Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M. Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, Carnegie Mellon University; Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University; Clifford Whitcomb, Naval Postgraduate School

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Systems Engineering

systems engineering (SE) concepts during their undergraduate education.Although courses dealing with product design and development are an excellent choice tointroduce basic ST and SE concepts, mechanical engineering undergraduate programs seldomoffer more than one or two of those courses in their curriculum. Thus, to gradually develop theST and SE skills of the students during their undergraduate education, it is necessary to identifyadditional courses throughout the curriculum in which selected ST and SE concepts can beincorporated, starting in the freshman year. To that effect, many universities offer a freshman-level introduction to mechanical engineering course that can be a good a choice to explore howto incorporate basic ST and SE concepts

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Hasler, Georgia Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

courses including (Fig. 1) a 1st / 2nd year signalprocessing course (GT: ECE 2026) with computer projects with sound and images, a core linearcircuits (2nd year) course (GT: ECE 2040), an analog transistor circuits (3nd year, GT: ECE 3400)[52], an analog Integrated Circuits (IC) design course (4th year / graduate level) [53], a controlsystems course (graduate level, ECE 6550), and multiple analog IC Systems courses (graduatelevel) (e.g. [54, 55]). The course levels at GT are 1xxx and 2xxx are first and second year courses,3xxx and 4xxx are third and fourth year courses, and 6xxx are graduate courses open to seniorundergraduate students. These hands-on techniques started in graduate level IC courses with apriority on hands-on IC measurement for

Collection

2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jacqueline Ann Stagner P.Eng., University of Windsor; Jennifer Sears, University of Windsor; Giselle St Louis, University of Windsor; Jennifer L Johrendt, University of Windsor

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Diversity

details about integrating TAO into the first-yearengineering curriculum.Providing Support to First-Year Engineering StudentsThe Faculty of Engineering has elected to approach the provision of student supports in twoways: integrated within their courses and outside the classroom. In order to expose students toTAO, an assignment within the second-semester Technical Communications course asksstudents to complete four of five modules within the Communication and InterpersonalRelationships pathway. The five modules are Managing Anger, Communication Strategies,Communication Styles, Problem Solving, and Relationships (this module is available to students,but they are not required to complete it). “This pathway [helps students] understand how toimprove

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rajani Muraleedharan, Saginaw Valley State University; Marie Cassar, Saginaw Valley State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

personal interactions with professionals working in STEMfields focused on motivating students to visualize themselves on STEM career pathways;family/mentor-focused STEM opportunities intended to broaden students’ educational andemotional support networks; and an integrated STEM-curriculum for teachers to build upon keyconcepts.Background and IntroductionIn 2017, a National Science Foundation (NSF) study [1] projected the adult population of UnitedStates will be more than 50% minorities by 2060, which directly impacts the Science, technology,engineering and mathematic (STEM) workforce and measures to remove barriers in STEMeducation becomes critical. Many universities focus on efforts to recruit students for undergraduateeducation by supporting

Conference Session

Promoting Inclusivity and Broadening Participation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

experienced during this journey. It aims to inspire the broader engineeringcommunity to undertake more concerted efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion inengineering education. As the UIC Chemical Engineering Department strives to be a model forchange, it sets an example for others to follow, addressing the critical imperative of fosteringDEI in engineering curricula and beyond.IntroductionThe importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in higher education and the workforce isincreasingly acknowledged as a cornerstone for fostering rich educational experiences anddriving societal progress. These principles are not simply beneficial; they are imperative foreducational leaders to integrate into their practices, aiming to transform

Conference Session

Liberal Education Revisited: Five Historical Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College, Dublin

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

1961 a White Paper was to recommend increases in the time allowedfor English and General Studies [7] and with this and a pamphlet of the same name camea change of emphasis toward general education in these courses. However, althoughcontroversial, the terms liberal education and liberal studies continued to be applied tothat component of the curriculum in dip.tech courses. Although the circularrecommended a time allocation of between 15 and 20%, The NCTA had already Page 22.776.4stipulated an allocation of between 10 and 11% or roughly 3 hours of student contact timeper week, and according to Davies it remained at this level throughout the period of

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorian Bobbett, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

engineering departments and creating a graduate program. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic engineering contexts; the design and implementation of learning objective-based grading for transparent and fair assessment; and the integration of reflection to develop self-directed learners. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Detecting Dimensions of Significant Learning in Syllabi using a Course Change TypologyAbstractThis research paper addresses the need for an instrument to detect the changes in the use ofresearch-based approaches over time. Change occurs within three

Conference Session

Culture, Society, and Co-op

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Millward-Sadler, University of Applied Science, Graz; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Frank Newman, University of Graz

