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Design Courses 1, Teaching Tools
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Dominic M. Halsmer P.E., Oral Roberts University; Simeon Spiess, Oral Roberts University; Geoffrey N.A. Willis, Oral Roberts University; Michael R. VanDusen
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Aerospace
experiences for all types of people. With this in mind, one goal is to inspire thenext generation of engineers by giving them a chance to experience the power of virtual-realityflight.PROJECT HISTORYIn Fall 2017, a multi-disciplinary team of six undergraduate engineering students at Oral RobertsUniversity (ORU) began developing a Stewart-platform-based virtual reality flight simulatorprototype. In doing this, they hoped to develop a more innovative approach to enhance theunderstanding of engineering design principles and custom aircraft design. This project took theform of the students’ senior capstone project, a university graduation requirement.By Spring 2018, the students had successfully designed and constructed a prototype that wasable to
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Engineering Communication II: Curricular Practices, Integrations, and Collaborations
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
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Mary M. McCall, University of Detroit Mercy; Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
arts organizations.Dr. Nassif E. Rayess, University of Detroit Mercy Nassif Rayess is Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering at University of Detroit Mercy. He was part of the efforts to introduce entrepreneurially minded learning to the University as part of the KEEN Network and Engineering Unleashed. He is also directly involved in the curricular elements of the co- op program at the University, and teaches the professional development courses that bookends the co-op semesters. He received his Ph.D. from Wayne State University and joined Detroit Mercy in 2001. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Embedding Technical Writing into a
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'Diversity' and Inclusion? Pedagogy, Experiences, Language and Performative Action
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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Paper ID #34514A Provisional History of the Idea of ”Soft” vs. ”Hard” Skills inEngineering EducationDr. Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia Kathryn Neeley is Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society in the Engineering and Society Department of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. She has served twice as chair of the Liberal Education/Engineering and Society Division of ASEE and received that division’s Sterling Olmsted Award for outstanding contributions to liberal education for engineers. American c
Conference Session
Creating a Supportive and Nurturing Academic Culture
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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andrea J. Kunze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julianna Ge, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
Paper ID #29285Work in Progress: Identifying Factors that Impact Student Experience ofEngineering Stress CultureMr. Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Joseph Mirabelli is an Educational Psychology graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign with a focus in Engineering Education. His work focuses on mentorship, mental health, and retention in STEM students and faculty. He was awarded the NAGAP Graduate Education Research Grant award to study engineering faculty perceptions of graduate student well-being and attrition. Before study- ing education at UIUC, Joseph
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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience
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James Lenn, Wayne State University; Fatmir Menkulasi P.E., Wayne State University; Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University; Jessie Mazin Yousif-Dickow; McKayla Kleinschrodt; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University
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Diversity
Paper ID #32051Incorporating Computer Aided Design and Three-Dimensional Printing in aFirst Year Engineering Design CourseMr. James Lenn, Wayne State University James Lenn has been at Wayne State University since 2013, first as part time faculty and more recently as a Lecturer. He teaches a freshman design course and several electrical engineering courses. Prior to taking a position at WSU, he had worked in industry as an engineer and engineering manager for roughly 30 years.Dr. Fatmir Menkulasi P.E., Wayne State UniversityProf. Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University Marcis Jansons, Ph.D., P.E. Marcis Jansons has been
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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience
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Kurt Paterson, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University; Callie Miller, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Jason Forsyth, James Madison University
each other, engineering students more senior to themselves,departmental faculty and staff, and alumni. Each program attempts to activate criticalingredients known to influence professional wayfinding and academic success. Takencollectively, they provide a robust ecosystem for supporting better transitions to college,discovering personal motivations to pursue an engineering education (or not), and creatingpositive connections to others on campus.The co-curriculars also facilitate a culture of entrepreneurially-minded learning (EML) adoptedthroughout MADE. The EML framework consists of (1) exploring one’s innate curiosity of theworld around them; (2) finding connections to realize how engineering is interrelated withcomplex sociocultural
