Conference Session

Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebil Buyurgan, Missouri State University; Martin P. Jones, Missouri State University; Kevin M. Hubbard Ph.D., Missouri State University

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Educational Research and Methods

presented method is used compare the curriculum and courserelated options and decisions to evaluate the curriculum. An analysis is performed on thedecision making process to determine the extent to which changes in weight assignment affectthe final conclusion. It is found that by using this methodology, subjectivity may be minimizedand rational decisions may be made during the conflict resolution phase of curriculum or coursedesign.1. IntroductionMany higher education programs perform curricular revision or course redesign on a regular orsemi-regular basis with concerns of producing employment-ready graduates. These efforts aretypically undertaken at least in part as a result of constituent input. Constituents of an academicprogram typically

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University, Pomona; Simin Shoari; Behdad Kavianpour, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

calculating the lo-cation and orientation of an object. An algorithm for recognitionof an individual identity based on a digitally represented image ofthe scanned retina is presented. The technology is based upon thefact that no two retinal patterns are alike. In this paper, the nine parameters of an ellipsoidal shape fit-ted into a retinal image such as coordinates of the center of theellipsoid, the length of major, minor, intermediate axes, and thedirection of three axes will be calculated. For each individual, theseparameters are unique. Key Words: Ellipsoid, image processing, pattern recognition,parallel algorithm, retina, three-dimensional moments . 1

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 7

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Troy Tonner, Purdue University Fort Wayne; Rebecca R Essig, Purdue University Fort Wayne; Michelle Rene Parker; Xiaokai Jia, Purdue University Fort Wayne

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

before final grades were posted to draw insights from both experiences. The survey resultsshowed that students in year 1 of the study evaluated themselves significantly higher (p-value =0.03, α = 0.05) on their competency of the learning objectives compared to the students in year 2.However, neither cohort of students performed significantly better (p-value = 0.23, α = 0.05) inthe class compared to before modifications were implemented. No significant studentperformance difference was found between the two modalities indicating that both are equallyeffective course structures. However, the condensed 8-week course seemed to pose uniquechallenges for some students. The suggested course structures give students flexibility and theability to remain

Conference Session

Modeling and Simulation

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis E Monterrubio, Robert Morris University

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Computers in Education

solve for the deflection andstress of a cantilever Euler-Bernoulli beam under a single point load as shown in Figure 1. Forthis problem, consider the following geometric properties: length 550 mm, height 12.7 mm (0.5in) and thickness 63.5 mm (2.5 in). A load equal to m=4.53 kg (10 lbs.) is applied 32.5 mm fromits free end as shown in Figure 1. Consider the Young Modulus E of the beam to be equal to 70GPa and gravity to be equal to g=9.81 m/s2. x Figure 1. Cantilever beam under a concentrated load.The approaches covered in this course to solve for the deflection and stress of the cantileverEuler-Bernoulli beam under a point load as shown

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 4 - Undergraduate Student Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

H. Schwab, The Ohio State University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Anu Singh, The Ohio State University; Euclides Maluf, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

,evaluating, planning). A way to develop MRSs is open-ended reflection that encouragesstudents’ critical thinking of their learning processes. Embedding reflection in engineeringcoursework is challenging. This study had two purposes, to examine (1) changes in the MRSsthat students used in reflections across two semesters and (2) differences in students’ MRSswhen instructors were new to versus their second year of reflection implementation. At a largemidwestern university, this study took place in two sequential courses with two cohorts ofstudents who participated in written reflections alongside engineering coursework. Cohort 1 wastaught by two instructors new to implementation, while Cohort 2 was taught by the sameinstructors in their second year of

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Cody A. Chapman, University of Tulsa

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Diversity

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International

countries. The NSFreported in its 2014 Science Indicators that 24.9% of science and engineering papers publishedworldwide in 2012 were internationally coauthored; for science and engineering paperspublished in the U.S. for the same year, 34.7% were internationally coauthored. This is anincrease from 1997 values of 15.6% and 19.3%, respectively.1 In its 2011-2016 fiscal yearstrategic report, the National Science Foundation (NSF) identified as one of its key performancegoals to “[k]eep the United States globally competitive at the frontiers of knowledge byincreasing international partnerships and collaborations.” The plan stated further that “[a]s S&Eexpertise and infrastructure advance across the globe, it is expected that the United States

