Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose A. Galvan, Carnegie Mellon University; Elizabeth Casman, Carnegie Mellon University; Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Indira Nair, Carnegie Mellon University; Mitchell J. Small, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Page 24.209.4 The present study empirically relates the NRC 21st Century Skills Categories to internshipperformance metrics using data from industrial internship performance reports. In Mexico, college students must participate in a country-wide mandatory internship programestablished by Mexican Law. 28 Firms propose projects involving interns in spring, summer and fall.The firm’s department of human resources visits universities and technological institutes to identifystudents who meet the internship criteria. The students select the project they want, and are interviewedand accepted by the firm project owner, also called the internship tutor. Mexican Law of Professionsand Law of Education requires an internship tutor to advise, support

Conference Session

Philosophical Foundations, Frameworks, and Testing in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sonia Sanchez; S. Khalid Latif; Elias Faraclas; Catherine Koehler; Kazem Kazerounian

of a National ScienceFoundation grant titled, da Vinci Ambassadors in the Classroom – The Galileo Project,graduate fellows in the Project have developed a set of engineering education frameworks(EEF) that describe what technically literate students should know by the time they graduatefrom high school. These novel engineering frameworks incorporate concepts in the fields ofmathematics, science and engineering with a systematic approach to a prescribed high schoolcurriculum that promotes technical literacy. Currently, the educational structure in thedisciplines of mathematics and science, have content frameworks that describe what studentsshould know by the time they graduate from high school. The organizations that governdiscipline standards

Conference Session

Faculty Development II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick

to be allowed to do so if no one documents and addresses theirunprofessional behavior!In the Research LabThe timetable for tenure and promotion, interim and final reviews are rather short. This isespecially true when considering the time it takes to do the following: • write a research proposal o wait for the proposal to be reviewed o receive comments on the proposal (if it is from NSF) o make corrections and resubmit the proposal the next year (likely) o receive the award (sometimes there are significant delays) • purchase and install equipment • recruit graduate or undergraduate students for on the project • perform the actual work that you proposed to do • write papers o

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Ross; Patrick Giordano; James Blanck; Dona Johnson; Peter Jansson

Undergraduate Research on Sustainability: Campus Energy Analysis and Building Energy Audits Peter Jansson, James Blanck, Patrick Giordano, Dona Johnson, Sara Ross Rowan UniversityAbstractIn an innovative junior-senior engineering clinic course1-2 four Rowan University undergraduatestudents worked on a multidisciplinary project to learn first hand what sustainability challengesare and what it means to be a professional energy auditor. Their task was to find out why RowanUniversity led a group of 20 peer universities and colleges in energy consumption per squarefoot and to assist the university in meeting its sustainability commitment to the Governor'sOffice and

Conference Session

Real-Time and Embedded Systems

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bruce

required if designs are to be successful. Structured laboratory experiences (eachstudent or group of students perform rigid and contrived experiments) require less facultyresources but do little to develop student design and project management skills [10][12]. A com-promise between the two approaches has been created by the author [2].The embedded systems design experience described in [2] strives to develop professional skillsthat will serve students well in their careers in addition to the “traditional” technical skills the stu-dent expect. Overarching goals of the experience are to expose the student to a realistic embeddedsystems design environment and to develop the student’s teamwork and lifelong learning skills.The design experience strives

Conference Session

Successful Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Vaidy Vaidyanathan, University of Central Florida; Carmo D'Cruz, University of Central Florida

stageof an entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial venture from initial idea to growth and profitability. Theever-pressing issue of funding is presented as a manageable hurdle and options to structure anddevelop the business to attract potential investors are presented. The critical roles of engineering,marketing, finance and management are clearly explained as the entrepreneur learns practical andleading-edge approaches to bring products to market and grow the organization. Technologycommercialization projects, guest lectures and interaction / networking opportunities withsuccessful or struggling technical entrepreneurs, corporate intrapreneurs, angel investors, venturecapitalists, corporate technology managers, technology incubator directors

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Agnew; Ka C Cheok; Jerry Lane; Ernie Hall; David Ahlgren

design experience that is at the very cutting edge of engineering education. Itis multidisciplinary, theory-based, hands-on, team implemented, outcome assessed,and based on product realization. It encompasses the very latest technologiesimpacting industrial development and taps subjects of high interest to students. Thedesign and construction of an intelligent vehicle fits well in a two-semester, senior yeardesign capstone course, or as an extracurricular activity earning design credit. Mostparticipating undergraduate and graduate students use the technical challenges posed by thecompetition as guidelines for their engineering projects. Under the supervision of facultyadvisors, participating students can register and receive grades for up to

