Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Fahmida Masoom; Abulkhair Masoom

1 How Well Are We Doing? Focusing on Program Assessment Fahmida Masoom, Lecturer Abulkhair Masoom, Professor General Engineering University of Wisconsin-Platteville masoom@uwplatt.eduAbstractThe very first step in planning for an accreditation visit by ABET or other agencies usuallyinvolves deciding on assessment methods that can be readily included in the self-study reports.For a non-degree-granting department such as the General Engineering Department at theUniversity of Wisconsin-Platteville, where do

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Alec B. Scranton

students tointegrate their course with their off-campus jobs or other activities. In addition, a coursespecifically designed for the Internet can be more engaging and interactive than printededucational materials. Indeed, the features offered in a multimedia computing setting can beused to create a highly effective learning environment through well-designed audio-visualcontent. A well-designed Internet course can provide an added level of communication of thescientific concepts through carefully planned audio-visual content (including voice, simulations,animations, pictures, and video) that can be continuously updated and improved. Finally, anInternet course allows each student to control the pace of the course to suit his or her uniquestyle of

Collection

2003 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Robert Bruce Kelsey

theperformance [Varela]. When faced with an ethical decision, we project ourselves into a courseof action based on our values, our vision of what our actions will produce, and most importantlyfor our purposes here, our knowledge of the means to achieve our desired ends. For the mostpart, software practitioners in the industry today don’t know the means to the end. They learnedthe programming and modeling languages. They can recite the PMI project phases. But theydon’t know how to manage software development or how to improve the development process.They don’t know how to proactively plan for, or how to mitigate, negative consequences, eventhough that is perhaps the most critical skill required in software development!So I whole-heartedly agree with

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Kanchan Sharma; Isaac G. Macwan; Linfeng Zhang; Lawrence Hmurcik; Xingguo Xiong

the device plan, the proof mass Msexperiences an inertial force -Ms·a along the opposite direction. As a result, the beams deflectand the movable mass and movable fingers move for a certain displacement x along the directionof the inertial force. The left and right capacitance gaps are changed, hence the differentialcapacitances C1 and C2 will also be changed. By measuring this small differential capacitancechange, we know the value and the direction of the experienced acceleration. This is the workingprinciple of the MEMS comb accelerometer. The comb accelerometer design also supports in-field built-in self-test feature. Among these capacitance pairs, most capacitance groups act as the sensingcapacitance and other few capacitance groups act

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Wei Cao; Yanqing Gao; Jason Robert Mace

different operation platforms work together as aswarming group; the organization and function of a swarming team is just like bees or ants. Theindividual intelligent robot can run in either autonomous mode or cooperative mode. Normally, there isone or more ground station(s) to coordinate and initiate the swarming team. The path planning andobstacle avoidance will become a part of formatted cooperative team work. The communication between the ground station(s) and individual intelligent robots has beendeveloped in a systematic manner in the past decade. However, there is no convinced and reliablephysical communication means between individual robots available. And the fact of that there isn’t anymethodology of information exchanging between

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Chitralekha Potnis; Ajit Potnis

only when industry & institutewalk hand in hand and co-operate with each other in getting right type of technical staff at theright time.With the rapid rate at which technologies are changing and the still faster rates at which newtechnologies and disciplines are emerging, the in-service technical personnel as well as theemployers are desperately in need of an organized system which could assist them periodically inupdating their knowledge and professional skills.An engineer is basically a problem solver. A particular structure of thinking, mental organizationand intellectual ability is required for solving problems. Careful planning to inculcate theseabilities in a prospective engineer is essential. Engineers are involved in the

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Hai T Ho, Kennesaw State University; Scott J. Tippens, Kennesaw State University

Tagged Topics

Professional Papers

: • Formal events such as alumni mixers and career panels hosted by the CPE department.4. Advanced Skill Development Workshops: • Topics include internship-seeking resume building, technical interviews, and career planning, co-led by faculty and industry experts.Faculty and Departmental SupportThe success of this program depends on active collaboration between the CPE faculty anddepartment [3]: • Faculty Contributions: Faculty will oversee mentorship pairings, lead workshops, and serve as advisors. Their involvement ensures alignment with academic and career objectives [4]. • Departmental Roles: The CPE department will secure funding for activities, coordinate industry partnerships, and provide logistical support for field trips