Conference Session

Innovations in Communications and Wireless Systems Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard J. Hartnett P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Kelly Charles Seals P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Paul Benjamin Crilly, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Electrical and Computer

. More specifically, students are tasked withwriting a MatlabTM function that uses two 10 bit shift registers in order to calculate eachGPS satellite’s unique 1023 bit L1 “Coarse Acquisition” (C/A) Gold Code (Figure 1)1.Validation of each satellite’s correct pseudo-random noise (PN) sequence (of 1’s and 0’s)is accomplished by comparing the first 10 values (chips) of that satellite’s PN sequencewith an octal number provided in the GPS signal specification1,2. One solution for afunction that produces the PN sequences for satellites 1-32 can be found in Appendix A,under the heading “GPS P/N Sequence Generator Mini-Project Solution.”Once each student completes the “PN code generator” assignment, we have them unravelthe mysteries of Code Division

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE) Technical Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

Paper ID #46672Investigating the capabilities and limitations of ChatGPT to perform programmingassignments from an introductory R programming courseDr. Lucie Guertault, North Carolina State University at Raleigh ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Investigating the capabilities and limitations of ChatGPT to perform programming assignments from an introductory R programming course 1. IntroductionLarge language models (LLMs) are generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools capable ofperforming various natural language processing tasks such as generating text and engaging inconversations with

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

François Michaud, Universite de Sherbrooke; Audrey Boucher-Genesse, Universite de Sherbrooke; Jean-Sébastien Plante, Université de Sherbrooke

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

abilities. The Public Expo also stands out as asignificant strength. The main challenges include ensuring uniformity in team teaching,addressing organizational issues in open-ended projects, and managing coordination and trainingacross multiple programs.BackgroundMultidisciplinarity in undergraduate engineering design capstone projects has been identified tobe important [1,2], even 30 years ago [3], and there are an increasing number of initiativesreported [4,5]. But still, it has not been widely or sustainably practiced in engineering schools[2], and many institutions struggle to create these opportunities within their curricula [1]. Someof the identified obstacles are curricular and knowledge differences across departments,university structure

Conference Session

Student Success III: Affect and Attitudes

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole H. Joslyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

following terms represent concepts central to achieving this purpose. Professionalformation is the development of one’s professional identity as influenced by one’s personal valuesystems, the value systems of the culture of the profession (e.g., epistemologies, norms,particular symbols, and persona), and one’s developing conception of her/his professional rolesand responsibilities as she/he is transformed from a layperson into an engineer. This occurs, inpart, by socialization through classes, internships, design projects, and friendships 1. Self-awareness is a state of self-directed attention and represents the extent to which one hasidentified and can articulate the personal values, professional values, and assumptions regardingprofessional roles

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: BYOE Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

experiential learning was coupledwith discussions. This paper describes an instructional module to introduce the relationshipbetween the time domain and the frequency domain.BackgroundBalancing discussion with practice increases the effectiveness of technical courses whencompared to the traditional methods that rely on lectures and fixed lab experiences.1 Additionalbenefits can be gained by using the discussions to guide students to discover concepts throughthe practical experiences.2 In turn, these discoveries reinforce important results from thediscussions. An objective is to help the students to develop conceptual knowledge.3 In addition,careful topic sequencing helps student to view multiple representations of a concept in a coherentfashion.4The

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Abayomi Dairo; Nikola Jovic; Paul Cotae

, underwater acoustic communication, FSK modulation. Proceedings of the Spring 2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education 37I. Introduction Acoustic underwater communications are governed by three factors: limited bandwidth,time-varying multipath propagation, and low speed of sound in water [1] and [2]. In underwaterenvironments, radio waves do not propagate well due to above environmental conditions soacoustic channels are employed. The propagation speed of acoustic signals in water is about1.5x103 m/s, five orders of magnitude lower than the radio

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julian M Lippmann, University of Miami; Jorge E Bohorquez, University of Miami

