Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell

Developing Metacognitive Engineering Teams: Preliminary Results James Newell1, Kevin Dahm1, Roberta Harvey2, and Heidi Newell1 1 Department of Chemical Engineering and 2College of Communications Rowan University Glassboro, NJ 08028AbstractStudent awareness and understanding of their learning own skills, performance,preferences, and barriers is referred to as metacognition. This paper describes efforts toinstill metacognition in engineering students at Rowan University, through writing andteam-building exercises. This study examines teams of students doing open

Conference Session

Enhancing CE Learning Through Use of Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

, granular flow, computational mechanics, and plates and shells, and results of his research have been published in more than 150 peer-reviewed journal papers. At present, he has been awarded an NSF-CCLI research grant. Page 15.1094.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Story-Centred Learning in a Computer-Based EnvironmentAbstract - This paper reports on implementations of active learning strategies carried out for thecivil engineering courses. Specifically, the activities are performed by students in a computer-simulated environment, in which they are assigned a role and follow a mission. As a

Conference Session

CEED Technical Session II: Developing Research and Design Skills Through Experiential Learning

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Bowers, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Kate Fisher; Zachary Holman, Arizona State University; Mathew D. Evans, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

andwriting in multiple mediums and interacting around physical tools and artifacts23, 24, 25 in serviceof design goals.Thus, our model distinguishes communicating with others about your work, communicatingabout other’s work (such as offering), and reading the research literature. Engineers mustcommunicate about their own work and its value accurately, clearly, and succinctly to multipleaudiences26 . Not only must engineering apprentices learn to “speak like engineers” in the lab22,they must also learn to write like scientists outside of the lab, communicating discipline-specificideas to knowledgeable industry members, customers, community stakeholders, and engineersfrom a diverse range of disciplines, translating across a wide set of semiotic

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 9: Student Experiences in Laboratory Courses

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer R. Brown, Montana State University, Bozeman; Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University, Bozeman; Douglas J. Hacker, University of Utah

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

University Press, 2014, pp. 601-632.[3] P. Sageev and C. J. Romanowski, "A Message from Recent Engineering Graduates in the Workplace: Results of a Survey on Technical Communication Skills," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 685-693, 2001.[4] C. A. Hubka et al., "A Writing in the Disciplines Approach to Technical Report Writing in Chemical Engineering Laboratory Courses," presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, 2019. Available: https://peer.asee.org/32019[5] D. Miller and J. Williams, "Incorporating Peer Review Into The Che Laboratory," presented at the ASEE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2004. Available: https://peer.asee.org/13191[6] K. Wright and P. E. Slaboch

Conference Session

Tools and Strategies for Teaching Online Courses

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

primary motivation for writing this paper is that in 2020, because of the COVID-19, severalinstructors worldwide had to move their courses to online environments. My experience transitioningfrom teaching face-to-face to online learning environments two years before COVID-19 could help otherinstructors strengthen the skills and knowledge needed for succeeding in online teaching. Besides thetypical challenges related to being a subject matter expert and even a pedagogical expert tied toteaching any course, online teaching of large course environments offers additional challenges. Forexample, mentoring several undergraduate peer mentors (AKA undergraduate teaching assistants) anddeveloping strategies that engage students and retain students until

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Aaron T. Hill; Michael C. Campbell

requirement to write a memorandumThus, it is critical for engineering educators to improve the summarizing the results of each Design Review wasstagnant method of traditional teaching and learning. Small eliminated. This cooperative learning technique was usedmistakes in the engineering profession can lead to death or on six of seven homework assignments during the term andmillions of dollars in repair. on seven of nine homework assignments in their pre- For the fall 2018 semester, in the Design of Steel and requisite course. Student feedback was collected from bothWood Structures at the United States Military Academy at Likert Scale questions and open-ended questions. ThisWest Point, Civil

Conference Session

Recruiting and Retention

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Girouard, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Natalie Segal, University of Hartford; Dr. Sallie 'Lee' Townsend

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

-2005. She is currently Program Director for Mechanical Engineering Technology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture.Natalie Segal, University of Hartford Prior to her appointment as a full-time teacher of technical communications at S. I. Ward College of Technology at the University of Hartford, Assistant Professor NATALIE SEGAL worked for more than 20 years as a technical writer and taught technical writing part-time at Ward College for eight years. She holds her Bachelor's Degree in English Education from the University of Connecticut, a Master's Degree in English from Trinity College and a Master of Fine Arts in

