Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade Outside of Class

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Summers

separated intoparagraph form. Key ideas should be stated in clear, concise, succinct and focusedsentences. Readers can easily lose track of key ideas in a maze of confusing orconvoluted sentences. Supporting information which provides details, interpretations andinterrelationships should be presented in an organized and logical manner in order toenable learning.Keep the writing succinct. Be ruthless when editing to maintain your focus on theessential ideas. Good texts simplify the presentation of the material without a loss ofmeaning.Proper pace is critical. New material must not flow at the reader in such a rate that thereis no time for reflection or review. Authors need to help readers make connections byendeavoring to write explanations that

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Callen; Steven Usselman

since its inception over a century ago. Changing technology, ofcourse, has provided much of the impetus for reform. But so, too, has the continually evolving context in whichengineers operate. The realms of business and government have simply refused to stand still. Those responsible fortraining engineers, if they wished to put their graduates in position to do meaningful work in the world, have had torevisit the curriculum from time to time with an eye toward preparing students to function in novel workingarrangements that reflect both changing economic circumstances and evolving social values. Perhaps never has this been so true than at present. Today’s engineering graduates enter a work environment fardifferent from the one their

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Beatrice Isaacs; Donald Leone; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz; David Pines

institutions have actually incorporated GIS in theircurriculum. A survey of the department heads through the ASCE dhc (department head council)server showed that only about 10 percent of the responding departments had a required course intheir civil engineering curriculum.The CEE Department at the University of Hartford embarked upon a major revision of itscurriculum, known as the CE 2000, in the late 90s. The Department early on recognized thatGIS was rapidly expanding into most areas of Civil Engineering and that it was necessary torevise the Civil Engineering program to reflect the impact of the new GIS technology on theprofession. This led to CE 2000, our extensively revised curriculum tailored to meets the needsof graduating engineers in the

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Hal Nystrom

participated in integrated teams.The ResultsThe students were asked, "If you were designing this class, based on your experience,would you control the teams regarding integration, or let them choose to form as theydesire?" "Control" was given a value of "0" and "choice" was "1". The scores displayedin Table 1 are the mean scores that also reflect the percentage of the students thatrecommended "choice". For example, the score for all students was 0.65, and it meansthat 65% of the students recommended that they be given the choice. These scores areprovided for students grouped based on their characteristics such as location, sex andlevel of satisfaction. The satisfaction grouping is based on the response of anotherquestion in the questionnaire that

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan M. Hynes, Tufts University; Elsa Head, Tufts University; Ethan E. Danahy, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

,technical support and instruction empowering them to work at their own pace. This supportalleviates some of the load on the teacher to address technical or troubleshooting issues freeinghim/her up to focus on teaching and learning.The interactive environment of the curriculum tool integrates text, graphs, tables, pictures,movies, and LEGO MINDSTORMS programming that can be used to design lessons thatscaffold engineering design challenges and investigations (see Figures 1-4). Students link thevirtual (computer) world with the physical world (robotics creations) in the curriculumenvironment allowing them to collect all their data, ideas, reflections, and artifacts (throughpictures and video) into one place. In this curriculum environment, students

Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Tina alaei; Andrew Lillesve, IRE

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

in the context of engineering projects, professionalism and reflection (metacognition). His research in the area of engineering education is focused on project-based learning, design and innovation, professionalism and self-directed learning.Ms. motahareh alaeiMr. Andrew Lillesve, IRE Page 23.3.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Integrating Professionalism in a Project-Based Engineering CurriculumAbstractProfessionalism has been an important component of engineering education not only in the eyesof industry but also the Accreditation Board for Engineers and Technology

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Lopez del Puerto, University of Saint Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas; Paul R. Ohmann, University of Saint Thomas

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

. Then we either derive or write out the equation,maybe do an example, and finally students answer conceptual questions and/or solve problems.What is missing is the piece where students reflect on the meaning of the equations. Redish4 Page 25.477.2suggests that we need to “find activities that help our students build knowledge intointuitions/understanding.” This is what we are trying to achieve through having students writeequations in their own words. Our hypothesis is that by giving the students continuous practice inwriting they will gain conceptual understanding that will be reflected in their problem solving.MethodologyWe are conducting

Conference Session

Design Cognition II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cyrus Habibi P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald R. Ulseth, Itasca Community College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

well as teachesstudents professional skills and technical content 5,14. These professional skills include:communication (written, verbal, presentation), organization and time management, research andinquiry, self-assessment and reflection, group participation and leadership skills 14,15.With guidance from some of the most respected leaders in engineering education, a new model,Iron Range Engineering (IRE), has been developed to utilize industry-based PBL for design,outcome-based assessment, just-in-time interventions, self-directed learning, and emphasis onreflection 16. This new model for engineering education has been funded and began delivery inJanuary 2010. This model is a complete PBL program in which students work with industry ondesign

