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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Osama Ettouney; James Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl; James Moller; Christine Noble

through a process of continuous improvement. The key to this process isassessment. The primary purpose of assessment is to provide information that will be used toimprove our program. Since a variety of components are involved in a complete description ofstudent outcomes at various stages in the academic program, it is essential that multiplemeasures of quality be employed.As part of our assessment plan, we developed and implemented twelve assessment methods toassess the degree to which our graduates have achieved the discipline-oriented outcomecharacteristics enumerated in the ABET 2000 criteria. The methods were developed throughinputs of all Manufacturing Engineering faculty, staff, student representatives and the dean’soffice. The twelve

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Lucy C. Morse

each phase of the project 2. Planning • Agree on tasks. • Clarify responsibility within the group and identify leaders for the tasks. • Create a plan for the kind of technology that will be using within and without the group. 3. Managing/Action Phase • Review your process and create a model for the control of the various tasks. • Review technological tools, and organizational system.Added to these elements the complexity of e-teams is increased by the number of differentchoices for team interaction. Traditional teams typically interact face to face, at least some of thetime. E-team interactions are almost always mediated by electronic communication andcollaboration technology. E-team interaction in

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ted Eschenbach

highest priority. They may question your priorities when you focus onteaching, but they appreciate having better prepared students in their courses.Your ExpectationsTo quote from a Cat Stevens song, “You can’t please everybody, so you have to pleaseyourself.” If you are here at ASEE, you have demonstrated a higher than average commitment toteaching. Most engineering colleges contain senior and junior faculty who care intensely aboutteaching. You just have to become part of that network. ASEE is a very efficient way tobecome a better teacher.You have to achieve a dynamic balance of your personal life and of the professional triad –teaching, research, and service. I recommend an annual plan with specific measures or goals foreach area. Life as a

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Creighton; Edward Young; Jed Lyons

mechanical engineering topics. Since 1997, however, thedepartment has been improving the course to help meet the following program objectives. Thegraduates shall:1. Have the ability to analyze, design and realize mechanical and thermal systems.2. Have the ability to use contemporary computation techniques and tools.3. Have competence in design of experiments, experimental practices and data interpretation.4. Have the ability to apply statistical methods to analyze and interpret data.5. Have the ability to plan, schedule and execute engineering projects.6. Have effective oral and written communication skills.7. Have the ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.8. Have an understanding of and the ability to engage in life-long learning.9. Have

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

B. S. Sridhara

organizations such asDOE, GM and EDS. In the proposal for Sunrayce 97,2 the author discussed differentaspects of the project including Design and Engineering (driver safety, design andanalysis, and material selection) in accordance with Sunrayce 97 regulations.3 Topicssuch as Organization and Project Planning, Curriculum Integration, Fund Raising andTeam Support, Vehicle Testing and Driver Training, and Logistics were also discussed.Proposals submitted by 60 different universities including MIT, Yale, Texas A&M,Stanford, University of Michigan, and University of Waterloo were evaluated and scoredby Sunrayce officials. We were selected as one of the top 30 teams to receive an award of$2000. Our solar car team consisted of fifteen active

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy L. Denton

points) Conclusions (20 points)Sources of Experiment Error (5 points) Sources of Experimental Error (10 points)Recommendations (2 points) Data Sheet(s) (5 points)References (3 points) Format, grammar, spelling (20 points)Equipment List/Specimen ID (3 points)Test Procedure (5 points)Sample Calculations (15 points)Data Sheet(s) (2 points)Format, grammar, spelling (20 points)As a relatively recent addition to TAC of ABET program criteria, each accredited engineeringtechnology program must have plans for implementing continuous improvement andassessing if improvement results from any changes made. The Purdue MET Department hasadopted a relatively simple method for conducting and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathi Cahill; Joe C. Guarino

Universities. The Universityof Idaho, in Moscow, Idaho, has more “traditional” students than the other two Universities,with active fraternities and sororities, and a very large student population living on campus.Boise State University, in Boise, Idaho, is located in the largest urban area in Idaho, and moststudents live off campus. The student population at Idaho State University, in Pocatello, Idaho,consists of traditional and non-traditional students with a more equal distribution than the otherschools. Numerous planning sessions, culminating in a two-day organizational workshop at BoiseState University, preceded the Fall 1997 semester. A representative from Knowledge Revolutionattended the workshop and provided valuable input on using

