Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Sherry F. Abernathy, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University ; Brenda S. Faison Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

-Support-Connect program is an initiative that brought several diversity programstogether at The School of Technology (SoT) of North Carolina Agricultural and TechnicalState University (NC A&T State University) to successfully support female recruitment intotechnology majors. NC A&T State University is a Historically Black College and Universitywith a STEM Early College High School located on campus. NC A&T State University as awhole has a 54 percent female undergraduate student body, but in the School of Technologyonly 25 percent of our students were female. This past challenge gave us a unique position tocapitalize on the opportunity to make a paradigm shift to be more reflective of the nation’spopulation. Although the focus of this

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

newmaterial. Students will eventually need reliable feedback on their performance thatallows them to move forward as learners and deepens their understanding of thesubject matter. This feedback could come from the instructor, their classmates, theirown self-reflection, or a combination of the three. (27, 28)Another important factor in the optimization process is to integrate the differentcourse components (learning goals, teaching/learning activities, feedback, andassessment), in such a way that the course becomes well-knit while the variouscomponents support and complement each other in a coherent manner, i.e., thesequencing of learning activities, feedback, and assessment should build energy,engage students, and allow learning to develop as the

Conference Session

Educational Research and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malcolm Drewery, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Stefani A. Bjorklund

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

because of their backgrounds or identities.e. You observed certain engineering students being ignored or excluded (from projects, discussions, etc.) because of their backgrounds or identities.f. Students harassed or discriminated against you because of your background or identity.g. Your course’s content reflects contributions of all engineers, including women and people of color, etc..h. You tailor lessons because some students learn in different ways than others.i. Students of all backgrounds/identities participate in class (in discussion, in-class assignments, team projects, etc.). Almost Almost7. In

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University

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Computers in Education

Conference Session

New Models for Teaching and Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margherita Landucci, Liceo Artistico Statale; Fabio Garganego, Municipality of Venice

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

tested inparallel) consisted of an additional two classes of students per school that participated in theproject.Stage 2 was introduced during the first year of chemistry studies and throughout the secondyear to the same students that participated to Stage 1. A research limitation consisted in thedifferent syllabus that different schools have about chemistry studies: in some schoolsChemistry is taught for one single year, while in other schools it is taught for two consecutiveyears.It has therefore not been possible to bring all participants of Stage 1 into Stage 2, and thenumber of participants to the two Stages does not imply that some students could not bepromoted to the second year, but simply reflects those classes that did have two years

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilburn Clouse, Vanderbilt University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

organizationsuniqueness in the community as a major contributor to the success of their organization. Thecafé’s target market is members of the Athens community and those affiliated with TennesseeWesleyan College which average approximately 14,000 people. The café will operate at a pricepoint that reflects the demographics of the community it serves, which has an average income ofabout $20,762. The organization’s marketing plan is based on the size of the community theyserve and focuses initially on direct mail and community flyers. The creators of the PhoenixCyber Café predict moderate risk and request $150,000 and predict a net profit of $137,807 inthe first year.Please rate each Project with the following scale with 5 being the highestAppearance 1

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Richard Weisman, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University; Joseph Sterrett, Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. The faculty instructorsencourage groups to reflect on situations afterward and to appreciate the positiveeducational aspect on the overall project when Option 1 was used and deadlines aremissed. III. Typical Team ActivitiesTo provide insight on how the student teams operate with limited guidance two pastprojects are discussed, the 2005 golf design project and the 2007 master plan project.Additional details of the golf facility design can be found in Reference 1.A. Team StructureFrom the first day the project is presented, students are advised to attack the project bydividing into sub-groups that will focus on different aspects of the project. While theformation is left to the students, typically there are 6 to 8

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Venture CDR 12 P3 Week Patents & Intellectual Quest 5 13 Property Issues Week POC to Product Reflection on Course, POC to Product 14 Technical issues Ventures, Ideas Non-technical Issues Week Course Quality Control Final Prototype Demos Final Presentations 15 P4 Exam Final Report Due Week

Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Standard Average deviation Typically for every one credit hour, 3 to 4 hours per week of student time in and out of the classroom is expected. With this in mind, the one credit hour was 4.00 0.63 properly reflected in the time I spent on this course. How would you rate your experience for the course? 4.17 0.41 I got what I wanted out of this course (the course met my expectations). 4.33 0.52 Table 9. Student ratings of statements about the Creative Problem Solving course. On a scale of 1 to

