Conference Session

Computing in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Anthony Vernier, Ohio State University; Patrick M. Wensing, The Ohio State University; Craig E. Morin, MindWare Technologies; Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University; Brian Rice, Ohio State University; Kevin Robert Wegman, Ohio State University; Chris Hartle, Ohio State University; Paul Alan Clingan, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Richard J. Freuler, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

ExercisesENG 694 was offered in autumn 2011 to upper-level students interested in designing,developing, and testing C/C++ software for the first design iteration of the Proteus. The studentswho enrolled in ENG 694 had completed the first year robot design project earlier in theiracademic career. As such, the emphasis of ENG 694 involved using the controller with smallrobotic vehicles, but in contrast with the freshman course, students were given a standardizedpre-built robot rather than being required to construct one. This allowed focus on programmingthe Proteus. This atmosphere allowed for low-risk testing of the Proteus hardware under realisticconditions. As a byproduct, the course allowed the students already familiar with high levelembedded

Conference Session

Student-Centered Information Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer (Cong Yan) Zhao, McGill University; Tara Mawhinney, McGill University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

information literacy competency requirements The recently revised Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board’s accreditation criteria6have higher expectations of information research skills for undergraduate engineering graduatesthan ever before. Among the 12 graduate attributes, problem analysis, investigation,communication skills, ethics and equity, and life-long learning are closely associated withinformation literacy (IL) competencies and can be addressed by academic librarians themselvesor in collaboration with different units on campus. IL training may help this group of studentsbecome better empowered to use information effectively, which has the potential to contribute totheir overall academic and career success.Role of undergraduate

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jean L. Coco, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mehdi Miri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert W. Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

success in their professional careers. We focused on threeimportant skills in oral presentation: audience analysis, message coherence / focus, and messagedelivery. A team of five faculty--four from ECE and the CAC director--worked together todevelop a rubric to evaluate students oral presentation skills in the sophomore design (ECGR2252), junior design (ECGR 3157) and senior design (ECGR3253 and ECGR3254) courses. Theimplementation of the process began by using the rubric in Appendix (a) to evaluate student andteam presentations in each of the four courses above. We videotaped the presentations forstudents to review later so they could learn from their mistakes. We followed teams of studentsfrom the sophomore design in the spring 2012 to the

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Educational Policy and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

address calls for greater workplace and college readiness as well as increase thenumber of students who consider a career in a STEM-related field.Despite the rise in interest in providing students with learning experiences that foster connection-making across the STEM disciplines, there is little research on how best to do so or on whatfactors make integration more likely to increase student learning, interest, retention,achievement, or other valued outcomes. Indeed, there is considerable confusion about just whatintegrated STEM education is and how, if at all, it is different from STEM education that is notintegrated.This paper summarizes the findings and presents the recommendations from a recentlycompleted study of integrated K-12 STEM

Conference Session

Flipping ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jia-Ling Lin, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Paul Imbertson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

and their so- lutions. Her research also involves working with educators to shift their expectations and instructional practice to facilitate effective STEM integration. Tamara is the recipient of a 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) for her work on STEM integration with underrep- resented minority and underprivileged urban K-12 students. Page 24.805.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Introducing an Instructional Model for “Flipped Classrooms” -Part (II): How Do Group Discussions Foster Meaningful Learning

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeleine C Brannon, George Washington University ; Zoe Szajnfarber; Thomas Andrew Mazzuchi, George Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

risk analysis for over twenty five years. He served for two and a half years as a research mathematician at the international operations and process research laboratory of the Royal Dutch Shell Company. While at Shell, Dr. Mazzuchi was involved with reliability and risk analysis of large processing systems, maintenance optimization of off-shore platforms, and quality control procedures at large scale chemical plants. During his academic career, he has held research contracts in development of testing procedures for both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army, in spares provisioning modeling with the U. S. Postal Service, in mission assurance with NASA, and in maritime safety and risk assessment with the Port Authority

Conference Session

Teaching Dynamics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #10820Learning Engineering Dynamics with a Videogame: A Look at How StudentsPlay the GameDr. Brianno Coller, Northern Illinois University Brianno Coller is Presidential Teaching Professor at Northern Illinois University. Early in his academic career, he studied complex dynamics and control of nonlinear systems such as turbulent boundary lay- ers, turbomachine instabilities, aeroelastic instabilities, bicycle dynamics, and traffic. More recently he has been studying the complex nonlinear dynamics of students learning engineering in the context of a videogame

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan H. Sarapin M.A., Purdue University; Marilyn A. Dyrud, Oregon Institute of Technology; Marvin I. Sarapin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Association for Computing Machinery, forexample, clearly states that in cases of copying without citation, the ACM “will inform theDepartment Chair, Dean, or supervisor of the authors.”45 Obviously, this may have detrimentaleffects on an instructor’s career, in addition to any other publication sanctions imposed by thejournal.Empirical StudyDue to the paucity of empirical studies available on plagiarism, the authors developed two onlinesurveys, one for faculty and another for journal editors, to gauge the current climate and level ofconcern regarding plagiarism in the fields of communication, psychology, engineering (includingengineering technology and engineering education), technology, and biological sciences. Atheoretical overview, survey methods

