Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I - Courses I

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Anabel Pineda-Briseño, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Matamoros

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

planning analysis and progress plan is a fundamental tool to set thefoundation of the student preparation and growth, according to the specific needs andrequirements for each project; this tool is intended to turn the student in a life-learner. Thisprocess is designed to reflect on existing experiences and competencies; identifying needs toenable successful completion of the project, as well as the opportunities for addressing theproject needs.Progress ReportStudent and supervisor must review and complete a document with specific courses andactivities related to the aspects relevant to the project, such as the specific academic skills andspecific craft skills. The resulting document is a report with the planning analysis, the specificactivities to

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Courses II

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Adriana Olvera, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

, objectives, methodology, software and hardware,testing setup, expected/obtained results, conclusions, references, and other documentationrequired by the project. Students are encouraged to write a self-evaluation report to reflect ontheir experience during the project development, to have a written record of their perceivedachievements, learning experience, challenges faced, cultural and professional experience,networking, the impact on their development as professionals and opportunities forimprovement. A complete Project Binder represents 30% of the final grade.The association amongst the items evaluated (product, presentation and project binder), thecriteria for evaluation and the designated learning outcomes are described in Table 1, below:Item

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II - Curriculum II

Collection

2017 ASEE International Forum

Authors

U. P. Kahangamage, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Randolph C. K. Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Gloria S.L Cheung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Alan S. L. Kwok

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Main Forum (Podium Presentation)

reflection of their all-round abilities. Therefore, in thisstudy, students’ AGPAs have been compared with their performance in core knowledge-building and knowledge-integration subjects.First the performance of 82 Mechanical Engineering graduates from the new system wereinvestigated. This population of students consists of 53 HKDSE intake students and 29 SYintake students. The data is extracted from the University central database. Table 1 shows theaward classification for graduating students in academic year 2015/2016. Table 1 Graduates’ Award Classification, 2015/2016 Award Classification No. First Class Honours 8

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Penn State Berks; Gül E. Kremer, Iowa State University; Kristen A Lee, Menlo College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

level of awarenessand reflection on ethics. The final eight questions are designed to measure the level of interest ofengineering students on ethics.The concept questions were derived from the textbook by Barry and Seebauer13, and the shortcases used in the questionnaire were adapted from a list of cases published by the NationalAcademy of Engineers (NAE) (2014), National Society of Professional Engineers (2014), and theVanderbilt University Center for Ethics (2014). The questions were reviewed and endorsed by anexternal subject experts representing industry and academia who served as project consultants.Participants and Demographics Fall 2017 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 6-7 – Penn State BerksA total of 1,161 students

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mechteld Veltman Hillsley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Xueyi Zhang, Pennsylvania State University

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Chemical Engineering

). Follow- ing his Ph.D., Zhang worked in Enrique Iglesia’s group at the University of California, Berkeley as a postdoctoral researcher from 2013-2015. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Work in Progress: Improving critical thinking and technical understanding as measured in technical writing by means of in-depth oral discussion in a large laboratory class.Engineers are expected to be good at critical thinking, yet it is something that is difficult to teach anddifficult to measure. It is especially challenging to do so in a large class. Two common methods ofimproving critical thinking are through reflective writing and problem-based learning. Another commonelement that is often shown to help is

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deesha Chadha, Imperial College London; Marsha Maraj, Imperial College London; Andreas Kogelbauer, Imperial College London; James Campbell, Imperial College London; Clemens Brechtelsbauer, Imperial College London; Colin Paul Hale; Umang Vinubhai Shah, Imperial College London; Klaus Hellgardt, Imperial College London

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Chemical Engineering

managers to ensure that programmes ofstudy throughout the HEI better reflect student needs and expectations and adhere to arecently revised institutional teaching and learning strategy. This review is also driven by arecognition that the student body has changed with traditional modes of teaching seeminglyoutdated and ineffective. For example, it has previously been suggested that one of thegreatest obstacles to overcome with respect to creating the right type of education forchemical engineers, does not arise from external drivers, but in recognising and responding tointernal factors – amounting to fundamental pedagogical shifts in learner behaviour andexpectation [1].Methodological approachOur approach taken to this review is principally a case

