Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin W. Caldwell, LeTourneau University; Colleen M. Halupa, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

study groups, group projects, and other methods.All of the students in this pilot study liked the use of instructional and example videos to helpthem address complex issues as noted by Yang et al.7, Dong et al.8 and Green et al.9 Studentsalso felt the videos would be a wonderful addition to a face-to-face class where they were hostedin a learning management system and would be available on demand. Students noted the lecturevideos were long but acknowledged the material was needed. It would have been optimal ifthese lecture videos had been created in smaller 5-10 minute segments as noted by Green et al. 9Another important finding is students can view videos as professionally made without extensiveediting and production. This makes the use of

Conference Session

Computer Based Grading and Learning Styles

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cernusca, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Clayton E Price, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

skyrocketing.Therefore, while state funding is down, universities must serve a larger student body. Developingonline course materials is a first step in addressing these contradictory issues.INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXTThe Target CoursesThe instructional material in this project was developed for two introductory programmingcourse pairs, a lecture course and an accompanying lab. These pairs of courses work together toteach students the basics of programming and problem solving using C++. The first pair ofcourses (CS 053/054) is typically targeting first-year students in computer science or computerand electrical engineering, while the second pair of courses (CS 074/078) is targeting students inall other engineering disciplines. This second pair of courses is a weaker

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

these initiatives as well as thosedriven by commercial interest. There is also little doubt that research typically drives the contentof university courses reflected in the final papers, projects, and daily lectures. It is not difficult toimagine that if our research funds become mostly or exclusively from interested parties in theMME then, the content of our courses might sooner or later, begin to reflect those alignments.The “true stars” in academia will be those who better serve the market demands. Thisimmediately raises serious ethical questions because many professors not wanting to do specialinterest research might be in disadvantage. In the end, academic freedom might be the mostimportant loss of all.Consequences for Universities

Conference Session

Development of Computational Tools

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

) Page 23.45.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Framework for Developing Collaborative Training Environments for AssemblingAbstractState-of-the-art 3D video games can provide their users with a near-real experience from visual,audio and interactivity perspectives. Numerous efforts have been made to take advantage ofthese favorable characteristics for educational purposes. The majority of these projects havefocused either on the reconstruction of certain scenarios, such as fire emergency responsetraining, driver or pilot training, medical training, and military tactics training, etc., or on therealistic simulation of real environments, such as virtual museum tours

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Andrew Almodovar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kyle Mattson, Timken; Evan Karl Day, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sean McKibben, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Richard Yoo; Johnson Samuel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; David E Silverman

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a light diffuser mounted over it. When the flashlight is turned on, it will scan a Page 23.61.15given sample and project a laser grid array (Figure 20c) which then pin-points variances in thesurface height. By measuring changes in the location of the laser, a three dimensionalrepresentation of the sample is created. Figure 20: Metrology Unit in Machine Head CradleSince the Metrology unit is shared with the subtractive manufacturing unit, its motions will beidentical. For the demonstration, a sample machined piece will be placed on the Z-axis stage.Then, the machine head will move over it slowly, shining the light on the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ethan Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

) funded FORTE (Fostering Opportunities for Tomorrow’s Engineers) program at UWM. Jablonski is focusing her dissertation on sustainable oxidation of textile waste water and is working to create small-scale waste wa- ter treatment units for cottage textile industries. She trained at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in Nagpur, India where she worked on bio-degradation of azo dye interme- diates. Jablonski served as co-chair of UWM’s student chapter of Engineers Without Borders for two years after its inception in 2007. She continues to help design and implement water distribution projects in Guatemala. Jablonski was a 2012 recipient of NSF’s EAPSI fellowship in China; a 2008 recipient

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Dean Wheadon, Purdue University; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

Physics in the K-16 Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Budny Dan; Teresa Larkin

styles have to do with Mario? The Clearing House, 59, 9 – 12.[25] Dunn, R., Dunn, K., & Freeley, M. E. 1984. Practical applications of the research: Responding to students’ learning styles – step one. Illinois School Research and Development, 21(1), 1 – 12.[26] Hein, T. L. 1994. Learning style analysis in a calculus-based introductory physics course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Anaheim, CA.[27] Lemmon, P. 1985. A school where learning style makes a difference. Principal, 64(4), 26 – 28.[28] Perrin, J. 1990. The learning styles project for potential dropouts. Educational Leadership, 48(2), 23 – 24.[29] De Bello, T. C. 1990. Comparison of eleven major learning

