Conference Session

Topics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Miller, Society of Automotive Engineers International; Elizabeth Bachrach, Goodman Research Group, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

rewarding. In fact, volunteers reported they had workedwith the same school for three to four years, on average, suggesting that strong and sustainablerelationships are formed through the AWIM program.Volunteers perceived positive student reactions to their involvement in the AWIM activities,from their interest in the activities to their interest in learning more about STEM topics in thefuture. Table 4 shows mean ratings of the extent to which volunteers believed several statements(i.e., AWIM’s intended outcomes) accurately reflected students’ reactions to their participationwith the AWIM Challenges. Ratings were made on a scale from 1 (Not at all) to 5 (Quite a bit).Table 4Volunteers’ Perceptions of Students’ Reactions to their Participation

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Davis, University of Arkansas; Bryan Hill, University of Arkansas; Carol Gattis, University of Arkansas; Bradley Dearing, Illinois State University; Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

surveyresponses of the participating science teachers.12 Participating schools and teachers committedto full participation in the three-year program. 13, 14Follow-up activities during the academic year, including observations by UA mentors andparticipating science teachers, were designed to provide additional time for inquiry, reflection,and mentoring and to sustain the long-term practice of including hands-on laboratory activitiesaligned with the Science Frameworks.Year One Workshop ActivitiesThe year one Summer Institute was focused on providing engineering hands-on activitiesteachers could subsequently conduct in their classrooms. For each activity, the Instituteprovided: 1) a presentation and discussion of the topic background; 2) time to perform

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation of Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

latest research results to create new,value-added products.Even in its formative years in the early 1900s, the role of the engineering profession was toharness scientific discoveries to create products that address the needs and desires of our society,and in doing so shape and improve our quality of life. Thus, in attempting to imagine whatengineering will be like, and what engineers will need to know, as we move more deeply into the21st century, we only need to reflect upon how our lives are changing, how society is beingstressed, and how recent scientific advances may relate to new product concepts that can address Page 12.347.2these

Conference Session

Assessment Issues in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Reinhart, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, students, and society. TheEnVEBOK reflects our profession’s responsibility to address societal challenges withintelligent and practical solutions. It will help to prepare students for an unknown future;to have the skills necessary to learn and apply principles to new problems and make themost of new opportunities.Input from stakeholders is essential to a successful EnVEBOK. Throughout 2008, theTask Force will be seeking input through various means including the EnVEBOKwebsite (www.cecs.ucf.edu/BOK), presentations, emailings, and publication of articles. Page 13.383.5The development of the EnVEBOK is a continuous process of testing and improvement.As it is

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; William Miller, University of Missouri; Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri; Matthew Easter, University of Missouri; Rose Marra, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

fully incorporate the breadth and depth of knowledge and skills comprised in RPTwork. This belief is supported by Dauer and StGermain’s (2006) assertion that traditionalapproaches to radiological training may not be enough to facilitate deep learning. Theywarn that adherence to traditional educational approaches may result in workers withknowledge and skills deficits. They encourage the exploration and evaluation ofalternative learning philosophies that use such learning strategies as: inductivediscussion, self assessments, case studies, demonstrations, projects, prompting andcoaching, interactive lectures, and guided reflection. We have attempted to incorporatemany of these strategies into our theoretical and instructional design framework

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

individuals work together in the team to identify anddocument personal and team development goals. At the end of the semester a final peer-feedback questionnaire is used to assess team development and also to modulate an individualgroup project grade to reflect the contributions of the individual team members. Extension of theteaming thread into subsequent design courses is planned. In this paper, the experience andassessments from the freshman year part of the teaming thread are discussed. In particular, weprovide analysis of the relationships between prior teaming experiences and actual behavior asmeasured through peer and self-evaluation and provide inferences on how these can be used asassessment tools and for personal development.BackgroundThe

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University; Danny Olsen, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

learning, but do not measurelearning itself. The most common indirect assessment tools are surveys which solicit input fromstudents, alumni, employers, graduate schools, or other constituencies. These surveys provideparticular insight into the questions of how and why learning takes place through questions aboutsuch topics as student engagement and the effectiveness of specific class activities. Angelo andCross discuss the essential insight gained as students engage in self reflection in these surveys.2Because of the focus on the how and why of learning, indirect measures are essential in ourefforts to improve the educational environment. They can help us evaluate the effectiveness oflectures, reading assignments, homework, or any other

