Engineering Education Research Center

Publications

Refereed Publications

  • C D Hundhausen, P Agarwal, R Zollars, A Carter (In press), "The design and experimental evaluation of a scaffolded software environment to improve engineering students," Journal of Engineering Education.
  • Davis, D., J. McCormack, S. Beyerlein, M. Trevisan, H. Davis, R. Gerlick, P. Thompson, S. Howe, P. Leiffer, and P. Brackin. (2010). "Assessing Team Member Citizenship in Capstone Engineering Design Courses," International Journal of Engineering Education.
  • Herron-Thorpe, Farren L., Jo Clay Olson, Denny Davis. (2010). "Mathematics Teaching in Middle School," Teaching in the Middle School (in press).
  • Christopher D Hundhausen, Sean F Farley, Jonathan L Brown (2009). "Can direct manipulation lower the barriers to computer programming and promote transfer of training? An experimental study." ACM Trans. Comput.
  • Montfort,D., S. Brown, J. Pegg, (2009). "An Investigation of the Adoption of an Assessment Instrument for Capstone Design Courses," Proceedings of the ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Antonio, TX.
  • Brown, S., L. Flick, and J. Kmec. (2009). "The Role and Development of Social Capital in an Electrical Engineering Lab," Journal of Engineering Education. January.
  • Davis, D. C., S. Beyerlein, P. Thompson, J. McCormack, O. Harrison, M. Trevisan, R. Gerlick, S. Howe, (2009). "Assessing Design and Reflective Practice in Capstone Engineering Design Courses" American Society for Engineering Education Conference Proceedings.
  • McCormack, J., S.W. Beyerlein, D.F. Feldon, D. Davis, S. Howe, H. Davis, R. Gerlick, and Z. Wemlinger. (2009). "Methodology for Selection, Sequencing, and Deployment of Activities in a Capstone Design Course using the TIDEE Web-based Assessment System," Proceedings of the ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA.
  • Olsen, R.G. (2009). "Recent Developments in the Harold Frank Engineering Entrepreneurship Institute," Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Austin, TX, June 2009.
  • Ater-Kranov, A., C. Hauser, R. G. Olsen and L. Girardeau (2008), "A Direct Method for Assessing ABET Professional Skills in Engineering Programs," Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2008 - Best paper award for the conference out of 1400 papers.
  • Brown, S. Hildreth, K. (2008). "Student Understanding of Shear and Moment Diagrams," International Network for Engineering Education Special Publication. 2008.
  • Christopher D Hundhausen, Jonathan L Brown (2008). Designing, visualizing, and discussing algorithms within a CS 1 studio experience: An empirical study. Comput. Educ. 50:1, 301-326.
  • Gerlick, R., D. Davis, S. Beyerlein, J. McCormack, P. Thompson, O. Harrison, and M. Trevisan. (2008). "Assessment Structure and Methodology for Design Processes and Products in Engineering Capstone Courses," Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 23.
  • McNamar, Maria. (2008). "Using a Real Life contract bid for students to learn Mathematics," Journal of Instructional Psychology, volume 35, 2008.
  • Montfort, D., Brown, S. (2008). "An Investigation of Students' Conceptual Understanding in Related Sophomore to Graduate-Level Engineering and Mechanics Courses," Journal of Engineering Education. April.
  • Brown, S., D. Montfort, K. Findley. (2007). "Student Understanding of States of Stress in Mechanics of Materials," Proceedings of Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Honolulu, HI.
