Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the foundation that wasrelied upon throughout the entire transition process.The process of transitioning from an engineering manager to engineering professor is nowcomplete. It was an interesting and rewarding journey spanning three years with many peaks andvalleys. Along the way many interesting discoveries were made and lessons learned. This paperdescribes the evolution and progress occurring during the third year and reflects briefly on theentire transition process. It offers both hope and encouragement for those in the engineeringprofession considering a similar career change into education.IntroductionThe third year as a full-time engineering professor began with a great deal of optimism,anticipation, and expectation. As a seasoned

Conference Session

Capstone Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelley Racicot, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

uses of web-based group platforms, such as wikis and weblogs in industryand education, have been adopted for project management, to support “folio thinking”1,to encourage reflective practice and to build communities of practice. This qualitativeand quantitative study looks at the pilot semester of using social software in a well-established senior capstone design course to support collaborative knowledgemanagement and group assessment. We want to answer the question: How do we assessteam or group learning?From this research question, we developed three project goals: 1. Leverage the group-editing capabilities of WSU Wiki to facilitate a new course dimension: collaborative knowledge management. 2. Pilot the use of social software as a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University; Robert Grondin, Arizona State University; Chen-Yuan Kuo, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University; Thomas Sugar, Arizona State University; Scott Danielson, Arizona State University

to the initial objectives and outcomes were made to reflect thoseissues that appeared consistently in the industrial and student feedback.After reflection, it became clear that the initial student outcomes could be succinctly expressedby adopting ABET’s Criterion 3 Outcomes a - k (with some slight modifications) augmented bythree additional outcomes denoted l - n. With the outcomes so defined, an initial structure toassess student achievement relative to these outcomes was developed. The structure consisted ofrubrics for each of the outcomes; each rubric contained a set of competency attributes associatedwith that outcome and identified characteristics of competency achievement at three differentdevelopmental levels (positions): developing

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Design Projects in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mindy Breen, Eastern Washington University; Jason Durfee, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

promotion, while gaining insight into their particular role in therelationship.Thus far, after three quarters of the new Capstone curriculum, student work, comments, andcourse evaluations reflect that the collaborative, problem-based class provides a unique learningexperience for the students. In addition, it is evident that the revised curriculum fosters thesuccessful interaction of multiple disciplines resulting in new levels of synergy, creativity, andproductivity. In the revised Capstone, disciplines join together to blend expertise and create anexperience that is more comprehensive than any could provide alone.IntroductionThe goal of any university student when he or she graduates is to be able to find a job that theyenjoy and can perform

Conference Session

Faculty Development Toolkit

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Jordan, Baylor University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Walter Bradley, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

technologies will become our masters ratherthan our tools. The first two authors presented a paper in 2005 that dealt with that issue4.The authors of this paper are certainly not the only ones who have reflected on the issue ofmentoring. The next section describes some recent work done by others.Previous work done by othersPeer mentoring is the first kind of mentoring we would like to discuss. Peer mentoring occurswhen tenure track professors provide advise and support for each other. There are two ways thiscan be done. Younger faculty can write papers and make presentations describing theirexperiences to try to help other young faculty who may be facing the same situations. Thisenables the faculty member to benefit by presenting/publishing his work

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susanne Wolf, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

support facilities are offered to the student teams:1. A support team, consisting of an engineering assistant and a coach (a student with psychological training) is assigned to each student team. The assistant supports the students with technical aspects concerning the given problem. The coach assists the use, acquisition and development of teamwork ability. They also alternately supervise the team, give feedback and guide members of the team to reflect their teamwork. For example the assistant gives them feedback on how they are proceeding methodologically, Page 11.701.5 the coach supplements this by talking about the teamwork techniques

