Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Maxwell; John Janecek; Jerry Kucirka; Jamal Ghorieshi

acids (A, G, U, & C) were the subject of assignedproblems.The use of peer instruction facilitated by the assigning of teams of 3 to 5 students for classroomproblem solving has always been encouraged. This was usually followed up by group out-of-classassignments. Individual problem solving skills are assessed on homework and exams.Some type of team-based design project has been a continuous requirement for all IE courses.Both the topic and the team composition (typically 4 to 5 members) are assigned. Topics areusually open ended, so the team must define its specific problem and consider possible solutions.Sometimes a project prototype is actually built, but usually the assignment only requires aproposal with a detailed plan to solve a

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

materials,communicate, make design modifications during the construction phase, test the design, developoperational guidelines, and write design reports. The linkage between the customer and thestudent is essential for a real world type experience.17, 14The Design Problem“Design a prototype reactor that is capable of providing multi-barrier water treatment to soldiersserving under austere conditions and protects them across a range of nuclear, biological, andchemical (NBC) and physical contaminants”.15 Soldiers operating under austere conditions wouldutilize these portable devices in situations where they cannot be re-supplied via existing bulkwater treatment and Army distribution doctrine. This is a very open-ended problem statementthat requires

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

lowest levels werecombined into a single row titled personal needs. In addition belonging was more clearlyidentified with course or project expectations since real belonging implies that students will beable to fulfill the course requirements. Personal aspirations can also be viewed in terms ofpursuing excellence beyond the explicit course requirements. Personal needs deal with basicpersonal resources (e.g. owning a textbook, prerequisite knowledge), skills needed to startprojects (e.g. the student is secure in writing program methods), and with issues that are holdinga student back from achieving (e.g. enough time to sleep and study). The problem-solving aspectof the tool was also emphasized by adding Polya’s problem-solving strategy23 to the

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.114.4 Copyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Education • Poor competitive learning strategiesCurriculumRisk factors for engineering retention that pertain to the curriculum include: • Lack of continuity between the first two freshman engineering courses (these courses were initially developed to be motivational and help with student retention, but have diverged somewhat in time) • Curriculum changes have confused students • Not enough writing opportunities in the

Conference Session

Techniques in Improving Mathematics Education in STEM Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Shaw, University of Southern California; Zachary Boehm, University of Southern California; Hussain Badruddin Penwala, University of Southern California; Jihie Kim, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

greater than three, on a scale of 1-5.However, as results of a standardized algebra readiness test showed (MDTP, 2012), none ofthese students met even one math topic threshold for algebra readiness in 9th grade. In summary,these students were aware of both the difficulty and importance of math, but were too disengagedto apply themselves to learn it. Moreover, the underperforming students were tracked together sothat peer influence was an obstacle in overcoming academically self-destructive behavior, suchas talking and texting in class. Traditional lecture style classes were failing because of frequentinterruptions and the distraction of mobile electronics. We hypothesized that these studentswould require engaging project-based work if they were

Conference Session

Active Learning and Demonstrations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-Hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mario H. Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

and empirical results byconsidering how a particular green material or manufacturing process measures up in terms ofcultural, ethical, or societal considerations.Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry-Learning (POGIL) for Engineering Technology Page 25.916.3Education 2All learning involves knowledge construction in one form or another; it is therefore aconstructivist process.8 With increasing interest in innovative approaches such as student-centered, active learning, and peer-led team learning, the POGIL, project based learning (PBL)and other

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida; Alvaro Islas, University of Central Florida; Scott Hagen, University of Central Florida; Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida; Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Patricia Ramsey, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

the EXCEL Center) by the First Year EXCEL academic advisor and other college advisors. 7. Mathematics and science tutoring offered (at least 60 hours per week) by graduate students at the EXCEL Center 8. Recitation sessions, offered at the EXCEL Center, by the math professors who are instructors of the Pre-Calculus, Calculus I and Calculus II courses 9. Peer tutoring sessions organized at the NIKE Housing community (where EXCEL students reside) on Sunday through Thursday evenings. 10. Undergraduate research experiences offered by UCF faculty to interested EXCEL sophomore students.The remainder of this paper is devoted to Activity # 5 (development and teaching of the Apps Iand II courses) and its

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Burian, University of Utah; Edward Barbanell, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