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenahvive K. Morgan, Michigan State University; Roya Solhmirzaei, Michigan State University; Hadi Salehi, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

thisengineering course. There are two team-based design projects that the students complete. Thefirst lab project consists of programming Lego EV3 robots using Simulink (MATLAB) software.The robots are programmed to use a reflected light sensor to autonomously traverse a path. Inaddition to travelling the path, students will need to locate, lift, and transport a load to aprescribed location. Each team of students will have created their own robot and code tocomplete the task assigned. The second lab project involves a choice of five projects. Theseprojects are the solar car project, cell phone application design, the 3D printing project (Figure1), heat exchanger design, and an industry-sponsored project. Student teams create a proposal fortheir desired

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Louise Rosanna Manfredi, Syracuse University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the aerospace company at the time of this study wereinterviewed remotely (the researcher and participants are bi-coastally located), and the industrialdesign undergraduate was interviewed in person when they returned to school to resume study.The interview questions and methods were approved by the university Institutional ReviewBoard (ID 18-401). The interviews were conducted 4 months after the summer 2018 internshipprogram concluded.The questions asked were open by design, to encourage the interviewee to reflect on theirexperiences. The questions were categorized as follows: (1) educational background, academicpreparation, and role in the company, (2) communication channels on projects, and (3) thoughtson improvements that could be made to

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 19: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darby Rose Riley, Rowan University; Joshua Bourne Reed, Rowan University; Richard T. Cimino, Rowan University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

. Responses that reflected the second most frequent codes, “Broader Scope,” and“Solution-Focused” focused on the diversity/inclusivity issue implied in the scenario and eitherapplied the proposed solution to other, similar issues (broader scope) or tried to find acompromise between the parties involved (solution focused). Subject 719: Broader Scope​ ​“...[H]aving our school, our university associating with that person could make other people feel, think that the school associates with those views.” Subject 539: Solution-Focused​ ​“...I would offer to talk to the professor about my feelings towards the speaker coming, and then I would also offer if the speaker's not speaking for the entire class, to excuse myself, to say

Conference Session

Student Learning and Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepak R. Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

, and Learning. Student responses were most often coded as InterpersonalRelationships (67% of responses) as their greatest success and Acclimating (38%) as theirbiggest challenge (Figure 1).Most student successes coded as Relationships reflected building community with their peers asa success. For example, one student commented ‘I consider my greatest success for my first year, which was this year, was all of the different people I have met, and the connections made whether it’s been the classmates in my [ASMT] classes or the friends I made from joining Alpha Gamma Rho. Coming here from California

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tameshia Ballard Baldwin, North Carolina State University; Angelitha Daniel, North Carolina State University; Braska Williams Jr., Newport News Public Schools; LaTricia Walker Townsend, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

InterviewsMSEN teachers, student participants, and mentors participated in either focus groups or interviewsto determine the program’s impact on the items outlined in the evaluation criteria. Semi-structuredinterview protocols were used to guide discussions with participants. Interviews and focus groupswere digitally recorded and transcribed. A reflective analysis process was used to analyze andinterpret interviews and focus groups.Test of Students’ Science KnowledgeA student science content knowledge assessment aligned to the instructional goals of the researchcourse was developed and administered at the onset and conclusion of each part of the course.S-STEM SurveyThe S-STEM Student Survey measures student self-efficacy related to STEM content

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahsan Mian, Wright State University; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; M. Suzanne Franco, Wright State University; Leanne Petry, Central State University; Brett Doudican, University of Dayton; Raghavan Srinivasan, Wright State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

addition, the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test reflected that participants’ Post- Investigative Culture composites were statisticallysignificantly higher than their Pre- Investigative Culture composites (Z = 2.34, p < 0.02). Morespecifically, after completing the program, participants’ classrooms and instructional strategiesreflected more characteristics of an investigative culture than prior to the RET program.Composite LSC score pre-post changes for the remaining LSC composites were not statisticallysignificant. Regarding the STEBI/MTEBI 2015-2017 merged responses, the Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test results indicated that participants’ Science/Mathematics Teaching OutcomeExpectancy composites were statistically significantly increased after completing

