Friday, March 7, 2014
10:00am–11:30am
Virtual Sculpture Workshop: Use of an Interactive Steel Connection Learning Tool
Karen Chou and Saeed Moaveni
150 minutes
A web-based interactive version of the steel sculpture developed by Professor Duane S. Ellifrit
was created in order to provide an effective learning opportunity and 24-7 access to students
and educators in the United States and abroad. The objective to this workshop is to
demonstrate the navigation and functions of this virtual sculpture, to discuss implementation
in classes, and to seek feedback from colleagues at the conference, especially those teach an
introductory steel design course.
The Section Workshop on Effective Engineering Teaching (SWEET)
Carmine Polito and Doug Tougaw
180 minutes
The Section Workshop on Effective Engineering Teaching (SWEET) addresses best practices in
engineering education, including: Writing objectives, The important role of learning
objectives, Teaching and learning styles, Developing rapport with students, Motivating
students, Working with teams of students, and Active learning in the classroom. The workshop
will focus on introducing best practices that have been validated by rigorous pedagogical
research. It will be beneficial to faculty at all stages in their career, but new faculty are likely
to benefit the most.
Teaching Embedded Processors Using BeagleBone
Mark Yoder
150 minutes
This hands-on workshop allows you to take a BeagleBone Black (BBB) from out-of-the-box to
blinking an LED in under 5 minutes. The workshop activities will include 1) several hands-on
exercises to get participants familiar with using the BBB using BoneScript and Linux commands,
2) discussions of the wide variety courses where it could be used: from freshman programming
to senior design and graduate projects courses 3) demonstrations of what the BBB can do and
4) resources available to help you get started today.
11:30am-12:30pm
Lunch Catered by Baesler’s
First Floor Olin Lobby
2:15pm–3:45pm
NPD Simulation for Entrepreneurship
Terry Schumacher
120 minutes
Workshop participants will experience a “New Product Development Challenge” simulation,
viewing the interface via screen projection and discussing decisions the software presents.
They begin with a product idea, then experience entrepreneurial activities and decisions
including: How much time to spend contacting customers, What customer data to use in
selection of product features, When to use trade shows or focus groups, Definition of
customer segments, Development of product features, Setting the price, and allocation of
promotional budget at Launch. The simulation design supports learning by recording
participant progress in an initial game, allowing participants to compare their progress in the
second game. This allows participants to discover and understand contrasting approaches to
NPD tasks.
Building High Performing Teams
Denny Davis
180 minutes
This workshop provides training for individuals who will be preparing students (or others) for
effective teamwork. Teamwork training is structured around a conceptual model for
teamwork that identifies and defines relationships among team inputs and outputs, team
functions, and feedback mechanisms for improving performance throughout the life of the
team. By the end of the workshop, participants will be prepared to define instructional
strategies for building high performing teams in their engineering programs.
Teach ARM Cortex-M Microcontroller using Atmel SAM4L
Han-Way Huang and Nannan He
180 minutes
5:00pm-7:00pm
6:00pm-8:00pm
The proposed workshop will consist of the following parts: 1. Introduction to ARM: a brief
history, market status, features of ARM architecture, Cortex Microcontroller Software
Interface Standard (CMSIS), CPU architecture. 2. Manipulating Cortex-M (specifically Atmel
SAM4L) peripheral registers and bits in C language. 3. Overview of Cortex-M4 Development
tools including IDE software, demo kits, and debug adapter. 4. Lab Projects: several projects
related to Cortex-M4 peripherals will be presented and then worked by the attendees.
Cocktail and Appetizer Reception – Catered by Aramark
Hulman Memorial Union Kahn Rooms
Board Dinner- Catered by Aramark
Hulman Memorial Union Faculty Dining Room (HMU 208)
Saturday, March 8, 2014
7:30am-8:50am
9:00am-10:10am
Welcome Breakfast
Breakfast will be available starting 7:30am. At 8:10am the attendees will be welcomed by the
Section Board and the Host Institution. At approximately 8:20am the keynote speaker will
begin. Please see the Speakers Page for a description of the talk.
