Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry Duplicate Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duane Dunlap, Western Carolina University; John Bardo, Western Carolina University; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Albert McHenry, Arizona State University; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Dennis Depew, Purdue University; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce; David Quick; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce; Jay Snellenberger, Rolls-Royce; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Kathleen Gonzalez Landis, University of Arizona; Ronald Bennett, University of St. Thomas

reaching in how we conduct creative technologydevelopment & innovation for economic and defense purposes; and in how we educate U.S.engineers for innovation. We cannot retain U.S. preeminence in engineering if the system of U.S.engineering graduate education does not reflect the modern practice of engineering for creativetechnology development & innovation or if we do not educate our engineers in industry for thehighest levels of leadership responsibility required in the practice of engineering for effectivetechnology development & innovation.3. Next Generation Professional Education for Lifelong Learning ─Combining Advanced Professional Studies, Experience, and Engineering PracticeThe Task Force believes that further postgraduate

Conference Session

Rethinking Aerospace Curricula and Learning

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Carrie Olsen, Mississippi State University; David Bridges, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

Aerothermodynamics and ASE 4343 Compressible Aerodynamics.Because of the similarities in aircraft and space structures, all students will take a commonaerospace structures sequence. The current sequence is ASE 3213 Aircraft Structures I, ASE3223 Aircraft Structures II, and ASE 4623 Aircraft Structures III. These will be renamedMechanics of Deformable Structures, Aerospace Structural Analysis, and Aerospace StructuralDesign, respectively, to more accurately reflect the specific content of the courses and thecommonality of the subject matter to both the Aeronautics and Astronautics concentrations.As stated above, each concentration will have two technical electives. The Department ofAerospace Engineering has decided to specify that any required course in one

Conference Session

Retention and Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Amy E Thompson, University of New Haven; Terance Joshua Thomas, University of New Haven

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

instrument deployedby Walstrom et al. 24 Questions pertaining to demographics, parents’ education, and recollectionof desire to study engineering were added to the instrument. A combination of multiple choiceand open-ended questions were used. In addition, questions were customized to reflect thechoices available at UNH. (Refer to Appendix A for complete survey tool questions; note thatthe questions in the appendix appear numbered to facilitate analysis – the actual tool did not havequestions numbered.) The survey was approved by the University’s Institutional Review Board.The on-line application Survey Monkey® was used to deploy and collect the data. Emailinvitations with unique links were sent out to 235 full-time engineering undergraduates

Conference Session

FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hyunyi Jung, Purdue University; Alena Moon, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

”.3 In addition, faculty should make their role visible andexplicit in the classroom. Finally, UTAs should be evaluated by students and should reflect ontheir experience.3 Wallace (1974) adds to these claims by arguing that consistent and frequenttraining is necessary to ensuring the success of UTAs.2TAs unique position as both student and instructor introduces the challenge of balancingteaching responsibilities with student responsibilities. The time and grading components of theteaching responsibilities can become overwhelming. This effect has been especially observed inclassrooms where novel and experimental approaches are being used.10 In response to calls forreform in engineering programs, the course being researched implemented the use

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Conference Session

ECE Curriculum Improvement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tatiana V. Goris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

electrical phenomena persisted fromfreshman to senior levels. Novices reported that this mental model already was created beforeentering college. The ‘product’ of such an incorrect understanding reflects the popular analogy ofelectricity and water. When learning new material about the ‘invisible’ world, students sought‘visible’ analogies in the observable world. Often the water analogy was presented by instructorsor in books or students made this assumption by themselves because it is “visible”. Althoughstudents understood that the water analogy cannot elucidate all electric properties, theyrepeatedly applied features of plumbing-systems to electrical circuits and diagrams. At thenovice level, the water analogy is widely used but does not have yet a

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

includingthe application of agile methods to safety critical system development, the relationship of agiledevelopment with user experience design and how to measure flow in lean system development.Similar research is done by Gary et al.[13] on the basis of agile development process. Procter etal.[29] used a case study of a project to create a Web 2.0-based, Virtual Research Environment(VRE) for researchers to share digital resources in order to reflect on the principles and practicesfor embedding eResearch applications within user communities using agile development. Ferreiraet al.[11] reported in detail on one observational study of a mature Agile/Scrum team in a largeorganization, and their interactions with the user-experience designers working on

