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Conference Session
Topics in Computer Science and Programming
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James Dean Palmer, Northern Arizona University; Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University
Tagged Divisions
Computers in Education
out brackets,rules, and time limits so that the audience could clearly seewho was winning at any given moment…and so we could Figure  3.  A  Digital  Carnival  poster  jointly  award a winner immediately at the end of the carnival. sponsored  with  SUN  Entertainment.  Being computer scientists, our ACM members saw this asa software problem and responded by writing a sophisticated program to manage competitionbrackets and scoring, as well as an elaborate on-line preregistration system. Nonetheless, humanjudges remained important to monitor the events, verify the scores, and input the data.The third problem we identified centered around finding a viable financial model for the DigitalCarnival or, better yet, finding a way to turn
Conference Session
High School Students Thinking and Performance
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
knowledge and conceptual knowledge can be challenging. Ideally,teachers would be able to trace thinking through the design rationale as the design proceeds, notjust retrospectively or from static project artifacts. They would also be able to use technology tosupplement teaching documentation and communication. The use of technology and culturaltechnology methods of communication has potential to impact assessment in K-12 engineeringeducation. Seventy-five percent of teens have cell phones2 and over 50% of teenagers 17 andyounger have access to the Internet outside of school and send email or text messages at leastonce a week. Twitter and other text-messaging tools help to motivate and encourage students todo more writing and encourage interactions
Conference Session
Curriculum Development
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Stephen W. Crown, University of Texas, Pan American
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
experiencesthat promote STEM play a critical role in many students’ lives in these important transitionyears. The methods and long term impact of one such program with a twenty-six year trackrecord of attracting and preparing minority students is examined. The Pre-Freshman EngineeringProgram (PREP) is an educational summer program aimed at Hispanic middle and high schoolstudents to increase educational preparedness and interest in STEM fields. The three yearacademic program that serves middle and high school students interested in STEM runs sevenweeks each summer. Courses (Introduction to Engineering, Logic, Computer Science, AlgebraicStructures, Introduction to Physics, Problem Solving, Introduction to Probability and Statistics,and Technical Writing
Conference Session
General Topics in Graduate Education
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew Pariyothorn, Texas A&M University; Robin L. Autenrieth, Texas A&M University
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
by contributing to ongoing faculty research projects or pursuing anindependent research topic. More than 555 participants have completed the USRG program sincethe summer of 2000.The objectives of the program are to: 1) provide immersive research experience(s) forengineering undergraduates; 2) increase participant’s interest in pursuing graduate studies withan emphasis on the Ph.D. program; 3) increase participant’s awareness of the graduate schoolexperience; 4) provide an outlet to enhance participant’s writing and communications skills; 5)increase participant’s understanding of the graduate school application process for admissionsand fellowships; and subsequently, 6) position participants to be more competitive for graduateadmissions and
Conference Session
Curriculum Exchange II
Collection
2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jared P. Coyle, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University
Tagged Divisions
K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
wereunfamiliar with what they saw, they were encouraged to write this. If there were topics ofparticular interest to a specific group, they were also encouraged to indicate that in their graffiti.As a result, a set of 14 metro maps containing anecdotal evidence of student backgroundknowledge was generated. The information that the students wrote down was characterized in 5ways: Total response (Did the students give any response at all?), Positive and NegativeResponse (Did the students respond positively or negatively to the idea?) and Informed andUninformed Response (Did the students demonstrate pre-existing and accurate knowledge abouta subject?).This graffiti method is also being carried out during the middle of the year in January and againat the end
Collection
2001 Annual Conference
Authors
Scott Brigade; Laura Deam; La Toya Coley; Jessica Linck; Jan Kidwell; Elizabeth Goodson; Brent Robinson; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley
and one middle school asscience, math, and technology resources and co-teachers. They have worked with over 1500elementary and middle school students and over 100 teachers to date.IntroductionThe outreach program at the College of Engineering at NC State includes a GK-12 grant fromthe National Science Foundation aimed at using engineering students from the university level toenhance math, science and technology instruction. The grant was written and put in place as aresponse to two perceived problems. First, national reports indicate that U. S. students in K-12schools currently lag behind their peers in other countries in math and science achievement1.And second, recruitment efforts directed toward women have stagnated for many Colleges