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pil-Won On, University of Missouri, Columbia; Hani A. Salim, University of Missouri, Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

videos, and web resources. Andthen, they reflect on their understanding of main concepts by trying out a reading quiz that hasbeen revised to focus on main concepts of the week. When they complete the reading quiz with100% success, the access to an assignment is released. The second part of learning materialssuch as instructor’s notes about important points, problem-solving demonstration videos, andpublisher’s resources is tied into a problem-solving activity through an assignment inBlackboardTM. When students achieve at least 50% of success on the assignment, the access to aweekly test is released. The 50% success on the weekly assignment is determined so that amoderate level of understanding is accomplished without making it prohibitive for

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Page 25.1039.3continually return”[14]. Statements about aims naturally reflect the belief and value systems ofthose that make them so it is not to be expected that there will be a set of aims that will satisfy alloutcomes even within the education of engineers [15]. But this does not deny the importance oftrying to formulate aims because to cite Noddings again “we need to talk about aims becauseaims provide criteria by which we judge our choices of goals, objectives, and subject content.” Ifwe change the direction of the discussion such that developing aims is “directed (moregenerally) at the larger society and its policies” then “as we ask deeper questions about ouraims- why are we doing X? – we uncover new problems and new possibilities for

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Transportation and Geotechnical Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.; Tom Szymoniak, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

they are a typical workplace writing task, but research rarely explicitly addresses howwriting tips reflect what practitioners actually write. Some instructors have substantialexperience in industry, but others do not.As Donnell, Aller, Alley, and Kedrowicz have argued, a much-needed step in improvinginstruction concerns determining the specific characteristics of successful engineeringcommunication for different settings, whether in academia or industry. 9 They warn about thedifficulties of interpreting what is said by managers in surveys. A more direct route tounderstanding the features of workplace writing is to study the writing itself. We therefore haveundertaken a project to collect writing from numerous civil engineering firms and

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohamad Ahmadian

. These may include nationallynormed and standardized objective measures, locally developed objective and essay exams, exitinterviews, oral exams, portfolios, senior projects, capstone courses, student satisfaction surveys,employer questionnaires, and alumni surveys. The assessment of academic achievement involvesmany different units within the university community but must be consistent in purpose anddesign. It reflects the freedom of academic departments to conduct assessment in a manner whichis most appropriate for their specific program. It also reflects a high-degree of interdepartmental Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Wood; Elaine L. Craft

rate of 50 percent for all openenrollment, associate degree colleges nationwide. The graduation rate of the first "pilot class"students to have been engaged in the SC ATE engineering technology first-year program is anexciting 50 percent, with additional students expected to graduate within the academic year.When the ATE effort was started, the graduation rate for engineering technology rested at about10 percent.The number of SC ATE faculty (full time and adjunct) continues to grow, with 128 facultymembers involved (as of 9/13/00). Industry interest in and support for the program alsocontinues to broaden, as reflected through the development of the SC ATE Scholars initiative.VI. ConclusionAs the technical/community college population

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William E. Cole; Walter Buchanan

the write-up to reflect our different equipment andsetup. Hence, the original write-ups were modified and loaded individually on the computer ateach workstation. Modifications to the original write-ups were minor reflecting equipmentchanges only, not a change in objectives or tasks in the experiment. Page 5.22.3The course was required of all our incoming (first quarter) freshman students. We had 92students registered in the course and six sessions of the lab were offered. The course was offeredon a pass-fail basis with the grade based solely on the exit quiz taken by the students at the endof the lab. No preparation was required by the

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

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

classification, salary ranges, and postgraduate education.Also, the surveys communicate the degree of satisfaction of alumni with their preparation forthe business world and recommendations for further improvement. In addition, the resultsenable us to reflect on our objectives, goals, and how they achieve our mission.Standards and BenchmarksThese methods rely on external reviews and comparisons with other, similar, programs.10. Program Reviews - Periodically, the department undergoes three different reviews to assessthe process as well as the outcome characteristics of its graduates. The first review isconducted every six years by Miami University. The review measures program quality,centrality to the mission of the University, and viability. The second

