Conference Session

Communication and Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University Designing Education Lab; Autumn Turpin, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

combination class with many scenario-based learning exercises and two main projects, it standsto benefit from structured, intense writing instruction for students. Barriers to InclusionOne of the most influential reasons that classes do not integrate more writing components intothe engineering curriculum is lack of time. This is addressed in “Adventures in ParagraphWriting,"5 which mentions that many engineering programs include writing education in a“bookended” fashion - in the freshman intro and senior capstone courses. The paper’s thesisindicates that more frequent, concise writing assignments based on course material will providestudents with beneficial exposure. The goal of this experiment was to provide

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Olin College of Engineering; Usama El Shamy, P.E., Southern Methodist University; Binod Tiwari, University of Michigan; Anirban De, P.E., Manhattan College; Xenia Wirth; Kejun Wen, Jackson State University; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Beena Ajmera, Iowa State University; Scott Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Alison Rose Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania; Surya Sarat Chandra Congress; Anthony Tessari; Mehdi Omidvar; Ashly Cabas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

numerical andtextual feedback. For example, if players did not identify the correct soil type they will see at theend “Incorrect soil type analysis”. Such textual feedback was included in order to provideimmediate feedback to the player, along with the numerical scores.ResultsIn the initial three years of this project, we gradually implemented three different versions ofGeoExplorer at four different universities, reaching a total of approximately 500 students in theperiod of 2016 to 2019. During this period, we iterated the game by addressing software bugsand feedback we received from students and instructors, as well as by fine-tuning the curriculum,when possible, and the supporting materials for an effective implementation. We report here

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tilman Wolf, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Russell Tessier, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Yadi Eslami, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Christopher V. Hollot, University of Massachusetts Amherst; George Bryan Polivka, Shorelight Education

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Graduate Studies

Massachusetts Amherst Dr. Yadi Eslami is a senior lecturer at the ECE department of UMASS Amherst. He is the coordinator and an instructor of the Field Degree program. Before joining UMASS Amherst he has been an assis- tant professor at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. His industrial experience includes working as a design engineer at DRAM R&D, Micron Technologies Inc., Boise, Idaho, and as a system design engineer at SciTech AAG, Inc., in Toronto, Ontario. He has several articles and presentations in refereed journals and conferences and holds four patents on DRAM and FeRAM circuits. His research interests are reconfigurable processor architectures, special-purpose processors, embedded systems, and

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1: Best Practices in Engineering Math Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathaniel Rossi, Arizona State University; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Scott Adamson, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Problem-Solving,” in Posing and Solving Mathematical Problems​. Springer, Cham 2016 [E-book] Available: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28023-3_21[9] J. Saldaña, ​The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers​. Sage, 2009[10] J. Campbell ​et al.​ ​Coding In-Depth Semistructured Interviews: Problems of Unitization and Intercoder Reliability and Agreement.​ Sociological Methods & Research, vol. 42, no. 3, Aug. 2013, pp. 294–320. [Online] Available: https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124113500475. [Accessed Apr. 6, 2020][11] M. Honey ​et al​. ​STEM Integration in K-12 Education : Status, Prospects, and an Agendafor Research​. Washington, District of Columbia: National Academies Press 2014AppendixInterview Protocol

Conference Session

Ethical Roles: Admins, Government, Industry

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Gehringer

outweighed by an obligation to expose (other) unethical activity?To what extent is this action similar to a student viewing someone else’s unprotected computercode and then submitting it as his/her own work? Or suppose the student just viewed it, but didnot submit it; would that still be unethical? This case can serve as interesting, current, case studyin privacy rights in a computer network.1. IntroductionThe ACM/IEEE-CS Computing Curricula 2001 [1], in its Social and Professional issues area,lists seven “core” units that should be a part of any curriculum. Unit SP7 is “Privacy and civilliberties.” Students need to understand the importance of placing appropriate access restrictionson sensitive information, and of not breaching the confidentiality

