Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine; Carl Nelson Blue, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

feedback. Students need to know how well they are doingand are typically open to suggestions for improvement. Generally, the clearer and more specifican instructor can be with feedback, the better the results for students. Students also benefit frompeer reactions and should be encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning (i.e., taughtto self-evaluate). Providing accurate feedback and helping students to take charge of learningcan stimulate healthy minds.Active StrategiesTopics included in the “Active Learning” section include: 1) Focusing on Learning and NotTeaching; 2) Problem Based Learning; 3) Facilitating Group Learning; 4) Changing LearningBehavior Outside the Classroom; and 5) Preparing to Teach. Topics included in the

Conference Session

FPD 4: Peers and Perceptions

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

to develop their own design. The parameters of the assignmentwere such that most students had similar though slightly varied solutions. After completing the design portion of the assignment, students were instructed to write a2-3 page report describing their final design and solution. Instructors and teaching assistantsprovided students with guidelines on how to write a technical design report. After completingtheir individual reports, students were instructed to bring multiple hard copies of their reports tothe next class for peer assessment. In teams of 4-5, students reviewed their own report followedby those of their team members’ using a rubric (Table 1) provided by the instructor. Studentswere encouraged to provide descriptive

Conference Session

Best of NEE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Diane Carlson Jones Ph.D, University of Washington; Tamara Floyd-Smith, Tuskegee University; Nanette M. Veilleux, Simmons College; Caitlin Hawkinson Wasilewski, Seattle Pacific University

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New Engineering Educators

/herengagement of academics, both in terms of behaviors and emotions.Our research connects to the existing literature in the following six specific areas. Our effortshave used multiple approaches to extend this body of literature describing these connectionsbetween a student’s sense of belonging, academic engagement and both faculty and peer support. 1. Prior research has examined the relationship between a student’s sense of belonging in the academic environment and various academic measures. A sense of community or belonging in higher education has been positively associated with lower levels of burnout among college students,8 increased GPAs among undergraduate transfer students when combined with strong participation in

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gouranga Banik, Tennessee State University

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Architectural

an essay and submitting it as his own an unethicalact but still students do- but why? Lack of enforcement or lack of serious punishment? Whateverreasons are, cheating will not be minimized unless root cause can be found and addressed in aproper way in all intuitions rather than a single institution (Banik, 2010). To answer thesequestions, a detailed questionnaire was designed and developed based on PACES-1 survey forboth construction management and AEC students. For this article, AEC students included Page 24.978.2students of CM, CE, CET, Architecture and construction engineering.Different forms of plagiarism in higher educationBefore

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CPD Technical Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

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Continuing Professional Development

thefollowing categories: Leadership, Learning About Learning, Teamwork, Technical Writing,Technical Presentation, Professional Responsibility and Ethical Decision Making. By completingthis assignment, students are expected to recognize their areas of improvement and plan toachieve their professional goals while completing the program. In this paper, we discuss the PIPassignment, student learning outcomes, students’ perceptions and future improvement that can bemade on the assignment.1. IntroductionPersonal Improvement Plan (PIP), also called Personal Development Plan (PDP) or IndividualDevelopment Plan (IPD), is a written plan that frameworks a student’s professional goals andsteps needed to meet those goals. The Personal Improvement Plan generally

Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

failure. The findings section is divided into five major sections: 1) teachers’reactions to the words failure or fail, 2) teachers’ perspectives on allowing students to fail and/orrevise their work, 3) teachers’ perspectives on avoiding failure, 4) teachers’ perspectives onlearning from failure, and 5) teachers’ reported use of the words failure or fail in theirclassrooms. Following the findings section, the paper concludes with three key conclusions from Page 24.980.2the study, implications for them, and directions for future work.  Theoretical Background: Failure in Engineering, Education, and Engineering EducationFailure in Engineering

Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea J. Andrews, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

two design challenges; the pair of students that is the focus of this paper, composed oftwo boys named Marco and Vincenzo, was the only group to choose the wind tunnel task. Thegoal of the wind tunnel task is to create an object out of craft materials that will hover in a plastictube set above a vertically-oriented fan (see Figure 1) for about ten seconds without flying outthe top or falling to the bottom. Because Marco and Vincenzo were the only group working onthe wind tunnel task, they had nearly exclusive access to the testing station. Page 24.981.4 Figure 1: The test setup for the wind tunnel taskFor this task