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Larkin-Hein; Dan Budny

learning style strengths improves their achievement, self- esteem, and attitude toward learning.11) Every individual is entitled to counseling and instruction that responds to his/her style of learning.12) A viable learning style model must be grounded in theoretical and applied research, periodically evaluated, and adapted to reflect the developing knowledge base.13) Implementation of learning style practices must adhere to accepted standards of ethics. (p. 1)Assessing an individual’s learning style is vital to the teaching and learning process. Aneffective match between a student’s style and a teacher’s style may lead to improved studentattitudes and higher student achievement. Many different learning style assessment models

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John E. McInroy; Jerry Hamann; Raymond Jacquot

Session 1620 Digital Control-A Setting for a Mixture of Computing Strategies:Numerics, Symbolics and Simulation Raymond G. Jacquot, Jerry C. Hamann and John E. McInroy College of Engineering, University of WyomingAbstractThe authors report on a course that is a blend of classical and modern digital control, and digitalfiltering. Exercises in this course reflect a variety of computing resources and strategies and as aresult low order system problems are no longer assigned. The authors have incorporatedsymbolic computing in several appropriate places where it can increase understanding and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Dongmei Gui; Jens Jorgensen; Joseph A. Heim

case studies, and other resources that will enhance thetimely development and delivery of engineering related materials.A major objective is to ensure that knowledge about development and conduct of electronicforums is broadly available to individuals or groups wishing to establish similar kinds ofcommunications infrastructures. We will use the online mechanisms of the Forum to capture anddocument the issues and dynamics reflecting the evolution of the Forum concept as we movethrough the design, development, deployment and operational stages of the project. All softwaredesigned for the Forum project as well as configuration guidelines for constructing identicalstructures-- what we might call a forum-shell-- will also be provided in an online

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

presented which reflects the views of the civil engineering faculty at theUniversity of Florida and the view of industry in a curriculum innovation and renewal workshopconducted by Mike Leonard, from Clemson under the Southeastern Universities Cooperation, onengineering education funded by the NSF. The main theme of this workshop is to let faculty andindustry express their opinion about a process for continuing the curriculum renewal. Thefaculty are divided into two groups and are asked to rank issues related to the curriculum renewalprocess. The groups identified many items and finally narrowed them down to these final fiveitems: 1) increased recognition; 2) modern labs; 3) reward good teaching; 4) faculty stress and 5)professional degree. The

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Mavromihales; K. Sherwin

the present project reflects this by allowing a wide range ofgeometries. The type of heat exchanger chosen simulates a car radiator in which hot waterflows through a staggered bank of tubes and is cooled by a cross-flow of air. Even when thetube geometry is fixed the students must still determine: exchanger height exchanger width tube pitch number of rowsThe educational goals are to provide a challenging iterative design analysis which iscombined with a simple form of construction, that can be built in a short space of time andallowing the integration of CAD/CAM into the design project.When the project was originally started, the final year design course

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Wagner; David Finley

, relatively constant,and a direct measure of program objectives. In response to this need, thedepartment developed the TSU ChE curriculum assessment examination orCAE.The CAE consists of sixty multiple-choice questions that reflect thedepartmental curriculum objectives in chemical engineering. Each question onthe CAE has five possible responses, only one of which will be correct. Thetest will be administered to chemical engineering seniors as part of thecapstone design class. The examination was weighted as five percent of theircourse grade. We anticipate that the average score on the examination shouldbe around 50% so that some type of grade adjustment will be done before it is

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles S. Elliott

professionals, the three universities expect to develop courses that address the enhancement and/or development of skills, knowledge, and understanding that are critical to today’s practicing engineers. These courses will be offered through a variety of distance-delivery methods and in flexible formats. Students enrolled in the program will be able to take advantage of course offerings at any of the three universities. These offerings reflect the diversity of strengths across the state. The Master of Engineering offers the practicing engineer the opportunity to design, in conjunction with an advisory committee, a program of study that can reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of engineering

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John C. Duke; Jack Lesko; Flynn L. Auchey; Siegfried M. Holzer

by Kolb 2. "Learning is a process whereby knowledge is created through thetransformation of experience"2. Within this perspective, concrete experience andexperimentation form critical components of the learning process as illustrated in Figure 1. Figure 1. Experiential Learning Model 2Furthermore, these components are only part of an integral representation of the learningprocess. This process suggests two opposite modes of grasping, directly through the senses(concrete experience) or indirectly in symbolic form (abstract conceptualization). Similarlythere are two distinct ways of transforming experience, by reflection or action. The completeprocess is a four-stage cycle of four adaptive learning modes. The active

