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2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard B. Mindek

section 4.0 of this paper, and then summarize their results in a brieftechnical memo. It should be noted here that only one of the seven graduate students in the course hadany previous experience using PLCs, and none had any experience using the RSLogix software.Although not conclusive, the results of the project were very encouraging. The students were able toexplore some of the capabilities of PLCs, within the design limitations of the platform, and required verylittle external input. On the project itself, students’ scores averaged 86%, indicating they generallyunderstood the basic operation of the PLC as they completed the project. And feedback on the projectwas also very good from the students, as reflected in their end of semester

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 6: Bring Your Own Experiment!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Y Heil-heintz; Jacob Wojcicki, Rowan University; Mitja Trkov, Rowan University; Wei Xue, Rowan University; Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, Rowan University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

to constrain, modify, and emphasizespecific aspects of the project. Ultimately, this project presents a unique way to introduceengineering concepts in an engaging way with the potential to get students excited about theemerging field of soft robotics.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation underGrant No. 2235647. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The authors would like to thank Jason Merrill for designing andmanufacturing the 3D parts for the negative mold and the test rigs. The authors would also like tothank Matthew Mastej for

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 1: Projects, Teams, and Portfolios

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University; Chris Carroll P.E., Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University; Kyle Mitchell, Saint Louis University; Raymond LeBeau, Saint Louis University; Gary Bledsoe, Saint Louis University; Susheel Singh, Saint Louis University; Huliyar S. Mallikarjuna, Saint Louis University; Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

rate of69.4%. Through meticulous data analysis using SPSS, it was observed notable increases in meanscores for Ideation, Interest, Help Seeking, and Unnamed factors, reflecting positive shifts instudents' entrepreneurial mindset. Significant improvements in factors such as Ideation, Interest,and Help Seeking highlight the efficacy of our course in nurturing the multifaceted skills essentialfor success in engineering and entrepreneurial endeavors. Our findings indicate modest statisticallysignificant improvements in Ideation and overall total scores from pre- to post-tests, validating theeffectiveness of this pedagogical approach. Lessons learned from this study will inform futureiterations of the course, ensuring continued refinement to better

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Identity & Belonging

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wee Sing Yeo, University of Cincinnati; Muhammad Asghar, Utah State University; Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

such a way that this alignmenttermed their academic identities has a certain impact on their efforts and achievements. Thestudy [8] reveals that the college experience for individual students is influenced by theirperceptions of interpersonal interactions and norms, which a reflective of the college culture andthus play a pivotal role in shaping student performance, engagement, and persistence, surpassingpredictions solely based on socioeconomic status or academic preparedness indicators.The fundamental concept of Engineering Stress Culture (ESC) originates from the uniquedemands and challenges inherent in the culture of engineering education which equates learningwith suffering and shared hardship identity, as emphasized in one of the six

Conference Session

WIP: Classroom Innovations

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neha B. Raikar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Fernando Mérida, University of Florida

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

participants, as reflected by the summerprogram course evaluations. Even in the online setting, which was used to accommodate studentswho were unable to make it in person during the first offering of the summer program due tovarious reasons, students were able to work through the detailed instructions and execute theexperiment with real-time guidance and troubleshooting help from the instructor. An informal in-class poll was conducted to gauge the familiarity of fluid flow-based topics like flow rate,friction, pressure drop, and viscosity. Of these four topics, the most familiar topic was friction,while flow rate was the least familiar. However, the familiarity did not come from fluid flowcontext but from having heard the word “friction” from day-to

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 11

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anjing Dai, Arizona State University; Xingchen Xu, Arizona State University; Li Tan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

discrimination faced byAsian engineering students in postsecondary education. The identified relevantstudies need to be consistent with this research scope. In order to do that, we focus onboth Asian American and Asian international college students within the engineeringdiscipline, reflecting our centered research interest. Considering the scope of ourstudy and the research questions, we established relevant studies in our review asstudies that satisfy the following three conditions: a) the presence of Asian students,b) a focus on college engineering majors, and c) relevance to experiences ofdiscrimination.Selecting Studies We conducted the literature search using a variety of scholarly databases,including Semantic Scholar, Google Scholar, ERIC