Conference Session

Spatial Ability & Visualization Training I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy V Ernst, Virginia Tech; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick; Aaron C. Clark, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

three lines. The directions of the PSVT-VOR test instructed the students to study how the key object in the top line of the Page 24.982.3question is rotated, and from among the five response options select the one thatcorresponds to the rotation of the depicted key object10. The PSVT battery provides avalid measure of cognitive abilities10.The second instrument relied on rotational sequences of acquainted consumer/householdobjects to construct a metric for object familiarity (see Figure 1 for PSVT-VOR andPSVT comparison). Images of these objects were captured in parallel format to theestablished PSVT item sequences and response choices. A single key

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory; Meagan McKinney, Boise State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

involves leveraging local opportunities, structures, experts, and features(e.g., the environment, civic attractions, science centers, industries, and businesses) to situatelearning locally and provide context and reason for learning 1, 2. The justification and researchon placed-based education have found support in environmental education 2; however, there arealso proponents of a place-based approach to address economic, cultural, and civic issues 3. Therationale for a place-based approach to learning has been established on the notion that studentswill be more engaged in learning, develop deeper understanding of content, and retainknowledge to a great degree, when the content that they learn is connected to their localcommunity and/or environment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Minh Tuan La, University of Southern California; Richard Phillips; Erin B. Reilly, University of Southern California Annenberg Innovation Lab

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

each subject (e.g., life science and physical sciences), for eachschool level (e.g., middle and high school). NGSS sets performance expectations for eachdisciplinary core idea based on age level appropriate Science and Engineering Practices,Disciplinary Core Ideas (previous building blocks), and Crosscutting Concepts (Figure 1, left).Figure 1. On left, NGSS Science and Engineering Practices associated with a core disciplinaryidea. On right, the top-level page of the Minecraft Wiki, showing its main topics.MinecraftMinecraft is a first-person free to play indie PC/Mac game with crafting, building andexploration at its center6,7. Its dynamic virtual worlds consist of LEGO-like blocks that representnatural resources. Players can combine blocks to

Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

is important to emphasize that no particular device is required for this class. The universitydoes have a very good wireless network accessible from all classrooms. Use of the Blackboardcourse management system is required for all instructors, but otherwise there is no particularuniversity requirement for the use of electronics in the classroom. The current study does notseek to determine the efficacy of any particular device. Rather, the central questions are 1) Whattypes of devices do students in Measurements in Analysis own? 2) What are their attitudestoward the use of electronics during in-class activities? and 3) Is there a measurable effect onstudent outcomes as a result of electronics-enhanced cooperative in-class activities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Justin Bryan Gillander; Joshua C. Newton; Kelly R. Reid

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

effective. These tests as currently performed incentralized laboratories and cost on the order of $100 per test. This is prohibitive in developingcountries. Table 1 compares conventional viral load tests as performed in developed countries in Page 24.987.3centralized medical labs to what is needed in the developing world. The objectives are challenging but 2realistic. Table 1 compares the features of current tests with those needed for POC tests in thedeveloping world.We should emphasize that it is not necessary for students to work with hazardous materials or medicalsamples in such a

Conference Session

Computer-Based Learning Models

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Stephanie Cutler, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

PollEverywhere and its impact on engagement. Thepurpose of the present study is to address this gap in the literature.III. MethodsDuring the fall semester of 2013, a pilot study was conducted in an introductory computingcourse for non-computer science majors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influenceof PollEverywhere on student attendance and engagement with the course material in anintroductory computer science large lecture classroom (n = 291).PollEverywhere was used on a weekly basis within the lecture portion of the course. Examples ofthe polling questions include: (a) “What was the first product you purchased online?”[Open-ended], (b) “What year was the first email sent?” [Multiple choice], (c) “On a scale of 1 to 5 –how am I

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Kaupp, Queen's University; Brian M Frank, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

activities1. IntroductionHigher order skills such as problem solving or critical thinking are key attributes forgraduates of any engineering program, are amongst industries highly desired skills fornew employees and are considered a hallmark of a university education  1-5 . The application of critical thinking helps students solve ill-defined, open-ended,complex problems through the analysis and evaluation of information, evaluatingarguments, and developing conclusions resulting from sound reasoning. These complexproblems are typical of those encountered in professional engineering practice, andrequire the reflective, self-regulatory judgment exemplified by critical thinking. Whilemost programs claim to develop critical thinking in some manner

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Xiaoyan Mu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

for the course. This paper describes the process that was used to transform thesenior capstone design sequence, the model-based assignments that were introduced, somepreliminary qualitative assessment of those assignments, and planned future improvements foreach. Page 24.990.32.0 An Overview of MBSE and Systems CompetenciesExplicit models have a long history in science and engineering, originally focused onmathematical descriptions of physical phenomena 1. As human-engineered products becamemore complex, innovation and adoption cycles shorter, risks more significant, and demands forflexibility greater, systems engineering has emerged (over

