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Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University; Stephen J. Ressler P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University. Dr. Lenox served for over 28 years as a commis- sioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initia- tives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education

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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Greg Rulifson P.E., U.S. Agency for International Development; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

schools, are responding to theseserious issues with training, task forces, student groups, counseling services, and concertedattempts to shift the culture towards openness and accountability [30]. Further, there areprograms that actually center social justice, community engagement, and humility regardingprivilege and power are growing. Some examples include the Colorado School of Mines, MercerUniversity, Oregon State University, and Villanova University [31]–[34]. These not onlydemonstrate care for people and the environment impacted by engineering projects, but alsoencourages students to care for each other.An Ethic of Care may provide a framework through which engineering faculty and staff atuniversities can improve their cultures to be more

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Computing -- Increasing Participation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Laura K. Dillon, Michigan State University; Maureen Doyle, Northern Kentucky University; Linda Ott, Michigan Technological University; Wendy Powley, Queen's University; Andrea E Johnson, Spelman College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Pre-College Engineering Education, Women in Engineering

with disabilities2. Background2.1 Computing’s Diversity ScorecardComputing is a high growth field with well-paying career opportunities, but the percentage ofwomen and minorities in careers in computing is well below their percentages in both theworkforce and in society. With a 19% projected job growth in computing between 2016 and2026, employment prospects and compensation levels in computing are both excellent; the paygap between men and women is also low compared to other engineering disciplines.2 Yet overthe past decade, women have held only 25% of computer and mathematical (C&M) jobs whilecomprising 56%-58% of the total workforce [11]; in 2016, Blacks made up only 7.9% percent ofC&M workers while comprising 11.9% of all workers

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 4

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Ryan Banow, University of Saskatchewan; Sean Maw P.Eng., University of Saskatchewan

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

-survey” was conducted two months later followed bya “very distant post-survey” another seven months after that, to further re-examine knowledge,skills, and attitudes.Statistically significant differences were found between TrussVR© and the other groups (p < .01)for recognition and recall of truss types two months and nine months afterwards. Likewise, thevirtual lab experience was highly rated in most respects.1.0 IntroductionAbout two and a half years ago, the authors of this study had the opportunity to engage in somevirtual reality (VR) demonstrations. Emerging from that experience with a belief that part of thefuture of engineering education lay in the application of VR for teaching and learning, a softwaredevelopment project was

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Our Future in Manufacturing

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

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Manufacturing

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Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinay Kumar Domal, University of Western AustraliaUWA; James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia

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International

confidently challenge the assumption that engineering education can beindependent of context because the technical content is universal, we need further research tounderstand how to set new objectives.Engineering Practice ResearchRecently published research has provided a foundation for this study based on 70 extensiveinterviews and field observations of engineers in several countries30-32. The frameworkconsists of 85 different aspects of engineering practice grouped as follows: 1. Managing self and personal career development 2. Coordination, working with other people 3. Engineering processes, project and operations management 4. Financial processes 5. Procurement, buying products or services 6. Human resource development, training

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Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma

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Minorities in Engineering

Society and the American Society for Engineering Education.Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma Assistant Director/Research Associate at the Research Institute for STEM Education (RISE) at the University of Oklahoma. Cindy received her M.A. in Anthropology from Western Michigan University. As an anthropologist, her research interests include ethnography of marginalized populations, cultural theory, issues of gender and underrepresented populations in STEM education and the cultural/historical construction of women’s cultural identities and roles in past and present societies, with special focus on emerging nationalist projects

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Building Communities for Engineering Education Research

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

applying themethods of user-centered design to the challenges of engineering education.) Final versionswere evaluated against criteria developed by the class. The use of peer feedback and consensusbuilding to develop criteria for evaluating students' final products also promoted communitybuilding among the students enrolled in the course.One additional project was required in the course: in teams of three, students were charged withpreparing and delivering to the class a 50-minute presentation about a state-of-the-art teachingpractice of their choice. Student teams identified an article the class would read about theteaching practice. Presentation content includes a description of the practice, evidence or theorysupporting it as a good practice

