Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Qian Zou, Oakland University; Brian P. Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Xia Wang, Oakland University; Gary Barber, Oakland University; Lorenzo M. Smith, Oakland University; LianXiang Yang, Oakland University; David Schall, Oakland University, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Michael A. Latcha, Oakland University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

and math (STEM). Student participants work in teams onautomotive and energy-related research projects in mechanical engineering and also take part inother activities such as industrial research lab and facilities tours, meetings with workingengineers, conferences and seminars. To date, a total of 37 students– more than half of whomwere female - from 30 different universities have taken part in the program since its inception in2006.The purpose of this paper is to present some of the lessons learned from the first four years of theprogram. Some of the planning, logistics, procedures and outcomes will be described andanalyzed based on the results from the pre- and post-surveys conducted to assess the program.We believe that this type of

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Cottrell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. With more than 13 years professorial experience, he has taught a large variety of courses including statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, graphic communications, engineering economy, and construction planning, scheduling, estimating, and management. Page 15.761.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Cultural Development into a Multi-Disciplinary Seminar Course: Broadening the Student Horizon to Better Function and Appreciate Global, Contemporary IssuesIntroductionThis paper describes practical techniques currently employed to effectively integrate ABETaccreditation

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

funding, teacher rewards and promotion,paperwork requirements, regulations, work expectations, improvement plans, and evenreal estate values. However, modest and initial gains in the results of high-stakesaccountability assessments may accompany trends toward instruction that is more forprocedural rather than for conceptual knowledge and increasingly traditional rather thanreform-oriented [4].Pressure on local districts to recruit and retain qualified teachers comes at the same timeas critical and well-documented shortages of mathematics teachers. Traditionalmathematics teacher education programs that require mathematics content coursesgenerally taught in mathematics departments supplemented by professional educationcourses have failed to prepare

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonardo Rivera

process. This implies a thorough and intentional preparation of the material that will be covered in class, so the concepts studied can be transformed into knowledge. The student must come to class ready to solve doubts, to learn from everybody else’s interventions, to participate in the (individual and group) activities planned by the instructor and, through all these processes, to construct his/her own knowledge.c. All the students are different. How to make the learning process benefit all of them? A vital concept in this area is the different Learning Styles, which will be discussed next.Learning Styles: Different authors have proposed a variety of learning styles models (and theirapplication to engineering education); among the

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Freya Toledo; Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo; Didier Valdes-Diaz

history and significance of the transportation industry and all modes of travel • career opportunities in public and private sector transportation, with an emphasis on emerging and new occupational requirements for the new millennium • various transportations modes, including public transit, automobiles, buses, vans, trains, airplanes, as well as freight, rail, ports, waterways, and pipeline with an emphasis on intermodalism • advanced technology and intelligent transportation systems, including aviation and space technology • career options in transportation design, engineering, planning, and research The overall composition of the program, along with the evaluations

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Borrelli

education system vis-à-vis their classes, their use of resources, their GPA, theirinteraction with faculty, etc. From my research, I have discovered that the unit of analysis is thestudent as a part of their family system. Further, my research indicates that family influencesappear to be the dominant social membership identity that students construct to explain theircollege choices and degree plans. This distinction is critical to understanding and rethinking whystudents who are in good academic standing continue to leave engineering majors. Many of us share a research assumption that student retention is about improvinguniversity life, including the quality of instruction, the size of the library, and even the success ofthe football team

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mott

information or to performsolutions to problems that are precisely stated and for which there is only one correct answer.Activity based learning built from constructivist principles calls on students to perform authentictasks that emulate the kinds of work they will be expected to do during their careers. Theactivities are often ill structured as opposed to being precisely stated. Students must analyze thetask, gather information pertinent to the objectives of the problem, clearly state the problem,perform experimentation, generate multiple possible solutions for the problem, evaluate thepossible solutions, make decisions about the best course of action, plan for the implementation ofthe optimum solution, and communicate the final set of

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin; Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Susana Ramirez, PSJA ISD

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activities.  Inspire and motivate students at all levels to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by providing curriculum-rich training to classroom teachers.  Increase underrepresented and underserved participation.  Enhance career exploration by including space science professionals, NASA employees, and NASA-sponsored scientists, technical and engineering experts as role and career model.  Assist K-12 teachers in exciting their students to learn math and science through space based activities.  Direct programs to areas of the state that have few space related resources.Program Planning and ImplementationPlanning for the LiftOff Summer Institute begins at least nine months