Conference Session

What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas O'Neal; Carmo D'Cruz

product strategy from a unique, holistic perspective togreatly increase the probability of success. The final course emphasizes project management,other operations strategies necessary to grow the start-up venture and systematically covers theTechnical, Marketing and Business aspects of the Technology Commercialization processthrough the 3 phases (Concept, Development and Commercialization) and six stages(Assessment, Feasibility, Development, Launch, Growth and Maturity).It has been observed that when engineers are exposed to High Tech Marketing and ProductStrategy, their entrepreneurial enthusiasm and instincts take a quantum leap and they developnew paradigms for commercializing their ideas. This zeal, combined with their technicalcreativity

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeremy Cooperstock

detailed description of our classroom’s hardware andpressing dozens of buttons throughout a lecture, in order to software architecture. Next, we describe how the lectureraise and lower projection screens, adjust the room lighting capture tools were integrated with this environment toas appropriate to the brightness of the media, and switching facilitate the production of an on-line record of the class,between the various input sources for display. All too both in terms of instructors’ ease-of-use and quality of theoften, such tedious interaction is not only distracting and end result.prone to error, but worse, often unnecessary. Many of the RELATED WORKoperational sequences involved in controlling the

Conference Session

A Focus on Industry Partnership

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena

modeler” for the US Air Force. After one year of building visualdatabases for flight simulators, Pat began software development for the flight simulator andcontinued taking computer classes. After 6 months as a subcontractor, she began to work directlyfor the US Air Force. In the mid-1980’s Pat’s supervisor moved from the US Air Force to aprivate aerospace company that was competing for the US Army LHX helicopter. The LHX wasa R&D project sponsored by the US Army to develop a reconnaissance and attack helicoptercapable of flying at high speeds. After losing the LHX bid in 1991, Pat’s company had to layoff Page 8.284.5

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Instructor regularly structures opportunities for students to work in pairs or groups as well as independently. A B C DQ. 20 Instructor builds in opportunities for students to be evaluated using varied modes rather than only one: i.e. independent projects, small group activities, written reports, objective test. A B C DQ. 21 Instructor finishes the class session with some form of review of the material presented that day. A B C DQ. 22 Instructor begins the class session with some form of review of the material presented the previous session. A B C DQ. 23

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Gomez

Kahan, Junior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Mechanical Engineering: “I'll tellyou, the Supermileage project has been the thing that I have gotten the most mileage out of (nopun intended) from high school. Every time I show people pictures of the cars and tell them aboutthe project, I get reactions like ‘Man, I wish I could have worked on something like that in highschool.’ Coming from students and professors at MIT, and interviewers from companies likeCisco Systems, that's a pretty big compliment for West's engineering program.”Adam Stowitts, Senior at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Industrial Technology-MechanicalDesign: “This Program may have had one of the largest impacts on my life of any occurrence todate. Without it I

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffery M. Saul; Rhett J. Allain; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

Session 1526 Promoting collaborative groups in large enrollment courses Robert J. Beichner, Jeffery M. Saul, Rhett J. Allain, Duane L. Deardorff, David S. Abbott North Carolina State UniversityAbstractSCALE-UP is an extension of the highly successful IMPEC project (Integrated Math,Physics, Engineering, and Chemistry), one of NC State’s curricular reform effortsundertaken as part of the SUCCEED coalition. Basically, we are utilizing the highlyinteractive, collaboratively-based instruction that worked so well in smaller class settingsand finding ways to economically accommodate classes

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Koller

programs and processes may be more successful than leaders who see themselves as facilitators; 9. Identifying and solving problems, using adaptive planning, contributes to success; 10. Skilled and committed staff empowered to carry out partnership plans are an important element in project success; Page 7.151.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education 11. A complex partnership can be strengthened by breaking it down into components; 12. University

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zheng Min; Robert Weber; Feng Chen; Ben Graubard; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

Section 1526 CRCD: Low-Power Wireless Communications for Virtual Environments Julie A. Dickerson, Diane T. Rover, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Robert J. Weber, Benjamin Graubard, Feng Chen, and Zheng Min Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011Project OverviewThis CRCD project combines research from the areas of wireless communications, low-powerembedded systems, virtual environments, and human factors in an interdisciplinary program.Education in the hardware and software of virtual reality (VR) systems serves as a testbed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Schneider, Cornell University; Maria Terrell, Cornell University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

