Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul Andrew Branham, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Neha Choudhary, Purdue; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Molly H Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Purdue University; Corey A Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emilie A Siverling, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; M. D. Wilson, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

program faculty and describe their research interests and mentoring philosophies 2. Generate questions to learn about the practice of engineering education research 3. Propose connections between research methodologies and research questions 4. Propose connections between engineering education research and practice (policy, curriculum, learning environments, workforce) 5. Consider how faculty interests and mentoring approaches relate to personal interests and mentoring needsStudents take this course during their first term of an engineering education doctoralprogram in combination with another one credit, 50-minute course that serves as anintroduction to the program and field. In addition to the faculty research

Conference Session

Understanding Students and Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; Nina J. Truch, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 22.235.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Assessing Engineering Students' Readiness to Collaborate for Sustainable Design: An open access instrument for experimentationAbstractTopping the list of the National Academy of Engineering’s grand challenges for engineering isthe imperative for designs which meet the needs of today's society without compromising theability of future generations to meet their own needs--sustainable design. Best practices insustainable design have drawn on open, participatory collaboration with stakeholders--a rareprocedure in most engineering disciplines. This type of collaboration requires integrated ethicaland social development as well as

Conference Session

Potpourri - A Mix of All Topics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jenna Elizabeth Stolzman, Grand Valley State University; Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

School of Engineering at Grand Valley State Uni- versity. He received his BSE and MSE degrees in Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. His research inter- ests are in the thermo-fluids area and also focuses on promoting graduate education among undergraduate students via research collaborations. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Effectiveness of Dimples on a NACA Airfoil: A Numerical Investigation Conducted via an Independent StudyAbstractThis paper integrates research and education in an effort to enhance the critical thinking

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2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tina Powell, The Orange Public Schools; Devonii L Reid

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Diversity

Newark Public Schools. Her latest endeavors have introduced an increase in the number and quality of STEM-related opportunities with the Orange Public Schools as the Director of Mathematics and Science; expanding opportunities to underrep- resented populations of students to participate in STEM-focused offerings such as Robotics, engineering courses, and high-impact summer camps. In an effort to further ready students for college success through new models for learning, Dr. Powell, in collaboration with district leads, post-secondary partners, and industry experts founded by the STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges. The Academy is a fully integrated STEM education model that uses engineering design, mathematical

Conference Session

Focus on African-American and Hispanic Engineering Students’ Professional and Academic Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Minorities in Engineering

factorsthat contribute to their learning in CCs.2.1 Internal Motivational FactorsSome students may be intrinsically motivated and self-driven to learn for the sake of learningrather than for achieving an external reward for their behaviors. Intrinsic motivation can be Page 24.1266.3expressed as student’s enjoyment, excitement, or interest in learning. Research indicates thathaving a set of personal goals is considered a motivational factor for academic achievementamong AAM students in CCs16,17,18,19.The individual learner is often motivated internally through his or her own self-perception, traits,experiences and backgrounds that shape his or her way

Conference Session

Research Experiences at Two-year Colleges

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

Paper ID #18987Development and Implementation of an Introduction to Research Winter In-ternship Program for Underrepresented Community College StudentsProf. Nicholas Patrick Langhoff, Skyline College Nicholas Langhoff is an associate professor of engineering and computer science at Skyline College in San Bruno, California. He is also a co-investigator for multiple grant projects at Ca˜nada College in Redwood City, California. He received his M.S. degree from San Francisco State University in embedded electri- cal engineering and computer systems. His educational research interests include technology-enhanced instruction

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sydney Nguyen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Gabriel Medina-Kim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Franz J. Kurfess, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Elise St. John, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Jingzhe Wu, The World Bank; Gudrun Socher, Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences; Anurag Uppuluri, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo ; Angie Paola Garcia Arevalo, The World Bank; Erin Sheets, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural Engineering

Paper ID #34665Deep Learning for Safer School Infrastructure: An Interdisciplinary andCross-organizational CollaborationSydney Nguyen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Sydney is a research assistant of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with degrees in Architecture and Ethnic Studies, concentrating on Sustainable Environments. Her academic research explores the intersections of design, technology, digital innovation, and community engagement. She has received 30 Under 30 Cal Poly’s Most Influential Women and Thesis Research Award Recipient.Gabriel Medina-Kim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gabriel Medina

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maeve Drummond Oakes, CISTAR at Purdue University; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Maryanne Sydlik, Western Michigan University; Kristin M. Everett, Western Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Cardella, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Monica E. Cardella is the Director of the INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering and is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is also the Director for Pre- College Education for the Center for the Innovative and Strategic Transformation of Alkane Resources (CISTAR).Dr. Maryanne Sydlik, Western Michigan University Dr. Mary Anne Sydlik is a Research Emerita involved in the external evaluation of a number of federally funded projects. Dr. Sydlik’s interests are in supporting efforts to improve the educational experiences and outcomes of undergraduate and graduate STEM students. She is or