Conference Session

Principles of K-12 Engineering Education and Practice

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea J. Andrews, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

learning from previous results—indeed, far from what we would expect from professionals. However, if we instead analyze thesingle pair as an in-depth case study and look closely at their conversations in the context of theimposed material and temporal limits, it is possible to see how their responses to the failuresproceed logically from their ideas about how the physical world works and what has occurred inthe design process. This is consistent with the Piagetian position that within a localized contextchildren behave logically e.g., 5,6. The analysis specifically focuses on the connections in eachdesign cycle between (a) the actions and discussions of the group during planning and building,before their design construction fails the physical test

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Anne Louise Seifert, Idaho National Laboratory; Meagan McKinney, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the College of Education at Boise State University. She is pursuing a Master’s of Science in STEM Education. In the future she plans on incorporating her knowledge and experience with STEM education into her own classroom. Her research interests include elementary science education, self-efficacy, and teacher professional development. Page 24.983.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Place-based STEM: Leveraging Local Resources to Engage K-12 Teachers in Teaching Integrated STEM and for Addressing the Local STEM PipelineAbstractBusiness, industry, parks

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Haaken Hagen-Atwell; Matthew James Ross, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

such as obtaining work for the firm,planning and running client meetings, and project management. Other essays introduce thestudents to technical aspects such as decision making in the schematic design phase, designingfor constructability, integrating gravity and lateral load systems, coordinating non-structuralelements, creating construction documents, responding to requests for information from the field,and the quality assurance process.The practicum requirements encourage the students to meet multiple engineers within the firm inorder to see their future career from the perspective of several different people. This papersummarizes feedback from the students and employers about the outcomes of the practicum,what worked well in the

Conference Session

Potpouri - A Mix

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Points (Weight) (0) (7) (10) Points Not completed, but Analysis correct and useful Everything None completed or completed and Weight: 10% Complete with minor correct errors Not thorough Thorough and Future Plan and/or reasonable None Provided Not reasonable

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen J. Horton PE, University of Maine; Amy Fried, University of Maine ; Mary Madden, University of Maine

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

departments to change underlyingassumptions about how institutional processes impacted people differently based on their gender.The team would need to connect with the whole institution.Formation of the Advancement Initiatives CouncilEight months before the proposal was due, to secure early support for institutional change, theProvost announced the creation of the Advancement Initiatives Council (AIC), an internaladvisory board of faculty and high-level administrative staff in the position of implementingchanges in policies and practices. Whether or not the proposal was funded, this body was tocreate an ongoing and sustainable infrastructure for examining institutional policies and practicesand planning strategies to further gender equity based on

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Harpeth Hall School and Vanderbilt University; Crystal Tricia Chukwurah, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

as an adjoint professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering, Teaching & Learning, and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University where she partners with other universities in NSF-funded research to develop the Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric . She ran an NSF-funded programs such as Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) for nine years. She served as the Associate Dean for Outreach in the Vanderbilt School of Engineering from 2007-2010. She established the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) engineering pathway from K-12 with Race to the Top funding in 2010-2011 and is working with the state of Tennessee on potential adoption plans for the new Next Generation Science

Conference Session

Computer Hardware and Simulation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krista M Hill, University of Hartford; Ying Yu, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

related to hierarchy, outline our students first hands-onexperience with logic circuit design and propagation delay using a CPLD. Our new CPLDstructure and timing document is outlined. Next, our issues regarding the CPLD module andthe CAD software are presented. We present our concerns with having our student's use of theCAD software outside of the class laboratory environment. We close with an outline of ourfuture plans. We will make use of lab sessions in the first two weeks of class for so-called labstartup activities, where our students will have a first hands-on activity with logic circuits andlearn how to use a breadboard. They will also perform the CAD tutorial and learn about ourexpectations for project reports. We will also provide in a

Collection

2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Abdullah Alkharashi; Mark Rajai; Alireza Kabirian; Saeid Moslehpour

. Lawmakers in the U.S. found it necessary to agree to a bipartisan plan to rescue the U.S.financial system. The agreement was to purchase $700 billion in bad debt. That represented thelargest involvement since the Great Depression. President George Bush vowed to restoreconfidence in the U.S. banking sector and to preserve the free market system. The governmentrevealed a $250 billion plan to buy banks’ stakes in order to show that the government was infact willing to shore them up. The U.S. Federal Reserve responded by cutting the interest ratefrom 1.5% to 1.0% (BBC News, August 2009). An important change in course occurred inNovember of 2008, when Mr. Henry Paulson stated that the U.S. government was going to usesome of the bailout money to help

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 8: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Learning