Conference Session

CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Chirag Patel; David Joseph Tortoriello; Justin Baldacci, ASME Northeastern chapter; Jeffrey Speroni

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

excitement for their major-making them an ideal conduit to promote the benefits and provide advice for thechallenges that await them as they progress through their academic career.11 The upperclass students used in teaching the SolidWorks module all have industry experience usingthe software from co-op and in some cases have taken an upper level course inmanufacturing that utilizes the software.To prepare for the teaching experience, the pool of students drawn from the ASMEchapter at Northeastern University consulted with the ASME faculty advisor to reviewthe tutorial material and teaching strategies. The class is tutorial driven with a facilitatorshowing modeling steps to the students via a projection screen in a typical classroom setup with

Conference Session

Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Seth Orsborn, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

realize an innovation and a focus onthe value proposition. We helped them develop the necessary skills such as communication andteamwork. We promoted the importance of persistence through failure and regular criticalreflection. We helped prepare the students for success in their careers and personal lives so thatthey can make an Impact.AcknowledgmentsWe are grateful to all of the faculty, staff and outside guests who helped

Conference Session

Special Topics in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

students that they can use in all aspects of their careers. Onepartial measure of success is the ideation, or number of solutions that students can develop tosolve a given problem.This paper describes a study of ideation performed over the past four years. The college andhigh school students involved were evaluated before and after learning several techniques ofproblem solving, as well as many other activities and ideas. The results and analysis of theseevaluations are described in detail.Overview of CourseThe course “Inventive Problem Solving in Engineering” (EGN 4040) has been taught at FAU forthe past eight years. While most students who enroll are engineering majors, some studentsmajoring in the sciences, arts and humanities have participated

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Alley; Kathryn Neeley

American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering EducationResistance to the Alternative Design by Faculty and Students Both of us have spent most of our careers teaching undergraduate engineering students tocommunicate more effectively. We have also taught graduate students and practitioners andinteracted extensively with engineering faculty. In our attempts to get faculty, students, andprofessionals to think critically and adopt a more effective alternative design for slides, we haveencountered resistance that was both strong and surprising. Practical Reasons. For this strong resistance to using the alternative design, weprobably

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Shooter; Soundar Kumara; Robert Stone; Timothy Simpson; Janis Terpenny

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

social relevance or appear to have no conscience.(13) Therehave been laments about excellent students opting out of engineering, as they felt to be ill-prepared or incompetent because of the methods of teaching, the rigidity of the system, and theauthoritarian approach in the transmission of knowledge. Often, these negative aspects ofteaching, and the non-stimulating classroom environment, appears to impact the “second tier”students (i.e., those students who are serious about their learning and career goals, but who canbe intimidated for a variety of reasons, and chose not to pursue engineering). Unlike “first tier”students (i.e., those students that will learn no matter how the class is conducted, or the course istaught), “second tier” students

Conference Session

Research On Student Teams

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Schmidt; Jeannie Brown Leonard; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

ahigh quality standard. The product quality was paramount and learning certainly wascompromised.The evidence of specialization was very strong, but students argued that the team projectsdemand it. To be successful in completing a strong project, everyone must contribute his or hertalents. One senior described himself as a “jack-of-all-trades,” yet he was performing afunctional role he had performed in a previous team. No one had performed only one rolethroughout their college career, but the recurring patterns were clear.Faculty InsightsWhat insights did the faculty have about the team project experience in their courses? Tables 4 –6 in the appendix capture faculty perspectives along the same three themes presented for thestudents: functional

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Hjorth; Barb Eichler; John Morello; Ahmed Khan

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Engel; Peter Lehman; Charles Chamberlin; Angi Sorensen; Andy Sorter

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

structures subjected to earth quake loadings,and strategies to enhance their performance. The selection of the students was based on GPA, two recommendation letters, and an essayon why they would like to participate in this REU Site and how it relates to their career goals. Intotal 27 applications were received for the nine positions. All applicants had excellent scholasticqualifications, and satisfied the requirements for selection if resources permitted their support.An effort was made to recruit at least three under-represented and/or minority students. Theparticipants were paired such that a more experienced student interacted with a lesser-experienced student, as far as their scholastic standing was concerned. All students had indicatedthat

Conference Session

Unique Courses & Services for Freshmen

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Thompson; William Oakes

., Jones, J. D., Davies, P., Coyle., E. J. & Jamieson, L. H. (2000). Engineering education,beyond the books. 2000 ASEE Annual Conference, Charlotte, NC, June 2000.Hissey, T. W. (2000) Education and Careers 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE, 88(8), 1367-1370, August.Hobson, R. S. (2000). Service-Learning as an Educational Tool in an Introduction to Engineering Course,Proceedings of the ASEE 2000 Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2000.Hughes, J. L. (2001). Incorporating Project Engineering And Professional Practice Into The MajorDesign Experience, Proceedings of the 2001 Frontiers in Education Conference.Jamieson, L. H., Coyle, E. J., Harper, M. P., Delp, E. J. & Davies, P. (1998). Integrating engineeringdesign, signal processing, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Keith Clutter; Alberto Arroyo; Amir Karimi

practice (g) an ability to communicate effectivelyD “diverse career skills” (d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teamsprepare students with the diverse skills needed to be (h) broad education necessary to understand the impactsuccessful engineers of engineering solutions in a global and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Ameel; Ian Harvey; Bruce Gale

