Conference Session

Engineering Equity: Challenging Paradigms and Cultivating Inclusion in Technical Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nyna Jaye DeWitt, University of Georgia; Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Racheida S. Lewis, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

college plans, facing significant challenges such as technologicalbarriers, financial hardships, and inadequate learning environments at home due to COVID-19[10], [11]. These issues were compounded by increased food and housing insecurities and mentalhealth struggles due to the stress of the pandemic [12]. Despite some support from institutions andorganizations, such as ScholarMatch, many students lacked sufficient resources and assistance,exacerbating educational inequalities, and underscoring the need for targeted support to ensuretheir academic success [13], [14]. A study by Lee et al found that students from low socioeconomicbackgrounds greatly valued the ability to study at their own pace, citing it as the primary benefitof online learning

Conference Session

Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Debs, Purdue University; Alex Souza; Fernando Romero Moraes, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

into five groups: artificialintelligence (AI)-assisted technologies, advanced manufacturing, smart tools, digital simulationand visualization, and data acquisition and detection [1]. Examples of technologies included inthese groups are digital visual capture of drone images, use of augmented reality on jobsites,digital twins, blockchain, and the use of artificial intelligence systems for predictive analyticsand Building Information Modeling (BIM). These technologies often work in tandem and spanseveral phases of the planning, design, construction, and operations building life cycle [1].Because of the pervasive nature of emerging technology, the construction industry might alsoincur transformations of its business models and production

Collection

2023 CIEC

Authors

Enrique Barbieri; Burak Basaran; Driss Benhaddou; Navdeep Singh; Vassilios Tzouanas; Balan Venkatesh; Weihang Zhu

tremendously beneficial in engineering as a field of design and performance analysisunder constraints.It is important that faculty continuously modernize their teaching methodology to engagestudents, update degree plans to enhance the students’ appreciation of the goals of the chosenmajor, and revise course content to keep them relevant for students to achieve those goals towarda solid career placement. The COVID-19 pandemic created a uniquely stressful situationwhereby faculty and students had to adapt literally overnight to blended technologies to facilitateengineering students’ achievement of competencies [3]. Assessment of competency achievementis equally challenging and can be approached by treating learning as a complex dynamicalsystem with

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mac Joseph Gray, Duke University; Rabih Younes, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

include religion, age, gender, etc. [8, 9].Although models using these predictors yield somewhat accurate results, they don’t consider thestudents’ work ethic or study habits. Therefore, we plan to factor in students’ efforts whenpredicting their course performance.One of the best ways to measure how much a student cares about their academic performance isto analyze their participation in the class [1, 10, 11]. A discussion forum is a platform that enablesstudents to seek help from their peers and instructors. Multiple studies have focused on producingand analyzing the statistical correlation between discussion forum data and student courseperformance [11, 12, 13]. While statistical correlations can benefit inference, student

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 7

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Rohde, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sai Paresh Karyekar, Georgia Institute of Technology; Liangliang Chen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Yiming Guo, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ying Zhang, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

needs. As such, program leaders must work to (1) provideeffective, accurate, and personalized support; and (2) provide information and recommendationsfor curricular developments and resource management. Both efforts rely on a strong foundationof data to inform decision-making. As such, this paper describes the quantitative portion of alarger mixed-methods project, from which the authors identified initial baseline conditions ofstudents’ academic performance in the focal course and revealed potential influential factors asrevealed in a logistic regression model predicting the likelihood of a student to receive a passinggrade. Future plans for educational data mining beyond the focal course are discussed. This worksuggests some opportunities for

Conference Session

Empowering Students and Strengthening Community Relationships

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Lynn Morano, Lawrence Technological University; Matthew L. Cole, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

Music and Eastern Michigan University, holds a PhD in Integrated Social and Cognitive Psychology from Wayne State University. Cole teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human resource management (HRM), principles of management, and business statistics. Cole is an NSF grant recipient and has published over 40 journal articles and book chapters on the science of teams, team conflict, team leadership, entrepreneurship, research methods and models, the neuroscience of the self, positive organizational scholarship, Appreciative Inquiry, SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results), SOAR-based strategic thinking, planning, and leading, and engineering education. Cole is the Associate Editor for the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division: Best of FPD

