Conference Session

Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ilhem F. Hakem, Carnegie Mellon University; Richard Tang, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael R. Bockstaller, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

operational steps of the Polymer Emulator: initiation and parameter selection (Figure 2,left) and force-extension curve emulation (Figure 2, right).Before performing the ‘Rubber Emulator’ experiment, students are provided a summary ofnetwork elasticity, including a discussion of the challenges of the original statistical model ofnetwork elasticity. Following the experiment, students are required to write a report summarizingand interpreting their findings in analogy of a regular laboratory experiment. This includes theinterpretation of the observed effect of parameter changes (such as crosslink density, solventswelling ratio, temperature) and the comparison with theoretical predictions. Students are alsoasked to replot the data obtained from the

Collection

2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Ahmed Ammar, Ohio Northern University; Heath Joseph LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Ohio Northern University; Khalid S. Al-Olimat P.E., Ohio Northern University

the collaborative experience can support peer learning,whereas other times a divide-and-conquer approach is adopted, and each student completes only aportion of the laboratory activities. The latter approach often leads to students specializing in asubset of the core skills and competencies that are intended to be developed in the laboratorycourse.One approach to encourage all students to develop the core skills desired for the laboratory courseis to include a laboratory final exam as part of the course, which comprehensively assesses thedifferent skills and knowledge competencies intended for the laboratory course. In laboratorycourses with several sections and different instructors, it can be challenging to ensure consistencyin the

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Samuel John, Wayne State University; Cameron Hanson, Wayne State University; James Lenn, Wayne State University; Marcis Jansons P.E., Wayne State University; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

.). Jansons has authored over forty peer-reviewed, engine-related publications, and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and on the Board of Associates of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Internal Combustion Engine Division (ICED). He is a 2012 recipient of SAE’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, conferred in recognition of significant contributions to teaching, research and student development and a 2015-16 Fulbright Scholar. Jansons has twenty years’ experience working with optical engines, and leads a research group of qualified and expe- rienced graduate students. Jansons serves as the Director of Early Engineering Programs, administering the core group of STEM courses common to

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Martha L. Torres, University of Texas at El Paso; Virgilio Ernesto Gonzalez, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

the type of learning process for each student. Somestudents are audio learners, while others are visual learners or need the instructor or peer interactionto understand the concepts. Online education allows several options personalizing the learningprocess for each student. Fig.1 shows the advantages of online education [5],[6]. The mostcommon disadvantages of the online learning system are technical issues, such as internetconnectivity, computer or peripheral component failures, and the difficulty of getting thecomponents or specific devices for the courses or laboratories. Figure 1. Virtual Education AdvantagesBased on these circumstances, the University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, in the USA border withMéxico

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Declan Thomas Mahaffey-Dowd, University of California, Berkeley; Shannon Ciston, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Negar Beheshti Pour, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

online collaborative tools,including the Google file-sharing suite. These tools are used for all members to contribute ideas: “When we research improvements to the battery, or want to tune a certain variable, every person has to write something down in the Google doc…” “...we can have everything in one place like and it’s all shared with us.”The use of these sharted tools for developing and annotating presentations, and making plans,were implemented before the onset of the pandemic, and have continued as important tools tosupport collaborative work remotely.Limitations A limitation the researchers observed in conducting the virtual interviews was thatparticipants typically discussed their experience

Conference Session

Outreach and K-12

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Mary Elizabeth Foltz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Topics

Outreach and K-12

students was “where can we get more of these test strips?”showing that they were excited to independently explore this topic further. In addition, studentsshowed initiative to investigate the topic deeper. They would write for example: “I would like torun a test on the unfiltered tap water and see how effective the refrigerator filter really is, especiallyconsidering the filter is old by now” and “This was straight from tap indoors, but we recentlyinstalled a whole-house filter to keep the hardness down, which explains some of the results (thewater in our area is very hard).” Overall, 187 students across the United States submitted waterquality data for their water sample (Figure 4 that we showed to students in the synchronoussessions

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cory J. Prust; Stephen M. Williams

thisdemonstration are: to give students experience at writing and executing a test plan, to proveconceptual feasibility of one major subsystem, and to provide the students with experience atconstruction in an open-ended design problem. This last objective is critical for the students priorto their committing a detailed technical design to paper in the second term.Each student composes a proposed Personal Growth Plan near the end of the term. In this plan,the student identifies one skill area they are targeting for improved performance over theremainder of the project. Skill areas include personal abilities such as performing analysis,solving problems, and designing to meet needs. They describe their present state, describe theirdesired state with

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo M. Arch, PDip (CM), Architect, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