ASEE Faculty Sessions
Concurrent sessions for faculty presentations
RosEvaluation Session: Assessing without Recollecting: Identifying and Using Archival Data
Sarah Forbes and Shannon Sipes
70 minutes
This session will focus on identifying existing data sources and the various uses for this
data. In addition to learning when archival data may be a better choice than other
assessment methods, attendees will also have the opportunity to identify archival data on
their own campuses. By the end of the session, attendees will have constructed a reference
sheet for their own use. *It is suggested that attendees for this session bring a laptop, tablet,
10:20am-11:20am
surface or some other device to use to access the internet. A smartphone isn’t the best option
for the planned activities.
ASEE Student Paper Presentations
Students who have had a paper accepted for a seminar presentation will be presenting their
work during this time.
RosEvaluation Session: Fostering Student Self-Assessment
Kristen McIntyre and Terri Frederick
60 minutes
Key to meaningful, student-centered deep learning is empowering and expecting students to
take ownership of their learning. Ongoing, structured reflection fosters students’
understanding of the relationship between their course experiences and the intended course
learning outcomes and prepares them to transfer those course skills, knowledge, and ways of
learning to a variety of contexts. In this session, we’ll explore incorporating semester-long
guided student self-reflective assessment as a primary means of evaluating student
achievement of intended course learning outcomes. Specifically, we’ll discuss the constructive
course alignment of a final student self-assessment portfolio pedagogy where the learning
activities addressed in the intended outcomes are mirrored both in the teaching/learning
activities the students [undertake] and in the assessment tasks.
10:30am-12:00pm
ASEE Student Poster Presentations
12:00pm-1:30pm
Business Lunch-Catered by Aramark
Lunch will be served at Noon. Near the end of lunch, our speaker, Dr. Jeff Will, the recipient
of the section’s 2013 Outstanding Teacher Award, will give a talk on the topic of his choice.
Please see the Speakers page for more information. After the talk, a very brief business
meeting will be held, followed by the announcement of the winners of the Student Awards.
1:30pm-3:00pm
ASEE Faculty Sessions
RosEvaluation Session: Exploration of a Direct Method for Measuring ABET Professional
Skills
Jay McCormack
90 minutes
The Engineering Professional Skills Assessment (EPSA) is a direct assessment method centered
on one of several inter-disciplinary scenarios that frame a contemporary societal problem, a
generalized set of discussion questions intended to guide a meaningful, 45 minute discussion
of multiple scenarios among 4-6 students, and the Engineering Professional Skills rubric that is
broadly applicable for all scenarios. In this workshop, participants will examine one scenario
in detail along with self-scoring and peer-scoring of a scenario discussion among workshop
participants. This experience will be structured to produce small-group and large-group
insights about administering and scoring the EPSA in classroom situations. The intended
audience for this workshop includes faculty who teach courses identified for collecting data
on ABET professional skills, ABET coordinators from engineering programs, and ABET program
evaluators.
3:15pm-4:45pm
ASEE Faculty Sessions
Concurrent sessions for faculty presentations
RosEvaluation Session: Rubrics: Helping You and Students Perform Better
Jim Hanson
90 minutes
A rubric is a tool for assessing performance on a task. If desired, the rubric can be developed
to provide quantitative assessment. It lists the criteria important for evaluation, and it
distinguishes between levels of performance in each criterion. Rubrics can be a tremendous
asset to the instructor and students. Therefore, this workshop covers how these tools can
help the instructor, how these tools can help the students, how to develop rubrics, and what
resources are available for developing rubrics. Hands-on activities in this workshop center on
creating and using rubrics.
I engage the participants by combining presentation with active learning exercises. In
addition, participants will work in small groups to practice using and creating rubrics.
5:00pm-7:00pm
Awards Dinner- Catered by Carson’s BBQ
The section awards, including the conference Best Paper and Outstanding Teacher awards,
will be presented at this time.