Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah Matthew Stache P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Brad Wambeke P.E., United States Military Academy; Joseph P Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

(USMA) seeks to educate and inspire their civilengineering students through a rigorous and realistic academic program. In the program’sconstrained course environment, course topics typically addressed with multiple courses at otherinstitutions are combined into a single course at USMA. One particular composite course is aHeavy Highway Design and Construction Course, which integrates basic highway designelements with planning for heavy highway construction. Students in this elective have alreadybeen introduced to the basic fundamentals of highway geometric design in a site design courseand have completed a general construction management course. Although the composite coursewas developed due to relatively constrained academic program at USMA

Conference Session

Developing Better Engineering Managers - Curricular Ideas from Year 1 Through Graduate School

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy K. Zander, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

engineering design process, the meaning of real world constraints, design for theenvironment, and ethics. The students present their designs in oral and written fashion at the endof the semester.In the second semester, the design process is opened up to the teams and a real-world design isundertaken. The design in the second semester involves a local real world client andincorporates performing the engineering design and learning the basic tools of projectmanagement, supply chain management, and operations management to prepare a managementplan around the project design. The product and management plan are again presented orally andin a written document and presented to the real world client. Some of the designs from thissecond semester course have

Conference Session

Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Topics in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rogelio Palomera-Arias, University of Texas, San Antonio; Rui Liu, University of Texas, San Antonio

Tagged Divisions

Construction

principles governing the systems, followed by descriptions ofequipment, materials and methods, and systems layouts; and ending with system design andsizing methods with fully explained and worked examples. Each chapter includes at the endproblems and exercise pertaining to the material covered in the chapter.The textbook provides coverage of MEP construction drawings, presenting common symbolsand abbreviations used. Plans, riser diagrams, as well as isometric sketches are presented tosupplement the systems descriptions. Also, this is the only book of that introduces the concept ofsystems coordination, and as such provides common installation and clearance requirements forthe various systems. The coordination information is provided using detailed

Conference Session

Trends in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Soller, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Erdogan Sener, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Construction

understanding of the primary topics directly relatedto construction project management. The students are assessed on the breadth of theirknowledge, and their ability to communicate a comprehensive plan for a construction project thatthey analyze throughout the course. The use of a consistent method of assessment for a capstone course is valuable todemonstrate that learning occurs in the course to the same degree of expectation every semesterthe course is offered. By means of using a method of assessment that mirrors the processes of aconstruction project, industry needs can be met, as well as, the requirements for academicaccreditation. If a multi-faceted method of assessment in a capstone course cannot demonstratethat the students have the

Conference Session

Student Chapters - Formulas for Success

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Evans

canfavorably impact the regard in which the college or university and the civil engineering professionare held by the community 11. University officials may also look more favorably upon yourstudent group and be inclined to provide more financial support if you are improving theuniversities prestige in the community 12. Future employers, clients and university officials wouldlove to see your student chapter community service project featured in local newspapers.Contributing to the local community will make the college experience richer and more rewarding.Planning Community Service ProjectsStudents should develop a general planning document that will guide the current project as well ashaving the potential to guide future community service projects 13

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Bob Melton, Putnam City Schools; Elizabeth Ann Allan, University of Central Oklahoma; Grant M. Armstrong, University of Central Oklahoma ; James E. Stewart, University of Central Oklahoma; Morshed Khandaker, University of Central Oklahoma

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

 student design projects along with a plan for implementation by theend of the four workshops.The four Saturday workshops were spaced over the course of seven weeks in the Fall 2013.  Teachers,grant investigators (___, ___, and ___), and engineering student assistants (____ and ____) werepresent from early morning to mid­afternoon for each workshop session.  Engineering faculty werepresent for each meeting as well; co­author ____  served as the lead engineering faculty mentor andwas present for the first session, while all participating engineering faculty (____, ____, ____, and____) were present for the last three meetings.In the first workshop, presentations were given by one of the co­authors (____) on the Next GenerationScience Standards and

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Outside Class

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori M. Bruce; J.W. Bruce

effective time and task management, coupled with professionalnetworking, to help a new engineering faculty member navigate their careers along a path tosuccess.1 IntroductionOne of the greatest challenges associated with transitioning into a position, as a new engineeringprofessor is the challenge of time and task management. Rather than having two to three tasks atany given time, the new professor is likely to have eight to ten tasks that need addressing withina given workday. In Reis’s interviews with over 70 faculty members, he found that all werechallenged to find creative ways to manage the large number of tasks on their “plates”, that iscomplete them, do them well, and still find time to sit, think, and plan [1]. A second, and oftenequally