Architecture peers. Bycomparison, this is one year longer than engineering technology graduates pursuing a ProfessionalEngineering (PE) license. This time lag places BSc Architectural Engineering Technologygraduates who plan to pursue architectural licensure at a disadvantage, and may affect theenrollment, retention, and graduation rates for this type of program. The objective of this paper isto compare course offerings of a four-year B.Sc. Architectural Engineering Technology Programto NAAB-accredited five-year Bachelor of Architecture programs, examine qualitative feedbackfrom students regarding the Architectural Engineering Technology Program and their career goals,and assess the continuing viability of the architectural engineering technician

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Dennis A. Silage, Temple University

the College is the Chemistry for Engineers course, a science course concernedwith topics for professional development. GenEd is the University core requirement whichsatisfies the social sciences and humanities requirement. The common freshman year curriculumfor the BSE EME and EPE programs is as follows: First Semester Second Semester Calculus I Calculus II Chemistry for Engineers, Chemistry Lab Elementary Classical Physics I Introduction to Engineering Intro to Engineering Problem Solving GenEd Analytical Reading and Writing Engineering Computation

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Randy Hugh Brooks, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

differingclientele as the vision evolves.Impetus for this study is comprised of literature-based studies, peer and performance-evaluatingadministration observations, and my personal experiences regarding the chasm existing between(1) the understanding of engineering and the supporting knowledge and skills of the typicalcollege of engineering-bound high school students, and (2) the level of knowledge and skill setsexpected to exist in first-year college of engineering students by the college of engineering first-year professors.My unique perspective and experience (bulleted below) has afforded me diverse front-lineexperiences involving a range of instructional differentiation practices required to address thevarying levels of preparation observed in a wide

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Academic Support

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Andrea Carneal Burrows Borowczak, University of Wyoming; Mike Borowczak, University of Wyoming

Tagged Topics

Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

students. Mike also has over a decade of industry and research experience – mostly revolving around the semiconductor and bioinformatics industries – with specific experience at Texas Instruments, Intel, and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. In addition to his industry experience, Mike spent two years, while completing his Ph.D., as a National Sci- ence Foundation GK-12 fellow – teaching and bringing real-world STEM applications in two urban high schools. Since then, he has worked with university faculty to promote and extend K20 STEM outreach in Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Wyoming. He has authored peer-reviewed articles and papers, presented at national and international conferences, and taught undergraduate

Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

David Timothy Lee, George Washington University; Carl E. Wick Sr., George Washington University; Hernan Figueroa

Tagged Topics

Diversity

with their mentors, or scrum master manager, weekly.ECE students and their mentor agreed on a set of features (from the product backlog) thatshould be demonstrated at the end of a Sprint. Similarly, BME students and their mentorsselected tasks from an informal scrum backlog that were necessary for successful completionof the scrum product.At the end of each sprint, each team was expected to have completed some tangible portion oftheir project. They were then required to present what they had accomplished to the largergroup and to faculty advisors and clients. In the BME course, product demonstrations weredone during class time in a conference exhibit hall format. Feedback from both peers andinstructors was provided to teams in both ECE and BME

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leanne Petry, Central State University; Augustus Morris, Central State University; Cadance Lowell, Central State University; Abiodun Fasoro, Central State University; Ibrahim Katampe, Central State University ; Anthony R. Arment, Central State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Cu complexsolution showed 2.419 (+/- 0.053) weight percent of Cu in the liquid solution when tested by theXRF analyzer. These results suggest that upon curing a greater amount of Cu metal is impartedto the polymer film and may be unevenly distributed throughout its 1.0 mm thickness within the1 cm diameter area of analysis. Figure 2 in the presented poster is an optical photograph of theelectrochemical test cell set-up configured to date. As of the writing of this REU report,electrochemical test results are pending.Mechanical Results - The Instron 2716-020 used for tensile testing and to estimate the modulusof elasticity was not sensitive enough to measure the strength of these films. Unistrut scaffoldingwas employed to fix the polymer films

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Its Impact on Faculty and Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Lopez, Arizona State University; Yong Seok Park, California State University, Fullerton; Bethany B. Smith, Arizona State University; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University, Department of Physics; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

understanding. He is a co- developer of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) and his work has been cited more than 1800 times and his publications have been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals such as Science Education and the Journal of Research in Science Teaching. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #18739Prof. Robert J. Culbertson, Arizona State University, Department of Physics Robert J. Culbertson is an Associate Professor of Physics. Currently, he teaches introductory mechanics and electrodynamics for physics majors and a course in musical acoustics

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina Frederick, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Lulu Sun Ph.D., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

) hension) hension) Non-SLA Few pictures, Multiple Students begin Students given Open-ended Based topics not well choice reading/writing challenging engineering Strategies explained. questions but programs to problems to project used Limited self- no simple solve synthetize to challenge testing about programs. engineering learning. understand- questions in Facebook problems. ing and screencasts. used, but no expand group

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Daniel Christe, Drexel University; Jay J. Bhatt, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