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2007 North Midwest Section Meeting
Authors
Valerie J. Fuchs; James R. Mihelcic
, as a group, write equally about economics andenvironment, with less focus on society. As an assessment, this offers an indication of whatMichigan Tech teaches well (environment and economics) and what could be better incorporatedinto the programs (societal interactions). However, the different purposes of the ISD and PCMIreports should also be kept in mind. PCMI students write a research report as a reflection of theirwork in 27 months in the Peace Corps. Their community is their natural focus, and in a researchreport, economics is of less importance. ISD students write engineering feasibility study andinitial design reports for a client community or organization. These reports are more likely to Proceedings of the 2007 ASEE
Conference Session
Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 13
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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Todd DeLong, University of Virginia
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Electrical and Computer
Off a Learner’s Mind: Instructional Design for Complex Learning". Educ Psychol. 2003;38(1):5–13.4. Tofel-Grehl C, Feldon DF. "Cognitive Task Analysis–Based Training A Meta-Analysis of Studies". J Cogn Eng Decis Mak. 2013 Sep 1;7(3):293–304.5. Bianchini JA, Whitney DJ, Breton TD, Hilton-Brown BA. "Toward inclusive science education: University scientists’ views of students,instructional practices, and the nature of science". Sci Educ. 2002 Jan 1;86(1):42– 78.6. Powell H, Brandt-Pearce M, Williams R, Weikle R, Harriott L. "Incorporating Studio Techniques with a Breadth-First Approach in Electrical and Computer Engineering Education". In ASEE Conferences; 2016 [cited 2016 Nov 4]. Available from: http
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Scott Duplicate Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly, Lehigh University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
global preparedness, which also varies by academicdiscipline; e.g., intercultural competence (international education researchers) versusmulticultural competence or intercultural maturity (diversity scholars). Engineering educationresearchers have focused on global competence. Defining and measuring global preparedness hasproven to be even more difficult.12Hunter13 working with an international panel of experts, developed a working definition ofglobal competence: “having an open mind while actively seeking to understand cultural normsand expectations of others, leveraging this gained knowledge to interact, communicate and workeffectively outside one’s environment.” Deardorff14 summarized intercultural competency as“the skills to listen, observe
Conference Session
First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session
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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Janet K. Lumpp, University of Kentucky
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First-Year Programs
. -Explore engineering tools including novel ones. -Develop insights into key engineering principles spanning all disciplines. -Build mindfulness and awareness of multiple programming environments and/or languages. -Develop confidence and experience in algorithmic problem solving. -Develop a knowledge of component integration to create functional subsystems. B. Develop data collection and analysis skills. -Build skills interfacing hardware and software. -Choose between and develop competence using multiple analysis platforms, such as Excel, Matlab, Arduino, etc. C. Team formation and collaboration -Explore
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Technical Session 2d
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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
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Andrew W Hostler, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo; Bridget Benson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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Pacific Southwest Section
2017 Pacific Southwest SectionMeeting: Tempe, Arizona Apr 20 Paper ID #20683Upper Division Students Teaching Engineering Skills to Lower Division Stu-dents through Underwater RoboticsAndrew W Hostler, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo Andrew Hostler is an Electrical Engineering student Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He loves cables and connections of all sorts, be it ethernet, an ROV tether, or even a surfboard leash whenever he can. Most of his academic interest lies in embedded systems, hardware design, and systems engineering, especially for CNC machines and underwater
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M3B: Learning in Context 2
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2019 FYEE Conference
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Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University; Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Richard T. Cimino, Rowan University
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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission
AppendicesStudents had to be mindful of regional and societal differences in discussing algae farm design,with considerations including differences in ambient temperatures, availability and access toelectricity and water, demand and markets for biofuels and other algae-derived products, andlocal laws and customs in the specific country.Assessment of the “Three C’s”Among the topics for Freshman Engineering Clinic II are: engineering communication,engineering ethics, statistics, programming with MATLAB, engineering economics, productdevelopment, and intellectual property. Thus, a good project for integration into FEC II shoulduse and reinforce most or all of these topics, and the algae project does so. An additional goal ofthe algae project is to contribute