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Bruce Brydges, SUNY Potsdam; Gail Gotham, SLL BOCES; James Carroll, Clarkson University; Peter Turner, Clarkson University; Douglas Bohl, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students’ innovation-related skills as well as students’ reflections on the class. Themain idea is to develop a student-centered environment that helps students to develop a can-do,proactive, innovative mindset; an environment that will light their spark of innovation, and providethem with resources to translate their ideas from paper to prototype. We have identified four majorgroups of relevant skills, namely, problem solving, “big picture”, personal and social skills, and usedseveral different activities to try to boost them. A variety of projects and challenges, and multi-sensory activities were synthesized to create an empirical, authentic, and multi-disciplinaryexperience. This effort is in line with our college longer term goal to infuse

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Kasprzak, Milliken Research Associates; Kevin Hulme, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Deborah Moore-Russo, Suny - Buffalo; Kenneth English, University at Buffalo - SUNY; Kemper Lewis, University at Buffalo - SUNY

followed by traditional instruction (i.e. representative mathematical theory and governing dynamics equations) in the classroom setting. ‚ For each of the 11 laboratory groups, the laboratory instructors could easily detect the immediate progression of knowledge and lesson comprehension during the experiments. With the first driver, there would always be a considerable amount of apprehension and guesswork, as the student would serve as the first person to complete the exercise. Based on that student’s successes and shortcomings, the second and third drivers would conquer the exercises much more quickly and confidently, and generally speaking, improved driver performance in each session reflected this trend. ‚ The

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Jessica Yellin, University of Washington; Yi-Min Huang, University of Washington; Brook Sattler, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

usually obtain more specific and useful information when we probe concrete and non- routine events than when we ask about general rules and procedures . . . probing in the CDM is not limited to responses that can be objectively anchored and verified. Questions can sometimes require the decision makers to reflect on their own strategies and bases for decisions . . . the probes are designed to obtain information at its most specific and meaningful level . . . thus we ask the decision- maker to select an incident that was challenging and that, in his or her decision- making, might have differed from someone with less experience.” (p. 465-466)In our case, we asked faculty to describe two specific

Conference Session

The Academic Environment

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Young, Syracuse University; John Tillotson, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

your male collaborators.Several male faculty members commented that women faculty members might have in fact, an Page 13.924.9easier time securing grants because of special NSF funding sources and initiatives targeted atfemales, but none of the women faculty members mentioned this point.Double stigma for women faculty membersThe majority of female faculty members described feeling a double stigma of possibly beinghired because they are a female and then having to work extra hard to prove they are bothdeserving of the position and earned the job because of their qualifications. The following quotesfrom female engineering faculty members reflect

Conference Session

Design: Content and Context

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shanna Daly, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the course of thetask by talking with other people, investigating research documents, utilizing pastresearch, and reflecting on their previous experiences. This speaks to the role ofexperience, tradition, and history “doing design” and “being a designer.” Page 13.273.16The theme of ‘depth’ emphasized designers’ stance on the importance of solid contentbackground in the discipline. Designers stressed the importance of depth of knowledge.While there are certainly skills associated with design tasks that are separate from contentknowledge, content knowledge is a foundation for decision making. Content knowledgehelps build intuition, and informs

Conference Session

Philosophy of Engineering Education: Epistemology and Ethics

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gayle Ermer, Calvin College

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

alsoserve as case studies for discussion of technological risk in engineering courses or in liberal artscourses that reflect on the role of technology in society. The paper will conclude with somerecommendations for what we need to do as engineers to reduce the risk of engineering disastersand how we can integrate the awareness of these concepts into the experiences of undergraduateengineering students.2. Technology, Engineering and RiskDoing technology is central to what we are as humans. Anthropologists have chosen to describethe first modern humans as “homo habilis,” therefore expressing the centrality of our “tool-using”and tool creating capabilities to our very nature.2 But, everyday observation reminds us thattechnology, like all other human

Conference Session

Metrology Laboratories

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgia Harris, National Institute of Standards & Technology; Christopher Grachanen, Hewlett Packard Company

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

P Ptechnical sessions of the 2005 NCSLI Annual Workshop and Symposium, participants weregiven sticky dots to mark on kiosk displays the areas that they believed to be of highest priority.In addition, a survey form was distributed to gather feedback on suggested action steps thatNCSLI might take. The overwhelming feedback on the kiosks, surveys, and individualdiscussions related to Metrology Outreach. The objectives and framework of the roadmap wereslightly modified in 2007 to reflect the intervening time and are noted below. Page 13.922.2Objectives:1. Metrology & Standards Outreach. Ensure awareness of metrology, measurement sciences