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fazil Najafi

. It is essential for any IHE to have a short- and long-range strategic plan. Toachieve the dynamic requirements of diverse growth, it is mandatory to increase theexisting undergraduate and graduate (UG & G) minority student enrollment to a specificnumber by a target year including the existing institutional enrollment trend. The modelsuggests that a UG & G minority program must be established first and should be housedin both undergraduate and graduate school as part of the IHE organizational structure.Dedicated and committed efforts are needed throughout the university colleges anddepartments to actively participate in the implementation of such mode throughrecruitment, retention, orientation and professional development workshops

Conference Session

Capstone Course in Industrial Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

C. Ray Diez; Luke Huang; David Yearwood

designed to integrate course work covered throughout thestudents’ experience at UND, specifically those within the IT program. Severalelements–reflective of the structure of most manufacturing businesses, have beenidentified to provide students with experiences akin to a ‘real world’ scenario. These are Page 9.301.3as follows: strategic planning; product design and manufacturing; production planning, “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”and distribution strategies; and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Amy Monte; Gretchen Hein; Sheryl Sorby

inswitching from one major without loss of credits or time, and 2) students would get a “taste” ofengineering in their first year at Michigan Tech. Further discussions throughout the 1997-98 aca-demic year focused on the content of the program. During the spring term of 1998, meetingsbetween Sorby, the deans, and the curriculum committees of each department in the college wereconducted to gather input regarding the desired characteristics of the first-year engineering pro-gram. At about this same time, Plichta and Sorby teamed to write a successful grant proposalunder the NSF Action Agenda program with a portion of the grant dedicated to the implementa-tion of the first year engineering program.Step 3: Developing the Plan. During the summer of 1998 a

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Williams; F. Edwards; E. Egemen; Adrian Hanson

paper revisits this design experience andshares some thoughts regarding introduction of a consulting engineering environment into the classroomsetting for capstone design experience. Issues of interest are team selection, project load distribution withinteams, personal billable time, engineer/manufacturer interaction, permit procurement, client interactions,understanding plans, specifications, and contract documents, and presentation of the final product to theclient.IntroductionThe goal of capstone courses is to have students experience the overall design process as a whole andrealize the different components of an engineering design project. In general, the design process is aninteractive process with the client and regulatory agencies to

Conference Session

Lessons for New Engineering Educators

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faizal Karim, University of British Columbia

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the facilitators. This method encouraged discussion and sharingof experiences while learning the material. The room was also arranged to facilitate discussionamong smaller groups and the TA trainees are asked to move locations between sessions to meetfellow trainees. A schematic of this setup is shown in Figure 2.Figure 2. Schematic of room to facilitate group discussion Page 22.1439.4Each section follows the same basic lesson plan, which is discussed in the section onteaching/presenting. The four core areas within M1 and M2 are described below along with asummative table highlighting the key components in the facilitator’s lesson plan.TA

Conference Session

Adaptive and Supportive Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Thomas Allen Knotts IV, Brigham Young University; William G. Pitt, Brigham Young University; Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

a brief plan to make improvements.This plan is then implemented in the next team experience which may be later in the samecourse, or in a subsequent semester. Feedback, improvement plans, and closing-the-loopevaluations are all compiled in a web-based portfolio which grows with each subsequentexperience so that by graduation each student has a rich record of leadership experiences withsuccesses, challenges, and improvements neatly documented. This process of continuous-improvement efforts tied to periodic feedback mimics the professional practice of regularperformance evaluations.The entire process is student-driven so that it adds very little to faculty work load. Studentengagement and their efforts to implement goals can be assessed from

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; William H Pennock, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado, University of Dayton; Fahmidah Ummul Ashraf, Bradley University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

maps and reflections will be used to assess student’sgrowth in EM connectedness. A description of each institution’s partnership development andimplementation is presented in this paper. We anticipate key results will include: 1) students’positive perception through engaged learning, 2) student growth in EM connectedness, 3)students’ increased appreciation of multiculturalism, 4) all modalities support growth in student’sEM and multiculturalism competencies, and 5) in-person international travel componentsdemonstrate a larger increase in multiculturalism competencies due to cultural immersion. Theteam is finalizing plans for these experiences in fall 2023 and will implement the experiencesand collect data in spring 2024

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Donna Taylor, STEM Education Center at WPI; Erin Solovey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

teacher PD”). In addition, theteachers gather as a cohort for activities such as Friday group lunches, lab and campus tours,speakers, an industry panel and networking session, and other special events. The summerculminates with a RET Poster Symposium and the RET program continues into the academic yearwith quarterly meetings to report on the implementation of their research-inspired lesson plan intheir classroom.Continued engagement with the research mentors can result in the WPI researchers visitingclassrooms or inviting the teachers back the following summer. The final deliverable for the RETparticipants is to finalize their lesson plan for posting on an online repository of teacher resourcesand to present their research experience and lesson

