Collection

1981 North Midwest Section

Authors

Alan L. Prasuhn

opportunities available to the instructor.Stanl~y B. Hamilton, in a paper read before the Newcomen Society, listedsix reasons engineers should study history (2): 1. The detective interest of tracing knowledge to its source. 2. The opportunity of sharing a disinterested companionship with others who are following kindred lines, as a member of such a body as our Society. 3. The broadening of interest in engineering from the purely technical to a humane and liberal field of study. 4. The light which the study of invention and discovery can throw on the working of the human mind. 5. The genuinely recreative form of relaxation which history provides. 6. The contribution which the

Conference Session

Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alec C. Derks, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

from occurring. At RHIT, the decisionwas made to use a single 19 ft long beam, identical to the first two modules. However, for thisbeam the stirrups were omitted altogether. Figure 3 (a) shows a schematic of the SLU beam withdesign flaws and Figure 3 (b) shows the schematic of the correctly designed beam. (a) (b) Figure 3—Rebar cage schematics for (a) beam with design flaws and (b) correctly designed beam.Fabrication The formwork for the beam specimens at SLU was constructed from 2x4s and HighDensity Overlay (HDO) plywood in sections no longer than 8 ft for storage purposes. A 2x4 ranalong the top and bottom of each section

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Resource Exchange

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hoda Ehsan, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

While these strategies were used throughout the activity, the overall to be given to children as needed. effective pattern was observe to be:Dr. Hoda Ehsan @Hoda Ehsan hehsan7@gatech.edu & A and/or B strategy —> Introduce the activity/task/challenge hehsan@thehill.org C strategy —> allow self-paced exploration and engagementREFERENCES D, E, A and/or B

Conference Session

Virtual Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nathan L. Anderson, California State University, Chico; Tiffani Anderson, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

. During the final week of the Fall 2020 semester, an 18-question survey was sent out toeach student of every lab section. In total, 152 students participated in answering questions fromthree categories: individual demographics, course organization/delivery and student engagementstrategies. The various questions asked for demographics can be seen in Figure 1. As can be seen in Figure 1 (a) and (b), all of the students are undergraduates with 82% ofthe students falling into the upper-division category and nearly all the students are taking the coursedue to major degree requirement. Another interesting point is revealed in Figure 1 (c) where over72% of the students had taken less than two online courses prior to the virtual Fall 2020

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University - Bozeman; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University - Bozeman; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University - Bozeman; Monika Kwapisz, Montana State University - Bozeman; Tessa Sybesma, Montana State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Coeur d'Alene, ID, October, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://search.proquest.com/docview/2193095035.[5] B. E. Hughes, W. J. Schell, and B. Tallman, "Development of Leadership Self-Efficacy: Comparing Engineers, Other STEM, and Non-STEM Majors," in FIE 2018 Conference Proceedings, San Jose, CA, October 2018.[6] W. J. Schell, E. H. Bryce, P. E. Brett Tallman, A. Emma, M. B. Romy, and B. K. Monika, "Exploring the Relationship Between Students’ Engineering Identity and Leadership Self-Efficacy," presented at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Tampa, Florida, 2019/06/15, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/32817.[7] W. J. Schell and B. E. Hughes, "Are Engineers’ Leadership Attitudes

Conference Session

Faculty Perspectives of Active Learning, Inequity, and Curricular Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Steven Santana, Harvey Mudd College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. [Accessed: 06- Mar-2021].[4] R. Miller and B. Linder, “Is Design Thinking the New Liberal Arts of Education?,” 2015.[5] A. F. McKenna, “Adaptive Expertise and Knowledge Fluency in Design and Innovation,” in Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research, A. Johri and B. M. Olds, Eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014, pp. 227–242.[6] M. J. Safoutin, “A methodology for empirical measurement of iteration in engineering design processes,” Citeseer, 2003.[7] A. F. McKenna, J. E. Colgate, G. B. Olson, and S. H. Carr, “Exploring Adaptive Expertise as a Target for Engineering Design Education,” in Volume 4c: 3rd Symposium on International Design and Design Education, 2006, vol. 2006, pp