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin Ho Jo, Illinois State University; Gabrielle Grace Hershey, Illinois State University; Daniel Patrick Gibson

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

selected topic can be challenging for the students. Thefollowing quote is directly from one of the student competition team members. “Reflecting on the event, the biggest benefit I realize by participating in the program isthat my work impacts those beyond homework, assignments, and projects. Working in the SDCcompetition for our capstone project adds an elevated challenge for me beyond data analysis andpaper writing. This environment is one where I may engage with individuals in a new sense:alongside classmates, academics at ISU, and professionals in the industry nationwide. Short ofvisiting the project site location, I recalled knowledge from previous extracurricular projects andprospecting and oratorical skills from over the years and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 1: Projects, Teams, and Portfolios

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fayekah Assanah, University of Connecticut; Jorge Paricio Garcia Ph.D., HRM, MID, University of Connecticut; Jake Scoggin, University of Connecticut; Martin Huber, University of Connecticut; Michael Cohen, University of Connecticut; Stephany Santos, University of Connecticut; Kathrine Pavel Ionkin, University of Connecticut; Sean Patrick Hirt, University of Connecticut; Britney Russell, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

the habitat. Finally, the smaller groups integrated theircomponents and collaborated to maximize the energy efficiency and performance of the Solar-powered Habitat.The assessments of this project were designed for each level of teamwork: 1) Studentshighlighted their contributions through an Engineering Portfolio. 2) Smaller groups reflected ontheir design and building process by submitting weekly engineering logs and a semester-endposter. Finally, 3) Each group habitat (comprising 5~6 groups) presented its energy-efficienthabitat design in the first-year design expo at the end of the semester. The ongoing datacollection of this effort on project-based, multidisciplinary, multilevel teamwork proved how thisproject design effectively cultivated

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research Programs (NEE)

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Oregon State University; Abigail Clark, The Ohio Northern University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, The Ohio State University; Cassie Wallwey, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

boundaryless new spaces of knowledge. To truly impact the world, webelieve this is the next step in STEAM and encourage faculty to push themselves to explore thesespaces and collaborations.AcknowledgementsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1811119. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.We would also like to acknowledge and thank the faculty participants for this work who werewilling to engage with the public in this unique format. We are grateful for your participationand insights.Finally, we would like to acknowledge the rest of the larger study

Conference Session

Will This Be on the Mechanics Test? Concept Inventories and Understanding Exams

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Tang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Lin Ding, The Ohio State University; Haiyan Bai, University of Central Florida; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

improvement from week 6 to week 8. However, no further progress wasseen in solving difficult problems beyond week 8.When evaluating the internal consistency of the formative assessments for all eleven items usingCronbach’s alpha with 61 samples, the result was α = .88. The score falls in the range forCronbach’s alpha scores from .84 to .90, indicating the test is reliable using the criteria from [13].The assessment scores from the five assessments reflect students’ learning progress. As indicatedin Figure 2, students’ performance increased steadily from week 6 to week 8 followed by a plateauafter week 8. This can be partly explained by the students’ practice methods. Throughout weeks 3and 7, students were assigned daily homework to help them develop

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Shannon L. Servoss; Edgar C. Clausen

Education, Vol. 100, No. 3, pp. 540-573, 2011. 6. DeGraaff, E., Kolmos, A., “Characteristics of Problem-Based Learning,” International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 657-662, 2003. 7. Kolmos, A., “Reflections on Project Work and Problem-Based Learning,” European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 141-148, 1996. Proceedings of the 2012 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education 11Biographical InformationSHANNON L. SERVOSSDr. Servoss currently serves as Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and holder of the Ralph E. MartinProfessorship

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Eric Musselman P.E.; Shawn Gross

