Conference Session

Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

work. Like I put in a lotmore time this semester but her tests are a lot harder. Like there’s no multiple choice. It’s allessay, like it’s all writing and concepts and large mathematical problems and I’m likeintegrating them. So it’s a lot harder to do really, really exceptionally well because if I don’t get,like there’s no way to check myself so if I don’t know something it’s like completely up in the air. Page 22.1329.9So her tests are definitely harder. But walking away from it if I know 80% of what I wassupposed to learn from this class it’s really well compared to like the 90% of like glossing overthe chemistry that I got from the first

Conference Session

Assessing Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Bucks, Ohio Northern University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

an individual’s level ofunderstanding that do not depend on the individual producing code in a specific language.Currently, most assessment occurs by requiring students to write code in a specific language17.This significantly limits the ability to compare the effects of different languages and pedagogicaltechniques on student learning, such as algorithm visualizations which may be tied directly to aspecific language, because the assessment is tied directly to the language taught and assessed.The development of language-independent instruments that focus on the understanding offundamental concepts are essential for research exploring these new tools and languages.Research into the different ways individuals understand the various concepts

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eli M. Silk, University of Pittsburgh; Ross Higashi, Carnegie Mellon University; Christian D. Schunn, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

with a BS in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University, and is now engaged in the research and development of STEM curricula using classroom robotics technologies and game-like systems.Christian D Schunn, University of Pittsburgh Christian D. Schunn is an Associate Professor of Professor of Psychology, Intelligent Systems, and Learn- ing Sciences and Policy at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his PhD in Psychology from Carnegie Mellon in 1995. His research ranges from cognitive / social psychology studies of science/engineering and connections to classroom science instruction to studies of peer feedback in science and instruction

Conference Session

Innovative Program and Curricular Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Frances Ibes, Saint Catherine University; Yvonne Ng, St. Catherine University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

into the Montessori curriculum. Theyinclude preliminary results from teacher competence, confidence and comfort with the materialas they include engineering in their classroom. Section 6 draws some conclusions and discussesthe next steps in the elementary engineering professional development process.2 The Development ProcessTo prepare for the summer course the Montessori expert and content area expert spent a yearprevious to the course in collaborative dialogues and writing. The phases of this processincluded: 1. Learning about each other: As a first step, the Montessori expert gave the engineering expert readings while the engineering expert had the Montessori expert go through introduction to engineering exercises. This gave the

Conference Session

Ethics in different disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

AC 2011-32: FAMILIARIZING THE UNKNOWN: THREE UNUSUAL EN-GINEERING CASESMarilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology Marilyn Dyrud is a full professor in the Communication Department at Oregon Institute of Technology and regularly teaches classes in business and technical writing, public speaking, rhetoric, and ethics; she is part of the faculty team for the Civil Engineering Department’s integrated senior project. She is active in ASEE as a regular presenter, moderator, and paper reviewer; she has also served as her campus’ representative for 17 years, as chair of the Pacific Northwest Section, and as section newsletter editor. She was named an ASEE Fellow in 2008 and received the James H. McGraw Award in 2010

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Emma Torbert; Eleanor Abrams; David Bourgeois; Carmela Amato-Wierda; Anneliese Mueller; Christopher F. Bauer

engineers, chemists, and physicists.Furthermore, from a pedagogical perspective, it is optimal if General Chemistry providesstudents with an experience in which they are enabled to function similarly to practicing teams ofscientists and engineers. Simply put, we want to produce students who have had practiceworking in interdisciplinary teams and solving interesting problems related to chemistry andtheir chosen discipline.One way to accomplish these goals is by a re-invented laboratory driven General Chemistrycourse. Such a course would have the following attributes: broad appeal across the disciplines,open-ended projects requiring students to apply General Chemistry concepts in order to solve theproblem, collaborative exercises with peers and

