Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

undergraduate degree makes it difficult to even think about these manyaspects of her career progression.This self-doubt/lack of self-confidence came up other times, for instance, when she was askedwhat her plan after graduation was: I need to continue studying because I don't feel prepared for life, I don't feel that I have the resources or the awareness of how to learn things on my own yet, as in I don't have the foundations for learning other things... [contd] I don't even know how to get into one of those [Ph.D.] programs. And my GPA isn't the best. I don't have the best track record and research. I haven't-- I'm not a primary author in any research papers, I haven't done anything fantastic. So acceptance

Conference Session

Advancing Equity in STEM Academia: Insights and Strategies

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milagros Rivera, George Mason University; Supriya Baily, George Mason University; Patrick Willette Healey, George Mason University; Trish Wonch Hill, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Tehama Lopez Bunyasi, George Mason University; Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Girum Urgessa, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

National Science Foundation (NSF) ADVANCE Catalyst grant. OurCatalyst grant team is comprised of a multi-disciplinary group of researchers leveraging expertisein quantitative and qualitative assessment in the social sciences, engineering, policy, and academicleadership. Our comprehensive data gathering effort seeks to assess equity in recruitment, hiring,renewal, promotion, and tenure activities at a large R1 public institution for both tenure-line andterm (contingent) faculty. We place an intersectional emphasis on this analysis, examining whetherinstitutional practices yield disparate outcomes on faculty not just along lines of gender and race,but also unique combinations thereof.The prior ASEE paper [1] focused on the data gathering effort for

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Olivia Roa

is then directedto select up to 5 adjectives that best describe their experience. Interviews are then used toelaborate on those experiences.While both the UEQ and MPRC instruments have limited implementation in education, theapproach can be used to solicit insight into a students experience within a class, engineeringdepartment, or the broader institution.Research Design and MethodsThis study uses an explanatory sequential mixed methods research design. The study began withthe completion of a quantitative survey based on the MPRC, followed up with detailedinterviews where participants could elaborate on their experiences in the academic department.Data CollectionDuring the Spring 2021 semester, a survey assessing students' sense of belonging

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Muench P.E., University of Washington; Ashley Ann Thompson, University of Washington/PCS Structural Solutions; Sheryl Brandalik

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Diversity

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International

in a diverseclass containing freshmen through graduate students. Findings suggest that students develop agreater appreciation for language differences, see a connectedness between their engineeringwork and societal impacts, and draw connections more readily between theories presented inclass and practical applications on site. Not surprisingly, our findings also suggest that studentsare more likely to participate in a study abroad program when their class schedules are notadversely affected and when the topic relates to their major discipline.IntroductionStudying abroad at the post-secondary level is frequently advocated for because of the manypotential benefits to student learning1,2,3,4. However, these benefits are not uniformly

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Faculty Development Division

for Engineering Education, 2020 The Five I’s: A Framework for Supporting Early Career FacultyEngineering Education Research (EER) has developed into a field of expertise and a careerpathway over the past three decades [1-3]. In response to numerous reports in the 1990s andearly 2000s [4-7], multiple EER graduate programs were established in the mid-2000s and agrowing number continue to emerge to educate and train the next generation of EER faculty andpolicy makers. Historically, many came to EER as individuals trained in other disciplines, butwith an interest in improving teaching and learning [8]. This approach created aninterdisciplinary space where many could learn the norms, practices, and language of EER asthey became scholars

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilie A Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Elizabeth Suazo-Flores, Purdue University; Corey A Mathis, California State University, Bakersfield; Tamara J Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kyle Stephen Whipple, University of Minnesota

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Elizabeth Suazo-Flores is a Ph.D. candidate in Mathematics Education at Purdue University. She is a for- mer secondary mathematics teacher graduated from a Chilean university. Elizabeth’s research is centered on mathematics teachers’ knowledge. Currently, she is exploring a middle school mathematics teacher’s practical knowledge using personal experiential research methods.Corey A Mathis, California State University, Bakersfield Corey Mathis is currently an instructor at California State University, Bakersfield for Teacher Education and is completing her tenure as a Ph.D. candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in biology and her M.E.D. in secondary education from Northern Arizona

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen James Kmiotek P.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Rubric Development Project. Available at https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics[15] C. Reynolds and J. Patton, Leveraging the ePortfolio for Integrative Learning: A Faculty Guide to Classroom Practices for Transforming Student Learning. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2014.[16] C.E. Watson, G.D. Kuh, T. Rhodes, T.P. Light, and H.L. Chen, “ePortfolios–The eleventh high impact practice,” International Journal of ePortfolio, vol.6, no. 2, pp. 65-69, 2016.[17] M.V. Svyantek and L.D. McNair, “Tricks of the Trade: Using Digital Portfolios and Reflective Practices to Develop Balanced Graduate Student Professional Identities,” in American Society for Engineering Education, 2015. June 14-17, Seattle, WA. Conference Proceedings. 2015[18

