Conference Session

Classroom Management

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew E. Jackson, East Carolina University; Sherion H. Jackson, Grand Canyon Univeristy

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #9847Subscribing to WII-FM: When will we Begin to Function as a Team?Dr. Andrew E. Jackson, East Carolina University Dr. Jackson serves as a Tenured, Full Professor in the Department of Technology Systems at ECU. He is a senior faculty member in the Industrial Engineering Technology (IET) program where he teaches a variety of IET courses, including: Production Systems Engineering and Production Planning, Engineering Economics, Human Factors Engineering, and Risk Assessment. His career spans 40 years in the fields of aviation, aerospace, defense contract engineering support, systems acquisition, academics, and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Courses and Projects

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth R. Leitch P.E., West Texas A&M University; Roy Jean Issa P.E., West Texas A&M University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Computer Hardware

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wayne W. Walter, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Timothy G. Southerton, RIT Mechanical Engineering

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Computers in Education

graduating in the spring of 2014 he plans on pursuing a career in mechanical engineering with a strong focus on consumer electronics and new product design to help make the world that much more entertaining. Page 24.1170.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Teaching Robotics by Building Autonomous Mobile Robots Using the ArduinoIn recent years I have been teaching a project-based Robotics course within our quarter-based Mechanical Engineering program using the Stamp microcontroller. Students workin teams to complete a number of weekly lab exercises

Conference Session

Evaluation of Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University; Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University; Alan D. Mead, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Engineering Ethics

statements. Based onthe feedback of both review groups and the psychometric analysis of the pilot data, we madechanges to the instructions, the scenarios, and the items. For example, a rating statement mighthave been reworded to make it clearer. We included additional items for each scenario so wecould see how the items performed, with the plan to reduce the number of items using the pilotdata. As a result, the scenarios of Version 2 of the instrument had 16 – 24 items each whichincluded additional items for each schema that is required for scoring. It was administered to175 participants.Results from the Version 2 pilot identified several items that did not perform as well as orsimilarly to other items in the same schema. In Version 3, these items

Conference Session

Gender Perceptions and Girls in K-12 Engineering and Computer Science

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Suzanne L. Berliner -Heyman, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rosa M. Cano, NJIT; John D. Carpinelli, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Howard S. Kimmel, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Linda S. Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

benefits?Offering mixed gender programs and all-female programs meant that approximately 70% of thestudents accepted into our summer enrichment programs were female. This and a markedincrease in applications from 4th and 5th grade boys prompted the addition of two all-maleprograms during the summer of 2012. The programs were identical to the fourth and fifth gradeFEMME programs and the 4th and 5th grade mixed-gender programs. Each of the programsaccepted 23 to 25 students; across all six programs there were 141 students.EvaluationA semi-qualitative and objective evaluation was planned to examine differences in classroomclimate, changes in students’ attitudes toward STEM, increases in content knowledge andchanges in students’ perceptions of what

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kathleen M. Short, University of the District of Columbia- CC, Workforce Development and Lifelong Learning ; Annie R. Pearce, Virginia Tech; Christine Marie Fiori P.E., Virginia Tech; Tanyel Bulbul, Virginia Tech; Andrew McCoy, Virginia Tech

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #10543The Influence of Internship Participation on Construction Industry HiringProfessionals When Selecting New Hires and Determining Starting Salariesfor Construction Engineering GraduatesDr. Kathleen M Short, University of the District of Columbia- CC, Workforce Development and LifelongLearning Kathleen Short earned a PhD in Environmental Design and Planning and a Master of Science in Build- ing/Construction Science and Management from Virginia Tech. She also earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Concord University. She is currently the Project Director for the Construction Academy and the Hospitality Academy in the

Conference Session

Capstone Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee D. Rogge, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Glen A. Livesay, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael Wollowski, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

and development manager at Kennametal. Bill is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Illinois College and a Bronze Tablet graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where he received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering.Dr. Robert M. Bunch, Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyDr. Michael Wollowski, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Michael Wollowski obtained his undergraduate degree in Informatics from the University of Hamburg, Germany. He obtained M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Indiana University in Bloom- ington, IN, USA. He studied under Jon Barwise and as part of his dissertation developed a diagrammatic proof system for planning in the blocks world of Artificial Intelligence. Michael is

Conference Session

Improving Laboratory Education in Chemical Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University

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Chemical Engineering

planned to be completed across the Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 semesters; at theMarch 2014 conference proceedings submission deadline, only limited data was available for theFall 2013 portion of the study. Additional data will be collected in Spring 2014 and presented atthe 2014 ASEE Annual Conference.2. MethodsA number of different course-streamlining options available to UO instructors were incorporatedinto two large (~140 students total) junior and senior-level chemical engineering UO courses atthe university level, namely:  CATME – web-based assignment and evaluation of student teams using CATME.org17-19  Paperless grading – digital submission, grading and feedback for laboratory reports using Turnitin.com  Experiment