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Program: Building Student Engagement and Competency through Design, Aligned Courses, and Flexibility.OverviewThis work-in-progress paper describes the curriculum revision in the Biomedical Engineering(BME) program at the University of Miami, a mid-sized, private university. This revision aims toincrease student competency by emphasizing industry-relevant skills, while increasing studentengagement through improved flexibility and engagement with real-world problems.Original CurriculumThe original BME curriculum includes a set of core courses (see Table 1) and four tracks –Biomaterials and Tissue, Electrical, Mechanical, and Pre-med. Each track provides depth in onearea of biomedical engineering (see Table 2). Students were required

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elif Ozturk; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Ke Liu, Prairie View A&M University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

demographic data.IntroductionCAD tools are pervasively used throughout the product development process in manyindustries 1. Consequently, today’s engineering students will go into a professional fieldwhere they need to adapt to the new challenges of working with these tools as part of theburgeoning model based enterprise 2. Prospective engineers should have diverseexperiences and skills to effectively use the CAD software. These experiences shouldalso be more authentic3 and entail using CAD to meet design objectives4.With CAD tools students use their knowledge and skills to create models and adapt tonovel problems. These tools can support students to attain a level of expertise if a deeperpractical knowledge is taught. However, most available CAD

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Statics and Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barry T. Rosson P.E., Florida Atlantic University

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Mechanics

except Q can be determined directly fromthe derived expression, and as a result, Q does not actually need to be one of the loads from theactual loading condition of the structure ─ it can exist solely as a convenience to find the desireddisplacement. Since the load Q has this property, there is no requirement for it to actually be a“unit load”, and it can be placed anywhere on the structure and at any orientation where adisplacement is desired.Displacement at Joint 4 Due to Load PFor the truss with linear-elastic material properties in Figure 1, and with the load applied at joint4 according to the loading sequence in Figure 2, the external work that is done from t0 to t1 isgiven as 1 𝑊

Conference Session

Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Edward Butterfield, University of Utah; Kyle Joe Branch, University of Utah

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Chemical Engineering

resurveyed the samedepartments in 2015 (Figure 1). At the start of ourwork, early curriculum laboratory experiences foraspiring chemical engineers were rare. Figure 1 Figure 1: Percentage of Chemicalshows lab courses for freshmen and sophomores Engineering Departments Requiringhave been gaining in popularity; however, such Engineering Laboratory Courses. Fiftycourses are still relatively rare and the best practices randomly selected departments are represented.for managing such laboratories remain in need of These departments were surveyed in July ofinvestigation. 2012, and these same departments were

Conference Session

Issues in Engineering Technolgy Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University; William R Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

papers were also published on similar aspects of this subject.When researching for planning methods that target the goals presented in this paper, there wasnot a large amount of currently available information that directly applies. Searching the Internetfor “balancing teaching workload across multiple classes,” a variety of sources will surface thatuse a much different interpretation. In “Balancing Faculty Workload” (American MathematicalSociety 1, 2012), the areas covering teaching, research, and service are the key elements ofconcern when it comes to the topic of teaching workload. Indeed, even in our own Engineeringand Design Department, teaching workload planning is directly tied to promotion and tenure andis focused on those three main

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John T. Tester, Northern Arizona University

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Manufacturing

design emphasis of the class. Anexample of the latter was offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. They incorporate amanufacturing lab component to their sophomore design class, through the construction of a small“air engine.”1 This mixed design/manufacture model was initially considered a good model forNAU and the sophomore D4P design course. However, separation between the design classroomand manufacturing facility locations at NAU eventually dictated that merging the two contexts into asingle offering would be logistically difficult.The Learning Factory concept is an example of comprehensive implementation.2 Developed jointlyby Pennsylvania State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, the

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Nadia Benakli; Satyanand Singh; Ashwin Satyanarayana; Arnavaz Taraporevala