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Alexéi García Sheridan, Virginia Tech; Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech

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Pre-College Engineering Education

?• Did there appear to be a difference in this perception based on whether the class received a standard lecture vs. having teaming introduced via the Pandemic board game?• Were there any differences based on student's gender?The assessment instrumentThe research team considered a number of instruments with constructs in ‘teaming’. TheStudent Attitudinal Success Instrument (SASI-I) possessed the most items that were usablefor representing attitudinal outcomes for teamwork that reflected positive growth in the sixKSAs [27]. The final instrument consists of 33 5-point Likert-scale questions. Questionsfrom the following subconstructs were selected (shown with the overall main constructs):Individual (Team vs. Individual Orientation

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa Green, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

problems orcommunicate information. This is done by apprenticing students in interpreting, producing, andevaluating discipline-specific texts in ways that reflect practices utilized by experts in the field. Ithas been shown that teachers can use DLI to provide K-12 students with a framework forinterpreting, evaluating, and generating discipline-specific texts. Students who receive DLI andlearn to “read like” professional practitioners performed better on various outcome measurescompared to students that did not have DLI [5], cf. [6], [7], [15], [16]. The findings emergingfrom these studies suggests that DLI improves both women and minority student performance[16] in a variety of disciplines, and thus encourages research on DLI to improve

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra M. Pike, Juanita High School

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

interest in science and engineering and their confidence in21st century skills started high before the unit, with means of 2.93 (σ = .21) and 3.06 (σ = .16)respectively. This was students’ first exposure to engineering in Physics, which is reflected intheir lower initial confidence regarding the engineering design process (mean = 1.67, σ = .16). Atthe end of the unit, their interest in science and engineering had grown marginally (mean = 3.10,σ = .21), while their confidence in both 21st century skills and the engineering design processgrew to means of 3.53 (σ = .22) and 2.12 (σ = .16) respectively. When the results were comparedusing a Mann-Whitney U Test, the differences in student confidence in using 21st century skillsand their confidence in

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy L. Warren, University of Arkansas; Hayley A. Chandler; Madeline Ludwig, University of Arkansas; Katelyn M. Heath, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

theme anddistilled into an activity appropriate for 7th and 8th graders. We utilized female undergraduateengineering students to develop and facilitate the camps. This provided the students with theunique opportunity to highlight activities that reflected their degrees and helped ensure that theprojects chosen, accurately represented their field. In addition, this experience exposed theundergraduate students to other engineering fields and challenged them to develop contentoutside of their areas of study. To do this, the students formed interdisciplinary teams with otherstudents and faculty members that brainstormed ideas for content. They also as acted as testgroups for verifying the effectiveness of the content and presentations. Through this

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth Ochia P.E., Temple University

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Biomedical

turned in throughout the semester for instructor feedback prior to submission of entire written report and oral group presentation. 2) Response Papers were 1-page reports answering prompted questions based on readings of scientific reviews and primary scientific literature, popular science literature, videos, or podcasts on the topics of bioengineering. These assignments were used to assess Course Goal II. a. Students were exposed to other points of view on bioengineering outside of those presented by guest lecturers. They wrote weekly papers reflecting on how these topics can affect them and society. b. The materials were provided asynchronously via the

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

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Computers in Education

, and accessing and using anotherpersons’ account or electronic identify without explicit permission.Implementation PlanThe plan for providing students with instruction in this area would be to have them work ingroups and do role playing with developed scenarios. Students would do a table top exercise,with different students playing different roles from the scenario. Afterwards the students woulddiscuss and reflect as a group. The groups would then share out information from theirdiscussion and reflections with the whole class. This would allow for a whole class discussion Page 26.1759.7after allowing the students some time to process it in

