Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 3: Courses and Curricula

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin J. Laugelli, University of Virginia; Keith Andrew Williams, University of Virginia; Esther Tian, University of Virginia; Julia Lapan, University of Virginia; Shaylin Williams, University of Virginia; Deepyaman Maiti, University of Virginia; Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Benjamin Goldschneider, University of Virginia; Nicole Dufalla, University of Virginia; Anna Leyf Peirce Starling, University of Virginia; William H. Guilford, University of Virginia

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Williams, University of Virginia Shaylin Williams is invested in identifying ways to improve the engineering education experience for future generations of engineers. As a McNair Scholar, Shaylin worked on chemical engineering projects creating thermal barriers for food packaging and studying soil remediation. Additionally, she completed an REU project in healthcare engineering at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She earned a master’s degree in industrial and systems Engineering with a Management Systems Concentration in December 2022. Shaylin recently completed her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Mississippi State University, using Self Determination Theory to analyze freshmen and continuing Summer Bridge

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlin Tyler, ANSYS, Inc.; Bridget Ogwezi, ANSYS, Inc.

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

andcreative thinking are still the most important skills for the workforce today. These same skills,however, have been highlighted as lacking in new engineering graduates as they enter theworkforce[2], [3].This lack of preparedness for real-world problems that students face upon leaving school leads tosignificant frustration for both employer and employee. Students find themselves intimidated totackle the large, boundary-less projects in the working world[4], [5] and unable to navigate largeprojects due to a lack of professional skills in areas like teamwork, project management, andbusiness management[5], [6], [7].The WEF 2023 Future of Jobs Report indicates that an estimated 44% of workers’ skills will bedisrupted in the next five years and six in

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 4

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reem Roufail, University of Waterloo; Lisa Lachuta; christine moresoli, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud, University of Waterloo

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

surprise. Instructors at all levels had to quickly learn and adoptnew tools for online course delivery. The adoption of new tools that could capture the uniquefeatures of design courses, which are primarily project based and open-ended, and require in classdiscussions, feedback and teamwork represented a major challenge in an online environment. Itwas not clear how the online environment would affect the perception of instructors and theperformance of the students. The primary purpose of this paper was to investigate potentialrelationships between the perception of instructors of the impact of the course delivery on thestudent learning, namely the final course grades and student performance against expectations.The instructors’ perceptions

Conference Session

Promoting Inclusivity and Broadening Participation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

formulated toenhance racial equity within the department. Senior exit surveys and group interviews ofgraduating seniors were employed to capture their experiences and receive valuable feedback.Furthermore, the establishment of the ChemE Culture Club has provided a platform forcelebrating the diverse cultures within the department. The senior design course now includesmodules dedicated to global competency development and the incorporation of DEI statementsin senior design projects. Additionally, the sophomore thermo course features sustainabilityprojects, helping students understand the societal impacts of their engineering designs.This paper not only summarizes the current DEI efforts at UIC CHE but also highlights thechallenges and gains

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 28

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisa Koolman, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

represents a nuanced reason for students to use, or continue using, a makerspacethan previously researched reasons for using, including class projects [3] and architecture [4].Student staff are the brokers of the makerspace, so understanding their reason for using themakerspace is essential to understanding how students use the makerspace. Future work willfocus on the continuing to build the theoretical framework for interactions within universitymakerspaces through continued analysis and data collection from a wide variety of universitymakerspaces.Keywords: university makerspaces, community cultural wealth, higher education, engineeringeducationIntroductionA key component of makerspace culture is the people in it, in particular the student staff

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Curricular & Program Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Xinyu Zhang, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

served in several administrative roles. She has been recognized for her teaching, advising, service, and research and as an Exemplary Faculty Member for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.Dr. Xinyu Zhang, Purdue University Dr. Xinyu Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Environmental and Ecological Engineering (EEE) at Purdue University’s College of Engineering. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a North Carolina-licensed Professional Engineer, and currently leads an NSF project on recruitment strategies for engineering bridge and success programs. Her research interests include engineering education such as broadening

Conference Session

Duff's Dynamic Duo: Harnessing the Power of Teamwork for STEM Excellence!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan R Broberg, Purdue Applied Research Institute; Jose Capa Salinas, Purdue University; Susan Khalifah

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

been taught four times since 2020, startingwith online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic and going in person during 2021, 2022,and 2023. The curriculum changed every year in response to the arrival of new instructors andhas exposed students to several civil engineering sub-disciplines, including structures,transportation, water resources, hydrology, geomatics, architectural engineering, andconstruction engineering. The course culminated in a team-based final project, aimed at bringingtogether the topics discussed throughout the week. Daily activities included lab visits, hands-onexperiments, active learning sessions, and lectures, conducted in active learning classes as able.Additionally, the course aimed to enhance graduate students