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Collins Vaye, Florida International University; Precious Eze, Florida International University; Bruk Berhane, Florida International University

address the impact of COVID-19 on engineering education. Understanding engineering students' perceptions of how COVID-19 influences engineering education will provide relevant information for educational recoveryplans and inform the way engineering curricula are designed to prepare students for unexpectedchallenges.Research ObjectivesThis research aims to: (1) Understand Liberian undergraduate engineering students' perspectives about the impact of COVID-19 on their learning experiences. (2) Examine these students’ perspectives of factors affecting the teaching or learning of engineering courses delivered via a virtual learning management system in Liberia.Research QuestionsThe following primary (and sub) research questions guide

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee, Eastern Washington University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Challenges and Successes of Creating a Living-Building Laboratory (Building as a Laboratory) For Use in the Engineering Technology CurriculumAbstractIn the fall of 2005 the Engineering & Design department at our institution moved into a newlyconstructed building. During the early design stages provisions were made to allow studentsaccess to various types of data used in the operation of the building. The desire was that thebuilding would be used by students as a Living Laboratory. Students would be able to see howthe theory that was taught in their classes was put into practical use throughout the building.Courses taught in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliott Clement, Oregon State University; James L. Huff, University of Georgia; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Design activity engagement within thesocial context of capstone courses can be influenced by a student's identity, but little research hasbeen done on understanding this influence.Our investigation in the overarching study is informed by the concepts of situated cognition [1]and engagement within engineering practice [2], both accounting holistically for the contextwithin which design activities are performed. Additionally, we account for frameworks definingpersonal engagement as a state in which “people employ and express themselves physically,cognitively, emotionally, and mentally during role performances” [3, p. 694] to better understandstudent engagement through a specific role within a capstone team.In this paper, we provide a better

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Shelly Tan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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College Industry Partnerships

, there is no clear definition in theliterature of what a mutually-beneficial partnership entails, across the full range of educational,research, and professional development and service activities carried out within the engineeringand technical community. The authors of this paper established informally that educators in bothengineering and engineering technology are often challenged by this lack of research on soundrecommendations regarding collaborative efforts. This paper is intended to be the start of alarger systemic literature review.IntroductionTo date, no broad, holistic studies have been conducted on best practices for maintaining multi-faceted relationships between industry and academia. There has been some research oncollaboration

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuwei Deng, King's College London; Wei Liu, King's College London

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

University of Cambridge and was Visiting Fellow at Harvard University to explore design education in interdisciplinary fields. Before joining King’s, she conducted academic research and teaching in the UK, US and China. She worked as a faculty member at Cambridge Judge Business School as well as practiced leadership as Assistant Dean at Tongji University and Director of Design Research Group at Aston University. Wei was founding director of several interdisciplinary degree programmes such as MSci Design, Enterprise and Innovation, the first degree programme of its kind in the UK to teach Engineering, Design and Business to trigger students’ creativity and entrepreneurship for solving real-world problems. She has won

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Ahmed E. Kamal, Iowa State University; Akhilesh Tyagi, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

Assessment ProcessAbstractThe electrical and computer engineering programs at Iowa State University were reviewed by theEngineering Accreditation Commission of ABET during fall 2012. The department revised itsprocess of assessing student outcomes since the last visit in light of the current criteria foraccrediting engineering programs and in the interests of efficiency and sustainability. Severalfaculty committees and course instructors have specific responsibilities for student outcomesassessment. The revised process takes a multilevel approach that leverages existing assessmenttools and best practices. The multilevel approach supports efficient data collection while alsoproviding sufficient data to make decisions. This paper describes the process

Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Identity Technical Session 13

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Special Topic: Identity

. Hormell and A. J. Knight, "Racial Microaggressions within the Advisor-advisee Relationship: Implications for Engineering Research, Policy, and Practice," in Education Conference Presentations, Posters, and Proceedings, 1., 2016.[5] E. O. McGee, "Race, identity, and resilience: Black college students negotiating success in mathematics and engineering," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinios-Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2009.[6] C. E. Brawner, C. Mobley, S. M. Lord, J. B. Main and M. M. Camacho, "Transitioning from Military Service to Engineering Education," in Proceedings of the IEEE EDUCON Conference, Athens, Greece, 2017.[7] C. E. Brawner, C. Mobley, J. Main, S. M. Lord and M. M. Camacho, "Exploring the Intersection of

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lelli Van Den Einde, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, University of California, San Diego; Elizabeth Cowan, eGrove Education; Bahar Memarian, University of Toronto