Conference Session

The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 2002.16. Ferguson DM, Cawthorne JC, Ahn B, Ohland M, editors. Engineering innovativeness. ASEE 2012International Conference on Engineering Education; 2012; San Antonio, Texas American Society of EngineeringEducation.17. Creswell JW. Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and QualitativeResearch. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson; 2008.18. Gladwell M. The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. ISBN 0-316-31696-2 ed:Little Brown; 2000.19. Charmaz K. Constructing Grounded Theory: A practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. LosAngelos, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.; 2006.20. Lincoln YS, Guba EG

Conference Session

Innovations in Pedagogy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Langman, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Judith S. Zawojewski, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

gained from working with the undergraduates in the summer program,” as illustrated by thisresponse from one high school student: High School Student: I didn’t know much at all about what being an undergraduate student was like or what it involved. I thought it was very interesting how much freedom they were given in their studies. It was helpful to be able to see thing through their perspectives instead of just my own. Echoed another high school student: High School Student: I was able to see what being in a college lab is like and am able to use this experience to plan my future in school. Second, the REU students felt that having someone showing the high school students apractical, interesting

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing and Information Technology Programs II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candido Cabo, New York City College of Technology/CUNY

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Computing & Information Technology

goal/plan analysis of buggy Pascal programs. In Soloway, E., & Spohrer, J. C. (Eds.), Studying the Novice Programmer (pp. 355–399). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. doi:10.1207/s15327051hci0102_4[17] Soloway, E., and Spohrer, J. C. (Eds.). 1989. Studying the novice programmer. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.[18] Winslow, L. E. 1996. Programming pedagogy–A psychological overview. SIGCSE Bulletin 28(3), 17–22. doi:10.1145/234867.234872 Page 24.1280.12

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elena Nicolescu Veety, North Carolina State University; Mehmet C. Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia; Meghan McGlinn Manfra, North Carolina State University ; Tom Snyder, North Carolina State University; Chunlei Wang, Florida International University; Veena Misra, North Carolina State University

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Graduate Studies

•  Perceived value of Skill •  Quality of Activity Reflection Skill Assessment • Open-ended reflection on •  Collection and evaluation of learning outcomes and added student products from every value of the activity activity Figure 3: TESP Evaluation Plan Page 24.1281.10reflection. Finally, for every activity, samples of student work, including mind maps, inventiondisclosures, and publications are collected and analyzed to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Eric C. Pappas, James Madison University; Gretchen Anne Hazard, James Madison University; Matthew Swain, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

always result inan intentional change.18 He further stresses the importance of providing an environment thatfosters individual change, and that programs should “plan education aimed at helping peopletranslate their intentions into action.” 18 Our goal is to understand the values of our students so asto foster an environment where students can work toward alignment of behaviors and goals. Page 24.1290.3Values SurveyTo identify a set of values related to the behaviors of individuals when working as a part of anengineering team, the research group utilized existing surveys and literature in the area of teamroles. Key sources used during this

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in ECE

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Lu, University of Portland

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Amazon just announced their delivery service plan using drones (UAV). There were six teams chose this category. 4) Desktop virtualization is also a ubiquitous phrase and there is abundant marketing information on the Internet. Since most desktop virtualization is provided as a service, it is difficult to find a particular system with enough in-depth technical information. Three teams chose this category. Although network virtualization concept was introduced in 2009, there is very little implementation technical information on the Internet and no team chose this sub-category. 5) Supercomputers were chosen by 13 teams due to their abundant technical information and there were six No. 1 supercomputers to

Conference Session

Simulations and Project Based Learning I

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason K. Durfee P.E., Eastern Washington University; Donald C. Richter, Eastern Washington University; Martin William Weiser, Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University; Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University

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Engineering Technology

planning and most important implementation all though theuse of active learning styles will help reinforce the theory given in lecture and should lead thestudent to be a more engaged.1, 2, 3, 4, 5 The creation and use of undergraduate research as alaboratory experience can affect career decisions leading to graduate school and relieve themonotonous aspects of learning while instilling a sense of accomplishment.6, 7, 8, 10When a student is required to formulate the experiment himself/herself from a set of open-endedparameters innovation happens. In the context of the course “open-ended” was defined as usingthe existing tools, either hardware or software, assigned to create and demonstrate to the rest of