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

semesters of study.The reason behind the choice of EFL classes integrated into a technical degree is clear in thecontext of the English language’s status as the lingua franca of the global workplace wheregraduates must be able to function. Of course, English is not generally a student’s nativelanguage as most are from an Austrian high school background. The next section of this paperwill briefly outline the EFL programme which has been put in place for students in thecontext of the overall Automotive Engineering degree programme curriculum and will then befollowed by an analysis of student motivation to learn a second language (L2) within such atechnical environment.Major employers of Vehicle Technology department graduates include companies within

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reynaldo Pablo, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

. Page 14.397.7 Figure 4: Curtain wall mock-upConclusionsBuilding curtain walls need to have structural integrity, hence a good design is very significant.A course on curtain wall design in the civil engineering curriculum will be beneficial to thestudents. Civil engineering students who take the course will then have the understanding of thefundamental building physics principles applied in a manner that enables the buildingenvironmental system and the curtain wall to be designed as an integrated, synergetic systemrather than individual components, allowing inhabitants and users to live in a comfortableenergy-efficient indoor space. As a result, this will encourage students to specialize in the fieldof curtain

Conference Session

Engineering for Nonengineers: Ideas & Results

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

thenecessary data entry could be completed in time for the division level curriculum reviewmeeting. At the first pass through the division level review, the scientists on the committeevoiced enthusiastic support for the concept of an engineering focused GE science course.Suggestions were made to add more information about the structure and role of the lab materialto the course, broader information within Topics and Scope, a wider spectrum of representativetextbooks, and to add physics as an alternate discipline. This last suggestion was deemedinappropriate by the outline author because a physicist would lack the necessary exposure to theengineering design process that is an integral part of the course. An individual faculty memberhad expressed concern

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods in Engineering Economy

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm

1998. Hiscurrent primary teaching interest is integrating process simulation throughout the chemical engineering curriculum,and he received the 2003 Joseph J. Martin Award for work in this area. Page 9.1176.7 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationRavi P. Ramachandran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering atRowan University. He received his Ph.D. from McGill University in 1990 and has worked at AT&T BellLaboratories and Rutgers

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Manufacturing

nanotechnology education and research. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, SME, and MRS. Page 15.1183.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Teaching PLCs using the Kolb Learning CycleAbstractThis work describes an integral approach in teaching programmable logic controllers (PLCs)using the Kolb learning cycle. PLCs represent a module in a computer-integrated manufacturingcourse in two engineering programs at our institution. The two main learning objectives of thismodule are to demonstrate practical knowledge of PLCs by being able to program them and todevelop a sufficient increase in problem solving skills using

Conference Session

DEI and Other

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia

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Diversity, Professional Engineering Education Papers

process and the active20 integration of the social dimensions of engineering problems.2122 Keywords23 Science, technology, and society24 Diversity, equity, and inclusion25 Graduate instruction26 Course design2728 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion29 Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) – what do these three words mean? Though DEI30 terminology frequently appears as intricate buzzwords, undergraduate and graduate students and31 instructors rarely discuss the greater understanding of these concepts, particularly in engineering32 classrooms. An overwhelming number of institutions of higher education in the United States33 now support different divisions attending to DEI or include explicit language defining the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney Hollar, Boise State University; Sondra M Miller, Boise State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

leave the coursehaving a better understanding of how important the role of communication and empathy isthroughout the design process. Once ENGR 180 is designated as an FC course, this will becomea valuable course for not only engineering students, but also students from other majors.References[1] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2018. The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education: Branches from the Same Tree. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24988.

Conference Session

Aspirational Visions of Civil Engineering in 2025 & Policy 465

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Gerry Galloway, Univ of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers; James O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

requiredseminars, additional and redesigned courses, and enhancement of content in currentcourses and formal experience.The committee also decided that the outcome regarding specialized technical knowledgeis best accomplished in a post-graduate program of study. By not including thefulfillment of the technical specialization outcome in the undergraduate program of study,necessary outcomes can be achieved to the required level of achievement withoutrequiring an increase of the undergraduate curriculum beyond four years. Further, thisapproach facilitates program accreditation by delineating the content of the curricula—that is to say, the outcomes expected to be accomplished at the undergraduate level.Licensure Committee:Professional licensure activities

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: RED 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

or presentations. At Rose-Hulman, Sriram has focused on incorporating reflection, and problem based learning activities in the Software Engineer- ing curriculum. Sriram has been fundamental to the revamp of the entire software engineering program at Rose-Hulman. Sriram is a founding member of the Engineering Design program and continues to serve on the leadership team that has developed innovative ways to integrate Humanities, Science, Math, and Engi- neering curriculum into a studio based education model. In 2015, Sriram was selected as the Outstanding Young Alumni of the year by the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University. Sriram serves as a facilitator for MACH, a unique faculty development