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia

VirginiaAbstractNontechnical engineering skills are integral to the successful practice of the engineeringprofession. However, the dominant image of engineering rarely evokes ideas of typing pages ofprose. A field that has been adopted into the engineering curriculum to help engage engineeringstudents in higher education is Science, Technology, and Society (STS). As an interdisciplinaryfield, STS offers an active-learning environment to refine nontechnical engineering skills likeproblem-solving and communication. One recent question amongst STS scholars for engineersis: what role will generative AI play in the learning process for written communication? Perhapsone question that has not received as much attention is how this kind of AI could be beneficial inuniversity

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Hsu Laiho, California Polytechnic State University; Kristen O'Halloran Cardinal, Cal Poly, SLO

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

unable to devote time to, provide an additional resource for company engineeringprojects, and contribute to creative and innovative project solutions.BackgroundThe Medical Engineering Development and Integrated Technology Enhancement Consortium(MEDITEC) is a partnership between industrial partners and academia that matchesundergraduate and master’s-level engineering students with the project needs of biomedicaldevice developers. MEDITEC currently consists of three industrial consortium members alongwith our university. Membership in the consortium requires each of the industrial partners tomake an annual donation of $50,000, which enables each company to populate a project databasewith projects. Depending on the needs of each project, a single

Conference Session

CPDD Session 2 - Professional Development - Where Are We Going?

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Kathryne Newton, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Continuing Professional Development

the interests of the overarching online organization. The success of the profit/lossorganization has an impact on everyone in the profit/loss organizational unit; in this instantiationthe colleges. To this end, the colleges should want to maintain an administrative hardline to theirrespective leads. Failure to do so, places the colleges themselves in a subservient role to thedirection of the online organization lead; which may not be in the college’s best interest for long-term growth or sustainment, or, may run counter to branding integrity of the individual colleges.Being a part of a matrix also requires each function have identified a well-defined process,depicting the many activities of the process as well as the attendant outputs of each

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Graduate Student Experience and Decision-Making

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Torres-Sanchez ​CEng MEng PhD PGCert FHEA MIMechE, Loughborough University; Paul Conway FREng CEng, Loughborough University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Paper ID #37227Why a PhD? An exercise with LEGO®. Using novel communication tools toexpress multilevel complex messagesProf. Carmen Torres-Sanchez CEng MEng PhD PGCert FHEA MIMechE, Loughborough University Carmen Torres-Sanchez is a Professor of Multifunctional Materials Manufacturing at Loughborough Uni- versity, England, United Kingdom, and the Executive Director of the Centre of Doctoral Training in Em- bedded Intelligence (CDT-EI). She is the architect of the novel Doctoral Transition Zone(TM) Training ethos. She has been working in industry-informed, academically-led education for more than 15 years. Her research

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Perger; Leonard J. Bohmann; Bob Bohnsack

evaluator (the next fall he would be an evaluator for GeorgiaTech’s pilot EC2000 visit) and could see the advantages of becoming accredited under the newcriteria. Our self-study year was to be the 1997-98 academic year and the College needed toapply to ABET to be evaluated under the new criteria by May 1, 1997.From our department’s perspective, the College was in a good position to be evaluated under EC2000. We had an up-to-date curriculum. We were in the middle of the conversion to a newcurriculum, with the first graduates under the new program being in the 1997-98 academic year.We also had an ongoing assessment program. The University was in the middle of the self-studyyear for the North Central Association (NCA), our regional accreditation

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; Danny Teachman, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

common constraints are gender,cultural, environmental, aesthetics, and cost. Of course, for specific products other constraints,aspects, and design considerations will likely also have to be included.Four or five guidelines accompany each of the seven principles. They list the fundamentalelements that must be present in a design that meets the full intent of the principle. Theguidelines extend beyond an explanation of the principle and include details that engineers canfollow while designing new products. They also offer suggestions to facilitate the integration offeatures to fill the requirements for a wide variety of users. However, it is highly likely that someguidelines will be inappropriate for some products.In the fields of science

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Research to Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Grubbs, Baltimore County Public Schools; Greg J. Strimel, West Virginia University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

