Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Community Engagement Division

government reflect her interest in the intersection between medical device innovation, development, and regulation. She also has educational experience in leadership studies through several training programs, including a vigorous course on ”The Art and Adventure of Leadership” taught by recognized leadership gurus, Drs. Warren Bennis and Steven Sample.Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley Jennifer Wang is a graduate student in the Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education, fo- cusing on Engineering Education at the University of California, Berkeley. She also obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Berkeley. Wang has several years

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Salahuddin Qazi

internal reflection, Fresnel reflection, diffraction, polarization and interferenceWeek 3 Optical fiber as a waveguide, parameters of optical fiber, types of glass and plastic fibers, single mode and multi-mode fibersWeek 4 Transmission characteristics of optical fibers, losses and dispersion of fibers, absorption, scattering and radiative effects in fibers, modal, material andwaveguide dispersionsWeek 5 Method of fabrication of fibers, low loss fibers, chemical vapor depositiontechniques, outside vapor and vapor-axial deposition techniquesWeek 6. Fiber drawing process, cable designWeek 7 Connectors, splices and couplers, fiber alignment and joint losses, types of fiber splices and connectors

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Richard Helps; Stephen Renshaw

operating systems and how in general to discovermechanisms and methods of new operating systems.The Independent Learning EnvironmentThe independent learning environment that has been developed is a series of structured lessons.The student can choose how and when to the complete each lesson. The typical time to completea particular lesson is one hour, making this system both practical and concise.One of the main objectives of this environment is to train students to teach themselves thoroughindependent learning and consequently develop life-long learning skills and habits. “Whenstudents learn on their own, they develop the ability to focus and reflect. Working on their ownalso gives them the opportunity to take personal responsibility for their

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dani Sledz, Colorado School of Mines; Allison M. Silvaggio, STEM Magnet Lab School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

pre and posttest, displayed in Appendix A, was administered to the participating studentsimmediately before instruction, with the posttest done within a few hours after the lesson due toscheduling. This was used to gauge student knowledge, but does not reflect attitude. Poor performanceof the pretests was anticipated, as the students were unlikely to have had prior exposure to thepresented concepts. The average pretest score for the sampled classes was 20, whereas the posttest was64 (standard deviation ~20 points for both). Most critical was the understanding of power beinggenerated by generators and not simply existing by flipping a switch, which is reflected in question 2.This targeted question of power generation was answered as a 2:1

Conference Session

Methods, Cases, and Directions

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph C. Hartman, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

common assumption of a positive interest rate,money grows to a larger value as it moves forward in time and shrinks as it moves back in time.This is reflected in the (P/F,i,N) and (F/P,i,N) factors which are generally introduced when discussingthe notion of interest. As these serve as the basis for all other factors, they are the only factorsthat need to be explicitly covered in classroom material. Once understood, the mechanics ofmoving money through time can be easily illustrated on a spreadsheet, without the use of factors.Furthermore, this author would argue that one can build intuition merely by working lots ofproblems – even if the actual calculations are performed on a spreadsheet. In terms of intuition,an engineer that can build

Conference Session

Curriculum and Facility Developments for Innovative Energy Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ilya Y. Grinberg, Buffalo State College; Mohammed Safiuddin, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

specialized stabilized 3-phase power supply.Future activities planned for summer and fall 2012 will concentrate on integration of SELmicroprocessor-based relays with lab subsystems and deployment of synchrophasor technology. Page 25.956.8Educational importance and student feedbackDuring the course of the work on the senior design projects using joint Smart Grid laboratory,students reflected on their educational experience:  This project offers a deep understanding of how the micro-grid works, by providing educational knowledge through a theoretical approach, as well as hands on approach working with the equipment directly.  This

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Tech University

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International

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Forming Collaborative Links between Turkey and US: International Workshop on Rapid TechnologiesAbstractAs part of a current NSF-CCLI (Course-Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement) grant project,an extra supplementary grant was given in late 2008 to organize an international workshop onRapid Technologies. This workshop was held in late September 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Overseventy academicians and researchers got together and presented the current trends in rapidmanufacturing research, education and industry. In this two-day event, educational and technicalpapers were presented from American, European and Turkish scholars. Reflections of the firstand second day have been

