Conference Session

Diverse Pathways: Exploring Inclusive Practices and Outreach in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aref Majdara, Washington State University, Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

, Vancouver Dr. Dave Kim is Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. His teaching and research have been in the areas of engineering materials, fracture mechanics, and manufacturing processes. In particular, he has been very active in pedagogical research in the area of writing pedagogy in engineering laboratory courses. Dr. Kim and his collaborators attracted close to $1M in research grants to study writing transfer of engineering undergraduates. For technical research, he has a long-standing involvement in research concerned with the manufacturing of advanced composite materials (CFRP/titanium stack, GFRP

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

project [14], we employed a longitudinal mixed methods study design toidentify the most common and severe stressors experienced by a cohort of students at oneinstitution. Drawing from the results of Year 1 of study and a review of the literature on graduatestudent stressors, we developed in Year 2 the Stressors for Doctoral Students Questionnaire forEngineering (SDSQ-E) and administered it twice, in fall 2022 [15] and in spring 2023. TheSDSQ-E measures the severity and frequency of stressors including advisor-related stressors,class-taking stressors, research or laboratory stressors, campus life and financial stressors, andidentity-related or microaggression-related stressors. In this update to the final year of ourproject, we will present a high

Conference Session

Use of Technology in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Kristine R. Csavina, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Work It Baby, Work It! Reworking the Worksheet in CamtasiaAbstractFaculty teaching Engineering Mechanics at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) continuouslyseek means to improve student learning and respond to student feedback in this integratedlecture-lab course. Worksheets are available through the online Course Management System(CMS) for students to print, and each lesson has a worksheet with typically two or threeproblems to solve during class. The instructors encourage students to work at white boards thatsurround the perimeter of the room (which includes rolling white boards to accommodate allstudents). Board work not only allows the instructors to see the work as they walk

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Program Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ford, Western Carolina University; Aaron K. Ball, Western Carolina University

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Engineering Technology

an example, North Carolina funds sixteen universitycampuses based upon a student contact hour model 2. North Carolina uses four category levels offunding instructional positions: Category I 708.64 SCH Category II 535.74 SCH Category III 406.25 SCH Category IV 232.25 SCHThe Category IV level includes higher priority programs such as engineering and nursing. Thelowest category includes English, social sciences, mathematics, and philosophy. For instance, aprofessor teaching multiple sections of a three credit hour English 101course needs 708.65divided by 3 which equals about 236 students total, or about 59 students per class if four classesare

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2011-217: UNCERTAINTY ABOUT UNCERTAINTY: WHAT CONSTI-TUTES ”KNOWLEDGE OF PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS APPRO-PRIATE TO THE PROGRAM NAME AND OBJECTIVES” IN OUR PRO-GRAM ACCREDITATION CRITERIAJeffrey A. Jalkio, University of Saint Thomas Jeff Jalkio received his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and worked for thirteen years in industry in the fields of optical sensor design and process control. In 1984, he co- founded CyberOptics Corporation, where he led engineering efforts as Vice President of Research. In 1997 he returned to academia, joining the engineering faculty of the University of St. Thomas where he teaches courses in digital electronics, computing, electromagnetic fields, controls

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James C. O'Brien, Villanova University; Rebecca A Stein, University of Pennsylvania; Garrett M. Clayton, Villanova University; Aaron P. Wemhoff, Villanova University; C. Nataraj, Villanova University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2011-1632: EXCHANGE SEA PERCH/MATE SCIENCE LEARNINGMODULESProf. James C. O’Brien, Villanova University Professor Jim O’Brien is a tenured Faculty member in the College of Engineering of Villanova Univer- sity. At Villanova he has won numerous awards for teaching including the Lindback Award, the Farrell Award, and the Engineering Teacher of the Year Award. He has served as the Director of the Computer Aided Engineering Center, Director of Villanova PRIME Program (engineering community outreach), and Chairman of many department and college committees. His areas of specialization are in Hydraulics and Hydrology, Water Resources Management, Engineering Education, and Service Learning.Rebecca A Stein, University of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

John G. Nee

based on assessment information Demonstrated cost-effectiveness Specific process for evaluating assessment plan Page 4.99.2IV. Summary of Key ComponentsA plan should:• define your more general goals and more specific objectives for student learning and academic achievement for each of your EDG related programs in terms that allow for assessment;• state explicitly how your EDG program goals and objectives articulate with the Academic Mission Statement for your university;• discuss the links between your EDG goals and objectives for student learning and achievement, your curriculum, your teaching approaches, and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William Swart

leave academia for private sector jobs, and several of my fellow deans at otherinstitutions have had similar experiences. Furthermore, the bottom line of the faculty rewardsystem at many universities is research and teaching. Getting effective faculty participation inservice activities, including committee work, requires more than assigning them to a committeeand expecting results. To get effective faculty participation in service activities, they must bemotivated very much like volunteers. They must know and believe in the organization’s missionand be challenged by the task to be accomplished. Thus, as Peter Drucker2 points out, themanagement of people, faculty in this case, is increasingly a marketing job. And, in marketingone does not begin