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wei Cao; Yanqing Gao; Jason Robert Mace

different operation platforms work together as aswarming group; the organization and function of a swarming team is just like bees or ants. Theindividual intelligent robot can run in either autonomous mode or cooperative mode. Normally, there isone or more ground station(s) to coordinate and initiate the swarming team. The path planning andobstacle avoidance will become a part of formatted cooperative team work. The communication between the ground station(s) and individual intelligent robots has beendeveloped in a systematic manner in the past decade. However, there is no convinced and reliablephysical communication means between individual robots available. And the fact of that there isn’t anymethodology of information exchanging between

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ye Zhou; Amir Esmailpour

problemsstorage from different locations and processes data withoutdata modeling. This process will be idle since MapReduce Since many issues have surfaced since Hadoop wasengine does not work until getting the data. With traditional developed, users in big organizations complain that Hadoopdatabases, different systems fit into different data modeling is sometimes slow. Many developers in this area try to findand minimize data transfer. However, Hadoop will ignore the best way to satisfy real-time processing applications,all execution plans and optimizes plans for data modeling which need high-volume data streams, instead of traditionaland processing of raw data. Therefore MapReduce has database systems [1

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2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Thomas C. McKinley

like time of day and weather. The project will creativity, and perseverance can transform an idea into aconclude with a dashboard showcasing real-time predictions successful and impactful initiative. Through this club, studentsand insights, demonstrating the practical applications of data not only gained technical skills, but also discovered a sharedscience and machine learning in urban planning [6-7]. passion for innovation and learning. Students who were initially skeptical of their ability to learn programming have gainedTo further increase interest and expand horizons, I invited the confidence in their skills, and some even plan to

Collection

2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Rojan Shrestha, The University of Texas at Arlington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

(scores between 2.0 and 3.0), and notably, no negative These findings provide valuable insights for educational institutions metrics used in this study, including their components, calculation The study provides a framework for evaluating student readiness for AI, methods, and corresponding scales. These metrics include the AI responses were recorded. planning AI integration initiatives, suggesting thatoffering actionable insights for educational institutions planning AI Knowledge Index, Sentiment Score, Educational Impact, and

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

Karissa Tilbury; Mohamad Musavi; Cary James; Alex Friess

goals of becoming ‘agents of their own learning’ [3]. To facilitate metacognition growth, our monthly student workshops are broadly focused on the following topics: 1) Study Skills and Self-Reflection, 2) Goal Setting and Individual Development Planning, 3) Innovation Fig. 1: BBEST support ecosystem. and Entrepreneurship, 4) Undergraduate Research

Conference Session

Online and Remote Teaching

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nazanin Mansouri, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

test board served as key component in making hands-on experiments of the course in a remote setting possible. The remote experiments, testing, and evaluations were done following a formal and methodic approach, instead of ad hoc practices. In general, this approach led to effective and efficient experiments, and also served as a model to think creatively and methodically for solving engineering problems and planning prototype development. Overall, the design and use of the test board proved instrumental in the successful remote delivery of our digital laboratory course such that all the previous in person course experiments were completed in the online course without any limitations and the course’s educational outcomes were

Conference Session

Service-Learning in Developing Communities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; Ann Brady, Michigan Technological University; Karina Jousma, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

project site andactually implement their ideas.Since the ISD program began in 2001, ten senior design classes (118 students) have successfullycompleted projects improving water supply, water resources/management; site master planning;site reclamation; solid waste management, and wastewater treatment to benefit communities inBolivia and the Dominican Republic. Currently, 20-25% of undergraduate civil andenvironmental engineering majors take this course. Ownership of the student design projects isso great that 15% of ISD alumni have returned for additional ISD in-country experiences asmentors and class assistants.ISD began as a single semester, 3-credit, major design experience that could also fulfill atechnical elective requirement. In 2004, the

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K12 Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Andrews, University of Michigan; Lorelle Meadows, University of Michigan; Joy Oguntebi, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, qualified students from diverse backgrounds within the State of Michigan who would benefit from entering the engineering field. (OE)2 provides personal assistance with proposals, planning, and implementation; facilitates assessment and evaluation of research-based programs; coordinates with other groups across campus; and explores collaboration opportunities with other groups. This support is ongoing, grounded in the engineering research efforts of the College, to develop lasting relationships that increase public awareness regarding the importance and integrative nature of engineering. With partners in education, (OE)2 helps create original and unique programs or

