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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Curriculum

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebeka Yocum, Oregon Institute of Technology; Vikash Gayah, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

flow theory, traffic safety and public transportation. His research approach includes a combination of an- alytical models, micro-simulations and empirical analysis of transportation data. He has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, over 50 refereed conference proceedings, and numerous research reports to sponsors. He has worked on research contracts valued at more than $5 million, sponsored by the Penn- sylvania, Washington State, Montana and South Dakota Departments of Transportation, US Department of Transportation (via the Mineta National Transit Research Consortium and the Mid-Atlantic Universi- ties Transportation Center), Federal Highway Administration, National Cooperative Highway Research

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 13: Lab Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Charles Riley, P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Ken Lulay, P.E., University of Portland; John D. Lynch

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

--35279[3] Gravé, I. (2019, June), Improving Technical Writing Skills Through Lab Reports Paperpresented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2—32951[4] Alba-Flores, R. (2018, April), Enhancing Engineering Lab Report Writing Using PeerReview Assessment Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference,Washington, District of Columbia. https://peer.asee.org/29461[5] Corneal, L. (2015, June), A Guided Approach to Technical Report Writing forUndergraduate Engineering Students Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23392 13[7] D. N. Perkins and G. Salomon, “Transfer of Learning

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WIED: Community

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Callie Miller, James Madison University; Daniel Castaneda, James Madison University; Melissa Aleman, James Madison University

researcher works collaboratively with the persons who have a common experience, inthis case teaching a common engineering course, to facilitate a storytelling process.Over an eight-month period, two junior (tenure-track) engineering faculty planned in Fall 2020and delivered in Spring 2021 a remote offering of an introductory engineering mechanics classfor sophomore students at a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI) and predominantly Whiteinstitution (PWI) located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. Each engineeringinstructor brought with them their unique life experiences. The lead author, an interdisciplinarilytrained bioengineer in her fifth year of teaching this engineering course, a cisgender mother in aheterosexual marriage

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Session 4 - Track 3: Exploration of the role and needs of high school counselors in supporting broader participation within engineering fields

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jeanette Chipps, Johns Hopkins University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Jennifer Kouo, Institute for Innovation in Development, Engagement, and Learning Systems (IDEALS)

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

opportunities for students to engage with STEM programming.Ann did not specifically mention efforts to broaden participation with engineering, but didmention that this was an area of interest for her. Ann discussed that her work with studentsinvolves both individual meetings as well as group presentations. Additionally, the counselingdepartment sends out information in advance to students. The second case study counselor, Tina (pseudonym), is also an experienced counselorat a public high school in the Mid-Atlantic region who has worked with the program for severalyears. She participated in an initial professional development workshop during the summer of2020 and continued work with the same teacher for the last two years. Tina reports that

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COED: Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Dillon, Morgan State University; Theodore Wimberly Jr.; Mariah McMichael; Lauren Brown, Morgan State University; Abigail Dina; Krystal L. Williams, University of Georgia

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

graduates/new professionals in CS. Both groups of women were from the sameHistorically Black University in the Mid-Atlantic United States. The questions asked duringthese focus groups covered topics such as: established identity in CS with themselves and others,personal experiences and challenges as a black woman in CS that are gender and/or race related,psycho-social characteristics experienced (e.g. imposter syndrome and confidence), and personalfeedback/recommendations for promoting equity, inclusion, and representation of black womenin CS. Key results revealed that the majority of these women exhibited an identity with CS. Yet,the majority of them also noted a lack of confidence and exhibiting imposter syndrome as part oftheir CS experiences

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2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

Authors

Guozhen Tony An, Queensborough Community College; Dugwon Seo; David Mannes, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Raymond K.F. Lam, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College

Reflecting Apprenticeship and Industry Need. 2022ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Fall Conference, Penn State, Harrisburg, PA.[4] Krutsch, E. (2022, December). Computer Science Education Week: Explore In-Demand ITJobs. Computer Science Education Week: Explore In-Demand IT Jobs | U.S. Department ofLabor Blog (dol.gov)[5] Jarvis, D. (2023 August). Tech Talent Is Still Hard To Find, Despite Layoffs In The Sector.Deloitte Insights. Tech talent gap | Deloitte Insights[6] Lave, J. & Wenger, E. (1991). Situated Leaning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation.Cambridge University Press.[7] Lave, J. (2011). Apprenticeships in Critical Ethnographic Practice. University of ChicagoPress.Appendix ICompany A - Production Support Analyst Degree MapTerm: Fall 1 Course

