.• Criteria for successful projects: review of several case studies.• Design methodologies: axiomatic design, design for manufacturing, design for testability, design for affordability, concurrent engineering design, etc.• Copyrights, intellectual property and patenting issues.!The following outline was discussed at length in the syllabus• Students work in teams of two to four students and propose potential projects in the first week of the semester which are reviewed at the first

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Natalia Ozymko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew Allan McCarthy, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Karle Flanagan, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

individualquestions were facilitated. The use of this system was initially designed to streamline the processof students writing their names on a whiteboard to get help. Although this worked for smallercourses, larger courses require more structure for office hours. The Queue allows course staff tomore effectively help students while collecting data about its users and the question they ask.With its continued use, the data collected provides powerful course analytics that could be usedto improve learning and the student experience.One benefit to the Queue system, compared to traditional office hours, is an increase in datacollected. Analyzing this data can provide insights into courses, such as what times might needmore course staff scheduled or what

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

considering student persistence, the first year of college is a critical time; it is then that astudent either finds his/her fit or feels isolated and drawn to leave.3 The first year holds muchuncertainty, and the student needs to move from marginality to a place of mattering within thelarger campus environment.4 Tinto, through vast research on college student persistence, citesacademic integration and social integration as two main influences on persistence; both in-classand outside-of-class experiences are important.5 Comprehensive learning communities like theFreshman Enrichment Program provide a network of students with like interests, whichencourages involvement in both the academic and social aspects of that community.6, 7 Inaddition to peer

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering For A Flat World

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sofia Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University; Iordanis Petsas, University of Scranton; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

International

boards, discussion forums, web contentpresentation areas, and peers sharing files with other peers. WebCT, Blackboard, and ANGELeach have distinct features that allow the students and instructors to build this collaboration witheach other and with groups, see Table 1. It also frequently reduces questions and email toinstructors.Technology can strengthen faculty interactions with all students, especially with shy studentswho are reluctant to ask questions or challenge the instructor directly. This may be done byplacing a more “distant” source of information and guidance for students. It is often easier todiscuss values and personal concerns in writing than orally, since inadvertent or ambiguousnonverbal signals are not so dominant. As the number

Conference Session

Assessing K - 12 Engineering Education Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cejka, Tufts University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

report that the students have gainedsome knowledge of engineering, and 75% of the teachers are satisfied with the students’ learningwhile the classroom mentor is there (as reported by both the teachers and classroom mentors).The biggest impact for the school is that the students are having fun, with 90% of the teachersand 92% of the classroom mentors noting this.The teachers’ testimony to the students’ learning is perhaps the most convincing evidence thatthis program has impacted the students. One middle school teacher writes, “I think this program Page 11.718.7is extremely valuable. My students learn to problem solve in a real world setting

Conference Session

New Trends in Engineering Graduate Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Farrar, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Michael Todd, University of California-San Diego; Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

validation and uncertainty quantification. Industry short coursesprovide an avenue of outreach to the engineering community at large as well as an additional,non-traditional form of peer review. Most recently, the SHM course has been taught at NASAMarshall Space Flight Center, Sandia National Laboratory, and Boeing Inc. (St. Louis). Theseshort courses speed industry adoption of EI research and provide a metric for the relevance of EIresearch activities. The courses are completely self-sufficient and require no funding fromLANL.Additional ActivitiesAdditional strategic guidance of the EI comes through an annual workshop, with a four-yearcycle of recurring themes. Each year, a workshop is organized that focuses on one of the threefundamental

Conference Session

Information Technology in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Altaf Memon, Excelsior College; Li-Fang Shih, Excelsior College; Byron Thinger, Diablo Canyon Power Plant

Tagged Divisions

Nuclear and Radiological

gudielines addressing various issues related to online education including syllabus writing, online course design and instruction, and facilitating class discussions, etc. An online faculty success guide for online teaching is available to all teaching faculty as well. The new faculty will also be assigned to a well experienced online instructor as a Page 11.447.6 mentor through the progression of the online course. In addition, every faculty member can also get access to the B&T faculty cyber common room, a virtual community for B&T faculty, in which the faculty member can get access to the most up to date

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid R. Parsaei PE, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar

Tagged Divisions

International

Paper ID #8503A New Vision for Enginering EducationDr. Hamid R. Parsaei PE, Texas A&M University at Qatar Hamid R. Parsaei is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University (College Station) and also Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M University at Qatar. He is a registered professional engineer (PE) in Texas and a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). He has published more than 200 articles in peer-refereed archival journals and conference proceedings. He also served as editor for three international academic

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Participation (LSAMP) program is designedfor underrepresented minority students. It is a collaborative effort sustained by five highereducation institutions in the state of Georgia6. These include: • Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) • Fort Valley State University • Georgia Perimeter College • Savannah State University • University of Georgia Page 25.653.3At SPSU, it provides scholars supplemental instruction and an opportunity for academicenrichment. It promotes learning communities amongst fresh engineering students. It alsoprovides opportunities for tutoring, financial support, peer and faculty mentoring