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Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Warren A. Turner, Westfield State University; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Robert J. Beichner, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Paper ID #8833A comparison of student misconceptions in rotational and rectilinear motionDr. Warren A Turner, Westfield State UniversityDr. Glenn W Ellis, Smith CollegeDr. Robert J. Beichner, North Carolina State University For much of Professor Beichner’s career he has focused his attention on redesigning introductory physics education and created the SCALE-UP (Student Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics) project. SCALE-UP has been adopted at more than 250 universities and had spread to other content areas and into middle and high schools, necessitating a name change to Student Centered Active

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Improving Teaching and Learning

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Donald Elger

7. 7.) Documentation: Scenario 8 8.) Verbal Explanation of a Scientific Concept: Scenario 9In the above list, “Scientific Concepts,” was assessed using three scenarios in order to provideadditional data for estimating reliability. Scenario selection was based on our prior experiences. In particular, we selected specificperformances that have been problematic for students. For example, we have used severaldesign projects that involve a battery (see scenario 6 in Table 1) and noted that most junior levelmechanical engineering students fail dismally (unless we tell them how) in their attempts toperform calculations that will allow them to size a battery to meet power requirements and life-time needs. Similarly, the “yo-yo” problem

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Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie McBride

the further development and improvement of the program. • The outcomes important to the mission of the institution and the objectives of the program are being measured.Examples of evidence that can be used in assessment documentation are student portfolios,including design projects; nationally normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys thatdocument professional accomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys; and Page 8.134.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education

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Learning and Teaching Issues

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

. Engineering measurements andreverse engineering methods are common threads that tie together the different engineeringdisciplines. Previous reverse engineering projects have involved common household productssuch as automatic coffee makers 6,7,8 hair dryers and electric toothbrushes 9. Using commonproducts with which the students are already familiar is thought to present a framework withinwhich new concepts can be introduced.Recently, a new engineering system was added to the list of familiar products for reverse-engineering investigation: the human body. This incredible machine can be explored usingengineering measurements and analyzed using engineering principles. Basic physiologicresponses are already familiar to students through “common

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Potpourri of First-Year Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rod Paton, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

, electronicresources and assignments) were also used to corroborate claims or assertions made ininformal interviews of academic staff and communications given to students. For example,teaching staff in lectures and tutorials emphasized that students should take responsibility fortheir own learning, and this message also came through in course materials, projects,electronic resources and assignments.The researcher was aware that his presence in the class could well impact on studentbehaviour. However, he was present from the first lecture and subsequently attended alllectures. He also attended a number of different tutorial classes and spent some time seated instudent work-areas. On a relatively small number of occasions the researcher did take on amore active

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Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiffany Simon, Columbia University

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Minorities in Engineering

sense of the projects that we worked on together. He gave me a lot of freedom to do things on my own…He would give me good input and fair appraisal…He and I got along very well because he always valued my opinion highly, as opposed to me trying to just compete to see who’s going to win.Jason also identified his faculty adviser as a factor to completing the doctorate. According to Page 15.1252.14Jason, “He was definitely instrumental to me finishing. He would say positive things about mewhen I needed to hear it.” Jason also revealed that his faculty adviser was “determined toincrease the number of underrepresented people in

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Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Lamb; David Ollis

a “canned’ program for a reasonably simple,but cute shape: a 1” cube containing a large, centered spherical hole, with circular holes cut intoeach face through to the hollow inner spherical hole. In the central spherical “hole” is a secondcube, large enough so that it cannot pass out of the cylindrical holes in the large cube faces. Onfour of the surfaces of the inner cube appear the raised letters “N, C, S, and U”. As a simpleexercise, we asked one lab group to estimate the manufacturing cost, and projected selling price,for 10,000 such cubes as

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Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

1986-1987 fiscal biennium.38 A shift towards research hadalready occurred during the retrenchment during the second half of the 1970s (in no small partbecause Texas had reached peak oil in 1972), but this latest economic turn prompted the state toplace even greater emphasis on research, and a “high tech” economy modeled after SiliconValley and Route 128. It was said that educated minds would become “the oil and gas” of Texas’future economy.39The state’s most concerted bid to enter into the high tech era occurred through its successful bidto bring the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) to Austin. MCCwas the nation’s first research consortium, said to be the U.S. response to the Japanese “FifthGeneration Project” in

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Impacts on K-12 Student Identity, Career Choice, and Perceptions of Engineers