Conference Session

Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Hill, University of Michigan; Dawn Tilbury, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

determine the action taken by the machinewhen two nickels were inserted followed by a dime. Every student in the class recognized thatthe machine reaches a deadlock and doesn’t return a soda even though more than 15 cents hadbeen input. The second part of the problem was to modify the machine to reflect a new sodaprice of 25 cents and to make the machine work “correctly.” Most students were able to get thispart of the problem correct also. Some students were able to modify the machine to reflect thenew price, but didn’t resolve the problem of a deadlock state. This deficiency might beattributed to some students not understanding what was meant by the requirement that themachine work “correctly.” A handful of students weren’t able to produce a soda

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrick Louis, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

create NSF’s most prestigious award for young faculty, as reflected by the size and duration of the CAREER award, and the selection of nominees for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award from the ranks of CAREER awardees.The CAREER program is supported by all the directorates at NSF. Indeed 7.5% of allproposal actions at NSF are CAREER. More than 3700 CAREER awards have beenmade from 1995 – 2004, from which 160 PECASE awardees have been chosen. Theduration of the CAREER award is 5 years with a minimum amount of $400,000($500,000 for the biological sciences) over that period. However the CAREER programhas become increasingly competitive, and given its potential value to the career

Conference Session

Engineering in High School

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Cynthia Paschal, Vanderbilt University; Christopher Garay, Vanderbilt University; Aubrey McKelvey, Vanderbilt University; Patrick Gonzales, Vanderbilt University; Alex Nguyen, University of Rochester

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

rate of several drops per second. A picture of blood cells istaped to the bottom of an aluminum foil pan representing the blood cells in the body.Holding the cup as high as possible, water is allowed to slowly and steadily drip into thepan as it is moved up and down. This activity demonstrates that targets moving towardthe wave sources reflect things at a higher frequency than targets moving away from thewave source. Blinded observers are asked to guess if the pan is moving up or downbased on the frequency of the drip sounds created.Standards MetThis curriculum meets numerous National Science Education Content Standards(A,B,C,E,F,G). Students are provided with an opportunity to do scientific inquirythrough the challenge based curriculum

Conference Session

Innovative Partnerships

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Shaw, Museum of Science, Boston; Michael Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Christine Group Closing Over AllKeynote Activity C/Ortiz Activity Remarks Conference 9.4 8.7 8.4 7.9 8.1 9.1Sixty two percent of the participants rated the opening keynote address a 10, and 77%of the participants rated the over all conference a 9 or 10. The group activity was theleast effective of all the activities, however this still averaged close to an 8 out of the 1 to10 scale. In reflection, this activity should have a specific task for the team to do, such asdevelop a marketing slogan or an ‘ad’ that could be presented to a chosen audience(student, parent, underclass, other educators, etc).Overall, the conference was well received. The comments listed below accentuate theimportance of the discussions and

Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Josh Ramey, Colorado School of Mines; Judy Schoonmaker, Colorado School of Mines; Sarah M. Ryan, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

to discussions and Explorations. Ourlabs develop the foundational laboratory skills characteristic of many introductory biologycourses, including micropipetting, microscopy, spectrophotometry, cell culture, bacterialtransformation, PCR, restriction digest, and DNA gel electrophoresis.Lessons Learned: As we reflect on our first few years, we find that we have successfullytransitioned from a large lecture course to an active learning environment. Additionally, we haveextended the studio concept to two downstream courses: Biology II and Physiology. The changerequired significant activation energy and sustained effort as well as the considerable support ofour institution. Our involvement in the National Academies of Science Mountain West

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1: Programs, Pedagogies, and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlee Millett, Montana State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Sandra Wilson Kuntz, Montana State University; Durward K. Sobek, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Worth, et al. (2012).During this phase, the NHEI team met daily with their faculty mentor to debrief the progressmade, identify any new problems, brainstorm solutions and plan the following day’s activities.The phase concludes at the end of the fourth week with a formal report and reflection meeting todebrief metacognitive learning from the experience and prepare for future events.Phase III – Moving Toward Independent ResearchAt five weeks of duration the third phase of the internship is the longest component of theprogram and was designed to grow each student’s ability to assume a greater level of autonomyin improvement efforts within their team. During this phase student teams moved to differentpartner locations for two – three weeks at each

