Conference Session

Been There, Done That: Advice for NEEs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Diversity In Non-Diversity Courses” *“Manufacturing Industry Needs Global Leadership Skills: Shaping The Next Generation Of Leaders” “Peer Experiences In Diversity: Students Learning From Students About Diversity” “Using Issues To Teach Diversity: An Interactive Learning Approach” *“The Global Manufacturing Challenge To Our Advantage: Begins With Students” *“Enhancing Organization And Employee Productivity: An Industry Experience In Leadership Training And Development” “Managing Diversity And The Law: Diversity Training Requires Training In Human Resources Laws” *Co-authored conference paperExample 2: From 1990-2000 the author

Conference Session

BME Laboratory Courses and Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Micou, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

focus on community building, communication,problem solving, leadership, and fun. The same cohort of students attended weekly seminarsfocused on preparing students to apply to and succeed in graduate school. Seminar topicsincluded: How to Impress a Graduate Admissions Committee (panel discussion), How to Write aPersonal Statement, Dinner & Dialogue with a Graduate Student, Keys to Success in GraduateSchool, Professional Ethics, Effective Scientific Presentations, and How to write a ScientificPaper. Following each one hour seminar there was a group dinner to give students from thedifferent programs an opportunity to meet and discuss the workshop topic in depth. Participantsfrom the same set of programs also attended GRE preparation courses

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Welker, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

28 65 2 5 4 9 9 21 2003 2006 54 51 42 82 1 2 4 8 4 8 2004 2007 48 47 37 79 4 9 2 4 4 8 *This figure is the number of student still in the CE Program as of the expected graduation date. At the time of writing 17 eventually completed their degree requirements. **This figure includes students who transferred to other programs at Villanova, but did not earn a VU degree by the expected graduation date, students who transferred to other programs at Villanova and then left the University, and students who left Villanova directly from the

Conference Session

E-Learning in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

in a collaborative,online setting using an electronic wiki. A wiki is essentially a text document that can be editedby multiple users using a web browser interface. Working collaboratively to develop a wiki entrybreeds additional benefits. It is a mode of collaborative learning, which builds “a positiveinterdependence that moves everyone forward”[12]. It builds the foundational step on a multi-loop learning model, where students learn by interactive with peers, followed by interaction withindividuals with increasing levels of authority[13]. The use of social software such as wikis hasbeen termed “the architecture of participation”[14].Wikis have been previously applied as a means of facilitating collaborative learning in chemicalengineering

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. Some of the students may decide to compile their diploma thesis in samecompany. Therefore, we use the opportunity of the final seminar work to make therecommendation to them of whether to write the diploma thesis in English or not.The students are required to deliver a PowerPoint presentation of their internship work and toshow it to an audience of all their year-group peers and the internal supervisors. The contentshould not be chronologically structured but should focus on the main tasks, if there was more Page 14.733.7than one. Presenting the internship, the seniors came across as very poised, goal-oriented, and1 Our

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ollis, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Liberal Arts: A Technologist’s Guide to history, Literature,Philosophy, Art, and Music The Existential Pleasures of Engineering The Introspective Engineer Aftermath: A Novel of Survival The Civilized Engineer Blaming Technology: The Irrational Search for Scapegoats This exemplar has not been duplicated: the industry engineer is an uncommonauthor among the small group of engineer-authors writing today. Nonetheless, the “grandview” of engineering which Florman provides, illustrated through his willingness toexplore aspects of history, philosophy, music and the fine arts places engineering in amultitude of contexts. Florman’s earliest book, Engineering and the Liberal Arts, introduces each of thelatter

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

discussion among theauthors, 32 papers were retained for the review. Fifteen of the articles were classified ashigh priority, eight priority, and nine low priority. Fifteen articles were obtained fromengineering education conference proceedings, 12 from engineering education-orientedjournals, four from design-oriented journals, and one from a communications journal.The complete set of articles retained for this review is identified in the bibliography.Most articles described techniques in assessment and their use in the classroom. A sampleof these purposes includes the use of standardized measures to assess content knowledgein design4; peer reviews, self assessments, and oral reports, all used to evaluate studentperformance as team members and

Conference Session

Assessment Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Boser, Illinois State University; Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

written exams, oral exams,embedded questions in exams and assignments, portfolio analysis, papers/writing samples,simulated activities/case-studies, capstone projects, videotapes of student's skills, inside/outsideexaminers, and internship experiences.7 With all of these instruments, the student’s knowledgeand skill can be directly measured. Since it would be beyond the scope of this paper to provide ananalysis of all the direct measures of assessment that are available, the focus will be on those thatwere used at the authors’ department. Course tests and examinations are perhaps the most commonly used direct assessmentmeasure. Most courses use tests to measure student progress, therefore they are readily available.Assuming that the tests