Corporation (currently General Vibration), a company that provides haptic solutions. In 2016 Nate co-founded eGrove Education, Inc. an educational software company focused on teaching sketching and spatial visualization skills.Elizabeth Rose Cowan Lizzy Cowan has a cognitive science background and is the user experience researcher and designer at eGrove Education, Inc. She has been developing spatial visualization and sketching products for eight years and has a deep understanding of the unique challenges students face when learning these skills. She focuses on creating an engaging and personalized learning experience for students and valuable resources for educators.Bahar Memarian Bahar Memarian is a researcher and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Neil E. Cotter, University of Utah; Angela Rasmussen, University of Utah

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #21291Bottlenecks and Muddiest Points in a Freshman Circuits CourseDr. Cynthia Furse, University of Utah Dr. Cynthia Furse (PhD ’94) is the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Utah and a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Furse teaches / has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, circuits, and antenna design. She is a leader and early developer of the flipped classroom, and began flipping her classes in 2007. She is now regularly engaged helping other faculty flip their classes (see Teach

Conference Session

PCEE Session 11: Engineering Outreach / Summer Programs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tang, Western Carolina University; Nelson Granda Marulanda, Western Carolina University; JennieV. Sorrells, Western Carolina University; Robert Pierce, Western Carolina University

camp in meeting its goals, a simple pre- and post-interventionquestionnaire was designed with the aim of better understanding some factors that influence andaffect participant perception, attitude, and motivation towards an engineering career. The resultsof this study will add to the community of education research to further the understanding of pre-college interventions and enhance future interventions in engineering summer camps forparticipants of similar background with the ultimate aim of increasing the number of low-incomeand/or first-generation students who will enroll in engineering degrees.Camp programThe allotted time for the camp was five days during regular working hours in a non-residentialformat, which is a popular format in

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Haroon Malik, Marshall University; David A Dampier, Marshall University

many students lack the necessary data science knowledge.To address this issue, there is a need to design big data systems curricula or courses to equipstudents with the skills and knowledge needed to work with large-scale data sets and solve real-world problems. This Work in Progress (WIP) aims to share the experience of designing a big dataanalytics course for undergraduate students, including design principles, course content, teachingmethods, challenges, and successes. It contributes to the field of big data analytics by designing acourse for undergraduate students and sharing insights into best practices for teaching big dataanalytics, serving as a resource for other instructors and institutions.1. INTRODUCTIONAs the availability of data

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 6: Curriculum Development and Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rungun Nathan, Penn State University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

statement.The survey also included a place for students to give any comments about the use ofcatalogs/manufacturer’s website etc. and are reproduced here. The comments are grouped underthree catagories. The first set of comments are more general, the second set of comments showhow students felt it was useful for the jobs they held after taking ME 367 – Machine Design andbefore graduating. The last set of comments show the impact students felt on their CapstoneDesign ME 448/449. “Most if not all courses should use catalogs in their projects. The concepts seem straightforward, but students need guidance when sifting through the details of each component specifically when comparing their calculations to actual parts. This practice would become

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dylan Henson, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

majors at our university. Studentsparticipated in team-building activities that prompted research into their engineering majors andcareer options. In Week 3, we organized an industry career panel with a diverse mix of recruitersand alumni that currently work as engineers. The students asked questions about the panel’s pastcollege experiences, internships, graduate school, and careers. Students also had the opportunityto practice their “60 second pitches” with the panel members to help prepare for a career fair.Throughout the quarter, we incorporated activities that addressed global perspectives ofengineering, current events, and social justice. In Week 4, we collaborated with an EthnicStudies faculty member and her students from a Gender, Race

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aubrey Wigner, Colorado School of Mines; Sarah Kuang, Michigan State University; Kevin Miceli, Michigan State University

. The engineering focused version pioneered by KEEN definesentrepreneurship as additional qualities layered on existing skills and attitudes developed duringan engineering undergraduate education.[1] The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE)model is designed for tracking improvement specifically for K-12 students.[2] The I-Corps Lassessment model was created to measure the impact of the I-Corp program in changing facultyand entrepreneurial leads viewpoints on entrepreneurship as a practice.[3] Morris et al. approachentrepreneurship through the lens of small business management and focus on the competenciesneeded to become a successful founding entrepreneur.[4] Finally, the authors’ model attempts tofocus on the integration of cognitive

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Delivery Modes in Nuclear Engineering

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erich Schneider

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Nuclear and Radiological

also called upon to explain to policymakers how the systemproduced by this combination of technologies will function. • what will it cost? Would it be competitive and practical? • what is its impact on national and global proliferation concerns? • what is the strategy for handling spent fuel or other waste forms? • what are the downsides? What R&D is needed to get from here to there?As specialists in fuel cycle systems engineering, you have proposed that your countryconsider a new fuel cycle policy. Your government has responded with a request thatyou conduct a ‘systems study’ outlining • the mechanics of your proposed fuel cycle: what are the mass flows of nuclear material

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xi Wang, Drexel University; Kathleen M Short; Christine Marie Fiori