Conference Session

Building a Community in Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Ferro, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials

students like the idea of the Metal Hour? Do they think ithelps them learn?4. Faculty discussionsFaculty will usually provide feedback one way or the other about a new idea in education. Page 11.1310.5Evaluation based on faculty opinions may include: Do other faculty think that the Metal Hour isa good use of students' and faculty time? Does the Metal Hour reflect well on the institution andon students and faculty associated with it?SummaryThe Metal Hour has recently been started as an initiative for stimulating student interest inMaterials, and for communicating materials-related topics to the radio and internet listeningaudience. A Materials

Conference Session

Engineering in Elementary Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Hester, Museum of Science, Boston; Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

encounter problems or ask questions leadinginto the explanation phase, in which students describe what they think is happening and areready to learn from their peers and teacher. In the elaboration phase students apply what theyhave learned to meet the larger design challenge. Finally, in evaluation students reflect on whatthey learned.Contextual Learning and Problem Solving. Students often fail to connect what they learn inschool with the world around them. The engineering problems in EiE demonstrate how math,science, engineering, and creativity are needed to solve a problem. Situating learning in a largercontext piques students’ interest and helps them to understand how what they are learninginteracts with the real world or solves a problem 24

Conference Session

Effective & Efficient Teaching Skills

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

allowing no time for reflection on the review orcorrective measures. One of the positive results the author did note after the initial assignmentswas that the students would not sign off on incorrect work; they would note the problems with it Page 11.319.6or they would indicate work that was not complete at time of the review. During the firstassignment, several students whose work was correct were penalized for signing off on others'work that was not correct. Apparently this word got out and seemed to fix the problem on futuresubmissions, and the bad habit of the previous semester was broken. This in itself was success,yet at an admittedly low

Conference Session

BME Curriculum Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Harris, Vanderbilt University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Robert Linsenmeier, Northwestern University; Alene Harris, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

. U. Pittsburg 3. The workshop caused me to reflect HST/MIT on my own teaching. U. Memphis 4. The workshop increased my interest UT Austin in using HPL in the classroom. 5. I enjoyed the workshop. Figure 1: Survey results from VaNTH workshopsV. Web MaterialsA web site (www.vanth.org) that has links to courseware profiles of work developed underVaNTH has been developed. A typical page from this site is shown in Figure 2. Profiles for 49modules and whole courses are given at this site. Many of these profiles also have more

Conference Session

Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Neck, Babson College; John Bourne, Olin College; Stephen Schiffman, Olin College

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Management, the Babson Entrepreneurship Research conference, and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and has several refereed publications and book chapters. Dr. Neck is the Faculty Coordinator of REFLECT, a reunion program for alumni of the Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators and is currently designing a NSF-funded education program to help engineering educators infuse entrepreneurship into schools of engineering. At Babson, she teaches Entrepreneurship & New Venture Creation and the Foundation Management Experience, an introductory course that requires students to create, start, manage and liquidate a business.John Bourne, Olin

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Sheila Edwards Lange, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

experiences ofundergraduate women, the construct of a “chilly climate” has been extended to includeexperiences outside the classroom, graduate student experiences and the academic workplace forfemale faculty and administrators1-5. A chilly climate is defined by the isolation, subtlediscrimination and persistent micro-inequities experienced by women and underrepresentedgroups in academic settings. Hall and Sandler identified behaviors that overlook, ignore,discount or single out women, and reflect preconceived ideas about the ability of women tosucceed in academic settings4.However, context seems to matter in the experience of climate in engineering departments.Climate in science and engineering disciplines is more problematic than in other

Conference Session

International Exchange/Joint Programs in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; Manfred Hampe, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt

Tagged Divisions

International

semesters. The dates shown reflect the 2005-2006 academic year. Fall Semester (August 22 – December 15) ME 3404 Fluid Mechanics 3 credits (6 CP) ME 4504 Dynamic Systems – Controls Engineering I 3 credits (6 CP) ME 4015 Engineering Design and Project I 3 credits (6 CP) ME 4204 Internal Combustion Engines Tech elective 1 3 credits (6 CP) ME 4554 Advanced Technology Motor Vehicles Tech elective 2 3 credits (6 CP) TOTAL 15

