Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Gary Riggins, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

International

nature topics. ways to teach the course Such a course may improve the content teaching style to make the course content more interesting and understandableThe concept of spiral It is not subject specific and More number of hands on kitscurriculum applicable to all branches ofDemonstration of engineering. In my opinion allLabVIEW experiments faculty must attend this coursethrough remote controlProcessing knowledgemaps scientificallyExperimentation skills on Importance to laboratory, Study of syllabus of some ofMechatronics

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

Tagged Divisions

International

-minute periods, for each subject. It was then possible tohave an initial 45-minute period where teachers presented the subject that ensured that thenominal 13 weeks enabled students to cope with the syllabus for a semester course: I. Introduction, Concepts, Units and Definitions II. Thermodynamic Properties III. First Law for Closed Systems IV. First Law for Open Systems V. Second Law and Entropy VI. Second Law for Closed Systems VII. Second Law for Open Systems VIII. Power and Refrigeration Cycles IX. Gas Mixtures and Air Conditioning4.1. Structure of the classesFollowing the initial 45 minutes of classic exposition, using OHP transparencies and powerpoint slides, as well as the board to illustrate practical cases and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Migri Prucz

Assessment of Engineering Education", ASEE's Joint Task Force on Engineering Education Assessment, Feb. 1996. 7. “Before It’s Too Late”, A Report to the Nation from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, September 27, 2000. 8. G. McCandless, "Web Applications: Interactivity Arrives at the Virtual Campus", the SYLLABUS magazine, Vol. 13, No. 4, Nov/Dec. 1999, a 101 Communications Publication. 9. K. Frankola, “The e-Learning Taboo: High Dropout Rates in Online Courses”, the SYLLABUS magazine, Volume 14, No.11, June 2001, a 101 Communications Publication 10. W. Sean Chamberlin, “Face-to-Face vs. Cyberspace, Finding the Middle Ground”, the

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen Al-Ashkar

is the Internet, during the coursedevelopment and pilot-test phases of each course, an instructional designer worked withfaculty members to help choose any other media mix best suited for the course materials, Page 5.569.7as well as to assist in the identification realistic objectives for each course and thedevelopment of the syllabus and course timeline. The pilot testing also guaranteed thatwe were not overloading students schedules, that the time commitment we requestedfrom students was not only achievable, but realistic, and that the course content wasrelative to current and future practice.Faculty comfort In order to ensure that our faculty had

Conference Session

Innovation in Teaching Engineering Economics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Hartman, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

factor inengineering education [2].As advocates of problem-based learning, we teach Engineering Economy in a decision-makingcontext [3] such that students understand the entire process of making a capital investmentdecision from defining the problem; to generating solution alternatives; to estimating before andafter-tax cash flows; to evaluating options under certainty, risk, time, multiple alternatives,constraints, and multi-attributes; to post-implementation and project tracking. Furthermore, weutilize numerous media sources to generate realistic problems such that students appreciate itsapplication [4,5]. The goal upon completion of the course, as stated on the syllabus, is that astudent is able to make, and justify, a capital investment

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Whitney L. Anthony, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Page 26.1599.14online resources that students can use for reinforcement and refreshment of difficult topics. Acatalog of dozens of pre-existing, publicly available online videos (e.g., Khan Academy) hasbeen compiled and disseminated to students covering a wide range of topics in calculus, physics,chemistry, statistics, and others, with cross-referencing to specific courses (currently available athttp://ceresources.weebly.com/). Departmental faculty are at work on producing similar videos tocover topics at more mid- and upper-levels in the curriculum. Combined with beginning-of-course diagnostics, these resources should help students identify weak points in theirunderstanding (another form of gap) and have ready resources to address them.In

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank D. Voss, Taylor University; Scott Henry Moats, Crown College; Bill Chapman, University of Arizona

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

). The syllabus for this class is given in Appendix 3. The FE Examassessments to find curriculum gaps and other outcomes for the Principles class to help mediateare given in Appendix 4 and 5.This key class is essential for a 2 year program and for a 4 year program to bring students to ahigh level for the following reasons:  It helps glue together the various engineering fundamentals (1.0), labs and design (2.0), STEM skills (3.0), and ideas of creative design (4.0) as illustrated in Figure 6 below.  It gives students the necessary skills to qualify for good summer internships. A resume is required and part of the homework assignments.  The course gives closure to the two year experience so students can begin to create

