Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Bodnar, Rowan University; Jeffrey Stransky, Rowan University; Cayla Ritz, Rowan University; Emily Dringenberg, The Ohio State University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University

Engineering from Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ).Cayla Ritz Cayla, originally from Freeland, Maryland, has attended Rowan University for all undergraduate and graduate-level degrees. She graduated in Spring 2020 with her BS in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Honors Studies. She also has her MSc in Mechanical Engineering with a COGS in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, and is pursuing a PhD in Engineering with a concentration in Engineering Education. Specifically, her research interests are focused on combining the humanities and social sciences with STEM education to create a unique learning experience for students.Cheryl A Bodnar (Associate Professor, Experiential Engineering Education) Dr. Cheryl Bodnar is an

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan Eleanor Ita, Arvinas; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

highlight this. Rarely, however, are there spaces andplaces for women in engineering to discuss these tensions. We wanted to create space so thosecoming after us can do the real work to move toward sisterhood.Race affects cross-racial mentoring relationships at all levels of higher education includingsenior faculty to junior faculty, faculty to postdocs, and faculty to graduate students [1]–[3]. Forexample, common factors that shape cross-racial mentoring of Faculty of Color include “anawareness of the mentee’s cultural experience” by the mentor, “open-mindedness”, and “trust,comfort, and common ground” [3]. Davis and Linder [4] further call to action the necessity toacknowledge and candidly discuss whiteness in cross-racial relationships between

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

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2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Kasi Kiehlbaugh, University of Arizona; Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

improve their grades by addressing the primary reasons women leaveengineering.Works Cited 1. Daempfle PA. An Analysis of the High Attrition Rates among First Year College Science, Math, and Engineering Majors. Journal of College Student Retention. 2003 May;5(1):37-52. Page 5 of 82. Hartman H, Hartman M. Leaving engineering: Lessons from Rowan University's college of engineering. J Eng Educ. 2006 January;95(1):49-61.3. Zeldin AL, Britner SL, Pajares F. A Comparative Study of the Self-Efficacy Beliefs of Successful Men and Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Careers. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 2008 NOV;45(9):1036-58.4. Nauta MM, Epperson DL, Kahn JH. A multiple

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Design and Innovation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Snyder; Mike Toole; Mike Hanyak; Mathew Higgins; Daniel Hyde; Edward Mastascusa; Brian Hoyt; Michael Prince; Margot Vigeant

-assessment of team functioning. Team members set goals, periodically assess how well they are working together, and identify changes they will make to function effectively in the future.” † Reading the above five tenets, one can see that teamwork is an integral part of cooperative learning. Cooperative learning has many benefits beyond being a training ground for teamwork. “An extensive body of [educational] research confirms the effectiveness of cooperative learning in higher education. Relative to students taught conventionally, cooperatively-taught students tend to exhibit better grades on common tests, greater persistence through graduation, better analytical, creative, and critical

Collection

2017 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Edward T. Davis, Queensborough Community College, CUNY; Tony Monahan, Queensborough Community College, CUNY

ideal setting for the advancement of physical activity (Keating, et al., 2005; Huang, et al., 22003). To this end, researchers have suggested a greater effort on the part of college faculty andadministration to increase student awareness of the benefits of physical activity and offer moreprograms designed to get students active (Lowry, et al., 2000; Keating, et al., 2005; Kwan, et al.,2012). Among the goals of the American College Health Association’s Healthy Campus 2020initiative is for colleges to “create social and physical environments that promote good health forall” (2010, p. 1). According to Dr. James Pivarnik of the American College of Sports Medicine,"The built environment, as we call

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Best Of FPD

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Scott Robinson, University of Louisville; Thomas Tretter, University of Louisville; James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Nicholas Hawkins, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

the University of Louisville. He received his B.S. (2016), M.Eng. (2017), and Ph.D. (2020) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Louisville. His res ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Capturing First-Year Engineering Students’ Interest and Retention via a Formal Makerspace Course AbstractThis complete research paper explores two different research questions associated with a larger,more comprehensive research study ultimately aimed at formal makerspace coursecharacterization in conjunction with student interest in engineering and its associated impact onengineering retention. More

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tony Kerzmann; Gavin Buxton; Maria V. Kalevitch

classroom learning, laboratory experiences and cooperative education alliances withindustry.”The school offers graduate and undergraduate degrees showcasing the best of RobertMorris University’s practical, real-world philosophy of engaged and applied learning. Inbiology, environmental science, pre-medical, mechanical engineering, and mathematics,our faculty are experts in their fields.Close ties to the business world allow our students to tackle real problems under theguidance of their professors. Internships and research are key to our curriculum, helpingour graduates gain subsequent employment. Students work with sophisticated labequipment, such as our 7,500-square-foot Engineering Learning Factory and dedicatedscience laboratories in physics

