Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven H. VanderLeest

fiction places the student inanother world to examine important human conflicts, issues, questions, and desires. Second,science fiction provides a mental laboratory in which students can perform thought experimentswith new technology. Third, a science fiction course can allow engineering students to interactwith students in less technical disciplines. This cross-fertilization is often very helpful inworking through issues of technology and its interaction with the human society within which itis embedded.I. IntroductionArchibald Putt has said “technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understandwhat they do not manage and those who manage what they do not understand.” We generallysuppose engineers, the designers of technology

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Upchurch; Judith Sims-Knight

from the learningtask. Fourth, feedback apparently plays a minor role in actual classroom situations. Fifth,teaching students to provide their own feedback and explanation is an effective alternative.These findings suggest that instructors may be more effective if they put less effort into gradingand commenting on students’ products and more effort into structuring their courses to helpstudents learn how to assess and reflect on their state of learning themselves. Two specificpedagogical strategies are suggested. First, giving students more assignments than the instructorcould grade or comment on will provide more of the kinds of practice they need to developexpertise. Second, helping students to learn how to assess and reflect on their state

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Sanjiv Sarin, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

College of Engineering and the Biology Department at North Carolina A&T StateUniversity (NCA&T).One example of cross-campus sustainable collaborations is team teaching by faculty from thetwo disciplines. The mechanical engineering department faculty has recognized that researchinto new biomaterials is a significant area of emphasis for modern materials research andtherefore is an area worthy of study. In order to prepare students, the regularly scheduled courseentitled Modern Engineering Materials is being upgraded to include biomaterials. Recognizingthat the human body is an amazing machine made up of a series of macro and nano-scalesystems including biological pumps, valves, pipes, filters, wiring, as well as contents underpressure, the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariana Tafur, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Educating the engineer of 2020 adapting engineering education to the new century. 2005; http://site.ebrary.com/lib/librarytitles/Doc?id=10091305.18. Dix A, Ormerod T, Twidale M, Sas C, Gomes da Silva PA, McKnight L. Why dab ideas are a good idea. 2006.19. Abu-Khalaf AM. Improving Thinking Skills in the Unit Operations Laboratory. International Journal of Engineering Education. 2001;17(6):593-599.20. Chrysikou EG, Weisberg RW. Following the Wrong Footsteps: Fixation Effects of Pictorial Examples in a Design Problem-Solving Task. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 2005;31(5):1134-1148.21. Hatchuel A, Le Masson P, Weil B. Teaching innovative design reasoning: How concept– knowledge theory

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention Matters in Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian P. DeJong, Central Michigan University; Dru M. Wilson Wilson, Central Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

andeducation of an engineer is now compared to that of an engineering technologist and othertechnologists (e.g., in terms of math/theory in the education, in terms of ability to work hands-on,and in terms of job roles in a interdisciplinary team). Students are now better exposed totechnology-related degree options other than engineering.Second, a technology professor joined the EGR120 teaching team. The course has since beenbroken into four curriculum blocks, taught “round-robin” by four professors: an EE section, anME section, a general engineering profession and projects section, and a hands-on/laboratory(technology-professor) section. The hope is that students who are dissatisfied with engineeringwill now have a contact and familiarity elsewhere in

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William Peterson

four-year colleges and universities and a variety of vocational andtechnical degrees utilizing state-of-the-art laboratory facilities (including drafting and CAD,machining, metallurgy, metrology, robotics and automation, and electronics).Muskegon Community College (MCC) has a new 95,000 square foot building, the HigherEducation Center (HEC), where three cooperating universities (including WMU) were to offerupper division and graduate courses. MCC was (and is) extremely interested in expanding the Page 5.301.1upper division offerings from cooperating universities to better utilize the new facility and tooffer opportunities for its students to

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ian R. Simpson

provides itsgraduates with enormous opportunities at home and abroad. One only has to think of themergers, joint ventures and other collaborative schemes which have appeared over thepast few years as deregulation has begun to break down national barriers and literally to"open up the world." An engineer in telecommunications must be familiar with foreignlanguages, foreign markets, the Economics of telecommunications and certain legal andcontractual aspects of the profession.In 1977, we introduced the study of two compulsory foreign languages and every studentspent 8 hours per week studying them. We now teach ten modern languages. (Arabic,Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.)Teaching French in France