Conference Session

FPD 1: Projects and Teamwork in First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston (CoE); Stuart A. Long, University of Houston (CoE); Casey Goodwin, University of Houston Honors Engineering Program

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

challenging while having a clear goal.”One of the major concerns about introducing this ALU project into a mostly non-ECE group wasthat the students would complain about the lack of diversity or relevance of the course content.Surprisingly, there were only four student comments reflecting such a view. Other unfavorablecomments referred mostly to the amount of time provided for course projects. (There were 4projects in all for a 15-week course.) Despite those particular student concerns, the overallresponse from students regarding the course was very favorable, meaning that the introduction ofthe digital logic project did not have a significant negative impact on either student cognitive oraffective outcomes and in fact appeared to have a significant

Conference Session

Delivery Methods in Mechanical Engineering Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Mason, Seattle University; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

. __ 8 (1.34) 5.5 (1.42) 8.2 (1.92) <0.01* 0.71hrs studying for this course per week21 Likert scale 1= strongly disagree, 2= disagree, 3= neutral, 4= agree, 5= strongly agree2 Hours per week*Statistically significant results, p<0.05met three times a week whereas the 2010 and 2011 groups met four times a week. Anotherdifference was that the 2012 class missed a week of class due to inclement weather. Thesefactors may be reflected in the results.Second, the 2011 IC reported that the instructor better assessed their learning through exams andquizzes. This is puzzling since exams and quizzes for all three offerings were very similar. Otherresults (see Student Perceptions of the Inverted Classroom) suggest that

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Kaupp, Queen's University; Brian M Frank P.Eng., Queen's University; Ann Shih-yi Chen, Queen's University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

information, considering implicationsand reflective evaluation of assumptions displayed by the experimental group in the post-test wassimilar to the methodology covered by instruction and model eliciting activities the subjectsexperienced in APSC 100. The control group, having no explicit critical thinking instruction,displayed increased use of concepts and the beginnings of using supplemental information toinform their conclusions. But, similar to the experimental group pre-test, did not begin toconsider the credibility or quality of the supplemental information.These observed differences may also be attributed to the varying educational backgrounds thedifferent groups may posses, or the differences in individual experiences during the semester. Asa

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur C Heinricher, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Quinn Evaluation Consulting; Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kent J Rissmiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

fulltime on project advising. Furthermore, both students and advisorsapply competitively to participate. It is reasonable to expect that a great deal of the differencesbeing seen between on-campus and off-campus project impact can be attributed to those factors,rather than simply to the location of the project.The changes over time are more difficult to interpret with confidence. For example, anincreasing trend (as seen in Figure 1) could reflect changes in the program over time or decay inthe impact of the program with passing time. We expect that the positive trend for questionsrelated to cultural awareness (Figure 1) is related to the increased availability of and emphasis on

Conference Session

Raise the Bar – Visions for the Future, Bodies of Knowledge, and Accreditation Vicissitudes.

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Ressler PE, Engineering Encounters; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Council did initiate two actionsintended to address ASCE’s concerns: • The Council recommended changing the “Find Accredited Programs” database on the ABET website to reflect which Program Criteria, if any, were used as the basis for each program’s accreditation.21 Programs accredited only under the General Criteria were annotated as such. • The Council recommended a change to Section II.G.5.a(2) of the APPM, specifying that “For a program in a curricular area where no Lead Society has been designated, the program evaluator will be selected from a member society that the commission leadership, in consultation with the program and representatives of any potentially interested member society(ies

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Any opinions,findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authorsand do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.IX. References[1] Koretsky, M.D., Amatore, D., Barnes, C., & Kimura, S. (2008). Enhancement of student learning in experimental design using a virtual laboratory. IEEE Transactions on Education, 51(1), 76–85.[2] Koretsky, M.D., Kelly, C. & Gummer, E. (2011). Student Perceptions of Learning in the Laboratory: Comparison of Industrially-situated Virtual Laboratories to Capstone Physical Laboratories. Journal of Engineering Education, 100(3), 540–573.[3] Koretsky, M.D., Kelly, C. & Gummer, E. (2011). Student Learning in

Conference Session

Engineering in K-12 Science and Mathematics Standards

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth A Parry, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Conference Session