. 2.9 4.0 4.9 4.2 The quizzes count as an appropriate part of my overall 2.3 3.4 4.2 4.2 course grade. My quiz grades reflect my general understanding of what I get out of 2.5 2.2 3.4 3.7 watching the lecture videos.The manner in which lecture quizzes have been implemented, and the defined purposes forwhich they are used, have evolved over the different inverted class offerings since 2012. In theoriginal inverted course in Spring 2012 and then in the following Spring 2013 offering, quizzeswere given at the beginning of the class meeting that followed the lecture viewing period.Quizzes could only be taken once, they

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shawn Gross

– Spreadsheet-Based Table Used to Show Answers During Calculation PeriodThe joist geometry and numerical parameters used by students in the analysis were chosen by theinstructors to provide specific results that maximize educational benefits. Material failurestresses are established to be different values for tension and compression members, though theyare not varied as a function of member length for compression members. This simple approachallows for a brief qualitative discussion about the differences between tension- and compression-related member behaviors, since students have not yet learned about Euler buckling.Furthermore, a higher factory of safety is used for compression members than for tensionmembers to reflect the higher potential

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Matthew J. Traum; Christopher F. Anderson; Christopher M. Pastore; Michael J. Leonard

. Budget reflects materials, COTS parts, and custom parts described in the oral presentation Score Definition: 0.0: Nonexistent 0.5: Inadequate 1.0: Developing 1.5: Adequate 2.0: Good 9. Quality and readability of the overhead slides 10. Quality of oral presentation delivery (each team member must speak at least once) TOTAL SCORE (sum of all scores):

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Deeksha Seth; Gabriel Carryon; James Tangorra

identifying solutions and troubleshootingproblems, (c) Self-monitor skills and reflect upon self-progress, (d) Focus on accuracy and needsinstead of speed, (e) Be organized and systematic while working and communicating, (f) Be Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova Universityflexible and adaptable to changes and challenges, (g) Draw on existing solutions, and (h) Drawon self-knowledge and objectively assess the quality and accuracy of work.Communication and collaboration skillsFor the purpose of this paper, the communication and collaboration were defined within twocategories; collaboration with customers outside the engineering field and collaboration withinteam members. These skills, extracted from the P21

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kara Vance; Abdullah Konak; Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Gul E. Okudan Kremer; Ivan Esparragoza

, findings, conclusions, and/or recommendationsexpressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the NSF’s views.Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityVI. References1. Driskell, J. E. & Salas, E. (1992) Collective behavior and team performance. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 34(3), 277-288.2. Alexander, P. A., Murphy, K. P., Woods, B. S., et al. (1997) College instruction and concomitant change in students’ knowledge, interest, and strategy use: A study of domain learning. Contemporary Educational Psychology 22, 125-146.3. Kulturel-Konak, S., Konak, A., Okudan Kremer, G., & Esparragoza, I. (2014

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Xuejun Qian; Seong W. Lee

: correct approach to dealing with severalBuilding envelope components have three important characteristics factors. In this approach factors are varied togetherthat affect their thermal performance: U-factor or thermal This study were used the factorial experiment to study the bothresistance; their thermal mass or ability to store heat, measured as individual and interaction effects of building envelopes. Analysis ofheat capacity (HC); and their exterior surface condition/finish (for variance (ANOVA) is a computational technique that enables theexample, are they light in the color to reflect the sun or dark to engineer to quantitatively estimate the relative contribution eachabsorb solar heat) [20]. U