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald V. Richardson

dense low altitude air. In addition to maintaining the flight planparameters the test pilot, Boone Guyton, also read and recorded 18 cylinder head and 18 cylinderbase temperatures along with a few others. He would check outside conditions, then duck hishead down to read the cylinder temperatures on three cylinders, come up and look around andthen write the data on his knee pad. This was dangerous business at best even, though he hadcarefully trimmed the controls. In this case he flew past East Hartford and never saw it. Next, hesaw only unfamiliar territory so he finally landed at the first airport he saw which was in Haver-hill, Mass., some 100 miles too far!As a result of this flight, and other inadequate measurement situations, we soon

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Ahmad Sleiti, University of Central Florida; Eileen Cashman, Humboldt State University; Peter Lehman, Humboldt State University; Richard Engel, Schatz Energy Research Center; Michael Mann, University of North Dakota; Hossein Salehfar, University of North Dakota

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

thermodynamics with political, social, and economic factors. He has authored or coauthored over 90 peer-reviewed publications and over 200 publications in total.Hossein Salehfar, University of North Dakota Hossein Salehfar received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctorate (Ph.D.) degrees in electrical engineering from the Texas A&M University in College Station. He was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Clarkson University in New York during 1990-1995. Since 1995 he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering at University of North Dakota, Grand Forks

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bijan Sepahpour

TAKEN TAKEN TAKEN PRIOR TAKEN CONCURRENTLY · PHYSICS I & II · MECHANICS OF MECH. · TECH. WRITING MATERIALS LAB. · STATICS · MATERIAL SCIENCE I 2 2 · COMPUTER · PROBABILITY PROGRAMMING · DYNAMICS · DIFF. EQS. · THERMO. I · THERMO. II MECH. · NUMERICAL · FLUID MECHANICS LAB. 3 2 ANALYSIS

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

D. Joseph Mook

another country while learningabout engineering education and industry in the countries they visited. They would hopefully beinspired to return the following year (with some of their peers) for a full term or year of overseasacademic study and/or internship in industry. Collectively called “I SEE IT,” seventeen studentsparticipated. They then served as ‘ambassadors’ to recruit others.Beginning in 1998, industrial support was sought, and Ford Motor Co. became the first industrialsponsor, signing on for a three-year commitment. In 2001 ABB Inc. became the sole corporatesponsor with a commitment for three-years of support and funds for scholarships for U.S. womenengineering students. At a press conference announcing ABB’s support, D. Howard Pierce

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Batill

EducationSalary: (Grade) Individual and group deliverables were specified. Approximately 50% of thefinal evaluation was based upon individual performance and the other 50% upon theperformance of the group. The project supervisor provided these evaluations. The groupperformance was weighted by a confidential peer review. The intent was to evaluate their abilityto do "good engineering," effectively communicate and document their efforts and workeffectively as part of a team.Key Deliverables: The team was responsible for a detailed concept product proposal and aconcept prototype. Individuals were responsible for an engineering notebook and participation inthe formal Concept Design Review. The design proposal was the project’s most highly

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Schultz; Arnold Johnson

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida, Gainesville; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

response, but then added something quitesurprising: ―Well, first of all, like some Chinese improvement, like [a] little Chineseimprovement. Actually, my English got a little better in Shanghai, [a] little better because I hadsome interactions with American friends, like more than in Purdue.‖ At Purdue, the participant Page 22.749.9explained, international students tend to be isolated from their American peers. The participants in the GEARE program exhibited relatively few attitudinal outcomes.However, some attitudinal outcomes stood out for certain individuals. Two of the participantsspoke at length about developing flexibility, or

Conference Session

Design and Graphics Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Stephen Champion, University of Prince Edward Island

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

-engineering own knowledge and to seek advice, reflect on their own capabilities, Engineers Nova Scotia's continuing learning and development, and importance of being part of a knowledge and skills to assist in and/or undertake research, to invite peer review, benchmark Learning professional excellence commitment to undertake

Conference Session

Robot Mania!

