Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amadin Osagiede, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

professional leadership plan tailored to students’current and future career goals. Particular focus was made upon ways that students can aligntheir technical interests with leadership. The class involved a combination of lecture (based onarticles or papers by Kotter11, and Northouse12), experiential exercises (e.g., attending leadership Page 24.863.2seminars and writing reflections), discussions, in-class presentation, videos, individualassignments, and team assignments. Seven students took the course in Fall 2013 and were eitherfreshmen or sophomores in the College of Engineering. As part of their requirement in the course,each student developed a

Conference Session

Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Two Year College Division

not at all new and has been in practice for a very long time.Regardless, a problem based curriculum is significantly different from the traditional disciplinecentered curriculum. It is important that the aims and objectives of problem based learning arereflected in every aspect of the learning environment created. Scholars have identified fourfeatures that clearly separate a problem-based curriculum from a traditional, topic-basedcurriculum. It is important that the aims and objectives of problem-based learning are reflected inevery aspect of the learning environment created. Problem-based curriculum should documentaccomplishments at the upper levels of Bloom's Taxonomy Triangle. Scholars in the area ofcognitive science and educational

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Laura Bottomley

currently use to achieve those goals, and the extent to which teachers’practices reflected the recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of MathematicsPrinciples and Standards for School Mathematics . Our results focus on specific questionsincluded in the questionnaire that are directly related to the goals of the RAMP-UP project. Atotal of 33 elementary teachers teaching grades 3-5, and 4 middle school teachers teachinggrades 6-8 provided responses to this survey. A second survey that was administered was theFelder-Soloman Index of Learning Styles assessment2, used in a variety of applications toidentify learning styles of individuals as active versus reflective, sensing versus intuitive, visualversus verbal and sequential versus global

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Khaled Mansy

is needed.This paper reports on the ongoing effort to build an Artificial Sky Dome for the School ofArchitecture at Oklahoma State University. The paper discusses the technical challenges facedby the team in charge of designing the Artificial Sky Dome. Challenges that relate to thestructure of the dome, uniform distribution of light sources, avoiding the star effect, effect ofinternal reflections, models of different sky conditions, control of sky luminance, and the needfor a post-construction calibration of the lighting control system. The construction of theArtificial Sky Dome is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2005. This laboratory isfunded by the National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education, (CCLI)Course

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Arthur Brodersen; Cordelia Brown

Ethnicity Group N Non-White Reflective 13 * Active 6 * White Reflective 14 3 Active 15 3 Non-White Sensing 10 * Intuitive 9 * White Sensing 14 4 Intuitive 15 2 Non-White Verbal

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: The Tenure Process

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Chesler; Leslyn Hall; Mark Chesler

were physically enacted will be described below.Individual and group reflection time was provided to discuss the results of all exercises, todiscuss the parallels between the emotions raised by these scenes and ones at work, to assess theeffectiveness of the strategies developed, to explore novel and creative alternatives to the issues Page 9.140.2 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationthat were raised, and to consider the application of these alternative strategies to their ownpersonal and

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Devenport; Terry Wildman; Glenda Scales

regularly study and reflect upon their teaching, not only toadvance their own teaching, but to enhance the quality of teaching across the university. As Page 9.1257.2inspiration they cite the importance of the reflective component of professional learning asProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2004, American Society for Engineering Educationdiscussed by Schön2 and of the development of communities of learners amongst educators,as well as earlier efforts employing faculty study groups.3In 1996, Wildman et al. and the CEUT initiated the program by inviting

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth A. Stephan; Benjamin L. Sill; Matthew Ohland

, both with the same educational objectives and approaches. This rigorous approach isneeded to isolate the effect of using the sensors.By studying the use of sensors only in laboratories that can be conducted with or withoutsensors, we constrain the benefits of this new technology. This paper will address the benefits ofadapting the laboratory content and pedagogy to make the best use of the technology withoutlimiting the use of sensors to only laboratories that could be conducted without them. Thisapproach results in learning that cannot be compared experimentally to a control group becauseof the presence of confounding variables. Nonetheless, benefits to learning are discussed,including the reflections of students.IntroductionOur previous work

Conference Session

Are Classical Solutions Outdated?