Conference Session

Promoting Inclusivity and Broadening Participation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ira Hysi, Northeastern University; Luke Landherr, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #42238Using Comics to Promote Student Interest in the Breadth and Depth of ChemicalEngineeringIra Hysi, Northeastern UniversityDr. Luke Landherr, Northeastern University Dr. Luke Landherr is a teaching professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Northeastern University, conducting research in comics and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Using Educational Comics to Promote Student Interest in the Breadth and Depth of Chemical Engineering Abstract To encourage students to pursue chemical engineering at undergraduate and

Collection

2024 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Loraine Glidewell; Marisa Mendoza-Maurer; Joseph L. Polman; Daniel Knight; Angela Bielefeldt

models for students thinking of attending college 1(Knight et al., 2019; Hinojosa, 2018). In addition to mentorship, SCENIC also provides high quality environmental monitoringequipment to support engineering and science learning in rural communities. This is importantbecause rural high schools often cannot afford quality laboratory equipment like universityresearchers use. While schools closer to universities might have access to these resources simplydue to the privilege of proximity, the nature of geographic isolation for much of rural Coloradomakes accessing university resources a challenge. SCENIC seeks to disrupt this inequity

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Jessica L. Buck; Bertiel Harris; Elizabeth Y. McInnis

might be shown mathematics laboratories, the media production facilities, and computer-assisted instruction programs. But on the way to those installations, they will pass dozens of classrooms with instructors lecturing and conducting discussions just the way they and their predecessors have been doing for decades (p. 155).Service learning is an appropriate teaching and learning approach in which the workplaceprovides a practical setting for structured problem-based learning experiences.Blumenfeld, Soloway, Marx et al. (1991) concluded that technology can play a powerful role 151in project-based learning. Technology contributes to students’ learning by enhancinginterest

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Clyne, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

orientation but before classes started to easenew faculty tension. Sessions were held on the three tenure criteria: research, teaching, andservice. In each session, a panel of three tenured faculty (one senior and two recently tenured)spoke about what was required for success and answered junior faculty questions. Following thethree sessions, the junior faculty had lunch with senior administrators and a discussion with theengineering dean.A particular problem in new faculty integration is bringing women into departments in whichfew or no women currently work. We started a women in engineering research network toconnect junior and senior women in all engineering departments, and thereby attain a criticalmass for effective peer-mentoring. The network

Conference Session

Design in the ECE Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalia Litchinitser, SUNY at Buffalo; Albert H. Titus, SUNY at Buffalo; Alexander N. Cartwright, SUNY at Buffalo; Vladimir V. Mitin, SUNY at Buffalo

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

publication at the level appropriate for each target audience),the PowerPoint presentations for the topic, the teaching notes including instructions on themotivation of the topic, descriptions of active-learning exercises that can be conducted during thelecture, example quizzes, and the evaluation surveys to be completed at the end of the module. Inaddition, laboratory exercises and simulations (Flash and Java animations) are beingincorporated into the module.Examples of Knowledge and Application Module DescriptionsIn this section we offer two examples: one KM and one AM. These and other modules will beevaluated during the Spring 2010 semester in our Nanophotonics EE 459 course using methodswe have developed previously [5-6].KM: Plasmonics

Conference Session

Math and K-12-Freshman Transitions

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Fengfeng Zhou

-12education and cope with the rapid advancement in science and technology, the National ScienceFoundation has funded a number of research projects at dozens of universities nationwide. Oneof these projects is the Science and Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) currently beingconducted at the University of Cincinnati. Graduate and undergraduate fellows of Project STEPare placed in different secondary schools to work with math and science teachers. The mainresponsibility of a fellow is to develop and implement hands-on activities that are creative,engineering-focused, and technology-driven. Activities are incorporated into lessons,demonstrations, laboratory exercises, and field experiences. By doing these activities, studentswill experience authentic

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Nirmal Khandan

INFORMATIONDr Nirmala Khandan holds the John Clark Professorship in the Civil Engineering Department at New Mexico StateUniversity. He received his MS and PhD degrees from Drexel University in Environmental Engineering. He hasreceived several awards for teaching and research. His current research is focused o n educational materialsdevelopment, teaching, and learning.ACKNOWLDGEMENT Page 10.330.5This work was supported in part by a grant from the Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement program ofNational Science Foundation. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Haitham Logman; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley; Michael Hagenberger

academia. The UT-Austin ASEE student chapter was established in the fall of 1996.The steps taken to establish this student chapter are described by Matsumoto et al. 1 The primarypurposes of the student chapter at UT-Austin are: · to encourage students to consider careers in academia; · to enhance the teaching and presentation skills of prospective educators; · to develop the skills needed to establish and lead a research program; · to assist students in their search for academic positions. · to encourage undergraduate students to consider graduate school. The ASEE student chapter at UT-Austin has evaluated its effectiveness in achieving theseobjectives by surveying former graduate