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
met Laura, my mentor, and she helped me get involved in Xipiter. Xipiter has helped me fall in love with Aerospace Engineering and I have no doubt in my mind now that this is my major to be in. Thank you for all that you do!Another student praised the ASPIRE student co-registration and peer-mentoring components ofthe program for helping them achieve success: To me being able to talk to other students that were in my classes and then talk to the mentors contained the most value. I was able to see how my fellow students were doing in class and get much needed help when I was having trouble in a hard class. The mentors also gave pointers as in which teachers to take/avoid which I think is an important aspect to
Conference Session
Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Capstone Design Projects
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University
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Manufacturing
Paper ID #12374Vertical Integration of Capstone Projects in Multiple Courses in the Engi-neering Technology ProgramsDr. Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University MORTEZA SADAT-HOSSIENY is currently associate professor and director of Engineering Technology programs at Northern Kentucky University. Dr. Sadat received his B.S.in Manufacturing Engineering Technology from Oklahoma State University, M.S. Manufacturing Eng. Tech from Murray State Uni- versity and Ph.D. Industrial Technology, Iowa State University. His areas of concentration are CAD, Industrial Automation, Alternative Power Generation Methods and his
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Technical Session II
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2018 FYEE Conference
Authors
Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University
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Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions
Paper ID #24434Full Paper: Examination of the Development of Grit in First-Year Engineer-ing StudentsDr. Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University Dr. Jenahvive Morgan is the instructor for EGR 100 - Introduction to Engineering Design at Michigan State University. EGR 100 is a large course with an enrollment of over 1600 students in the academic year. She is also currently the Director of Positions for the ASEE Women in Engineering Division, as well as an ASCE ExCEED Fellow. Dr. Morgan has a PhD and MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State
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2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting
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sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung; Vazgen Shekoyan
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Diversity
professor of physics and his experiences include pedagogy, CubeSat, etc. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Assessment of working memory utilization improvement strategies for engineering and technology ESL students in the learning of physics Vazgen Shekoyan1, Weier Ye2, Sunil Dehipawala1, Raul Armendariz1, George Tremberger1, and Tak Cheung1 1 CUNY Queensborough Community College Physics Department Bayside NY 11364 2 CUNY Queensborough Community College English Department Bayside NY 11364AbstractWorking memory utilization improvement strategies in a flipped class environment, where thelowest
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Introductory Materials Science for the 21st Century
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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Carolyn Skurla, Baylor University
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Materials
; although, the importance of sound technicalwriting skills in the engineering profession outweighed student discomfort in my mind. Myintent at the beginning of this inquiry process was to simplify the laboratory report format onmost laboratory exercises and to require perhaps one or two full laboratory reports.First, I invited students who had previously taken my course and who were still students at theuniversity to sit down with me in a local coffee shop for a discussion of their opinions of thecourse and their suggestions for improving the laboratory experience for future students. Twoundergraduate students who had taken the course in the previous year, one undergraduate studentwho had taken the course 2 years before, and three masters students
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Methods & Techniques in Graduate Education
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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Walter Schilling
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Graduate Studies
non-completion rate for Doctoral students, italso discourages the best and the brightest and most entrepreneurially minded engineersfrom ever starting the process.Misunderstandings of the patent process also routinely occur. In a rush to publish articles,many graduate research projects have forfeited the ability to patent intellectual property.The zealous guarding of intellectual property, and the care which must be taken to securelaboratories from outside intrusion in order to protect intellectual property is a skillengrained in practicing engineers. Yet the openness of the academic work can easilycircumvent this care. For a non-traditional student researching in their field, the ability toshare their work if initiated in a corporate setting
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New Trends in ECE Education I
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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mary Baker, Texas Tech University; Brian Nutter, Texas Tech University; Mohammed Saed, Texas Tech University
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Electrical and Computer
