Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

areinterested to see if the time it takes to complete the engineering mathematics sequence, students’performance in core courses in their major discipline, and the graduation rate might bettermeasure of the impact of educational technology adoptions on teaching and learning, especiallyif some other factors such as part-time employment, college preparedness, and enthusiasm forengineering as a career are controlled for. Developing the database, surveys, and infrastructureto gather and track this type of assessment information is the next critical step.References1. Budny, D., LeBold, W. & Bjedov, G. Assessment of the impact of the freshman engineering courses. J. Eng. Educ. 405–411 (1998). at 2. Ohland, M. W., Yuhasz, A. G. & Sill

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University; Nael Barakat, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

3.55Product Design & ManufacturingEngineering EGR 290 Co-op I (Summer 2013) 0 0 3 8 3.73 EGR 390 Co-op II (Winter 2012) 0 0 6 3 3.33 EGR 490 Co-op III (Fall 2013) 0 0 3 6 3.67 Mean: 0 0 12 17 3.59for two others. From the graduating student perspective, they are adequately prepared for dealingwith ethical issues in their early career. As is typical with many self-assessments, students maytend to score themselves lower than their actual knowledge and skills level, as evidenced byscores on the course assessments and feedback from employers on

Conference Session

K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design, Part 1 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Krishan Kumar Bhatia, Rowan University; Kauser Jahan, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in a classroom setting by the teachersthemselves. These two features are crucial for making CorePal a content-rich and dynamicresource for teachers. At the same time, we anticipate a strong user base will expand the databaseto include content beyond the 8th Grade Physical Science standard, as requested by teachers. Atthe same time, we are in the process of mapping the content to the Next Generation ScienceStandards (NGSS).18 Mapping to NGSS, will greatly expand the applicability of CorePal. Withthese changes, CorePal has the potential to become an indispensable tool for teachers to inspirethe next generation of students pursuing careers in the scientific and technical fields.!Acknowledgements!This project was funded by support from the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Brian Thomas, Trine University; Andrea Mitofsky, Trine University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; John Eiler

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Page 24.122.2programs 31-35.A less common approach towards multidisciplinary education is the module-level project,defined here as a project having a time span of less than a semester. One example of a module-level project is a robot design-build assignment within a “circuits for non-electrical students”course, where students apply concepts presented earlier in the semester 36. Another example is aset of mini-projects placed at the beginning of a two-semester capstone course. Theseexperiences provide students with a low-risk introduction to the multidisciplinary design skillsthey are expected to exercise later in the academic year 37 and in their careers. It should be notedthat both examples occur within the context of a single course.This

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sean P Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sensen Li, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

course demanded. To achievethe goals of the project, the challenges needed to be difficult in order to engage the students in Page 23.281.10authentic practice. Some students with little prior knowledge may find the challenges toodifficult; therefore, a great variance among the responses may occur on items related toperformance. The students also appreciated the classroom learning experience and instructor.Students reported these experiences prepared them for their engineering career, but were neutralabout how well the challenges prepared them for the exam. This finding was not too surprising,because the objectives of the exams were more focused on

Conference Session

Challenges in Engineering, Models in Professional Programs, Capstone Design and Function Generator for Educational Environment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Victor Freitas de Azeredo Barros, Science and Education Reseach Council

Tagged Divisions

International

, resourcefulness as well as social and cultural.• Taking professional attitude consistent with the principles governing the work area, working in multidisciplinary teams and relating appropriately with other professionals, clients and suppliers.• Manage the career with initiative and in an entrepreneurial way, to provide services or organizations to conduct own business. Page 23.284.9• Acting responsibly, committing to the principles of ethics, environmental sustainability, the preservation of health and social development, directing its activities to the values expressed in the professional ethos, which results in quality and

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Electronics and Circuits

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avik Dayal, Virginia Tech; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; A. A. (Louis) Beex, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

student learning of one-to-two fundamental concepts, or to demonstrate acomplex theorem, also taught in the companion lecture course. The students are required to havethe equipment available to them throughout their academic career as faculty members can assignhands-on homework assignments or in-class experiments into other courses. Hands-on activitiesusing the electronic platform have been incorporated into courses on electromagnetic fields,signals and systems, and fiber opticsiii.As the circuits laboratory courses were refined, open-ended design projects were introduced toallow students to select and apply an appropriate set of concepts to create a circuit that metspecifications. In our review of the assignments and their mapping to the design

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Tech Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Whalin PE, Jackson State University; Qing Pang, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