Conference Session

Alternative Teaching Methods

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. O'Neil, Rochester Institute of Technology; Martin E. Gordon, Rochester Institute of Technology; Abigail Gordon, Clarence Central School District; Brian Scott Rice, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gary De Angelis, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

chunkin’ project. Students had to essentially repeat the marshmallow project,except in a larger team with a full-scale launcher that was capable of firing a five pound pumpkin100 yards.The concept of technical writing was frontloaded in Fundamentals of Engineering by scaffoldingthe content, as described below.  Project 1 required a one-page summary per team of three;  Students received a lecture on technical writing;  Project 2 required a full technical memo per team of six;  Students completed a peer-review process on their individual Project 3 reports; and  Project 3 required each individual to create a full technical memo.The final concepts frontloaded in Fundamentals of Engineering were the software programs taughtto

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Wronecki, East Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

methods contained within. Therefore, the main goal of this research paper is tosimply communicate the author’s approach towards teaching design. The results of thisexperimental research are by no means conclusive. Therefore, this paper neither substantiates norvalidates the systematic methods contained within. However, some measure of assessing student Page 12.1372.2performance when using the following methods can be ascertained by empirically peer reviewingexamples of student design projects at the paper’s presentation session.Design ProcessA seven stage design process organizes design projects and structures this paper. The stages inthe process

Conference Session

Design of Lab Experiments II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Russell, University of Hertfordshire

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

compares with only 69/297(~23%) that did not. The rest, 53/297 (~18%) indicated a neutral response.ConclusionLaboratory studies should be considered an integral component of any engineering curricula.They offer significant value in that they allow the students to gain both first hand and situatedknowledge of the subject domain. Two issues however are found to exist – both of which canbe countered by judicious use of technology.First the additional resource demands of laboratory studies and the attendant assessmentdemand can be offset using technology to help set, collect, mark and provide feedback.Second, the desire for students to disregard advice on how to write laboratory reports can becountered by using the learners as assessors. Peer

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; Barbra Steinhurst, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

lasting supportive cohort of peers among the Backstage Bucknell participants. 2) Students greatly valued activities such as academic preparedness sessions in mathematics and physics as well as time management workshops that were geared toward helping them develop useful and necessary skills for success in their first semester. Meaningful instruction in writing was difficult to execute in this compressed time frame. 3) Nearly all participants felt that the program was of an appropriate length to achieve the goals of the Backstage Bucknell and would recommend the program in this format to another student. Gains in the three focus areas of the program were possible

Conference Session

Capstone Courses in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose L. Fernandez-Solis, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

separate ranking isdone for the oral presentations. Grades are influenced by team rankings asdetermined by outside jurors. Students peer evaluate each other for performanceaccording to posted rubrics; student project grades are affected by the peerevaluation. This approach has been very successful in the past four years and thecurrent class of 23 attracted 1 landscape urban planning, 6 civil, 7 architecture,and 9 building construction students, resulting in a truly interdisciplinary classand team composition.The goal of this paper is to showcase the framework, structure, and logic forintegrating the two courses and compares the results in terms of grades andquality of the responses from the faculty and the jurors. All classes were asked tokeep

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Brackin; Julia Williams

build consensus.Course activities are structured to help students acquire these skills. Activities include teambuilding, project management, team management and defining rubrics for evaluating team skills.Assessment of student performance includes peer evaluation, student self-assessment, andportfolio assessment.INTRODUCTIONStudents in ME 460, Machine Design, a senior level, required course have been working inteams on industrial sponsored projects for the past 10 years at Rose-Hulman Institute ofTechnology. Team projects are an integral part of students’ education. Mechanical Engineeringstudents begin working on teams during their freshmen year and are required to do so until theygraduate. During the 1997-98 academic year, Rose-Hulman

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

George Tremberger; Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Rex Taibu; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

setting, Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUan attempt to improve retention was implemented with the hypothesis that learning motivationnot properly developed in high school years could be triggered by requiring students to learnabout the relationships between science, technology and society and that the knowledge learnedis measurable in terms of student deliverables. A 2016 report found that peer excellence couldbe a risk factor for discouragement and quitting, and a professor promoting learning motivationwould need to be prepared to alleviate the presence of peer excellence pressure in the classroom6 .II. Technology and PhysicsProgress in physics requires the material advancement in lab equipment such