Conference Session

Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L. Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M University; Rui Pan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carrie A. Wachter Morris, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

questions. Therefore, we did not remove participants thatneglected to answer between one (1) and five (5) questions. After removing a total of 574participants, 1574 participants remained for exploratory factor analysis.Survey Participants’ Demographics The demographic information we collected from participants included (a) age, (b) gender,(c) years working as an engineer, (d) years working within academia, (e) engineering degree, and(f) current engineering practice. The engineering disciplines participants could select from weredepicted by the specific degree offerings from the university through which the survey was beingdisseminated. Table 2 shows the profession(s) of survey participants at the time of the survey.For each question

Conference Session

Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

personal and academic factors are associated with studentsuccess in engineering, particularly for students from groups that are traditionallyunderrepresented in college engineering programs. In engineering, academic self-efficacy refersto a person’s confidence in their abilities to complete all of the major engineering requirementsof their program [1]. Studies have found a positive relationship between self-efficacy and GPAamong engineering students [2,3]. Other academic factors associated with success in engineeringinclude study habits and academic ability [e.g., 3,4].Perceived support from family and peers are personal factors associated with success ofunderrepresented students in engineering. Family ties are important to students because of

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Pre-Service and Undergraduate Instructor Training

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Crehan, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Donal Canty, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

importanceplaced on each stage by the students both pre and post their engagement with a semi-opendesign task.ParticipantsThis study was undertaken with year one students participating in both of the initial teachereducation (I.T.E.) courses outlined. As part of the syllabus for semester two, year one, onboth I.T.E. programmes, students participate in a module where the focus is on studentsdeveloping fundamental practical skills, developing theoretical knowledge and challengingstudents epistemological beliefs regarding the value of design based education. One elementof the module assessment engages students in a semi-open design task. The design-basedproject comprises of a number of important features: 1. The students are issued with a semi-open design

Conference Session

Ethical Behavior in Academia and Beyond

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

. Page 24.995.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Predatory Online Technical Journals: A Question of EthicsIntroductionIn 2009, Cornell University doctoral student Philip Davis embarked upon a bold venture: afterreceiving numerous hectoring emails from Bentham Science requesting articles for publication,he and fellow adventurer Kent Anderson, an executive at The New England Journal of Medicine,used the SCIgen paper generator, developed by MIT students “to maximize amusement” byrandomly generating nonsensical computer science papers,1 to create a scholarly looking butpreposterous manuscript and submitted the result to Bentham’s The Open Information ScienceJournal. Using pseudonyms, the

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment in ME

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark F. Schar, Stanford University; Sarah L. Billington, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

is closely related to business skill self-efficacy, having a“divergent” learning style, and a “systemizing” approach to problem solving. This suggests thateSBL curriculum could be an important tool in preparing engineering students for a career inentrepreneurship or other business-related activity within core engineering course content. Inaddition, faculty impressions on instruction using this curricular tool are shared.1. Introduction: Engineering + XThe career pathway for engineering students overwhelmingly leads to industry. A recent studyby the National Science Foundation of newly graduated engineering bachelor and master’sdegree recipients shows that 75 percent of graduates are employed by “private industry orbusiness.”1 It is apparent

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

representative and diverse segment of the overall American population1.In this work we define retention the customary way, that is, by the number of first-time, full-timestudents that graduate from the institution within 6 years. Much past research on retention hasfocused on students who leave engineering (so-called “non-persisters”) and what caused theirdeparture. For example, Marra et al.2 shows students of both genders tend to drop out ofengineering primarily for two reasons: 1) the curriculum is too challenging and the quality ofteaching too poor, and 2) students don’t believe they belong. Page 24.997.2Ohland et al.3 present an extensive analysis of

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yukiko Maeda, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kimberly Joy Perram; Vivian Gregory Alexander

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

Education, 2014 Preliminary Analyses of Survey and Student Outcome Data Using the Global Real-Time Assessment Tool for Teaching Enhancement (G-RATE)AbstractThis paper presents a brief overview of a pilot study conducted with a tool called the GlobalReal-time Assessment Tool for Teaching Enhancement (G-RATE) and the development ofinstructor profiles. The purpose of the pilot study is to investigate how student perceptions ofteaching practices on key aspects of the “How People Learn” (HPL) framework and students’end of the course grades differ among three conditions (i.e., (1) instructors were observed onceand received no feedback on their instruction during the semester (C1), (2) instructors wereobserved