Research Laboratory (1998- 2003; Adelphi, Md.), and Technical Director /Director of Waterways Experiment Station (1985-1998; Vicksburg, Miss.). He has authored/co-authored over a hundred technical papers and reports during his career in private industry, government and academia. His current research interests are nearshore wave transformations, coastal structures, tsunami inundation, hurricane surges, high performance computing, and engineering education.Ms. Qing Pang, Jackson State University Ms Qing Pang is Research Associate in the Department of Computer Engineering, School of Engineer- ing, College of Science, Engineering & Technology, Jackson State University. She earned her M.S. in Electrical and Computer

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technolog Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilo Vieira, Eafit; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

science class in 10,000 US high schools by the year2016, uses teacher professional development programs as the main vehicle for accomplishingthis goal. Professional development programs provide opportunities for teachers to bring aboutchange in their classroom practices, attitudes and beliefs, and learning outcomes 5. Othercountries have begun to realize the same need of increasing the number of professionals optingfor a computing related career. The US model can be used as a framework for addressing thesame issue. Page 23.301.2Developing countries, such as Colombia, are not the exception. Colombia faces the possibility offalling behind if they do

Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei Liu, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; F. H. 'Bud' Griffis, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

Army Corps of Engineers and the contractor and coordinated alternative traffic flow with emergency response and facility personnel. Mr. Bates’ career in the Air Force provided experience with several Department of Defense construction projects where he was able to refine his leadership and construction management skills. He planned, resourced, and executed the design-build of over thirty construction projects involving airfield pavements, base facilities, maintenance and repair ranging from $25K to $180M. He wrote project statements of work, performed periodic design reviews, developed feasibility reports, schedule updates, executed the change-order process, and validated progress payments. He also conducted

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

computing careers. The curriculumcontent for the Computer Science degree is based on the 2008 ACM Curriculum Report. TheComputer Science degree at UVU is accredited by Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology (ABET) in 2002 and currently has more than 500 students.To integrate Computational Intelligence concepts into our curriculum, we decided to use the firstmodel by offering an undergraduate course on Artificial Neural Networks. This course wasoffered as a senior level elective course for the first time in the Fall 2012 semester. Offering this Page 23.316.13course as a required course was not an option for us, so not every student is

Conference Session

FPD 8: Engineering Math Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shelley Lorimer, MacEwan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering and is a registered professional engineer with APEGA (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta). Prior to her career at MacEwan, Shelley worked in industry as a research engineer and a consulting engineer for several years. Page 23.323.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Assessment Tools as Predictors of Changing Pre-Engineering SkillsAbstractThis article was motivated by a need to understand the academic strengths and weaknesses ofengineering students entering first-year. The underlying impetus was the improvement of theeducational

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University; Ralph Alan Dusseau P.E., Rowan University; Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

and approaches. While studying as an undergraduate I hadtaken classes in civil engineering materials, transportation engineering and pavement design,which provided me a working knowledge to preparing me for career. The clinics expanded myunderstanding of the material and introduced me to new material like reclaimed asphaltpavement, warm mix asphalt, modified binders, which typically aren’t discussed in detail inclass. Furthermore the clinics provided an opportunity to hone my soft skills by writing projectreports and presenting our research and designs to our clients and other professors. Byperforming hands on testing and analysis as an undergraduate I gained a deeper understandingof testing results which has helped me extensively in my

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Steven H Chin, Rowan University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

students ratetheir interest in taking each on a scale of 1 to 5. A combined score is calculated using sixcourses relevant to biometrics, namely, computer forensics, biometric signal processing,machine learning, digital image processing, pattern recognition and biometric securitytechnologies. For questions 3 and 4, fourteen subject areas are given. For question 3,students rate each area in terms of pursuing a graduate degree. In question 4, students ratetheir interest in pursuing a career. A combined score is calculated using five subject areasrelated to biometrics, namely, image processing, computer forensics, machine learning,biometrics and speech processing. Table 2 gives the results. For questions 2 and 4, thereis a statistically significant

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, University of Mount Union; Pattabhi Sitaram, Baker College, Flint, MI

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

’ ‘overall very good lab component’ ‘labs were interesting and helped me to get exposure to new equipment’ ‘the lab helped me gain skills I can use in my career’ ‘the labs helped me better understand what I was learning in the class’ ‘the tutorials helped me to understand lecture content’ ‘labs were directly related to what we did in class. That made it a lot easier to understand the material’ ‘the lab helped me become more comfortable with MATLAB’ ‘lab helped to give meaning to what was taught in lecture’ ‘lab was interactive, fun and useful for the learning process’The student comments were collected through a survey at the end of the semester. The studentcomments listed above clearly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas David, Iowa State University; Suman Debnath, Purdue University; Munadir Aziz Ahmed; Dionysios C. Aliprantis, Iowa State University; Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