Conference Session

TC2K Issues and Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Hartin; Henry Kraebber; Nancy Denton

technologyprograms. This paper describes the educational process developed for the mechanical (MET) andmanufacturing engineering technology (CIMT) degree programs at Purdue University in WestLafayette, Indiana. Emphasis is given to the processes and plans developed in response to theTC2K Criteria 1 through 3.Background During the past decade or so, assessment and improvement efforts have become a part ofaccreditation processes in many disciplines and across the university through bodies such as theNorth Central Association. Starting in 2004, all of the ABET Technology AccreditationCommission (TAC) programs are now required to use the new TC2K criteria. The ABETEngineering Accreditation Commission began the transition for engineering programs in

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Miller

internal and external stakeholders (e.g. students, faculty,employers, alumni) and using this input to draft an assessment plan which would provide Page 7.977.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Educationsufficiently detailed information for improving the curricular and pedagogical processes in theprogram. Tasks completed during this effort included 1: Ø Setting general goals and specific, measurable objectives based on the institutional mission statement and the needs of employers

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division (CONST) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzam S. Maleki P.E., Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

technology as a supplementary tool for freshmen and sophomoreConstruction Management (CM) students who often struggle with understanding 2D plans and visualizing3D projects. These skills are essential in the field of construction management. The study assessedLiDAR's effectiveness in enhancing students' learning outcomes in an "Estimating" course by comparingtraditional plan-based learning with LiDAR-assisted learning. Students were tasked with reviewing aconstruction plan and then given access to a LiDAR scan of the same project for virtual exploration andmeasurement. A survey was developed with multiple questions about students’ overall experience, theircomfort level with working with either mode of data delivery, and some basic

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Dean C. Millar

, economic and environmental and societal contextFall 2010 Mid Atlantic ASEE Conference, October 15-16, 2010, Villanova University(i) Recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning(j) Knowledge of contemporary issues(k) An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice3Our Response This paper proposes that engineering education will, because of logical and competitivefactors, be drawn to a strategic plan for ideal engineering professional preparation. Thatpreparation will include the goal of a student having a right job when they graduate. Moreover,it will include exposure to the professional requirements of an on-the-job engineer. Goingforward, this

Collection

2007 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Keith M. Gardiner

described. Students are introduced to the concept that the classroom can be used as an analog of the industrial workplace. Individual and team assignments and projects are structured with the required output as the product. To be successful in the process of product realization students must engage in project planning and management individually and in teams as may be appropriate. Output, or products, may range from brief ‘executive’ analyses or reports relevant to course objectives to comprehensive ‘publication ready’ technical papers or reviews prepared in response to initial requests for proposals (RFP). Research topics reported range from organizational planning and control, manufacturing

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Khaled Almgren; Christian Bach

digitized. Businesses is much more than that. It is a system whereby you have anare depending on technology to help them enhance their entire electronic organization. However, everything newbusiness processes. Companies are looking for an information brings new challenges. ERP has not only brought obstaclessystem that can handle massive workloads. This is where to system developers, but to organizations, as wellEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems come into play. (McGaughey & Gunasekaran, 2007).An ERP integrates different subsystems into one huge systemthat shares one database. It enhances productivity and brings The ERP

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 12

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah Catherine Lilly, University of Virginia; Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

science and computer science. Specifically, this study exploreshow the same elementary teachers both implicitly and explicitly support students across twoclassroom contexts, one class section with a larger proportion of students who were tracked intoaccelerated mathematics and another class section with a larger proportion of students withindividualized educational plans (IEPs). Transcripts of whole-class discussion were analyzed forinterdisciplinary instructional moves in which teachers verbally supported the integration ofdisciplines to help students to engage in interdisciplinary activities. Findings reveal that all of theinterdisciplinary instructional moves were implicit for the class section with a large proportion ofstudents in advanced

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Nilsen, Purdue Center for Regional Development; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Edward F. Morrison, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

most useful for addressingchallenges that are complex, require many people, and in which there is a high degree ofuncertainty about the best approach.1 This set of conditions holds true far beyond productdevelopment.One such scenario is that of planning and implementation of organizational interventions –anenvironment in which “strategic planning” is often the tool of choice but one which is ineffectivein a networked (rather than hierarchical) context. An alternative approach described in this paperis “strategic doing”. As in agile product development, the approach uses iterative cycles ofimplementation, learning and reflection, and improvement, with a focus on rapidexperimentation and gradual scaling up of solutions. While not designed for