Workshops in Engineering Calculus Course on Applied Mathematical Problem-solving Skills and Self-efficacy PerceptionsAbstractThis project stems from a collaborative effort by engineering and mathematics faculty at aresearch university to enhance engineering students’ abilities to transfer and apply mathematicsto solve problems in engineering contexts. A recent curriculum innovation resulting from theseefforts involves the integration of collaborative, applied, problem-solving workshops into thefirst-semester engineering mathematics course. In the first year of the assessment project, theproject team developed two instruments - one to gauge students’ abilities in using mathematics inengineering contexts, the Mathematics

Conference Session

Ethical Perspectives on the Grand Challenges of Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1553: NOTE TO SELF: SAVE HUMANITY (A SOCIAL AND CUL-TURAL HISTORY OF THE ”GRAND CHALLENGES”Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng.) Amy E. Slaton is an associate professor of history at Drexel University and a visiting associate professor at Haverford College. She received her PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and has written on the history of standards and instrumentation in materials science, engineering and the building trades. Her most recent book , Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineer- ing: The History of an Occupational Color Line (Harvard University Press, 2010), traces American ideas about race and technical aptitude since 1940. Current projects

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Ethics

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael H.G. Hoffmann, Georgia Institute as Technology; Jason Borenstein, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

engineering ethics education. Thus, we presentone possibility of how this challenge can be met. It is an educational approach that includesfour main components:1) Learning materials that describe a case from a multitude of perspectives2) A different set of learning materials that refer to technologies which are not yet available and that pose unique challenges, especially with regard to identifying and imagining, first of all, possibly involved stakeholders and affected populations3) An educational environment in which small groups of students collaborate on projects and present and discuss the results in class. This component is motivated by research that supports the effectiveness of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and collaborative learning

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

the importance of sitevisits.IntroductionHigher education institutions (HEI) can no longer operate in isolation. The need for engineeringeducation change has led industry and constituents to question the relevancy of engineeringprograms. According to the analyses conducted by The American Society of MechanicalEngineers1, it is common for engineers to participate in or lead project management teams, whichrequire working knowledge of procurement, financial analysis, sales and marketing, and othernon-technical areas. As a result, updating the program educational objectives and the courseoutcomes is essential for every engineering program.Engineering programs utilize assessment methods that include both direct and indirect measures.Many articles

Conference Session

Computers and Simulation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt C. Gramoll, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

reasonable network bandwidth.The project can be separated into three main parts. The first being the web-based tool that allowsstudents the ability to change basic parameters for common engineering problems. The tool alsoplots the results returned from the. The tool must communicate with the server through astandard network protocol, such as HTTP or RTMP (Adobe format) [3] and send basicinformation about the design to the server. The second component in the system is the cluster jobcontrol program. This program is called from the web tool and allocates the cluster resources,sets run conditions, and sends the problem parameters to one of the cluster compute nodes(attached servers). The actual problem calculations are in the third component of the

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Cutler, Virginia Tech; Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

AC 2012-5183: EASING INTO ENGINEERING EDUCATION: AN ORIEN-TATION PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTSStephanie Cutler, Virginia TechWalter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a Graduate Assistant and doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Tech. His pri- mary research interests focus on diversity and student retention. He earned a B.S. in industrial engineering from Clemson University.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, communication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include

Conference Session

ABET: Reflections on Accreditation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin G. Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Robinson P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael C. Reeves P.E., Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.; Andrew B Twarek P.E., Ruby+Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

engineering community and as stewards of society, are primary program constituents.Many engineering programs make use of industry professionals to affirm program educationalobjectives and to provide input about general preparation of engineering graduates. For example,program industry advisory boards need to cyclically affirm overall program educational Page 25.230.3objectives and participate in program strategic planning, and sometimes teams of industryprofessionals participate in evaluation of student learning through capstone projects (Scales etal., 1998; Napper and Hales, 1999). These efforts are more “top level” reviews or evaluations ofthe

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristina M. Fields, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Tammy J. Salmon-Stephens, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Elizabeth Ann Holden, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Kim M. Lobdell P.E., KL Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

meet the needs of the 21st century3.ProductThis paper details the work of the recently completed 11th-12th grade outreach program, the firstin the three weekend programs. The context-focused curriculum development framework ispresented, along with an explanation as to how the background support of the existing Women inEngineering, Math and Science Program freed up the time/resources of the curriculumdevelopment team to focus on creating the context-focused engineering curriculum. Thetransportation curriculum leaders from industry and the university are introduced along with abrief summary of their transportation projects and comments about their experiences.Additionally, a sampling of leader and attendee comments from the 11th-12th grade