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Mohammad Shafinul Haque; Anthony Battistini; Soyoon Kum; Azize Akcayoglu; William Kitch

disproportionatelybenefit historically minoritized populations, particularly the Latinx students served by Angelo StateUniversity as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).Lastly, Table 3 includes a summary of students’ comments for improvement, most notably thatstudents want to have more hands-on labs and longer lab sessions. In addition, students requestedmore instruction before the lab and a firmer connection between hands-on activity and textbookquestions. One major goal for the researchers is to strengthen the link between classes and labs,especially as the researchers leading the project are not currently the course instructors. However,this is a productive situation, as it has highlighted difficulties with the modules and led toimprovements, which will

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cade Person, Michigan State University; Christiana Kiesling, Michigan State University; George H. Berghorn, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

projects centered around mass timber, including (1) the development of mass timber modules in civil engineering curriculum, and (2) identifying opportunities for embodied carbon reduction in mass timber manufacturing.Christiana Kiesling, Michigan State University Christiana Kiesling is a graduate assistant at Michigan State University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research interests include mass timber curriculum for undergraduate structural engineering students.George H. Berghorn, Michigan State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Mass Timber Structural Engineering Curriculum: Assessment of Current Teaching and Resource

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Keith B. Lodge

to give the students all the tools necessary to do thework on the liquid-level control loop, the second part; this was couched in terms of a project.Table. Syllabus for the programming of a microcontroller in Process Control Formal training Project With the circuit constructed so Subject matter covered in class relating to the programming far** it should be possible to run of the Basic Stamp experiments with the liquid-level system to demonstrate

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert

When They Stay and When They Don’t: Examples of First Semester Retention Rates and Relationships to Learning Styles Stephanie Ivey and Anna Lambert Department of Civil Engineering, The University of MemphisAbstractOur research presents initial findings of a pilot-scale project performed at The Herff College ofEngineering, The University of Memphis, in the 2004-2005 academic year. This projectinvestigates the persistent issues surrounding difficulties in retention of first-semesterengineering students and examines the possibilities of variances in student learning styledifferences as potential contributors to students leaving engineering programs. While theresearchers

Collection

2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Walter W. Buchanan; Robert J. Herrick

; BSET 1983; Vice President for Engineering at Emerson Climate Technology,Inc., Sidney, Ohio. He has continuing contact with and support of UD through projects in theSchool of Engineering's Design and Manufacturing Clinic and Innovation Center.William E. Sopko, Jr.; BSET 1971; President, William Sopko & Sons, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio; Tookover the ownership and management of the successful company founded by his father soon aftergraduation due to the untimely death of his father. Continuously expanded the company throughacquisition of related manufacturing companies: Manufacturer of heavy stampings for the truckindustry; Supplier of repair parts for grinding equipment.Kansas State University:Melvin Bergkamp (Mechanical Engineering Technology

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Erdogan M. Sener

and its execution in various ways and will continue to do so [18]. Use of 2-D CAD, 3-D CAD, project execution related communication work using the internet, use of project management information systems, use of internet-based training/learning is increasingly becoming mainstream. As far as new entries go, 4-D CAD systems that incorporate the time element into 3-D CAD work is making great strides in terms of showing proper construction sequencing in parallel with 3-D drawings, greatly facilitating construction operations especially in view of a construction workforce whose training is not keeping pace with the advances in construction work technology [1,14]. Similarly, database- assisted design and construction that rely on

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Adekola Owolabi

that the themes included in the canvas are design content and not process steps or categories of information.  Including key market and business model themes applicable to a wide range of situations. The themes from the Business Model Canvas have been used.  Creating a tool that is applicable at several levels including product, service, and process design and from the design project to the new product and venture level.  Establishing connections between product design and business model themes thereby creating a multidisciplinary framework enabling the alignment and association of themes between the two. The ability to associate and align information from diverse sources has been identified

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gordon W. Romney; Paul D. Juneau

projects were the installation of MS Internet InformationServices (IIS) 6.0, with Active Directory and Domain Controller, a Certificate Authority andWindows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0. The security component that is the purpose of thispaper, and the Problem addressed in Section 1.5, above, was to provide a useable two-factorauthentication process for users who want to access the WebPortal, and, initially, the SharePointFront End server SOETWS1 that is to the left on the bottom row in Figure 1.8.1.Juneau’s team decided to employ Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and require a client to present thefollowing two authentication factors in order to gain access to the WebPortal: 1) the firstauthentication factor (something you know) of a username and

Conference Session

Digital Simulation Tools in Energy Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert McMasters, Virginia Military Institute