Conference Session

The Senior Experience: Capstone and Beyond

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Niehaus, University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Teams • Cost Estimating • Value Engineering • Ethics Issues for Projects • Creativity in Design • Construction Management • Safety and Liability • Construction LawFor each of the above seminars the student prepare a short paper summarizing what he/sheexperienced from, learned or received from, the presentation. This is a reflective writing and notjust a repeat of the material presented in the class. The seminars in Autumn Quarter reflect the basic disciplines to be addressed in theproject – site design, structures, drainage, environmental, geotechnical, transportation, andconstruction. More detailed lecture series on 1) modeling and related computer software use(HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juri Filatovs, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

experience in which many skillsare integrated. In addition to the technical skills, we have strived to develop the many otherprofessional attributes and competencies necessary for a successful career. We have based theseon primarily industrial interaction and believe they reflect elements identified by otherauthors1,2,3,. With the implementation of the Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) Criteria 2000, further modification of the course occurred. Although manyof the ABET outcomes were addressed in our capstone course a partial recasting was necessary,particularly in the assessment/grading, required course documentation, and student awareness ofour goals. In this paper we describe our experiences and lessons learned in

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

evaluation of student performance data. Please see Appendix 4.All of these data are compiled in the Departmental Course Assignment Database, in order toallow both course-level and program-level assessment. At the course-level, the Database is usedby the ECE faculty in the preparation of their Course Portfolios. The Course Portfolios offereach faculty member the opportunity to reflect on the effectiveness of each of his courses,primarily in terms of the desired Course Objectives, and their associated Performance Criteria.Through this mechanism, the faculty member can evaluate student strengths and weaknesses inmeeting Course Objectives by identifying the specific curricular topics and assignments thathave contributed to the level of achievement, and

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

) with access to the latest technology tools for teaching. Flexible schedules are very important to most professionals as they contrast the environment of the academic world to the corporate world.These alternatives can be funded by the professional education programs and should be built intothe budget when developing a business case which would be reflected in the tuition paid bystudents.Since not all faculty will buy into the “pay for performance” concept, it should be voluntary andthe result of targeted recruiting for professional graduate education.A training program for faculty long on content knowledge and experience but short on teachingskills must be established. This should also include a mentor relationship with

Conference Session

IE and EM Program Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kam Jugdev, Athabasca University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

participants 17, 20, 22 • Lifestyle conveniences 14, 16 Page 12.552.4 • Access to information and faculty 17, 14, 20 3 • Collaborative and interactive learning environment 17, 16Distance education is a learning-centered experience that allows participants to developargumentation skills, increase their written communication and complex problem-solving skills,participate in reflective deliberation, and develop higher levels of learning and critical thinking22 . The social environment changes in distance education. Some

Conference Session

Climate Issues for Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

content knowledge. The studio course inwhich she was enrolled required introductory physics and calculus skills. Her physics and mathbackground was adequate to perform well with this type of content. She was interested inlearning engineering skills and concepts. On the other hand, her goal in taking the course was toexplore and learn more about the engineering learning environment without strong intentions topursue an engineering degree. This reflected a “typical” freshman student’s uncertainty inchoosing engineering as a career.There were three sources of data for this study: 1) the researcher’s observations and journalentries, 2) the researcher’s assessment of her self-efficacy, and 3) the self-assessment papers shewrote as assignments for the

Conference Session

Grasping the "Concept"

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Talia Sidne Finkelstein, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Page 23.561.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Examining the Innovation-Decision Process: A Preliminary Study of the AIChE Concept WarehouseIntroductionTransportability is a widespread goal of education materials development. If an educationalinnovation is effective in one environment, many developers want to share it with otherinstructors and institutions to have a larger impact and improve education more broadly.Additionally, funding agencies like the National Science Foundation require a “broader impact”component in all grant proposals.One aspect commonly missing when an innovation is shared is a reflective, evidence-baseddescription of the process as the

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Harry B Santoso, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

solve this problem?  How do you use your theoretical principles or laws?  Problem solving  Should you expect to get these answers?  Problem solving  How can you check your answers?  Quick reflections  Based on your self-evaluation, what are your weak  Quick reflections areas?3. Insight into Self-Regulated LearningZimmerman argued that self-regulated learners are “metacognitively, motivationally, andbehaviorally active participants in their own learning process”19, p. 239. It is clear thatmetacognition is a major component of one’s self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies. In thisarticle we used SRL processes to represent the link between metacognition and SRL