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sherif Yehia; James Nelson

the American Society of Civil Engineers, andthe expectations of employers. Second, given the characteristics expected of an engineer, theauthors will attempt to provide a coherent set of fundamentals for structural analysis that agraduating engineer should know. This set of fundamentals will reflect the fact that moststructural analysis is conducted with the use of computers, but that the computer is only a tool inthe process rather than the process itself, as some students and practitioners have come tobelieve.This paper states the summary opinion of the authors and serves as the opening statement of theauthors in a panel discussion on this subject. It is not intended to be an all encompassing reviewof the content of structural analysis

Conference Session

Advances in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Moody

effectively. The dimensions are listed below: Felder’s Learning Style Dimensions2 • Perception Sensory vs. Intuitive • Input Visual vs. Verbal • Organization Inductive vs. Deductive • Processing Active vs. Reflective • Understanding Sequential vs. Global Page 9.626.3Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert McLaughlan

posting systems allows all students to view multipleperspectives about the topic being discussed. This stage is highly interactive with each Forumhaving between 320 and 560 postings over a 7 day period.Debriefing and Reflection (Stage 3): During this stage participants identify what they havelearned as a consequence of participating in the activity. The debrief of each Forum occurs ina face to face mode over a 3 hour time period. It is a structured post hoc method involvingguided recall, reflection and analysis of the experience involving three phases10. Thisinvolves a systematic reflection and analysis of the experience followed by an intensificationand personalisation of the experiences by the participants. Finally participants generalise

Conference Session

EM Skills and Real-World Concepts, Pt. 2

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Mayer

inengineering and engineering management courses reflect few references to ocean applications.To account for this opportunity in ocean resource management, a new curriculum is evolvingwithin the ocean engineering major at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA). With existing electivetracks in Civil and Coastal Engineering, Deep Ocean Technology, and Ocean EnvironmentalEngineering, the faculty has initiated a newer thrust in ocean engineering Project Management.At the core of this discipline are four related courses: EN412 – Ocean Resources Engineering; Page 9.521.1EN445 – Marine Fabrication Methods; EN450 – Engineering Economic Analysis; and

Conference Session

Teaching Strategies in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Sean Brophy; Stacy Klein-Gardner

information is reflected in a normal ECG?" Challenge 3: "How can the ECG reflect abnormalities of rhythm and structure?"Students went through the legacy cycle (a learning cycle to support guided inquiry of achallenge) once for each of the challenges, eventually answering the grand challenge in theend[3,4]. The learning cycle begins with the presentation of a “Challenge” in either video,audio or text format. Then students are asked to reflect on the challenge and to"Generate Ideas". Once they have articulated their thoughts, they may listen to"Multiple Perspectives" from various experts. These experts provide hints about thingsto think about when solving the problem. These hints, however, do not provide a specificsolution

Conference Session

Virtual Instrumentation

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

M. Kostic

-output (or aliasing) frequency; f is the realsignal input frequency; f Nyq (=0.5f s) is the Nyquist frequency; f s is the sampling frequency; f n isthe instrument natural frequenc y; φ is the phase shift or lag; z is the damping ratio; and M is theoutput-to-input magnitude ratio.Art of Measurement of Rotation or Frequency with a Stroboscope:The Strobe EquationThe physics and concept of data sampling and aliasing are the most vivid in real- life physical ormechanical world as perceived by our eye (“The seeing is believing”). The concept of samplingis very well demonstrated by measuring angular speed of a rotating wheel in a dark room with astroboscope. A reflective mark on a rotating wheel, as in Figure 4 for example, will be sampled(seen) when

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose M. Marra; Thomas Litzinger

skills. His discussion and insights were quite consistent with thecurrent literature on self-directed learning that identifies these same factors. For example,Garrison includes these very same factors, albeit at a more detailed level, in her model for self-directed learning [7].Candy in his extensive review of self-directed learning summarizes the characteristics of theself-directed learner from many sources [8]. These characteristics fall into two sets, personalattributes and skills, that quite clearly correspond to Flammer’s “will do” and can do.” Candy’slists are: “Will do” Attributes: curious/motivated, methodical/disciplined, logical/analytical, reflective/self-aware, flexible, interdependent/interpersonally competent

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter J. Graybash

dilemmas are non-existent and that the means-end principle and utilitarian principle willdominate ethical considerations. Second, the Bounded Rationality model tends to be less idealistic, and to consider thelimitations of day-to-day decision-making. It reflects individual tendencies to conduct limitedsearches for alternatives, to make choices under situations of inadequate information or control,and to (satisfice) select the less than best solution. Satisficing is the practice of selecting anacceptable goal, which might be easier to identify, less controversial, and otherwise safer thanthe best possible solution, very often, the manager's view of being reasonable to achieve. Thebounded rationality process reflects the human tendencies to 1