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John T. Welch; John Durkin; James E. Grover; Douglas Smith

computer architecture, optimal routing in circuit-switchednetworks, and noncomputational processor architectures. He is a Member of IEEE, ACM, Tau Beta Pi, Kappa MuEpsilon, and Eta Kappa Nu. Prior to his Ph.D. program, Dr. Smith worked in high performance computer design atGoodyear Aerospace, where he received the NASA Group Achievement Award for the Development of theMassively Parallel Processor (MPP). He was awarded the CESDIS Cray Research Computational Space SciencesFellowship in ‘91, and the NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship from ‘92-’95. He received hisBSEE from The University of New Mexico in 1980, his MSEE from the University of Akron in 1990, and hisPh.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Carnegie Mellon

Conference Session

Creating a Supportive and Nurturing Academic Culture

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Andrea J. Kunze, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julianna Ge, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Julianna Ge is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. At Purdue, she created and taught a novel course for undergraduate engineering students to explore the intersec- tions of thriving, leadership, diversity and inclusion. As an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, her research interests intersect the fields of engineering education, positive psychology, and human development to understand diversity, inclusion, and success for undergraduate engineering students. Prior to Purdue, she received dual bachelor’s degrees in Industrial Engineering and Human Development and Family Stud- ies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gretchen A. Mosher

develop functional learning teams will also be a focus of the paper.Data on student performance and their feedback on the process will be included in the finalportion of the paper.Benefits of Team-Based LearningResearchers have identified several benefits of TBL for students. These include: benefits tolearning such the ability to tackle tasks of higher complexity, a stronger consideration of diverseperspectives, and a higher order of critical thinking2, 3. Other benefits noted involve studentsocial development. Researchers have observed greater engagement of students, enhancedabilities to collaborate effectively with student colleagues, and more highly developed civicvalues as a result of TBL6. In the science classroom, Carmichael6 noted that TBL

Conference Session

ERM: Let's Talk about Tests! (Tests Part 1)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson Granja, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Miguel Andrés Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Vanessa Guerra, University of Virginia

approach hasproved to be positive for engineering students; they assured that this method buildsengineering identity, promotes research, creativity, and critical thinking, givesmemorable feelings about the course, and most importantly reduces stress [39].The “group exam” is another alternative to assess students’ learning where studentscontrast their knowledge within a group to solve the exam [40]. The group exam seeksto increase cooperative learning among students and to reduce stress levels thattraditional exams cause [41]. In group exams, the knowledge the group shows is at leastthe same as the more knowledgeable member of the group. If a traditional exam were tobe used in a group exam, students with less knowledge would benefit with a

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND) Technical Session 16

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary J Combs, Quality Measures, LLC; Codjo AC Akpovo, Quality Measures, LLC; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures LLC

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

activities but were not mandated to participate. Byensuring comparable student profiles across groups, this design offered valuable insights into theimpact of the required activities on student success. This methodology was particularlyappropriate in educational settings where random assignment to groups was not feasible.The evaluation model for the project employed both outcome-based and process evaluations [7]to provide a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms driving its success. Outcome-based evaluations measured the project’s impact on student success by examining factors such asretention, academic performance, and post-graduation outcomes. Process evaluationscomplemented this by exploring the relationships among various components of

Conference Session

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma in Manufacturing Education 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlie Hall, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

also reasons for teams to beused in a course: Teams are able to accomplish more than individuals, there is learning betweenmembers on a team, and teams are a way of developing and disseminating a culture. In theclassroom, the culture that should be developed among the students through the use of teams is aculture of collaboration and problem-solving. No amount of lecturing on the value of teams orthe value of collaborative problem solving can replace the learning or experiencing of actuallybeing a part of a team. It should be noted that teams can be formal or informal; for a largesemester project, teams may work together for weeks, but informal teams may develop duringsmall class discussions or class exercises.A potential hazard of using teams

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division: Engagement, Experiential Learning, and Balance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veera Gnaneswar Gude P.E., Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

years since his graduate school. He has been active with ASEE and educational research for over 10 years. He is particularly interested in en- hancing critical thinking skills among civil engineering students through various educational approaches. His research interests include water and wastewater treatment, desalination, and algal biofuels. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016Scientific Thinking and the Logic of Environmental Engineering ExperimentsAbstractScientific thinking allows one to approach engineering problems by asking clear and well-thought-out questions. Because environmental engineering is based on applied scientificprinciples (knowledge from science, i.e. chemistry