Conference Session

New Programs and Textbooks in BME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rakie Cham; Brian Moyer

to enhance the learning of biomechanical principles. The goal of thispaper is to describe the course, report on our instructive experience and students’ evaluation ofthe class and suggest future teaching strategies. Twelve, two-hour weekly sessions werescheduled during the fall 2001 semester to teach this course. Based on our experience, webelieve that the integration of ADAMS into existing bioengineering courses can greatly improvestudents’ understanding of biomechanical systems, while simultaneously adding to theirengineering skills. However, the efficient use of this software requires training and regular use.We suggest that students be required to take a course similar to the Introduction to ADAMS forBioengineers course discussed in this

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Brad Dahm; Emma Davidson; Paniz Hazaveh; Aleksandr Sergeyev

of the robotic platform. The initial configurationand installation being handled by the EET students made it possible for future students to utilizethe robot for learning to operate the robot and incorporate skills from other disciplines toaccomplish the 3D welding process. Projects in the future can be aimed at accomplishing thetasks laid out in the Progress and Preparation for Future Students sections.SafetyAs safety is of the utmost importance, the number one priority was to design the work cell to beas safe as possible. The Department of Health and Safety (D.H.S.) on campus was contacted totour the lab and verify the safety of the work cell and laboratory layout. Currently there are onlygeneral lab safety training courses available and

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Deirdre D Ragan, The Citadel

Program, at The Citadel. She holds a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Rice University as well as a M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials from the University of California Santa Barbara where she studied stresses in thin films. She previously developed nanoparticle-modified glass and auto- motive coatings (at PPG Industries, Inc.), conducted Raman spectroscopy of materials under static high pressure (at Los Alamos National Lab), studied the physics of electrochromic devices (at Uppsala Uni- versity, Sweden), and taught science, math, and reading to 4-year-olds (at a Charleston preschool). Now she enjoys teaching upper-level undergraduate and graduate Materials courses and encouraging students. Her research interests

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Futuristic Planning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok K. Verma, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2011-871: ATTRACTING K-12 STUDENTS TOWARDS ENGINEER-ING DISCIPLINES WITH PROJECT BASED LEARNING MODULESAlok K. Verma, Old Dominion University Dr. Alok K. Verma is Ray Ferrari Professor and, Director of the Lean Institute at Old Dominion Univer- sity. He also serves as the Director of the Automated Manufacturing Laboratory. Dr. Verma received his B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, MS in Engineering Mechanics and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from ODU. Prof. Verma is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Virginia, a certi- fied manufacturing engineer and has certifications in Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma. He has orga- nized several international conferences as General Chair, including

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Kuruvilla Verghese; Douglas Peplow

week fortwo hours teaching each other to answer questions that are posted in their course locker.The questions are concept-based covering the lecture material for the prior week. Graduatestudent volunteers and the the instructor serve as guides but not tutors. The primary goalsare to provide an enquiry-guided learning environment, to discourage rote learning and tomake the subject more enjoyable.1. IntroductionCollege teaching methods have gone through a revolution in recent years with the conceptof active learning shown to be the way for students to learn. There is a vast amount of edu-cation literature that has established that active participation in the class room as opposedto passive listening keeps students better motivated in the

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Michael J. Davidson

the structure, in a three dimensionalmodel and through the use of add-on software and/or third party software analyze and design thestructure. As educators, how do we, or for that matter do we, bring this software to theclassroom or laboratory. It allows our students to solve complex problems and potentially makesthem more marketable. However, if all we teach is the software, who answers the question “ Dothe results make sense?” As of today and it may change in the future, the computer does nothave a professional engineering stamp and the software provider implicitly states that it shares noliability and make no guarantees concerning the use of the output from its software. Is itpossible to make tens of thousands of input entries and have no

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colleen Louise Bringman, The University of Iowa; Amy L Kimball, The University of Iowa

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Paper ID #47988BOARD # 36: Work-In-Progress: Enhancing Biomedical Engineering Educationthrough Collaboration with Physical TherapyProf. Colleen Louise Bringman, The University of Iowa Colleen Bringman is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Roy J. Carver Biomedical Engineering department at The University of Iowa, where she also serves as the lab manager for the Carver Medical Device Design Laboratory. After earning a B.S.E and M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Iowa, Colleen completed her Ph.D. and post-doctoral training in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at the University of Iowa. Her