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelyn Rola, Southern Methodist University; Caitlin M. Anderson, Southern Methodist University; Kristen McAlexander, Schreiner University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

nights and design challenges, were woven throughoutthe PMP’s programming to foster students’ social support and associated sense of belonging[19]. To encourage faculty relationships, the program hosted mixers that featured opportunitiesfor students to meet and engage with engineering faculty outside of the classroom [27]. The PMPoffered at least one event or seminar each week throughout the academic year, all of whichfeatured content designed to support students’ transition to college. While widely-recognizedpractical skills, such as time management, degree planning, financial literacy, and professionaldevelopment, were included in the programming schedule, the PMP also featured a strongemphasis on student thriving [28]. Specifically, a portion

Conference Session

Learning Mechanics through Visual and Tactile Modalities

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon Clumpner, United States Military Academy; Kevin Francis McMullen, United States Military Academy; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

planning and resourcing physical hands-on laboratories [24]. Virtual laboratories can beused to demonstrate bending moment, torsion, and transverse shear loading on simple structuresas well as complex aircraft components. However, virtual laboratories lose some of the benefitsrealized from in-person, physical hands-on experiences. Simulations also include perfectexecution and may not capture critical assumptions needed for experimental tests.The research question which this study aimed to answer was “Can training aids be developed tohelp student visualize failure of non-traditional materials under various loading conditions tocompliment laboratory programs?” The study presented in this manuscript investigated thedesign and development of three

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wonki Lee, Purdue University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University; Amiah Clevenger; Andrew Jackson, University of Georgia; Scott R Bartholomew, Brigham Young University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

. 10In the Engage phase, LbE markedly improved student engagement, stimulating early involvement withdesign thinking tasks. However, this initial enthusiasm requires careful moderation to prevent it fromeclipsing the core content goals and to mitigate the risk of activity fatigue, which can emerge fromrepetitive LbE use. A critical issue noted was the difficulty in connecting these engaging activities withthe design thinking framework comprehensively. During the Explore phase, LbE effectively facilitateddesign ideation, promoting hands-on exploration. Yet, the efficacy of this phase hinged on the structureddelivery of LbE sessions. Without meticulous planning, students struggled to express their experientiallearnings, highlighting a gap in

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Amit Oza; Gary Coleman; Lex Gonzalez; Eric Haney; Amen Omoragbon; Xiao Peng; Bernd Chudoba; Paul Czsyz

aviation electric aircraft technology towards the green technology revolution. It forecaststhe solution space for electric aircraft industrial capability. For this purpose, a sizing process hasbeen adopted to demonstrate a long-range planning capability for electric general aviationaircraft. This study examines five case studies, all based on the Ryan NYP and Lancair-IV: theaircraft are sized for four unique technology packages including two different internalcombustion engine, one all-electric, and one hybrid-electric powertrains. In this way the designsensitivities can be adopted to generate lessons learned for green transportation. The paperconcludes with a forecast that provides design and mission recommendations, followed by abreakdown for

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Melanie Sattler

to take over projects. It was always theAssociation thought that “if you want it done right, do it yourself.” With my group, I knew I could  rely on them and trust their decisions. We worked great as a team and used each other’s  knowledge and experience…. I think that this project has set me up to be better  prepared for a career in my field. For teamwork, … I learned to respect my friends’ opinions…. In the future … when I  work with different people, I will follow the same procedures that we did such as working plan, sharing data, respect each other …. …it helped me to know the importance of communication among the team members

Collection

2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Audrianna Rodriguez; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali; Shannon Ciston; Melissa L. Whitson; Viktoria Zelenak Berendt

