Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Woolschlager, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, reflecting the evolving areas ofpractice in the professional field. More recently, many environmental engineering programshave begun to incorporate sustainability principles into the curriculum, reflecting the need toprepare future engineers to address complex and interdisciplinary issues that challenge oursociety. The purpose of this paper is to examine how sustainability principles have beenintegrated into environmental engineering curriculums. A national-level review of all sixtyABET accredited environmental engineering programs reveals that 73% have incorporatedsustainability concepts somewhere in their program educational objectives, student outcomes,courses, and/or in program descriptions posted on websites and in catalogs. However, few

Conference Session

FPD VI: Presenting "All the Best" of the First-year Programs Division

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A. Meadows, University of Michigan; Robin Fowler, University of Michigan; Elizabeth S. Hildinger, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

measures of success for under-represented minority engineering students, including programs administered at the college levelthat include financial assistance, academic intervention, and graduate school preparation andadmission.These studies and resources all point to the need for a transition in engineering undergraduateeducation in the US from the traditional emphasis on the acquisition of technical knowledge tothe integration of innovative learning experiences that more accurately reflect current practiceand more effectively prepare students to meet these demands and to be successful practitioners1.Curricular settings that encourage cognitive and professional growth include hands-on learning,laboratory instruction, and authentic or relevant

Conference Session

Design Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Chen, Bradley University; Ye Li, Bradley University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

evaluator. It is demonstrated that the course objectivesand ABET requirements were met by student projects, reflections and the evaluationinstrument.1. IntroductionThe recent globalization of business and engineering practices present both challenges andopportunities to the professionals of engineering education 1. The past two decades have seenentrepreneurship emerge as a mainstream business discipline in the United States2.Universities are now expected to inspire entrepreneurship in order to prepare students tosucceed in the globally competitive business setting 3. Entrepreneurship, as a core businessskill, has become an increasingly popular course in the curriculum of business colleges. Itspopularity results from not only college students who

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Mustafa A. Biviji, E2RG

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Page 24.576.3Students are introduced to a range of concepts that have been captured in the literature,including: models of innovation processes,2 roles in innovation,3 factors that influencecreativity4, 5 and innovation skills that can be practiced.6During the opening lecture, the students are also introduced to the mental models ofinnovation experts1 and the Framework for Organizing Mental Models of Contributors toInnovation from earlier work (Figure 1.) As they will be hearing from experts throughoutthe course, this framework is offered as a tool to help focus and organize listening,questioning and their written reflections on individual seminars. From an educationalperspective, this “innovation fishbone” is a type of “advance organizer” to

Conference Session

Assessment in Construction Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire L. A. Dancz, Arizona State University; Kristen Parrish, Arizona State University; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy E. Landis, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

level with theuse of reflective post-activity questions. These questions examine the value of the active andexperiential activities employed in the undergraduate introduction to construction classroom.MethodsStudent-developed games were designed and played over three game days, referred to as GameDay 1, 2, and 3, within the Building Construction Materials Methods, and Equipment course.The assessment of the student games was conducted via three methods, a student peer-to-peerfeedback questionnaire, an instructor assessment questionnaire and a student self-reflectionjournal entry. The game days and game evaluation methods are described below.Students were divided into groups of 4-6 people to split the 56-person classroom into 10 totalgame-design

Conference Session

Architectural Design Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa A. VanZee, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

Factor (DF) as the assessment criteria, which is the ratio of theinternal illumination to the illumination simultaneously available on a horizontal plane from thewhole of an unobstructed overcast sky, expressed as a percentage. The study additionallyidentifies the five key building parameters that affect the interior daylighting illuminance. Theseare building area and orientation, glass type, window areas, shading, and external obstruction.The study used the computer simulation tool EnergyPlus to model the daylighting performanceof a high-rise in Hong Kong. The software was chosen based on its ability to handle interiorinter-reflection calculation, reflection from neighboring buildings, and handling of complexfenestration systems. The results of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Boise State University; Ross A. Perkins, Boise State University; R. Casey Cline, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineeringclassrooms across the United States2.In order to prepare our future engineers with competencies well beyond those expected of pastengineers, as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE) say we must, engineering education itself must change andbecome more effective and efficient3, 4. We must draw on available engineering educationresearch to improve our classrooms and our teaching both now and into the future. Page 23.252.2This is not a simple task, as there are many barriers to overcome. Some are barriers of individualfaculty members, and others reflect their work environment. Some examples of