Tagged Topics

Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

view, games will be an important component of addressingcalls(28, 29) for inquiry-based research or design active learning experiences from the onset of the universityexperience. A preponderance of evidence demonstrates that introducing active learning in any form to theclassroom environment (e.g. peer-led learning, clickers, reflective discussions, socratic methods, games)(30,31) significantly improves conceptual understanding while reducing failure rates across disciplines,institutions, and class sizes(31).Digital games are an exciting opportunity to explore meaningful technology integration to enhance learningexperiences. Games can deliver a continuous data-driven view into how learning occurs, at a level notcaptured in offline

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Skills Development

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael S. Shapiro, IEEE.org

Tagged Topics

Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

herein. That is not the focus of this work. My sole purpose is to detail and illustrateIEEE CSM activity, explore the breadth of service provided, and celebrate the value institutionsreceive.This paper is intentionally limited in another way. While other online resources are tangentiallymentioned in this work, most of the documentation and bibliographic references used hereincome from the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Few other tools, platforms, sources, publishers,consolidators, or search engines were engaged. This intentionality narrow scope allows for a raredeep dive into a single leading, highly cited, peer-reviewed, scientific resource; its content andfunctionality. Limiting the focus of this work also allows the author to discuss what he

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marina Panteleeva, Kazan National Research Technological University; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Artem Bezrukov, Kazan National Research Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

Technological University since March 2014. She has the position of an interpreter and her current area of activities includes: organization international conferences, visits of foreign delega- tions, writing minutes of the meetings; preparation documents for concluding international agreements and making calendar and end-of-year reports. Marina is the author or co-author of about 15 research papers.Dr. Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Sanger is a professor in the School of Engineering Technology in the College of Technology of Purdue University. His focus and passion is real world, industry based, senior capstone experiences both domes- tically and internationally. He has successfully developed

Conference Session

Student Learning and Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

, and Learning. Student responses were most often coded as InterpersonalRelationships (67% of responses) as their greatest success and Acclimating (38%) as theirbiggest challenge (Figure 1).Most student successes coded as Relationships reflected building community with their peers asa success. For example, one student commented ‘I consider my greatest success for my first year, which was this year, was all of the different people I have met, and the connections made whether it’s been the classmates in my [ASMT] classes or the friends I made from joining Alpha Gamma Rho. Coming here from California

Conference Session

M2B: Learning in teams

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Anna Norris, Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Rebecca A Atadero, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

, problem solving, andconflict resolution skills, among others. Unfortunately, research indicates that group dynamics inSTEM education project groups can suffer due to both gender and racial stereotyping and bias.Multiple studies indicate that women and students of color experience higher rates of beingsilenced and marginalized as well as receiving tasks deemed less valuable or earning no creditfrom their peers for their work [2],[3],[5]. This paper evaluates first year civil engineeringstudents’ responses to a series of reflective questions based on a group dynamics interventionpresented halfway through their first semester. The goal of this reflective assignment was toidentify what differences, if any, there could be in students’ ability to

Conference Session

M2A: Learning By Design 1

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Sarah C Ritter, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven G. Bilén P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

artifacts out of wood, cardboard, plastics, and other miscellaneous materials. Inaddition to the instructor, each class is allocated Make Space Assistants, typically undergraduatestudents who have excelled in the course. These peer mentors interact with the students, assistingwith CAD designs, design project work, and Make Space projects.The core of EDSGN 100 is the application of engineering design methods through team-baseddesign projects. For the first half of the semester, instructors are provided flexibility in how theyintroduce an engineering design process, whether through a single half-semester project or aseries of “mini” design projects. These design projects should present some ambiguity in theproblem space, requiring that the students

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Shanice Solomon, Clemson University; Sekou L Remy, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

like Brython, Koding.com, Cloud 9, and Python Anywhere. Theseapplications allow users to program and compile in the browser1. Using SaaS applications makesthem accessible from various devices.2.2. Overview of the expected impactThere are several advantages of Cloud Computing: powerful computing and storage capacity,high availability, high security, and virtualization. The major advantage is it provides easy accessto software and does not require specialized knowledge to use, making it a great benefit forteachers in classrooms.In the standard classroom, professors conduct lectures, train students in a skill, and provide workassignments and feedback on those assignments. The students generally work alone, occasionallyinteracting with peers and

Conference Session

Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Christopher McComb, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity, FYEE Conference Sessions

professional expectations of engineering as a career and discipline [9], [10]. Someprograms also use these courses to foster engineering ethics, writing and communication skills,teamwork competencies, and to develop community and engineering identity within students toaid in retention of engineering students [11], [12]. In other words, first-year engineering designstudents are typically gaining other competencies beside academic objectives (the what part ofengineering) in addition to learning how competencies are enacted within the engineeringdiscipline.While all engineering programs may structure their first year and design experiences differently[11], engineering education and design literature concurs that the emphasis on authentic andexperiential