AC 2008-1459: DEVELOPMENT OF A FRESHMAN AND PRE-FRESHMANRESEARCH AND DESIGN PROGRAM IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGMary Baker, Texas Tech UniversityBrian Nutter, Texas Tech UniversityMohammed Saed, Texas Tech University Page 13.406.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Development of a Freshman and Pre-Freshman Research and Design Program in Electrical EngineeringAbstractIt is well-known that involving students in activities and courses within their major earlyin their academic careers has a positive impact on student retention. We have developedseveral programs targeted at involving freshmen and pre-freshmen students in Electricaland Computer Engineering
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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 1
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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
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Krista Donaldson, Stanford University; Gary Lichtenstein, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University
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Educational Research and Methods
] Chen, H.L., O. Eris, K.M. Donaldson and S.D. Sheppard. "From PIE to APPLES: The Evolution of a Survey Instrument to Explore Engineering Student Pathways" ASEE, Pittsburgh, 2008.[17] Astin, A.W., "Student Involvement: A Developmental Theory for Higher Education" Journal of College Student Development, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 518-529, 1999.[18] Light, R.J., Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001.[19] Berger, J.B., J.F. Milem and M.B. Paulsen. "The exploration of "habitus" as a multi-dimensional construct" The Association for the Study of Higher Education, Miami, 1998.[20] Chubin, D., K. Donaldson, L. Fleming and B. Olds, "Educating
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2021 First-Year Engineering Experience
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Kayla Thompson; Matthew Garett Young, Arkansas Tech University
engineering course to introduce the idea ofcapacitance and capacitors. The origination of the activity was in the Fall 2019, but it was trialedmore as a prototype activity with significantly less structure. It had been developed as part of anEntrepreneurially Minded (EM) activity, however, this paper is not focused on the EM orientedaspect of the activity [1]. The activity was to be used in Fall 2020, but due to how COVID-19disrupted the classroom experience, it was not provided to students during Fall 2020. Withincreasingly familiarity of how to operate a classroom in-person during COVID-19 in a safemanner and following university guidelines, the activity was revived for Spring 2021 but thistime with input from a senior undergraduate electrical
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2003 GSW
Authors
Tariq A. Khraishi
and to try to statistically contrast the results. Such statistics would be the ever moreenhanced if collected over the course of several semesters of teaching.In conclusion thus, the author’s first experiment with PBL in an engineering Dynamics classproved helpful although certainly not perfect. It appears that more preparation and carefulplanning for such experiments is an absolute must. Qualitative evidence pointed to the benefit ofsuch an experiment to student learning as reflected by student feedback and general studententhusiasm about the assigned design project. References 1. National Research Council, 2000, “How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School,” National Academy
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Gender and Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering
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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tiffany Iskander, University of Utah; Paul Gore, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
strengthened by population studies describing the interests and achievement ofcurrent secondary education students. For example, how many U.S. high school seniors Page 14.644.6currently express interests in engineering and have the mathematics achievement to besuccessful in a rigorous undergraduate engineering curriculum? Such data would be quitevaluable. With this in mind, educators and policy makers could target interventionsdesigned to enhance awareness of engineering careers to students with strong academiccapabilities and who have expressed measured interests congruent with engineering, butwho are not explicitly aspiring to engineering-related careers
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ECE Poster Session
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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Haluk Ozemek, San Jose State University; Preetpal Kang, San Jose State University; Albert Khanh Nguyen, San Jose State University; pradeep badhan, San Jose State University
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Electrical and Computer
not introducedto their field early enough to have a good understanding of their profession. Usually, the first twoyears of the engineering undergraduate program are spent in completing general education andscience requirements. With this in mind, the authors have developed a sophomore-levelProgramming Concepts and Methodology lecture/lab course in the Computer EngineeringDepartment at San Jose State University, which emphasizes the key elements of computerengineering. The main objective of this course is to illustrate how a high-level program, in thiscase C language, interacts with peripheral hardware. Throughout the semester, students areintroduced to C language to be used on a microcontroller-based board to interface with sensorsand
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Pedagogy and Assessment I
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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ehsan Sheybani; Singli Garcia-Otero; Keith Williamson