University. He was a recipient of the NSF CAREER award in 2009. He serves as an associate editor for the IEEE Power Engineering Letters and the IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion. His research interests are related to electromechanical energy conversion and the analysis of power systems. More recently his work has focused on technologies that enable the integration of renewable energy sources in the electric power system, and the electrification of transportation.Prof. Maryam Saeedifard, Purdue University Page 23.422.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clare McInerney, Lero - the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre; Mike Hinchey, Lero-the Irish Software Engineering Reseaach Centre

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

students design should assume noprior computing experience. Considering we do not have a computer science teacher preparationprogramme in any university in Ireland, we cannot assume any prior computing experience.Occasionally we work with teachers that studied computer science, changed careers and completedteacher training or teachers that would have worked in the UK education system as ICT teachersand moved back to Ireland but these would be exceptions.Lesson 3: Build RelationshipsBuild relationships with national networks/bodies responsible for curriculum development and foractivities relating to teachers and ICT. Leverage and utilize resources, infrastructure,communication channels, and so on, for established subjects to spread the word about

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johanna Gretchen Hatzell, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

. Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Karen A. Thole is the head of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. She holds two degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. After receiving her Ph.D., she spent two years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Thermal Turbomachinery at the University of Karslruhe in Germany. Her academic career began in 1994 when she became an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1999, she accepted a position in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech where she was promoted to Professor in

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew J. Traum, Milwaukee School of Engineering; David A Howell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Leah C. Newman, MSOE

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

thepinnacle and capstone of the students’ engineering curriculum while propelling them into theirprofessional careers. When consciously adopted by engineering faculty as an underlying projectmanagement pedagogy, servant-leadership is an effective and powerful teaching technique.Faculty become servant-leaders by providing guidance to their students in planning,implementing, and testing their designs.As a teaching pedagogy used in business, servant-leadership has been shown to increase courseimpact, meaning, and relevance while empowering students, increasing their confidence, andenriching the student-teacher relationship. [1] Servant-Leadership used in marketing has beenshown to increase student knowledge and skills as well as instilling increased

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank E Falcone, Villanova University; Edward F. Glynn P.E., Villanova University; Mark Edward Graham, Villanova University; Mark Doorley Ph.D., Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

: As one of our strategic initiatives to improve the undergraduate program and to better prepare our students for their professional careers, we are investigating means for Page 23.508.7 improving our engineering ethics program. As you are likely aware, most if not all of our students currently are required to take an ethics course from the ethics department. A study that we funded 3 years ago to look at that approach indicated that while the students were getting a good fundamental introduction to ethics principles, they were not getting an opportunity to understand these principles and apply them in an

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Akundi, RIMES, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric D Smith, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

states the outcomes that a student is expected to achieveimmediately upon graduation.SACS Long-Term Objectives for MSSE GraduatesThese are goals for career and lifetime achievement for graduates to attain 5 to 20 yearsafter graduation, by applying the Program Learning Outcomes.1. IMSE Graduates will assume enterprise leadership responsibilities in Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering environments.2. IMSE Graduates will develop innovative systems and processes for the design, development and deployment of products and services, for the benefit of society.3. IMSE Graduates will discover new knowledge, and develop new tools for the practice of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering.4. IMSE Graduates will earn

Conference Session

"Modular" Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qinghua He, Tuskegee University; Rong Zhang, Auburn University; Jin Wang, Auburn University; Frank Leonard Armstead III, Tuskegee University; Rong Zhu Walburn; Donald Ray Johnson Jr; Julius Lenard Taylor II, Tuskegee University Research Assistant

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

learning material will enable instructors to easily select, share, expand, and modify Page 23.69.5the materials to fit students with various learning capabilities and career goals.Due to the complex nature of the biofuel processes and students’ limited exposure to biofueltechnology, most students would feel incompetent in dealing with problems related to biofuel.To help students overcome this barrier, we have also been creating a series of web modules toaccompany the classroom modules by exploiting two instructional strategies: computer-assistedinstruction and visual learning. Computer-assisted instruction is an innovative instructionalstrategy

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan W. Klingbeil, Wright State University; Anthony Bourne, Wright State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

linkbetween program impacts on student motivation and self-efficacy and ultimate graduate rates.The Wright State ModelIt is well known that student success in engineering is highly dependent on student success inmath, and perhaps more importantly, on the ability to connect the math to the engineering1-6.However, first-year students typically arrive at the university with virtually no understanding ofhow their pre-college math background relates to their chosen degree programs, let alone theirfuture careers. And despite the national call to increase the number of graduates in engineeringand other STEM disciplines7 , the inability of incoming students to successfully advance past thetraditional freshman calculus sequence remains a primary cause of