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Whitney Smith, UMES/Rutgers University; Uditha Poddalgoda, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Omar A. Omar, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Amy Jarrett, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Aaron Redden, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Daniel Seaton, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Robert Johnson, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

to experience the traditional peer-review process that generally precedes scholarly publication.This paper documents efforts pertaining to two such ACTION projects that the primary authorhas supervised since the inception of the program at UMES. The first of these projects titled:CAD assisted Assembly and Programming of Mobile Platforms involved undergraduate students,Mr. Uditha Poddalgoda and Ms. Whitney Smith through the Complete Research Cycle in the fallsemester of 2004 and spring semester of 2005. Ms. Amy Jarret, Mr. Omar A. Omar and Mr.Aaron Redden forms the undergraduate student team for the second project titled: ExploringMechanics of Material Principles using ProMechanica and MDsolids Software Packages. At thetime of writing

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison K. Polasik, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

individuallyout of class, followed by a reading quiz and pen-and-pencil activity during lecture. In labs,students are given short warm-up activities introducing them to the use of a new programfunction or computational method. The rest of the lab period was devoted to in-class exercisesthat covered a computational application or concept similar to the homework assigned for theweek. In this way, most of the deep learning occurred in the presence of peers and with thesupport of frequent help the instructors. In completing assignments that required writing scriptsfrom scratch, students are encouraged to write out pseudo-code or “map” their programmingplan.As with any new course, minor modifications to pedagogy, structure, and assignments weremade in each

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Briber, University of Maryland, College Park; Romel D Gomez P.E., University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, microelectronics, electromagnetics, quantum theory and magnetic technology. As the associate chair for undergraduate education, he helped strengthen the ECE curriculum in communications, embedded systems, cyber security, and power. He is the architect of a novel freshman course that introduces fundamental principles of ECE using hands-on pedagogy and a science course for non-STEM majors. Dr. Gomez is also a researcher in the broad areas of micromagnetism and biosensing. He has co-authored over 90 peer-reviewed publications, several book chapters and has three U.S. Patents. He earned his PhD from the University of Maryland, MS from Wayne State in University and BS from the University of the Philippines all in Physics. Among his

Conference Session

ETD Freshmen Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, The University of Toledo; Zachary Linkous, University of Toledo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the objective of increasing studentretention and overall satisfaction. Since this course is one of the first technical courses thestudents have to take, the latest approach is to incorporate hands-on laboratory experience withthe goal of getting the freshmen accustomed with novel techniques of acquiring data, buildingthe skills to analyze and investigate data using Excel software, writing a laboratory report, usinga Word processor, and comparing their results with computer simulation results using Matlab orSimulink. At the end of the course each student will have the opportunity to improve theirpresentation skills by presenting their findings in front of their peers using PowerPoint. For thefirst hands-on experiment the students used a

Conference Session

Technical Session 2: Improving Information Literacy Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff McAdams, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Julia Glauberman, Binghamton University Libraries

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

6 Peer-review filter 21 Develop research question based on free-write 32 Update literature review Search skills, 35 Revise research topics topic selection 36 Identify information producers for a given topic 39 Develop and revise search terms 41 Develop search queries, choose database or search engine 42 Search diary 1 Characteristics of scholarly authorities 3 Formal and informal sources Critical 8 Comparison of pop science and original research articles evaluation of Read and reflect on

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Campbell University; Alison K. Polasik, Campbell University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

-basedassignments, peer instruction, and a symposium-style poster presentation for the final project.Learning outcomes for the course include the technical Materials Science and Processingknowledge as well as writing laboratory and research reports, developing experimentalprocedures, and gathering data to form conclusions. Using the ICAP framework developed byChi & Wylie, many of the course activities are designed to fall within the Constructive andInteractive modes of engagement.BackgroundThe Interactive>Constructive>Active>Passive (ICAP) framework can be used as a lens tounderstand how various aspects of a course engage students and contribute to cognitiveengagement and learning. ICAP is a way to further define the broader area of “active

Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Neelam Prabhu Gaunkar, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. The basic trendsin the students inquiry development is captured via use of particular keywords and actions. Aphenomenographic analysis is performed to classify the common themes that appear in thestudent writing over the time points in the semester. These are then further classified into thedifferent sub-stages (Identification, reflection and personalization) of the Deweyan cycle.In the initial weeks most students start with asking why or how a particular code segment works,how something occurs in their circuit when they change things etc. As the time progresses,there is a shift in their inquiries in trying to achieve or make something possible with theresources available. Their procedures following the inquiry become more detailed. They