Conference Session

Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marty Anne Gustafson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Carl Vieth, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Environmental Engineering

next stage inthe development process is to engage the support of the campus and faculty. In the case ofSustainable Systems Engineering, faculty support was needed not just from the initiatingdepartment (Engineering Professional Development) for the degree program, but from numerousdepartments and institutes across campus. In particular, two institutions were approached veryearly in the objective and market assessment stage for their support as founding partners: theUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison’s Office of Sustainability and the Division of ContinuingStudies.Given the degree subject matter, an endorsement from the Office of Sustainability would showan alignment between the program and the campus’s plan to integrate and enhance research

Conference Session

Dynamic Systems and Control

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Richard Stanley, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; John Casci, Kettering University

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Mechanical Engineering

was an introduction to the Matlab/Simulink environment and to LabVIEW. WhileLabVIEW was not used at all in any of the subsequent labs, at the start of the term there was stilla possibility that the equipment might be able to be integrated into the later part of the term’slabs, and so students were introduced to it in the initial lab. In the Matlab/Simulink portion ofthis lab, students modeled a simple first-order system in Simulink, then created an initializationscript file in Matlab so that they could easily change system parameters, then ran that system forseveral sets of values.Lab 2In lab 2, students derived equations for the dynamic system shown in Figure 1, using the bondgraph approach, constructed a Simulink model of the system, and

Conference Session

Communication and Professional Skills in BME

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo; Daniel Cavanagh, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

Conference. Page 12.331.106. Manuel-Dupont S, “Writing Across the Curriculum in an Engineering Program,” J of Eng Ed 1996 p. 35-40 Building Engineering Communication Skills 107. Morello, J, “Comparing Speaking Across the Curriculum and Writing Across the Curriculum Programs,” Communication Education. January 20008. McNair LD, Norback JS, Miller B, “Integrating Discipline-Specific Communication Instruction based on Workforce Data into Technical Communication Courses, “ Proceedings of the 2005 ASEE Conference.9. Norback JS, McNair LD, Laughter MJ, Forehand GA, Sutley-Fish, B, “Teaching Workplace

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Locke Davenport Huyer, University of Toronto; Neal I. Callaghan, University of Toronto; Dawn M. Kilkenny, University of Toronto

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Graduate Studies

of future STEM generations.IntroductionThe changing landscape of academia presents challenge in ensuring graduate trainees areproficient in the development of professional skills outside of the research environment [1]. Thisincludes capacity for knowledge translation of research outcomes to a non-expert audience,curriculum development, and effective project management [2]. Consequently, in preparingfuture faculty to assume academic roles and responsibilities successfully, post-secondaryinstitutions have shifted greater focus to providing teaching development programs for traineeprofessional development [3]. This is particularly important given the competitive nature ofsecuring an academic position. With increasing diversity of academic

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 3- Multi- and Inter-disciplinary, Collaboration, and Engagement in Practice

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malle Schilling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

also used to inform data analysis, so thelens through which this data collection and data was viewed was very limited in nature. Conclusions Collaboration can be an incredibly complex process involving many stakeholders withdifferent perspectives and approaches to engaging. However, collaboration can also be incrediblybeneficial particularly as it relates to the distribution of time, energy and resources amongstakeholders. In the context of education in rural places, where teachers and schools may bestretched too thin, collaboration is crucial. As K-12 continues to adapt to calls for expanding theengineering workforce and adopt standards that integrate engineering into science curriculum

Conference Session

Simulation Courses & BME Laboratories

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ross Shonat

principles to solve importantproblems in medicine and biology, undergraduate biomedical engineering programs must deliveran engineering curriculum that is strongly grounded in the life sciences. These criteria areformally defined by ABET in their program criteria for bioengineering programs1 and werespecifically integrated into the development and delivery of this course. While the costsassociated with its delivery are somewhat high, both in terms of materials and instructor effort,the educational and practical experience provided is viewed as absolutely vital to the training ofbiomedical engineering students. In an era where the use of animals for teaching is declining,WPI is graduating biomedical engineering students who are fully prepared to

Conference Session

Bart's Big Plan: Engaging High Schoolers in Engineering Adventures ... Ay Caramba!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jialing Wu, Vanderbilt University; Nicolas Leger, Florida International University; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