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Halvard E. Nystrom; Diego Rodriguez

instructors to identify what factors should be considered during the design ofdistance education experiences through the internet and other low-budget supporting media. Thefocus is on the educational objectives that are sought in these educational interactions and themotivational objectives to energize the students. To test out the application it is applied to thedesign of an actual educational interaction between the University of Missouri - Rolla andCibertec Institute of Technology in Lima, Peru, to be held in April, 1997 and a brief descriptionof the interaction plan is included to further describe this process.INTRODUCTIONThe advent of internet tools and the widespread distribution of the internet are opening newwindows of opportunities for

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Marla E. Hacker; Thomas M. West

growing aspect of technical education, research,and economic development in the United States. Concerns about U.S. competitiveness inmanufacturing continue to grow and the global economy continues to emphasize thecontributions of value-added manufacturing operations. Some of the important elements intoday’s changing economic environment are: demand for higher product quality; reduced timefrom concept to availability for sale; increased product output; and short product life cycles.The half-life of products has decreased to the point that 50% of product sales occur within threeyears of initial design. These factors have resulted in the absolute need for engineers who areprepared to initiate, design, plan for production, and control the manufacture

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Judy Grimes; Huiming Wang; Virendra K. Varma

acceptance rate for admission at this school wasone in ten. I was admitted, and graduated successfully. The school did not recruit me but Irecruited them in my academic plans. The school had an excellent reputation, and theirreputation was well known in the country. Therefore, the reason for recruiting the school of mychoice was simple: This is where I wanted to go, and I had the grades to be accepted.The true and the real life scenario that I have described above, applies to a small percentage ofthe population. My fellow classmates applied to several schools, and they went wherever theywere accepted. In the final analysis, we all became engineers, some of us by going to schoolswhere we wanted to go, and others by going to schools where we were

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeanette Chipps, Montana State University ; Suzanne G Taylor, Montana State University; Nicholas Lux Lux, Montana State University; Elizabeth Nelson, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

multiple potential materials to house the smartsensors and will decide which material will work best to allow for data collection at multiplesites based on the mechanism of collection that they choose. Within this lesson, students willrefer to aspects of the engineering design process that include defining the problem and designrequirement, planning for and evaluating multiple design solutions, and optimizing the chosendesign solution based on feedback from both the community educator and camp experts. Theseexperts include electrical engineers who are working with our funding source, [redacted], todesign smart optical sensors so that students receive authentic engineering feedback.Measures to evaluate the projectAlthough this is a work-in-progress

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jing Yan, Tennessee State University; Lin Li P.E., Tennessee State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

investigator or co-principal investigator of more than 17 major research grants.Dr. Lin Li P.E., Tennessee State University Lin ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 1 2 A Case Study of AFL Models on Factors of Engaged Learning 3 in STEM education 4 Abstract 5 With Active Flipped Learning (AFL) model, some STEM instructors and education instructors at 6 HBCUs provided instructional video, audio, lecture notes, and reading materials while initiating 7 active learning activities in class to engage students in active flipped learning. By monitoring 8 students’ engagement, instructors formulated a custom-tailored plan to fit each under- 9

Conference Session

Refining Manufacturing Education Practices

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hengtao Tang, University of South Carolina; Ramy Harik, University of South Carolina

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

students, the goal of this series of outreach activities was to inspire their careerawareness of engineering. Approximately sixty students all around the age of seven participatedin this event. All of them had some STEM experience through their participation in math andscience classes. Local students do not yet have solid career plans until the ninth grade, but most ofthe students involved in this outreach activity had an interest in engineering. There were sixactivities in the rotation: gum drop towers, popsicle stick structures, paper gliders, catapults,Legos, and homemade slime; each of these activities were associated with different tasks toaccomplish. To ensure students’ exposure to various aspects of AM projects and jobs, all thestudents had

Conference Session

Instructional Showcase

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soo Won Shim, Illinois State University; Anthony Lorsbach

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Interest Council (PIC)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

various playgrounds in the world, analyzingusers’ photos, interacting with various users, andreading playground engineers’ stories. DAY1: PHYSICAL FORCES Students rotate to three learning centers to investigate forces in playground equipment. Swing set: Discuss how gravity and inertia are involved in swing sets and calculate the rate of the pendulum swing. Slide: Investigate how different materials influence friction on the slide. Seesaw: Predict and investigate how a lever works. DAY 2: ENTER THE USERS’ WORLD Enter: Identify users and problems that they need to solve. Plan to understand the users’ experiences