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Pamela Petrease Felder, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Shawnisha Hester LGSW, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Denise Nicole Williams, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amanda Lo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erika T. Aparaka, University of Maryland College Park; Patricia Ordonez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Academic faculty members in your department on research/programmatic experiences projects that align you’re your research/career interests. They should participate in professional activities that are common for people who have completed their doctorate. - For example, do some peer reviewing, give conference talks, contribute chapters to books, demos, write or assist your advisor in writing grant proposals; take charge in planning a seminar, meeting, workshop within the department or outside; teach some classes in a course.3) Access to Mentors Some graduate

Conference Session

Innovative & Computer-Assisted Lab Study

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hur Koser; Dennis Freeman; Alexander Aranyosi; Aleem Siddiqui

drafts were used to give the studentsfeedback about both the technical and writing content to allow them to improve the final version.These drafts were circulated among the course staff and writing instructors. Students were alsorequired to peer-review another group's report. To ensure that these peer reviews were valuable,the reviews were themselves examined and counted toward the final grade. Both sets of reviews Page 9.64.9 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationwere returned to the students

Conference Session

Pedagogical Approaches for Software Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton L. Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

, characteristics of and techniques topromote effective groups, and activity design tips. Gonzalez9 reported on CS1 sections whereeach session was roughly 1/3 discussion, 1/3 lecture, and 1/3 ACL, and students did significantlybetter in CS2 than peers from traditional sections. Beck and Chizhik3 reported a CS1 coursewhere students spent roughly half of class on ACL exercises, and did significantly better thanpeers in a traditional section; that effect was found for a variety of majors and both genders. Page 25.1069.2Sowell and colleagues20,21 described experiences with active learning in three courses, includingsample exercises, lessons learned, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #25992Board 57: Identifying and Disseminating Transformative Professional Devel-opment of STEM Undergraduates Who Perform Outreach: Progress in Year1Mr. Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Michael Alley is an associate professor of teaching in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Craft of Scientific Writing (Springer, 2018) and The Craft of Scientific Presentations (Springer-Verlag, 2013). He is also founder of the popular websites Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science (www.craftofscientificwriting.com) and the Assertion-Evidence

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Alford

are peer-managed, and like theirreal world counterparts some projects are better managed than others. And like industry projects,resources are also constrained.The focus of the first lessons in CS407A is to understand system requirements. By the end of thethird week of the semester, instructors have covered the theory of information gathering andsystems analysis and have paired student teams with their clients so that they can immediatelyapply their newly acquired knowledge to their recently assigned research project. Instructorscheck their progress in an informal review, and then let students finish writing their requirementsspecification.Soon after being assigned to a project team, each student team is asked to identify severaltechnologies

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Blake Bath

because of a well-known or well-liked client. Summer jobsdevelop out of some projects. Teams which enjoy working together can have a synergetic effecton the output.Schedule: On the first day, students meet in the morning to hear the ground rules, survey thevarious projects, to form teams and choose the project on which they want to work. In theafternoon, students meet with their client and begin work on their projects. They write apreliminary description of the problem to be solved. On the second morning, all students meetagain to present their preliminary requirements to the entire class. The class offers suggestionsand comments. Each team meets with the instructor to review the scope of their problem. Thenthe work begins. In general, teams work

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Pendse; Everett L. Johnson

, we will report on different methods used to teach Digital Design to a typical freshmanstudent. The design team concept, which is emphasized throughout the semester, will bepresented in this paper. Different innovative ideas used in this class include, use of design teams,peer design team conferences, cost evaluation, and industry interfacing. All of these ideas will bepresented in this paper. Comments from students suggest that they find this course to be fun andchallenging. What makes this course fun and challenging? How is the design team conceptworking? Some possible answers to these questions are also presented.IntroductionAn informal poll of Engineering educators indicates that it is a great idea to teach designtechniques as early as

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

using Apple i-pad Pros toefficiently write feedback on student work using the Apple pencil. Giving feedback to studentsquickly is one of the primary roles of both faculty and facilitators in this program.Active, integrated learning includes a range of activities from field trips, conference presentations,peer to peer teaching, workshops and trainings in the fabrication lab and electronics lab, STEMoutreach events, as well as workshops on professional expectations. Online gamificationresources such as Kahoot [14], Quizlet [15], and Plickers [16] are regularly used. In Design,students email and meet with clients, vendors, and subject matter experts. Teams travel toindustry client locations in a program-provided vehicle.Written reflections

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bahr, Washington State University

in with presentations from faculty around campus on their research activities) 2. Discussions of intellectual property, scientific integrity and ethics in research 3. Understanding the difference between popular, textbook, and peer reviewed literature 4. Selection of information sources and use of library resources 5. Making and presenting posters for research symposia 6. Improving technical writing skills 7. Improving laboratory notebook techniques 8. Developing time management skills 9. Long term career options for research, including how federal and state funding options impact research activities In the interests of providing a snapshot of the activities carried out it is instructive