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac Koduah Kumi, Old Dominion University; Stacie I Ringleb, Old Dominion University; Francisco Cima; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Danielle Marie Rhemer, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

. Ringleb received a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve UniverMr. Francisco Cima Francisco Cima is a PhD student of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Old Dominion University. He obtained his Masters in Business Planning and Regional Development from the Technological Institute of Merida. His areas of interest are innovDr. Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University Dr. Ayala received his BS in Mechanical Engineering with honors (Cum Laude) from Universidad de Oriente (Venezuela) in 1995, MS in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 2005, both from University of Delaware (USA). Dr. Ayala is currently serving as Associate Professor of Mechanical

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lily Liang, University of the District of Columbia; Briana Lowe Wellman, University of the District of Columbia; Rui Kang

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

drawconclusions. We end the paper with our future plan.Theoretical Framework and Background LiteratureAs communities of practice, college learning communities facilitate the development ofcollaborative and academic support relationships through ongoing peer interaction [5]. Sense ofcommunity is the feeling that one is part of a larger, dependable, stable structure [16]. It iscomprised of the following sub-factors: membership, influence, needs fulfillment, and emotionalconnection [11], [12], [14].The authors of [17] presented a linked-course learning community in computer science majorsfor men of color and women (of any ethnicity) with “a variety of activities planned to facilitatethe forming of an academic support group.” They reported that “learning

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Steven Skinner

commitment and 40 hours per week, o Alternating placements: Full-time work placements alternating with fulltime classroom study. Two semesters totaling at least 30 weeks, o Parallel positions require a multiple-semester commitment and 20 hours per week, o Parallel placements: Half-time work placements coupled with at least half-time classroom study. Four semesters totaling at least 60 weeks, o Combination Alternating/Combination Parallel, and o Combination Alternating plans meet the defining features of full- time alternating models, in addition, they include one or more parallel components

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Edward M. Land; Michael Marcus; Aaron Abugaber; Rohit Dayal; Noah Greenbaum; Sally Hong; Jon Hunt; Joseph Saltzman

plan for (and demonstrate) at least 40 total hours of dedicated work persemester to achieve consideration for each credit hour attempted.Your performance will be evaluated on: Computer Aided Design (CAD) renderings (requires peer review) @15 – 20% Class participation and relevancy @15 – 20% One general subject quiz [for new RAs only] (pre-announced) @05 – 15% Lab participation and project leadership/ project volunteerism @15 – 25% Research paper on a pre-approved topic* (related to our enterprise) @25 – 30% Weekly WEB informal research assignments (w/in-class presentations) @10 – 20% 1 – 2 presentations per person, per semester

Collection

2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Issam Damaj; Ashley Ater Kranov

, quality assurance, policy management, review systems,and fundraising - all within the context of sustainability. The KPMs, and accordingly the criteria,are best understood in terms of the detailed KPIs. Student Learning by Coursework Program,Criterion II, monitors curricular issues related to SoTE. Here, the criteria also looks into programeducational objectives, student outcomes, assessment plans, curricula, and issues related toplagiarism. Criterion III, Student Learning by Research Program, measures the sustainability ofthe research program including research support. Faculty Research and Consultancy, CriterionIV, looks mainly into the sustainability of faculty research objectives, professional developmentfor research, consultancy activities

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Talia Capozzoli Kessler, Georgia Institute of Technology; Keisha Simmons, Georgia Institute of Technology; Katherine Leigh Boice, Georgia Institute of Technology; Justina Jackson, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jasmine Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology; Meltem Alemdar, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

and supporting schools’ efforts to pursue the GaDOE STEMor STEAM certification.Data CollectionFocus groups and interviews were conducted at the end of GoSTEAM’s fourth year, betweenApril and May 2023. The focus group and interview protocol was designed in a semi-structuredformat, with items developed to better understand the impact of the GaDOE STEM and STEAMcertification processes. Specifically, items included in the protocol center on schooladministrators’ decision to pursue (or intent to pursue) STEM or STEAM certification, as well aswhich certification process their school has or is planning to obtain. Administrators were alsoasked to describe any perceived benefits and costs of acquiring STEM or STEAM certificationand potential impacts

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heather Howard, Purdue University Library TSS; David A Zwicky, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Frederick C Berry, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

from these stakeholdershelped us ensure the content was understandable at many levels, pedagogically sound, and trulyreflected the information needs of the workplace.To keep within the spirit of micro-learning, our goal was to keep each video within a three-to-five-minute time limit. This involved careful consideration of each line in our scripts in order tobe clear and concise. Once the scripts were drafted and reviewed, we practiced and timed them tomake sure they fit in our time limits and made additional cuts when necessary. Once the scriptswere finalized, we moved on to recording. Our initial plans were to record these in professionalvideo production studios on campus, however a computer hack in the summer of 2022 madethese studios