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University

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Chemical Engineering

industrial and student side.However, now that the course itself it better established, more instructor time should beavailable to coordinate such activities. A related stretch goal is to have the problemsthemselves proposed by local industry. This has not been attempted in part due to thelimited ‘laboratory’ available for the class, but will hopefully be an option for futureofferings as plans for addition of a kitchenette to one of the classrooms are underway. Page 23.929.9Bibliography   8  1. Armstrong RC, Brennecke J, Butts S et al. How is the Discipline of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Patrick O'Connell, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Currently PaperBotsprovides lesson plans and the associated templates allowing for teachers to print them up and thestudents to make items like cams and articulated joints from paper. These initial lessons provideactivities about design and mechanisms with no more cost than that of some cardstock and brassfasteners for the cam activity and similarly for the others16.Those existing lessons only require already available classroom materials but are limited inscope. The PaperBots robotics kit is specifically designed for use with classroom materials toaugment those activities with inexpensive electronics and a microcontroller to allow for studentconstruction of robots. The combination of these inexpensive materials, mechanical components,and

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Rawson, University of California, Riverside; Tom Stahovich, University of California, Riverside

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

former case, the student willlikely solve the related quiz quickly, while in the latter case, the student may struggle on the Page 23.974.10quiz. That is the motivation behind our Solution Pace feature which compares the student’s workpace on the quiz to that on the homework.Including features that characterize the correctness of the work, especially Quiz Score, canimprove the predictive power of the models. However, our goal is to predict performancewithout requiring manual grading. We plan to explore methods for automatically evaluatingsome aspects of correctness. For example, it would be possible to perform character recognitionon final

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland; Christopher H. Morrell, Loyola University Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

than the T-cohort.Because the students responded favorably to the revised method in their written comments, andbecause student performance was found to be statistically equivalent to that for the traditionalmethod, the first author plans to continue the use of the revised method but will makeadjustments in the course materials intended to improve their effectiveness. These adjustmentswill include the omission of more material from the notes to further encourage studentengagement during class. The idea, in this regard, is to find the right balance between what isprovided directly and what should be added as it is discussed.References1. Hibbeler, R. C., Engineering Mechanics: Statics, 12th Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis K. McLaughlin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sven Schmitz, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

planning on further investigating this in future course offerings andassociated surveys. 2. InterviewsIn the fall 2011 offering, six graduate students participated in individual interviews, and fiveundergraduate students participated in one focus group. In addition, three faculty members whoadvised groups participated in individual interviews. In the spring 2012 semester, four graduatementors participated in individual interviews, and four undergraduate students participated in onefocus group. Interviews lasted between 20 and 30 minutes, and were audio recorded andtranscribed. The interview data analysis process began with a preliminary exploratory analysis,as described by Creswell6, to get a general sense of the data. Next, codes, or “labels”7

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University; Oren Masory, Florida Atlantic University; Zvi S Roth

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

andshow their project to them, we don’t give grades for these activities; therefore somestudents do not actually take these earnestly. We plan to design a more rigorousmechanism in the near future to encourage students having more interactions with end-users. At the end of the semester, each student design project is demonstrated in public,and is evaluated based on the following three categories: creativities, difficult levels, andcompleteness. Evaluations are done by classmates, observers and instructors. Theobservers may involve university staff members, end-users, and industrialrepresentatives. Results of the evaluations will be used for two distinguished purposes: 1.Assign a grade for the project, and 2. Rank the projects for Capstone

Conference Session

Real and Virtual - "New" Approaches to Teaching "Old" Courses

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darinka del Carmen Ramirez, Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), México; Manuel E Macías, ITESM, Campus Monterrey

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Chemical Engineering

typical formal education, involving the presentation of material in a logically orderedprogression. Sequential learners follow linear reasoning processes when solving problems.However, the remote lab allows both sequential and global students to learn thanks to theactivities the instructor is able to perform in the classroom.Research has shown that learning styles affect learner performance at university7. Therecommendation is that lecturers should be aware of the potential problems and needs of studentswith different learning styles, and plan accordingly the learning opportunities they provide 8.Teaching transient state by using a remote lab experiment simultaneously provides with theopportunity to enhance the learning process by giving students

Conference Session

K-12 Robotics

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; JoAnn M. Marshall, Cyber Innovation Center/National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

the University of Georgia. Her professional career has been dedicated to non-profit organizations in the form of events planning, development, grant writing, and coordinating educational activities for K-12 students. Page 23.1083.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 STEM Applications: Integrating Informal Learning with the Formal Learning EnvironmentAbstractMany times only a select group of students are able to participate in after school activities due tovarious reasons. Because only a few students are able to participate from a given class