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Paul McPherson; Margaret Phillips; Kyle Reiter

, theimplementation of the “standards for common everyday items” project, and having a segment foreach project where student must utilize technical standards to successfully complete the project,students are able to hone critical skills necessary to being successful in the profession. Thedesign projects build the student’s knowledge and understanding of how to locate and discernrelevant technical information from within the standard and apply it to the design problem athand. They utilize the equations, charts, and graphs to ensure that each project is designed to theproper specification. In addition, students hone their skills on using proper technicalterminology, technical writing skills, as well as search and navigation strategies on variousstandards

Conference Session

Freshman Design and Other Novel Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachael Schmedlen, University of Michigan; Mimi (Miriam) Adam; Robert Sulewski; Matthew O'Donnell, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

breakdown into 2 opposing cliques as often happened with 4 person teams. Inaddition, when a member or two fails to perform to group expectations, the remainder of theteam tends to form a more cohesive unit that can exert positive peer pressure and fend off amajor team conflict. Oddly enough, 5 person teams seem to be the most susceptible to seriousdivisions and are often run by a dominant leader who unites with another member to take over allthe work and exclude other members from the decision making process.In addition to lectures, labs and discussion sections, students are expected to schedule meetingswith management to review their projects and to attend office hours to discuss questions,problems or concerns. Furthermore, they are required to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. For larger scale issues students could be partnered with graduates from complimentary dis-ciplines. In other cases complimentary activities could be assigned so that one would be com-pleted quickly, while the other is slow. For example an ECE student might quickly write amicrocontroller program, but require additional time for a mechanical design problem.Students were pleased with the chance to cross disciplinary boundaries. In particular many ME/PDM students noted their satisfaction with the microcontroller boards, while many ECE studentsmentioned the machining and welding knowledge as very valuable.The ProjectsThe laboratories allowed students to verify background knowledge in their own discipline, andextend their knowledge to a new

Conference Session

Web-Based Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Abu-Hajar, San Francisco State University; Michael Holden, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

objectivist approaches. In this new approach, studentspassively learn abstract concepts on their own using computer-based lectures. This is coupledwith traditional lectures in which students interact with their instructors and peers. This teachingmethod has been employed in Circuit I, an introduction to electrical engineering course at SanFrancisco State University. Preliminary survey results show the CBVC method to be moreeffective than traditional teaching methods.The paper is organized as follows: section 2 presents the challenges and solutions of traditionalengineering classroom settings, section 3 discusses computer-based virtual classrooms, section 4presents the proposed virtual classroom environment, section 5 presents our experiment

Conference Session

International Case Studies:Collaborations, Exchanges & Interactions

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joerg Mossbrucker, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Stephen Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Edward Chandler, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Holger Dahms, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences; Owe Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jens Thiedke, Lübeck University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

purposes. After completion of all academic courses of the senior year at MSOE, the Lübeck students are required to successfully complete a major engineering design project (Diplom Arbeit – senior thesis project), normally in an industrial setting. The EE program at MSOE assumed the responsibility of finding suitable projects in regional industry. At the conclusion of the project the students are required to write a major report and defend their topic results. The grade for the project is determined by the visiting Lübeck faculty, whose presence is Page 12.926.4 required by German academic procedures, and the MSOE project advisor. While

Conference Session

Technology Literacy for Non-Engineers

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence Whitman, Wichita State University; James Steck, Wichita State University; David Koert, Wichita State University; Larry Paarmann, Wichita State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

course to have no pre-requisites. Theminimal pre-knowledge requirement was intended to ensure maximum participation among thosewho might be hesitant to enroll in an engineering course. A key aspect of the course is thepresentation of student designs to their peers and industry panels. However, all presentations andgrading will be on a merit criteria of the engineering product and the student’s ability tocommunicate that design to a diverse audience. This is also a vital component for women andminority participation. A course outline and learning objectives are shown in Table 1.Table 1. Course Outline • General programming: o Define the different parts of a Robolab program (Programming I) o Program in all Pilot levels

Conference Session

Web-Based Learning in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sohail Anwar, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona College; Harpal Dhillon, Excelsior College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the faculty • Course Assessment (Exams, projects, discussions, quizzes, etc.) • Grading Policy (weights and Excelsior grading scale) • Course Policies (e.g. honesty, plagiarism, late submissions, effective writing, etc.) • Other Course Instructions (WebCT Institutional bookmark: Excelsior College Virtual Library, Electronic Peer Network, Bookstore, etc.)Assessment of Quality of the On-line Nanotechnology Course: A Key IssueFor assessing the quality of subject matter content of each on-line course offered by theExcelsior College’s School of Business and Technology (SBT), the “Quality Matters”Rubric developed by the Quality Matters Organization is used. This rubric is shown inTable 1. As shown in Table 1, course attributes