“Strongly Agree.” I tend to focus on the positive aspects of any situation I worry that I will say or do the wrong thingsCoping: The COPE scale was used to measure problem-focused, emotion-focused, anddysfunctional dimensions of coping26. Participants responded to 32 items assessing eight copingstrategies: positive reinterpretationand growth, focus on and venting emotions, use of instrumental social support, active coping,denial, behavioral disengagement, substance use, and planning. Participants responded using a 4-point scale from “I usually don’t do this” to “I usually do this a lot.” © American Society for Engineering Education, 2016

Collection

2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Jing Guo; John M. Santiago

repeated work. Students gain confidence indemonstrating their knowledge and proactively addressing their weak areas on a specific topic.Students’ outcomes show that Intellipath is a good adaptive learning tool4. We plan to implementsome of the engineering course assignments by using Intellipath in the near future initiallyconsisting of generating random homework problems for practice that appears differently foreach time the student goes through a learning module. The design of WK07 Intellipath TypeQuestions followed the teaching methodology implemented by the Intellipath Technology.In the assignment “WK07 Intellipath Type Questions”, several short videos and thecorresponding PowerPoint notes that explain the engineering concepts and applications

Conference Session

COED: Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reymi Then, Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago; Maria Mercedes Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

represents a significant investment [3] and[4], and the obsolescence time of many of these equipment's is relatively short, however, they areessential to guarantee the training of young people in STEM areas [2].In the case of schools, it has not been possible for the Dominican Republic to establish a plan thatallows for the massive and consistent incorporation of STEM contents into basic and middleeducation, despite several efforts to steer national education towards offering the competenciesthat this methodology provides [5]. For the public sector, the greatest results achieved are forpolytechnic high schools, which, thanks to strategic alliances with sectors such as the CatholicChurch or other institutions, have managed to establish policies

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

and hardware to develop traffic sensors based on Bluetoothtechnology. Bluetooth sensors collect identifiable information (e.g. MAC addresses) that can be tracked by multiple sensors across the transportation network to distill travel patterns. Then,students use the sensors to gather data in the field, analyze the data to understand traffic patterns, and apply their analysis to propose improvements to the transportation system. Wepresent a complete lesson plan that details the concepts (e.g. transportation planning, traffic sensing, Bluetooth and WiFi technologies, data analysis, and computer coding), applications, andequipment needed to implement the learning activity. As a benefit, this activity uses off-the shelf, low-cost computer hardware

Collection

2013 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Abu S. Asaduzzaman; Ramazan Asmatulu; Ravi Pendse

to express a computation without introducing any artificial sequentiality? • How dependences among operations can be used to structure special software organizations to carry out the computation efficiently on a parallel computer?We intend to use the lessons we learn and the outcomes of students’ experiences throughout thecourse to develop further strategies for developing ideas for introductory parallel problemsolving computer science courses.Proceedings of the 2013 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education4. Course OverviewThe best way to equip students with a rich set of experiences in parallel programming is to givethem a chance to work with many types of parallel applications. We plan to

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

William A. Kline; Thomas Mason

student team. Faculty gain valuable industrial experience and are able to work ‘onthe same team’ with students in an un-graded experience. Faculty are compensated asconsultants for short term involvement and in some cases, release time from teaching can besometimes be arranged for a longer engagement. Despite the benefits, not all faculty find theprogram to be an appealing professional development activity. The projects in the program maynot be a good match to their expertise or professional development plan and with clientconfidentiality limitations, publication of results and promotion/tenure benefits may be limited.The faculty who do work in the program often cite development of professional skills, projectmanagement, client interaction, and

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Robin K. Burk

varioussystem objectives, the student teams identify a preferred solution to be implemented. Sensitivity analysisis performed to determine the effect on solution ranking of variation in either the decision-maker’srelative priority assigned to functional objectives or in the estimated system performance of designs onkey evaluation criteria. The recommended solution design, lifecycle cost estimates and the results ofsensitivity analysis are then presented to the client for an implementation decision.In Phase 4 of the SEMP, the client’s chosen solution would be implemented. This is generally beyond thescope of course activity. However, student teams are required to draft an implementation plan thatidentifies appropriate outcome monitoring approaches to