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Hsien-Yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

diversity ofperspective and experience. To help all students develop the skills necessary to attract, retain,and consider the needs of diverse populations, engineering students need to consider socialresponsibility in the context of their engineering careers and scope of practice [6].To help promote engineering students’ ability to develop their social responsibility capacity, theUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell S-STEM program began with an initial plan to recruit threecohorts of 8 low-income, high-achieving students (24 students total) who wish to pursue a careerin higher education (e.g., faculty at community colleges or universities) and engage them inongoing social responsibility and identity formation curriculum. Supporting scholars from

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ankunda Kiremire, Louisiana Tech University; Kevin A Cherry, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Datastorm challenges. We also plan to host annual full-day Datastormevents, which should provide visibility and outreach opportunities to other undergraduate studentsat our institution as well as highlight the relevance of the Computer Science program to thegeneral public.IntroductionComputer Science and computing based majors in general suffer from a variety of issues at theuniversity level.One of those issues is high drop out rates. The level of attrition in Computer Science is reportedto be between 9.8% [1] and 28% [2]. This represents both a direct loss in terms of students notcompleting the major as well as an indirect loss in terms of students not encouraged to pursue itbecause of a perceived difficulty given its high withdrawal rates.Figure

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nader Rafla, Boise State University

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Electrical and Computer

aboutapplication of verification methodologies or other verification environments. The course isdivided into five parts as explained next.The first part of the course provides an introduction to the art of verification and testbencharchitectures. A simple calculator design [7] is given and students are asked to design and developa verification plan and testbench to verify the design functionality.The second part introduces the main semantics of SystemVerilog such as structs and unions, datatypes and arrays, modules and processes, and interfaces. Three practical exercises are given to Page 22.1386.3enforce the understanding of these language features.The

Conference Session

Information Literacy: Preparing Students for the Real World

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia; Annette Berndt, University of British Columbia; Aleteia Greenwood, University of British Columbia; Carla S Paterson, University of British Columbia

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Engineering Libraries

. For the last twodeliveries, the instructors have invited an engineering librarian to offer information literacysessions to help guide the students. While the librarians and instructors feel that it is importantfor students to become familiar with and know how to use specialized engineering researchdatabases, e.g. Compendex, Web of Science, ASCE Digital Library and others, we wonder whatinformation sources students actually use. And why? These questions have puzzled us and havemotivated this study.MethodologyIn this study, we used three sets of questions to obtain predominantly qualitative data: first, weasked the students to identify in writing the information tools or sources they plan to use toconduct their research. Then an engineering

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

was designed, implemented and assessed. Preparing FutureProfessionals is a graduate course that facilitates the transition of doctoral students to careers inbusiness, government, and non-profit organizations. PFP is a mentorship course designed tosupport doctoral students in their exploration of diverse professional environments and tounderstand their roles and responsibilities as global citizens. Using a pass/no pass gradingsystem, PFP is a two-credit course that meets weekly for 2 hours. PFP is posted to the transcriptand cannot be used to fulfill Plan of Study requirements.Preparing Future Professionals serves as a pilot course in the field of professional developmentfor the transition of graduate students to become future professionals

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Engineering Technology

Center recovery efforts with other structural engineers, to collect and document burned structural elements used for Forensic Engineers to determine the causes of structural failures. Page 22.638.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Establishing Green Building Institute in a School of Engineering TechnologyIntroductionFarmingdale State College, New York (FSC), in partnership with Eastern Suffolk BoardOf Cooperative Education Service (BOCES) and Long Island Works Coalition (LIWorks), plan to advance environmental responsibility and sustainability

Conference Session

ABET and Curriculum-Level Assessments

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larissa V. Pchenitchnaia, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

experiment and evolve in order to keep pacewith advances in knowledge, changes in professional practice, and shifting conditions in society.The need for responsive academic programs is particularly a concern in scientific andtechnological fields where the growth of knowledge is exponential (Rugarcia, et al.,[1]). Achemical engineering department at a big research extensive university developed andimplemented several strategies to address these issues: (1) curriculum content reform anddevelopment; (2) faculty and students assessment activities; (3) integrated assessment plans andprocesses throughout the chemical engineering curriculum. The research points out that a majorchallenge is not initiating curricular reform but institutionalizing the reform

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Arnold F. Johnson

leadership, design, communication, teamwork, planning, andoriginality. The methodology used also provides an educational depth not normally experiencedin traditional laboratory assignments.In this approach, the entire class is divided into groups of three or four students (known as lead-groups) who are each responsible for preparing two laboratory experiments during the semester.Instead of the students performing laboratory experiments that are pre-defined by the instructor,they develop their own new experiments under the instructor’s guidance. The lead-group meetswith the instructor to select a topic that is pertinent to the material being covered in theconcurrent lecture class. A rough methodology is laid out for the lead-group students to design