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adriana Anunciatto Depieri, University of Sao Paulo; Roseli de Deus Lopes P.E., Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

´orio de Sistemas Integr´aveis (LSI) of EP-USP since 1988, where she is a principal investigator of the Interactive Electronic Media research group (which includes research in computer graphics, digital image processing, techniques and devices for human-computer interaction, virtual reality and augmented reality). She coordinates research projects in the area of Interactive Elec- tronic Media, with emphasis on applications related to Education and Health. She coordinates scientific dissemination initiatives and projects aimed at identifying and developing talents in Science and Engi- neering. She was responsible for the design and feasibility of Febrace (Brazilian Fair of Science and Engineering), the biggest

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Engineering Education: An International Perspective

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

? What will be their nature? What percentage of the grade will depend on exams? How will other indicators (homework, participation, attendance, projects, etc.)be counted towards the grade? It is equally important that the instructor provides periodic assessment of students’ performance during the semester. The intent is: (1) to alert those that have fallen behind, and at the same time, (2) motivate “achievers” to stay the course.4) A “Back up” Plan to Assist Slow Learners and/or Potential Switchers: Many students are in engineering for a variety of reasons. Some are in because of peer pressure, or for other known or unknown reasons. They are not sure of their capabilities, having negative perception of the “class environment” and

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Learning & Teaching Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay C. Dee

to find out if material was beingunderstood; appearing interested in teaching and students. Favorable ratings of instructorperformance were also associated with courses that increased interest in the field and whichstudents perceived as increasing their knowledge and competence.Workload and Instructor Performance The largest correlation calculated in this project between the evaluation item regardingthe instructor’s performance and the item regarding the amount of work required for the coursewas only 0.15. The scoring options for the instructor performance ranged from 1.0 (excellent) to5.0 (poor), and the scoring options for the amount of work required ranged from 1.0 (definitelytoo little) to 5.0 (definitely too much). Therefore the

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Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stanford Thomas; Donald Keating

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Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Eric Wang

Language (LEP) students in grades seven and eight. The nature of science lends itself well to concrete activities that offer students the opportunity to, not only learn English vocabulary, but to gain a better grasp of concepts when associated with inquiry and hands-on learning. We present the results of a project* that used robotics to teach MS physics to LEP students in regular classes, English as a second language (ESL) students and LEP students in a voluntary after-school program sponsored by Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA). The project was in collaboration with engineering, physics, education and the local school district to train middle school (MS) science teachers who teach high minority

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WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa M Frehill, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

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Women in Engineering

: Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering: A Data-Based Look at Diversity” and the NACME databook. Research in progress includes projects funded by the National Science Foundation on women’s interna- tional participation and collaboration in science and engineering and on career outcomes of engineering bachelor’s degree recipients. In addition, she is working on analyses of supply and demand for engineers and scientists. Support for this research was provided by NACME with additional support via a grant from the National Science Foundation, Research on Gender in Science and Engineering HRD#0827461. Any findings or conclusions are those of the author and do not reflect those of the National Science Foundation

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Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ron D Dempsey, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

just a different way to become an engineer. Based on the comments made by students, not us: The professors of ET programs are more experienced and they teach engineering courses much better. We have new, mostly not-yet accredited E programs with nothing to distinguish them from many other programs and among the most highly reputed, accredited ET programs.The changes proposed by the ET faculty as a mean of delineating between the two programs are1) establishing entrance or admission requirements to the programs, 2) the engineering programsneed to become more theoretical rather than applied, and 3) a repackaging of ET pedagogythrough project based education. The ET faculty members are quite adamant that they will

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon D. Nelson P.E., Tetra Tech, Inc; Monte L. Phillips P.E., Americal Society of Civil Engineers; Craig N. Musselman, CMA Engineers, Inc.; Michael J. Conzett, HDR, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3876: THE ”RAISE THE BAR” INITIATIVE: CHARTING THEFUTURE BY UNDERSTANDING THE PATH TO THE PRESENT - MOD-IFYING THE MODEL LAWS AND RULES FOR ENGINEERING LICEN-SUREMr. Jon D. Nelson P.E., Tetra Tech, Inc Jon D. Nelson, P.E. is Senior Vice President of the central region of the Engineering and Architectural Services group of Tetra Tech, Inc. in Tulsa, Okla. He has been a consulting engineer for 34 years, focusing on municipal water and wastewater projects. He has been with Tetra Tech for 27 years. He holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Kansas State University and a M.S. degree in environmental engineering from Oklahoma State University. Nelson is licensed as a professional engineer in four states and