. Journal of Technology Education, 19(2), 50-64.Menary, R. (2007). Cognitive integration: Mind and cognition unbounded. London: Palgrave Macmillan.Mentzer, N. (2012). Team Based Engineering Design Thinking. National Center for Engineering and Technology Education.Mosborg, S., Adams, R. S., Kim, R., Atman, C., Turns, J., & Cardella, M. (2005). Conceptions of the engineering design process: An expert study of advanced practicing professionals. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.Purcell, A. T., Gero, J. S., Edwards, H. & McNeill, T. (1996). The data in design protocols: The issue of data coding, data analysis in the development of models of the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #25287Board 51: An Initial Step Towards Measuring First-Generation College Stu-dents’ Personal Agency: A Scale ValidationMs. Dina Verd´ın, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dina Verd´ın is a Ph.D. Candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She completed her M.S. in Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at San Jos´e State University. Dina is a 2016 recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Re- search Fellowship and an Honorable Mention for the Ford Foundation Fellowship Program. Her research

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs and Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Genevieve Sapijaszko; Carlo Sapijaszko

(electronics training circuit board), which are designed to offer a completeset of laboratory experiments in DC and AC circuit analysis and design courses. The lab manualand eTCB form a complete package that does not require students to add extra components. TheeTCB was designed in such a way as to replace the functionality of a traditional breadboard, withthe concept of a configurable circuit.Well-chosen configurable circuit blocks have been embedded in the eTCB, and the connectionsbetween the various circuit blocks are made with relays driven by software. With NI ELVISseamlessly integrated into this solution, students have access to an array of instruments,including a DMM, an Oscilloscope, a Function Generator, a Variable Power Supply, a

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 2

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

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

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Professional Papers

post-professional degree in Architecture Urban Regional Design from the New York Institute of Technology. Subsequently, Professor LoPiccolo earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Building Construction Management from New York University and a Passive House Designer Certification from the Passivhaus Institut, Germany. She has private-sector architecture and construction project management experience in Dublin, Ireland, and New York. Professor LoPiccolo has over ten years of public sector experience as an architect and a Community Development Project Supervisor with the Town of Islip. In addition, Professor LoPiccolo was an adjunct assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Design at NYIT for five years, teaching

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Schubert, University of San Diego; Frank Jacobitz, University of San Diego; Ernest Kim, University of San Diego

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. The University of San Diego (USD) falls into the latter category withan electrical engineering (EE) curriculum focused on the electronics and communicationsindustries rather than on electrical machines. Recent additions of a mechanical engineering(ME) program and an industrial & systems engineering program to the existing electricalengineering (EE) program have altered the student population balance and, necessarily, haveshifted the focus of many lower division courses. In response to these changes, the one-semester, sophomore-level electric circuits curriculum was changed. Prior to the change, all Page 13.192.2engineering students

Conference Session

Classroom Practice III: Student-Centered Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Sanchez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Peter Bermel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

. In: Duit R, Jung W, von Rhoeneck C, eds. Aspects of Understanding Electricity. Proceedings of an International Workshop in Ludwigsburg 1984. Kiel, Germany: Schmidt and Klaunig; 1985:72-99.2. Gott R. Predicting and explaining the operation of simple dc circuits. In: Duit R, Jung W, von Rhoeneck C, eds. Aspects of Understanding Electricity. Proceedings of an International Workshop in Ludwigsburg 1984. Kiel, Germany: Schmidt and Klaunig; 1985:63-72.3. Treagust DF, Duit R. Conceptual change: a discussion of theoretical, methodological and practical challenges for science education. Cult Stud Sci Educ. 2008;3:297-328.4. McDermott LC, Shaffer PS. Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob T. Allenstein, Ohio State University; Clifford A. Whitfield, Ohio State University; Bob Rhoads, Ohio State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Management of an Industry-Sponsored Multidisciplinary Capstone ProjectAbstractThe Engineering Education Innovation Center at The Ohio State University has offered, throughits Multidisciplinary Engineering Capstone Design Program a broad range of opportunities forengineering and non-engineering students by incorporating authentic industry-sponsored projectsinto the curriculum. The program provides students the opportunity to apply their education anddevelop professional skills in real-world problems by incorporating different student andindustry interests through its four sub-programs; Industry-Sponsored Projects, Industry-Sponsored Product Design Projects; Social Innovation and Commercialization; and JointMechanical/Bio-medical

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Freeman, Valparaiso University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-2270: A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION TOOL FORAN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LEARNING COMMUNITYMani Mina, Iowa State University Mani Mina (SM’98) received the B.S. degree, the M.S. degree in physics, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, Ames, in 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1989, respectively. He has research experience in applied electromagnetics, microelectronics and device physics, nondestructive evaluation, instrumentation, networking and physical layer issues. He has had industrial experience in the areas of instrumentation, system integration, and design in nondestructive evaluation and handheld computer systems. Currently

