Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sherriff, University of Virginia; Mark Floryan, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

unfamiliarwith fantasy role-playing games.Much like GamerCard, the gamification in these classes included both quests and experiencepoints, but narrative was also a major factor for Toth and Kayler’s system. The need for anengaging narrative is grounded in the level of immersion needed to keep the role-playingmeaningful. Since GamerCard does not focus on role-playing, the quests are not ascontextualized. One might argue that such narrative is effective, but would make a system moredifficult to incorporate into a variety of courses, as extraneous effort would be demanded of theinstructor to come up with activities relevant to the existing syllabus.2.3 Gamification of Game DesignOther universities are trying out similar gamification strategies. O’Donovan

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming; Jeffrey Anderson, University of Wyoming; Jerry Hamann, University of Wyoming; Robert Kubichek, University of Wyoming; Suresh Muknahallipatna, University of Wyoming; John Pierre, University of Wyoming; David Whitman, University of Wyoming; Cameron Wright, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

microcontrol concepts and programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Both microcontrollers and PLCsare used throughout industry to control machinery and processes.To develop a course syllabus, the course director investigated a number of textbooks on thesetwo topics and selected two of them: one based on the Atmel microcontroller and the other PLCs. Page 14.528.17≠ Fundamentals of Programmable Logic Controllers, Sensors, and Communications, J. Stenerson, 3rd edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004.≠ Atmel AVR Primer: Programming and Interfacing, S.F. Barrett and D. J. Pack, Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2008.A course syllabus and outline was

Conference Session

EMD Curriculum Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart Kellogg, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

-time review and supplemental instructional support, theindustrial engineering department embarked on a long term project to provide online self-correcting modules in the areas of finance, entrepreneurship, economic valuation, andmanagement science tools. This paper discusses a strategy for designing web-based tutorialsthat can help provide an element of scaffolding necessary for a developmental approach whilesimultaneously addressing alternative learning styles. Tutorial examples along with preliminaryassessment results are provided.IntroductionCalls for greater accountability in higher education are more strident than ever. Although statedin a variety of formats, these calls may almost always be couched within two distinct butoverlapping

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dawson, Northern Arizona University; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

areavailable at no cost online. Understanding the IM selection practices of STEM college instructorswould assist librarians in selecting more relevant materials for student use, aid publishers andproducers of OER in the development of new textbooks and other materials, and lead toimprovements in curated online collections of OER and other IM. However, these practices arenot well documented in the literature [4], [5], [6].Our research questions are: ● What criteria do STEM college instructors use when choosing instructional materials for students in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical science (STEM) courses? ● Where do instructors get information/suggestions for instructional materials?Literature ReviewRecent

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University; Muge Mukaddes Darwish, Texas Tech University; Tewodros Ghebrab, Texas Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

structure of the survey, the third was to develop an online survey, and finally the forth was toperform a pilot study before the final dissemination of the survey. The sample population for thisresearch study was the members of TEXO construction association. Based on the assessment of the results, the major applications of BIM technology wereidentified in two areas. The first major area was clash detection and coordination while the nextwas scheduling and 4D visualization. Quality control and quantification/estimation were rankedthird and fourth. Consequently these areas of BIM applications are proposed to form thebackbone of a new tentative syllabus for BIM education for construction students. This is mainlydue to meeting the existing BIM needs

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Meredith Aronson; Reid Bailey

areas of comparable weakness. This group,however, dominated by a number of adjunct faculty whose job security was directly tied to theirdesign course, did not come to a consensus about an integrated design program. But the seedswere sown with key players who were to influence later steps towards integration.In 2003, a single faculty member was both teaching the mechanical engineering course and themultidisciplinary course, taking steps to optimize the strengths from each program and create ashared Mechanical/multidisciplinary syllabus. This faculty then became an advocate for a sharedsyllabus. During this year, meetings occurred between faculty involved in Electrical andComputer Engineering and the multidisciplinary team to discuss a shared

Collection

2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

Authors

Gang Liu, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford

textbook, we introduced manyseminars on various topics dealing with different “subjects”. By assigning free-of-charge events,online reading, classroom exercises, and outside activities to assist students in transitioning touniversity-level work and campus culture, the course provides a dynamic atmosphere to build afirst-year class community easy to engage. The overall goal of the First-Year Transition Seminaris to encourage the students to be involved in all available college events and provide students witha solid and rewarding foundation for academic and personal success.KeywordsFirst-year experience, open educational resources, student engagementBackgroundModern universities are designed to foster the students to become competent professionals