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisabeth W. McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Susan Lowes, Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College/Columbia University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

 Gives the students a real world experience of solving a problem or addressing a situation and then being able to test and redesign.  The hands on aspect of design. Students can immediately test their designs, re-design and retest.  It is an engaging, interactive class. They liked the freedom to learn and design an open- ended solution, enthusiastically entering into the room and getting busy with their work instead of sitting and listening. Each mini lesson was given when it was needed. After the class was over, the students said the presentation and learning to write technical documentation would help them in college.  Teaching students to take a complex problem and break it down into

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Foster, George Fox University; Justin R. Vander Werff P.E., Dordt College

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

experiencededucators looking for fresh ways to engage students. As a result of the authors’ experiences andreflection, a collection of tips for success in implementing specific teaching strategies is provided. Page 22.1415.2IntroductionThe requirements on a new engineering educator’s time are many and varied. In addition toproviding a fantastic learning environment for future engineers, the instructor may be asked todefine a scholarship avenue, write grants, and serve various entities within and outside theuniversity all the while with tenure looming. With all these demands on the new instructor, timeoutside of work is extremely limited. Clearly, time

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Can Saygin, University of Texas, San Antonio; Timothy T. Yuen, University of Texas, San Antonio; Heather J. Shipley, University of Texas, San Antonio; Hung-da Wan, University of Texas, San Antonio; David Akopian, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, writing the programs, and testing the robotsthat students gained a deeper understanding of the concepts.ModelModels were used to illustrate the robotics concepts and design challenges throughout thecurriculum, especially during the building and testing phases. It was important for instructors todemonstrate what the robots were supposed to do because the challenges typically involved therobot interacting with an environment, such as following a line, avoiding obstacles, or picking upan object. It may also involve pushing other robots around. Since these environments are Page 25.404.9dynamic in nature, it makes the challenge more complicated. So

Conference Session

Innovative Energy Projects

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

survey consisted of five sections. These included some general background informationabout the respondent, why the respondent joined the Lawrence Tech Formula HybridTMcompetition team, their experiences while being part of the hybrid team, other comments, andinformation related to if the respondent had left the team. Many of these questions are related tointernal use by the author and advisor of the team for the college of engineering at LawrenceTech, so not every question or its responses are included in this paper. There are, however, someresponses worth noting. At the time of this writing only about 17% of the voluntary responseshad been received (n = 8). But enough responses had been received to be of some use and thedata do shed light on

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder; Bailey Renee Leppek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kara E. Gray, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

responded to these challenges with enthusiasm, enjoying their collaborations withthose from the other side of the divide, and demonstrating mastery of much of the technical content provided inthe course. In two other respects, outcomes from the course have far exceeded expectations. First, the range ofphysics demonstrated and the quality of images have been worthy of awards and archival publication 2–5. Second,and certainly more importantly, students report that their perception of the world around them has beenbroadened to include fluid physics, in a way that no other course has done. Students write to the instructor yearslater, enthusing about seeing mixing in a liquid soap dispenser, or vortexes in an unusual cloud. This neverhappens with

Conference Session

Technology in Mechanics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford Univeristy; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

we had originally planned to prohibit quarter-and three-quarter length joints between deltas, allowing only full side or half joints, to make calculationseasier, but this was too limiting in the creation of successful designs. We also consideredincreasing the internal area requirement from 100 quarter-deltas to 150. However, a larger areawould require more deltas and thus make it difficult for the entire class of twenty teams to play atonce, resource-wise.Writing New InstructionsThe last change we made to the game was writing a new set of instructions (see Appendix) thatincorporated all of the changes that we made. We divided these instructions into three parts: theDesign Task, instructions for the Project Manager, and instructions for the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Don Ploger, Florida Atlantic University; Agnes Nemeth, Florida Atlantic University; Steven Alan Hecht Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

the students couldn’t help but learn about themath in order to solve the design problem10.The popular Logo environment has involved the Turtle, originally a robotic creature that movedaround on the floor11. Logo can be a very powerful tool to help children – and college students –learn mathematics. It could help kindergarten children write simple programs to draw interestingshapes. It has also been used by college students to solve difficult problems in calculus.Despite its many potential benefits, Logo did not become part of the school math curriculum, andit is not referenced in the Core Curriculum Standards. It is, however, possible to createsomething that has many of the good points of Logo, and still connect it to classroom practice.Other