Collection

2012 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

, we except them tobe able to build their own RC circuit using the Mobile Studio Board in Part II of the lab. Wedesigned part I of the laboratory experiments for the online students to make sure that they firstunderstand the concept discussed in the theory section of the course. We then expect the onlinestudents to design and build a new circuit in part II that replicates the results of the originalexperiment. We plan to conduct additional laboratory experiments in the Spring 2012 semesterwith two or more online students working together as laboratory partners. We have currentlydesigned two additional laboratory experiments that can be conducted completely online usingthe Agilent X-Series Oscilloscopes with integrated Function Generators. The

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Amelito Enriquez; Catherine Lipe; Tom Nguyen

requirements beforetransferring to a four-year institution. To better serve the needs of these students, four differentaward levels were developed for Cañada’s S-STEM program. The first three levels are to supportstudents’ three-year tenure at the College, and the fourth to support transfer. Achievement Level1 scholarship is for students who are eligible to enroll in Trigonometry or Pre-calculus at thetime of the award and have three-years of study at Cañada College before transfer. AchievementLevel 2 is for students who are registered in Calculus 1, or higher, at the time of the award, andare within two years of completing their Student Educational Plans (SEP) and transferring.Achievement Level 3 is for students who are within a year of completing

Collection

2012 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Yacob Astatke; Craig Scott; Kemi Ladeji-Osias; Petronella James

, we except them tobe able to build their own RC circuit using the Mobile Studio Board in Part II of the lab. Wedesigned part I of the laboratory experiments for the online students to make sure that they firstunderstand the concept discussed in the theory section of the course. We then expect the onlinestudents to design and build a new circuit in part II that replicates the results of the originalexperiment. We plan to conduct additional laboratory experiments in the Spring 2012 semesterwith two or more online students working together as laboratory partners. We have currentlydesigned two additional laboratory experiments that can be conducted completely online usingthe Agilent X-Series Oscilloscopes with integrated Function Generators. The

Collection

2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Md. M. Rashid; Mahbub Ahmed

to acknowledge instructor’ s passionfor the subject, and his or her teaching philosophy. Littlefield (1999)2 suggested that a syllabusserves several purposes, it sets the tone for a course, motivates students to achieve course goals,and serves as a planning tool for faculty, to name a few.In addition to being a cognitive map, syllabi can serve many purposes. A review of the currentliterature revealed that a syllabus can serve as a: (i) communication mechanism, (ii) a planningtool for instructor (iii) a course plan for students, (iv) a pedagogical resource tool for studentlearning, (v) an artifact for teaching evaluations of an instructor, and (vi) a contract of policiesand procedures between instructor and student. Instructors tend to rate

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Thomas Dodson; Nicholas Mattei; Joshua T. Guerin; Judy Goldsmith; Joan M. Mazur

previous major’s requirements.undergraduate students. We find that advising support software Ideally the student and advisor keep in regular contact; thetools can augment the student-advisor relationship, particularly advisor plays a supporting role in the student’s continuedin terms of course planning, but cannot and should not replace development and formulates short and long term goals for thein-person advising. student based on their individual needs and interests. The reality is that most students see their advisor once per semester Index Terms—Computer

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

J. S. Shelley P.E.

normally used for this class, the studio classroom wasvandalized and the ability to broadcast lectures compromised. The time estimate for repair of thebroadcast room was about two weeks. (Actual restoration of capability took more than a month.) Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2010, American Society for Engineering Education 173Contingency plans existed for the loss of communication between sites, but not for extendedperiods without the ability to record lecture. So, a method to deliver content, temporarily, tostudents 250 miles apart in a fair and

Collection

2025 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Abigail Neering; Mitchell Keck; Julia Reyna; Natcin Sorensen; Travis Price; Randy Hurd

satisfaction as we reported on our progress.The structure of this project helped us gain a better understanding of interdisciplinary work andthe process of working with a customer, giving us a competitive advantage going into industry.Having a customer who wasn’t an engineer required us to use our educational knowledge totranslate what they wanted from the product into engineering requirements. This gives usexperience in effectively communicating with non-technical individuals in a forgivingeducational setting. We were able to apply engineering principles along with essentialnon-engineering skills such as purchasing, planning, managing, presenting for a customer, andresearching. All these are hard to implement in normal curriculum but are attainable