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Raffaello D'Andrea

and Industrial Engineering, and Computer Science.I. IntroductionAs engineering systems become more and more complex, there is an increasing need fromindustry for engineers who not only have expertise in a particular engineering discipline, but whoalso possess diverse interdisciplinary skills, can integrate system components, can ensure totalsystem operability, and can understand the various economic forces in the marketplace. Thisskill set and process is often referred to as Systems Engineering (SE).In order to effectively teach SE principles to students, a project course that embodies many of thekey elements of SE, is being developed. The project entails the construction of fullyautonomous, fast moving robots which will work together as

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Orthlieb

research, problem definition, specification setting, projectplanning and evaluation phases of a project-based design course and analogous stages ofinformation gathering, program description, goal and outcomes identification, performancemeasurement and evaluation that comprise an engineering program assessment task. NCIIA-designated level I, II and III projects are covered, including both embedded laboratory modulesand full semester efforts. Students not only benefit from interdisciplinary interaction amongand outside of engineering fields, but also get to specify, acquire, use and evaluate componentsand equipment items not commonly found in many undergraduate labs, particularly at smallerinstitutions. In developing their own project plans, reports

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Dendy, Jr. Sloan; Anthony E. Vigil; Ronald Miller

in a combined lecture, discussion, and computer laboratory setting. In thecourse, we try to blend traditional topics in conceptual and detailed process development,optimization, and engineering economics with more applied topics including de-bottlenecking ofexisting processes, using heuristics and engineering judgment to validate process simulatorresults, and process troubleshooting. Short exercises, process case studies, and open-endedprojects for external clients are all utilized to provide students with ample opportunities toachieve the learning objectives summarized in Table I. Table I Process Design Course Learning Objectives Apply process design principles

Conference Session

Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Gabriel Diaz, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Eugenio Lopez-Aldea, NIEDAX; Nuria Oliva, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Nevena Mileva, Plovdiv Universifty; Catalina Martinez-Mediano, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia; Mihail Milev, Plovdiv Universifty; Slavka Tzanova, Sofia University; Edmundo Tovar, UPM; Martin Llamas, Universidad de Vigo

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Electrical and Computer

international service management certification, developed by EXIN7 and interesting for many different computing science jobs: “ITIL v3 Foundations”. ≠ “Computer Architecture Simulation course. Concepts and terminology”. The objective of this course is to serve as a tool for improving the capacities of students in laboratory practices time. In the course the students can learn and practice using microprocessors Page 15.892.7 simulators and extract the concepts related. They will compound the structure of a Generic Microprocessor (and practice with MC68000 concretely) understanding the principal issues

Conference Session

Improving Student Entrepreneurial Skills

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University; David Barbe, University of Maryland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

NCIIA-sponsored project titled “Ideation toInnovation.” The goal is to design, develop and test an innovation-focused interactive programaimed at future national dissemination at different colleges and for multidisciplinary audiences. For engineers of the future, technical capability alone will no longer be a distinguishingfeature. Clearly, a broader-based educational experience must teach leadership, innovation, andentrepreneurship. There is a need to focus on thinking outside-the-box, taking risks, and beingcritical thinkers who are creative and imaginative. For the past several years, The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance(NCIIA) has supported the development and implementation of workshops on “Invention

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rockaway, University of Louisville; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville

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Mechanics

engineering student through Engineering Mechanics: Statics and many other derivativecourses. Unfortunately the teaching methods used to convey the information also have beenrelatively fixed. A quick review of available textbooks indicates the same rote presentationsequence (some books are on their 12th edition). In contrast, the QEP mandated overt, intentionalpresentation of critical thinking. Could critical thinking be included overtly in a well established,fundamental, almost archaic engineering course? Yes many ways of requiring critical analysis Page 15.1007.4and evaluation can be adapted to statics with only minor tweaking of the course

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Reed, Purdue University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-1383: AN ASSESSMENT OF CREATIVE CAPABILITIES IN TECH-NOLOGICAL DESIGNLeslie Reed, Purdue University Ms. Reed is the founder and CEO of Reed Environmental, Inc., a comprehensive safety, industrial hygiene and environmental consulting firm founded in 1989. She is presently working on a PhD in Technology from Purdue University.Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, College of Technology, West Lafayette Michael Dyrenfurth is professor in the Department of Industrial Technology at Purdue University. He is co-PI of the DETECT and Atlantis Concurrent MS degree projects. Active in international aspects of the profession, he teaches and researches in the areas of technological innovation, technological literacy

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session II - Curriculum Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jared P Coyle, Drexel University; Jamie Lyn Kennedy, Drexel University; Jessica S Ward, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Adam K Fontecchio, Drexel University (Eng.)