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Wen-Chen Hu; Naima Kaabouch; Hung-Jen Yang; Hongyu Guo

consistency is a major issue.Advanced mobile browsers such as Opera Mini8,11 are able to adapt themselves to various Webpages as shown in Figure 1.a. However, not all mobile browsers have this kind of features; e.g.,the Android Browser2 shown in Figure 1.b does not present the page as good as the Opera Minidoes. The problem is greatly relieved since the introduction of HTML5 (HyperText MarkupLanguage) and the newest CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). This article tries to help engineeringeducators to develop their class Web pages automatically adaptive for both desktop or laptopcomputers and mobile handheld devices by using HTML5 and CSS. Additionally, mobilefeatures of HTML5 and CSS may be useful for engineering education and some of them will

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Carolyn Fulton, Schreiner University; Brian P. Bernard, Schreiner University; Brian P. Mann, Duke University

magnet. The fixed endof the beam is excited by single frequency excitation, with position represented by w(t) = A sin Ωt, (2)where A represents the excitation amplitude in meters and t the time in seconds. Separation distance is then a function of the absolute value of excitation according to 1 (t) = 0 − BA(t), (3)or 2 (t) = 0 − B|w(t)|, (4)where a coefficient of B = 0 would be the case of a stationary magnet at distance 0 from the tip mass,and B = 1 would have the external magnet

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogies Afforded Through Technology and Remote Learning

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Manjina Shrestha, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of AR for class practical. Source:(Bazarov, Kholodilin, Nesterov, & Sokhina, 2017), (B) An orthographic projection of a 3D model. Source: (Abekani 2018)[26] developed an AR app to help engineering students of electrical and technological specialtiesperform lab exercises. The app helps the faculty provide explanations conveniently at a differentphase of the lab and an economic substitution of lab assistant (Figure 1). The app provides anoverlay of 3D models in the context of the equipment figure but does not provide any interactionand is mainly suitable only for visual information related to the context of the environment.A quick search on the Google Play store presents only a handful of AR apps in engineering

Collection

2021 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Sarah Dulac; Jacques Ross; Joseph Silveira; Chandler Jardin; Andrea Elloian; Kevin Raggiani; Dylan Souza; Tyler Viera; Alec Peinkofer; Darion Gregory; Konrad Jamro; Hamed Samandari; Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh

unprecedented.Approach & Methodologies The offshore platform must be robust and secure enough to withstand the various offshoreconditions while housing a VAWT and/or UCT. Our overall goal in this project was two-fold: (a)design a floating platform to house a VAWT and UCT, and (b) test the performance and stabilityof the floating structure under various wind and current conditions, experimentally. Experimentswere conducted at the Laboratory for Fluid Structure Interactions Studies (FSI Lab) at our homeinstitution, UMass Dartmouth, which was equipped with a recirculating water tunnel. In order tofully mimic concurrent wind and current simultaneously for our floating DTP, our team designedand made modifications to the water tunnel facility to house an

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2008 GSW

Authors

Jiecai Luo; Pradeep K. Bhattacharya

Mathematics Course (ENGR 340), the course’s goal andmaterials are given in below (ABET standards are used): Prerequisites by topics: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations Course Objectives [1-7]: 1. To provide students with a working knowledge of (Subjects will be covered as time permits) a. Math Engineering Applications b. Matrix Operations c. Fourier Series and Fourier Transforms d. Solution to Differential Equations e. Others: Laplace Transforms, Probability and Statistics 2. To enable the students to apply the tools above to basic engineering systems. Course Educational Strategies: 1. The basic teaching method

Collection

2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

William R. Peterson; Guanghsu Chang

the project started out at an interest rate ofzero and gave a positive value. While seemingly crude, it allowed the cash flows to be irregular(which is extremely common in practice) and (assuming correct input of the cash flows) did notmake ma h error . While he program co ld ha e been made fa er b a be er earchalgorithm, it met the needs of the using organization.A he ame ime, MBA (Masters of Business Administration) hand-held calculators werebecoming available to do basic financial calculations such as find the payment on a loan (P) withinterest (i) and period (n) based on the same underlying calculation in the tables is as a lookup al e for A/P, i, n .By 1990 spreadsheets, such as Lotus 1, 2, 3 and Quattro, were readily available on