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware; Jenni M. Buckley, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

should match the learning goals associated with the assignment, while thestandard levels usually correspond to an evaluation and are listed in sequence (for example,excellent, very good, good… down to the lowest standard level, perhaps corresponding to 100%,90%, 80%, … the lowest possible percentage possible of the available grade). In constructingthis type of rubric, it is recommended to work from the “outside in”; that is, first write thedescriptions for how each criterion is met at the highest standard level, then write thedescriptions for how each criterion is met at the lowest standard level, then work on descriptionsin between. By this method, rubric construction increases in difficulty particularly with thenumber of standard levels. It is

Conference Session

Approaches to Encouraging Student Engagement

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael N. Littrell, Tennessee Technological University; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Technological University; Lauren A. Michel, Tennessee Technological University ; Steven R. Anton, Tennessee Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

discussed in class.The objective of the final board game project was for student groups to create a fully functioningboard game that would teach about climate change and civilization collapse. This final projectmade with the assistance of graphic design students from the College of Fine Arts, required thateach group turn in a completed game that was placed in a box with all of the required pieces.Each group had to write and submit a well-written rule book that could be used to teach someonehow to play the game. The final paper portion of the assignment was meant for students tocommunicate how they thought their board game accomplished the goal of educating their targetaudience about climate change. Also, it was asked that students write about what

Conference Session

Design & Development Projects and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

system with lift and flattening capabilities for home use.Students’ Learning Outcomes Assessment:After the completion of their project, students are required to write a comprehensive final reportand give a clear and informative oral presentation elaborating on the work they have donethroughout the project.The students’ learning outcomes are measured by the MANE faculty using the followingperformance indicators. • Demonstrate ability to select appropriate tools in a design process • Demonstrate clear and sound reasoning preparing for a design solution • Demonstrate effective contribution in achieving the project/team goal(s) • Demonstrate effective collaboration by taking responsibility • Demonstrate

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matti Izora Ibrahim, Arkansas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

2018 mid-term elections. With campus gun rampage beingthe motivating factor behind their vote, voters under age 29 heavily influenced the outcome ofthe 2018 mid-term elections [1], [2]. Since the March for Our Lives protest, there has thus been arenewed effort to strengthen gun control laws, and in 2018, lawmakers around the countrysubsequently enacted fifty new laws restricting access to guns [3]. As of this writing, ten states have enacted legislation permitting the concealed carrying ofhandguns on university campuses. In sixteen states, concealed carrying of handguns onuniversity campuses have been banned, and in twenty-three states, the decision to allowhandguns on campus has been left up to the university’s discretion [4]. On

Conference Session

Capstone Design in ECE

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Dick Blandford, University of Evansville; Deborah J. Hwang, University of Evansville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Originally this was done as a wayfor students to display their work to their peers and underclassmen while gaining experience in areal world setting. The poster session also allowed an opportunity for the underclassmen to seethe exciting work done at the senior level, and to provide motivation for them to begin thinkingof their own future projects. The poster session gradually grew into a more formal presentationused for assessment when the working engineers began participating in the session.Present Structure of the Senior ProjectThis section details the three course structure of the capstone sequence at the University ofEvansville mentioned earlier. The first course is EE 494, which is non-credit course but requiredfor graduation. It is taken in

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas E. Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

and confidence.Lab 2 Arduino Pulse Width Modulation: instead of using the bench top instrument of a functiongenerator to make the PWM signal, the students needed to write software on an Arduinomicrocontroller. With software and the microcontroller board, the students generated the samePWM signals that they had previously made with the function generator. This lab exposedstudents to the process of writing computer programs, downloading to hardware, running andtesting that hardware. The trial and error experimentation and control of the motor alloweddevelopment of insight and confidence.Lab 3 Sensors and Conditionals: sensor input to the microcontroller was introduced. Studentsactivated sensors, setup analog-to-digital conversion on the

Conference Session

Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Youssef, California State University, Northridge; J. Michael Kabo, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

an intensive writing and presentation experience with criticalfeedback engages students in a continuous reflection on the elements of the complete designprocess throughout the entire semester. It was found that this approach produces students whoare better prepared for their senior design projects and engineering practice. Students noted anincrease in their understanding of machine design concepts as an integration of all their priorpreparatory training. The effectiveness of the revised course structure was evaluated through asurvey of previous and current students.Introduction and backgroundPrior to 2011, one of the common concerns of the Mechanical Engineering department’s seniorstudents was the inability to “engineer” or practice “design