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Vijaya Gopu; Ayman Okeil; Roger Seals

course during any given semester, Finally, the content of the modules was rated good-verycooperation of the course instructor was needed. That good on average, which is acceptable but leaves room forcooperation entailed providing two class periods and time improvement. The authors are continuously improving thein another class for the briefing cited above. In addition, content of the modules as well as the quality of the deliveryprovision for the inclusion of a description of the planned of the modules to ensure better student engagement andeducational experience in the course syllabus as well as achievement level of learning outcomes.course credit for the experience extra credit or somepercent of the course

Collection

2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Suguang Xiao, Clarkson University; Robert J Schneider, Clarkson University; Erik Backus, Clarkson University

foundations, retaining structures, and slope stability. Bearing capacity theory and settlements. Interpretation of soil boring logs as related to geotechnical engineering design. (3 credits of design) [9] Figure 1. Location of the riverbank failure (a) (b) (c) Figure 2. Site inspection of the riverbank failure: (a) failure in 2016 (from the house- owner); (b) failure in 2019; and (c) cracks on the floorThe curriculum of the course was already fast paced, during the release of the syllabus, slope stabilityoutcomes were difficult to schedule. Instead, with the problem at hand, students were

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 2: Enhancing Energy-Related Education with Student Design Projects

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leon Liebenberg, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Taylor Tucker, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

requisite components of self-efficacy, reflection, and critical thinking.Effective support must also address the challenge of balancing theoretical understanding andrelevant, authentic practical application.Mini-projectsPer mini-project structure, course material is divided into “bite-size” chunks, with each chunkrepresenting a core aspect of the syllabus. These chunks are then crafted into a series of mini-projects, usually between four and eight, that are offered as team-based or solo assignments. It isimportant to note that a series of mini-projects is not simply a collection of discrete learningunits, but rather a scaffolded learning platform that is flexible enough to accommodate theindividual needs and desires of students. The use of such a

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Charles R. Sullivan; Mark J. Franklin

. The course is designed to be accessible to students withexpertise in different engineering disciplines. The learning objectives we chose are listed inTable 1, and the syllabus is outlined in Table 2. Technical issues in efficient systems for energyutilization are analyzed across major uses, with in-depth technical analysis of critical factors 5determining possible, practical, and economical Table 1. Course Learning Objectivesefficiency improvements in both present technology Students, upon completing this course, areand potential future developments. Areas addressed expected to be able to

Collection

2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Matthew Levi Giles, University of Southern California; Bo Jin, University of Southern California; Paul Ronney, University of Southern California; Joy Uehara, University of Southern California

parts with large, clear features to enhance tactilediscernability.This initiative underscores the broader imperative of inclusivity in STEM education,demonstrating that with innovative approaches, technical courses can become accessible to amore diverse student population. The success of this adapted curriculum not only enhanceseducational opportunities for visually impaired students, but also sets a precedent for rethinkingand redesigning academic programs to embrace a wider spectrum of learning needs and abilities.References[1] L. McAllister, “NX Voluntary Product Accessibility,” Siemens PLM Software, August 2009[Revised July 2019]. [Online]. Available: www.plm.automation.siemens.com. [Accessed: Jan 13,2024].[2] OpenSCAD, “About OpenSCAD

Conference Session

LGBTQ+ Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

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

Authors

David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Genny Beemyn, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tagged Topics

Diversity, LGBTQ+

collaboration between UMass Amherst and Southern Illinois University Carbondale [8] and both universities offered the course as a one-credit seminar in the Spring of 2016. The UMass course was listed in the online course registration catalog in mid-January 2016 and enrollment reached the capacity limit of 25 students within three weeks, indicating that there is strong student interest in the course. The course ran for 10 weeks, from the second week of February until the end of April

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven R Walk, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

assignments. The information was provided in the course syllabus also.To be effective, the assignments required some weight (providing some external motivationto improve) but not too much weight (limiting internal grade anxiety or evaluationapprehension in the creative writing process). The average low stakes writing score wasweighed only 10% of the course grade, as shown in Table 1. Students reported that 10% wasa fair and preferred weight (see student survey responses below).Table 1. Course Grade Components and Weights Component Weight (%) Laboratory Preparation or Data Gathering Role 30 Formal and Informal Lab Reports 50

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Hyun Hannah Choi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mattox Alan Beckman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lucas Anderson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

thefeedback from the faculty member and GTA supervisor with our current course syllabus shown inAppendix A, we found that the combination of pedagogical and leadership topics aligns well withtheir needs.The second part of the interview is targeted to evaluate the effectiveness of the GTA training pro-gram. With a list of past participants in the course, we asked the interviewees to identify the GTAsthey worked with and rate each one’s job performance using a scale of 1 to 5 (poor, below aver-age, average, good, excellent). The faculty member had worked with nine GTAs on the list: fourGTAs received a rating of excellent, three GTAs received a rating of good, and two GTAs receiveda rating of average. The faculty member elaborated that those rated as