Conference Session

Design in Freshman and Sophomore Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Masten, McMaster University; Robert Fleisig, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. Table 1. Comparison of course assessments. 2005-06, 2006-2007 2007-2008 Academic Academic Years Year Number of Weighting Number of Weighting Assignments (%) Assignments (%) Technical Writing Essays 2 20 2 20 Excel Spreadsheet 1 10 - - Readiness Assessment Test 15 10 12 10 (in-class quizzes) Design Projects 2 40 1 20 Tutorial participation

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kurt McMullin; Thalia Anagnos; Jan Hustler; Nancy Thomas

informal interactions allowed the IHE participants to discuss educational issues face-to-face, mentor individual educators, and observe successful pedagogical models.  One IHE faculty member worked one-on-one with several teachers in drafting funding proposals to collect resources for the K-8 classroom. Teachers had limited prior experience on writing successful funding proposals and working with the engineering faculty members they were given support to define need and craft a successful proposal for sponsoring agencies.  Engineering faculty partners were also involved with the overall project management, the evaluation of assessed data, the presentation of findings at various conferences, and the

Conference Session

Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna G Burchfield, University of South Florida; April A. Kedrowicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

calls withinengineering for civic engagement, diversity, equity, inclusion, and social and environmentaljustice.IntroductionAn engineering instructor recently told us, “For those of us who were trained as engineers in the1980's and have taught the past 20 years, there's a bit of a Pavlovian response thatcommunication means writing.” Indeed, “communication = writing” is a widely accepted proofamong engineering instructors and is confidently echoed by engineering students when asked,“What is communication?” Those with broader perspectives include “and presenting” to theequation, but even some of the most experienced and open-minded engineers and engineeringprofessors we have met stop there. Engineering students, becoming competitive in

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gross; Keyoni McNair

are important to identity, interests are part of identity formation, too. Byconsidering CS students’ interests in a broad range of activities, we can help potential students seethat students in CS share some interests with them, even if they struggle to find peers and mentorswho represent their race, gender, disability status, or other factors relevant to them. Exploring thiswill allow us to show diversity of interests, one of the few areas in which CS is diverse.Engineering is defined by the students who become engineers, and by the people who educate thosestudents. The question of “What is engineering?” cannot be answered without also answering“Who are engineers?” Our hope is that we can improve the discipline by providing a more

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Korine Steinke Wawrzynski, Michigann State University; Rachel Mangiavellano, Michigan State University; Evan McCune, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

seminars covering topics in interdisciplinary Engineering research;(2) bi-weekly workshops on the graduate school application process; (3) writing assignments tohelp students clarify their interests and begin developing application materials for graduateschool; (4) individual and small-group outreach activities to encourage broader participation inSTEM (science, technology, engineering and math); (5) interdisciplinary networking events withundergraduates, graduate students, and faculty from across campus; and (6) presentation of theirresearch at a university wide research forum. These professional development activities wereimplemented as part of a 10-week summer research program for undergraduates sponsored bythe College of Engineering at

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Jason Babcock, Whatcom Community College; Tommaso Alessandro Vannelli, Whatcom Community College; Dan Hanley, Western Washington University; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

(15.2%) compared to enrollment patterns in the general student population (21.7%). Disparitiesin enrollment are partnered with inequitable rates of course completion, with historicallyunderserved students completing 71% of these courses with a grade of C or better, compared toan 82% course success rate for their peers. These demographics mirror national demographictrends that indicate student access to degree and career opportunities in STEM offered by twoyear colleges disproportionately favors students who identify with hegemonic norms in STEM[2],[3]. The SEECRS project represents one institutions attempts at designing programming todismantle structures that reproduce these disparities.Beginning in 2018, Whatcom Community College started

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Laura J. Dietz, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

integrated extensive oral andwritten communication practice, including writing, presenting, interviewing and networking withprofessionals, along with traditional engineering design skills. In addition, classroom lectureswere supplemented with a combination of on-site industry tours, guest lecturers, peer review oforal presentations, and a team design project from an actual consulting firm project. Studentsatisfaction measures on the various classroom activities as well as industry professional andfaculty measures on end of term student communication skills are presented.MethodsA senior level, undergraduate, civil engineering/technology elective on water and wastewaterengineering was designed to integrate oral and written communication skills