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vivek Pillarisetty P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Akram Hossain, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

) + 𝐾𝑏 𝑠 𝜃𝑚 (𝑠) = 𝐸𝑎 (𝑠) (4) 𝐾𝑡 Page 4 of 15Now we must find Tm(s) in terms of Өm (s) if we are to separate the input and output variables andobtain the transfer function Өm (s) / Ea(s). Following Figure shows typical equivalent mechanicalloading on a motor. Jm is the equivalent inertia at the armature and includes both the armatureinertia and, as we will see later, the load inertia reflected to the armature. Dm is the equivalentviscous damping at the armature and includes armature viscous damping and, as we will see later,the load viscous damping reflected to the armature

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pearl Elizabeth Ortega, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

VALUERubric with the following elements: (i) connections to experience, (ii) connections to discipline,(iii) transfer, (iv) integrated communication, and (v) reflection and self-assessment. Followingdescriptions of the four approaches, the authors will offer criteria to compare assessmentinstruments for integrative thinking to assist other researchers in identifying most appropriatetools for assessing such skills in their curricula or programs.Keywords: integrative thinking, interdisciplinary understanding, multidisciplinary teams,assessment instrument, quality workIntroductionEngineering graduates are expected to address complex global challenges (National Academy ofEngineering, 2004) which require integrative thinking—the ability to assimilate

Conference Session

MET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

T. Sean Tavares Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Becauseof the low cost of purchase and operation of the pumps, each laboratory group can have its owntest setup. It has been found beneficial to have lab groups swap pumps after a first round oftests. Comparisons of performance results obtained by different groups with a common pumpallows for reflection on discrepancies that may have resulted from differences in experimentaltechniques, care taken with measurements, and differences in compensation for various sourcesof loss (such as hydraulic friction in the pump discharge tubing) which are not necessarilydirectly attributable to the capabilities of the basic pump.IntroductionAn ability to plan, execute, and interpret experimental tests is an important part of the skill setfor engineering technology

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bosman, Marquette University; Brooke K. Mayer, Marquette University; Patrick McNamara, Marquette University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

than simply an “obedient engineer”. The framework proposes that theentrepreneurial mindset of students is increased by promoting curiosity, encouragingconnections, and creating value. The results from this work provide insight into the impact andimplications resulting from applying the KEEN framework to the engineering classroom viaonline discussions.Keywords: writing, journals, reflections, assessment, KEEN, curiosity, connections, creatingvalue.1 IntroductionThe entrepreneurial mindset is a “growth-oriented perspective through which individualspromote flexibility, creativity, continuous innovation, and renewal” [1]. While theentrepreneurial mindset can be useful in starting a new company, this mindset is also critical toexisting

Conference Session

Energy Efficiency and Capstone Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Wicks, Union College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

projects that involve design of piping systems, heat exchangers,thermodynamic cycles, and other thermal fluid system."It is a required course, taken mostly by graduating seniors, but sometimes by juniors. Theprerequisites are two courses in Thermodynamics and a course in Heat Transfer Analysis andDesign. Students have also completed a course in Fluid Mechanics.The subject school is on a trimester system with relatively intense 10 weeks per terms, ratherthan the more typical semester system of 15 weeks per term, that is less intense, and canprovide more opportunity for reflection. Whereas semester courses are typically defined interms of credit hours, the courses at this trimester college are defined by three courses pertrimester for a minimum of

Conference Session

Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Susannah Howe, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

reflective mini-essay regarding what could be done to improveperformance for the next client meeting, and to provide feedback regarding the new version ofthe rubric. Collectively, the reflective pieces indicated a need for a more informative agenda anddelegating team members’ roles with respect to the meeting. The students indicated that therevisions to the rubric were very clear, but also made some suggestions for further improvementthat informed subsequent rubric versions.Rubric Reliability, Validation, and RefinementGiven the positive feedback received from the initial use of the Client Interaction Rubric, theauthors implemented a systematic review and refinement of the instrument, including examiningit for reliability and subjecting it to