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida ; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

addition, integrating research into undergraduate courses allow them to conduct more meaningfulcase studies with realistic parameters, which familiarize them with the types of problems they shoulddeal with in their future career, while exercising the skills developed in the class. This approach alsoprovides an opportunity for those students who are interested to go beyond the course basics and attain amore advance knowledge about the materials thought in the class. Thus, herein, we propose ahierarchical Learner Capstone Panel (LCP) approach, which can benefit students with differentknowledge and interest levels and help them to improve their creativity and problem-solving skills.1.2 Essential Research Mechanisms for Undergraduate to Learn In

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS) Technical Session 5: Lab Design

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akshara Subramaniasivam; Rebecca Marie Reck, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Katie Ansell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Chandrasekhar Radhakrishnan; Christopher D. Schmitz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica R. TerBush, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

and hardware capabilities, increasing accessto global information and instant communication.Laboratory programs can help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset by providingopportunities for them to think creatively and develop innovative solutions to real-worldproblems. Through hands-on experience in the laboratory, students are exposed to the process ofdesigning, prototyping, and testing innovative ideas, similar to the process of developing newproducts in industry. Laboratories mimic the cohesive integration of social, institutional, andcultural environments, both at the individual level and the group level which entrepreneurshipaims to bring about. Considering the importance of laboratory instruction in science, design andengineering

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anton Dukeman, Vanderbilt University; Shashank Shekhar, Vanderbilt University; Faruk Caglar, Vanderbilt University; Aniruddha Gokhale, Vanderbilt University; Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University; John S. Kinnebrew, Vanderbilt University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS) at Vanderbilt University. He has an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Michigan State University in E. Lansing, MI. Prof. Biswas conducts research in Intelligent Systems with primary interests in hybrid modeling, sim- ulation, and analysis of complex embedded systems, and their applications to diagnosis, prognosis, and fault-adaptive control. As part of this work, he has worked on fault diagnosis and fault-adaptive control of secondary sodium cooling systems for nuclear reactors, automobile engine

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session I

Collection

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

Authors

Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University; Sarah Kate Wilson, Santa Clara University; Kimberley Gonzalez; Jennifer Yarp, Santa Clara University; Muna Zaki Sinada, Santa Clara University; Naeem Khari Turner-Bandele, Santa Clara University

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

?The groups then reconvened to share the results of their first discussion. After discussing theresults, the small groups were asked to generate ideas and ways to resolve these issues. Theywere now asked to discuss: 1. What would experiencing respect and acceptance look like? 2. What could faculty change in terms of their curriculum, teaching style, and classroom management to improve experiences for students of color and women students? 3. What policies/practices in the SOE could be amended or instituted? 4. What do you expect from leadership of the SOE?Six themes emerged from an analysis of the results of the discussions. These themes, briefly,were: inadequate faculty-student relationships, prejudice and bias in student

Conference Session

Transformative Learning in STEM: Accessibility, Social Impact, and Inclusivity in Higher Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seth Polsley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Amanda Kate Lacy; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

Paper ID #44324Tactile Learning: Making a Computer Vision Course Accessible throughTouched-Based InterfacesDr. Seth Polsley, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Dr. Seth Polsley is an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, with his academic home in the School of Computing. His research focuses on the combination of intelligent systems design and human-computer interaction in order to support novel educational and universal computing experiences.Ms. Amanda Kate Lacy Amanda Lacy is a PhD student at Texas A&M University in the

Collection

2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Xingguo Xiong; Hassan Bajwa; Lawrence Hmurcik

published papers and posters in the VLSI related journals andconferences. 1. IntroductionVLSI (Very Large Scale Integrated Circuits) has been one of the most important technologiesdeveloped in 20th century. During the last decade, the VLSI industry has made continuousefforts to keep shrinking the size of the transistors, so that more and more transistors can bebuilt into a single VLSI chip to make it more and more powerful [1]. Moore's law hasgoverned the trends in VLSI industry for the past decades [2]. The transistor size has beenshrunk into deep submicron or even nanometer domain, so that more and more transistors canbe integrated into the same chip area. Nowadays a state-of-the-art Intel Xeon MicroprocessorMP X7460 based on 45nm technology