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

AC 2010-112: CHEESEBURGER, FRIES, AND A COKE: IT'S ABOUT THEPRESENTATIONJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, first-year engineering instruction, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

student—even in classsizes of one hundred or more—to respond to a prompt, while allowing the instructor to react totheir aggregate responses. The pedagogic applications of ARS are many and include: performingformative and summative assessment on learning, soliciting formative feedback on teaching,assessing peers, building community mutual awareness, conducting experiments, initiatingdiscussion and facilitating interactive learning of new subject matter 5,6 .Studies on the efficacy and best practices of the use of ARS in the classroom indicate that, ingeneral, there is a net benefit associated with the use of ARS 6,7 . The documented benefits include:increased attendance, higher retention levels (within the same course), improved alertness and

Conference Session

FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Frank P.Eng., Queen's University; Behnam Behinaein Hamgini, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

by computerizedscoring of student work 3 and computer-supported peer review 4, and considerable success hasbeen found by enhancing lecture time using an interactive classroom format and frequent in-classassessment.5,6 When combined with small group work in approaches like peer instruction,regular-in class feedback has been shown to yield significant learning gains as measured byconcept inventories.5Audience response systems have been widely used to provide feedback to the instructor aboutand their impact on engagement and learning has been presented widely. These include handhelddedicated transmitters, often known as clickers 7,8, and web-based response systems that allowstudents to use their laptops, tablets, smartphones, and SMS to

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects and Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim L. Brower, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

water tower apparatus must be easily drainable 7 Power input must be typical 110 V 8 Device must be fully automatedEach team was allocated a role and a set of responsibilities, viz: 1) Integrating Contractor Team a. Acts as the Project Manager for the project b. Acts as budget officer c. Assures an adequate amount of energy available and characterizes flow d. Determines timeline, tracks progress e. Assembles integration specifications from each team f. Writes final report 2) Sensor Design Team a. Responsible for sensor, pump, & shut-off system specification and design b. Computer interface and readout, coding and formatting c

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Valerie Vance; Michael Cornachione; Harriet Cornachione

the project. The RFP identifies a real project within the local community and ismulti-disciplinary in nature. Upon proposal acceptance, specific design teams are formedin which students complete the project design as specified in the firm’s proposal.Effective communication both intra-team and inter-team is essential to ensure aprofessional cohesive design by the firm. Final designs are submitted in written reports,including all plans and specifications, and presented orally to a diverse audience ofprofessionals, peers and faculty. Technical communications faculty assist students inpreparing proposals, written reports and presentations, and guide the process of internaldocumentation procedures such as daily logs and weekly progress reports

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Craft

, an English course, and amathematics course only to find that they are unable to link their writing skills to speakingpersuasively to analytical analysis and research to prepare an excellent proposal once employed?In South Carolina a new approach to the first year of engineering technology education has beendeveloped and implemented to help students make these important connections. This newapproach is producing better results in terms of retention, graduation rates, and diversity.Implementation sites have increased graduation rates more than ten fold, students fromunderrepresented populations are as persistent and successful as traditional students inengineering technology, minority enrollment has increased, and employer satisfaction

Conference Session

Perceived Quality Engineering Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Estes; Stephen Ressler

. As such, a rigorous six-weekteacher training program is conducted each year where new instructors observedemonstration classes from veteran faculty members, attend seminars on how to teach,and then teach seven sample classes to an audience of their peers and senior facultymembers. The instructor is videotaped and receives a detailed assessment after eachclass. A standardized teaching assessment worksheet is used to cue the observer. Theworksheet provides space to write the strengths and areas of improvement as they occurthroughout the class. The observer specifically gives a rating of “needs work”, “good”,or “excellent” in specific areas relating to technical expertise, lesson organization,conduct of the class, an the class room environment

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Walter

performance, e.g., examination grades. What’s wrong with this picture? Thisindividual assessment process is largely disconnected from the industrial world where they willwin or lose in teams. 1,2,3 Engineers in industry who rise through the managerial ranks are almostalways initially identified as a byproduct of being associated with successful engineering teamsearly in their careers. Assessment of the effectiveness of an industrial team is principally basedon three criteria: (1) schedule – did they get the project completed on time, (2) cost – did they getthe project completed within budget, and (3) performance – did the delivered product(s) satisfythe customer? Thus, to create engineers capable of rising through the ranks of their peers,engineering

Conference Session

Multi-disciplinary Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kris Dick; Don Petkau; Danny Mann; Myron (Ron) Britton

, another idea must be proposed. This analysis, in point form, is put in writing andsubmitted to the course instructor. This assignment forces the students to explain why they havechosen a specific idea to pursue.The next design assignment is an oral presentation of the preliminary design based on theanalysis of the brainstorming session. This informal presentation is made to all of the studentsenrolled in the design trilogy. It is modeled after a weekly project meeting that encourages aninformal discussion and exchange of ideas. The students are encouraged to solicit advice fromthe audience during their presentation. Typically, this occurs approximately one month after thedesign teams have been formed.Approximately one month prior to the date of

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan Kremer

doesnot warrant a conclusion on the effect of the gender orientation of the design task on design teamperformance. Therefore, further experimentation is recommended.1. Introduction Due to their numeric minority in the engineering classroom, female students in engineeringprograms often report feeling isolated and undervalued by their male peers. For instance, a recentstudy reported that women are less likely to plan on attending graduate school because of theirdiscomfort in the engineering academic environment [1]. This discomfort may be furthermagnified in a product design team environment resulting in inhibited performance within a mixed-gender team. Accordingly, homogeneous design teams were found to be better performing whencompared to