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L Marcellus, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Page 23.93.5component tasks that are connected and help the solver step through the production of requestedresults. It may be chattiness, comfort-speech, weak academic humor, or attempts to makeconnections to a young person's sense of humor, curiosity, wonder, honesty, dignity, social life,future career, and/or passion for reform. It may call attention to the key concepts and tools neededto solve the problem. It may be embedded in the statement of the required tasks.A challenge is the statement of what the solver is required to produce. It may be formulated with orwithout scaffolding.A target is what the problem poser hopes will be accomplished when a learner engages with theproblem. This could be the exercise or development of any

Conference Session

Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

helps them to become a reflective practitioner once they graduate andbegin their professional career. The topics for their individual reflection paper included:  The engineering design process  Engineering/math/science connections  Technical writingThe students were provided several resources(4-7) to help them with this assignment. In addition,the students were provided a grading rubric (provided in Appendix A), prepared by the authorwhich is a synthesis of other critical thinking rubrics(8-10).Results In the analysis of the original design solution, the most striking result was that less thanhalf of the teams as freshman did not connect the design criteria to human constraints (bloodvolume, system

Conference Session

FPD 3: Research on First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xingyu Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa K. Orr, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Frontiers in Education 2009, San Antonio, TX, October 18-21, 2009.9. Orr, M.K., M.W. Ohland, R.A. Long, S.M. Lord, C.E. Brawner, and R.A. Layton, “Engineering Matriculation Paths: Outcomes of Direct Matriculation, First-Year Engineering, and Post-General Education Models,” Proc. 2012 IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Seattle, WA, October 3-6, 2012.10. Brannan, K.P. and P.C. Wankat, "Survey of First-Year Programs," Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education annual Conference and Exposition, June 12-15, 2005 in Salt Lake City, UT.11. C. Adelman, “Women and men of the engineering path: A model for analyses of undergraduate careers,” Washington, DC: Department of Education, 1998

Conference Session

Software Engineering Pedagogical Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Feras A. Batarseh, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

fully inspired byhuman body systems and their parts.KEY WORDSHuman Physiology, Lifecycle Model, Software Engineering, Life Sciences, Artificial Page 23.157.2Intelligence.1. Introduction and BackgroundThis section introduces a background on Software Engineering lifecycle models,Artificial Intelligence approaches, and related Computer Science educational models.Students in life-sciences (as well as many other majors) need to be equipped withknowledge about software in general, and that's due to multiple reasons: 1) at differentpoints of their careers they will use software tools, 2) they will need to get up to speedsome of the medical equipment they

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve E. Watkins, Missouri University of Science & Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

advancedcourses in other technologies, cf. reference4. However, introductory undergraduate courses inelectronics and devices rarely provide a strong linkage between the underlying device physicsand the circuit design and analysis. Such courses tend to focus either on semiconductor physicsor on electronics analysis. Consequently, student pursuing a devices track may not haveprerequisites for electronics applications and students pursing an electronic circuits track may nothave prerequisites for device physics. Besides educational and career flexibility, breadth ofunderstanding can have great advantage in inter-area and interdisciplinary technologies. Forinstance, dedicated hardware for embedded systems may require device and circuit designknowledge for an

Conference Session

Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa M Holliday P.E., University of Oklahoma; Matthew Reyes, University of Oklahoma; Richard Cecil Ryan, University of Oklahoma; Kenneth F. Robson, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Construction

’ perspectives, the partnership developed with the local industry to teach thelabs was the most beneficial part of the lab development and administration. The use of skilledtrade instructors to help lead the labs provided numerous benefits. The skilled trade instructorsprovided current field based expertise that the academic instructor could not provide. The tradeinstructors provided valuable insight into the content of each lab and suggested improvementsrelated to the materials, work process, tools, equipment, and shop drawings for each specific lab.Additionally, they represented specialty trades that typically students have less exposure toduring course activities, career fairs or program events.The labs offered formal and informal opportunities for

Conference Session

Web Education: Delivery and Evaluation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Blake; kathleen marrs; Jeff Watt; Andrew Gavrin

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthis in my career?” This essay addresses these questions on an ongoing basis, helping studentsstay motivated. Puzzles act as the opposite “bookends” to the WarmUp exercises. Like WarmUps, puzzlesare delivered and answered via the WWW. However, where we use WarmUps to introduceindividual topics and subtopics, we use Puzzles to tie a group of topics together, and to connectthose topics to prior parts of the course. Puzzles are intended to be difficult even for the beststudents in the class. They often ask students to integrate course content with knowledge fromother courses, and they are