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Amy Rigby, www.amywriting.com; Maureen Milch, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

wiki, svn, myIPPD, inventory, ITAR/EAR, Design Station Rules, materials and supplies request, travel requests, making meetings work, sexual harassment training; certification quiz 2012 added: intellectual property, engineering notebooks, at-risk students, ethics case studiesa; deleted: quiz 2013 added: safety, professional modelGuide elements/featuresThe Fall 2013 version of the Professional Guide is a 115-page PDF made available to students onthe first day of class via the IPPD e-Learning online course management system.At the beginning of the semester, students are required to read the Professional Guide, completeweb-based modules, and think critically about mini-case studies to

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qudsia Tahmina, The Ohio State University at Marion; Kathryn Kelley, The Ohio State University; Sandra L. Furterer, The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

online/hybrid courses to support students at all regionalcampuses. Regional campuses are benefitting from this setup and co-listing courses and sharingfaculty. Courses that do not involve laboratory components could be taught remotely wherestudents from all regional campuses can attend. The use of LMS along with a Zoom platform forvideo conferencing has made it possible to deliver content remotely.V. Program AssessmentAssessment is a process by which programs can identify, collect, and evaluate data for theattainment of student learning outcomes and program educational objectives [1]. The assessmentprocess helps programs establish and reinforce guidelines for faculty and staff to follow inevaluating outcomes, obtaining feedback and making

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luca Quadrifoglio, Texas A&M University; Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Ahmarlay Myint, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

Department, was happy toteach GEOL320 (Geology for Engineers, a popular technical elective for our engineeringstudents). Those three classes, in addition to the two taught by Dr. Quadrifoglio (CVEN322,Civil Engineering Systems, and CVEN349, Civil Engineering Project Management, bothrequired for most our civil engineering students), were eventually deemed suitable to offer a fullsemester abroad to our CVEN (civil engineering) students. All the courses were offered inEnglish following the Texas A&M syllabus as the CVEN ROME program is a faculty ledprogram where students enroll in Texas A&M courses and not Roma Tre courses. iii. Organizational StructureThe CVEN Rome Program has been deployed twice so far with this main structure

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John A. Nestor, Lafayette College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Immerwahr at Villanova University [36] andshown in Table 5 [40]. A copy of this rubric was included in the course syllabus to communicatediscussion expectations to students.All FYS courses at Lafayette College are writing courses, and the St. Martin’s Handbook [41] isused as a secondary text for students learning academic writing skills. They employ a process-writing approach in which students submit first drafts which they then revise after feedback froma peer Writing Associate and the instructor.The first writing assignment, which is given out during the first week of class, asks students toreflect on their own lived experience with semiconductor technology in terms of how they learnand work, communicate with friends and family, and seek

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Imelda Olague-Caballero, New Mexico State University; Delia J. Valles-Rosales, New Mexico State University

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

high school library or marketing majors working in a marketing research Experiences firm. Practicum experiences also allow students to design and develop a project in which they apply knowledge and develop skills such as a doctoral student preparing the components of an online course. Are distinguished by being mutually beneficial for both student and community

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Aruch, University of Maryland College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

plan for activities. Throughout the academic year, the teacher referred to the arrival ofmaterials that never showed up. There were several reasons for this including a leadershiptransition at the school, lags in procurement and challenges in communication. Toovercome this hurdle, we ‘dusted off’ some older robotics materials from the HS closet towork with throughout the academic year. For the UMD curriculum, the program model was tested. At the service site, 1-2UMD students worked with a team of 3-4 HS students to design, build and program arobot. The course met once per week on Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:45 at the end of theschool day. Following the service visit, UMD students completed an online discussionlog of their activities

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

23.450.2studio classroom with a reasonable expectation that each student has access to a computer.Instructors have some flexibility in how information is presented during a class or shuffledbetween class sessions, provided the content is covered in a timely fashion to meet preparationexpectations for in class activities, homework, and exams that are common to all sections of thecourse.Quizzes are given at the discretion of the section instructor and are used in a couple of ways, toensure the online modules have been viewed prior to class, and to gather summative informationabout how well students have learned the content covered in class.In the fall semester 2012, for one section of the course, a librarian had the opportunity to be theinstructor of

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Seetha Veeraghanta; Janice Frost

introductory level in preparing the students for more complex analysis. Teamwork empowers students to become active learners who explore, question and resolve complexethical concerns by delving into research using advanced library searching tools. This approachhas enabled us to use a myriad of pedagogical methods that rely on teaching team building, libraryresearch, and communication skills. In addition, as Figure 1 shows, our syllabus frames thediscussion of ethical and sustainability issues through a series of questions that tie to the finalproject.Figure - 1: Course Objectives In order to understand the role of the engineer in local, national, and global settings, you will begin by asking: What is a society or community? How do