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality; Accreditation in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

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

are required to develop an electronic portfolio that includessamples of their most important learning experiences, which may be projects, term papers,extracurricular experiences, and internship reports. The electronic portfolio is reviewed andassessed by faculty members on a regular basis to monitor student progress. During their finalsemester, students finalize their electronic portfolio and present their achievements to a facultypanel. The electronic portfolios allow students to document and reflect on their learningexperiences. Integrating learning outcomes into the curriculum provides a mean for faculty toassess the effectiveness of the academic programs.1. IntroductionUniversities in the USA and worldwide are taking a critical look at

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Parker; Jason Thrun

introductory engineering course, and the assessment plan are provided inthe companion conference paper and in the following sections.Nine education majors applied for admission to the project, all of whom were selected toparticipate. All the project directors were impressed by the commitment reflected in the one-page application letter. Table 1 identifies the gender and major of the participants. Page 10.1178.3 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright , American Society for Engineering Education Table 1: Student

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

Page 10.758.1field of industrial engineering. This paper reports data that reflect student comments regardingwhat drew them to the industrial engineering program at the University of Oklahoma and what Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationencouraged them to stay. The themes extracted from these data can be used to help increase bothenrollment and graduation in industrial engineering degree programs.BackgroundAlthough the number of engineering graduates has steadily increased over the last severaldecades, the long-term national projections are for a shortage of science and

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Randa Shehab; Teri Rhoads; Teri Murphy

Page 10.759.1field of industrial engineering. This paper reports data that reflect student comments regardingwhat drew them to the industrial engineering program at the University of Oklahoma and what Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationencouraged them to stay. The themes extracted from these data can be used to help increase bothenrollment and graduation in industrial engineering degree programs.BackgroundAlthough the number of engineering graduates has steadily increased over the last severaldecades, the long-term national projections are for a shortage of science and

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Azzedine Lansari; Akram AlRawi; Faouzi Bouslama

that students need to acquire in order to be successful in gainingemployment. Special courses are used to support and assist students in their understanding of thelearning outcomes. Furthermore, we show how the use of technology can facilitate the learningand assessment process. Students develop an electronic portfolio to document and reflect on theirlearning experiences. Assessment and feedback are used to make the learning outcomescomponent work effectively in the students’ learning experiences. This new academic model mayhelp address issues on curricular design for successful career placement, and producing graduateswith the skills and abilities needed for the job market.1. IntroductionA college degree has in many ways become what a high

Conference Session

IE Accreditation and Program Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

the previously approved versions ofCriteria 2000 specify two guidelines. First, the program educational objectives must be“consistent with the mission of the institution and these criteria [Criteria 2000].” Second, theoutcomes “important to the mission of the institution and the objectives of the program includingthose listed above [the ABET 11 program outcomes specified in Criterion 3] are being measured3 .” Thus, information derived from systematic measurements made to confirm that programgraduates achieved specified outcomes, which by Criteria 3 requirements reflect programeducational objectives, certainly would provide at least some evidence as to whether the programachieved its program educational objectives.However, the new definitions

Conference Session

A Potpoturri of Innovations in Physics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Calvert; Michael Shannon

point in the semester when we study thin film interference, the cadets have alreadystudied waves, both mechanical and electromagnetic, to include propagation properties,reflections at hard or soft boundaries, and interference between two coherent waves. They havealso been introduced to the optics of polarization, reflection and refraction, and understand theconcept of index of refraction. Finally, in the lessons directly preceding the thin film classes, thecadets study interference between waves due to a path length difference in a Young’s double-slitexperiment, as well as a path length difference induced by media of different indices ofrefraction. With the information they already know about waves and interference, it is not amajor leap to

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox; Robert Barat

aspect of biology in their names. These changes reflect Page 9.1346.1a fundamental shift in where most chemical engineering graduates find jobs in the modern world. “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education”In years past, most jobs were to be found in the petroleum, petrochemical and commoditychemical fields. Now, the jobs are shifting to areas such as the pharmaceuticals, specialtychemical and food industries. Newer fields include biomedical engineering, genetic engineeringand biotechnology in