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary H. McDonald; Charles V. Knight

project 15%. Recognition for the New Laboratory The faculty responsible for developing the mechanical engineering laboratory were recentlyselected by National Instruments to develop “MODEL” courseware that will be used nationwidein promoting utilization of computer data acquisition, data analysis, and oral and writtenpresentations in the university engineering laboratory. National Instruments developed theLabVIEW data acquisition software and hardware boards used in our senior laboratory. New Page 3.414.4external funding by the University of Chattanooga Foundation and the UTC Center of Excellencefor Computer

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University; Alireza Farahani; Lu Zhang, National University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

assignments, projects, and exams. Our primaryobjective in this paper is to thoroughly examine ChatGPT within the context of educationaltransformation, encompassing teaching, student learning, and the ethical dilemmas it raises. Toachieve this, we used a case study methodology, focusing on courses within the field of ComputerScience. Our investigation delves into the various ways ChatGPT can support different modes oflearning and assesses its potential to enhance academic performance. We also seek to determinethe extent to which students using ChatGPT may excel in their exams and assignments. Weconclude by sharing the outcomes of our study, offering insights into the types of assessmentactivities where ChatGPT can provide solutions, and identifying

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 16

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omar Jose Garcia, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

associated training on how to teach. Teaching can bedifficult if you are not fully aware of the different dimensions associated with it. Engineeringdoctoral students who look to enter academia after graduation are incentivized to take a research-first career, though they likely would also be in instructional positions. However, some doctoralstudents go out of their way to gain experience as course instructors. In a survey of engineeringdoctoral students, a subset of the respondents reported being uninterested in working in theprofessoriate, and among that group, a small portion of them were uninterested due to theirperceived lack of ability to teach. This research project aims at understanding engineering doctoralstudents’ perceptions on their

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luciana Lisa Lao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; LAY POH TAN

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Materials Division (MATS)

our students with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to excel inthe ever-advancing materials engineering industry. The collective curriculum review exercisesought to evaluate the existing curriculum, identify gaps and areas for improvement andaddress future needs of the materials engineering industry.Gathering relevant stakeholders’ input is a crucial element to guide this endeavour. Supportedby an education grant, this project, thus, aimed to survey and consult various stakeholdersincluding students, educator (faculty), alumni and employers on their feedback about theexisting Materials Engineering curriculum and their views of the future developments inMaterials Engineering industry. Subsequently, this study forms the basis for

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session: International Programs and Curricula II

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pingchien Neo, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

thesignificance of connecting these experiences to students’ academic and professional goals,promoting a reflective and meaningful learning journey.IntroductionEngineering education in the 21 st century faces a distinctive challenge in adjusting to a swiftlyevolving technological landscape, where ideas and innovations transcend geographical bordersand distances. Numerous major technological companies in the United States maintain robustglobal presence across their business, research, development, and production sectors, andengineering projects and teams often collaborate across multiple countries and culture. Eventhough technical expertise remains crucial, engineers must possess skills such as globalawareness, effective communication across diverse

Conference Session

Programming Education 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jialiang Tan, Lehigh University; Yu Chen, Independent Researcher; Shuyin Jiao, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

conciseinterface; 3) extensive functionalities, including code compilation, project organization, andsupport for multiple languages; 4) mainstream adoption among professional software engineers,bridging the gap between classes and future careers.We have identified Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as the preferred option. Byintegrating VS Code with a selection of extensions, it becomes an IDE that incorporates all fouraforementioned features. Additionally, VS Code has been widely adopted in many advancedcourses in our department, including operating systems, compiler constructions, computernetworks, and others. However, it has not received significant attention to CS1 courses.Furthermore, based on our study of 20 computer science departments, none of

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 5

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Mercy Folashade Fash, North Carolina A&T State University; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

' perceptions of the potential outcomes of pursuing AECcareers. This includes highlighting the personal, social, and economic benefits of theseprofessions. The fAEC-KLM incorporates several key components designed to address these factors: a) Lectures and presentations providing comprehensive information about AEC careers. b) Peer interactions to foster collaborative learning and support. c) Kinesthetic and experiential learning activities offering hands-on engagement with AEC projects (bridge building project). d) Exposure to successful African American women in AEC professions as role models.Methods This study employs qualitative methods to evaluate the impact of the fAEC-KLM onAEC knowledge, self-efficacy, and outcome