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

FE TABAMO; CRISTINO CARBONELL; Conchita Javier; Clarita Guevara

-based courses are designed to enhance learning. Distance learningrequires the development of courses for online users. Thus, the administrators and facultymembers are encouraged to develop and introduce innovations in the teaching-learning process. Itis their responsibility to provide a learning environment that should make the student feel thatlearning should not necessarily be structured, formatted and restricted. While there are certainstandards the learning institution has set, the student should be allowed to pursue further studiesby guiding him to resources the teacher may not be able to supply due to some constraints; by Page

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ross Staffeldt

the course segment on the classification of critical points. In particularstudents should learn how to locate critical points graphically, by studying fields of gradientvectors and plots of level curves; formally, by solving explicitly for the zeroes of the gradient;and numerically, when formal solutions are infeasible. They should also learn to interpret theclassification theorem verbally and graphically. The computations needed to locate the zeroes ofthe gradient of a function are almost always difficult, so it helps enormously to have thecomputer help solve equations. But a complete analysis of an example is a multi-step procedure,and, if it is all done on a computer, the procedure requires the use of many commands andthoughtful evaluation

Conference Session

Effective Teaching and Learning, and Post-Pandemic Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Shen Theh, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Rachel Shannon, University of California Los Angeles; Mani Mina, University of California Los Angeles

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

during open-book, open-note activities in class. More students are claiming that they learn better from watching YouTubevideos than from attending lectures. This halts their critical thinking process, and it shows whenstudents blindly copy examples that do not fit the context of the given problem. It is not easy tobalance completing the syllabus and caring for the students’ wellbeing and development in life. The educators also have their set of struggles with online classes [12]. They were unable tospend as much time and energy on the students who are hidden behind black screens with mutedmicrophones. This disconnection worsens when the educators have to passively gauge thestudents’ progress based on their submitted work. Since the students

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine E. Winters, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

emphasis inconsistency” with a teaching supervisor who teaches another section of the same course. Thesupervising professor developed the course materials that Mary is using, and the two sectionsshare a syllabus and course website. During meetings about the course Mary believed she madesome suggestions but that they were not often accepted for implementation. Mary has mademinor changes to the lecture, “added in a few, one or two things maybe throughout… like addingin a slide or two or an example”, and to the exams. Her supervisor “provided the old exams and Ikind of added some new questions and rewrote some of the old questions”. Still, Mary reportsnot making many changes because “I don‟t know, I just didn‟t feel that I could, I guess”. At

Conference Session

Technical Session M5C

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Surupa Shaw, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Full Papers

shortcomings, have the skills to identify, access and use resources wisely, while having a sharp sense of evaluation of the learning efforts. In the application-based projects, the students are encouraged to generate learning objectives defined by the instructor as per the course syllabus. There could be multiple features to this approach as follows:  An overview of the syllabus helps the students see the relevance of current learning to the bigger picture of the learning outcomes.  The students seek guidance throughout their participation in the application-based projects, but they end up becoming improved versions of themselves, as self-directed learners, by being the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

the roles of special interest groups in determining how societalproblems are prioritized and how they are addressed. This course is open to senior and graduatestudents from all engineering and natural sciences disciplines for 3 hrs of credit. It has anaverage enrollment of 20 students. It is an introductory policy course tailored for engineering andnatural sciences students with no previous policy background.Learning objectivesThe learning objectives are outlined in the Spring 2023 syllabus as follows:After completing this course, you will be able to Answer (or debate about) key questions, such as: How does scientific expertise shape environmental policy decisions at the National level and within the United Nations System? What are the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

if the material delivered is correct. The professor is a bit aghast at the wholescenario, but then remembers that she has earned a Ph.D. degree. Because of this degree, thenewly acquired faculty colleagues trust that a new professor is responsible, knows the material,and knows how to teach. Of course the new professor soon learns that no one has to be in theclassroom to check on the teaching. If a professor, especially a new one, is not doing well in acourse, the students immediately report problems to the department chair. However, the newprofessor feels OK about the class because she taught a few courses as a graduate teachingassistant. In those circumstances, the course syllabus was set and a graduate student was notindividually

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Reap, Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel A. Louis, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, thecommon syllabus and lecture materials used in the courses provided continuity over sections.The course is designed to introduce students to engineering and includes topics such asapproaches to problem-solving, developing familiarity with different engineering majors,graphing, flowcharts, basic programming, sketching, and ethics. We implemented a pre/post Page 25.306.4survey design using the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). We addedseveral open-ended questions to the posttest to help us understand any measured changes. Thefollowing sections describe the challenges, participants, data collection, and data