Conference Session

Research! Research! Research! in Faculty Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ariana C. Vasquez, Colorado School of Mines; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines; Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

extensive background in science education includes experiences as both a middle school and high school science teacher, teaching science at elementary through graduate level, developing formative as- sessment instruments, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in science and science education, working with high-risk youth in alternative education centers, working in science museums, designing and facilitating online courses, multimedia curriculum development, and leading and researching profes- sional learning for educators. The Association for the Education of Teachers of Science (AETS) honored Dr. Spiegel for his efforts in teacher education with the Innovation in Teaching Science Teachers award (1997). Dr

Conference Session

Technical Session 1: Collaborating with Engineering Students and Faculty

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pauline Melgoza, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

andrequirements of the professional paper. Professional Project: This project will help develop your research and professional writing skills; it helps form knowledge of mechanical power transmission and develops your team building skills. Your project is based upon a system or component in the MPT marketplace. Your team will submit multiple progress reports with the final deliverable as stated on the syllabus; no late reports will be accepted. Topics will be determined by the team’s own interests but will remain within the scope of the course and a final topic must be approved by the professor. Teams will be assigned by lottery the 2nd week. See the Professional Project Guidelines for more details9

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mustafa Sanver; Li Yang; Eric Gillispie

Page 8.10.1productivity of students by bringing multiple sources of information to the student through the Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationInternet. Lastly, students can directly control the pace at which they learn.These features of technology-based learning make the design of course content veryimportant. In the design of online web-based course content, a powerful way of conveyingknowledge to students is through visualization. In the design of courseware with visualizationthe process of developing effective, well-focused visualization paradigms is very important.First of all, courseware

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Mechatronics & Simulation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lan He, Beihang University; Jingjun Yu, Beihang University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Manufacturing Technology. They aim to cultivate students’ ability ofengineering application to meet the demands of domestic manufacture industry. Moreover,with the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) sprung up rapidly in China, a teaching teamin Tianjin University reconstructed the engineering graphics course by forming a completeknowledge hierarchy, carrying out the flipped classroom teaching with a student-centeredapproach, and adopting multi-dimensional assessment method [7].There are many other instances of these educational reforms in undergraduate engineeringeducation. However, most of them are implemented into a single course, which meansstudents are supposed to complete the transition from theory to practice in a very short periodof time, usually

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JoDell Steuver, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

library and the appointed classroom time. Thebookstore stocks the ninth edition of the class text, because the eighth edition the instructor hadplanned to use is not available in the needed quantity. The heating and cooling system does notmesh with outside temperatures and students’ attire.Fearing the looming entropic system the instructor hands out the syllabus and promises to makerevisions online. Projects and attendance expectations are outlined. A team poker activityintroduces students to the concept of synergy. “Who am I”, an exercise intended to revealrelevant background factors, follows. By the time the exercise reaches the seats of two twenty-one-year olds in the back row, disorder again rules. They convulse with laughter as they listen

Conference Session

Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

YiXiang Shawn Sun, National Taiwan University; Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia; Jongmin Lee, University of Science and Technology; Sean Michael Ferguson, CSUCI

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

) is the lead author and primary data collector and teaching coordinator. SeanFerguson (California State University Channel Islands, CSUCI) has worked with all threemembers of the team in various capacities. As the syllabus suggests, this course aims to“promote engineering humanities education across borders” for the engineering studentsacross the two universities. During the course period, for the purpose of fostering adialogue-based classroom, each NYCU student will be paired with a UST partner to conductinterviews, homework assignments and a collaborative research project. Four teachingformats were used to facilitate the course progress:1. Synchronous Lectures: Synchronous GC was hosted by two instructors from NYCU and UST

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention & Advising

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Whalen; Susan Freeman; Beverly Jaeger; Bala Maheswaran

the course. At thebiweekly meetings, team members report on their progress, pitfalls, and successes. This leads toa better understanding of what works and what doesn’t. The use of other team members as asounding board for possible exercises or course changes gives an instructor the confidencenecessary to implement more radical ideas for the first time in front of the class. This is nottraditionally how it was done in the past. An instructor typically had a course description, textbook, and a previous syllabus that could be used to develop a course for the first time. This isneither fair to the instructor put into this situation nor to the students who are expecting thehighest quality of instruction. Freshman

Collection

2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

Authors

Susan Mitchell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Katharine Cole, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Anupam Joshi, UMBC

ofintegrating it into our planned computing minor. We have not made the decision whether to keepit as a special section of Computer Science I or to convert it to its own course. An advantage tokeeping it as a special section is that students may use it as part of a computer science major ifthey choose to change to computer science or pursue a computer science minor. A disadvantageis that the course would remain closely tied to the majors sections’ common syllabus andprogramming language.Students in our first offering of Continued Computing for Non-Computer Science Majors, aspecial topics version of the second course in our planned computing minor, also expresssatisfaction. Additionally, they report applying the skills that they learn to other courses