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Franzone

Conference Session

Learning and Teaching Issues

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

338In 2000, 8 students (including 6 who filled out the ILS # 1 questionnaires) were disciplined forplagiarizing their project reports. Since their course grades were affected for reasons not relevantto the study, their data was removed from the study, as shown in Table 1. Two students in 2001and one in 2002 dropped the course before the official deadline, but after filling out the ILS # 1,and their data was also pulled from the study. Each year approximately 30% of the coursegraduates left for an Industrial Internship year, and thus the pool of respondents for the secondround of the ILS was always smaller, as seen in Table 1. In 2001-2002, this turnover has notsignificantly affected the overlap between the students who wrote the ILS # 1 and the

Conference Session

Value Added Collection Management

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Grigg

havesome familiarity with the classification systems. Occasionally, faculty, students, and staffseek assistance related to specific known patents. For example, a history professor mayseek Thomas Edison’s first patent to display to a class or use in a publication.Undergraduates tend to be light users of patent and trademark information. Occasionally,upper-level students might encounter references to patents in database searches andrequest these patents to use for a paper or for a senior design project. These students alsotend to have a reasonable level of computer proficiency, and their requests can usually beaddressed easily by all reference staff.The most challenging stakeholders to serve are the general public. Independent inventorshave complex

Conference Session

Web Systems and Web Services

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Gallagher

Session 2258 A Portable Mobile Robot Simulator for a World Wide Web Robotics Practicum Steven J. Perretta, John C. Gallagher Department of Computer Science and Engineering Wright State University {sperrett, jgallagh}@cs.wright.eduAbstractIn recent years, courses in the design and programming of mobile autonomous robotics havebeen introduced at a number of institutions. These activities provide experience in a number ofpractical areas, including computer programming, project management, and

Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F. Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Problem-based and Challenge-based Learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatin Aliah Phang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Syed Helmi Syed Hassan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Mimi H. Hassim, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

right direction by not justbeing a constructivist facilitator but also by providing the necessary support to develop therequired skills8,9 needed to work in a team, solve problems and manage time. Therefore, thelecturer actually plays a very important role in shaping students' perceptions of the learningapproach that in turn will deeply impact their learning10. As Woods11 stated that it may not be thefault of the teaching method but the way it is introduced to the students which causes students todevelop the negative perception.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe project is funded by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), Universiti TeknologiMalaysia under the Instructional Development Grant (IDG).REFERENCES1. Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Syed Helmi Syed Hassan

Conference Session

Exploration of Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manoj K. Jha, Morgan State University; Reginald Amory, Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. First, existing policiesand practices generally focused on discrete components, aspects, or predictors of student successwith no attention to other forces or processes that also influenced it. Second, efforts by policy-makers, practitioners, and researchers to improve student success were hampered by the absenceof a clear, consistent, and comprehensive definition of such success. Third, policymakers andpractitioners who attempted to use findings from prior research as tools to improve student suc-cess must first reconcile the broad array of theoretical and methodological approaches that char-acterized such research.Anderson and Swazey4 shared insight gained from a survey of doctoral students by the AcadiaInstitute’s Project on Professional

Conference Session

Laboratory Exercises for Energy, Power, and Industrial Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zeit T. Cai, Princeton University; Jeremy John Worm P.E., Michigan Technological University; Drew Dosson Brennan, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

project such as this, the authors did not feelthis additional cost and complexity was warranted.For the assignment development phase, two test variables were swept on two different vehicles.The effect of tire pressure variation on rolling resistance was swept on a 2009 Chevy MalibuHybrid incorporating the belt alternator starter or BAS system. A 2009 Saturn Vue 2-ModeHybrid was used to study the effects of weight addition on the vehicle drag coefficient. The testmatrix is shown in Table 3.Table 3: Experimental test matrix used during the assignment development activities. Tire Pressure (KPa) Weight Addition (kg) 241.3 - Spec Spec