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel Pando P.E., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-related interactionsprior to college, perceived barriers during engineering studies, and early expectations ofinteractions with faculty and how these may differ based on student membership in anunderrepresented group.The study utilizes a mixed methods design, incorporating both questionnaire and focus groupdata. The questionnaire items were developed by the researchers utilizing existing instruments onperceived barriers to education and engineering-related interactions and were included as part ofan annual questionnaire administered to the engineering freshman seminar at the institutionunder study. Seven items on likelihood to experience certain barriers (e.g., negative facultyattitudes, coursework difficulties) are rated from 1=strongly agree to

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christina Seimetz Wade, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Preparing Future Engineering Educators through Round-Table Practicum Course DiscussionsIntroductionWith good intentions, there has been a push for earlier training of engineering faculty,starting as early as with graduate students aspiring towards faculty positions, in hopesthat new faculty are better prepared when asked to teach as primary instructors.1 Theconcept of using pre-faculty members as instructors is not novel, however, there arelimited reported efforts towards training and supporting the development of future facultymembers. Many engineering graduate students experience graduate teaching positions,often being thrown in front of a classroom with

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Craig G Downing, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

engineeringcompetencies. Figure 1 illustrates the problem under consideration and the target audience(organization’s leadership). The SCL represent leadership competencies of an organization’sleadership, and they are aimed at enabling leaders to deal with systemic challenges that arisefrom a target system of interest21. In such a way SCL competencies are differentiated from thetechnical systems competencies of the team members, which have been discussed in detail inSchindel et al.20. In order to put the need for such leadership skills into context, we briefly recalltwo real-world examples – one of which resulted in a costly failure, and the other of whichresulted in a success and therefore illustrated the benefit of systemic thinking at leadershiplevels

Conference Session

K-12 Teacher Pre-Service and Undergraduate Instructor Training

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard L. Greene, The Ohio State University; Xi Zhan, Department of Educational Studies, The Ohio State University; Anika Anthony, The Ohio State University; Paul E. Post, The Ohio State University; Andrew James Parkhurst, Ohio state university

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in engineering and preparing practicing teachers and engineering students tointroduce middle school students to the engineering design process. This paper describes theTEK8 university-school partnership and presents results from a preliminary study conducted toexamine the partnership’s effectiveness for preparing teachers and engineering students tointerest middle school students in engineering. Data were collected using interviews,observations, and a teacher self-efficacy survey. The survey was appropriated to focus onteachers’ and engineering students’ self-efficacy to interest middle school students inengineering. Methods of analysis included discourse analysis, the constant comparative method,and the nonparametric 1-tailed Wilcoxon

Conference Session

INVITED PANEL: Preparing your Teaching Portfolio

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kay C Dee, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

about theirteaching.Introduction: What Type of Teaching Portfolio are We Talking About?Teaching portfolios take a variety of forms (e.g., papers collected in a three-ring binder;multimedia-rich electronic documents), are used in a variety of educational settings (from pre-Kto post-graduate education), and are prepared for a variety of reasons. For example, a portfoliomay be formative in nature, serving as a place for collecting evidence of improvements inteaching, reflections on one’s identity as a teacher, or to share experiences with colleagues in anorganized way. The main purpose of these portfolios might be described as ‘improvement’1(both documenting and encouraging improvement). Portfolios can also be summative in nature,designed to

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Sirkin, Stanford University; Wendy G. Ju, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

vehicleof interactive device design. Students having a general familiarity with the products of electricalengineering engage with the underlying tools and technologies that make such products possible.By focusing the class project on the design of a digital music player, we aim to attract a broaddemographic, and to illustrate how human-centered design considerations can to be integratedinto the system design process.We present this course description—which encompasses motivation, implementation and as-sessment—to provide insights and inspiration for those looking to teach similar courses.1 IntroductionBuild a better music player—yourself! is how Interactive Device Design is advertised to studentsconsidering a concentration in engineering. The

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Floraliza Bornilla Bornasal, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

) and the degree of abstractness reflected by inscriptions based on Roth,Shaw, and Tobin’s inscriptional chain. This study revealed that the distribution amongstdifferent types of inscriptions contrasted amongst the three types of textual resources. Thesefindings provide insight into ways in which engineering educators may bridge the gap betweenacademic and practical settings: 1) by adopting inscriptions that reflect levels of abstractness oftextual resources utilized in practice, and 2) by introducing a more varied mix of visualrepresentations that span across various different types of inscriptions. Further, this exploratorystudy provides data and a protocol for further exploring the relationships between situatedlearning, contexts, and the