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Curriculum Development

22.6%their peers. They The Visiting Fellows 3.2%expressed an ability to relate their projects to the real world, to the classroom, and toengineering. In fact, 77.4% of the students who participated in the visiting fellows programstated in a free response that their favorite aspect of the two weeks was either research for orexecution of the projects.Hands-on, problem-based activities are nearly unheard of in Kenyan education, as nearly alllearning is lecture style with some step-by-step laboratory work. As a result, these projects posedan educational paradigm shift for the students. In interviews, teachers also agreed that thispedagogical approach was more engaging and largely unknown to them in their

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Amos G Winter V, MIT; Robert James Stoner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Charles H Fine, MIT Sloan School of Management

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ASEE International Forum

Leveraged Freedom Chair (LFC), an all-terrain wheelchair designed for de- veloping countries that was a winner of a 2010 R&D 100 award and was named one of the Wall Street Journal’s top innovations in 2011. His Ph.D. work focused on adapting the burrowing mechanisms of razor clams to create compact, low power, and reversible burrowing systems for subsea applications such as anchoring, oil recovery, and cable installation. Prof. Winter is a founder of Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT). He was the recipient of the 2010 Tufts University Young Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award, the 2010 MIT School of Engineering Graduate Student Extraordinary Teaching and Mentoring Award, and the 2012 ASME/Pi Tau

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome McCoy; Leslie Keiser; Michael Kessler; William Potter; Peter LoPresti; Donna Farrior; Shirley Pomeranz

Enhancing Interdisciplinary Interactions in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences: Year I Shirley Pomeranz, Peter LoPresti, Michael Kessler, William Potter, Jerry McCoy, Leslie Keiser, Donna Farrior The University of TulsaIntroductionA team of faculty members in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at The Universityof Tulsa (TU) has begun work on a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Course,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Project (Proposal # 0410653). This projectuses Interdisciplinary Lively Application Projects (ILAPs)1 as a vehicle for strengtheningconnections among the science, engineering, and mathematics

Conference Session

Student Learning and Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Ossman

practical and challenging projects instead of writingresearch papers.Identifying and Recruiting Good Candidates for the ProgramThe ECET faculty teaching the freshman courses in introductory circuit analysis and digitalelectronics identify students through their scores on exams and their performance in lab. Welook for students who are willing to take the initiative in the laboratory, are inquisitive both inlab and lecture, and are mature and responsible individuals. When potential students areidentified, a meeting is arranged between the student and the faculty advisor for the ECEThonors students. The requirements of the program are discussed, questions and concerns areaddressed, and a general plan for completing the requirements is outlined. The

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in MFG ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Shawn Strong; Scott Amos; Richard Callahan

relating to quality control education were identified. The followingrecommendations are made considering this input: • Provide additional coverage of the most common applications in quality such as capability studies, statistical process control, and gage control. These areas should be practiced enough to become second nature so that students are ready to apply them as they begin their careers. • Supplement problem solving with hands on exercises that encompass the entire process. If a laboratory section is not included in the course, bring sample parts to Page 9.416.7

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Minorities in Engineering/Technology

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Farid Tranjan; Catherine Blat; Patricia Tolley; Deborah Sharer

.Institutionalizing SFSIn the past two years, the College of Engineering and the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering at UNC Charlotte have committed $66K in matching funds to the SFS program tosupport student salaries. Faculty have eagerly assumed teaching and mentoring responsibilitiesand provided opportunities for undergraduate research to ensure student success and facilitate aneasy transition to graduate school. The department has also provided support for internships inthe microelectronics clean room and in research laboratories, thus incorporating SFS into itsacademic infrastructure and annual budgeting process. The program is now part of the Collegeculture and this commitment will continue once external funding is no longer

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dae-Wook Kim

ornaments at a low cost. The teamsbrainstormed their production strategies, and the team spokesperson then communicatedthe plans to the larger group which incorporated public speaking. After listening to allthree presentations, Mr. Leonard then conveyed Dillon Works’ strategy for making thisproduct for an actual client. The PSCME staff concluded the field trip by linking themorning activities in the Material Science Laboratory with the process that Dillon Worksemployees undertake when experimenting with ways to manufacture innovative products.5. Pr ogr am AssessmentAll aspects of the workshop were evaluated by the students. At the end of each field trip,students were asked to complete an evaluation form. The questions inquired aboutdemographic