/physicalanalysis. Two lectures, one lab per week, plus 1/2 - hour lab lecture. Students will complete adesign/build/characterization project as part of a multidisciplinary team, outside of lab. Mustalso register for ME EN 6056 (lab).Course meets with MEEN 5055, BIO EN 6421, ECE 5225/6225, MetE 5055/6055, MSE 5055/6055, ChFE 5659/6659.Textbook: None required (lecture notes and miscellaneous readings on e-reserve)Structure: Lecture (1 hour – 2 times/week), lab (3 hours – 1 time/week), lab lecture (1/2 hour – 1time/week) Being the last course in the sequence, one of the objectives of this course is to transitionstudents from the academic environment to their professional career after degree completion.One aspect of this transition is to get students

Conference Session

Curricular Change Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeff Froyd; Carolyn Clark; Prudence Merton; Jim Richardson

and administrators described themselves as being part ofa community whose members were “talented” and “extremely creative.” Atypical ofmany academics, most professors come to Rose-Hulman and wind up staying for theduration of their careers. More than one interviewee described Rose as “a wonderfulplace to work.” An engineering professor remarked that faculty “wouldn't have remainedhere if they weren't good and they weren't dedicated to teaching. That has been thehallmark of how we hire and how we retain faculty.” So in addition to the organizationalsaga, the “other-regarding” interest” – the overriding dedication to the student – is alsopart of Rose-Hulman’s institutional culture. It is a commonly-held value held by bothfaculty and staff

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Spray; Lori Donath; Nancy Thompson; Theresa McGarry; Elisabeth Alford

Wednesday session on 9 Apr il 2002It must be noted that RCS students are self-selecting participants who must be nominated bytheir faculty advisors; they are generally highly motivated and capable students. However, asparticipant observers we have noted that student collaboration challenges students—as well asthe academic and professional fields in which they are fledgling members—in ways thatindividual study could not. We believe the interactive character of the session under study isreflective of students’ cognitive, social, and professional development.All of the students continue to excel in their engineering careers as RCS alumni. S2, a senior,worked on his Honors College thesis during 2003 and won an award for his poster presentationat the

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Long

Conference Session

Design in Freshman Year

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anita Mahadevan-Jansen; Christopher Rowe

disciplines, their interdependencies, and the various career opportunities forengineering graduates. In the past, VUSE has done little beyond standard coursework to activelyengage students in self-discovery of their own talents and how they mesh with a specificengineering discipline. What was needed was an intense, interactive program that allowsstudents to educate themselves with what the various fields of engineering are, their similaritiesand differences, and which of those areas are more closely aligned with their own interests. Theintroductory engineering course was selected as an ideal forum to implement this program.In 1989, VUSE launched an innovative introductory course that focused on exposing students tocomputing tools that many had never

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Storch; Catherine Scott; Cynthia Atman

, student advisory boards, exposure toundergraduate research, career fairs, informal talks with other students, research into howcompanies define IEs, talks with recruiters, speakers who come to classes, observations of seniorprojects, emails that describe jobs, postings outside of the IE office. The graduating studentmentions that some outside speakers are invited to classes, such as in the professional practiceand the user interface design courses, and that this is a good way to gain an understanding of thebroad nature of the discipline.At this point, the interview student does not know much about the options available to IEs. Thisstudent says that because IEs do not learn to design but rather they learn the tools they can use todesign, keeping

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Mechanics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William O. Jolley; Hartley T. Grandin, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Joseph Rencis, University of Arkansas

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Warren Phillips; Joseph Clair Batty; John Gershenson; Christine Hailey

the necessary fundamentals, and laboratory and work- etc. attributes to succeed in their based experiences to formulate and solve chosen career. engineering problems. B. Graduates will be encouraged II. Graduates will have proficiency in 2. Communication MAE 1050, to pursue advanced degrees in computer-based engineering, including MAE 3050, engineering or other fields and modern numerical methods, software design etc. they will have the necessary and development, and the use of attributes to succeed. computational tools

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matt Gates; Mary Lamont; John Merrill; John Demel; Richard Freuler

naturally toanybody that is seeking a career in engineering. I think we could learn a lot more if we focused more on theconcepts and how they apply in every-day situations.And from another — I went to a talk about fractals recently, and the visual representations of them--forexample, Koch's snowflake and the Maltese Cross. I think it would be interesting to show an example of this to theengineers in [our class]. It's confusing to explain, but I imagine programming a computer to draw fractals is veryinvolved and applicable to our class--I'm sure there are for and do while loops, or such involved. Also, the finalresults are more interesting than a computer printout of the estimated values of sine between 0 and 90 degrees (nooffense!). Why don't we