Collection

2006 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

LeeRoy Bronner; Olusola Laniyi

withnew programs, and focusing as much attention on keeping students in college as is currentlygiven to preventing students from dropping out of high school.An object-oriented methodology for analyzing large complex software systems (i.e., the UnifiedModeling Language (UML)) will be used to analyze the problem and proffer a solution. Anothervery important part of this research is Information Design (ID) which involves defining,planning, classifying, storing and presenting the research information. The results of thisresearch will be delivered as an internet site. This will ensure that the report will becommunicated with clarity, precision and efficiency to the stakeholders who can effect thenecessary changes required to significantly increase the

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah A Goodman, Stevens Institute of Technology; Emily L Atieh, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

duration of astudent’s time at this institution. Perhaps in future iterations of this course, projects could beevaluated by campus staff and selected for the possibility of implementation. However, a focuson projects that would be practical to implement may dissuade students from being as creative aspossible.Another limitation of the project itself was identified by commuter students, who noted that itwas challenging to formulate an idea for an issue on campus. To make this project more inclusiveof commuters, we plan to open up the project to areas of opportunity on campus or in students’home communities.A limitation of this work related to the data analysis is that terms in the survey, such as “sense ofcommunity” and “prior knowledge,” were not

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara A. Atwood, Elizabethtown College; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Rebecca Holcombe

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

learning [7]. In turn, how theyapproach problems when things do not initially work out as planned or require more effort thanimagined is related to their own perception of their ability to learn [7]. This experimentalprogram employs hands-on, problem based learning and supportive (mastery-based) assessmentto prepare students to approach problem solving as an iterative activity.Hands-on, problem-based learning and mastery-based assessment are pedagogies that focus onstudents' learning and include iteration through failure as a defining feature. Problem basedlearning is an approach in which students solve open-ended, ill-structured, authentic problems inwhich iteration is treated as a problem-solving process [8], [9]. These ill-structured

Conference Session

Charting Inclusivity: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Technology in Engineering and Computing Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Halpern, University of New Hampshire; Mariah Arral, Carnegie Mellon University; Cassandra Michelle Lafleur, University of New Hampshire; Sarah Young; Elise Baribault, University of New Hampshire; Julianna Gesun, University of New Hampshire

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

undergraduate researchers and not large ambiguousresearch aims that is more commonly done in graduate school training.STEM Research - Future ThinkingWe next sought to understand the impact of undergraduate research on ND and NT individualfuture career plans. Previous research has indicated that participation in undergraduate researchopportunities significantly increases the chance of individuals pursuing graduate school [23].With the desire to increase representation and diversity in graduate school programs, we soughtto understand if participation in undergraduate research impacts career plans differently from NDto NT individuals. Both ND and NT participants had similar low percentages for disagreeing andstrongly disagreeing that they received quality

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Francine Usinski, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Jessica E. S. Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Emma Treadway, Trinity University; Alyndra Mary Plagge, Trinity University; Shea E. Lape

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Engineering Science at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.Alyndra Mary Plagge, Trinity University Alyndra Plagge is an undergraduate Psychology student at Trinity University. She is majoring in Psychology and minoring in Education and set to graduate in May 2025. After graduation she plans to pursue her master’s degree.Shea E. Lape ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Building an Identity in the MakerspaceAbstractThe purpose of this complete research paper is to analyze the impacts of an open makerspace onthe development of students’ engineering identities. This paper seeks to build upon currentbelonging analyses about makerspaces and shift the focus towards

Conference Session

Decision-Making in Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tori N. Wagner, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Scott Streiner, University of Pittsburgh; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Jennifer Pascal, University of Connecticut

