Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cathy Leslie P.E., Engineers Without Borders - USA

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

the analysis. The first was a comparison of EWB-USAmembers and Non-EWB members based on the direct responses about membership. The secondcomparison was run in order to account both for EWB-USA members who did not activelyparticipate with the organization regularly and for engineers who are active in anotherorganization or program similar to EWB-USA. Respondents in the “EWB-like” group are those Page 24.439.5who indicated that they had either limited, moderate, or extensive active participation in EWB-USA or a similar organization. Respondents were required to write in the organization orprogram that they considered similar to EWB

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M.D. B. Sarder, University of Southern Mississippi

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

link" in the learning curve for students becausethey lack the opportunity to benefit from the experience of structured dialogue, interaction withfaculty and peers, and the sense of community that can be created in a traditional on-siteclassroom environment. As Berge states, "…learning involves two types of interaction:interaction with content and interpersonal interaction (i.e., interaction with other people)" (p.22[10]). Kearsley and Lynch contend that online courses must adopt a pedagogical frameworkmore closely aligned with social learning theory for students to maximize the benefits of onlineinstruction [6].Online education has been gaining popularity for the last two decades. It has expandeddramatically since the 1990s and continued

Conference Session

Potpurri Design in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Todd; Spencer Magleby

theirstewardship is important in the eyes of their peers and their academic administration. As a result,they pursue academic products that they can “count” and are rewarded in their evaluationcriteria. Individual institutions can have a great influence on faculty values by what they choose Page 9.350.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationto reward. It is difficult to sustain any program that does not align in some way with the rewardsystem for faculty.Faculty obviously value good learning experiences

Conference Session

Mentoring Women and Minorities

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Linse; Rebecca Bates

already aware, “it would have been better to have a really brief intro to thetools and then have a discussion of how to use this technology - when are online toolsappropriate and helpful, how can we best make use of them in the kinds of classes we're likelyto teach, etc.”6. Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)This session was led by Wayne Jacobson of the Center for Instructional Development andResearch at the University of Washington. Discussion focused on the connection betweenassessment tools and learning tools. Because the class had been writing two-minute papers atthe end of every class, they were familiar with one type of classroom assessment. The readingsand discussions generated other ideas. Student experience with different types of

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salah Badjou, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design courses. He has conducted research, with peer-reviewed publications, in biomedical engineering in the areas of biomechanics, bioelectricity, and biomedical imaging, since 1992. Other research interests include renewable energy, optical fiber communications, and project-based multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary education. Page 22.912.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Integrating Online Learning in Interdisciplinary Electromechanical and Electromechanical/Biomedical Design Courses AbstractThe following paper

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Experiences and Assessment in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

worked on adifferent project, and in many cases the teams were multi-disciplinary. This approach has thebenefit of encouraging students to be more diligent in their presentation, because of the audienceof peers, faculty from across campus, and industry sponsors who may be hiring graduates.A different design competition model is to promote internal-competitions among students withina single course. At the University of Colorado Boulder (CU), the Civil Engineering capstonecourse has always used only one or two projects and therefore multiple teams all work on thesame project. This engenders a degree of competition among teams, but competition was notdirectly encouraged until 2009. In that year the course was re-designed with a local

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mark J. Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Implementation & Test 7 Project: Code Review Testing Project, Cycle 1: Status Memo Configuration Management Implementation & Test cont. 8 Test Case Exercise Generalization Project, Cycle 2: Cycle 1 Final Report Analysis & Design Peer Evaluation Role Summary 9 Additional Design Software Metrics Estimation Project, Cycle 2: Cycle 2 Analysis &

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Sr., Buck F. Brown; Jr., Buck F. Brown

, in fact, the way most people learn outside a school setting. A simple example of this wouldbe learning how to use a word processing program. Few people really "learn" how to use a wordprocessor by sitting with the manual and memorizing each useful function first and then trying toapply the use of those functions to accomplishing a task later. Instead, what actually occurs isthat the task or "problem" arises first. The task may be simply to write a letter. As one beginsthe task it is apparent that there are certain functions that must be learned. Those functions (i.e.setting margins, numbering pages, setting justification, formatting a page, etc.) are learnedONLY in the context of the task of writing a letter. In fact, the letter task

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Case Studies in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Tucker Parks, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Timothy Bretl; Elle Wroblewski, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Michael Lembeck, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Students identify Students write and test engineering correct requirements controller code in Students collaboratively Students compose Students self-directFaculty may for given context Python/Matlab identify and diagnose rigorous technical collaboration on failuresselect fitting reports project tasksindicators or Students apply Students use relevantdraft their own