INT. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Partnerships, and Implementations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

International

theory, while technology results in discoveries which lead to theories.Purpose Vincent, Bogatyreva, Bogatyreva, Bowyer, and Pahl6 suggest that there has not been anygeneral framework or method for searching the biological literature functional analogies forbiomimetics. Most biomimetic solutions have focused on a single product, without applicationcomplex global problems. For example, Qualcomm commercialized a display technology basedon the reflective properties of certain morpho butterflies, using interferometric modulation toreflect light to control the desired color for pixilation display. The Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology has incorporated the biomimetic characteristics of self-diagnosis and self-repair intheir adaptive

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeLean A Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Conference Session

Practical Teaching

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Steel Co. for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations ofworkplace safety standards at its Augusta production facility. The steel products fabricator facesa total of $132,000 in proposed fines for electrical, crushing, laceration and other hazardsidentified during an inspection by OSHA's Augusta Area Office begun in January."The sizable fines proposed in this case reflect the severity and recurring nature of a number ofthese hazards," said William Coffin, OSHA's area director for Maine. "For the safety of itsworkers, this employer must take effective and expeditious action to eliminate these conditionsand prevent their recurrence."OSHA found that maintenance employees were not supplied with and did not use personalprotective equipment to

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lynn S. McElholm, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sonya M Renfro, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

group ofAmbassadors. In reflecting on the collaboration among the four universities, Al Brockettacknowledges the strategic benefits from establishing what he good-humoredly describes as a“forced marriage;” however, what grew out of this powerful union is a true sense of community,a partnership, and a genuine desire to collaborate. Each school quickly realized the benefit ofhaving three other institutions with programs at various levels of development. The partnershipwas essential to building successful programs because it allowed the four partner universities to: Page 23.496.2  Exchange best practices, from day-to-day operations to long-term

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew E. McFarland, University of Virginia; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bette Grauer, Kansas State University; Karen L Roberts, Upward Consulting; Tom C. Roberts P.E., FASEE, FNSPE, Kansas State University; Gary A. Clark, Kansas State University; Amy Rachel Betz, Kansas State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

experiences to solve real-world problems. Preparing K–12 teachers to provideauthentic engineering activities in their classrooms required integrated mathematics and scienceapplications, along with exposure to engineering design.3 Learning engineering related activities Page 23.505.4and collaborating with other STEM teachers allowed teachers to think more like an engineer —analytically, critically, and reflectively.3 Professional development resulted in secondary teachersgaining knowledge and skills to transfer this new learning into the classroom and school setting.Teachers identified effective professional development as including hands-on activities

Conference Session

FPD 2: Retention

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert P. Schroeder, University of Alaska Anchorage; Linda P. Lazzell, University of Alaska Anchorage

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, safety, and a community of belonging. The Tlingit dugout canoedesign of the structure has become a landmark in our state. Students meet in the ANSEPBuilding to study and form the relationships that bring them success. The impact will endure forgenerations.The ANSEP partners provided the funding necessary for construction. The students drove thedesign process and were adamant that the building overtly reflect Native culture and values. Thebuilding opened in October 2006. Having dedicated space provides an excellent venue for eachof the ANSEP programmatic components. Photo 1: The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Building on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus.Students, industrial partners, and university faculty and staff gather

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques, James Madison University; Daniel Devon Imholte

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Design in Engineering Education

teaching the engineering design courses have workedcollaboratively to develop these courses so that the content will be developmental with seamlessintegration and transitions over the seven semester sequence. This was achieved by havingweekly or biweekly meetings to discuss the execution of these courses as well as many meetingsduring summers, before the start and after the completion of each semester to reflect and identifyareas of improvement in content, delivery, and assessment.Our pedagogical vision in teaching these engineering design courses is to enable masterylearning through directed and non-directed, group-based and independent, simple and complex,structured and unstructured, problem-based learning experiences that incrementally expose

Conference Session

ECE Online Courses, Labs, and Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald DeMara; Avelino Gonzalez; Annie Wu; Jose Castro; Ingrid Russell; Mansooreh Mollaghasemi; Marcella Kysilka; Erol Gelenbe; Michael Georgiopoulos

students' critical thinking, intellectual growth and communication skills. • Offer a unique curriculum development, by traditional undergraduate standards, where faculty integrate their current research results into the curriculum. This curriculum will be Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Page 8.36.2 Copyright © 2003, American Society For Engineering Education interesting and dynamic, reflecting changes in the faculty’s and the Machine Learning community's research interests over time. • Offer the opportunity to a multi