Collection
2001 Annual Conference
Authors
Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns
dimensions of the project, (c) implications for multidisciplinary teamwork, (d) importantglobal and society considerations, and finally (e) lifelong learning issues. As with the previousdeliverable, the average grade was a B+. Most students were able to write meaningfuldescriptions of these outcomes and to make connections between the outcomes and their projectactivities.In the final phase of the project, students were to work in teams, to use their individualmilestones as input information, and to develop their educational tool describing IE. Of thegroups, one created a website, one created a set of brochures, and the remaining five groupscreated some variation of a poster. Two of the posters are currently on display in the industrialengineering
Collection
2000 Annual Conference
Authors
Thomas Regan; Katherine Sanders; Donald Evans; Chris Carlson-Dakes; Cesar Malave; Ardie Walser; Jack McGourty; Richard Felder
development of faculty, particularly thosefrom under-represented populations such as women and ethnic minorities. The primaryobjectives of the faculty development program are to engage veteran and young faculty inECSEL’s theme of learning by design; to deal with diversity issues; to improve the prospects ofyoung faculty for success; and to change the tenure and promotion process.• In 1996 a four-day workshop was held at Penn State for young faculty and graduate students from ECSEL schools and nine other universities from outside the coalition. The workshop topics included basics of course design, research funding and proposal writing, and time management. A Junior Faculty Development Workshop was held at the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference
Collection
2000 Annual Conference
Authors
Victor F. Medina; Valarie Akerson; Nina Wang
report on their work, thereby improving writing skills. The students alsopresented their project orally at the end of the course.The study spanned the spring semester. The class was comprised of seven students. Sixwere obtaining a Master of Science degree in Environmental Engineering. The seventhstudent was taking the course as an upper division Civil Engineering elective. Their agesranged between 27 and 50, with a mean of 32 years.Assigned ProjectsThree assigned laboratory projects were given:1. An irrigation water quality project relating water quality parameters to the type of irrigation canal tested.2. A contaminated soil project focussing on the relationship of biological activity to soil contamination and other soil properties3. A
Collection
2000 Annual Conference
Authors
Yellamraju Vikas; Tony Ramanello; Kurt Gramoll
wouldlike to have live discussions about the course or homework. With only 70-80 students in thecourse described in the paper, there were never enough students at any given time to make thechat rooms work effectively.The web board concept, while not new, is an extremely important component to the onlinecourses. With the web board, questions and discussions can be done similar to the interactionthat takes place in a normal classroom. In some respects, the web board discussions allowedmore students to participate in asking questions since there was no time limit or peer pressure notto ask questions. It also allowed students to ask questions when the questions arose, irrespectiveof time. Over the course of the semester, it was found that the time
Collection
2001 Annual Conference
Authors
Shirley Fleischmann
community, assess the strengths andinterests of your students and the faculty interested in participation. In our case, GrandValley had a number of engineering students who were serious cyclists. They providedthe expertise that we needed to begin fixing bikes and they provided contacts to a localbicycle shop that now provides materials at a discount and provides additional expertise.We also have a number of students who need exposure to the use of hand tools.Changing tires is a wonderful way to start in this program, and most bicycle repairs arequite easy to learn. Even students who have never worked on a bike and know littleabout hand tools can come and learn from their peers in a very non-threateningenvironment. The same students are able to gain
Conference Session
First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: AI, Computation, and Electronics
Collection
2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William Davis Ferriell, University of Kentucky
Tagged Divisions
First-Year Programs Division (FYP)
image processing that find markers in acomplex background or control a background to find an object in an image.An example of the first type of task—find markers in a complex background—is used in aproject where students create a semi-automated toy for a hypothetical child with a disability.The toy launches a ping pong ball at a target. The distance and angle to the target is found usingmachine vision, and then the launcher is turned and raised or lowered to reach the target. Todetermine the distance, fiducials are placed on the target and the students must write code to takean image of the target in a complex background and find the pixels in the image that correspondto the fiducials. The size and or distance in pixels between fiducials can be
Conference Session
NEE Technical Session 2 - Educator's experience and perspective
Collection