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Asif M. Shakur; Ali Eydgahi; Abhijit Nagchaudhuri

to appreciatecomplexity; to be capable of working in a variety of interpersonal and organizational settings; tobe able to act reflectively.Engineering is a profession in which knowledge of mathematical and natural sciences acquiredby study, experience and practice is prudently applied to develop ways to utilize optimallymaterials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind and improving quality of life. "Service-Learning" is a combination of academic instruction with service that addresses real communityneeds. It uses reflection and critical thinking to provide an emphasis on personal growth andcivic responsibility. Humanities and Social Sciences curricula emphasize more on "soft skills"and "social service" and as such have naturally

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Wallace; David Adams

Learning Across theDisciplines1 highlighted some of these approaches; it also serves as a useful summary ofsome of the issues involved at different institutions.The plan that emerged for the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineeringincorporated some of these strategies and the practical experiences of the technicalwriting specialist. It also reflected the need to produce some positive results with limitedresources and within three years.This effort is now in its fifth semester. This paper describes the history of the effortwithin the department, the plan that emerged, some reflections of a lead professor from acritical course, the problem of assessment, and some of the issues and opportunitiesencountered along the way.II. HistoryOver the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeanne Garland; Christine Helfers; Ronald Roedel; Sarah Duerden

behavior. For example, Cicero urgedrhetors to examine their “merits of worth or virtue of some kind, particularly generosity, sense of 2duty, justices, and good faith.” Quintilian asserted the “the whole conduct of life is based on the 3desire of doing ourselves that which we approve in others.” Translator James J. Murphy pointsout that Quintilian’s focus was for rhetoric to be “merely a tool of the broadly educated citizen 4who is capable of analysis, reflection, and then powerful action in public affairs.” The clearimplication of these early rhetors is that citizens need

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Landay; Francis Li; Anthony Joseph

identify any design issues with the system as well asanalyze the data reported and collected. In particular, we were interested in how well the self-reported metrics reflect the actual work practices of the students. Also, the student homepageprovides an immediate summary of the reported data, including comparisons to other teams,which may lead to “gaming” the system so that the summaries favor particular students or teams.Finally, we conducted a number of informal surveys during and after the course to get feedbackon the usage of the laptops and the system.IV. Results and DiscussionThe pilot evaluation successfully revealed a number of bugs and design issues with the system,which unfortunately affected its usage by the students. Upon first

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Kay C. Dee; Carol Mullenax

of a student chapter. The exact formula used to calculate the CSI for activechapters was generated by empirical rather than mathematical methods, and is as follows: CSI=0.5*(STLOC+STCONF)+STASEE+2*MTGS+0.2*AVGATT+10*AWARDSThe thought process behind the assignment of weighting factors was based in the desire torecognize not only the number of members but also the time invested in activities. Consequently,the number of meetings and events was multiplied by two and the number of sponsored awards wasmultiplied by ten to reflect the relative time and effort required by several members to organize andmaintain such programs. Conversely, the number of national ASEE student members received evenweighting with a bonus of one half for those

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Victoria Wike

reasons: (1)values are fundamental; (2) values are familiar; and (3) values are inclusive andpluralistic. Let me explain these briefly.By saying that values are fundamental, I mean that they are more basic than theories,codes, and laws. They are more universal, which is to say, less arbitrary and legalisticthan other approaches to ethics. With values, we don’t get as caught up in technicalities;instead we focus on what is of importance.When I say that values are familiar, I mean that values language is accessible andconcrete. It is language we use in ordinary conversation. Values are everywhere. Achoice to pursue a particular profession reflects values, a choice to speak to a colleague ina particular way reflects values, and so on. If, as I am

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Heidersbach; David Gibbs; Daniel Walsh; Alan Demmons

the uncanny similarity of their recommendations, the remarkableconstancy of what is perceived to be important in engineering education. Though each study reflects the challengesof its age, and therefore suggests stronger emphasis in one area or another, the desired threads in the engineeringfabric appear to be agreed on and immutable. The specific actions suggested in the reports can often be interpretedsimply as efforts to provide damping corrections to prior over or under emphases among this fixed set ofcharacteristics.What, then, characterizes our age and drives our approach to engineering education? The dominant forces are theglobalization of the economy, the end of the cold war, the explosion of information technologies reduced funding