Conference Session

Project-Based Education in Energy Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

course focuses on planning, development, andimplementation of an engineering design project, which includes formal report writing, projectdocumentation, group presentations, and project demonstrations. The goal of these courses is todemonstrate the ability to manage a major project involving the design and implementation ofproducts with a mixture of electrical and mechanical elements as a member of a productdevelopment team. In these project-based courses, the students are expected to effectivelymanage their time and team efforts to produce a finished product in three ten-week quarters. Notextbook is required. Weekly progress reports, design notebooks, formal reports, and oralpresentations constitute integral components of this course sequence

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

. Semester-to-semester two-year persistence rates of Cañada students by ethnicity. Page 23.997.3Improving the post-secondary student retention and success has been the subject of many studies.For example, Kuh’s multi-phased study identified high-impact practices including first-yearseminars and experiences, common intellectual experiences, learning communities,writing-intensive courses, collaborative assignments and projects, undergraduate research,diversity/global learning, service learning/community-based learning, internships, and capstonecourses and projects.7 Another study published by the California State University Chancellor'sOffice shows

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stanley M. Forman, Northeastern University; Susan F Freeman, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

and writing components to the two freshman introduction to engineering coursesat the University of Pittsburgh, though continued practice through various course and universityactivities was also encouraged. Specifically for engineers, we can look to the attributes listed forThe engineer of 202013 – strong analytical skills tops the list, but here the list starts to match andexpand the list in the introduction. The engineer of 2020 needs skills in practical ingenuity,creativity, communication, business and management, leadership, along with high ethicalstandards, sense of professionalism, dynamism, agility, resilience and flexibility. Encompassedin this is the imperative for engineers to be lifelong learners.8 Here is the telling paragraph

Conference Session

Programming Education 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler James Stump, The Ohio State University; Abbey Darya Kashani Motlagh, The Ohio State University; Krista M Kecskemety, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

Zealand in their publication, “Parson’s Programming Puzzles: A fun and Effective LearningTool for First Programming Courses.” Parson and Haden describe the unique challenges faced inintroductory programming courses as students are often asked to engage with complex codingactivities [7]. The first of these challenges being that traditional computational activities weredeemed boring by students and often lead to a lack of persistence in completing activities andcourses. The second challenge pinpointed was how to isolate and disentangle the complexsyntactical thinking inherently embedded within code writing. Thus, this challenge probed thequestion of how best to separate the complex, language specific, syntax associated with acomputational language

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Sloan, United States Air Force Academy; Timothy Frank, United States Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

[11, 12] introduced knowledge surveys (KS) to develop self-assessment skills instudents. Rather than requiring students to provide answers to learning prompts, KS requirestudents to rate their ability to perform the specified skill tied to a learning objective. Pre-courseor pre-unit of instruction KS allow faculty to discern prior knowledge students may bring to thecourse while serving as a cognitive “heads up” for students of learning objectives and material tocome [10]. KS completed in close proximity to an assessment event (e.g., exam, design project,or writing assignment) allow faculty to compare students’ self-assessments of learning with theirown assessments of student learning (i.e., the grade on the assignment). Such comparisons

Conference Session

Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, University of North Carolina; Debarati Basu, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

resources they need for general well- being or success in specific metrics” [11,p. 4]. In this definition they connect “fair conditions” with “individuals and groups” and thesuccess in whatever endeavor being evaluated (e.g., “specific metrics”), but clearly at the outcomeof the endeavor.A report calling for technology design to be more inclusive provides another take on thechallenges we face trying to understand equity and equality. In [12], equality is defined aseveryone having “the same opportunity” even if it affords some in the group “an existing (andoften unconscious) unfair advantage.” In contrast, equity means everyone getting an opportunitythat levels the “playing field with their peers” thus increasing the “fairness to compete.”In summary

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Radian Belu

course focuses on planning, development, andimplementation of an engineering design project, which includes formal report writing, projectdocumentation, group presentations, and project demonstrations. The goal of these courses is todemonstrate the ability to manage a major project involving the design and implementation ofproducts with a mixture of electrical and mechanical elements as a member of a productdevelopment team. In these project-based courses, the students are expected to effectivelymanage their time and team efforts to produce a finished product in three ten-week quarters. Notextbook is required. Progress and formal reports, and oral presentations constitute integralcomponents of this course sequence. Before beginning the projects

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 3 - Diversity

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blessing Isoyiza Adeika, Morgan State University; Adedayo Ariyibi, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