) on the role of thehumanities and social sciences in managing water in the west and the implications of waterresources technical and non-technical decisions on society.Assignments included (1) a written definition of “Hydrotopia”, (2) position papers on emergingwater resources issues, and (3) semester case study team project. The general learning objectivesfor the assignments were to stimulate critical thinking, to encourage students to explore thecontext of water resources problems beyond their disciplinary perspective, to encourageinteraction among the disciplines, and to acquire knowledge about important water resourcestopics. Writing and speaking skills were stressed and reinforced in all assignments. Writtensubmissions were required and

Conference Session

Educational Research & Methods Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ryan; Nhut Ho; Shelley Bartenstein

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

data for student performance, the goals were toevaluate the level of consistency among different reviewers and to gather feedback regarding thedesign of the rubric. Results are discussed in the next section.Criteria # Description 1 Organization - Paper is well organized with respect to overall structure (e.g. appropriate section headings are used, topics are discussed in the proper sections, etc.) 2 Sentence/Paragraph Structure - Well structured sentences and paragraphs are used 3 Grammar - Correct spelling and punctuation are used 4 Style - Writing style is appropriate for technical report (e.g. proper tense and voice are used, text is

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

have their own way of thinking, and theymust interact with individuals from other subcultures of engineering and business to “negotiatetheir differences”11. Vinck highlights the importance of careful collaboration and notes problemsthat can occur in engineering due to poor communication12. Work by Trevelyan and Tilli and by Collin note that traditional conceptions ofengineering work do not match these findings of the social nature of the work. In surveys of newengineers, Trevelyan and Tilli found that up to 60% of their work is communication with othersin some way—writing, emailing, direct meetings, etc.13 Collin further notes that problem solvingis not linear and solitary as typically perceived, but interdisciplinary and ill-defined14

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Vargis, Vanderbilt University; Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

examples).One homework assignment was given during the module, looking at different Raman signaturesfor molecules and student's ability at disseminating information from research papers. One take-home test was given at the end of the module. See appendix for more information.Go PublicIn pairs, students designed a 1-2 page study guide on a different technique than the onesdescribed in class. Their peers used this study guide on their take-home exam. See appendix for Page 15.680.6the rubric used in grading the study guide.Assessing Legacy CycleThe success of adding a LC module to the class was assessed using three methods. The first wasby having 3

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zvi Aronson; Souran Manoochehri; Peter Dominick; Kishore Pochiraju; Beth McGrath; George Korfiatis; Keith Sheppard

; Vince, R. (1998). “Sustainable learning and change in international virtual teams: Fromimperceptible behavior to rigorous practice”, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, 19(2), pp.83-88.14 McGourty, J & deMeuse, K.P. (2000). The Team Developer, John-Wiley & Sons.15 Greenberg, J & Baron, R.A. (2000).Behavior in organizations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.16 Morehead, G., & Griffen, R.W. (1998). Organizational behavior: Managing people and organizations. Page 9.1289.9NY: Houghton Mifflin Company.consider using survey based data, (peer and self-reports) along with student journals asways to measure

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

meets in the lab with each robot project assigned its own work bencharea. Students work on their projects for most of the in-class time, while the instructor movesfrom project site to project site commenting on ongoing work, guiding students’ creative efforts,and answering student questions.The course has evolved into a form that resembles the “studio” approach described in theliterature3 . Some of the reported characteristics of the traditional architectural studio or artiststudio appearing in the senior design course are: • Open-ended projects lasting a semester or more. • Design solutions which undergo multiple and rapid iterations. • Frequent formal and informal critique of work by peers, instructors, and visitors

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Ann Monaco, Texas Tech University ; Audra N. Morse, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

-course heldduring the program. SHWYF offers two sessions for students entering grades 8-11th and 4-7th. Page 24.438.4TTU provides a high school outreach program in Brazil comprised of a full-English curriculum,consisting of American high school courses such as literature, writing, history, economics,government and public speaking10. As the program expands, students travel to the United Statesfor a three week summer experience that includes enrollment in mini-courses administered bythe SHWYF program. Brazilian students range from grades 9th-12th with a majority being firsttime visitors to the United States.Table 1: Number of students attending

Conference Session

Evaluation of Ethical Development

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill L. May, Illinois Institute of Technology; Alan Mead, Illinois Institute of Technology; James Kemp Ellington, Illinois Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