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaobing Hou, Central Connecticut State University; Shuju Wu, Central Connecticut State University; Karen Coale Tracey, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

reflects the rapid growing IT industry and Page 26.1764.2covers a wide spectrum. The new program's laboratory is under continuous update to enhancestudent's hands-on experience with cutting-edge equipment. Similar to the curriculum design, thelaboratory development benefits significantly from industry help and donation.This paper presents the curriculum and laboratory upgrade. The paper is organized as follows.Firstly, the role of industry is introduced. Then based on the feedback from industry, the updatedNIT curriculum is presented, followed by the upgraded NIT laboratory. Finally, the paperconcludes with the future work.Collaboration With

Conference Session

Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Todd France, Ohio Northern University; Brittney Lynn Masters, Ohio Northern University

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FYEE Conference Sessions

students are able to build their knowledge bases andskillsets. Yet additional analysis is necessary to evaluate students’ true perceptions of their first-year experiences. To address this knowledge gap, focus group interviews and surveys wereconducted to gather reflections and input from upper-level students. Outcomes from thesubsequent analysis are intended to provide deeper insight into the value that students place ontheir initial experiences with engineering at the college level, allowing educators to betterinvolve first-year students in class while at the same time prepare them for their chosenprofessional pathways. The following research questions drive this study:After experiencing higher-level engineering coursework . . . 1) What value

Conference Session

Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 FYEE Conference

Authors

Rod B. Foist, California Baptist University; Xuping Xu, California Baptist University; Timothy Gage, California Baptist University; Seth Truitt, California Baptist University; Matthias Hans Schmidt

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FYEE Conference Sessions

year, calculated by adding student response values (5 to 1) andcourse work (and labs) should give students more and more dividing by the number of students. Thus, per the questions,opportunity and responsibility to design additional on the whole, students find these labs to be relevant, helpful,functionality onto the original implementation—so as to and enjoyable in their learning.train-by-doing into “professional practice”. Here are some Now this data only reflects positive feelings for labs in apotential more sophisticated versions of the project: senior-level course that was partly re-designed to include Sophomore year—learn to make a message scroll across some

Collection

2018 Mid Atlantic Section Fall Meeting

Authors

Tak Cheung; Vazgen Shekoyan; Kimberly Anne Riegel; Rex Taibu; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos, Queensborough Community College

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Fall Conference, October 26-27, 2018 – Brooklyn Technical High Schoolcommunity college students to appreciate the transformations and consider graduate schooleducation.ImplementationStudent research project has been recognized as high impact strategy for student learning.Aristotle wrote about learning through doing and the modern theory of experiential learning hasbeen pioneered by Kolb and further developed by others. The four basic elements in the Kolb’stheory are Active Involvement, Specific Experience, Reflective Learning, and Conceptualizationwith Application. Some Learning Centers have summarized the essential issues and posted theirsummaries in the open literature15-17. The transformation of a graduate level

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez; Arturo Fuentes; Stephen Crown

. Preliminarily, thestrategy may be to provide students with simple design, Table 1. Survey of Innovation and Entrepreneurialinnovation and entrepreneurship educational experiences to Skills*learn about the technical aspects of the product Personal Characteristicsdevelopment process, and adding one layer of reflection to Optimism, Enthusiasm, Confidence, Positive Attitude,help students abstract and learn practical lessons for self- Enjoymenttransformation. For example, Controlled failure is a must

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Jorge Leon; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

for their programare currently offered in the nation and particularly in the objectives, structure and impact.state of Texas, and to reflect on their core learning Purdue University Northwest has offered a Master ofobjectives, structure, demand, demographics, and impact. Science in Technology since 2008 [1]. The program hasThe trends identified were discussed in light of assembling sub-disciplines including Mechanical Engineeringa Master of Science in Engineering Technology (MSET) Technology as an option for students. In a study reviewingdegree with a concentration in Manufacturing and the strengths of the program, Zahraee and Latif [2] notedMechanical Engineering Technology (MMET) within the