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

questions formed into a report can clearly indicatewhat the work experience has meant to them. Instead of just being comfortable with a goodpaycheck, students have some very tangible reasons to make intelligent judgements on the value ofthe experience.An additional issue that is discussed with the students before they begin work is the level of theirtechnical experience. Many faculty express concern regarding the extent of the technicalexperience. Since the students coming from the College of Engineering at Michigan StateUniversity will ultimately graduate as engineers, it is important that the experiences that theyencounter reflect work in the engineering world. The questions that require reflection on the level ofengineering performed by the

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Grigg, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Catherine McGough, Clemson University

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Computers in Education

in class, butdo not have the capability of capturing, archiving and annotating student Ink and audiocommentary in a way that allows detailed analysis of cognitive processes and error types thatwas needed for our research.The digital Ink software (MuseInk ©) has a playback function that allows students to replay theirentire problem solution which facilitates review of and reflection on their work. It is believedthat this functionality will help students become more aware of mistakes they made in theprocess, the strategies they used, and how they organize their work in order to identify areas forimprovement. There is also a means for identifying important features within the work byassociating tags at specific points in the solution. This can

Conference Session

Computers in Education General Technical Session II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Willie K. Ofosu, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

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Computers in Education

based on theradiation patter.Figure 1 shows E- and H-field patterns present in the electromagnetic radiation, anddemonstrate some irregularities in the patterns, and helps the students to relate theory to theexperimental results observed. Had this experiment been performed in an anechoic chamberwhere reflections are eliminated no irregularities will be present. This demonstrates to thestudents the effect of reflections from objects that are present in the laboratory setting.Figure 1. E- and H-fields of a Half-wave (λ/2) DipoleFrom this, the students get to appreciate reflections from objects such as buildings in a reallife application of radio transmission. For this example, students can place objects at differentlocations in the

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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First-Year Programs

in developing theepistemic frame of many professions, especially those that require innovation, is some form ofprofessional practicum7,8, which is an environment in which a learner takes professional actionin a supervised setting and then reflects on the results with peers and mentors. Skills andknowledge become more and more closely tied as the student/learner learns to see the worldusing the epistemic frame of the profession. Cornerstone and capstone design courses inundergraduate curricula are examples of professional practica in engineering.Prior work has also shown that epistemic games—learning environments where students game-play to develop the epistemic frame of a profession—increase students’ understanding of andinterest in the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky

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NSF Grantees

largest presence in the US),the demographics highlighted below will reflect the makeup of the U.S. Army. For FY 08: Female 16.3% White 61.1% Black 21.1% Hispanic 11.9% Asian 03.3% Other 02.6% High School Diploma 82.8%These demographics suggest that approximately one-third of the potential target populationcould be underrepresented students. It is our intention to use the cohort model, and supportcourses (supplemental instruction and peer mentoring) to attempt to address the needs of thesestudents. We believe that a veterans’ transition course

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Mildren; Karen Whelan

Innovative Teaching Practices for Successful Implementation of Integrated EngineeringPrograms". It is out of this project that the theme for this paper has arisen.This paper aims to discuss how teamwork has been woven into the culture of engineeringeducation, beginning with first year, within the University of Ballarat. It will provide anoverview of what was initially planned, discuss how and why the initial plan evolved, activitieswhich were successful, those that were not so and the way forward. While the paper will seek toaddress some of the broad issues raised across the three partner institutions, it will concentrateon activities and reflections from the University of Ballarat, as the primary project partner.II. Cooperative Learning and

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Rockaway, University of Louisville; D. Joseph Hagerty, University of Louisville

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Mechanics

reviewed the four target areas in need ofimprovement and defined their mission as “Ideas to Action: Using Critical Thinking to FosterStudent Learning and Community Engagement.”[2] The concept of critical thinking has beendefined many times over the past forty years, but generally includes activities focused on keyabilities: to question; to acknowledge and test previously held assumptions; to recognizeambiguity; to examine, interpret, evaluate, reason, and reflect; to make informed judgments anddecisions; and to clarify, articulate, and justify positions [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16]. It isevident that the approach developed by the QEP team reflects the determination that criticalthinking is defined by mental activities and standards that