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Technical Session 4: Junior & Senior Year Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh; Schohn L. Shannon, University of Pittsburgh; Michael McMahon; Hseen Baled

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

recommendation is for 6-member teams, as the same teams simultaneously run otherprojects in the companion course with a significant workload. Members are self-selected, favoredby the fact that being seniors, they have had opportunities to interact previously in the career,align their interests and schedules, and they have already been exposed to work in non-self-selected teams.The first session of the lab takes place in the classroom and provides basic information on thelab, scope, and syllabus for the course. In addition, students participate in a selection of teambuilding games to reinforce team skills and strategies [14]. The first assignment consists of a 2-page assessment of that experience, where students report major takeaways to guide

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Solonsky P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering

courses  Faculty experience varies considerably resulting in important provisions being skimmed over or ignored Many of these identified issues largely stem from faculty experience with codes themselves.This is due to the background education of faculty and that most faculty do not or have not practicedin the industry where code knowledge is mandatory. Based on ill formatting and expertise, importantprovisions may be skimmed over or left out, or substituted by other work, and less stringentenforcement of codes in design adherence on projects. These can be compounded when a course getsmigrated from one instructor to another for various reasons. Here, specific details change becausedepartment wide syllabus information do not

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Jen Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

Sustainable Community Development. Our project is acritical pedagogy, one aimed at enhancing students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes to reflect onthe historical and political location of engineering, question the authority and relevance ofengineering problem-solving and design methods, and “examine their education, includinglearning objectives, the course syllabus, and the textbook itself” (Riley, 2008, p. 113).Specifically, our project is aimed at engineering education as it relates to a diversity of theseefforts, which we call “Engineering to Help” (ETH). ETH initiatives often exist under namessuch as community service, humanitarian engineering, service learning, Engineers WithoutBorders (EWB), Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) and

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Golder, British Columbia Institute of Technology; Darlene B. Webb, British Columbia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. However,one of the entry criteria is that participants must have taken a Communication course at Page 26.571.2the institute within the last five years. In their Communication courses, students getinstruction on preparing and delivering effective presentations and give at least onepresentation as an assignment in the course. See Appendix A for a sample syllabus fromone of the first-term Communication courses.Idol is advertised around campus and the opportunity to participate is promoted in classesby instructors. A maximum of 32 students can register. Typically, about 20 to 24 studentscompete in two rounds, giving six- to eight-minute presentations on

Conference Session

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Digital Systems Education 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheng Chih Liu, University of Wisconsin Stout

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

days per week and two hours each time, so the course has one more hourthan traditional 3 credit hour courses, and is organized into a 40-minute lecture and a one hourand twenty minutes lab exercise for each class. On the first day of the class, the instructor Page 26.1472.4reviewed the syllabus of the course, course structure, and described the expectations of thecourse and student expectations from the instructor, and explained how a course grade and labwork were determined and evaluated. The project grading rubric was also introduced to thestudents in the first day of the class and is shown in Table 6. A 40-minute lecture covers

Conference Session

Making an Impact: Building Support with Data and Design

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hilda Teresa Ayala-Gonzalez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez ; Cristina D. Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Jaquelina Ester Alvarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

of Engineering Accreditation and Assessment office to support the ABETengineering accreditation process. More recently, by working closely with the deans, directors,and graduate program coordinators, the liaison librarian assisted with the corroboration of theavailability of information sources listed in the syllabus bibliography of 146 courses. Thiscollaboration supported the approval of five new programs (one undergraduate and fourgraduate).Overall, the Engineering liaison librarian has implemented novel approaches to efficiently meetthe Engineering research community’s needs and expectations. With this underpinning, newpartnerships came forth to prepare competitive grant proposals. One example was the successfulestablishment of the

Conference Session

Technology for Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Ribando

Session 3430 Using Software with Visualization to Teach Heat Transfer Concepts Robert J. Ribando, Timothy C. Scott, Larry G. Richards, Gerald W. O’Leary University of VirginiaAbstractOver the past six years we have transformed our undergraduate heat transfer course froma strictly lecture format by adding a two-hour “studio” session held in a classroomequipped with a computer for each pair of students. Much of the studio work revolvesaround a set of locally developed, research-based numerical algorithms that solve in realtime the ordinary and partial-differential equations describing heat and fluid flow. Withthe complete