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in ET Programs II

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Davidson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Travis Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Molly H. Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Brandon Hollenback, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

ofperformance, so this study uses a self-efficacy questionnaire designed to understand what levelof self-efficacy students feel towards project management, including specific areas within projectmanagement such as leadership, time management, multitasking, overcoming obstacles, having abackup plan, researching past projects, testing systems, and data analysis. The questionnaire alsoaims to determine their experiences in their past coursework, registered student organizations,and work experience that have helped them gain an understanding of how the concepts of projectmanagement integrate to create a successful project. For first-year courses, the survey asks aboutexperiences in high school and prior to beginning college, while the fourth-year survey

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

Calculus and Probability (IP) 162 (20%) 72% 239 62% Integral Calculus (IC) 185 (17%) 53% 203 29% Differential Equations (DE) 314 (30%) 54% 321 36% Total 1399 50% 1870 47%The table shows that there was an improvement in some of the courses. For example, for DE andIC, the percentage of students passing the course increased from 36% and 29% to 54% and 53%,respectively. However, there were some other courses in which there was not an improvement(e.g. DC had 53% and then 52%) and a course (PC) in which there was a decline in studentspassing

Conference Session

Automation and Robotics Subjects in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuqiu You, Morehead State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

engineeringdesign of a specific robotics problem and implementation in the laboratory. Topics includeindustrial engineering techniques, hardware interfacing, software interfacing, and control devicesfor robotics applications. An interdisciplinary approach is used. The challenge in teaching thiscourse is the integration of knowledge and skills from mechanical engineering, electronicengineering, and computer programming for students in manufacturing technology program.In the Robotics Interfacing Engineering class, weekly labs are set up which account for the sameamount of time as the lectures. The outcome of this curriculum is to help students to exploreavailable equipment and technologies in industrial robotic applications, understand hardware andsoftware

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenny Mahan, University of Alabama; Jesse Huguet, University of Alabama; Joseph Chappell, University of Alabama; Keith Woodbury, University of Alabama; Robert Taylor, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. This paper reports on the second yearof an NSF CCLI Phase I project to implement a sequence of Excel modules for use in theThermal Mechanical Engineering Curriculum.A collection of Excel Add-ins has been developed for use in solving thermodynamics problems.This paper reports on development of three Add-ins to compute properties of refrigerants R134and R22 and to compute gas dynamics relations for isentropic, Fanno, and Rayleigh flows ofideal gases. All of the Excel Add-ins developed can be downloaded at the project websitewww.me.ua.edu/ExcelinME.IntroUnder a National Science Foundation (NSF) Curriculum, Classroom, and LaboratoryImprovement (CCLI) grant a number of software modules have been developed to facilitateengineering analysis in a

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1596: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A CER-TIFICATE IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTAndrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee, director of the LTU Thermal Science Laboratory, coordinator of the Certificate in Energy & Environmental Man- agement and Certificate/Minor in Aeronautical Engineering, and

Conference Session

Lab Experiments & Other Initiatives

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Guoping Wang

amount of time on the debugging and troubleshooting. This two-phase lab practicehelps students to learn both the hands-on troubleshooting techniques and basic principles ofdigital systems. Using VHDL in the teaching students can get confused with its usage becausethe instructor has to focus on the features of VHDL language. In contrast, the author’s approachbetter helps the students to learn and understand the principles and practices of digital logicsystems.Conclusion Teaching digital systems with bread-board and Xilinx schematic CAD tools andFPGA/CPLD board represents an integrated approach to introducing digital system principles,processes and implementation. It is more effective in the teaching of digital logic systems thanthe

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Momanyi, William Paterson University; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

responded to students’isolation through an increase in office hours in the subsequent semester following initial reportsof student isolation. The trends in the data are used to make recommendations for civilengineering instructors on how to integrate learning communities into the classroom experienceduring normal and disrupted times.Keywords: Sophomore, Junior, Syllabi, Document Analysis, Civil EngineeringIntroductionLearning communities in classroom settings act as support systems for students, facilitatingincreased motivation, student success, and feelings of belonging. Instructors create learningcommunities in the classroom by incorporating teamwork and group projects into their coursedesigns as well as making themselves available, by way of