, structural equations modeling, meta-analysis, research methods, and statistical analysis. He sits on the editorial board for Journal of Business and Psychology and the Journal of Computerized Adaptive Testing. Since 1989, he has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and conference presentations. Prior to joining the faculty at IIT, he spent several years as a consultant, research scientist, and psychometrician. Dr. Mead received his Ph.D. in psychology from University of Illinois-Urbana in 2000 with a concentration on I/O psychology and a minor concentration on quantitative psychology.Dr. James Kemp Ellington, Illinois Institute of Technology Dr. Kemp Ellington is an assistant professor in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrick A. Aden-Buie, University of South Florida; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida; Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9042Prof. Ram Pendyala, Arizona State University Ram M. Pendyala is a Professor of Transportation Systems in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. His expertise lies in the study of human activity-travel behavior, sustainable mobility strategies, public transportation systems, and the land use, travel, energy, and air quality impacts of a wide range of transportation policies and technologies. Dr. Pendyala has conducted more than $5 million in sponsored research and published nearly 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals including Transporta- tion, Transport Reviews, Journal of

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Scott Bates, University of Utah; Karen J. Krapcho, University of Utah; Crystal Orantes, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

found that students are more likely to beretained and graduate if they have a supportive peer group, social involvement, a good attitudetoward engineering, and pre-college analytical skills1-4. The Engineering Ambassador Programaims to provide retention and more engineering graduates through all of these means. It does soby creating a community of engineering students who work together to recruit high schoolstudents to the field of engineering by providing them with awareness of engineeringopportunities, academic advice, and analytical skills through hands-on activities. This programalso benefits the ambassadors as it engages them in a learning community experience, which isknown to provide their participants with practical competence, personal

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, IUPUI; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

number of local companies in the areas of CAD/CAM, CNC machining, and process development/improvement. Dr. El-Mounayri is a member of ASME, ASEE, and SME. He has published over 75 technical papers in renowned peer-reviewed journals and technical conferences in his Page 24.697.1 field and gave presentations at various national and international conferences.Dr. Kody Varahramyan, IUPUI c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Paper ID #10093Dr. Kody Varahramyan received his Ph.D. in Electrical

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas MacIntosh; Susan Conry

frequently observed. A subteam of three students working on implementation of a majorsystem module was having considerable difficulty with team dynamics. Progress on theirmodule was suffering because all three of the students (all very capable students) were takingresponsibility for writing the code. Each of them felt that his way of doing things was the best,and the subteam was at a standstill. The instructor called a meeting of the subgroup and set aconstructive tone at the outset. The discussion focused on identifying the particular strengthseach member of the subteam brought to the table. The outcome of the meeting was areallocation of effort that took advantage of each individual’s strengths. The students learned tooptimize the team activity by

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vikas Jain; Durward Sobek

the process used to achieve thatoutcome.Having found little in the literature on this topic, we then contacted numerous mechanicalengineering capstone instructors around the US. We received some 30 evaluation rubrics forsenior capstone projects, and about six client satisfaction surveys. We also looked up the designevaluation criteria for eight national engineering design contests.These data indicate that typically instructors base their senior design project assessment on somecombination of: written final reports, final presentations, interim reports/presentations, quizzes,prototypes, peer evaluation, design journals/notebooks, or evaluator judgment. Interestingly,these data strongly indicate that capstone instructors typically do not

Conference Session

New Program/Course Success Stories

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Josh Humphries; David Radcliffe

typically involves experimentation, simulation or an industry-based investigation. Itis undertaken individually and is usually worth a quarter of the credit for the year. In addition,senior students typically undertake a team based capstone design project, also worth one quarterof the credit for the year. Unlike their peers in the humanities and the social sciences,engineering students do not normally have a course on “research methods”. Rather, preparationfor undertaking a research thesis is assumed to accumulate from their exposure to researchmethods in laboratory classes (experimental and computer based) throughout their degreeprogram. This can be considered a shortcoming as we become more intentional about developingthe research capabilities of

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramon Vasquez; Anand Sharma

led to thedevelopment of assessment tools and strategies package. These were adopted for common useby all programs with each one at liberty to modify or be selective about the recommendedmethods or tools. The package contained an outcomes assessment matrix, an assessmentstrategies matrix, and various custom-designed assessment forms for integrating ethics, oral andwritten reports, teamwork, peer evaluation, course/project evaluations, exit survey, alumnisurvey, employer survey, and internships. Felder and Brent11 have also reported on a strategy forintegrating program-level and course-level activities to fulfill the ABET criteria.Principal Drivers for ChangePeggy L. Maki12, Director of Assessment, AAHE, stated, “All too frequently higher