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Carriere

other teachers through the web, through their own lectures and through guest lectures by the sponsoring PI. • Give science presentations to the broader community/promote life-long learning: e.g. at museums, and libraries, on radio shows and with other venues that reach broad audiences. • Develop, adopt, adapt and implement effective models and pedagogic approaches to science, mathematics, and engineering teaching.Each year, NSF supports researchers, teachers, and students at every educational level andacross all disciplines in science and engineering. Embedded in all NSF programs are efforts tobuild a more inclusive, knowledgeable, and globally engaged workforce that fully reflects thestrength of the nation’s

Conference Session

Innovations in the ChE Laboratory

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Henry Lamb; David Ollis

range of experiments also provide the following desirable features: (1) The topics are non-traditional, and modern: fuel cells are in fashion, but notusually found in reaction engineering texts; silicon wafer oxidation describes reaction of a solid(vs gas, or liquid) for microelectronics fabrication; polymer coating of small metal objectsoccurs in a fluidized bed, photocatalysis involves light-activated semiconductors for watertreatment, and compact disc writing involves use of laser to carryout physical transformations(change reflectance) and thereby information coding (record bits, bytes) . Rapid prototypinginvolves use of lasers or ink jets, both modern, yet rarely covered topics in standard texts.Collectively, incorporation of

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim Covington; Jeff Froyd

andmore welcoming, it is not sufficient to bombard faculty with messages such as “Be inviting!” or“Be welcoming!” Further, it is impossible to prescribe to faculty members how they shouldstructure their learning and work environments to promote greater equity and provide thenecessary intellectual challenges and support. Instead, the project has focused on getting facultymembers to think differently by providing access to the research and practice that is occurringaround the country on issues related to gender diversity. The project has identified fourdisciplines, branches of knowledge and practice that are related to gender equity and requiresustained reflection and conversation in order to bring about change. Working with each of thedisciplines

Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Oyemayowa Luqman Abioye, West Virginia University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

-defined functions. In module 10, students were asked to reflect on several ethical casespresented, and were required to post their reflections in a blog.Table 1. Content of each module Module Content of Each Module 1 Introduction to the course 2 Introduction to Matlab; description of windows (platform) available in Matlab. 3 Introduced students to basic built-in functions and to arithmetic operations in Matlab. 4 Introduced students to vectors and matrices. 5 Introduced students to calculations with vectors and matrices 6 Introduced students to script files, input and output commands 7 Introduced students to

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 1 of 3: Supporting K-8 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

concepts,which are described in detail in the document. 2 Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or want that includes 3-5-ETS1-1 specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on 3-5-ETS1-2 how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure 3-5-ETS1-3 points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.A Literature-based design contextIn this study, we explore a promising approach to bringing contextualized

Conference Session

Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nora B. Honken, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville; Kate E. Snyder, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

associated with adaptive outcomes.19 This scale is composed oftwo subscales: one that measures the belief that effort leads to positive outcomes (4 questions)and the other that measures the belief that effort has a negative, inverse relationship withintelligence/ability and does not contribute to positive outcomes (5 questions). A sample itemreads, “It doesn’t matter how hard you work – if you’re not smart, you won’t do well.” All theitems of the scale are listed in the Appendix. Each item of the scale was answered on a six-pointLikert scale (Strongly disagree = 1 to Strongly agree = 6). After reversing the five itemsmeasuring the inverse relationship, items were averaged to form a composite measure of effortbeliefs, with higher scores reflecting a

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos German Montoya Rodriguez, Ohio State University; Mariantonieta Gutierrez Soto, The Ohio State University; Roger Dzwonczyk, The Ohio State University; John A Merrill, Ohio State University; Howard L. Greene, Ohio State University; Miriam Cater, Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division

highlighted the importance of engineering service-learning experiences to learntechnical and professional skills in comparison with traditional course-based classes and how itvaries in terms of academic year and gender. It was concluded that service-learning has a highimpact on their ability to learn technical skills and suggest service-learning as an effectivepedagogical tool. Similarly, Dukhan et al.3 studied the effect of service-learning experiences as apedagogy technique to increase social awareness in engineering students. The students wereevaluated using reflective questions that focused on the impact that their projects had on society.Through this study, the authors concluded that through reflective thinking, the humanitarianaspect of the

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homaira Fayez, Herat Engineering University; M. S. Keshawarz, University of Hartford

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International

as the magnificence and glory of Herat is the inheritance of that period. An example of Timurid era architecture is reflected in Figure 1. The war of occupation by the Russians and the ensued civil war damaged and/or destroyed whatever was left of an architectural style peculiar to Herat. Migrations to the neighboring countries during the war years