. Technology has led to the emergence of several tools that assiststudents to learn and understand abstract concepts using visualization. As instructors we usetechnology, with an emphasis on visualization, to allow students to test conjectures and addlegitimacy to their guesses. Armed with this knowledge, students are motivated to come up withtheoretical proofs to support their conjectures. Students gain a better understanding of theconcepts and develop self-confidence in the discipline. According to the Visual TeachingAlliance [1], “Approximately 65% of the population are visual learners”, “The brain processesvisual information 60,000 times faster than text”, “Visual aids in the classroom improve learningby up to 400%”.Visualization software emerged

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Tyler Thomas, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Hugh Jack, Western Carolina University

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Manufacturing

Cass Ballenger Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Department Head of the School of Engineering and Technology within Western Carolina University. His interests include robotics, automation, and product design. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 MAKER: A Kilobot SwarmAbstractA Kilobot is a small, inexpensive robot designed by the Self-Organizing Systems Research Groupat Harvard University. These robots have features that enable researchers to test collectivealgorithms on hundreds of robots (called a swarm) without the logistical problems that are facedwhen dealing with a large number of units 1 . This paper presents a tested procedure on how toconstruct

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weifeng Xu, Gannon University; Aqeel Raza Syed, Gannon University; QING ZHENG, Gannon University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

theaverage number missing and incorrect test cases drops from 16% to 5.8% when the tool is uti-lized for generating test cases.1. IntroductionSoftware engineering, as an emerging discipline, has been distinguished from computer science.There are 22 ABET [1] and 101 Department of Education's recognized institutes in U.S [2] offer-ing a bachelor degree program in software engineering. In addition to the traditional needs ofpreparing graduates to analyze, design and implement systems, both organizations indicate thatsoftware engineering curriculum must prepare graduates to validate software systems.White-box testing is a critical validation technique commonly used by software testers to exam-ine if their unit code works as expected. White-box testing

Conference Session

Informal Education and Outreach Programs for Women Engineering Students

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lillian Clark Jeznach, Roger Williams University; Maija A Benitz, Roger Williams University

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

otherfactors that may increase self-efficacy and ultimately resiliency of the students in this programand beyond.IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, engineering students faced significant academic challenges asuniversities transitioned quickly to remote learning. The abrupt shift disrupted hands-on labs,group projects, and practical experiences important to an engineering education and manyengineering courses [1, 2]. With the loss of access to physical lab spaces, equipment, and campusfacilities, instructors sought creative solutions for achieving course goals and ABET learningoutcomes remotely. Faculty and students had to learn to adapt to these new learning modes,tools, and technology quickly, which was challenging since few instructors or

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Diversity Issues in K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brynn Kasper, University of St. Thomas; Alison Haugh Nowariak, University of St. Thomas; Noah Kasper, University of St. Thomas; Brett D. Gunderson, University of St. Thomas; AnnMarie Polsenberg Thomas, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

fluent in ASL. One other engineering major is ASL-proficientand familiar with Deaf culture. The remaining two instructors have very little ASL skills butwere able to communicate with the deaf students through an ASL interpreter and by using othernon-verbal communication techniques.President Barack Obama’s 2009 Educate To Innovate STEM Initiative caught the researchteam’s attention regarding the growing need for engineering-based science lessons [1]. InSeptember 2010, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology published areport titled Prepare and Inspire: K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math(STEM) For America’s Future [2]. The report was intended to provide a way to improve K-12STEM education in the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Hu, Washington State University ; Matthew E. Taylor, Washington State University

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Computers in Education

, participants in the second tutorial group were expected to independentlyexplore and were only provided feedback when the program determined he/she had deviated toofar from a potential solution. The three groups are compared by measuring the time needed to 1)successfully construct the same model in a testing phase, 2) use multiple methods to construct thesame model in a testing phase, and 3) construct a novel model.KeywordsMultiple solutions, Intelligent Tutoring System, Strategic Flexibility, Computer-Aided Design(CAD), Boolean OperationsIntroductionComputer-Aided-Design (CAD) software development was started by General Motors ResearchLaboratories in the early 1960s. Today, CAD software has become the most prevalent engineeringdesign approach used in

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virgil U. Pierce, University of Texas, Pan American; Javier Angel Kypuros, University of Texas, Pan American