Conference Session

Contextual Competencies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua David Schwartz, Trinity University; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

scheduled days. The courses selected for the study at the institution areidentified as i) a freshman design class teaching computer-aided design, ii) a sophomoreintroductory circuits laboratory, iii) a junior design class in controls and electronics, and iv) asenior capstone project class.On the day of the module delivery, the case study was first introduced to students through a shortpresentation by the instructor assigned to this role during which the one-page case study wasread aloud. It is also suggested to include a brief, relevant video clip of a key interview or newssegment on the subject to supplement the text. Whenever possible, contrasting viewpoints bydifferent stakeholders can also be expressed through the selection of video clips to

Conference Session

Assessment in Graphics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Delahunty, University of Limerick; Niall Seery, University of Limerick; Raymond Lynch, University of Limerick; Diarmaid Lane, University of Limerick

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

regular polyhedra. Three of the regular polyhedra theCube, Tetrahedron and Octahedron, were the focus of a core topic within a Design andCommunication Graphics module at the University of Limerick.The regular polyhedra form a significant element of projection systems and therefore a clearknowledge of the topic is essential for future technology teachers. The regular polyhedra area logical progression from students' previous knowledge of plane geometry such as regularpolygons, the key progression being a move to three-dimensional geometry. Studying thegeometry of the regular polyhedra provides a clear insight into students' ability to manipulateregular geometry.The teaching of the subject content was not merely focused on the mechanical drawing

Conference Session

CoED General Technical Session I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatem M. Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Riham M. Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

/plates, composite material panels, and tires. She has also worked on numerous projects to create advanced engineering design and learning environments which include multi- modal user interfaces for space systems. As Vice President of Information Technology, Peters directs the development of advanced virtual reality applications, including scientific visualization applications and web-based multimedia education/training applications.Prof. Riham M. Mahfouz, Thomas Nelson Community College Riham Mahfouz is the Department Head of the Chemistry Department at the Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC), where she teaches and serves as Course Coordinator for the following courses: prepara- tory chemistry, organic chemistry

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Educated Person

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

to carry out the engineering design process.The wide range of accessible materials available about the engineering design process helps topromote design as synonymous with engineering. Engineering for K-12 students emphasizesapplication of engineering design methods.7 Design is a common focus in introduction toengineering courses for first-year undergraduates.8-11Design offers several advantages when introducing engineering to non-engineers. The process isrelatively accessible at a variety of levels and it emphasizes the creation of physical objects tosolve problems. Design projects are active and engage students. The activity can use a widevariety of materials ranging from simple to complex. The engineering design methodology doesnot rely

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Genco, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Katja Holtta-Otto, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, Millennium Project. University of Michigan.13. Ericsson K.A. (1999). Creative expertise as superior reproducible performance: Innovative and flexible aspects of expert performance. Psychological Inquiry, 10, 329-333.14. Ericsson, K.A., Krampe, R.T., & Tesch-Römer, C. (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of Page 15.151.18 expert performance. Psychological Review, 100, 363-406.15. Fitts, P.M., & Posner, M.I. (1967). Human Performance. Belmont, CA: Brookes Cole.16. Guilford, J.P. (1967). The Nature of Human Intelligence. New York: McGraw-Hill.17. Jansson, D. G., & Smith, S. M. (1991

Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Shyi-Jeng Tsai; Pei-Fen Chang; Jiunn-Chi Wu

though the objects discussed in the course (e.g. gear or linkage Mechanisms) are very concrete. Especially the symbolic representation of mechanisms is meaningless to most students if they cannot establish the mapping relation between abstract symbols and realistic mechanisms in mind.(2) There is no close relation between the individual course contents. It is not necessary, for example, the chapter “Cam Mechanisms” and “Gear Mechanisms” in a given order to teach. As a result, the students are not capable of integrating the diverse knowledge from the course to solve practical kinematic problems later by their project or capstone design.(3) Only by the chapter “Cam Mechanisms”, the students can acquire design ability