- this data would be later used by them to write a laboratory report.The experimental group of students was exposed to an experiential learning approach for threesemesters. The curriculum design incorporated real-world scenarios, laboratory work, andinteractive experiences to enhance their understanding of biological concepts.Pre- and post-surveys were given to the undergraduates to assess student engagement. Thesesurveys captured 'students' perceptions of their learning experiences, motivation, and interest inthe subject matter. Additionally, we observed their active participation during experientiallearning sessions.1.1 Pre-Survey: A survey was administered to students enrolled in a university biology course tomeasure their motivation level

Conference Session

LEES Session 8: Care and Commitments

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Kuryloski, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Amy Baird, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

, sanitation, and gender equality in the region,students were asked to compose proposal reports outlining potential solutions to communitychallenges. Both authors were teaching online during the delivery of the project, and workingremotely introduced unique opportunities for global collaboration as well as challenges regardingmeaningful engagement. Throughout this paper, we discuss our approach to implementing asocial justice framework for the project through guided research, regular reflective exercises, andmeetings with our community partners.At the time of this writing, we have incorporated the project into two semesters, and are in theprocess of finalizing IRB approval for a more in-depth, data-informed study. In futurepublications, we intend to

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

the research team each rated 19 to 35 teaching examples. This resulted in aminimum of eight ratings for each teaching example. These ratings often had wide disparities.For example, ten cases had ratings for novelty across the full spectrum from 1 to 4,demonstrating a lack of consensus. The write-in comments provided insights into differences inwhat raters perceived as novel, transferable, or likely to impact students’ learning. Given thedisparities in opinions, it would be useful to develop and implement a standard assessmentmethod for ethics teaching modalities to better delineate what constitutes an exemplar.IntroductionThere have been a number of calls to improve the education of engineering students on ethicsand societal impact issues

Conference Session

Engineering in Societal Context

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McWhirter, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

, revise, and update the materials to track their success.Similarly, instructors would be likely to use such a repository of modules if it were easilysearchable, peer-reviewed, and had clear learning objectives for assessment. This learningmodule approach also relates to a case library of workplace engineering problems which appliedcase-based reasoning (CBR) to provide a knowledge base and pedagogical support system(Jonassen et al. 2006). Furthermore, there exists a growing body of relevant research in the fields of cognitivepsychology and behavioral science which has seen little application to engineering andconstruction. Over the past half-century, researchers have identified many cognitive barriers*,including biases and heuristics, that

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

to, say,the norms of a writing seminar where all are expected to acquire the skill without finding outwho is incapable at writing. What seemed to be coming up in this interview was a daily experience of beingconstructed as incapable, in programming (for Isaac) and/or in engineering. We call this thecultural construction of ability, of being “not cut out for” the discipline. The disability at play inthis educational fact is not one that often gets labeled or spoken out loud in those terms, thoughneither is it only living inside one student’s head. The sort of ability hierarchies at play herehave a mutually acknowledged meaning and institutional consequences. By cultural constructionof ability we mean to acknowledge the many levels on

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques, James Madison University; Daniel Devon Imholte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

experiences rely on final reports and presentations for formal evaluation ofperformance, capstone experiences that include a traditional course component also use regularquizzes and examinations on the design content being instructed.17 Further, many engineeringprograms have found it useful to include peer evaluations, which translate to a team grade aswell as an individual grade to accurately evaluate student performance during these capstoneexperiences.6Capstone models can also vary by capstone course lecture content. Many capstone modelsencompass both a lecture component and the applied capstone design project. While this is themost common implementation, not all capstone models include a lecture component. Rather,they focus on the applied design

Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa, Independent Consultant

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

to relate these disparities among African American students and criticalthinking. The shortage of African Americans earning college degrees affects the nation as a whole.Reported achievement gaps by Fleming, Garcia & Morning (1995); Fleming & Morning (1998);McDonald & Powell (1998); Lee (1986); Garibaldi (1997); and Jibrell (1990), havedemonstrated that White students scored 30 percent higher than Black students taking theNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science and reading and writing scores 11,12, 13, 14, 15 . Exposing students to critical thinking pedagogies in the K-12 education systems andhigher education institutions can narrow the academic achievement gap for African

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconected World

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena

peers on the basis of nationalstereotypes.According to David Harvey (1989), in a system of flexible accumulation subcontracted "flexible"workers use their multiple skills to produce products according to rapidly shifting tastes.Globalization also depends on the availability of flexible workers to produce "just-in-time"products according to consumer demands and on the rapid dispersal of those products around theglobe. Again, Harvey does not give engineers special conceptual treatment. Furthermore, thedesired feature of flexibility in engineers has been taken for granted as something that can betaught in engineering school, particularly if encouraged by corporations hiring engineers andaccrediting bodies of engineering education (Boeing 1997