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Electrical and Computer
asa group of critical friends and provides constructive advice on how to improve implementation of Page 14.696.5the program, keeping in mind the purposes of the original award: to increase the quality and quantity of under-represented minorities who earn degrees in science and engineering. Recommendations from the committee have positively impacted the program and the university. Based on the positive influence and recommendations of the committee, the School of Engineering adopted its own student advisory board to reflect student concerns. The School then went to the next level and developed a strategic partnership with some of the
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Student Attitudes and Perceptions
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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Barbara Masi, MIT
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Educational Research and Methods
subjectconceptions? For example, how does a subject where students work together on thinking,in an engineering design sense, about solutions to global warming compare with a moretraditional engineering design subject where students work on the design of remotecontrolled dirigibles. While the former may be more exciting to students, and moremotivating, what impact will it have on engineering abilities?An experiment with this question in mind was used as a baseline in developing a widerange of freshman design subjects that could attract not only students interested inengineering as a major, but all freshmen enrolled at the institution. The overall structureof the subjects was a loosely structured design “process.” The subjects would also need tostress the
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Innovative Classroom Techniques
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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patrick Brophy, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Educational Research and Methods
errorsdiscovered. Using the question-and-answer technique with the 35 engineers resulted in just 20tools for evaluating results. This paper presents a detailed description of how the critical incidenttechnique was implemented along with guidelines for adapting the technique for use by otherresearchers.IntroductionAn important goal of the education process is to help students in the transition from novice toexpert in one or more areas. Beginning with the research of Newell and Simon (1972), aconsiderable body of knowledge now exists describing how people transition from novice toexpert status (Ashcraft, 2006; Solso, 1995). The major type of data used when studying problemsolving is the “verbal protocol.” The verbal protocols provide a window into the minds
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Assessing Design Coursework
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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Trevisan, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University
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Design in Engineering Education
between this performance and theinstructor’s expectations.This study sought to understand the thinking and use of classroom assessment in thecontext of engineering capstone design courses through the published literature. Relevantjournals and conference proceedings over a 10 year period were queried. Three articlesprovide detailed illustrations of formative classroom assessment strategies that could beimplemented in capstone design courses.We are currently developing assessment tools for capstone engineering courses withthese strategies in mind. Our goal is to develop tools that will enable instructors toprovide formative assessments that have the potential of benefiting the student, theproject and the course itself.Bibliography 1. Todd, R. H
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Edward Wheeler, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; JianJian Song, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Voltmer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
are provided bycourses that explore electromagnetics, electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity.System-level issues are then discussed in courses in high-speed design and are extended viaapplications in wireless systems. Planned courses include a laboratory-based course in modelingand measurement and a course in RF integrated circuit design.In this paper we report on courses in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), signal integrity (SI),and high-speed design that will provide the foundations of the high-speed design program beingdeveloped . The needs of both disciplines, electrical engineering and computer engineering,must be kept in view. In the discussion below, therefore, keep in mind that, since electricalengineering and computer
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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 11
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Charles Carlson, Kansas State University; Dwight Day, Kansas State University
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Diversity
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Electrical and Computer
Paper ID #19928Transformation of an Introductory Computer Engineering Course UtilizingMicroprocessors and a Focus on Hardware LimitationsMr. Charles Carlson, Kansas State University Mr. Charles Carlson is a Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant in Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing at Kansas State University, and he is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. He works in the biomedical lab, and is a teaching assistant for ECE 241: Introduction to Computer Engineering. He is interested in engineering education, biotechnology, and bioinstrumentation.Dr. Dwight Day, Kansas State University Dwight Day