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

functions have also been used in conventional thermodynamics classes on projects whensolving large applied thermodynamic problems. In such cases, the time expended oninterpolation can quite easily constitute the majority of the time required for solving theproblems. The students can easily spend more time interpolating than in learning how to applythermodynamic principles. Therefore, once students have shown mastery of the skills needed tointerpolate tables to obtain properties for substances, more knowledge of thermodynamicprinciples can potentially be assimilated if the interpolation steps associated with homeworkproblems, projects and examinations were automated. Historically, in order to avoid excessivetime expenditure on interpolation, some

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yogesh Velankar, Purdue University; Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Masataka Okutsu, Purdue University; Daniel Delaurentis, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

for Engineering Education, 2010 Team Based Negotiation of Ideas on Design Decision Making PerformanceIntroductionEngineering in the 21st century is becoming a more social process with multiple stakeholders.Nowadays, many engineering design projects are undertaken by project teams consisting ofvarious disciplinary content experts. This type of engineering work requires domain knowledgecoupled with many professional skills such as teamwork, collaboration, communication of ideas,decision making, etc. Recent reports such as the Engineer of 20201 have recognized that suchskills are essential in the education of the next generation of engineers. The challenge is findingeffective instructional methods that develop these skills without large amounts

Conference Session

Current Topics in IE Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Veronica Dark; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

ineducation3,6,14,17,21. It has been observed that as students become aware of their own thinking andproblem solving process their learning can be enhanced. One of the key innovative elements ofthe new learning environment is a focus on the development of metacognitive skills. Thus, theseveral elements are incorporated into the modules that explicitly encourage students to reflectcritically on their work, monitor their progress towards understanding the problem, planning theproblem solving process, and evaluating their progress.Throughout the project, students are required to provide a self-evaluation of their work based onthe same rubrics that are used by the instructors to evaluate the final project. For example,before leaving the objective phase, where the

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sally Blake; Eric MacDonald; Scott Starks

25% of the U.S. population. This proportionis projected to continue upward. From more than one-fourth of the total population,underrepresented minorities compromised only 12% of the baccalaureates awarded inengineering in 2000. Additionally, females of all ethnic backgrounds remain underrepresented inthe engineering and technological workplace. Over the past several decades, the need to increase Page 10.1137.1minority and female participation in engineering has taken center stage. An increase in minorityand female participation in engineering is needed in order to help fill the numerous positions in Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

ELD Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kiem-Dung Ta; Helen Clements; Kevin Drees

development of their assignments. In addition, workplace expectations for new engineeringgraduates, as well as information literacy guidelines which correlate with ABET (AccreditationBoard for Engineering and Technology) accreditation criteria justify the need for the program.In the instruction sessions, librarians teach students how to search by subject category rather thanby a specific keyword, as well as how to utilize critical thinking skills, make use of discipline-specific databases, consult government documents and technical report collections, and utilizesubject experts as a means of increasing the pool of useful information for the development offinal project reports. Students are exposed to a range of discipline-oriented databases and

Conference Session

ECE Laboratory Development and Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathaniel Whitmal

with design experience that supports thegoals of ABET Engineering Criteria 2000, (iii) to prepare students for further work in DSP,particularly in their “Major Qualifying Project (MQP),” a one-year capstone design experienceproviding credit equivalent to three courses. EE 3703 has two features that distinguish it fromprevious real-time DSP courses: its use of the interactive “studio” format, and its use of softwareengineering principles.Assessment data for the course was derived from student grades, lab reports, identical pre/post-course assessment exams, and MQP reports. The pre/post -course exams focused on topicscovered in both the present and prerequisite courses, and were used to gauge the preparation andprogress of each student. The data

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

capstone design project, three teams of 1 st-class midshipmen (seniors majoring in oceanengineering at the U.S. Naval Academy) set about to identify and design an ocean energy systemto compete, at least conceptually, with Navy contractors. These teams explored various renew-able energy sources such as ocean thermal, wave, and offshore wind energy. In four-monthstime, each team researched the alternatives and developed a concept design for its selectedenergy source. Results were presented to a Review Panel consisting of Navy representatives andocean engineering professionals. Brief details of this capstone experience and educational oppor-tunities in renewable ocean energies at the U.S. Naval Academy are shared later in the paper.Past developments

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Colin Grant; Brian Dickson

,learning and communications that are not found in conventional U.K full-time under-graduateprogrammes. These teaching methods range from text-based to internet-based delivery and havea strong emphasis on employment-based project work.The undergraduate course provides a ‘mainstream’ first degree in chemical engineering forindustry-based students who have some prior qualifications and experience. The postgraduatemasters-level courses are designed for a wider range of professionals with backgrounds inengineering and/or chemistry. They provide a technology-based version of an MBA and featurea strong multi-disciplinary theme that integrates advanced process technologies, managementand business (with a strong emphasis on the process of innovation) and