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 4: Supporting Success 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Randi Sims, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

for diversity,going the extra mile in and outside of class to assist with learning [8], [24], [25], [27], [37].Other student support was evidenced in the form of transfer fairs [25], campus visits, careercenter access, computer support, daycare, writing tutors, academic success workshops, and post-transfer information sessions [24]. It was also noted that often transfer support comes most in thepre-transfer phase but that student support should be provided across three points: pre-transfer,pre-enrollment, and first term post-transfer [6]. Similarly related to student support isengagement. Ways to improve student engagement to increase transfer student capital includedengaging with peers, role models, and peer mentors [6], [46]; developing

Conference Session

LEAD Tech Session #2: Assessing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Development.

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Volpe; Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Denise Simmons, University of Florida; Danielle Weisenfeld, University of Florida; Jackson Carcaba, University of Florida

that enable them to work together [20]. By providing a groupenvironment, shared objective, and opportunity to work through unforeseen challenges,out-of-class activities offer conditions under which engineering students can develop as leaders.As an example, one recent study found design competition teams contributed to engineeringstudents leadership identity development through peer coaching, task management, anddecision-making [21]. Biomedical engineering students in a co-curricular design experience alsoreported the value of the out-of-class activities in providing exposure to leadership skills andpositions [22]. The present study contributes to the growing conversation around leadershipdevelopment in engineering education through student

Conference Session

Session 4 - Track 2: Inclusive Innovation: Reframing STEM Research in COVID-19

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Tamara N. Hamilton, Syracuse University ; Claudine-Lonje A Williams, Syracuse University; Chelsea Bouldin

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Department of Education (NYCDOE) in partnership with the Department of Labor (DOL) on the Youth CareerConnect Mentoring Initiative (YCC).Chelsea Bouldin, I am a Black woman PhD fellow who delights in co-creating worlds that embrace expansive processes of being. ”How do us Black women, girls, and femmes know ourselves?” is my most persistent query. Flavorful food, Black sci-fi books, bound-less writing, impromptu exploration, and laughing endlessly fill my dreamiest days. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Inclusive Innovation: Reframing STEM Research in COVID-19 Over the past several years, there has been a consistent increase in the number of scienceand engineering (S

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Swetha Nittala, Uber Technologies; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

out how to operationalize them in theirclassrooms. Research has shown that faculty interested in pedagogical transformation areoften overwhelmed by the many tools, frameworks, and theories available [13]. One of theobjectives of this paper is to remove this burden on faculty and instructors by providing themwith an organized checklist of inclusive teaching practices stemming from variedframeworks, along with some easy-to-use resources, strategies, and examples, all in a singleresource. Further, our inclusive course design checklist is organized around the variouscomponents of teaching (e.g., writing the syllabus, selecting/training TAs, etc.) so it is (wehope) more pragmatic, accessible, and implementation-ready to educators, all the

Collection

2023 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Soyoung Kang, University of Washington; Ken Yasuhara, University of Washington; Per G. Reinhall, University of Washington; Kathleen E Kearney, University of Washington; Jonathan T.C. Liu, University of Washington; Jonathan D. Posner, University of Washington; Erin Blakeney, University of Washington; ERIC SEIBEL, University of Washington; Shayla Payne

Tagged Topics

Diversity

facilitate large [7] discussion (4 min.), report out to large group report out. group (5 min.). Each student provides peer feedback An online survey tool (e.g., Google Peer on at least two other team Forms) is used to collect peer [9] feedback presentations. feedback.Beyond modifying existing course activities, the teaching team introduced new course activitiesspecific to the remote environment. Some activities were introduced to provide the sense ofcommunity and camaraderie that is cultivated in the class but often limited in remote settings.For

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Circuit Analysis

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro H. Espera Jr, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Virginia Tech university library portalpowered by Discovery Search using the keywords: “evidence-based”, AND instructionalpractices, AND “engineering OR physics OR sciences” AND “electrical OR circuits”, ANDundergraduate. The use of boolean operators in the keywords was based upon the steps inundertaking a literature review by Cronin et al. [16]. Google Scholar was also used to comparethe search results using the keywords set with Discovery Search and the search results turned outto be comparable. However, refining the search via Google Scholar was difficult, for instance,when showing the peer-reviewed articles only. So, to capture the most related and recent works,Discovery Advanced Search filter was used to refine the search based on