  • Brown, S., L. Flick, and T. Johnson, (2007). "Building Social Capital for Academic Achievement in the Engineering Laboratory. Journal of Engineering Education.
  • Brown, S., D. Montfort, K. Findley. (2007). "Using Interviews to Identify Student Misconceptions in Dynamics," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Brown, S., D. Montfort. (2007). "Development, Implementation, and Assessment of a Bending Stress Tutorial," Proceedings of Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
  • Christopher D Hundhausen, Jonathan L Brown (2007). What You See Is What You Code: A "live" algorithm development and visualization environment for novice learners. J. Vis. Lang. Comput. 18:1, 22-47.
  • Davis, D., S. Beyerlein, O. Harrison, P. Thompson, and M. Trevisan. (2007) "Transferable Assessments for Capstone Engineering Design." Proceedings of NSF Assessment of Student Achievement Conference, October 2006, Washington, DC.
  • Davis, D. and J. Rose. (2007). "Entrepreneurial Engineering Capstone Course with Research-Based Outcomes Assessment," Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI.
  • Davis, D., S. Beyerlein, O. Harrison, P. Thompson, and M. Trevisan. (2007). "Assessments for Three Performance Areas in Capstone Engineering Design," Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Honolulu, HI.
  • Zollars, R., C. Hundhausen, & M. Stefik. (2007). "Visual Learning in a Material/Energy Balance Class." Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition. Honolulu, HI.
  • Beyerlein, S., D. Davis, M. Trevisan, K. Harrison, and P. Thompson. (2006). "Assessment Framework for Capstone Design Courses," Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Davis, D. C., S. W. Beyerlein, and I. T. Davis. (2006). "Deriving Design Course Learning Outcomes from a Professional Profile," International Journal of Engineering Education 22(1).
  • Davis, D., S. Beyerlein, K. Harrison, P. Thompson, M. Trevisan, and B. Mount. (2006). "Conceptual Model for Capstone Engineering Design Performance and Assessment," Proceedings of American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
  • Light, J., D. Davis, G. Crouch, and J. Beller. (2006). "Using Reflective Essays as Part of a Mixed Method Approach for Evaluating a Freshman Living-Learning Community for Engineering and Science Students." Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL. ** ASEE paper award for Freshman Division **
  • Trevisan, M., D. Davis, S. Beyerlein, P. Thompson, and O. Harrison. (2006). "A Review of Literature on Assessment Practices in Capstone Engineering Design Courses: Implications for Formative Assessment." Proceedings of Annual Conference of American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL.
  • Davis, D.C., S.W. Beyerlein, and I.T. Davis. (2005). "Development and Use of an Engineer Profile." Proceedings of Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.
  • Gentili, Kenneth, Jim Lyons, Eric Davishahl, Denny Davis, Steven Beyerlein. (2005). "Measuring Added-Value Using a Team Design Skills Inventory." Proceedings of Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.
  • Light, J., D. Davis, G. Crouch, and J. Beller. (2005). "Evaluation of a Living-Learning Community for Freshmen Engineering Students." Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR.