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

thistechnology.Project 3: Performing a mock hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee for Energy and NaturalResources to approve the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative on a specific parcel of public land. Theclass would be split into different groups with differing opinions on the subject, such asInvestors, Locals, Policy Makers, Environmental Protection agency, etc. The students were askedto research and strategize and then in class debate their side of the initiative.Project 4: In groups of 3, the students are asked to design an alternative energy proposal for acity. They are asked to propose a plan to reduce the amount of fossil fuels that a city uses forboth electricity and transportation. They are asked to write a proposal to the major of the cityexplaining the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough P.E., University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

awareness of complex social issuessuch as the digital divide and the associated gender gap in computer professions.Several strategies are have been used to cover this course material. The first was the standardreadings and lectures on the gender gap in STEM fields. However, this did not lend itself well toassessment of the student awareness as an outcome, as reading and listening to lectures are notquantifiable.The next approach tried was an assignment using an Implicit Association Test to gauge studentattitudes toward the gender and science. This assignment, detailed in an earlier paper,1 askedstudents to read a relevant chapter of the course text, then to write a paragraph on why they thinkthat there are so few women in engineering, the sciences

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reneta Davina Lansiquot, New York City College of Technology; Hong Li, New York City College of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

University after completing her M.S. in Integrated Digital Media at Polytechnic University (now NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering). Her mixed-methodology research, focusing on interdisciplinary studies, has been presented at numerous na- tional and international conferences and published in peer-reviewed book chapters and articles in journals on topics as varied as technical writing, the future of science education, game design, virtual reality, and problem solving. Her first book is entitled Cases on Interdisciplinary Research Trends in Science, Tech- nology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Studies on Urban Classrooms (Information Science Reference, 2013).Dr. Hong Li, New York City College of Technology Hong Li is

Conference Session

Assessment, Course, and Curricular Development

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Falkenstein-Smith, Syracuse University; Ryan James Milcarek, Syracuse University; Michael J. Garrett, Syracuse University; Jeongmin Ahn, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

, thermal man- agement, and fuel cells: materials synthesis, fabrication, test and characterization of solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). His research is currently focused on the experimental and analytical investigation, and the development of innovative SOFCs combined heating and power (CHP) system, ceramic membrane for CO2 recovery from combustion processes, all solid state Li-Ion batteries, and thermal transpiration based propulsion, pumping, and power generation. Currently, his research is conducted in the Combustion and Energy Research Laboratory (COMER) at SU. Prof. Ahn has published over 20 papers in peer-reviewed journals (including Nature and other high impact journals) and books, and made over 150 technical pre

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Backens, Christopher Newport University; Anton Riedl, Christopher Newport University; C. Gerousis, Christopher Newport University; Dali Wang, Christopher Newport University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

retention rates. These include peer tutoring, learning communities,faculty mentoring, scholarships, summer programs, improved academic advising, research withfaculty, integration with industry, engineering learning communities and many more 6. Oneconsensus resulting from this research is the importance of the First-Year EngineeringExperience (FYEE) 7. These FYEE programs have been proven to improve retention in a varietyof universities. Common themes are building student community, a hands on teaching style, andfaculty interaction.A popular approach to the first-year experience has been to develop a first-year engineeringcourse with a focus on activities to improve retention instead of exclusively on technical content.These course are becoming

Conference Session

Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs and Labs in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher M Murad, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

responsibilities including a respect for diversity; j. a knowledge of the impact of engineering technology solutions in a societal and global context; and k. a commitment to quality, timeliness, and continuous improvement.Examples of these courses and their objectives are as follows:  A team-taught ET Freshmen Experience course to educate students on the importance of ethical decision making, the importance of courses they will be taking, and how they will impact them later in the program, as well as in life.2 In this course, students work in teams and communicate orally and in writing.  Freshmen courses to help students deal with failure and make the transition

Conference Session

Construction 1: Special Topics in Construction Education: BIM, Simulation, Sustainability, and Safety

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pranshoo Solanki P.E., Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

-8 I fairly contributed in the sample preparation part of the lab project.Q-9 I fairly contributed in the sample testing part of the lab project.Q-10 I fairly contributed in the report writing part of the lab project.Each question was rated on the scale of 1 to 5, 1 representing strong disagreement, 3 representingthe neutral or not sure response and 5 representing the strong agreement. All the students wereasked to complete the survey at the end of the course. The responses of students on the survey hadno impact on student’s grade. All the responses were kept confidential. The collected data wasanalyzed for evaluating perceptions of students about Green Concrete project. The questions werefocused on the learning in Green Concrete project

Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Social Justice and Reform Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ellen Foster, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, ​Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Special Topic: Social Justice & Reform

-basedmediation incorporating deep listening practices, followed by a directed visionary fiction writingexercises with prompts in relation to hoped for futures and outcomes in engineering education.The first exercise, meant to last about 5-10 minutes, will establish mindfulness, attention to one’scurrent emotional/physical state, and cultivate presence for the ensuing writing exercise. Withthe prompt we will have a free write, and then lead a conversation about shared visions,divergent visions, and intersecting themes with those already identified by interview participants.From here we may form action teams for brainstorming actionable items and strategies forfurthering the campaign. It is our intention, like the Highlander Institute, to culminate theory