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty and Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University; Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Lonny Grafman, Humboldt State University; Forrest Stamper, Hoopa Valley High School; Laura Atkins, Humboldt State University; Rebecca Raymond, Humboldt State University; Katie Mills, Humboldt State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Humboldt State University(HSU) had the following objectives for secondary science and math teachers as stated in theInvitation to Participate (Appendix A): • Provide opportunities to experience the engineering design process first hand; teacher teams will complete a hands-on engineering design project at the institute. • Provide opportunities for reflection and curriculum planning during the institute. Participants will leave with tangible products to use during the school year. • Develop awareness of existing engineering secondary school curriculum, K-12 engineering education research (see www.teachengineering.com). • Develop a community of teachers interested in pursuing engineering approaches to teaching

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #16102Fostering Learning Principles of Engineering DesignMr. Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma Jackson Autrey is a Master of Science student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and currently is involved with research into design-based engineering education. After completion of his Master’s degree, Jackson plans to pursue a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering.Prof. Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma Farrokh’s passion is to have fun in providing an opportunity for highly

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Corey T Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Recognition: Student will be able to: Recall or locate data in the text for quizzes Create ideas for the idea pitch and new venture analysis Acquire customer/market data Analyze customer/market data Prepare a customer/market analysis Acquire competition data Analyze competitor data Prepare a competitor analysis Acquire data for a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Prepare a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Construct a scenario based financial analysis Integrate the four feasibility analysis components into a final report2. Presentation Skills: Student will be able to: Develop a two minute

Conference Session

Classes in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Principles students be able to know or do as a result of the course? The answer to thisquestion is also a key input to the Pelligrino assessment triangle that we will discuss.Figure 2: Learning Objectives of Principles1. Opportunity Recognition: Student will be able to: Recall or locate data in the text for quizzes Create ideas for the idea pitch and new venture analysis Acquire customer/market data Analyze customer/market data Prepare a customer/market analysis Acquire competition data Analyze competitor data Prepare a competitor analysis Acquire data for a product design and/or production plan/team plan/organization plan Prepare a product design and/or production plan/team plan

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

configurations ranging from acourse in which the primary instructor receives help from a supporting instructor in the form ofoccasional lectures to a course in which two instructors equally share in all course planning,lecturing, monitoring of activities, and grading tasks. As will be recounted in the followingparagraphs, this second configuration was adopted for AE 421.Eight years ago, the AE faculty responsible for teaching AE 421 approached the campus'HU/COM instructors and asked for help in addressing students' weaknesses in communication.Specifically, although they were seniors poised to graduate and enter industry, students needed torefine their skills in writing technical documents such as test plans and test reports and in givingformal

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karim Altaii, James Madison University; Brian Tang, Mission Technologies, division of HII

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

, withone phase finished by one group and handed off to another group for continuation. Students thenprepare a brief written proposal, and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) is signed by boththe faculty advisor(s) and student(s). A second one-credit course is taken in the spring semester of the junior year when studentsdo a deeper dive into the relevant literature, develop a detailed plan for executing the projectduring their senior year, and prepare a poster on their project that is presented at a symposium.Two faculty members co-taught this course, with the symposium poster and written proposalcounting for 50 percent of their grade. This grade is given by the faculty advisor(s) who havesigned the MOU with students. In the senior year

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulina Robles, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Gabrielle Rose Favro, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Abby Lentz

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

required undergraduate course followed by adesign laboratory with a cumulative project where students prepare a calculation and drawingpackage for a simple multi-story timber structure. This process starts with determining theconfiguration of gravity and lateral systems, followed by calculations for sizing and analysis ofmembers as well as the production of construction documents for the framing plans andconnection details.When transitioning from the timber materials lecture to the subsequent design laboratory (or todesign in the industry setting) it is critical students understand the context of isolated timbermembers within the entire structure system. Past studies have shown that by interacting withphysical and digital models, students are

Conference Session

ERM: Conceptualizations of Engineering and Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikita Dawe, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Amy Bilton; Kimia Moozeh, University of Toronto

]. While scholars have documented curriculum and pedagogyintended to develop lifelong learning competencies in engineering students [8][20], assessmentmethods are typically short-term and tied to a particular course. On the other hand, studies ofalumni have provided some insight into career trajectories [1] and workplace learning factors[14][15], but rarely connect these outcomes back to undergraduate experiences of a completeprogram.2.2 Assessing Long-Term Program ImpactsIdentifying the impacts of engineering programs for graduates is a challenging area of research.As a theoretical framework, we use the Planned-Enacted-Experienced model of curriculum [21]which is a student-centred, process-oriented conception appropriate for studying program