Conference Session

Best of Computer in Education Division

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Virginia Tech; Christopher B. Williams, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

structured computer use. It is ultimately expected that our findingscan be used as empirical evidence to encourage instructors to incorporate structured computer-use into their pedagogical practice.5.1 LimitationsThere is a need to quantify the amount of error when using active window as a proxy forattention. During observations, students were often observed listening and looking at theinstructor or projected slide (i.e., “checking in”), but continued to have their browser open as thetop-most, active window. Our observation protocol allows for a comparison between observedattention and active window and we plan to use that data to calculate error rate. Based on theobservations in this study, we anticipate that error rate will be less than 10

Conference Session

Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Environmental Engineering

on the final exam. The primary limitation to success ofthe inverted course model was inconsistent buy-in from the students to watch the videos beforeclass. About 40-60% of the class watched the appropriate online lecture prior to the relevantclass time, but by the midterm exam about 90% of the students had viewed the majority of theonline lectures. Student performance was better with the inverted classroom on two of fourrelated homework assignments. The average student performance on the midterm exam wassimilar, although the “bottom” of the curve was improved during the inverted class (increasedfrom ~44-53% traditional to 68% inverted). Improvements in student learning were primarilyevident on the more difficult quantitative concepts. Plans

Conference Session

Robotics, Mechatronics, and Control Systems - Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Antonio Riofrio, Western New England University; Steven G Northrup, Western New England University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

not seek to provide a thorough survey oranalysis on curriculum shaping, but such can be found in other relevant work.2,6,7,8 The work hereby presented specifically addresses the instruction of a single, non-elective,junior-level undergraduate introductory course to Mechatronics in the Mechanical Engineeringprogram at Western New England University (WNE). WNE does not currently have aMechatronics program for undergraduates (there are plans to start one in the near future), but itdoes offer a master’s-level concentration. That said, the course addressed in this paper is not apre-requisite for this concentration. Prior to this course, the students have had standard freshman- and sophomore-level coursesin the ME curriculum such as Statics

Conference Session

Rethinking Engineering Writing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Luke Niiler, University of Alabama; Beth Todd, University of Alabama; Marcus Brown, University of Alabama; Garry W. Warren, University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

College (BSCC), a state-supported community collegein Alabama. The Coach is developing a series of web-based writing instruction modules andwill help students learn to write for audiences of engineers through sequences of writingsamples, prompts, and heuristics. By emphasizing writing as a design process, The Coach isintended to provide engineering faculty with a valuable resource for developing students’rhetorical skills. The Coach’s development is founded upon the understanding engineeringcurricula are the most-appropriate venue for building stronger engineering writing skills.Technical issues prevented the planned launch of The Coach in 2011, but roll-out took placeon all three campuses in fall, 2012. This paper describes in detail the state

Conference Session

Improving course effectiveness

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory L. Wiles P.E., Southern Polytechnic State University; Thomas Reid Ball, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

students even preferred a hybrid Page 23.1176.2course over the old traditional classroom 4. Our quasi-study supports this.The description of the traditional classroom for this department is a twice-a-week classconsisting of 75 minutes of f2f per class period. The instructor conducts the class in a traditionalmanner with transparency projectors or perhaps with the help of technology such as acomputer/projector and PowerPoint slides combination. Homework and tests are typically givenand received through paper handouts and take ups. Our plans were to migrate toward a hybridlearning environment, also called blended learning and the terms can be

Conference Session

Retention and Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric L Huerta-Manzanilla, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

of mutuality. A discussionof the results disaggregated by institution is presented to evaluate if a trend emerges whencompared with their persistence information.The two research questions posed can be integrated in a single inquiry goal as follow: Is itpossible to assess the relationship of social integration and persistence by estimating indexes likemutuality, using only academic records?The justification for such area of inquiry is that schools normally keep complete academicrecords. Thus, if such information can be used for evaluating an important aspect of academicdevelopment, like student’s integration, it may allow an interesting use of those hard-builtdatasets, for institutional strategic analysis, and for policy making and planning

Conference Session

Design Methodology and Evaluation 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April M. Bryan, University of the West Indies

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 23.1212.2development, design is the activity most associated with the engineering profession1. This isespecially true for mechanical engineering. In mechanical engineering, as with otherengineering disciplines, design is defined as the process by which a product, process or bothare developed in order to satisfy a specific need2-4. While technical knowledge andcompetency is necessary for success, it is not sufficient as engineering designers often needto possess numerous other skills such as creativity, problem solving, visualization,communication, team-work and planning skills in order to obtain successful engineeringsolutions2,5-7. Many educators and practitioners acknowledge that while one only becomes anexpert engineering designer