Conference Session

Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

identity, either passing as heterosexual orcovering up expressions of their LGB identities in the company of other engineers. While hatespeech was relatively rare in this study, some of the most overtly homophobic comments wereunderstood by those who experienced them to be related to a need for male peers to prove theirmasculinity to each other.Sexualized and hyper-able or violent forms of masculinity bring attention to those who do notlaugh at the jokes, those who question the metaphors or do not relate to them in the same way asthe hegemonic group. This explains both why diversity groups might deem it necessary tocordon off an Island of Other and why doing so does not begin to break down hegemonicnormativities.Subaltern Masculinities: Black

Conference Session

Restructuring/Rethinking STEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #7610The T-shaped Engineer: Connecting the STEM to the TOPProf. Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University Joe Tranquillo was the second faculty member in the new Biomedical Engineering Program at Bucknell University and helped build an accredited department with seven faculty and 60 undergraduate students. His teaching interests are in biomedical signals and systems, neural and cardiac electrophysiology, and medical device design. Nationally Tranquillo has published or presented over 50 peer reviewed or invited works in the field of engineering education. In 2012 he was a founding faculty member of the KEEN Winter

Conference Session

Track 1: Technical Session 9: Credit Loss for Engineering Transfer Students: Visualizations Across Students and Structures

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Amy Jo Richardson, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions

to attend monthly meetings that were led by community college faculty. The meeting agenda always included a portion on advising and transfer process and the remaining portion of the meeting were planned around student interests such as: study skills, resume writing, interviewing, choosing an engineering discipline and research opportunities. Every meeting also included a meal where students could catch up and socialize with each other.• University Visits. During the fall semester students in the program were invited to spend the weekend at VT for the University’s Open House. Students were introduced to the university and the surrounding area along with meeting other prospective transfer students as well has transfer students

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

., intensive writing courses,humanities and social sciences courses) but more demands for industry-oriented practicalactivities, mainly derived from their experiences at the co-op rotations. These results raiseconcerns about the lack of interdisciplinary approaches and the limited scope of the education ofour students. However, potential proposals in this regard face enormous constraints includingrestricted class schedules and credit unit requirements, non-existent coordination betweendifferent departments and schools, and dominant technical priorities of faculty. In addition, weface limited student pre-existent motivation for courses that they may perceive as no straight job-related, as they are mainly unaware of what is at the frontiers and beyond

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning and Teaching Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Amy Trowbridge, Arizona State University; Keirien Taylor, Arizona State University, UOEEE; Daniel J. Laxman, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Program-Level Assessments for Multidisciplinary Areas

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ming Li, Tsinghua University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Alan E. Ellstrand, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

]. In April, the student teams pitched their productor service at the CoE Honors Engineering Symposium. Students were also required to write afull paper, as well as develop a project poster (for the poster session and evaluation at theSymposium) and a pitch deck (for presentation and evaluation at the Symposium) for theirdesign.While conducting the piloted courses in the first year, we realized (for iterative improvement)that the content presented by the faculty and industry professionals in the first eight weeks of thecourse should be expanded upon and reorganized into a more logical series of presentations. Wealso observed that the student team that came up with their own project idea (noted above as anextremely important iterative

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Motion LLC. With grants fundedby the Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program (MIPS), which is associated with a technologyenterprise unit within the school of engineering at College Park, researchers in the University’sSchool of Public Health had been studying the health effects of Fifth Quarter Fresh (a chocolatemilk beverage produced by Fluid Motion) on high school football players. Unfortunately, inDecember 2015 the University issued a press release touting the health benefits of Fifth QuarterFresh on high school football players recovering from concussions without the study resultspassing through peer review.21 As several news stories highlighted, the press release timingcoincided with the debut of a major motion picture in the United

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Indicator on incoming collegestudents. These results show that 60% of the students have a practical rather than theoreticalorientation toward learning, and that this percentage is growing. Other research has shown thatstudents prefer concrete active learning activities to abstract reflective learning by a ratio of 5 to112. The general conclusion is that active modes of teaching and learning create the best matchfor today’s students. These can include: small-group discussions and projects, in-classpresentations and debates, experiential exercises, field experiences, simulations, and case studies.Silberman also discusses the social side of learning, “[Students] tend to become more engaged inlearning because they are doing it with their peers. Once