Other Publications and Presentation

  • Trevisan, M., D. Davis, J. LeBeau, and M. Zhang (2011). "Work in Progress -- The Evaluation Tools Database for Assessing Engineering Education Innovations", presentation at 41st Frontiers in Education Conference, Rapid City, SD, October 12-15.
  • Davis, D.C. M. Trevisan, Jennifer Lebeau, Mo Zhang, and Dana Fairbrother. (2009). "Inventory of Evaluation Tools for Engineering Education Projects." Final report for NSF grant DUE 0839898.
  • Davis, Denny C. (2009). "Achieving Teamwork Knowledge and Skill Development in Design Project Contexts." Seminar presented to Agricultural and Biological Engineering Graduate Student Association, Purdue University, June 3.
  • Davis, Denny C. (2009). "Achieving Teamwork Knowledge and Skill Development in Design Project Contexts." Seminar presented to School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, April 16.
  • Davis, Denny. (2009). "Integrated Assessment Instruments for Engineering Design Education." Invited keynote address at the Good Practices of Capstone Engineering Design Education Symposium sponsored by the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE), Tokyo, Japan, March 7.
  • Davis, Denny C. (2009). "Capstone Engineering Design Learning and Assessment." Invited seminar to the College of Engineering, Cornell University, February 16
  • Davis, D.C. (2008). "Capstone Engineering Design Learning and Assessment," invited presentation at College of Engineering seminar, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Nov. 10.
  • Davis, Denny, Howard Davis, Steven Beyerlein, Phillip Thompson, Jay McCormack, Olakunle Harrison, and Michael Trevisan. (2008). "Work-in-Progress: Web-Based Implementation of Capstone Engineering Design Assessments," presentation at Frontiers in Education Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, October 25.
  • Davis, D.C. (2008). "Capstone Engineering Design Learning and Assessment," School of Engineering Education seminar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Sept. 18.
  • Davis, D., S. Beyerlein, J. McCormack, P. Thompson, O. Harrison, and M. Trevisan. (2008). "Capstone Engineering Design Assessment: Development, Testing, and Adoption Research," poster presented at NSF CCLI awardees conference, Washington, DC, August 14.
  • Davis, D.C. M. Trevisan, S.W. Beyerlein, O. Harrison, P. Thompson, R. Gerlick, D. Joseph. (2007). "Engineering Capstone Design Course Assessments: Assessment Framework and Instruments." Monograph of developments of assessments and appendix (assessments and student work), Washington State University.
  • Doty, J., A. Wekin, H. Pham, D. Davis. (2007). "Culturally-Relevant Engineering Applications in Mathematics," poster presented at NSF GK12 Project conference, WA DC.
  • Davis, D. and J. Rose. (2007). "Research-Based Assessments for Capstone Engineering Design," poster presented at WSU Academic Showcase, March 23.
  • Doty, J., A. Wekin, H. Pham, D. Davis. (2007). "Culturally-Relevant Engineering Applications in Mathematics" poster presented at WSU Academic Showcase, March 23.
  • Davis, D., S. Beyerlein, P. Thompson, K. Harrison, M. Trevisan. (2007). "Capstone Engineering Design Assessment," poster presented at NSF Engineering Education projects conference, WA, DC, September 26-28.
  • Davis, D.C. M. Trevisan, S.W. Beyerlein, O. Harrison, P. Thompson, R. Gerlick, D. Joseph. (2007). "Engineering Capstone Design Course Assessments: Assessment Framework and Instruments." Monograph of developments of assessments and appendix (assessments and student work)
  • Davis, D., M. Trevisan, S. Beyerlein, P. Thompson, K. Harrison. (2007). "Engineering Capstone Design Assessment: Development, Testing and Adoption Research," poster presented at CASEE and FIE conferences, Milwaukee, WI, October 9-10.
  • Davis, D.C. (2005). "Engineering Education Research Center." Poster presentation to alumni and friends from College of Education and College of Engineering and Architecture, September 9, Seattle, WA.
  • Davis, D.C. (2005). "Engineering Education Research Center: Using Research to leverage Change in Engineering and Related Education." Presentation to CEA Advisory Board, September 9, Seattle, WA.
  • Wack, Mary, Carol Sheppard, and Davis, D.C. (2005). "Teaching Academy and Big 6 Learning Goals." Presentation to WSU New Faculty Workshop, August 15, Pullman, WA.
  • Davis, D.C., S.W. Beyerlein, and I.T. Davis. (2005). "Deriving Design Course Learning Outcomes from a Professional Profile." Presentation to Mudd Design Institute, Claremont, CA, May 19.
  • Davis, D.C. and S.W. Beyerlein. (2005). "An Engineer Profile to Guide Engineering Education." Presentation to Pacific Northwest Section of American Society for Engineering Education, April 8, Butte, MT.
  • Davis, D.C. (2005). "Engineering Education Research Center." Presentation to College of Engineering and Architecture faculty, February 23, Pullman, WA.
  • Davis, Denny and Gerald Maring. (2005). "Engineering Education Research Center." Presentation to College of Education faculty, January 27, Pullman, WA.
  • Light, J., G. Crouch., J. Beller, and D. Davis. (2005). "Holistic Evaluation of a Living-Learning Community for Freshmen Engineering Students." Presentation to Annual Conference of the Pacific Northwest Section of the American Society for Engineering Education, Butte, MT, April 8.

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