Conference Session

Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Carlson; Renato Pacheco; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco; Walter Antonio Bazzo

; advertisements that do not put minority groups in a constraining, biased or abusive Page 9.1085.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineeringsituation; divulgation of contributions to candidates in election campaigns; releasing workersduring work-hours to social actions; maintenance of literacy programs for employees andtheir families; maintenance of learning programs for young people; maintenance of a goodservice for consumer assistance; projects of environmental conservation in public areas; and,finally

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jammie Hoskin; Brad Wambeke; Ronald Welch

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monica Gaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

professionals—white men, minority men,white women, and minority women—and to design educational requirements that accommodatethese different strategies or educational pathways. Our NSF-funded Alternate Pathways toSuccess in Information Technology (APSIT∗) program is seeking to explore the nature of the ITand engineering educational and career pathways used by successful female and minorityGeorgia Tech alumni. In particular, the specific goals of this project are: • To define alternate indices of IT and engineering success that reflect a broader interpretation of societal value than indicated by yearly income and job prestige. • To determine the nature of successful IT and engineering educational and career pathways used by women and other

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Theodore Branoff; Nathan Hartman

Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, Biloxi, Mississippi, November 6-9, 1999.10. Duff, J.M. (1990). Teaching engineering graphics as a body of knowledge. Proceedings of the 44th Midyear Conference of the Engineering Design Graphics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education, Tempe, Arizona, 1990.11. Cumberland, R. R. (2001). The foundation of a progressive engineering graphics curriculum: A directed project report. Unpublished masters thesis, Purdue University, West Lafayette.12. Gredler, M. E. (2001). Information Processing Theories. In Learning and instruction: Theory in to practice (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice-Hall. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Opening General Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janna Rodriguez, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Qu Jin, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. degree in Engineering Education from Purdue University in 2013, M.S. degree in Biomedical En- gineering from Purdue University in 2009, and B.S. degree in Material Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in China in 2007. Her research interests focus on educational studies that can help improve teaching, learning, and educational policy decision makings using both quantitative and qual- itative research methods. Her current research project in National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) focuses on measuring engineering students’ entrepreneurial interests and related individual characteristics. Her Ph.D. dissertation involved using statistical modeling methods to explain and predict

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chene Chetcuti, United States Military Academy; Hans J. Thomas P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brent J. Pafford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

goals of the Thayer 2.0 method was to level the time survey data[Figure 1] so that students perform as well or better as previous semesters with decreased timespikes and more consistent and predicable preparation. It was understood that regardless of themethodology used, spikes would always occur before exams when students increase study andprior to the submission of lab reports and projects for which students were not afforded classtime. However, the authors hoped that, with Thayer 2.0, homework spikes would be eliminated.Unfortunately, this method was unable to eliminate spikes in time spent outside of the classroomfor homework; despite the fact that it allotted classroom time for homework completion. (Figure23) In some cases, students did

Conference Session

Focus on African-American and Hispanic Engineering Students’ Professional and Academic Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University; Lorraine N. Fleming, Howard University; Inez N. Moore, Howard University; Silas E. Burris, Howard University; Fabiana Bornmann

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #10767African American Undergraduate Success in Engineering: ”Proving themDr. Kalynda Chivon Smith, Howard University Dr. Smith earned a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Social Psychology from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and her B.A. in Psychology and English from Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. Dr. Smith has managed a three year longitudinal NSF-funded research project across four campuses, which has included collecting, analyzing/interpreting and reporting data through article writing and conference presentation. She has also taught various psychology courses.Dr. Lorraine N. Fleming P.E., Howard

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

antenna). Many of the students struggledwith the MATLAB code, and no one achieved good correlation between the theoretical andsimulated values. It was an interesting exercise in probability calculation and simulation, but thescenario and simulation need to be scrutinized more thoroughly if used again.An alternative was also developed to perform jamming. The author had a crude, short-rangeGPS jammer that he had built for a different project several years before, and three of thestudents had GPS units in their cars; units that could be removed and run on their own batteries’power. An intramural flag football/soccer field was chosen as a test site, and experiments runthere. Unfortunately, two of the students discovered that their GPS units