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Scanlon, University of Connecticut; Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi, P.E., University of Connecticut; Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Rachael Gabriel, University of Connecticut

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

eight years as a K-12 teacher in Connecticut, where she maintained a focus on providing a varied learning environment and dif- ferentiated instruction for all types of learners. She received her Master’s Degree in Modern Languages from Central Connecticut State University in 2011. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Studies and her teaching certificate from Connecticut College in 2001. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction at UConn’s Neag School of Education.Dr. Arash Esmaili Zaghi, P.E., University of Connecticut Arash E. Zaghi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He received his PhD in 2009

Conference Session

Developing and Establishing Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Northwest (College of Technology); Niaz Latif, Purdue University Northwest

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

by teaching at least one graduate course per year.ConclusionTo start and maintain a successful graduate program in Technology, several factors need to beconsidered. An initial environmental scan will help the program to set a curriculum whichaddresses the need of prospective students and employers. The program needs to distinguishitself from an engineering graduate program by having courses on managerial/leadership skills aswell as courses on decision making skills, in addition to technical courses, as part of thecurriculum. A step-by-step approach in growth, by slowly expanding the program, will help theprogram flourish as the offering becomes broader and therefore addresses the needs of a broaderconstituency. The College of Technology at

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach Initiatives

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tamy Fry; Mark A. Nanny; Mary John O'Hair; Teri Reed Rhoads

technologies,and to build and renew the students’ desire to become involved in technological fields. This isaccomplished by allowing the students to experience math and science in ways that are excitingand meaningful to them in their everyday lives. The ATA utilizes project teams consisting of aneducation fellow, a science or engineering fellow (one is an undergraduate fellow and the otherone is a graduate fellow), and a participating secondary school teacher to develop and implementrelevant, hands-on lessons to teach math and science concepts in the classrooms. The lessonactivities are designed to introduce the required curriculum concepts in a fun and interestingmanner, to demonstrate the students’ potential to understand and enjoy math and science

Conference Session

Service Learning Projects in Developing Countries

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Striebig, James Madison University; Susan Norwood, Gonzaga University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

programs in engineering. Graduate schoolapplication rates for engineering students are significantly higher for students participating in theservice-learning program, but more time is needed to fully understand the rate of graduate schoolapplication, acceptance, and completion. This data will continue to be collected for resentgraduates and alumni of the WATER program.ConclusionsOne significant advance of the WATER program was the integration of an international servicelearning experience into the curriculum. Students were able to work on the service learningaspects of the project and incorporate their ideas into the capstone design projects, enhancingboth the service-learning experience and the capstone design experience. The

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Paying More Attention to Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sophia Lerner Pink, Stanford University; Kayla Powers, Stanford University; Adrian Piedra, Stanford University; Shivani Alexandra Torres, Stanford University; Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

qualitative interviews withunderrepresented minority engineering students. These allowed us to explore their classroombelonging experiences and showed that classroom belonging is a familiar concept and a functionof two separate sources of belonging: academic belonging and social belonging. Academic self-efficacy, curriculum content motivation and an ability to share academic struggles with otherswere important contributors to academic belonging. Social similarity, successful teamexperiences and a general sense of caring were also considered helpful to building socialbelonging in the classroom. Implications and ideas to build engineering classroom belongingfrom this research are discussed.Key Concepts: social belonging, engineering identity

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey A. Starke, United States Military Academy; David C. Zgonc, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

meet how digital natives interact with information, maintain the integrity of the educationalassessment process, and foster appreciation for individual ethical responsibility in the engineeringprofession? In a 3-year longitudinal study, the authors examined student performance andexperimented with alternate assessment models in an introductory environmental engineering coursefor juniors with multi-disciplinary enrollment. This longitudinal study was designed to indicate betterassessment and academic validation of digital natives while enhancing valuable peer-learning.Individual and course-wide grades as well as student feedback are used to assess student performance.Comparison of course-end comprehensive exam results (assumed to demonstrate