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Nisha Abraham; Nina Telang

between non-SI and SI attendees. As seen in Table 3,“Which of the following support services are you aware four of the five groups showed higher course GPAs for SIof?” and in comparison, their answers to the question, attendees vs non-SI attendees. These results more“Which of these support services do you plan on using this accurately reflect our predictions of the impact of SI whensemester for EE 302?”. A significant decrease is shown comparing similar students. About twenty percent of thebetween their awareness of one-on-one tutoring and SI student population did not have recorded SAT scores, sosessions and their intention to use either or both of these were not included in this comparison.services. These

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Rose Stoakley, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Tiara Turner, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Suraf Cherinet, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Gabriel Ladd, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Harsha Chalyam, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; Christopher Hartman, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore; James B. Burrows-Mcelwain, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore

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Minorities in Engineering

is developed following basic photogrammetry principles[19] and fine-tuned using simulation software. Since each image as shown in Figure: 7acovers only a small portion of the 50 acre field (Bozman) several images have to bemosaicked and georeferenced to develop a full field view. Since the first band which isreserved for red in an RGB image, is infrared in this hyperspectral camera, followed by ared, and user selectable blue or green as the 3rd band, the images acquired look differentfrom a regular RGB image. Infrared frequencies of the solar radiation get reflected byhealthy vegetation giving rise to the red color in the image corresponding to regions ofhealthy vegetation. Stressed vegetation although it may look green to the naked eye

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Susan Kowalski, Colorado School of Mines; Erich Hoover, Colorado School of Mines

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Computers in Education

engineering studentswill soon face on the job; the possible formats for their responses also reflect what they willencounter in the workplace environment. The real-time formative assessment provided by thisuse of technology aids student metacognition and helps the instructor address misconceptionsduring the “teachable moments” that frequently occur when the InkSurvey tool is used.We provide details of how instructors from any campus can incorporate the use of this InkSurveytool into their instructional program. In cooperative learning situations, one Tablet PC can beshared within each small group of students, thus reducing hardware requirements. This tool isalso useful in facilitating differentiated learning and Just in Time Teaching (JiTT

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Erik Peterson, University of Cincinnati

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, Department ofMechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and a student from theinternational exchange program. Thus, the enrollment in the course has grown beyond theinstructor’s original electrical engineering target audience to include multidisciplinaryparticipation.When the course was fist advertised in 2004, a large number of students expressed interest.However, since the initial offering, undergraduate student participation has declined while thegraduate participation increased slightly. In part, this is reflective of the declining trend inundergraduate enrolment in the electrical engineering program at University of Cincinnati.Another plausible reason is that the level of material presented in the course and the overallscope

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Baier, Florida International University; Yong Tao, Florida International University

student team leader was given the chanceto lead the class meeting, and the multi-disciplined class was divided into severalgroups, each taking on a different responsibility in such tasks as contacting 8vendors/sponsors, publicizing the project through media and web site, acquiringmaterials and equipment, and updating the construction drawings to reflect theavailability of needed building materials and products. During this period,students not only learned and applied their scientific, engineering and designknowledge but, more importantly, learned and practiced such skills as verbal andwritten communication, interaction and negotiation with professionals andvendors, team work and leadership.Because of the limits

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francisco Gamboa Valderrama, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira; Bianey Ruiz, University of Tachira; Dilia Alcalde, Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tachira

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Engineering Management

classroom.Engineering faculty have found that using group work in their courses they achieve two mainobjectives: a) Students performance is better in comparison when students work individually;and b) students have the opportunity to face group work experience allowing them to learn howto work in group.However, faculty is often faced with problems when they assess group performance because it isdifficult to do assessments that reflect the actual performance of each member through the groupexperience without loosing the positive effect of working with groups. Usually assessment isreduced to an average of the group performance and to one evaluation at the end of the task.These types of assessments do not address and may even cause social loafing and/or inequity