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sibel Uysal, Arizona State University; Sharon Kurpius-Robinson, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Chell Roberts, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Design in High SchoolAbstractThe advances in engineering, particularly over the past few decades, have transformed the dailylives of people. This, in turn, has captured the attention of students at all grade levels. Thefascination with technology has generated increased interest among students at an early age, andmotivated some to study the field of engineering. It is not too early to start building thefoundation for engineering education at the high school level where curricula are being modifiedto increase students’ familiarity with engineering. The objectives of this research were toevaluate the experiences of a high school teacher who developed an innovative engineeringprogram and also to prepare a rubric to guide future teachers who want to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curricular Design and Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University; Bart J.A. van Bueren, National Cheng Kung University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

and facilitates in international collaborations. Among the competitions he won are Deltacompetition’06, SouthHolland Price’09 and DeltaWaterAward’12. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Lessons Learned in the Paths of Developing a Multidisciplinary Certificate ProgramAbstractMultidisciplinary education is highly valued and strongly emphasized; however, manyinstitutions still struggle to create the opportunities within their curriculum. Relevant effortsand experiences need to be further studied in order to expand the impacts of multidisciplinaryeducation. This paper will examine challenges and opportunities as well as lessons learned increating a multidisciplinary

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Erlandson

, are the most pressing reasons for including accessible design material inundergraduate engineering programs. These laws, rules, and regulations impact all engineeringdesign disciplines and cover the design spectrum from the assembly and manufacturing ofproducts to consumer use of products and services.Undergraduate engineering programs typically do not include material on accessible design.There are conflicting pressures on engineering curricula that affect the acceptance of theseproposed additions to undergraduate programs. There is pressure to reduce the number of credithours required for the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree while concurrently there ispressure to include more new material. The competition among new material for

Conference Session

Special Topics

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheryl Gowen; Alisha Waller

explainingthe technical details of stress and strain may be appropriate for a class presentation in statics, itwould not be appropriate at a city council meeting. The final observation on formal oral communication we made was that all of the authorsseem to assume that participation implies improvement; that is, that doing a speech improvesone’s communication skills. None of the authors offered any evidence that students’ oralcommunication skills actually improved. There are many viable reasons for this, including thelimits of space in the article, the difficulty in measuring improvement in communication, and thechoice not to focus on that aspect in the research. However, it may also be that when it comes tocommunication skills, as a group

Conference Session

Impacts on K-12 Student Identity, Career Choice, and Perceptions of Engineers

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Carrico P.E., Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Matthew Arnold Boynton PE P.E., Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Appalachia. While at Virginia Tech, his research focused on understanding engineering career choice in the Appalachian region of the United States. Matthew is currently employed as an engineer at Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative, a rural telecommunications service provider in Pikeville Tennessee. Page 24.890.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Maybe I am Interested in Engineering, Does that Matter? (Research to Practice) Strand: Other (None of the Above)AbstractInterest is often cited as one, if not the key, reason for why students chose a career or

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division: Supporting and Evaluating Student Learning in BioE/BME Courses

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Cunha, University of Connecticut; Devina Jaiswal, Western New England University

Paper ID #37474Resolving Troublesome Knowledge in Engineering Physiologyusing ICAP framework based Problem-Solving StudioSara Cunha Sara Cunha is graduated from Western New England University in 2022 with a BSE in Biomedical Engineering. Currently, she is a Ph.D. student in Biomedical department at the University of Connecticut concentrating on tissue engineering and biomaterials research. As an undergraduate student, she has served as laboratory technician and assistant for core biomedical engineering lab courses. She has keen interest in learning innovative teaching methods in undergraduate engineering

Conference Session

Seeking Resilience and Learning to Thrive Through Engineering Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

on managing personal bias in STEM, both online and in-person. Dr. Cross’ scholarship investigated student teams in engineering, faculty communities of practice, and the intersectionality of multiple identity dimensions. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion in STEM, intersectionality, teamwork and communication skills, assessment, and identity construction. Her teaching philosophy focuses on student centered approaches such as problem-based learning and culturally relevant pedagogy. Dr. Cross’ complimentary professional activities promote inclusive excellence through collaboration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work in Progress: Understanding Student

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gon Namkoong, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

formulate, solve, and properly tacklemultidisciplinary problems.Particularly, this paper addresses the effectiveness of combined virtual and physical hands-onactivities in students’ learning which was infused in the capstone senior design project. Seniordesign projects are open-ended and are similar to the research that scientists perform toward amore comprehensive understanding of nature or new scientific knowledge. As a reinforcedlearning methodology to greatly assist students’ reasoning and problem-solving skills, virtuallearning was first integrated at the planning stage of their projects. This approach is in contrastwith the typical senior design courses where only limited resources are available for planningexperiments. Using virtual learning