2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Yuliana Flores, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington; Soraya Grace Barar; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)
ofthematic analysis. The first round consisted of reading each of the three educator's reflectiondocuments week by week in chronological order beginning with week 1 and ending with week10. The reflections were read in order of Gabby, Paige, and Fiona. While reading through thecontent, Gabby wrote pen/paper notes of things that stood out and then prepared memos. Thisinitial round of coding led to the initial three themes -- existing material, the work of a secondsection, and acting on core values.The second round of coding consisted of writing out the initial themes on paper to referencethem while reading through the reflections again. While reading the reflections, Gabby wascoding for the themes. This time, Gabby read all of one educator's entire
Conference Session
Engineering a Just Future: Cultivating Equity, Voice, and Community in Technical Education
Collection
2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Laura A. H. Wood, University of Michigan; Angie Kim, University of Michigan; Amber N Williams, University of Michigan; Berenice A. Cabrera, University of Michigan; Hayley N. Nielsen, University of Michigan; Lu Zhou, University of Michigan; Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Erika A Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Steve J. Skerlos, University of Michigan
Tagged Divisions
Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity
courses is uniquely important. It is also uniquely difficult to do. Leydens and Lucena acknowledge that some of their engineering for social justice (E4SJ)criteria are easier to implement in design than ES courses, but they also write, “Whereaslistening contextually is greatly facilitated by design projects that feature a client…, suchlistening is more abstract in the absence of clients… However, students can identify the kind oflistening they would do with hypothetical clients” [13]. This quote suggests both that it isdifficult to integrate an equity focus into science courses, but also that similar approaches can beused in ES and design courses, though the connections to real-world impacts might be moreabstract or hypothetical in the
Conference Session
First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula
Collection
2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Richard Goldberg, University of North Carolina ; Ehssan Nazockdast, University of North Carolina ; Daphne Klotsa , University of North Carolina
Tagged Divisions
First-Year Programs Division (FYP)
and becomes a larger percentage of the class.We have several activities that help students to develop their engineering identity and exposethem to real world examples of engineering in our lives. Students write a “microstory” tointroduce themselves by describing an event or experience with engineering that led them to takethis class. Student also conduct an interview with a non-engineer to discuss the impact ofengineering on their work.For another activity, students give a short presentation on an “innovation in engineering”. Thegoal is for students to explore the engineering considerations behind recent innovative products.These are fun and interesting two-minute presentations in which a student describes a recentengineering innovation. They
Conference Session
Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ahmed Cherif Megri, University of Wyoming
Tagged Divisions
Architectural
ethics study(including preparation of a code of ethics by students), and preparation of a complete project reportthat contains all design drawings and calculations. This course also involve leadership and oral andwriting components as part of their learning objectives.The student performance in courses involving laboratory also includes evaluation of laboratory reportsrequired from students. Grading of laboratory reports is rigorous and involves evaluation of technicalcontents, clarity and coherence of presented materials, and writing skills.Most of the architectural engineering senior level courses also involve projects. In addition to homeworkproblems, exams, etc. the student evaluation in these courses is also achieved through review of
Conference Session
Experiential Learning and Globalization in BME
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jonathan Sanghoon Lee, University of Virginia; Shing Wai Yam, University of Virginia; William H. Guilford, University of Virginia
Tagged Divisions
Biomedical
valuable skills such as theability to “explain, present, discuss, and defend [one’s] work to peers, advisors, and otherfaculty” [1], understanding how scientists and engineers work on real problems, analyzing andinterpreting data, and learning lab techniques [2].As undergraduate programs and institutions grow, it becomes difficult to successfully matchstudents to laboratories. Apart from identifying labs that are willing to accept undergraduates,successful matching requires an as yet unknown combination of interests, skills, implicit orexplicit mindsets, and demographic factors. In a single department these factors may be knownto a limited extent of both the labs and the undergraduate applicants. With enough priorexperience one might intuit a good
Conference Session
ETD Design II: Mechanical Engineering Technology
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Janet Braun, Western Washington University
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Technology