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

, the whole-class play modeencourages collaborative deliberation, enabling students to engage in group discussions and voteon decisions that mimic real-world engineering teamwork.In the future, we plan to incorporate explanatory responses for each decision students make.These explanations not only encourage reflection and deeper engagement with ethical dilemmasbut also serve as valuable pedagogical tools for instructors and facilitators. The integration ofexplanatory responses aims to promote a more comprehensive understanding of the ethicalconsiderations underlying students' choices. To assess and provide feedback on the quality ofstudents' ethical reasoning, we intend to employ text classification techniques. These techniqueswill enable us to

Collection

2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Katherine Abrey; Maddy Cronin; Deanna Malone; Libby Osgood P.Eng.

this caused them tobecome more motivated to make a difference using it. One student highlighted that they did notreally know what service-learning was before they participated, and now they plan to do more asit demonstrates how what they learn in the classroom can be used to help communities [22].Our experience also highlighted that global awareness is gained or greatly improved throughinternational humanitarian trips. Most of the students had little to no experience with service-learning. Collectively, we felt that we were greatly impacted by our experience, and we becamemore aware of issues impacting people from different countries and cultures. Also, we live incommunities with unfettered access to clean water, and this was our first

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Michael Korostelev; Ning Gong; Ralph Oyini Mbouna

. We are currently further testing ourhypothesis that gamification and two-way teaching should not simply be the addition of gamerules to course content but to replicate the intrinsic motivation that comes from playing a game.In the near future we plan to further improve our lesson plans to better fit the student’s interestsand background. We also recognize that the scenarios should reflect the current culture and beupdated continually.7. Bibliography1. Temple University General Education Program (2015), http://Gen-Ed.temple.edu2. Wieman C. E. (2014) Large-scale comparison of science teaching methods sends clear message. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (111), 8319-8320.3. Freeman S, et al. (2014) Active learning increases

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2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sadan Kulturel-Konak; Abdullah Konak; Gül E. Okudan Kremer; Ivan E. Esparragoza

ofEngineering graduates. In fact, the lack of professional skills in pedagogical initiatives.project teams has been identified as one of the top contributors tothe high failure rate of complex engineering projects. As a Beard et al. [3] suggest that an assessment plan to evaluateresponse, academic programs have incorporated professional curricular efforts that aim to integrate professional skills intoskills in their curricula, which led to the challenge of assessing the programs should include standardized rubrics for targetedrelevant student development appropriately. This paper proposes courses in addition to comprehensive exit

Collection

2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Oludare Owolabi

about the architectural and structuralcomponents of the building. The briefing usually takes about an hour and the instructorinterjects intermittently to ensure that the necessary concepts are passed across to the students. Spring 2016 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 8-9, 2016 GWUFigure 1. The Engineering Mechanics Students on Field tour of one of the Construction Site on Campus. Figure 2. The project manager describing the design, plan and execution of the project.After the briefing the students are then taking round the site where they are shown how theconcepts they are learning in class are applied to the design and construction of the structuralelements of the building like

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Vince Bertsch; John Krupczak; Kate Disney; Elsa Garmire; Tim Simpson

Tech Tally of: technology andsociety, design, products and systems, and technology core concepts and the ITEA technologytopic areas. To make it possible to accommodate the diverse requirements of curriculumcommittees on varied campuses, the framework offers flexibility to faculty in planning courseswithin each proposed model while still accomplishing the goals of the standards. This frameworkwill form the organizational infrastructure for creating a repository of course materials as well asan online community for course developers and instructors. Proceedings of the 2009 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Regional Conference

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Robin K. Burk

varioussystem objectives, the student teams identify a preferred solution to be implemented. Sensitivity analysisis performed to determine the effect on solution ranking of variation in either the decision-maker’srelative priority assigned to functional objectives or in the estimated system performance of designs onkey evaluation criteria. The recommended solution design, lifecycle cost estimates and the results ofsensitivity analysis are then presented to the client for an implementation decision.In Phase 4 of the SEMP, the client’s chosen solution would be implemented. This is generally beyond thescope of course activity. However, student teams are required to draft an implementation plan thatidentifies appropriate outcome monitoring approaches to