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Diversity

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Mathematics

benefits we aim to show are improved engineering readiness, reduced time-to-graduation,and improved performance in gatekeeper courses. In this report we show the results of the firstcohort, which did improve the Calculus placement for most students and were significantly moresuccessful at doing so than a traditional Pre-Calculus class, although the subsequentimprovement in performance in the Calculus 1 course was not statistically significant.KeywordsMathematics Placement, Emporium Models.IntroductionThe University of Texas – Pan American is a minority serving institution in Texas. The studentpopulation is predominantly made up of students from the local region, which includes two of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Accessibility and Empathy in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisa Koolman, University of Texas at Austin; Anastasia Schauer, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

[1] for a customer based on their job title may guidedesigners to view the customer’s needs through their employment, though the actual customermay value other aspects of their identity more highly. Similarly, when designing for and withdisabled customers, designers need to be aware of terminology, as referring to a customer as“differently abled” versus “wheelchair user” may lead to different perceptions of customer’sneeds. Engineering design educators also must be aware of the terminology used when teachingstudents about designing for disabled customers. In this paper, we explore the terminology usedin design engineering education research in the context of designing for and with disabledcustomers.Designing for disabled customers is an

Conference Session

Concept Inventories and Assessment of Knowledge

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Douglas Gane, University of Illinois at Chicago; Dana Denick, National Science Foundation; Natalie Jorion; Louis V DiBello; James W Pellegrino, University of Illinois, Chicago; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

became useful in designing the final instrument was a Q-matrix that weupdated throughout the redesign. A Q-matrix15, 16 is similar to a table of specifications17 exceptthat it is a matrix of concepts (horizontal) and items (vertical). A Q-matrix can be used torepresent the mapping between items and FKs. We had two different versions of Q-matrices, oneat the item level and one at the item response level (e.g., “A”, “B”, “C”, etc.; our items weremultiple-choice). Table 1 shows a portion of one of our item level Q-matrices. In this table, wehave four items, four concepts (“FK.c#”), and four misconceptions (“FK.m#”). The cells arecoded dichotomously: a “1” indicates that solving the item requires proficiency with thatconcept. An item can be coded

Conference Session

STEM Education Tied to Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene L. Harding , PE, Purdue University (Statewide Technology)

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Diversity

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Aerospace

signal powers received by the RWR antennas.IntroductionElectronic warfare (EW) is the “art and science of preserving the use of the electromagneticspectrum for friendly use while denying its use to the enemy.”1 EW is a critical part of modernwarfare, and is used to protect friendly and attack adversary communications, radar, andnavigation systems. Moreover, the principles and fundamental techniques used in militaryapplications are essentially the same as those used in civilian applications. These dual-usetechnologies include such diverse topics as wave propagation, antenna design and deployment,information coding, decreasing susceptibility to jamming, signal amplification, emittergeolocation, and many others.The author developed a course

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chengying Xu, Florida State University; Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University

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Computing & Information Technology

, see, for example, [1]) whenever we are dealing with alternating current(AC) topics students are being introduced to simple forms of frequency selective structures. Asexample, in first order circuits (RC or RL) if we include AC excitations we are really dealingwith filters: low-pass, high-pass, band-pass or band-stop (reject) devices. These simple circuitsare examples of passive circuits & systems. With the introduction of operational amplifiers (Op-Amps) integrated circuits, we start description of so-called active filters. Studying theinput/output (I/O) models of these systems, students are gradually introduced to using computer-aided design, CAD, or analysis tools that can be beneficial in their work. For example after“digitizing” the

Conference Session

Honoring the Legacy of Lisa Bullard: A View of the Present and Future

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

during short in-class breaks. These questions serve to re-engage studentsafter brief pauses in instruction, fostering a more interactive and personable classroomenvironment.Previous research has demonstrated that students appreciate these trivia questions, whichcontribute positively to their perception of the instructor and the overall classroom experience[1]. However, existing work has primarily focused on a single instructor within a publicuniversity setting, leaving a gap in understanding whether the observed benefits are transferableacross different instructors and university demographics.In this study, we aim to address this gap by examining the transferability of the benefits of ITquestions across two different educational contexts