Conference Session

Moral Development and Ethics Assessment in Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Charles J. Robinson, Clarkson University; Loretta Driskel, Clarkson University; Erin Blauvelt, Clarkson University; Laura Perry, Clarkson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

the future. Heeter20 reported on a 2009 study where MichiganState University instructors and students completed surveys about their technological and peda-gogical expectations for a high quality, in person course in their discipline. In her summarystatement, she concluded: Students were much more likely than were instructors to expect their in-person class instructors to provide an online gradebook, online syllabus, and online weekly announcements. Students were more likely to want interactive online problem sets. Students were considerably less enthusiastic about class discussion and group work in the classroom than were instructors; students were more amenable to online discussion than they were to live classroom discussion

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Frank, Queen's University; David S. Strong, Queen's University; Rick Sellens, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, creativity and idea generation, decision makingincorporating technical, economic, societal, and environmental factors, safety, engineering codesand regulations, and engineering ethics. In that first six weeks stude nt groups complete a simpledesign/build project to provide a focus for tools they are learning. The final 6 weeks of thecourse centers around a more advanced design project delivered by each discipline. This courseis integrated with the communications course, and coordinated by the same instructor. Thecommunication course will include a small number of lectures, online modules, and workingtutorials supporting deliverables in the design course. This ensures the communicationsexpectations occur in an engineering context.EDP I Detailed

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 18: Student Learning and Problem Solving

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Assad Iqbal, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

students’ MKT and engagement in SRA). We willgather evidence from variety of sources like self-reports (e.g., interview), students’ thinking (i.e.,Think aloud protocol or TAP) while solving problems, observations of classroom environmentwhen class is in session, and documents/artifacts such as course syllabus, problem descriptionsand solutions.To answer the research questions, we will analyze the transcripts from the interviews and thinkaloud protocols using constant comparative analysis (CCA) methods [46], [47]. An approach foranalyzing qualitative datasets through coding, CCA was initially developed in conjunction withwell-known grounded theory methods [48], [49]. CCA was developed to provide systematicstrategies for iteratively comparing

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mandy Korpusik, Loyola Marymount University; Jordan Freitas, Loyola Marymount University; John David Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University

rotations, and so all students had a turn with eachvariation. First, the policy was implemented as a course-wide, syllabus-level policy—it was doneindependent of the research that was taking place. Students were then asked to opt in to whethertheir submission behavior may be included in this study. Late policy groupings were made so thatevery policy was represented in every lab assignment. The variations were as follows: • No policy—Lab will be accepted for credit after the deadline. • Early incentive—One extra credit point for each day early lab is submitted, up to 3 days. Lab will be accepted for credit after the deadline. • Late penalty—Lab will be accepted for partial credit after the deadline up to 3 days late. Late

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Torvi

University of Saskatchewan, the content will onlybe briefly described in this paper. The following overall objectives are communicated to thestudents in the course syllabus: “In general, students will learn the basics of fire science, including important theory from heat transfer, fluid mechanics, themodynamics and other fields. Students will learn how to use simple fire models to design fire protection systems for buildings, such as sprinklers, detectors and building construction features. They will also learn about the main fire test methods in use today, and how to analyze data from these tests.”The specific topics covered in the course are shown in Table 1. These topics have been chosen inorder to provide the

Conference Session

Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leena N. Lalwani, University of Michigan; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan; Jamie M. Niehof, University of Michigan; Craig E. Smith, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

Responses Percent THE ETEXTBOOK? Announcement from instructor 152 73.3 Course syllabus 110 53.4 Fellow students 36 17.5 Searched in library catalog 33 16 Library webpage 10 4.9Of the students who were aware of the free eTextbook, nearly three-quarters heard about theavailability through announcements from their instructors, and roughly half saw the informationabout the textbook on their course syllabi.One impetus for this survey was to determine the usefulness of the

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Fitzpatrick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

ChangesIn addition to difficulty with unit conversions and general problem solving, Professor A noticedmany student-behavior changes post-pandemic. Students in Professor A’s Fall 2020 class hadexperienced less than one semester of online classes while students in their Fall 2022 class couldhave had several semesters of experience with virtual instruction. Professor A attributed thisincreased experience with virtual instruction with student habits, such as choosing not to turn inassignments, skipping class, and deliberately not showing up to exams. Professor A noted thattheir class syllabus is well-defined, yet they have noticed an increase in students’ failure to fulfillclass requirements. Beyond trends of decreasing attendance and student