of the five areas.As data were collected during one term on a class of only 10 students, the extensive quantitativeanalysis was not conducted. The small class size did, however, allow for the use of thereflective exercises which would have been burdensome to review for a larger class.Reflective ExercisesPre-course ReflectionsThe very first day of class, students were asked to reflect and write an essay on leadership andteamwork. This essay was designed to have students assess their current understanding of Page 22.1231.4various team roles along with their strengths and weaknesses in each of the roles. Students wereasked to address each of
Conference Session
Great Ideas for Projects that Teach Instrumentation
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Zengqian Wang, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Instrumentation
plasticity theory, structural design and analysis, engineering analysis and finite element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His research is in the areas of remote sensing and control with applications to remote experimentation as well as modeling of microstructure changes in metal forming processes. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific journals. At the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, USA, he received the Best Paper Award for his article ’A Virtual Laboratory on Fluid Mechanics’.Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology
Collection
1999 Annual Conference
Authors
Lorraine Holub; G.V. Loganathan; Craig Moore; Bill Greenberg
; mathematical writing(http://www.fandm.edy/departments/mathematics) emphasizing clear explanations, unclutteredexpositions on the page, and well organized presentation; tutorials involving a significantnumber of drill problems with help on demand for students working in peer groups or on anindividual basis so that mistakes are fixed without any delay. A component that should be addedto the above list is a well-conceived set of hands-on experiments. It is well known that what youremember the most is what you have learned by doing. While that statement is readily accepted,the time constraint combined with the multidisciplinary nature of experiments (mini projects) isoften cited for not carrying it out as part of calculus class. At Virginia Tech, the
Conference Session
Computers in Education General Technical Session I
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Computers in Education
analysis, engineering analysis and finite element methods and has interests in remote laboratories, project-based learning and student learning assessment. His research is in the areas of remote sensing and control with applications to remote experimentation as well as modeling of microstructure changes in metal forming processes. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and scientific journals. At the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition in Chicago, USA, he received the Best Paper Award for his article ’A Virtual Laboratory on Fluid Mechanics’.Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology
Conference Session
Multidisciplinary Technical Session
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University
Tagged Divisions
Multidisciplinary Engineering
not effective to keep students’ interest in their majors. This is particularlytrue for the engineering majors.There are efforts to cultivate more student-centered learning pedagogies in higher education(Bransford, Brown, and Cocking, 2000; McKenna, Yalvac, and Light, 2009). Transformingengineering education context from a teacher-centered orientation to a learner-centeredorientation is a common interest in engineering education research. Group work, formativeassessment, contextualized instruction, use of peer review and self-reflective tools, and out-ofclass collaborations are some learning-centered instructional strategies (Bransford, Brown, andCocking, 2000; Yalvac, Smith, Hirsch, and Troy, 2007; Yalvac, Smith, Hirsch, & Birol, 2006
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Geoffrey L. Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Tagged Topics
NSF Grantees
to understand, their knowledge can sometimes be incomplete or inaccurate. Forexample, the FCI revealed that students struggle to learn the force concept much more than theirinstructors initially believed14. Instructors also may not fully know which misconceptions areprevalent among their students or even how students misunderstand core concepts. Studentsmust be interviewed to determine which topics are truly difficult and why students fail tounderstand these core concepts correctly. If possible, these interviews should catalogue specific,identifiable misconceptions about standard problems in the discipline.Step 3. Write concept inventory items and draft the concept inventory: Using data from Step 2,CI developers should construct multiple
Conference Session
Aerospace Technical Session
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Aerospace
aerospace students2. GIT AE alumni3. NASA and industry new employees getting oriented4. Engineers refreshing pre-requisites for Distance Learning graduate school5. GIT AE graduate students taking courses across technical disciplines6. Graduate students preparing for PhD Qualifying Examination7. NASA and industry experienced engineers working on new proposals/ projects8. Cross-disciplinary project teamsEXTROVERT GatewayAs planned, the first two years of the project are devoted to intense resource development, whilethe final year will be devoted to user and peer assessment, refinement and publication. A basicstructure to facilitate content addition and user experience has been designed and implemented.The EXTROVERT gateway serves as the portal to the
Conference Session
Track 3 - Session 2
Collection