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Wesley Bliven; Elizabeth Eschenbach

answer.ObservationsThis section will first present the feedback we have received from the participants on theirexperience in our class. The lessons we have learned in teaching will be explained.Teacher/participants Attitudes and FeedbackFeedback from teachers rate the Mechanical Dissection as one their favorite aspects of theRedwood Science Institute. Many teachers gain confidence in their ability to use tools and theirdiagnostic abilities. We have received testimonials from teachers that use mechanical dissectionin their classes ranging from 2nd grade to 8th grade. Teachers say the activity provides anotherapproach for students to learn, as some students are not able to focus on reading and writing, butbecome extremely focused when dissecting their device

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lorena Basilio; Frank Claydon; Betty Barr; David Shattuck; Stuart Long; Jennifer Ruchhoeft

learning” or “cooperative learning”. The terminology seems to vary somewhat, butthe common principle involved is that students learn best when they study together appropriately.In particular, the students seem to learn best when they have the opportunity to explain thedifficult concepts and techniques to peers. Although it seems to be a paradox that you learnsomething by teaching it to someone else, it has been demonstrated that the process of explainingsomething to another student is an excellent tool for learning that thing well. This is the principlethat has been advocated and practiced for years in programs such as the PROMES program at ourcollege. Adopting this, we made the workshops the centerpiece of our project to help students inthese two

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman; John Demel; Richard Freuler

different varieties of trees.Figure 2. The 2002 FEH Robot Final Competition.In addition to the design/build/document project experience, FEH students can read and createsketches and CAD drawings, write computer programs in C/C++ and MATLAB, and go into alab and take and analyze experimental data.When the students interview with companies as they seek co-op or internship appointments, theyare encouraged to take their final report and project notebook to the interview so that they candiscuss what they have accomplished in a team project. Most interviewers are impressed that a Page 9.271.6 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Brzoska; Atsushi Inoue; Min-Sung Koh; William Loendorf

qualifications and expertise; and articulations with area and regionalcommunity colleges and technology companies. The second activity involves project faculty visitsto two SET programs at peer institutions, such as the University of Southern Mississippi, ArizonaState University, and the Oregon Institute of Technology. The visits are geared toward obtainingmore in-depth information on curriculum goals, laboratory configuration, facilities, administrativefunctions, and student outcomes in their Bachelors of Science programs.Information derived from the surveys and obtained during the site visits will be evaluated andsynthesized by the planning team and used to both validate EWU’s proposed SET courseworkand guide the future development of curriculum and

Conference Session

Teaching Design Through Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George Wise; Philip Kosky; Robert Balmer

answers (including the measurement units in which the answers must beexpressed) are the most important steps toward problem solving success. The design studio begins with a presentation of a “design process” consisting of thefollowing elements: 1) carefully define the problem to be solved, 2) determine the designrequirements and limitations, 3) generate numerous alternative solutions (i.e., brainstorming), 4)select a solution that best meets the needs of the problem, 5) prepare a detailed design, 6) defendthe design to supervision (i.e., course instructors), 7) construct a device based on the final design;8) evaluate the performance of the final product (i.e., test) and, 9) write a final design report. The first two weeks of the

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Globig

leadership and team unity, build their reputation on the skills they have, and not compete unfairly with others. Page 7.690.5 6. An engineering technology student shall get to know their peers, assist them in their “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering Education” professional development, and to support them in following this code of ethics. 7. An engineering technology student shall respect others’ ideas and fairly treat all people regardless of race, religion, gender

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rafiqul Islam

a career in engineering and technology can genuinely be exciting and neat. Theperception is that it is too difficult a career path and the students are quite afraid of math andscience. The National reports support this impression as US students in k-12 level currently lagbehind their peers in other countries in math and science achievment5. The on-going decline infreshman engineering and technology enrollments since mid-1985’s provides an additionalsupport 2. On the top of it there is a declining pool of high school graduates in some states. The Page 8.564.2 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lance Collins; Rajesh Bhaskaran

. Page 8.755.1An informal survey of eight peer universities indicated that their situation was similar. In-dividual students might use CFD software for projects but it is not part of the curriculum.The use of CFD tends to be restricted to courses that focus on teaching numerical meth-ods. Usually, the basics of the finite-difference method are taught in detail and studentsdevelop computer codes to solve a few simple problems. The emphasis is on understandingand programming numerical methods. This is the approach used in the introductory CFDtextbooks by Anderson [1] and Tannehill et al [2], for example. There are several reasons why general-purpose CFD software has not penetrated under-graduate fluid dynamics courses to any significant extent