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

learning simply feels right intuitively. Itseems to reflect the way the mind actually works, not a set of parlor-game procedures formanipulating students into learning. (26)Unfortunately, while there is agreement on the generaldefinition of PBL, implementation has varied widely. (9)The large variation in PBL practicesmakes the analysis of its effectiveness a bit complex. Many studies comparing PBL to traditionalprograms are simply not talking about the same thing. As reported by Prince(9), “ For meta-studies of PBL, to show any significant effect compared to traditional programs, the signal fromthe common elements of PBL would have to be greater than the noise produced by differences inthe implementation of both PBL and traditional curricula

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

reflections” and focus on the “primary concepts, questionsand issues” (p. 52). In this analysis, the summary sheets captured salient information for eachparticipant across the four years to identify themes and patterns related to their perceptions ofthemselves as future engineers. All 40 semi-structured interviews were then coded using Atlas Ti software with open-codingstrategies. Open-coding strategies identify patterns and themes related to the research questionsthat arise inductively from data rather than through application of theory 40. This initial codingresulted in a long list of codes and associated definitions that grew with each successiveinterview analysis. To limit proliferation, the code list was refined by combining codes whenthey

Conference Session

Measurement Tools

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lourdes Gazca, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Aurelio López-Malo, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla; Juan Manuel Garibay, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

assignments.In addition, we encourage students to write brief reflective journal entries to further solidify andreinforce their own understanding, and demonstrate that improved understanding for animproved quiz grade.UDLAP’s Chemical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Food, Industrial, Mechanical,and Mechatronic engineering students have in EI-100 a great opportunity for a multidisciplinarycollaborative experience. EI-100 is a team-taught course that uses active, collaborative andcooperative learning, which has been a major player in UDLAP’s efforts of engineeringeducation reform since 200131. The major goal of the project “High-Quality Environments forTeaching and Learning Engineering Design: Using Tablet PCs and Guidelines from Research

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esat Alpay, Imperial College London; Peter Cutler, Imperial College London; Susan Eisenbach, Imperial College London; Anthony Field, Imperial College London

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

ofsuch peer-based learning have been reported as: ≠ greater active and student-led involvement with the subject matter (Donelan and Wallace, 1998) ≠ lower student anxiety and higher student disclosure during tutorial work (Topping, 1998) ≠ improved subject dialogue within peer groups to support and enhance the feedback process and reflective learning (Nicol and Macfarlane-Dick, 2006), and possibly even overcome liminality when faced with a threshold concept (Meyer and Land, 2005) ≠ transferable, social and communication skills development (see e.g. Saunders (1992), Topping (1996, 2005), Maheady (1998) and Hirst et al. (2004)) ≠ improved student socialisation and enculturation within the

Conference Session

Sustainable-energy Education: Lessons Learned

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Ferguson, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Paul Weber, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

standarddeviation on statements involving U.S. energy consumption and the role of the Earth’s albedo inclimate change, while the Fall 2008 class was most consistent in their responses on the publichaving sufficient energy education and increasing levels of carbon dioxide. Table 2: Greatest Consensus (Standard Deviation) Statement Spring The United States uses more energy per capita than any other country 1.2 Variations in the Earth’s reflectivity impact climate change 1.4 Celebrities are credible sources of advice on energy and the environment 1.5 Energy transmission is a significant barrier to efficient energy choices 1.5

Conference Session

Communication and Collaboration

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University; Are Magnus Bruaset, Simula Research Laboratory; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University; Marianne M. Sundet, Simula Research Laboratory; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

represented 27 other countries. These countries were spread across every continentexcept for Antarctica. Table 1 presents the distribution of participants across the disciplines. Thisdistribution of disciplines reflects the distribution of engineers and scientists in Norway. Page 14.1197.7Table 2 presents the distribution of institutions in which the participants are studying orworking. As shown in Table 2, more than half of the participants came from Norway’stwo largest institutions: the University of Oslo and the Norwegian University of Scienceand Technology in Trondheim.Figure 1. Distribution of the 28 home countries of the participants. All

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

-Portfolio. Is held during the second week. A central tool in achieving transparency and a critiqued final research paper is the e-portfolio. Each student is asked to track his/her progress by including evidence of research progress, reflections (lessons learnt) on seminar/workshop presentations, their own presentations, and periodic written critical evaluations from the faculty mentors(s), which are discussed in this workshop. The workshop guides the students in creation of their e-portfolio and provides support throughout the REU project period on request basis.Research Enrichment Training Seminars. This seminar series introduces the role ofinterdisciplinary research in modern society, the scientific research process