2014 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Megan Mercedes Echevarria, International Engineering Program, University of Rhode Island; Sigrid -- Berka, University of Rhode Island
Tagged Topics
Student Development
abroad experience significantly greater growth during subsequent immersion activities. Page 20.30.5We suspect that, regardless of whether or not the entire cohort of students participating in thesustainability service-learning project chooses to return to Chile for their full year abroad, all ofthose students will have a distinct advantage over their peers who have not participated in anyshort-term programs. The assessment surveys that we are developing as part of this activity willhelp us document, analyze and report differences in comfort levels between different cohortswhen exposed to a foreign culture.Our fourth activity is a specialized
Conference Session
Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session
Collection
2005 Annual Conference
Authors
Zbigniew Hladysz; Robert Corey; JASON ASH; Glen Stone; Dale Skillman; Charles Kliche; Larry Stetler; David Dixon; Larry Simonson; Stuart Kellogg
Project-Based Learning Incorporating Design and Teaming Larry D. Stetler, Stuart D. Kellogg, David J. Dixon, Glen A. Stone, Larry A. Simonson, Zbigniew J. Hladysz, Charles Kliche, Robert Corey, Dale Skillman, Jason T. Ash South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD 57701Abstract:Projects that provide inquisitive design and analysis are utilized in a 1st-year engineering andscience curriculum at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to introduce students toexperimentation, data collection, analysis, technical report writing, and presentation. Projectsallow for construction of numerical models, development of predictions, and
Conference Session
Freshman Curriculum Development
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Mark Palmer
(aq) + HCl(aq) –> NaCl(aq) after calculating the )H for the following reactions:NaOH(s) –> NaOH(aq) and NaOH(s) + HCl(aq) –> NaCl(aq).Acid - Base Titration - Students determined the concentration dependence of pH for carbonicacid and then estimated the amount of base required to neutralize the acid. They repeated this forcalculation HCl, and by comparison learn that the difference between a strong and weak acid.Kinetics - The students determined the rate law of crystal violet (CV) + NaOH to determine if itis an elementary process.In these experiments the students were not given specific experimental conditions to examine,and were required to write a brief lab memo (with an introduction, procedure, results anddiscussion) to explaining
Conference Session
Design, Assessment, and Curriculum
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Teodora Rutar; Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Lawrence McKenzie; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili; Patricia Daniels; Michael Trevisan
where they show offtheir capstone design projects. Furthermore, they are asked to make a journal entry analyzingtheir individual performance with the rubric suggested by Figure 3 and outlining a personal planof action for elevating their skills to the next level. They are also asked to speculate whyengineering students typically score much lower on the teamwork and communication sectionsthan the design process sections and are asked to suggest actions that could be taken across thecurriculum to improve performance in these areas.At Seattle University some freshman classes take the instrument as an ice-breaker in thebeginning engineering course. This experience initiates fellowship among their peers and helpsstudents see the big picture of what
Conference Session
Teaching and Pedagogy Issues in Graduate Education
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Justin M. Foley, Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan; Ashley M. Verhoff, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan; John J. Pitre Jr., Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan; Kathleen Marie Ropella, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
, peer participants provide feedback on workshopaspects that may need to be addressed prior to the official workshop, which include, in part,notation consistency, instructional pace, breadth of material, and timing. The practice workshopsare held one week prior to the scheduled time of implementation, which ensures there is time toaddress the concerns of the workshop participants.Both the instructor and the workshop participants can benefit from these practice workshops. Forstudent instructors, they provide opportunities to speak in front of an audience that is committed Page 24.1404.3to teaching. The audience can see subtleties that may have been
Conference Session
Sustainability
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James E. Wilcox , Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering
such initiatives, with LLC organized aroundsustainability having been established at more than a handful of colleges and universitiesnationwide. Proponents of living and learning communities point to social and educationalbenefits beyond enrollment and retention, such as better academic performance, studentengagement (civic, intellectual, and social), and critical thinking owning to experiential learningand co-curricular (and extra-curricular) learning opportunities. Also expected are more reliableand effective student transitions into higher education owing to the peer support network and rolemodels built around shared interests and positive identities (Tinto, 2000; Zhao and Kuh, 2004;Inkelas, et al, 2006; Brower and Inkelas, 2010). This