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Online Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Jacqueline O'Connor, Pennsylvania State University

regulate them, the more effective they will be at learning. Because it is askill that experts, in contrast to novices, routinely employ in problem solving, a key strategy inteaching learners to “think like experts” is to scaffold metacognitive thinking [2][9].While there are multiple ways of conceptualizing metacognition, a common frameworkdistinguishes metacognitive knowledge (MK), which includes knowledge of and beliefs aboutpersons, tasks, and strategies, from metacognitive regulation (MR), which includes themonitoring, planning, evaluation, and control of one’s learning [10][11]. When it comes toobserving and evaluating metacognitive indicators, there are a variety of approaches that havebeen employed, all with attendant benefits and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

mindsetwithin the greater engineering community. “Open to everybody, but who is actually going to use that room? Leave a building specifically to be in that room? It’ll be the people around it and using it that create its culture. So open to everyone, and the people supporting diversity form its culture.” -4th year Mechanical Engineering studentFocus Group Theme #3: Develop a student advisory board to plan and implement currentstudent programs.In all three focus groups, students voiced support for a student advisory board to help plan andimplement programming for current students. Historically, the only mechanism for student voicein programming has been via the women in engineering program student staff.A 4th year Industrial

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ella L. Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

similar ideas.We share two methodological notes. First, during our analysis, we discovered no mention ofevaluation as a barrier. Our original idea was that gaps in our evaluation plan for REEFE mayhave limited the possibility of improving the program over time, thus continuing a trend of fewerapplications when severe program design issues were present and known. Such evaluation issueswere not identified in our data sources. Similarly, we began our analysis including the categoryPolicies because we thought that graduate students might identify enrollment policies (e.g.,continuous enrollment during degree) as a barrier to participating in an immersive internshipprogram. However, no mention of policy-related limitations occurred in any information

Conference Session

Community-Engaged Engineering Education Challenges and Opportunities in Light of COVID-19 Paper Presentations 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cijy Elizabeth Sunny, Baylor University; Kathleen Koenig, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division, Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

attain these non-cognitive competencies, which are goals for K-12 and higher education [10].Given the raised awareness for the importance of these non-cognitive skills, assessmentsdeveloped to measure these are essential. As per the NASEM report recommendations, thespecific skills or constructs need to be clearly conceptualized and must be designed, developed,analyzed, and interpreted based on stakeholder needs [10]. The purpose of this research paper isto introduce a new and innovative methodology to the engineering education researchcommunity, named Concept Mapping [11], which has traditionally been used in evaluation andprogram planning in the health sciences. This methodology will be explained in the context ofhow it was used in developing

Conference Session

Teaching Statics: What and How?

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

. Many ME students on the PUWL campus have reportedthat their housemates and dormmates can be a valuable resource while studying [14], and thesestudents arrived abroad to find their classmates near at hand.Adapting to Statics abroad Before traveling, the instructional team had to make a few key choices regarding how torun the course abroad. They also had a limited window of time to make these choices: only a monthlay between finalizing their schedule and their anticipated departure date. While they did not referto literature on accelerated learning or studying abroad during this initial planning process, theydid leverage a variety of other research and teaching experience from their work at PUWL. During reflection, the primary

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Mark Henry Clark, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

on thedesign of bridges in Oregon.The class was co-taught by two faculty members, one from history and one from civilengineering. The design and execution of the course was a combined effort, with a unified set ofreadings and integrated instruction that exposed students to multiple viewpoints on the subject.The central goal was to provide civil engineering students with a broad perspective on the factorsthat influence engineering design, going beyond the purely technical to explore issues associatedwith aesthetics, place, politics, and economics.This paper describes the class structure and content, as well as issues raised by the uniquestructure of the field portion of the class and problems encountered during planning andexecution. A

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debbie Chachra, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Deborah Kilgore, University of Washington; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Janice McCain, Howard University; Helen Chen, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

__ Making decisions __ Making trade-offs __ Modeling __ Planning __ Prototyping __ Seeking information __ Sketching __ Synthesizing __ Testing __ Understanding the problem __ Using creativity __ Visualizing Figure 1. Text of the design activities task.The first-year administration of the APS survey yielded 147 responses to the design-activitiesquestion that were suitable for analysis