Conference Session

Knowing Students: Diversity & Retention

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Heist; Ann Marie Flynn

Mechanical Engineering. The Mission of the College is to provide acontemporary, person-centered educational experience characterized by high academic standards,reflection on values and principles, and preparation for a life-long career. In this regard it is alsoimportant to note that, consistent with this Mission, there is a strong emphasis on providingeducational opportunities to first generation college students. As mentioned earlier, retention of students has both institutional and global ramifications. Page 8.63.1Considering the stringent economic constraints facing most colleges and universities, the “costs” “Proceedings of the 2003

Conference Session

Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Julie McBride

alumnisurveys, capstone design courses, employer surveys, exit interviews, industrial advisory boards,and nationally standardized tests4.Assessment of student learning is at the center of many forces currently working to transformAmerican higher education. Currently, there are several trends taking place in the way highereducation is viewed. First, there is a growing demand for public accountability, as reflected instate legislation. Approximately two-thirds of the states had developed assessment mandates by1990, either through legislation or state agency regulation5. Since 1990, state-level measures ofinstitutional performance have been developed in eighteen to twenty states6. Secondly, there isgrowing internal pressure to become more productive

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Cañada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Microelectronics course, students areasked to characterize the circuits with a RLC resonator, pn diodes, MOSFETs and BJTs.Furthermore, students are trained on how to layout a Printed-Circuit-Board (PCB) and assemblethe related components.A graduate course on Embedded Systems has been revised to reflect the state of the art inembedded systems design. A new hardware platform has been introduced to allow defining theembedded processor specifications, memory organization, and logic, and build the firmwareneeded to realize the embedded application. The t-pad development kit, by Terasic, which is basedon the DE2-115 development board design around the Altera’s Cyclone IV Field ProgrammableGate Array (FPGA) provides a suitable platform for hands-on education of

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Anna Zilberberg; Christopher W. Swan, Tufts University; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; John J. Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sean Mcvay, James Madison Univeristy

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Educational Research and Methods

reviews, (e)piloting the items to a small sample to ensure clarity, and (f) scrutinizing the self-report nature ofthe instrument. More specifically, pilotingthe survey with a group of LTS experts (N=5) and alsowitha group of LTS non-experts (N=5) enabled us to gain insight into the degree to whichresponses on the instrument reflected the faculty‟s actual knowledge of the construct of interestand to examine how the instrument functions across different population groups.Shortly prior to a two-day EFELTS LTS Experts Summit in September 2011, participantscompleted the LTS Faculty Survey online administered on the Qualtrics platform. Demographicinformation on the participants was collected, as well information regarding their positions attheir

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Hunter, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Conference Session

FPD IV: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-year Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian M. Argrow, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel W. Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, University of Colorado, Boulder; Suzana Brown, University of Colorado, Boulder; Adam J. Blanford, University of Colorado, Boulder; Corrina Ladakis Gibson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Eric Donnelly Kenney

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

required to select two of the four majorsthat had been presented in the plenary sessions then compare and contrast the two majors, reporton an out-of-class discussion about the majors with another student, and then reflect upon theirassessment of the major relative to their current interests. After the completion of the second setof major discussions in Weeks 7-9, the essay assignment was repeated for those remainingmajors. The plenary assignments concluded with a third and final essay in which the studentswere asked: “Which major or majors most made you consider engineering as a profession, and Page 25.851.6why?”; “Which major or majors appealed

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James L. Barnes, James Madison University; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kathryne Newton, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan Kubic Barnes, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

International

the participants developed cross culturalunderstanding and weltanschauung (global perspective), and how the principal investigatorsrevised their plan based on the feedback obtained during the project’s activities (Table 3). Page 25.940.11 The process evaluation is reflected in the logic model by the relationships of how theImplementation Plan was executed through formal agreements, protocols, curricula, value-addedexperiences identified in the institution component of the logic model.Product (Outcome) The product evaluation focused on program results, connecting outcomes with the othermeasurements taken in the earlier areas of