Conference Session

Tools of Teaching

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Carpick

, consists ofquizzing a student “on the spot” while allowing a “life-line” of polling the audience for help. Thegame is enjoyable for students and professor alike, but also allows review, clarification, andreinforcement of concepts. The technique is effective while only requiring minimal preparationand lecture time to be implemented.I. IntroductionConsider a typical lecture course in engineering. For fifty to seventy minutes, a group of studentswill sit in one place listening, taking notes, occasionally asking questions. Some students will bepaying attention, others’ attention will be wandering, and some may be sound asleep.Many engineering instructors have developed and implemented a range of active learningtechniques that are integrated into their

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobbie Meredith, Middle Tennessee State University; Saleh Sbenaty, Middle Tennessee State University; Jason Thurmond, Schneider Electric, Power Monitoring and Control

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Instrumentation

2006-2307: DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND TESTING AN ADVANCEDINDUSTRIAL-GRADE THREE-PHASE DIGITAL POWER METERBobbie Meredith, Middle Tennessee State University BOBBIE JO MEREDITH, Mrs. Meredith is currently a graduate student, Computer Engineering Technology major in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. She earned her BS degree in Computer Engineering Technology with minor in Computer Science from MTSU in 2005. She is currently working as an Electronics Test Engineer for Schneider Electric, Power Monitoring and Control Division. Her interests include the design, building, programming, and testing of microprocessor and microcontroller based

Conference Session

PCEE Session 11: Engineering Outreach / Summer Programs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee Cloutier, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eric Constans, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James Mayhew, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

? Evidence from adapting a high school hands-on water quality module for online delivery,” in Proceedings of the ASEE 2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference, Virtual, 2021.8. S. Z. Krayem, M. Bugallo, K. Dinota, H. Wang, A. Esposito, in Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference, Virtual, 2021.9. B. D. Tedeschi, J. K. Miller, A. M. Lucietto, N. L. Denton, “The development of Techie Times,” in Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference, Virtual, 2021.10. J. D. Steinmeyer, “Online EECS curriculum for high school students,” in Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, 2015.11. C. Robertson, and A. Doloc-Mihu, “Assessing the effectiveness of teaching programming concepts through online interactive

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Chih Liu, University of Wisconsin Stout

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Electrical and Computer

American Society for Engineering Education, 2015Teaching Digital Designs by Building Small Autonomous Robotic Vehicles Using an FPGA PlatformThis article discusses the experiences of implementing a new model in teaching and learningdigital designs using Verilog in an embedded systems design course. This paper discusses thecourse structure, laboratory exercises, student projects and project evaluation process, and finallythe student evaluation outcomes. Students’ course assessment and student learning outcomeswere very positive. In many existing digital designs curriculum, students learn how to createstructural and behavioral models in Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL) to designsimple combinational and

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2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Karl Benjamin Ernsberger, Graduation Solutions, LLC

Paper ID #44706Designing an Iterative Research Kit Exchange Program for Remote HighSchool Science (Evaluation)Karl Benjamin Ernsberger, Graduation Solutions, LLC Karl Ernsberger began developing novel learning experiences as an undergraduate at Embry Riddle Aero- nautical University, setting up his own Senior Thesis program with the GSIS department chair to manage a nonprofit office in Iraq during the 2007-2008 invasion. Since that experience in creating his own learn- ing environment, he has spent 12 years in Secondary education on two continents, developing and testing learning systems in STEM classrooms. Karl holds a

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Farrow, University of Tennessee-Martin

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Instrumentation

, No. 4, American Society for Engineering Education, October, 2002, pp. 367-368.2. Wilczynski, Vincent, “A Virtual Instrumentation Based Engineering Experimentation Course,” Proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, St. Louis, MS, 2000.3. McStravick, D., and O’Malley, M., “Virtual Labs in the Engineering Curriculum,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.4. Akins, Robert E., and Nelson, Jr., James K., “Integration of Engineering Measurement and Analysis Into Civil Engineering Programs,” Proceedings of the 2000 ASEE Southeast Section Conference, Roanoke, VA

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #7380First-Year Engineering Students’ Learning of Nanotechnology through anOpen-Ended ProjectKelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kelsey Rodgers is currently a graduate student at Purdue University in the School of Engineering Educa- tion. She is part of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) research team. She conducts research within the First-Year Engineering Program to help understand what and how students are learning about nanotechnology.Prof. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Forgie, University of Southern Indiana; Marco Lara Gracia, University of Southern Indiana; MT Morris, University of Southern Indiana

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Industrial Engineering

and the computer sciencestudents used Google Maps10 as the platform for their web based route selectionapplication.Overall, this project was an excellent illustration of how industrial engineeringdraws upon a variety of different disciplines, from mathematics to psychology,from communications to political science, from sociology to computer science.All of the student teams were actively involved in some aspect of the design of anefficient large-scale integrated system of people, equipment, and information.Furthermore, because the passengers were the essential components in thetransportation system, students experienced industrial engineering as a “people-focused” discipline, not simply a hard science focused on technology, methodsand