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Yu Wang, New York City College of Technology; Benito Mendoza, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology

presents apractical approach using the Tinkercad simulator for hands-on labs and teaching students in avirtual classroom. The assessment model includes a rubric and a content validity form withperformance indicators to assess ABET Student Outcomes (a) and (b) and the program-specificcriteria for Electromechanical Engineering Technology.Keywords— remote online learning, simulator, electronics, instrumentation, embedded project,programming, assessmentIntroductionCOVID-19 has shifted the education model by forcing classroom in-person classes to transitioninto the distance and online learning mode. Engineering and technology programs having acurriculum with a strong emphasis on hands-on labs are facing challenges [1,2,3]. To keeppreparing competent

Conference Session

Enhancing Teaching and Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kweku Brown P.E., The Citadel; Dimitra Michalaka P.E., The Citadel; Nandan Hara Shetty, The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

containedmatching, true/false and short numeric answer questions. See Figure 1 for sample Surveying Ipre-test/post-test questions.Figure 1: Sample pre/post test questions from Surveying ISurveying II – The Surveying II pre-test and post-test was worth 35 total points and comprisedmainly of multiple-choice and true/false questions on surveying II concepts. This test alsocontained surveying acronyms and short numeric answer questions. See Figure 2 for sampleSurveying II pre-test/post-test questions. The full pre-tests/post-tests for Surveying I andSurveying II are in Appendix A and Appendix B respectively.Figure 2: Sample pre/post test questions from Surveying IIData Collection SummaryOverall, during this research, a total of 1218 tests (pre and post) were

Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Rebecca Bates; Andrew Petersen

available. In practice, this means that feedback is provided moreslowly than desired, but team testing provides immediate feedback by exposing students to their ee de a d g f he a e a a d e g he ab c b e he g .By providing students with more timely feedback, team testing reinforces foundationalknowledge that the remainder of the course requires.In the next section, we describe the baseline team testing implementation. Section 3 provides thepedagogical theory supporting the idea, and Section 4 presents our experiences using variants onthe baseline team testing implementation in the classroom.2. IMPLEMENTING TEAM TESTING2.1 Giving the ExamThe exam format depends on the ultimate goal of the group exam

Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Bart Johnson; Ron Ulseth

Conden ed Co e ModelThe majority of classes at ICC are the traditional 16-week semester courses, while classes inICC e ee a (e ineering, math, chemistry, and physics courses) are currentlydelivered a ca e a a e 8-week block format with two eight week blocks persemester. Students generally take two engineering, math, or science classes per block whilecompleting one or two semester long general education courses. Each block class is scheduled 2 e da , 5 da a ee e b e c de a -contact days to allow for student work days or engineering program events. This schedulingformat has the following attributes: Focus on two engineering, math, or

Conference Session

Using Technology to Support Learning in Mechanics

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ning Fang, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

lectures in engineering dynamics. A radio-frequency wireless technologycalled Classroom Response System (CRS) [12] or Audience Response System [13] wasemployed. The CRS consists of transmitters (nicknamed clickers) and a base. A clicker oftenhas five buttons labeled as A, B, C, D, and E.During a lecture, each student pushes a button (A, B, C, D, or E) on their clicker to respond tomultiple-choice questions the instructor poses and displays on a projector screen in theclassroom. The collective response from all students is immediately displayed on the projectorscreen. The students and the instructor can see the number or percentage of students who chooseA, B, C, D, and E, respectively. The clickers provide immediate feedback and real

Conference Session

Computers in Education 9 - Technology 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mahgol Nowparvar, Pennsylvania State University ; Xing Chen, Pennsylvania State University ; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University ; Sabahattin Gokhan Ozden, Pennsylvania State University Abington; Ashkan Negahban, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixedreality (MR), use computerized environments and objects to simulate a “real” user experience[2]. There is a wide range of research on the effectiveness of immersive technologies ineducation. For example, several papers suggest immersive technologies to enhance specificlearning outcomes in engineering by enabling remote/online teaching and providing a flexibleand safe virtual environment [3]. Furthermore, immersive technologies can facilitate teachingand learning of design concepts (e.g., 3-dimensional design for a new product) while enhancingstudents’ interactions, creativity, and spatial skills [3].(a) Discipline breakdown for PBL. (b) Discipline breakdown for VR