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado Boulder; David L. Silverstein P.E., University of Kentucky; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Debra M. Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

learningduring lecture.3 This structured questioning process actively involves all students in the class.Peer instruction encourages students to reflect on the problem, think through the arguments beingdeveloped, and put them into their own words. Just as important, it provides both student andinstructor with feedback regarding student understanding of the concept.Concept Inventories have emerged in many science and engineering fields.4-16 Similarlynumerous studies in physics, chemistry, and biology classrooms have shown that active learningpedagogies that are based on concept questions (ConcepTests) are more effective for studentlearning than traditional lecture.17-27 This project intends to encourage and shift the focus oflearning in chemical

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

andwho is active in reflecting about teaching and in trying new strategies. Ideally, thefacilitator was from the same discipline as the group members; however, we also hadinterdepartmental groups of faculty all from STEM disciplines in our study. In addition tothe facilitator’s knowledge, the use of outside resources provided research-basedinformation and kept the conversation focused on teaching and how to improve teaching.For example, some of our groups used How Learning Works: Seven Research-BasedPrinciples 10 to foster discussion and keep the group focused on developing their teachingpractice. A common strategy was to help faculty learn more about students’ learning aswell as effective teaching. It can be challenging as an expert in a field

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

.7. Recognize “scientific language” and “teacher language,” and know when and how to use eachlanguage.SECTION TWO: PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:For Items 8-14, please rate the various summer program activities on their usefulness on a scale of1-5, with 1 = Not useful and 5 = Very Useful. Please make comments.8. Participating in intensive research on various aspects of smart car vehicle development.9. Coaching on curriculum development with new standards.10. CMU faculty visits highlighting research and education topics.11. Training sessions for lab instruments and/or tools.12. Professional development sessions on effective teaching.13. Social activities and team building activities.14. Reflection sessions.SECTION THREE: RESEARCHFor Items 15-19, rate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Zulema Naegele, University of Portland; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

supported by the National Science Foundation under awardnumber DUE - 1317238 and is supported in part by funds given to the National ScienceFoundation by the Intel Foundation and the GE Foundation. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not Page 24.736.5necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.References 1. American Society for Engineering Education. 2012. Going the Distance: Best Practices and Strategies for Retaining Engineering. Engineering Technology, and Computing Students. http://www.asee.org/retention- project 2

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael Fosmire, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

workshops Objective 1 Objective 2 Critical Engineering Literacy Test (CELT) Evidence-based Self-Assessment of Problem Solving • Develop a two-tier multiple-choice information Strategies (ESAPSS) literacy test. The first tier focuses on assessing • Develop a two-tier Likert-scale survey: The first tier students’ reflective judgment and information measures students’ perceptions of their self-directed literacy skills. The second tier checks students’ learning and problem solving strategies. The second reasoning and explanations. tier gathers evidence such as student

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Seth Orsborn, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

their discipline and someone new. We strongly encouraged them to move tonew seats throughout the semester (if they were sitting at all). Students shared their work ingroups of various sizes and often presented to the entire class. Reflection, self-criticism andconstructive criticism of others were integral to all activities. Passivity was not an option. Theclass met twice per week with two hour sessions. This allowed for flexibility of class activities.Students shared and presented their assignments at each class. All of these various techniquessupported an overall active learning method of Problem-based Learning that incorporated bothCollaborative and Cooperative learning methods19(The course was developed and team taught by Steve Shooter in

Conference Session

IE/EM Skills in Real World Concepts

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jessica Matson; Kenneth Hunter; David Elizandro

offer for hands-on experience, the focus of this lab is on integrated systems inproduction environments. Equipment and furnishings were selected to demonstrate materialprocessing, material handling, assembly, inspection, storage, and safety. In addition, datacollection and information flow are an important feature of the Integrated Systems Laboratory.A list of the physical equipment available is shown in Table 2.In other industrial engineering programs, this laboratory might be referred to as a ManufacturingSystems or a CIM Laboratory. However, it was decided that the name should reflect theimportance of the laboratory in an integrated curriculum. All faculty are encouraged to reinforcecurriculum topics in the laboratory. However, not everyone