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Warenna Millon; Eric Sheppard

Session 2570Discussion and Plans for the FutureOne of the most critical concerns in TU CEAPS is student retention to graduation. There may beseveral causes of high attrition rates, amongst which are: insufficient secondary preparation incore science and mathematics courses, insufficient preparation in study and learning skills,inadequate motivation toward engineering as a career choice, and lack of adequate financialresources. It is crucial that the reasons for the low retention be established in more detail so thatthey may be addressed.Efforts at TU CEAPS include plans to track students individually as well as in their incomingclass and discipline cohorts. Both academic and survey data will be used. This is critical inassessing the causes of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

Session 3513 Assessing Chemical Engineering Education as it is Delivered Joseph A. Shaeiwitz West Virginia UniversityIntroductionIs the typical response to the need to develop an outcomes assessment plan to leave thecurriculum and routine teaching activities fundamentally unchanged and to implement alumniquestionnaires, exit interviews and questionnaires, and perhaps some type of portfolioassessment? These are mostly summative assessment instruments that are added on to theexisting curriculum. Feedback from this type of assessment plan has a significant time lag sincemost of the

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry A. Wiebe

the Malcolm BaldrigeNational Quality Award (MBNQA) criteria.There are many specific reasons why the MBNQA criteria could profitably be used to guidechange in higher education and the primary ones are quite simple. First, the criteria are flexible.They allow the institution to identify who it serves (i.e. the stakeholders or customers) and thento establish its key mission and supporting goals relative to meeting the needs of those beingserved. Next, while the criteria do not call for specific practices or organizational structures, theydo call for strategic planning and an alignment of activities and resources to focus on the goalsestablished. Finally, adherence to the criteria requires systematic assessment to insure thatresources are being

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Shaeiwitz

Session 2613 Closing the Assessment Loop Joseph A. Shaeiwitz West Virginia University One of the purposes for having an outcomes assessment plan is continuous programimprovement. An outcomes assessment plan has goals, measures, and feedback. Continuousprogram improvement can only be accomplished if the results obtained from the measures ofachievement of the goals affect the education program. This is analogous to feedback control inwhich a measurement is compared to the set point (goals) and an adjustment is made upstream(within the program) to

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological Univeristy

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

coached by specially-trained highschool teachers called “teacher-coaches.” Teams have access to real-world expertise andmentoring from professionals in academia and industry. HSE teams write business plans, solvereal-world problems, perform testing and analyses, build prototypes, manufacture parts, operatewithin budgets, and manage their projects. Each spring, HSE teams showcase their workalongside college students at the Michigan Tech’s Undergraduate Expo. At the conclusion oftheir HSE experiences, it is expected that the students will demonstrate proficiency in appliedworkforce skills, they will be more disposed to enter STEM careers, and they will be prepared toundertake the training and education needed to enter these careers

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Intercultural Awareness and International Experience

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juila Thompson, Purdue University; Brent Jesiek, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

of students in thispopulation, though the actual numbers of students and detailed results were not published.Georgia Tech has created a degree designation called the International Plan (IP) that preparesstudents for a global work environment. The university is collecting large amounts of relevantevaluation data, including to examine the intercultural development of students in the programbased on various demographic and other variables. To date, the school has reported IDI datafrom 3,781 incoming students.5 In their baseline results, they found that intercultural sensitivitywas generally higher among women as compared to men. In addition, intercultural sensitivitywas notably higher among men who opted to enter the International Plan, but for

Conference Session

Student Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Jason Albert, University of Texas, Austin

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Students Constituent Committee

responsibility weeks, depending on chapter events. for chapter Sample events • Each officer plans at least one event. • Designated department liaisons • First event of the year: Info. session, social, and officer election advertise events via fliers and bulk e- • Speaker meeting: Tips for academic job application process, led by mails. Ask departmental

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, University of Texas at El Paso; Heidi Taboada, University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Espiritu, University of Texas at El Paso; Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

environment.This paper describes an approach that will design new curricula based on the current trends fordeveloping commercial products that are manufactured from renewable and biodegradablematerials, and that will have a minimal environmental impact given our nation’s agriculture,economy, environment, manufacturing, and engineering resources. Through the development ofthis curriculum, students will gain a background and an appreciation of the complexity of ournation’s agricultural system as well as awareness for possible careers within theagriculture/environmental sustainability/biomaterials manufacturing engineering fields whiledeveloping their professional skills.Through this approach, we plan to generate new courses that present students with