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Robert Merrill, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Scudder, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Stratton, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Sutherland, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

measurements for assessing PO’s and PEO’s. • Develop the processes required to conduct assessments, analyze results and determine corrective actions.The result of this activity is the MMET/PS Continuous Improvement Plan which is beingfollowed. The Plan and associated documentation is provided in Figure 5.This section provides some of the background for the plan and a description of some of theactivities and results of the assessment and evaluation of data collected and used to developPEO’s and PO’s.The first step taken in developing the program PEO’s and PO’s was to conduct a survey ofgraduates and employers for the purpose of gathering input from them regarding programcontent. The survey was developed by the MET Industrial Advisory Board

Conference Session

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth; Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

were several goals to achieve using this form of instruction. The first goal was todetermine if the same project could be adapted in each course, such that students complete thesame design with two different materials. The second goal was to expose students to differentstructural details within the same set of overall building plans (i.e., the details and requirementsfor concrete and steel vary) while bolstering their ability to read and interpret drawings used inthe industry. The final goal was to assess if students connected topics from previous classes (e.g.,structural analysis and statics) to the current design classes and if the project helped them retainknowledge. The project has been implemented in reinforced concrete and steel

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

developmentof professional skills required for working in industry. Finally, the emphasis of user-centereddesign, the user experience and emphasis on implementing a user-interface first before the back-end programming was found to be important to the success of a mobile project. Based on thisbackground, the mobile projects in our Capstone courses focused on using a team-basedapproach in doing the projects, interacting as closely as possible with the client, using the Agileproject methodology where applicable, and focusing on the user experience and user-interfacemore heavily in the design of the apps.Description of ProjectsProject 1: Sales and Operation Planning Dashboard AppDescription: The goal of this project was to create a mobile app that

Conference Session

Topics Related To Engineering Design Graphics Division

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward E. Osakue, Texas Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Drafting andDesign) software in the market worldwide. In fact it is the software commonly used inintroducing CAD (Computer-Aided Drafting) to students at High Schools, Junior Colleges and inmany Universities. AutoCAD is unquestionably the most popular software for 2D designdrafting but is not so commonly used in solid modeling. However, with good mastering,AutoCAD solid modeling is highly versatile and can be competitive in small and mid-sizedengineering design and consulting firms who lack financial resources for investment in rapidlychanging parametric solid modelers.This paper explores the teaching of solid modeling using AutoCAD. It presents a two phaseprocedural technique (planning and construction) that helps students to master solid

Conference Session

Professional Engineering Management Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology; S. Jimmy Gandhi, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

AC 2008-738: EVALUATIONS OF EM BOKSDonald Merino, Stevens Institute of Technology Donald N. Merino, Ph.D., P.E. Donald N. Merino is a tenured full professor and the Alexander Crombie Humphreys Chaired Professor of Economics of Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He teaches Engineering Economy, Decision Analysis, Total Quality Management, and Strategic Planning. He is Founder Emeritus of the undergraduate Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management (BEEM) and the Executive Master in Technology Management (EMTM) Program at Stevens. He won the Morton Distinguished Teaching Award for full professors at Stevens. John Wiley published his book, “The Selection Process for Capital

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University; Kumar Yelamarthi, Central Michigan University; Brian P DeJong, Central Michigan University; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University; Shaopeng Cheng, Central Michigan University ; Steve Kettler, Alma High School; Daniel Chen, Central Michigan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Year Research Experiences for Teachers ProgramAbstractWe have successfully finished our summer program in our National Science Foundation (NSF)supported Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site entitled “Multidisciplinary EngineeringResearch for Rural Michigan's Future.” The summer program was 6 weeks long and hosted 7 in-service teachers (high school science) and 5 pre-service teachers (integrated science majors).Participants are split into 6 groups and teamed up with an engineering faculty and an engineeringundergraduate student each. During their 40 hours/week work schedule, participants haveworked on faculty supervised research projects for half their time and the rest was reserved forclassroom unit plans

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 26

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushant Makarand Padhye, University of Cincinnati; David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Nahal Rashedi , University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Education with a Mathematics minor from Ohio Northern University. His main research interests include transfer student information asymmetries, threshold concepts, curricular complexity, and advancing quantitative and fully integrated mixed methods.Nahal Rashedi , University of Cincinnati PhD Student of Engineering Education ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Analyzing Trends in Curricular Complexity and Extracting Common Curricular Design Patterns AbstractThis research paper explores how curricular design patterns can be extracted from plan of studydata systematically. Engineering is a notoriously sequential