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Page 23.848.2is open to all students, with or without previous leadership experience. The two-day Academy isan intensive workshop designed by Rose-Hulman faculty and staff to build each participant’sconfidence in their ability to lead, consciousness of various leadership approaches, andconnection to leadership resources and mentors. The curriculum cultivates skills throughlectures, guest speakers, team interactions, team building activities, and assessment through self-reflection. Topics include character development, leadership theories, and personal leadershipdevelopment, with an emphasis throughout on leadership communication.The need for engineers to take leadership roles is clear. These leadership roles are diverse,everything from getting

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terry Allen Michmerhuizen, College of Aviation, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

sometimescustomers. Although a speech class is a required course in many four year universitycurriculums, the students need many more opportunities to prepare and present technicalinformation. Virtually every technical course provided by the maintenance training schoolshould incorporate at least one such student presentation in the class. Comprehension of the Effects of Human FactorsThis is the most important of the four “C”s and figure 3 reflects that nearly 80% of currentaviation related accidents are caused by Human Error. (4) CAUSAL FACTORS OF AVIATION ACCIDENTS 100% HUMAN 80

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Seshadri, Purdue University; Tahira N. Reid, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joran W. Booth, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, customer-oriented design methods used in design engineering.These include, but are not limited to, emotional design, user-centered design, human centereddesign, empathic design, and co-design. They consider different aspects of both customer andcontext, and provide valuable information in different ways.2.1 Emotional DesignEmotional design was described by Don Norman13 as including three levels of design: visceral,behavioral, and reflective. These levels are influenced by human cognition and emotion. Thevisceral level assesses preferences as perceived through the senses. They are fast and automatic,often based on “gut level” reactions. Emotional design is usually based on the aesthetics (e.g.,visual, auditory, etc.) of an artifact. The

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

: nitsáhákees - thinking, nahat'á -planning, iiná – living or implementing, and sihasin – reflecting and assuring12.All of the stages should be performed when drawing upon knowledge from each of the fourcardinal directions and should build on one another. This begins with knowledge becoming apart of the person’s thought, then becoming a committed part of the person’s thought schema andactions, then graduating to becoming the way to manage life in a meaningful way, and, finally,the knowledge, skills, and discipline will come together through contentment and be apparent inthe person’s prayers, songs, and teachings. To this day, this four-stage model of knowledgeinternalization is present at the Navajo tribal colleges (Diné College and Navajo

Conference Session

Student Learning, Problem Solving, & Critical Thinking 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole P Pitterson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

dictates theinteraction of students with the material and each other so as to increase their learning.In contrast, active learning has been described as the process by which students engage inactivities which causes them to reflect on their own learning [5]. Students are thereby forced tothink about how their level of participation or contribution to the learning process affords themthe ability to improve their mental and physical learning of the concept in a desired manner. Inthis student-centred approach to instruction, the instructor provides students with the opportunityto engage actively while learning independently from one another through the gathering ofinformation, thinking and problem-solving activities they are expected to complete

Conference Session

ETAC, ABET, & STEM Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine M. Cooney, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) • Reflection and Self-Assessment (Demonstrates a developing sense of self as a learner, building on prior experiences to respond to new and challenging contexts (may be evident in self-assessment, reflective, or creative work))An engineering technology program might choose to start with using only the “Foundations andSkills for Lifelong Learning VALUE Rubric” and then add additional criteria if moreinformation is needed to identify student challenges. Page 24.136.8Student Outcome i. Professional and Ethical Responsibilities & Respect for DiversityFor the purposes of identifying rubrics for this outcome, it can be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

and curricular materials development in other disciplines.Acknowledgements This material is based upon work supported by the National Science FoundationEngineering Education Program under Grant No. 1055356. Any opinions, findings andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and donot necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Nrc, ed. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. ed. J. Bransford, et al. National Academy Press: Washington, D.C. xxiii, 319 p. (1999).2. S. Vosniadou, ed. International Handbook of Conceptual Change. Routledge: New York. (2008).3. B.K. Hofer and P.R. Pintrich, The development of epistemological theories

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rigoberto Chinchilla, Eastern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

draw the linebetween the need of qualified personnel from the private sector reflected in our curriculumdesign and the need to develop pure critical thinking skills and general abilities in engineeringand technology. More than that, there is no study of how the corporate demands might affect theacademic freedom of our instructors. At what point does teaching based on specific corporatedemands compromise the need to teach general skills that can be used at any company withproper training? How do we know if the skills we are teaching based on corporate demands are Page 23.294.3the set of skills these students will need if they move out of the