Conference Session

ME Division 5: Advancing Robotic and Mechanisms Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University; Orlando M Ayala, Old Dominion University; Sebastian Bawab, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

research assistant professor. Dr. Kaipa directs the Collaborative Robotics & Adaptive Machines (CRAM) Laboratory where his group actively conducts research in diverse fields including swarm intelligence, autonomous systems, human-robot collaboration, bio-inspired robotics, surgical robotics, and robotics in education. Dr. Kaipa currently serves as the Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Frontiers in Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, and ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering.Dr. Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University Dr. Anurag Purwar is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University. His research interests are in bringing together

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Long, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

]. Organizing one’sthoughts in a written format helps solidify theoretical and practical concepts covered in theclassroom. Additionally, strong communication skills are highly sought after by employers.Despite these benefits, many traditional engineering courses fail to give students the space toreflect upon and improve their writing. Time constraints and lack of grading incentives alsodissuade students from continuing to engage in the writing process, indicating a need to movebeyond one-off writing assessments [5]. The subjective nature of evaluation further complicatesthe challenge of efficiently teaching technical writing. Extensive work has been done to createmore informative rubrics and improve transparency in grading [6], [7], [8], but

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Li Coffman, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

[4]. This was found to better prepare students for lectureson new concepts, as well as give instructors more time to teach the new concept in class as theydid not need to review prerequisite knowledge with students [4]. Similarly, another study foundthat having more tutorials or example problems was helpful in engineering students'comprehension of math [12]. Other studies tested new e-learning practices and programs [5], [9-10]. They found that this style of learning was the best alternative during the COVID-19 pandemic;however, it also produced more confusion during certain laboratory activities [5], [10]. Recognizethat these studies were conducted before and during the pandemic, so newer studies may finddifferent results as online learning

Conference Session

ETD - STEM Issues in ET I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid Zouhri, University of Dayton; Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Kayla Nulph, University of Dayton

students and professors alike.Specifically, in terms of engineering courses, access to resources such as laboratories, institution-specific software, and classroom technologies are severely limited and difficult to replicate forremote settings. New and revised classroom structures have been created to accommodate publichealth concerns while continuing to deliver effective education. Universities have adapted curriculum to be completely virtual or a combination of virtualand in-person learning. The combination of remote and traditional face-to-face learning,sometimes referred to as a hybrid or blended structure, integrates online discussion with limitedin-person class times [1]. Due to reduced capacities in classrooms, groups of students in

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaime Ramos-Salas, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Miguel Pineda, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. In 2010 the Rio Grande Valley Chapter of the IEEE Power and Energy Society was created under his leadership. Before coming to Texas, he accumulated significant experience in manufacturing, consulting, and teaching. He obtained a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1976 from Stanford University, and has been an educator since 1977Miguel Pineda Education: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSE) - Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM) - Mexico 1988 Master in Business Administration (MBA) - Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL) - Mexico 2005 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSE) - University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) - Edinburg, Tx

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Jim Farison

, nondestructive materials evaluation and optical copying. Image processing, including image enhancement, analysis and compression. Student specialization through assignments and project. (3-0) Course Content SelectionComputer applications are characteristically of interest to engineering students, so an imagingcourse has a lot going for it right away. Associated with that, images are inherently visual andnaturally compatible with computer manipulation and storage. They naturally have the potential forinterest, even fun, for students.On the other hand, many engineering students are more interested in hardware and laboratories thanthey are in mathematics (even computer-based math) and computational manipulation

Collection

2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Cyrus K Hagigat, The University of Toledo

Paper ID #35045Combining MATLAB & EXCEL to improve understanding in controlsDr. Cyrus K Hagigat, The University of Toledo Dr. Hagigat is an associate professor in the Engineering Technology department of the College of Engi- neering of the University of Toledo. Dr. Hagigat has an extensive industrial background, and his teaching technique is based on practical aspects of engineering. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Combining MATLAB and EXCEL to Improve Understanding in ControlsAbstract:Control systems are modeled by using differential

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2012 EDI

Authors

Michael Kassner

, Acquisition Career Management, ASN(RDA)2) National workforce data from Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008 annual average demographic employment data for selected occupational groups comparable to the Navy technical workforce3) Total number of Navy employees is 21,311 and includes members of the Senior Executive Service, but not student trainees; total number of employees in national workforce data is 5.82 million4) Navy data includes employees of the Naval Research Laboratory and all warfare centers 3 Strategic Themes• Diversity Engage more under-represented populations• Best Practices