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Ruba Alamad, Kennesaw State University; Garima Banerjee, Kennesaw State University

projects and examsand reduce the withdrawal rate [5].The Mixed Modality model blends hybrid and asynchronous learning and is more flexible. Thisallows students to choose between attending face-to-face classes, attending live lectures(synchronous), watching recorded lectures (asynchronous), or flexibly doing all, without anynegative impact on their learning, based on their individual needs and availability [8]. So, a studentmight attend face-to-face one week and online the following week.Using a mixed modality approach makes the course more sustainable and helps instructors designone course that can be used to teach in different modalities. This ensures a high return on theinvestment made in terms of instructor time and cuts down the amount of time

Conference Session

Nanotechnology/RFID

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick Anderson, CET; Ghassan T. Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

theviability of the passive UHF RFID system to locate the position of a tagged objects, stored in amultiple shelved warehouse environment is investigated. A pilot system was implemented and itsperformance was investigated by a team of two students in the electronics engineeringtechnology (EET) program during one semester senior design project. A 915 MHz RFID systemperformance was investigated and analyzed in a simulated environment in the radio frequency(RF) laboratory. The concept of using RFID system for position identification in the simulatedstorage environment was successfully proven. The pilot system was able to identify taggeditems’ locations with very high efficiency especially in an RF friendly environment. The workrequired the analysis of

Conference Session

Recruitment, Retention, and First-Year Programs in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector A. Ochoa, University of Texas, Tyler; Mukul Shirvaikar, University of Texas, Tyler

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Electrical and Computer

real projects in thedifferent areas of electrical engineering.This paper will present the data collected as a part of the course offering over two academicyears, specifically split into two analysis categories. The first part of the data analysis will focuson the effect of the course on student retention, extracted from the freshman cohorts. The secondpart of the data analysis will focus on student surveys performed at the end of the semester. Thissurvey was designed to measure vital components of overall course effectiveness with finergranularity, including students understanding of topics such as the role of electrical engineersand their impact on society. The data collected and analyzed over the last two years clearlyshows an increase in

Conference Session

Distance and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dale N. Buechler, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Phil J. Sealy, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; John Goomey, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

hours for remote studentswhich are essentially equivalent to face-to-face office hours.One of the strengths of our electrical engineering program has been that all but one of ourcourses has had an integrated laboratory component. In addition, most courses have requiredsignificant design projects. Distance students to date have completed their labs at their localtwo-year school instead of traveling across the state to main campus. Lab instructors have beenhired to provide equipment and lab support for these courses. This lab approach with an on-sitelab instructor has been serviceable for “cookbook” type laboratories, where all the instructionsare provided, and low-level design projects.Alternative approaches have been investigated for use with

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce M van de Vegte, Camosun College, Victoria, Canada; Alan P. Duncan, Camosun College, Victoria, Canada

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

under room temperature and cold conditions, and calculation energy densities by mass an volume.• Lab 10 Field Trip 2009 Race Rocks Tidal Turbine 2010 T’Souke Nation Solar PV Project and Jordan River Hydroelectric Dam Page 22.1239.9Industry feedbackThe Electronics & Computer Engineering Technology – Renewable Energy program has anindustry program advisory panel that meets every quarter. The members of the panel are selectedfrom a broad group of local companies representing both government and the private sector. Weheld a focus group session that was independently facilitated on 28 April 2009. The questionsposed were:What

Conference Session

Investigating Alternative Energy Concepts

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

electrical and civil engineering and socio-economicissues. The subject is how to develop a power transmission and distribution architecture basedon wireless beaming complementing and reaching beyond the wired power grid. Theprocesses of defining requirements and selecting parameters in this wide-open area, are setout. The education here is not through course lectures but through cross-disciplinary learningon projects. Student experience over the years is reviewed, starting from initial conceptexploration to present refinement. It is argued that millimeter wave beaming is essential, andthat viable end-to-end efficiency can be achieved, to succeed in the marketplace. Studentparticipants in this concept development over the years, have been at levels

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie J. Parish, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Dimitris C. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

new design component. Instead of viewgraphpresentations, guest speakers were asked to bring in demonstrations to explain current aerospacedesign problems and applications of new technology. Industry representatives were invited topresent “real-world” problems they are resolving to give students a better appreciation of theunique challenges of the aerospace industry. Also, aerospace student organizations, graduatestudents, and upperclassmen were recruited to speak to the students about research opportunities,aspects of senior design projects, and ways to become involved in the aerospace community toencourage integration of students into the department after their freshman year.The course has continued to evolve with the addition of a freshman