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Computer ET

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Krahe

injury and death.Governments, industry, and user organizations have long realized that it is not sufficient to relysimply on the intelligence, cleverness, and integrity of individuals or organizations to produce Page 10.1123.1worthwhile software. Many sets of standards have been written to better control the process ofsoftware development. Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright (c) 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationBy using a standards based approach to teaching software development, students are encouragedto take responsibility

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Winton

higherdegree of accuracy than the simplified models ordinarily identified in the classroom orlaboratory. And this paper has found a practical means to investigate aspects of devicebehavior from simulation that is more accurate and less complicated to implement than simpletheories or laboratory measurements.The capability to analyze devices is a demand item, since circuits of micron and sub-microndimensions are difficult to assess both before and after the fact, since the devices are onlyassessed as part of a test vehicle, which leaves the engineer at the mercy of the complexrelationships developed thereto. For example the level-49, BSIM3V3 model[3], as acceptedand continuous form simulation model as it may be, is an engineer’s nightmare, since

Conference Session

Curriculum Innovation & Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Krueger; Ted Aanstoos; Ronald Barr

) outcomesThe Freshman Introduction to Engineering CourseMost engineering programs offer a freshman “Introduction to Engineering” course. The contentof this introductory course varies from program to program, and there is no well-acceptedcurricular model for it. Programs typically use this course for student orientation to theengineering field, to teach problem solving, for design projects and contests, for developingcommunication and professional skills, for developing computing and software skills, and forpotentially a host of other local interests. Some programs have also aligned this introductorycourse with an existing traditional engineering topic, such as engineering graphics, as is the casewith the UT-ME program. There is also an opportunity to

Conference Session

Innovation for ChE Student Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationspent per student on the project was intended to be 3-6 hours, not including training.Treating the project as a laboratory exercise, this corresponds to a lecture class time lossof 1-2 hours, which is typical during the AIChE Annual Meeting week.As part of the assignment, students were provided a grading rubric to make expectationsclear and to guide them on their writing. Newell, Newell and Dahm13 provide guidelinesfor rubric development appropriate to this sort of project. The rubric used in this projectis provided in Figure 2.Students are given creative freedom to define their objectives to take advantage

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Dolan

Page 10.834.1satisfy the University Studies Program, the college of engineering adopted the University Studies “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society of Engineering Education”Requirements into an integrated first year program. This allowed an opportunity to introduceglobal problem solving skills and introduce design early in the curriculum while meeting theuniversity requirements.Each fall the college of engineering offers 12 to 14 sections of ES 1000, Introduction toEngineering. Each section has 20-22 students and is taught by faculty members that are selectedfor superior teaching skills and an interest in first year

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationTo protect the rights and maintain the trust of honest students and support appropriatebehavior, reasonable steps to anticipate and deter acts of dishonesty in all assignments.WebCT-based Course TeachingFor a successful on-line teaching experience, it is essential that student-faculty interactionoccurs regularly and in a timely fashion. The Excelsior College on-line teaching faculty isencouraged to include practices such as weekly activities, a variety of assessment tools,announcements, feedback, relevant discussion topics, and timely posting of grades in theon-line course design.For an on-line course, all course work must be

Conference Session

Course and Program Assessment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar

and yourdiscipline, job, hobby, or courses completed later Identify the specific scientificprinciples usedSample Learning Statements: • As a Field Engineer at ACME Company, I need to have a good comprehension of natural sciences and physics to understand, troubleshoot, and teach others how the given equipment is designed to function and if it is not functioning as designed, explain why the equipment is performing differently. I am attaching copies of several failure reports that describe the problems and their resolution. • I studied the principle of harmonics in the General Physics course at University College and later applied that concept to the creation and application of band

Conference Session

New Ideas

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

initiate majorrenovations of energy education or get new initiatives off the ground. Some schools stillmaintain energy titled specializations and energy related programs or groups, however, manyinstitutions, especially smaller ones, do not currently have an organized energy program. Thispaper will present how one institution is overcoming the obstacles and what they have learnedalong the way.TCNJ Energy Effort The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a small, primarily undergraduate, public institution inEwing, NJ. Having started as a teachers college in 1855 there continues to be a strong e mphasison teaching and student involvement. One of the seven schools on campus is the School ofEngineering which currently offers ABET accredited degrees in