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Reflections on the “Raise the Bar” Initiative (Part II) - Using a Decade of Experience to Chart the Future

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

technological growth.”Here the ASME paper suggests that we must preserve low standards for entry into the professionto ensure that we have an adequate supply of engineers to ensure our technological growth. Yetthere is compelling evidence that our future global competitiveness demands not more engineers,but better educated engineers.Consider the report produced by a National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored project called“The 5XME Workshop: Transforming Mechanical Engineering Education and Research in theUSA.”9 The 5XME project report describes the ongoing global commoditization of engineering Page 25.1361.4* The ASME position paper uses the

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Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Ann Rursch, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Andy Luse, Iowa State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

also participate in numerous activities (calledanomalies) throughout the competition which are designed to keep them engaged and slightly offbalance just as real IT staffs get engaged in new projects and may overlook intrusions or securityrisks in new implementations. These requests may run counter to the goal of having securesystems or may open holes in their servers. The students must then decide how, or if, toimplement the request on their network, as well as how to implement it securely. It is theseactivities that help keep the students focused on providing a useable network for their end users,as well as a secure one.The group who tests each student team’s network for vulnerabilities and plays the role ofattackers in the competition

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip J. Cornwell

investment of the students’ time and itwas not clear if this process helped their understanding of dynamics. Therefore, I now useWorking Model primarily in class as a way of introducing dynamics concepts, working onstudents’ intuition and for example problems. All of the classrooms at Rose-Hulman areequipped with nice projection systems so I bring my laptop to class and show the studentsWorking Model simulations that I have developed that illustrate various dynamics concepts.Working Model is very easy to use and graphs of velocities, accelerations, and forces are readilyavailable. These quantities can also be shown as vectors on the object. Its main value in asophomore dynamics class is, in my opinion, in helping students visualize the motion

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Palmer; Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

• continually re-educate him/herself • operate effectively within the policital, ethical and economic forces of the world • apply his or her skills to practical, real-world, complex problem situations.The ABET 2000 criteria require engineering educators to examine their entire curriculum —from freshman to senior level courses. The current study, however, sampled only enteringengineering students, so in this paper we focus our discussion of engineering education change tothe first-year. Even before ABET 2000, many engineering colleges began to revamp the first-year engineering experience to include increased hands-on design, technical writing, oralpresentations, and team-based projects (Dally & Zhang, 1993; Dym, 1994; Augustine, 1997

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mollie Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Olivier Ladislas de Weck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Prabhat Hajela, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Luca Carlone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Siyi Hu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Marcus Abate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Zeyad Awwad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Yun Chang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

published in IEEE Transactions on Education, Journal of Science Education and Technology, and Studies in Educational Evaluation, among other peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include problem structuring, systems thinking, and creative ideation, with specific focus on undergraduate engineering education. Dr. Lavi is a member of IEEE and of the American Society for Engineering Education. During his time at MIT, he has obtained educational project grants from the Alumni Class Funds and from the d’Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in Education. He has also received several awards for his doctoral research, including but not limited to the Zeff Fellowship for Excelling First-year Doctoral Students and the Miriam and

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ELOS Technical Session 1 - Fluids, Wind, and Flow

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Weakly, University of Pennsylvania; Sarah Ho, University of Pennsylvania; Erica Feehery, University of Pennsylvania; Bruce David Kothmann, University of Pennsylvania; Cynthia Sung, University of Pennsylvania

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

. Finally, we pilot the forcebalance in an undergraduate mechanical engineering lab setting and find that students are able toexplore the setup, understand the load cell functionality, and use the system to measure drag on asphere. The force balance enables students to gain hands-on learning experience related to bothfluid mechanics and statics, and our user study shows that the force balance is durable throughclassroom use. The low cost, robustness, and high adaptability of the system makes it suitable forincorporating in multiple labs or for allowing student project teams to utilize the system in theirown experiments.1 IntroductionAccess to a wind tunnel enables students to gain real world experience with fluid dynamicsconcepts. This is