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rebekah J. Hammack, Montana State University; Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State University; Juliana Utley, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

the information the DEAMS prompts asked for. The descriptor“Target” was chosen because responses at this level represent the level of understanding thatshould be a target for novice educators to reach. DEAMS-R is used to score the instrumentholistically, taking into account the image, speech bubbles, and written response. Work of an Engineer. An Unacceptable response for this criterion either (a) indicates amistaken conception of engineers (perhaps a mechanic or construction worker), (b) is vague orunable to be determined, or (c) includes work from a classroom rather than the work of anengineer. An Emerging response includes work that an engineer might engage in (e.g., design orimprove things) but there is no context or reference to a

Conference Session

Developing Teamwork, Student Attitudes, and Hardware Solutions for Laboratory Courses: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sergio Arturo Esteban, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Hector Damian Lopez Jr, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nolan Tsuchiya P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Patrick Mannion, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

r2 r2A second-degree, non-linear, non-homogeneous ODE is found as the governing equation. A θ¨ + B θ˙ + C sin(θ) = Ft (5)where the coefficients of the ODE in (5) are: r12 A = m1 + m2 r2 (6a) r2 B=b (6b) r1 C = m2 g − m1 g (6c

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Orla LoPiccolo M. Arch, PDip (CM), Architect, State University of New York, College of Technology at Farmingdale

students in our architectural program.Method:A two-pronged approach was used for this study. First, to survey students asking whythey chose our program, if they plan to become registered architects, if they would prefera professional architectural program, and to seek their views on potential improvementsto our Architectural Program. This qualitative data was obtained to establish if studentssupport changing our four-year Architectural Engineering Technology ABET accreditedprogram to a five-year B. Arch Program NAAB accredited program or if there was a needto keep the ABET program and add a NAAB program at the undergraduate and/or graduatelevel. This change or addition would enable students in the NAAB program to take theArchitecture Registration

Conference Session

Design Methodologies 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jin Woo Lee, California State University, Fullerton; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

reading the problem statement, she narrowed the problem and statedher goal of the design task as “simplify skiing/snowboarding to allow for more people to do it.”Faith focused on variations of skis and snowboards as potential solutions throughout her conceptgeneration as shown in Figure 2 as a result of reframing the problem. She considered solutionsthat involved a board with motorized wheels on the front and rear to allow the user to go uphill(Figure 3. a), a board with wheels only on the rear (Figure 3.b), a board with skis attached toboth sides (Figure 3.c). a. b. c.Figure 2. Potential concepts considered by a participant: (a) a board with electric motors andwheels on

Collection

2007 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Michele H. Miller; Kari L. Jordan

, pp. 563-569.[18] Mourtos, N. J. and B. J. Furman, "Assessing the effectiveness of an introductory engineering course for freshmen," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education, Boston, MA, 2002, pp. F3B-12-F13B-16.[19] Olds, B. M., M. J. Pavelich and F. R. Yeatts, "Teaching the Design Process to Freshmen and Sophomores," Journal of Engineering Education, July/August, 1990, pp. 554-559.[20] Pendergrass, N. A., R. E. Kowalczyk, J. P. Dowd, R. N. Laoulache, W. Nelles, J. A. Golen and E. Fowler, "Improving first-year engineering education," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999, pp. 13C12/16-13C211.[21] Dutson, A. J., R. H. Todd, S. P. Magleby and C. D. Sorensen, "A Review of Literature on Teaching

Conference Session

Computers in Education 6: Best of CoED

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luwen Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kayla M. Bicol; Karen E. Willcox, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

can be represented by vectors. A.3 Find the components of a vector by subtracting the coordinates of an initial point from the coordinates of a terminal point. Cluster: Perform operations on vectors. B.4.A Add vectors end-to-end, component-wise, and by the parallelogram rule. Un- derstand that the magnitude of a sum of two vectors is typically not the sum of the magnitudes B.4.A Given two vectors in magnitude and direction form, determine the magnitude and direction of their sum .. .The next step in creating the network model is to draw prerequisite relationships betweenMicro-Standards. Focusing on one grade band at a time, we review the Micro-Standards withinthe given grade band. We determine whether a given Micro-Standard is a