Conference Session

Teaching Styles and Peer Review

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Malgorzata Zywno

% of the total) have beenhired since 1996, with FEAS accounting for almost 40% of that number17. FEAS facultycomprises 33% of all RFA members. FEAS has established a highly visible profile within theUniversity with respect to the number of research grants, graduate programs, publications, etc.However, the same cannot be said for participation in educational professional development orinstructional technology use. Benchmarks for these are provided by a look at the activities of theLearning & Teaching Office (LTO) at Ryerson (http://www.ryerson.ca/lt/about/index.htm) andof the Digital Media Projects (DMP) (http://www.ryerson.ca/dmp/). The former provides supportand resources to faculty in their teaching, in close collaboration with the

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology into Construction Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

problems serve as the stimulus for learning. By analyzing andsolving problems, students acquire requisite knowledge, critical thinking and problem-solvingskills. Students encounter real-life and open-ended situations in a small group and the instructorguides and facilitates the learning process by asking questions and monitoring the problem-solving process.Advocates and Critics of Problem-Based LearningPBL is a somewhat different pedagogical approach from a traditional one. For this reason, therehave been two contradictory perspectives. On one hand, much research has focused on virtues ofPBL, advocating its benefits in higher education. For example, Knowlton 18 argues that thegeneric characteristics of PBL can promote an active and collaborative

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Crawley, MIT; Robert Niewoehner, United States Naval Academy; Jean Koster, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

contribute to understanding. It isappropriate to set aeronautical education in the context of aerospace product development forseveral reasons. First, it is what our graduates will do when they graduate. It culturally preparesthem for the activities of engineering, and excites them by satisfying their desire to perform theroles of an engineer. Secondly, it aids in teaching the skills that they will need in the workplace.If we are to teach students to communicate and work in teams, and especially to act ethically andcreatively, it is far easier to impart this understanding while working on authentic engineeringactivities. Finally, and most subtly, learning in context better supports the learning of the criticalaeronautics core competencies

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sohum Sohoni; David Fritz; Wira Mulia

simulated via TExaS) to control its speed as if it were thecar‟s engine, and built a more realistic system with more features such as suspending the cruisecontrol and resuming the last set speed.While the course has been popular, and the labs have motivated the students to explore and learnthe features of the 6811, there have been consistent complaints regarding the lack of realhardware. From the instructor‟s perspective, although the simulation environment is helpful, itpresents a steep learning curve for the students, does not translate easily to real systems, andabove all, does not lend itself to class-wide collaboration or large teams. Research shows thatstudents learn best from experience gained programming real systems[6]. Without this

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Natalie Tran, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

measures, as well as serving as the primary connectionsbetween instruction and learning. Curricula shape and are shaped by the professionals teacherswho use them. The curricula influence the content of the subjects being taught9 as well as theway the teaching is enacted. This investigation explores the structure of high school curricula formathematics and for pre-engineering in order to understand the learning experiences that areintended to prepare students for future studies and careers in engineering and other technicalfields. It is part of a larger collaboration between the School of Education and the College ofEngineering investigating the challenges and remedies for the development of a broader, morediverse and more able pool of engineers in

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Ladesic

use these new technologies in the classroom? • Will it endanger engineering education? • Are we compromising the quality of instruction? • Isn’t there a danger in promoting “push-button” engineering?As the debate goes on those who oppose technology implementation often findsympathy for their position among their peers at other institutions because of allthe reason discussed. However some schools and a large number of corporationsare moving forward with technology-based learning endeavors.7 While debatingissues like “is web-based instruction a good idea,” we could very well be losingsight of our reason for existing – delivering meaningful, timely and applicableeducation to enthusiastic customers; our students.8VII. CTEP: One possible

Conference Session

Technical Session 11: Topics related to Computer Science

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leila Zahedi, Florida International University; Monique S Ross, Florida International University; Jasmine Skye Batten, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

students. Given that the literaturesurrounding gamification in different fields has mixed results, and that the research completed byGaffney & Dunphy (2015) suggested that the use of gamification enhanced women’s socialbenefits, further research needs to be completed in order to verify or confirm this phenomenon inrelation to women. The critical need for women representation in computer science and the growthof the computer science field behooves us to research gamification and its effect on womencomputer science students. Specifically, which of the aforementioned factors apply to women.These factors and additionally, the impacts of specific game elements, need to be explored furtherin order to determine whether the pursuit of gamification in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Eleanor Leung, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Andrew Lillesve, Iron Range Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #23507Growing Entrepreneurial Mindset in Interdisciplinary Student Engineers:Experiences of a Project-Based Engineering ProgramDr. Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato Elizabeth leads the Engineering Management and Statistics competencies at Iron Range Engineering, a project-based engineering education program located in northern Minnesota. Her research interests include gamification, entrepreneurship & innovation in engineering, cooperative learning, and engineer- ing management. She enjoys helping student engineers develop entrepreneurial mindsets through active and collaborative learning