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Prakash, Florida Atlantic University; Rachel Tobillo, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

-making difficulties as foundational support (1996). In regards to theassessment tool itself, some items on the CDS have multiple descriptors and statements within asingle item, which can affect their relatability and the accuracy of students’ responses. Forexample, Item 7 states, “Until now, I haven’t given much thought to choosing a career. I feel lostwhen I think about it because I haven’t had many experiences in making decisions on my ownand I don’t have enough information to make a career decision right now”. Students maystrongly agree with the first part but disagree with the statement in its entirety, which wouldmake it difficult to gauge how closely the statement reflects his or her feelings. Slaney agreesthat the multi-component nature

Conference Session

Experiences of Diverse Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

careerchoice34. In other words, these quantitative data suggest that cis-identifying students are morelikely to persist in engineering and attempt to change themselves or the world around themthrough the use of engineering. Meanwhile, lower Conscientious and higher Opennessmeasurements reflect a lower need to conform to social norms and a greater acceptance ofexperiences unlike their own. Cis-identifying students are confident within engineering but aremore likely to accept individuals who differ from themselves. Through an examination ofcisgender engineering students, we have elucidated a group of students who could positionthemselves as changemakers within engineering culture for the benefit of minority populations.When examining the experiences of

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reyna M. Flores, University of Texas, Austin; Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

academics, leadership,professionalism, and community support; develops pre-college and college students ontheir academic journey; and builds a support network for advancement throughopportunities that encourages engineering students to interact with their peers, faculty,alumni, and corporate representatives.VisionThe EOE program’s vision is to create a student body at the Cockrell School ofEngineering and the University of Texas at Austin that reflects the diversity of thecollege-age population within Texas.About MITE Enrichment ProgramFormerly known as the MITE Summer Camp, established in the 1980s, the programstrived to increase the number of minority students in engineering by inviting 100students to the UT Austin campus to become excited about

Conference Session

Assessment & Grading in Mechanics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

clickers. The clicker quizzes focused on topics discussed during thatparticular class period, reflecting both the assigned reading for the day and the class discussion.The clicker quizzes were each two or three questions, mostly conceptual in nature with somesimple analytic problems used on occasion. These quizzes in total comprised 20% of the grade;since there were 25 of them, each was about 0.8% of the course grade. A final examination countedfor 30% of the course grade as well, with the same college-mandated structure, and the remaining10% of the course grade was assigned to homework performance.The final method of examinations used employed seven smaller tests administered every twoweeks for the duration of the semester. Each of these exams

Conference Session

International Educational Experiences (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alistair Cook, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

process but that don’t travel to the chapters partner community inEl Salvador, and those that are involved in the design process on campus and also travel to work with thecommunity.Currently, this project is attempting to understand the different instruments available to investigatestudent’s global competency and preparedness to work globally and how to measure and understand thedifferent models used in these six different groups. This paper will expand upon and reflect upon differentoptions for the project.Global engineering competencyIn engineering, global engineering competency can be seen as inhabiting three dimensions of technical,professional and global domains which contain the skills and attributes of a globally competent,professional

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Assessing Student Performance

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward F. Gehringer, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

assignment. Open-ended comments arequalitative. They can be used by authors in revising their work. They also allow authors(or instructors!) to judge how carefully the reviewer has read and reflected on the work.A rubric can be more or less detailed depending on how many artifacts students areexpected to review. A rubric with twenty separate criteria (“questions”) would beoverhwelming for an instructor to fill out for each piece of work submitted by the class,but the length might be pretty reasonable for students who are asked to review only twoto four peers. The detail in the rubric serves to draw reviewers’ attention to aspects of thework they might have missed. Ratings [Each has a dropdown to assign score, plus a text box where comments can be