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Amir Mirmiran

in concrete. The apparatus uses a single transducer fortransmitting and receiving, together with signal processing and recording hardware. The radar pulseis directed into the concrete member, and patterns created by the reflected waves are observed. Thespeed of pulse in concrete is about 38 to 64 x10 -9 mm/s, as compared to approximately 305 x10-9mm/s in air. Penetration depth ranges from 0.5 to 30 m depending on antenna frequency andbandwidth. Usually, frequencies of 0.1 to 1 GHz are selected depending on the penetration depth andresolution desired. The most difficult aspect of the inspection with radar imaging techniques is theinterpretation of radar signals. The signature of concrete delamination often assumes the shape ofa depression on

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jule Dee Scarborough

congruence or alignment Page 3.465.1 1 Session 3147between the internal and external be achieved. The internal reflects what is thought and felt andthe external reflects what is said and how it is said. $In order to operate congruently in the world,you need to take into account three general factors: self (the internal world), other (theimmediate external world of people), and context (the larger external world of things, structures,processes, laws, and cultures)# (McLendon & Weinberg, 1996, p.34). This

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

elevated to higherimportance. Since teaching is a primary area of activity, it should have a high level ofachievement. Teaching may be separated into the two components of instructional delivery andinstructional development. If one thinks seriously about the art and science of teaching, it is clearthat these two components have a huge impact on student learning and, in reflection, thecandidate’s achievement. In essence, both of these components are distinct, yet interdependent.Effective delivery depends upon careful planning and development. Course developmentdepends on the commitment of continual improvement of delivery and subject mastery. Themeasurement of teaching effectiveness often takes the form of student evaluations, peerevaluations and

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation, Globalization without Travel

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley J. Putman, Bucknell University; Khaled A. Al-Sahili, An-Najah National University; Abdelhaleem Khader, An-Najah National University; Alia Gilbrecht, An-Najah National University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

inequality, ignoring communityquestions and concerns, or failing to consider the consequences of communities when assessingprogram success [14]. The research tested CC with 150 students in two US universities through asurvey consisting of 46 items that capture systems of oppression in civil engineering throughthree indicators (Critical Reflection: Perceived Inequality; Critical Reflection: Egalitarianism;and Critical Action: Sociopolitical Perception). The study highlighted that such an instrumentcan also be used to assess ABET SOs 2 and 4.Baideme et al. conducted an evaluation on how group learning impacted the curriculum andcourses across junior- and senior-level environmental engineering courses at 14 institutions,considering ABET SO 5 which

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 15: Engineering Education Research and Reviews

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Nihad Awartani, University of Cincinnati; Iman Shayegani, University of Cincinnati; David Allen Evenhouse, University of Cincinnati; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

further tested for student motivation in the future.Maalouf and Putzeys (2020) blended multiple interventions focusing on learning withtechnology and conducted a hybrid classroom before the pandemic lockdown. The paper waswell structured and used a very consistent standardized language and presented every aspect ofits work in detail explaining how they conducted their intervention and why. Their outcomeswere similar to Davishahl et al. (2022) in the sense that despite its results lacking significance,the students’ written and surveyed responses showed a preference for new changes incomparison to other previous traditional courses.Goldberg et al. (2015) conducted a practice-based intervention focused on student reflection andself-regulation

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marla Hilderbrand-Chae, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Adam St. Jean, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

only presented in English [7] and inaccurate assessment results that may artificiallylower GPAs [7], these factors generate a potential hardship and disadvantage in any STEM internshipapplication process.In attempts to remove these barriers, the traditional cover letter and resume application format were substitutedwith visual application requirements designed to reflect a candidates’ enthusiasm for STEM topics and aninsight into persistence and problem-solving abilities. Additionally, the PROPEL team created 1-2 min. videoswith host labs that relate the lab focus and the summer internship project. Applicants were asked to write a brief,250-word essay reflecting on a personal or academic challenge. This enabled the PROPEL applicationcommittee

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Blaine, University of Oregon; Nathan Jacobs, University of Oregon

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

by focusingon empathy and listening, exploring audience needs in a way that leads to sharply definedproblem statements. Through a process of divergent and convergent thinking, participants areasked to first generate lots of ideas and reflect on them with a group of peers, then narrow whatthey will write, say, or show, using quick sharing tools like storyboards or flow outlines andtesting both their messages and strategy. Then they give and receive critical feedback in realtime, allowing them to refine their approach and iterate through the process again until ready. Wefocus on practice for our trainees, emphasizing simple, memorable tools – the Elements – thatcan be applied at a variety of scales. A great illustration of this is a