]. Figure 1. The Mechanism of Learning in CLT: The new information undergoes processing by the working memory and is subsequently integrated into long-term memory. When this information is needed, the working memory retrieves it from long-term memory.CLT addresses cognitive load through instructional design [8], [9]. Cognitive load represents thedemands that an activity imposes on working memory. As mentioned earlier, the capacity ofworking memory is limited, and an excessive cognitive load can impair its functionality. Thenew CLT categorizes cognitive load into intrinsic and extraneous loads. Specifically, intrinsicload refers to the complexity of the information being processed and the knowledge to processthat information. In

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Tuesday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Janet K. Lumpp, University of Kentucky

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First-Year Programs

interviews followed a semi-structured protocol revolving around questions of: general understanding of the program and thereason for its establishment; potential benefits of the program for the university and the college;concerns about the shift in curriculum model; and views of what constitutes success or failure ofsuch a program. The general methodology for our qualitative interview process follows thatoutlined in by Strauss (Strauss, 1987). An external evaluation center performed the interviewsand small focus groups to avoid ethical conflicts. Ethnographic data has consisted of informal notes and journals kept by members of theFYE team. The goal of such an informal structure is to preserve natural observations (Anderson,2003). Since the

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Julia Williams

of a capstone design course. My objection here, however,relates to the current structure of most engineering programs. Requiring students to takeadditional courses in ethics may indeed help them develop a sense of social awareness.Unfortunately adding more required courses to an already requirement-heavy curriculum seemsunlikely. Engineering faculty currently argue that technical courses may be threatened by anyaddition to the curriculum; other concerns relate to personnel (hiring more faculty to teach ethicscourses) or engineering faculty development (training engineering faculty so they can include anethical dimension to their technical courses). Furthermore, ethics courses that remain separatefrom technical content, such as those that may

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Natalie Tran, California State University, Bakersfield; Amy Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Al Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2009-1715: HIGH-SCHOOL TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ABOUT ENGINEERINGPREPARATIONMitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison Dr. Mitchell Nathan is Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is Chair of the Learning Sciences program. He holds appointments in Curriculum and Instruction, the Psychology Department, the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research, and the Center on Education and Work. Dr. Nathan received his PhD in experimental (cognitive) psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He holds a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering, mathematics and history from Carnegie Mellon University. As an engineer, Dr

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Bernard White, George Mason University

“The perceived diminishedrelevance of Computer Science is being driven by two complementary phenomena: computingapplications are being viewed less as applications of computing technology and more as integralcomponents of everyday tasks, and the field of computing is examining itself in an effort tounderstand how to prepare students for rapidly changing careers increasingly integrated withother disciplines.” These types of observations require that educational program administratorsand other computing professionals continually review the evolving field of computing in aneffort to understand how to prepare students for rapidly changing careers increasingly integratedwith other disciplines.3. Reasons for Loss of IT JobsIt is true that the high

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacklyn Wheeler; Carolyn Parker; Julia Ross; Taryn Bayles

, the curriculum is flexible andcould be implemented across several courses or integrated into a single design-oriented course.Each interactive learning module will focus on engineering decision-making while exposingstudents to “real world” engineering problems and applications. The modules integrate hands-onactivities with an inquiry-based approach that concentrates on critical thinking, problem-solvingand conceptual understanding.A total of five modules will be developed: Engineering in Health Care, Engineering in Flight,Engineering and the Environment, Engineering in Communications and InformationTechnology, and Engineering Energy Solutions. Each module will follow a similar “template”,beginning with a short video of practicing engineers

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, INSPIRE, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

techniques for their students to facilitate their learning in engineering.Engineering Teachers will integrate engineering, such as engineering concepts, vocabulary,Integration activities, the EDP, EiE, and MEAs, into current curriculum or subjects.Engineering/ Teachers will introduce students to engineering and technology throughTechnology instruction on engineering vocabulary, difference between engineering andKnowledge technology, what engineers do, and examples of engineering in their everyday life.Engineering Teachers will include engineering activities, which are more hands-on and/orActivities use problem solving approaches.Thinking Skills Teachers wanted to develop students

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Sharp; Rebecca Sidler Kellogg; Barbara M. Adams; Loren Zachary

. As aresult of analysis of this effort, the instructors determined that a group of practicing classroomteachers would better appreciate and adapt the engineering content for 8-12 classrooms. The newversion of the course is integrated with a Curriculum and Instruction course, entitled PedagogicalApplications of Engineering Concepts in the K-12 Classroom. Each course carries one-credit.Students in the education college can use both courses for graduate credit.The combined courses will emphasize the engineering mechanics of stiffness and deformation,stress and strain, equilibrium, buckling, bending, and material properties. A design thread isused. The information is put together in a tight package that leads to the design of pinned trusses