Collection

2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Peng Li, East Carolina University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

cloud optionsfor hands-on education, based on our experience with multiple cloud platforms. There are differentways of implementing cloud computing. A public cloud is owned and operated by an externalservice provider. Computing resources are allocated on a pay-per-usage basis. A private cloud isowned and managed by local institutions. Computing resources are provisioned to internal userson demand. Private clouds are highly customizable and may be adjusted to better meet the needsof local users. However, setting up a private cloud requires expertise and resources. Access topublic clouds can be set up quickly but users possess less control. In a diversified online learningenvironment, multiple cloud platforms may be necessary.KeywordsVirtual lab

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alister McLeod, Indiana State Uniersity; Jim Smallwood, Indiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

thatour graduates will find fewer and fewer job opportunities for themselves, however, the jobs theydo find will require them to be able to abstractly think about manufacturing systems from acritical perspective. By noting the developments in the field of manufacturing, in the state ofIndiana, and conducting an interview with a perennial employer in the state, it is hoped that aframework for the application of theories from the area of DES can be integrated in ComputerIntegrated Manufacturing (CIM) curriculums nationwide. According to the 2011 skills gap reportdone by Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute, “the changing nature of manufacturing work ismaking it harder for talent to keep up.”Indiana’s Manufacturing Story Indiana ranks

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri; Carolyn Plumb, Montana State University; Douglas J. Hacker

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

ability to consciously and deliberately monitor and regulate one’s knowledge, processes,and cognitive and affective states” [1]. Metacognition is key to developing self-directed learningskills that are foundational to ABET’s required “ability to be a life-long learner.” Self-directedlearning is also necessary for an effective work career, yet it is rarely integrated into engineeringeducation [2].In our IUSE NSF project, we are studying the development of metacognitive and self-directedlearning skills of students and graduates of the Iron Range Engineering program (IRE). IRE is aninnovative, problem-based-learning (PBL) engineering program in Virginia, Minnesota, wherestudents explicitly engage in activities to become aware of and develop

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

forautomotive applications. This needs to be further refined and filled with more rigorouscontent to meet the 4-year and master level engineering students. Assessment tools usedin the course seem to be sufficient to gage the performance of the students taking thiscourse although more data is needed. Integration of the math and CAE tools along withassignment of several mini-projects seems to be an effective way for better understandingof the course material. Validation of computer models and results by hand calculations isimperative that the students must realize. Use of math and/or CAE tools in the classprovided them ‘what if’ scenarios to study the effect of different design requirements andvariables on the problem or on the subsystem considered in

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams

intuitively, analyzing and visualizing, steadily andin fits and starts.”Project-Based learning (PBL) is an innovative teaching methodology available to teachers toprovide student a different type of classroom experience. PBL is designed to make learningrelevant and useful to students though the establishment of connections outside of the classroom.This style of teaching changes the relationship between teachers and students. It focuses on thecentral concepts and principles of a discipline, involves students in problem-solvinginvestigations, and allows students to work autonomously, to integrate concepts acrossdisciplines, to apply principles to real life scenarios, and situations and practices.This article looks at the incorporation of PBL into a

Conference Session

Useful Assessment in Materials Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech

J. L. Kimball, “The Portfolio As a Tool to Evaluate and Assess the Effectivenessof a First-Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum,” Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th AnnualConference. 'Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change'. Proceedings. Volume 2, page 1114. Retrieved 12December 2004 fromhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel3/5004/13772/00636049.pdf?isNumber=13772&prod=CNF&arnumber=636049&arSt=1114+vol.2&ared=&arAuthor=Gunn%2C+D.W.%3B+Corleto%2C+C.R.%3B+Kimball%2C+J.L.12. M. C. Paretti, “Work In Progress: Using E-Portfolios to Assess Communication Skills,” 34th ASEE/IEEEFrontiers in Education Conference Proceedings, available on CD and at http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie2004/.MARIE C. PARETTI, Ph.D.Marie C