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 7 Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

provide examples of campus practices that we have collected from the RED projects.These examples can be revised and adapted to the attendees’ contexts.The workbook will include a full copy of the REDPAR Shared Vision Tip Sheet, which is also includedat the end of this paper. The workshop is organized around the Tip Sheet, which describes key themesthat came out of our research.Opening, Land Acknowledgement, & visioning exercise (5 minutes)What does shared vision look like and why is it useful for DEI change projects? (5 minutes) a. Briefly present research findings, how it is different from buy-in b. Share a sample shared vision documentWhom do change agents engage? (10 minutes) a. Activity on brainstorming potential

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Charles Minor, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Female [n (%)] Male [n (%)] Non-White [n (%)] White [n (%)]A (n=9) 2 (22.22%) 7 (77.78%) 3 (33.33%) 6 (66.67%)B (n=27) 9 (33.33%) 18 (66.67%) 8 (29.63%) 19 (70.37%)C (n=22) 7 (31.82%) 15 (68.18%) 11 (50%) 11 (50%)D (n=6) 1 (16.67%) 5 (83.33%) 3 (50%) 3 (50%)F (n=8) 1 (12.5%) 7 (87.5%) 3 (37.5%) 5 (62.5%)Total (n=72) 20 (27.78%) 52 (72.22%) 28 (38.89%) 44 (61.11%)Research Question 1: How does engineering math performance relate to students continuing atthe university and into an engineering major?Information related to

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ezequiel Gerardo Celario Sedano, York College of Pennsylvania; Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics

) Diagonal, (b) side and top views. Figure 1(a) illustrates two vertical slits on two vertical bars creating a visual planethrough which the pendulum line can be seen. The PPC then rotates along the axis of thesuspension point of the pendulum until it is aligned with the pendulum’s inertial plane. Thependulum and the compass are aligned when the suspension line only moves forwards andbackwards when looking through the vertical slits. This concept was 3D modeled in SolidWorks by the student and all parts, except themounting bar, were 3D printed. This bar was machined from an aluminum bar as 3D printingsuch a large part would be impractical. Figures 2(a) and 2(b) show the 3D model and the finishedassembly, respectively. The base plate

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Brandon Bakka, University of Texas at Austin; Henry Grady Rylander III P.E., The University of Texas at Austin; Mia K. Markey, University of Texas at Austin; Julia N Savoy, University of Wisconsin - Madison

requirements for hospitalaccess. For one, the three-month time frame between fall course registration and the start of thespring immersion period provides an incredibly narrow time frame for students to fulfil all theserequirements (A full list of these requirements can be found in Appendix II). For example, thecomplete Hepatitis B series requires vaccinations and antibody titer tests over multiple months, andstudents who were vaccinated in childhood may need to be fully immunized again. Anotherrequirement that can delay student certification is the drug screening process, which can be prone toerrors. However, we were most surprised by the unexpected challenge the health insurancerequirement was for some students. In our cohort of sixteen we had two

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2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Andrew Grossfield Ph. D, Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

union of the adjacent intervals.Let us consider the following examples: a) The function, y(x), defined implicitly in the upper-half plane by the equation: |x|+|y|=2 See Figure 10 below.In the first quadrant both x and y are positive and therefore the Right-Hand Limit at the origin ofthe function y = 2 – x is the value, 2. In the second quadrant, y is positive but |x| equals –x. TheLeft-Hand Limit at the origin of the function y = x + 2 is the value 2. Both one-sided limitsequal 2. If y(0) is defined to be 2, the point gap is filled in and the function will be continuouson the interval –2 < x < 2. This function has a cusp at x = 0 and is excluded for valuesof |x| > 2. b

Conference Session

Project-based and Experiential Learning in Civil Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kyle Kershaw P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Saint Louis University; J. Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Alec Colin Derks, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineering lab would be ideal to conduct such tests, the self-contained systemprovides an economical solution for smaller programs. Figure 1 (a) and (b) show the system inuse. (a) (b) Figure 1—Modular Strong-block Testing System setup for (a) a beam test and (b) a frame test. All junior-level civil engineering students at RHIT and SLU take an introductorygeotechnical course called Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, respectively. TheRHIT course takes place in the fall quarter and includes roughly 35 students each year. Thecourse meets 3 times per week over the course of ten weeks for 50 minutes each time. Thecourse at RHIT also includes a separate lab section that meets one