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 10: Understanding Student Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Brennan-Wydra, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

reflect the context of studentsentering the College of Engineering and validated them for internal consistency, removingindividual survey items due to poor factor loading when necessary. Sample items for bothscales are shown in Tables 2 and 3. All items measuring students’ experiences withinstitutional tactics and proactive behaviors were measured using a seven-point Likert scale,with 0 = Strongly Disagree and 6 = Strongly Agree.Table 2. Summary of institutional tactics including Cronbach’s alpha (α) for each scaleTable 3. Summary of proactive behaviors including Cronbach’s alpha (α) for each scaleInstitutional TacticsIn order to measure students’ experiences with institutional tactics, we adapted scalespublished by Jones (1986) for a university

Conference Session

Continuous improvement of programs, practices and people.

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Nutwell, Ohio State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

simulation would be a fluid-structure interaction analysis whichwould require knowledge of both structural modeling using the finite element method as well asfluid modeling using computational fluid dynamics.Self-efficacy tends to be lower among adults learners when compared to traditional students dueto feelings of being unprepared in academic settings [24], [25]. Including design elements whichvalue adults’ experiences as working engineers will encourage students to make connectionsbetween their roles as learners and engineers. A goal setting exercise is included at the beginningof the course to give students the opportunity to state their own goals for the course. Studentswill reflect on why they have chosen to participate in this class, and

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University; Michael Andre Hamilton, Mississippi State University; Vidanelage Lakshika Dayarathna, Mississippi State University; Sofia Karam, Mississippi State University; Parker Jones, Mississippi State University; Emily S. Wall , Mississippi State University; Safae El Amrani; Ginnie Shih En Hsu, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

– simplicity vs complexity (see Table 1). Six binary questions are used to determinethe complexity dimension level.The Development of Authentic VR Gaming ScenariosStudents are engaged in simulated real-life situations where their responses to different events areobserved. Students’ reactions to each case reflect a preference of their way of thinking whichallows the identification of their systems skills. The VR gaming scenarios is built with the use ofUnity3D engine simulation software. The Oculus Rift VR headset is used as the bridge betweenreality and the immersive environment.The developed VR gaming consists of a User Identification Scene (refer to Figure 1) and 5 complexsystem scenarios of a marketplace (see Table 2): the Main Store Scene I, the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Breanna M. W. Bailey, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

design project in only one senior design course; two of these programs had earlier courses in the senior design sequence that contained valuable information necessary for students’ professional success (see Table 1). Therefore, to enhance the usability of the course for all majors, the specific sequence of course substitution was added into the course description for the GEEN courses, as well as reflected on the college-wide form required for students to participate in the GEEN courses. This level of specificity was required to insure buy-in from all departments.Once the senior design faculty members were satisfied with respect to the intended content andstructure of the course, the proposal moved to a series

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zareena Gani, Higher Colleges of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

such as collaborationand reflection. At the end, students demonstrate knowledge and are judged by how much theyhave learnt and how well they communicate it. Throughout this process, the teacher’s role is toguide and advise rather than to direct and manage student work [7]. In project based learning, theprojects will have varying complexity but all will relate in some way to the fundamental theoriesand techniques of an engineer’s discipline specialization. Successful completion of projects inpractice requires the integration of all areas of an engineer’s undergraduate training. Project workis more directed to the application of knowledge, management of time and resources by thestudents as well as task and role differentiation is very important

Conference Session

Informing the Critical Understanding of Our Users: Using Data to Develop New and Diverse Services

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qianjin Zhang, University of Iowa; Kari Kozak, University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

informed us of our faculty’s perspectives and preferences on the library servicesand collections [2]. But the drawback of large-scale surveys is the impossibility of gathering continualdata to reflect the evolving needs in addition to typical low response rates and problems obtainingrepresentative samples [1]. The current approaches may be good enough if we have sufficient time,staffing and solid faculty-librarian relationships. However, in reality, adoption of the current approachesmay be difficult for liaison librarians who serve a large number of faculty members and have many otherjob duties.As the University of Iowa College of Engineering has experienced significant growth in research, we twoengineering librarians see the necessity of