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

students’ potential for designing capabilities. The project could bedeveloped further as a joint project with more students from diverse technical backgrounds.Second, the project is not from a real design request. An actual client from the industry andcommunity could primarily increase students’ learning engagements and motivations. Somefundamental interactions with clients and stakeholders could encourage students to communicateeffectively and become socially aware of the environmental impact of their designs, which canbetter prepare them for the global challenges they may face after graduation. It could help toenhance students’ understanding of social issues and provide direct feedback on the value andeffectiveness of the design they create

Conference Session

Two year Colleges

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

AC 2007-248: THE NEED FOR A QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM FORCOMMUNITY COLLEGE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDan Dimitriu, San Antonio College DAN G. DIMITRIU has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses concurrently for over 20 years. He has been involved with several engineering societies and was elected vice-chair of the Two-Year College Division of ASEE in 2005. He has been the coordinator of the Engineering Program at San Antonio College since 2001. His research interests are: alternative fuels, fuel cells, plastics, and engineering education.Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College JERRY O’CONNOR has been teaching physics (and a few engineering courses) at San Antonio College

Conference Session

Issues in ET Education I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of North Texas

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Engineering Technology

; new technology research and development; technology management; projectbidding and scheduling; process improvement; system conceptualization, design and re-design;engineering operations management; industrial training, representation and sales; and manymore! A degree in ET can also set graduates on the way to career choices in business, law ormedicine.The challenge for a prospective or current student is to rely on their experience, do some “soulsearching”, and seek advice to help them assess their own skills, abilities, and interests thatmatch the academic expectations of a particular degree plan.The challenge for industry recruiters is to carefully evaluate the competencies required toperform specific functional engineering tasks and match

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Hamid Vejdani, Lawrence Technological University; Wuming Jing, Lawrence Technological University; Kingman E. Yee, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #24752Development of an Entrepreneurial Mind-set within a Three-Semester Me-chanical Engineering Capstone Design Sequence Based on the SAE CollegiateDesign SeriesDr. James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University James A. Mynderse, PhD is an Associate Professor in the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. His research interests include mechatronics, dynamic systems, and control with applications to piezoelectric actuators, hysteresis, and perception. He serves as the faculty advisor for the LTU Baja SAE team.Dr. Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Sherwin; Alison Linares Mendoza, University of Pittsburgh; Renee Clark, University of Pittsburgh

CourseAbstractThe focus of our research is a project-based Industrial Engineering senior design capstone course. Project-based learning in engineering courses, including the capstone course, provides an opportunity for studentsto apply the body of knowledge in their respective disciplines and further prepare them to begin theircareers in the professional practice of engineering. In addition, these courses provide an opportunity forstudents to improve their ability to function effectively on a team. Current research explores the keyfactors that affect outcomes in capstone design courses. However, few, if any, investigate the associationbetween course attributes (factors) and course outcomes. The current literature focuses on factors ormodels of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Ann Kos, University of Colorado, Boulder; Sarah Miller, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

from Yale University in chemical and environmental engineering, where her doctoral research produced a bio-based water purification system for removing arsenic from developing world water supplies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Grade-a-thons and Divide-and-Conquer: Effective Assessment at ScaleABSTRACTThis complete evidence-based practice paper will describe our successful grading andassessment practices of a large freshmen engineering course. In the Fall of 2016 we taught“Introduction to Engineering”, a course designed to help students transition from high school tocollege and learn strategies to help them become successful engineering students. Over 70% ofthe students had not yet

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

ABET‟s EC 2000.The paper then employs the historical perspective gained from this analysis to revisit thequestion of the relevance of engineering and liberal arts integration in the context of theoutcomes oriented approach to engineering education represented by ABET‟s EC 2000. Thispaper also serves as a historical introduction to a new initiative and educational research networkassembled by Deans Cherrice Travers and J. Douglass Klein at Union College for contemporaryexplorations in engineering and liberal education integration. Their efforts are also beingpresented at this year‟s conference.While the material presented here is also intended for publication in a historical journal, it iswritten up here in a way so as to provide practical

Conference Session

Using Applications and Projects in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Gainsburg, California State University, Northridge

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Mathematics

, contextualizedmethods. Nevertheless, people subscribe to cultural claims about the “hegemony of school-taught math over everyday practice” (p. 168)—the idea that the formal, general, algorithmicmathematics taught in schools should structure the way people resolve all quantitative problems,because it is superior to the irrational, situation-specific mathematics that people naturally inventand use. As a result, people feel guilty or inadequate for not using formal mathematics andsometimes resort to using it post hoc, to justify a solution they arrived at by informal means (forexample, for the benefit of researchers).Lave and other mathematical ethnographers14,15 studied “just plain folks” (JPFs)—peoplewithout advanced mathematical training—in settings that were