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosalyn Berne

preventatively, attentive to broad social needs. To do so canalso minimize those social-ethical horrors down the road, assured us by the law ofunintended consequences. But isn’t the commitment to consider and reflect upon social-ethical issues in bioengineering just one more thing to have to be concerned about, in analready pressured profession that places huge expectations on its practitioners? In fact,isn’t it also a distraction from the intensive focus needed for good basic science? Andshouldn’t larger social and ethical questions be left up the society and our governingbodies to be sorted out? Yes, these are valid assertions. But given the potential outcomesof radical change to our bodies and the way we treat them, to our family lives, oureconomic

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

John Bransford; Sean P. Brophy

examples demonstrating how tosolve problems. Learners need to understand the conditions in which the concepts applyand how they apply.Learning is a gradual process, therefore, we need to monitor students progress from whatthey currently understand toward what we want them to know and be able to do at theend of a course. Therefore, we need to center on assessment, specifically formativeassessment. Students need multiple opportunities to understand how they are progressingtoward an ultimate goal, our outcome, of the instruction. Feedback on homework is onemethod, however, there are many other opportunities where students can challenge theirunderstanding and reflect on what more they need to know. An important point toremember is that assessments

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan A. Burtner

Liberal Arts(CLA) students must successfully complete a Senior Capstone course prior to graduation. Schoolof Engineering (SoE) students may apply credit in a Senior Capstone course towards theirHumanities/Social Science requirement. The SCP course that most closely fit my vision for thenew course was SCP 451 (Self and World: A Case Approach to Issues of Choice andResponsibility). The director of the senior capstone program authorized me to develop SCP 451.003 asScience, Technology and Society. When Mercer switched to the semester system, the coursewas renamed Engineering, Technology and Society to better reflect the course content. Themain mission of SCP 451.003 is to encourage effective intellectual communication betweenengineering and

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha C. Wilson

,engineers need to be challenged in their liberal arts courses, especially since they take so few inthe engineering curriculum. Second, grade inflation may serve as a mechanism for students tochoose some liberal arts courses over others, where they are not particularly challenged.14 Page 5.474.5Third, evaluations can reflect how much a student likes the professor, not necessarily how muchthe student learned, reflecting the entertainment, not the educational value of a course.According to Peter Sacks, “a culture that allows students to determine what is good teachingdoes not lend itself to the kind of critical messy thinking that we need to be

Conference Session

From Entrepreneurship Education to Market

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James V. Green, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and theapplication of thinking and reflection provide the necessary conditions for knowledge and skillsattainment (Gherardi, 1999; Brown and Duguid, 2001; Chiva & Alegre, 2005).Launched in 2009, the Entrepreneurial Consulting Practicum is a proven approach to providingundergraduate students the opportunity to engage in short-term consulting engagements with alarge corporate partner in the region to develop their management and entrepreneurial skills.Based on 16 projects completed to date, this practicum places entrepreneurial students with acorporate partner not traditionally defined as entrepreneurial. With five semesters of projectscompleted to date, student feedback is strong, with a number of students reapplying to joinsubsequent

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming-Chien Hsu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

researchresults suggest that the design process that students use might be indicative of the kinds ofdesign thinking that they use or do not use, such as reflective practice 11. Also, designlanguage shapes the knowledge that students have about design 17. We believed that designlanguage also reflects the knowledge that students have about design. Thus students with abetter understanding of the design process will give not only a more comprehensive view ofthe process but also exhibit deeper reasoning abilities. Observation refers to the task orsituation that will prompt students to demonstrate the knowledge or skills 14. We used adesign scenario to prompt students’ thinking and answering. Interpretation refers to a methodof interpreting the performance to

Conference Session

FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Robinson, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

% Page 25.1455.4We have been particularly pleased with the number of female participants in the program, whichexceeds our overall female population of about 25%. Given the important peer-mentoring role,the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering will place more emphasis on selecting a diverse UGTApool in the future. Though more ethnic diversity is needed, female students have been wellrepresented in the UGTA program, creating a stronger peer-modeling environment. One UGTAeven noted in her final reflection paper, “my favorite part of this experience was to be able toshow these freshmen that a girl can be just as successful as a guy in the computer engineeringfield.”UGTA training and preparationUnlike programs in many other places, our recognition of