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nhut Ho, California State University, Northridge; Robert Ryan, California State University, Northridge

that reflects thestakeholders’ inputs and ensure that the curriculum continues to meet CDIO Standardsover the long run. The implementation also seeks to identify key factors that enable thechange process such as having the faculty members understand—and commit to—theneed for change; generating visibility for early successes; gaining support frominfluential administrators and faculty members; allocating adequate resources; enhancingfaculty learning of the process; and recognizing the contribution of faculty members whoare involved.Given that U.S. engineering workforce needs call for 48% representation byunderrepresented minorities by 20507,8, and meeting this need will be challenging (datashow that STEM students who are African American, Latino

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael S. Leonard; Donald E. Beasley; D. Jack Elzinga

. Once the curriculum renewal objectives have been determined, Stage 3 continues by selectingperformance measures, goals and milestones. The performance measures serve as yardsticks by which theexisting curriculum is measured. An analysis of the existing curriculum (Stage 4) provides a set of graphical illustrations which indicatethe relative concentrations of topical areas and the time phasing of the teaching of these areas across the currentcurriculum. From these graphical illustrations of the existing curriculum, group consensus-developmentprocesses are used to aid the faculty in selecting a new curriculum (Stage 5) which reflects the organization’sstrategic objectives and which satisfies relevant constraints. In the design of

Conference Session

Best Practices in K-12 Engineering Panel

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Klein-Gardner; Michele Dischino; Manjit Khosla, HALS Academy; Patrick Foster, Central Connecticut State University; Carol Shields, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dan Fagan, Wallace Primary School; Martha Cyr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Staley, Doherty Memorial High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

incorporate additional elements into ourprogram such as field trips, including a trip to the CCSU campus, as well as guest speakers fromindustry and stronger assessment tools. Requiring the pre-service teachers to conduct their lessons and activities with two separatebut similar groups of middle school students worked very well both during and after school. Thisallowed time for the CCSU students to reflect on their teaching methods and make modificationsaccordingly. This technique also allowed for all HALS students to participate in every activitywhile keeping class and group sizes manageable.Conclusions Our collaboration can serve as a model for additional partnerships within our local district aswell as for university and K-12 educators in

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Cristina Camacho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

femaleengineering students were randomly selected from the following departments: Electrical andComputer Engineering 5 (17%); General Engineering, 5 (17%); Computer Science, 5 (17%);Civil and Environmental Engineering, 5 (17%); Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 5 (17%);and Aerospace Engineering, 5 (17%).An interview guide was developed to use for the focus groups. The interview guide consisted ofthree sections. The first section of the guide consisted of opening questions, such as theparticipants’ names, majors, and what they plan to do after they graduate with their degree inengineering. The second section of the guide focused on questions that provided the participantsthe opportunity to reflect on their past experiences that hindered and assisted

Conference Session

Visualization

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Hartman, Purdue University; Patrick Connolly, Purdue University; Jeffrey Gilger, Purdue University; Gary Bertoline, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

paradigms suggested by Gardner12 and West13.There is a call for better measures of spatial skills and methods for improving spatial ability.While there are a limited number of studies that examine the effect of training on spatial ability,some have proposed that spatial ability has a biological basis; however, individual differences inthe ability are also reflective of environmental input. For instance, Miller and Bertoline14 suggestthat spatial ability develops over periods of time and is related to stages of a person’sdevelopment and various learning environments and types of life experiences. It has beenhypothesized that it is, in part, through these experiences that individuals tend to migrate towardscertain career paths, ultimately influenced

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Xiafeng Li, Texas A&M University; Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; William Bassichis, Texas A&M University; Jacque Hodge, Texas A&M University; Donald Maxwell, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering students, depending on their major. Students whohad elected to major in Aerospace, Biomedical, Civil, Industrial, Mechanical, or NuclearEngineering were assigned to Track A. Students who had elected to major in Computer orElectrical Engineering were assigned to Track B. Students who had elected to major inBiomedical, Chemical, or Petroleum Engineering were assigned to Track C. Content of the twofirst-year engineering courses in each track was modified to reflect the goals of faculty membersin departments associated with each track. However, if students changed majors, courses in anytrack are satisfactory for completion of the first-year engineering courses. For the initial pilot ofthe STEPS first-year curriculum in the 2004-05 academic