Conference Session

ABET Issues and Capstone Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Cathy Qian; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo; Zhengtao Deng

system approach to engineering education. To ensure thequality of the outcome based mechanical engineering program, faculty need to measureoutcomes of each undergraduate engineering course. Linking the traditional Grade Point Average(GPA) grading system to course outcome is very important. Does GPA reflect student learningoutcome correctly? This paper describes the four steps to link GPA to course outcome. Specificdata for ME 360-Fluid Mechanics class is presented.I. BackgroundThe basic criteria for the engineering program’s outcomes and assessment requires that graduatesmust have demonstrated abilities (ABET Criteria 3, a-k), in math, science, engineering, design,teamwork, ethics, communication, and life-long learning. In addition to ABET

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jendrucko; Jack Wasserman

Learning Styles Based on prior Meyer-Briggs testing of freshman students, the students that planned to take biomedical engineering were more diverse than the students in other programs. As part of this research effort, the students in the Introduction to Biomedical Engineering were required to take an assessment of learning styles. As expected, the styles were diverse, however it was clear that the majority were active and visual learners. This information matched the expectations for the Joint Motion Module (JMM). Joint Motion Module The JMM was constructed to allow students to choose the pathway for learning that would reflect whether they were global or sequential

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch

teachers andstudents would be amazed at what we do. We’re also constantly working with collegesto create programs that work for us. “ Summerville, A. Becton Dickinson Sustaining the externship experience Critical to the success of an externship is to move the experience forward into theclassroom, so that educators can share what they have learned with students. Thecurriculum reports inspired from the teacher leaders’ externships reflect the impact theprogram has had. The following are examples of proposed projects: An IT professor is creating a brand new data base administration class inspired byher work in the IT department of a large insurance company. A technology teacher is having his students

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul McCright; Joanne Larsen

Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Education”Learning Styles of Engineering StudentsAfter examining the learning styles of engineering students, Richard Felder and Linda Silvermanhave developed the Index of Learning Style Inventory based on the learning style models ofMyers-Briggs Type Indicator, Kolb Learning Style Model, Herrmann Brain DominanceInstrument, and the Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model.2The Index of Learning Styles is a simple self-scoring instrument that measures an individual’spreferences on four dimensions: sensing/intuiting, visual/verbal, active/reflexive andsequential/global. The sensing/intuiting scale reflects the types of information the learnerprefers. The visual/verbal scale

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Nelson

examined to be typical of engineering student writing.Cal State L.A. is an urban university with one of the most diverse student populations in thenation. This diversity is reflected in the engineering department. Specifically, non-native Englishspeakers comprise more than three-quarters of the engineering student population.The reports were evaluated for organization, completeness, clarity, grammar and punctuation,and understanding of documentation conventions for the disciplines. While assignments as wellas my findings vary per discipline, there are enough commonalities in terms of the weaknessesthat the findings as well as related recommendations are discussed first for all three engineeringdisciplines. More specific teaching approaches are

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationsynthesis, evaluation, and reflection part of every course; and, at the same time, attempt,whenever feasible, to link up scientific knowledge with societal issues.In the sections that follow, we examine the recommended strategies (activities, suggestions) thatought to be considered when teaching science and/or engineering subjects. And, in particular,those activities that are more relevant (i.e., applicable) to the Arab Gulf States. Course Planning: To begin with, a course plan should be drawn up embodying instructor’svision of what needs to be covered in the time

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dennis Depew

essential.Most academics would agree that the current reward system in place at universities reflects thevalue system and mission of universities. It is then probably safe to conjecture that faculty at allinstitutions tend to pursue activity which provides appropriate rewards and recognitions.A good question to consider could be, shouldn’t universities be engaged in the development of atechnical workforce that understands the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in growing thenational economy? Clearly industry leaders are advocating for universities to produceengineering and technology graduates, who possess the technical and applied research skills totranslate new developments in science and technology into innovative products and services forthe

Conference Session

Crossing the Discipline Divide!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Warren; Abolghasem Shahbazi; Jianzhong Lou; Keith Schimmel

indirectly measures the average molecular weight of the polymer; (2) Molecular Weight Distribution (MWD) by gel-permeation chromatography (GPC), which gives detailed molecular information regarding the degree to which the degradation proceeds; (3) Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), which indicate the characteristics of the low molecular weight degradation products; (4) Tensile stress-strain curve, which reflects physical weakening of the polymer due to degradation.Finally, the degradation kinetics are determined through the use of a respirometer that measuresthe gas-phase oxygen concentration.II. Experimental Materials and MethodsTwo biodegradable polymers were studied