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Adekola Owolabi

as it occurs in practice. In addition,the canvas should provide benefit for educators or practitioners in design or entrepreneurshipfields. Specifically, it provides a means to help both novice and expert designers and entrepreneursorganize, communicate, refine, and reflect on their ideas. The canvas also provides a means ofdesign-thinking documentation in which comparisons between initial, mid, and final versions ofthe canvas could be used to assess student learning. The prototype version of the innovation canvasis shown in fig. 2 below and is available online for educators and practitioners to test, evaluate,and provide feedback. Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWU“During the development of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University; Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68(1), pp. 73-84, 2006.22. J.C. Dunlap, Using guided reflective journaling activities to capture students’ changing perceptions, TechTrends, 50(6), pp. 20-26, 2006.23. H. Rimm and M. Jerusalem, Adaptation and validation of an estonian version of the general self-efficacy scale (ESES), Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 12(3), pp. 329-345, 1999.24. R. Likert, S. Roslow, and G. Murphy, A Simple and Reliable Method of Scoring the Thurstone Attitude Scales, Journal of Social Psychology, 5, pp. 228-238-238, 1934.25. R. DeHaan, R. Hanford, K. Kinlaw, D. Philler, and J. Snarey, Promoting ethical reasoning, affect and behaviour among high school students: An evaluation of three teaching

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Amarnath Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Rutwik Dehade, Texas A&M University; Glen Miller

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

questions.The project anticipates expanding the scope of the E3 program by recruiting a higher number ofhigh school teachers and provide them training in developing ethics curriculum for their studentsalong with relevant practical examples so that a larger number of prospective first-generationstudents can receive exposure to the education required to help improve their ethics self-efficacy.Acknowledgement: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation’s Ethical andResponsible Research (ER2) grant (SBE # 2124888). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, orrecommendations presented are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation.References: 1. R. Thornberg, “The lack of professional

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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala; Kimberly Riegel; George Tremberger; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

just a little more for the 2nd or 3rd or 4th question because only 2 more points is needed topass. A student perspective could be just being unlucky that day because the missing crucial 2points for passing is just of random noise origin and there would be no need to reflect on whatwent wrong in his/her exam preparation. However for learning assessment purpose, the criticalreason for failing is that the student did not understand the 1st question at all and he/she needs tostudy the topics asked in the 1st question. An unbalance scoring result could be interpreted asindicator of having less motivation in learning in the affective domain. However when theoutlier score is on the first question on topics covered at the beginning of a semester, a

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Neil H. Schiller

calculations course. Currents in Pharmacy Teachingand Learning July 2010 (Vol. 2, Issue 3, Pages 144-148)Salama (2010) LIAISING WITH LIVESCRIBE: FIRST TIME REFLECTIONS WITH AMAGIC PEN, INTED2010 Proceedings, pp. 2092-2094.Stasko, D. & Caron, P.G. (2010). Digital notes and lecture capture: pencasts aselectronic copies of live STEM lectures and student access to digital lectures. InProceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia andTelecommunications 2010 (pp. 1868-1876). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Copyright ASEE Middle Atlantic Regional Conference April 29-30, 2011, Farmingdale State College, SUNY

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Grant Crawford; Elizabeth Bristow

variety of projects in locations across theworld. Members have the opportunity to travel but need not do so in order to make valuablecontributions to their chapter's project.ConclusionOur experience is only one example of how a few engineers can make a significant impactbeyond their normal scope of influence. We took the knowledge and skills that we havedeveloped in our careers and used them in a capacity we had never anticipated. When asked,“What did you do with your summer vacation?”, in 2009 we can honestly say that, “We made adifference.” If asked, “Was it worth it?”, the answer is a resounding, “YES!”AcknowledgmentsThe views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the position ofthe United States Military

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Kevin Dahm; Thomas Merrill; William Riddell

Clinics, throughout the engineering curriculum. In this sequence ofcourses, engineering students progress from projects with carefully limited scopes in thefreshman year, to ill-posed and open-ended projects that reflect professional practice in theJunior and Senior years. Indeed, most projects in the Junior and Senior year are externallysponsored. The faculty in the College of Engineering feel that this progression is a logical wayto take full advantage of project-based learning and to allow students to develop towardprofessional practice throughout their studies.Like many engineering programs, Rowan University is also striving to develop a sense ofentrepreneurship in their students. The College of Engineering has established a venture