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany L. Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan L. Hotle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lauren Alise Jones; Margaret-Avis Anyeley Akofio-Sowah, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stefanie Brodie, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

career in industrial engineeringNote: Student responses may not add up to 100 percent. Missing data is not included in this representation of studentresponses. Reported mean scores reflect the following values for each response category:1: Not at all 2: Slightly 3: Somewhat 4: Quite a Bit 5: Very Much* Mean change = Mean Post – Mean PreGoal 2: The impact of the program experience on student self-efficacyThe summer program was also very successful in increasing student confidence for the programobjectives listed in Table 2. The results showed that students were less confident in achievingeach program objective prior to the summer program (mean scores from 1.9 to 2.9) thanfollowing the summer program (mean scores 3.0 to 4.33). This yielded a

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Lewis; Renate Fruchter

environmentto work through open-ended problems of a building project with ill-defined goals andemergent constraints. A variety of support tools scaffold students learning as they worknthrough the problem: a web-based team work space hosts assignments, shared documents, and promptedn discussions to shape the teams design process; weekly class meetings provide students access to a "master builder" who addressesn issues as they arise and keeps the process moving forward; presentations of iterations to the class provide teams with feedback from multiplen perspectives; Mentors bring outside resources and alternative perspectives to the design process; and ongoing surveys about the course experience encourage students to reflect on

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ron Eglash; Larry Kagan; Gary Gabriele; Frances Bronet; David Hess

varying complexity, and to work individually or in teams toproduce innovative design solutions that reflect this “genius for integration.The PDI program was begun with the incoming class of the Fall 98 semester and we have taughtthe first 6 design studios of the sequence. This paper describes the curriculum design for PDI andour experiences teaching some of these first studios. Page 6.811.2Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering EducationTHE BASICS OF PDIThe institutional and administrative infrastructure for the PDI program is a dual

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Michael Aherne; Duane D. Dunlap; Mel Mendelson; Donald Keating

regional industries and government must continuously develop their innovative capacity(intellectual property) to stay competitive and sustain economic growth. Graduate educationmust reflect this change, understand the new relationships between customer needs, directedscientific research, and engineering/technology leadership. For the U.S. to sustain globalcompetitiveness, traditional graduate studies must undergo educational reform. The three broadmandates for this collaborative effort are: • To create new models of needs-driven, professionally oriented graduate education through the master and doctoral levels that better support engineering and technology innovation. • To involve industry and government as key partners in

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sudha Ananda Hariharan; Satinderpaul Devgan

resulting in line outage.A stroke current surge terminating on the tower will divide between the tower and the shield Page 3.317.9wires connected to the tower according to the tower and shield wire surge impedances Zt and Zsrespectively. Voltage waves equal to the initial tower top voltage will travel along the tower andalong the shield wires at different velocities. The tower voltage wave will be reflected betweenthe tower footing resistance Rtf and the tower top repeatedly. The shield wire voltage waves willbe reflected and further transmitted at the adjacent towers. The negative voltage reflections fromadjacent towers and the tower footing

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Seat

attempted to participate in a lessaggressive style, they were not thought to be competent. With respect to technical competenceand ability, women were thought less because they tended to not have “hands-on” tasks. The Page 3.633.1women reported feeling inadequate to do hands-on work, and often doubted their ability toperform in comparison to their male peers. But, engineering managers expressed concern aboutputting women in shop environments due to the dirty and crude nature of both the work andworkers5. Women interpreted this reluctance as a reflection of their inability to do hands-onwork and didn’t realize that they were being protected by well

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eileen Fong, Nanyang Technological University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Shamita Venkatesh, Nanyang Technological University

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

a stratified random sampling technique to select one female and one male from eachteam. A total of 16 students (8 females, 8 males) were invited to respond to several open-endedquestions as part of a self-reflection assignment at the end of the course. Specifically, theparticipants were asked the question, “How has industrial collaboration impacted you in thiscourse? Please discuss how the industrial collaboration (a) influenced your perception towardsproblem-solving, (b) influenced your opinion on ethics, and (c) affected your confidence as anengineer, i.e., self-efficacy.”Data AnalysisWe employed a qualitative inductive approach to analyze the data. Using an open-codingtechnique, two coders created descriptive codes to ascertain emerging

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Gregory Mason P.E., zyBooks, A Wiley Brand; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

received her doctorate in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of Washington, with a minor in quantitative methods and emphases in cognitiveDr. Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington Dr. Jennifer Turns is a full professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. Engineering education is her primary area of scholarship, and has been throughout her career. In her work, she currently focuses on the role of reflection in engineering student learning and the relationship of research and practice in engineering education. In recent years, she has been the co-director of the Consortium to Promote Reflection in Engineering