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 4

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2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Marco Hermida, State University of New York at New Paltz; Ping-Chuan Wang, State University of New York at New Paltz; Nancy Campos, SUNY New Paltz; Aileen Pastrana, State University of New York at New Paltz; Bianca Bermudez, State University of New York at New Paltz; Shaima Herzallah, State University of New York at New Paltz; Christopher Monvil, State University of New York at New Paltz; Tenmetey Tetteh-Nartey, State University of New York at New Paltz

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Diversity, Professional Papers

slope, reflecting lowest variation. This isconsistent with the smaller error bars seen in Figure 9, suggesting that the 0° print orientationproduces more predictable and consistent failure results. In contrast, the shallow slopes observedfor the 45° and 90° print orientations indicate greater variability in the failure loads for theseorientations, making them less predictable under applied tensile load.Based on this log-normal statistical analysis, it is crucial to note the important implication inlarge-scale manufacturing using 3D-printing. Although the sample size in a laboratory settingcan be very limited, typically about 20 in our case, the strength at very low percentile (such as inthe parts-per-million, or ppm, level) can be projected

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Angela Beck; Jim Helbling

, the COM instructor does not co-create lectures and othermaterials in conjunction with the AE instructor and thus their lectures may not reflect thespecific needs of these specific students in this specific senior design course; furthermore, therequirements stated in the COM instructor's lecture may be at odds with the requirements held bythe AE instructor, potentially leading to conflicts between the instructors themselves when it istime to assign grades to student documents or presentations.The consultation configuration does have its merits; for one, it allows COM faculty, who mayalready be stretched thin by various obligations, to have a presence in one or more senior designcourses and thus to provide communication support to a number of

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Amelito Enriquez

creatingopportunities for student engagement and immersion into the college experience in order toincrease student persistence.Math Jam was designed primarily to help students who have expressed interest in a STEM fieldbut have low levels of preparation for taking college-level math courses as indicated by theirmath placement test results. Due to high interests in STEM and low placement test scores,participation in the program was higher among minority students compared to non-minoritystudents. This higher rate of participation among minority students and the success of Math Jamin enhancing their academic performance are reflected in the increase in enrollment in transfer-level STEM courses since the program was initiated. Although enrollments in STEM transfer

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lizabeth Schlemer; Jose Macedo

understand thatthe sophomore students are full team members. The younger students will be assigned specifictasks, but should be respected for their contribution and even encouraged to stretch themselvesby creative problem solving. The seniors are also asked to consider themselves teachers andmentors of the younger students. In one group, the younger students were not treated as equalsand the faculty members did not intervene in time to remedy the problem. The younger studentswere demoralized and hated being part of the team. In addition, the seniors on this particularteam had major conflicts and the poor quality of their final presentation reflected theirdysfunction. The younger students need to understand the time commitment and complexity ofthe

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Gordon W. Romney

the user.Major companies that use Ruby on Rails are Amazon.com, BBC, Cisco, Google, NASA, NewYork Times, Oracle, Siemens, Sun Microsystems and Yahoo! (RoR Companies, 2009) SunMicrosystems has based much of its future upon RoR in the form of JRuby that is a compiledversion of RoR that interoperates with Java platform applications. Regarding Ruby and JRuby,Sun states, “it combines the best features of many compiled and interpreted languages, such aseasy development of large programs, rapid prototyping, almost-real-time development, andcompact code. Ruby is a reflective, dynamic, and interpreted object-oriented scripting language,and JRuby is a Java programming language implementation of the Ruby language syntax, corelibraries, and standard

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Saikat Ray

. ConclusionComputer based testing enables an instructor of a course for M.S. students in a teaching oriented school tocondition them to the habit of regular studying without increasing the grading load. The author has usedthem in class successfully with increased student attendance and attention. There are issues with computeraccess, some time is lost if the class has to go to a computer lab for the test, possible web outages duringthe test, etc. However, the benefits of CBT significantly outstrip its disadvantages in creating bettermotivated students at the M.S. level.DisclaimerThis article reflects author’s personal scholarly view on the subject and is written based on his personalexperiences at different schools and anecdotes gathered from various sources