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Julie Dyke Ford, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Robin Ott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

per year. All include at least a full-year of senior design; one has a 4-semester designsequence that begins in students’ junior year. Finally, all use a course coordinator coupled withindividual faculty and/or industry mentors for each team. Team sizes are generally 4-6 students.The sites are also geographically diverse (northeast, mid-Atlantic, mountain west, and southwest)and include both public and private institutions.SamplingParticipants were recruited through a combination of in-person or video presentations from amember of the research team and emails sent through the capstone courses. Potential participantscompleted a screening survey. Our target was 20 participants per year from each ME programand 10 participants per year from the

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Mathematics Division Technical Session 1: Best Practices in Engineering Math Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

JaCoya Thompson, Northwestern University ; Sally P.W. Wu, Northwestern University; Jacob Mills, Evanston Township High School

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Mathematics

self-efficacy and problem solving. Instructional Science, 45(5), 583–602.[27.] Rau, M. A., Aleven, V., & Rummel, N. (2016). Supporting students in making sense of connections and in becoming perceptually fluent in making connections among multiple graphical representations. Journal of Educational Psychology.[28.] Satyanarayana, Ashwin. 2013.Software tools for teaching undergraduate data mining course. Smerican Society of Engineering Education Mid- Atlantic Fall Conference.[29.] Sfard, A. and Leron, U. (1996). Just give me a computer and I will move the earth: Programming as a catalyst of a cultural revolution in the mathematics classroom. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning[30.] Sherin

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Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

research-intensive university located in the mid-Atlantic states. The Academy aimed atrecruiting primarily associate or full professors (tenure or non-tenure track) who had not previouslyworked substantially with the teaching and learning center. Individuals were sent e-mailinvitations asking them to send in a short application and a letter of support from their departmenthead. As an incentive to participate in the program, faculty received one week of summer salary.The inaugural EMIT Academy was held in the summer of 2020, with 9 participating faculty. Thesefaculty included 2 women and 7 men, who came from various engineering departments includingelectrical engineering, civil engineering, engineering science and mechanics, chemicalengineering

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Suzanne Keilson, Loyola University Maryland

-Atlantic section as well as ASME and IEEE. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Virtual Service-Learning Tutoring Experience for EngineeringUndergraduatesAbstractIn the fall semester 2020 a service-learning option was provided to students enrolled in aprobability and statistics class that is required of all engineering majors. The instructor hadpreviously participated in service-learning seminars for faculty at the university who wereinterested in using that pedagogy in their classes. This paper reviews the seminar program, thebackground of the community partner, the nature of the service-learning experience and thequalitative reflections of the students who

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Undergraduate Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Elizabeth R. Kurban, University of Maryland, College Park; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

Maryland. Paige has over 20 years of experience with recruiting and retaining diverse populations in engineering. Under her leadership, the Women in Engineering Pro- gram received the 2008 National Engineers Week Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day Award. She is the principal investigator for a National Science Foundation’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP) grant called the Successful Engineering Education and Development Support (SEEDS) Program. SEEDS extends successful women in engineering retention programs to all first-year and new external transfer students in the Clark School. Paige is the co-lead for the Mid-Atlantic Girls Collaborative (MAGiC), a regional

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Brockway, Stevens Institute of Technology; Elisabeth McGrath, Stevens Institute of Technology; Mercedes McKay, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dawna Schultz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, 2008.6 Macalalag, A. Brockway, D., McKay, M., and McGrath, E. (2008) Partnership to Improve Student Achievement in Engineering and Science Education: Lessons Learned in Year One. Paper presented at Mid-Atlantic regional ASEE Conference. Available online at http://www.stevens.edu/asee/fileadmin/asee/pdf/macalalag_final.pdf7 Ibid 5.8 Ibid 6.9 New Jersey Department of Education. (2008) NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts. Retrieved online March 17, 2009 at http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/sf/dfg.shtml10 New Jersey Department of Education. (2008) Department of Education Data: 2007-2008 Enrollment. Retrieved online March 17, 2009 at http://www.state.nj.us/education/data/enr/enr08/11

Conference Session

Assessment & Grading in Mechanics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanics

Course.” Proceedings of the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring 2015 Conference. 4. Estell, J.K, Yoder, J.-D., Morrison, B. B. and Mak, F. K. (2012). “Improving upon Best Practices: FCAR 2.0.” Proceedings of the ASEE 2012 Annual Conference and Exposition.

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon L. Isovitsch Parks P.E., University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Laura J. Dietz, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown

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Environmental Engineering

.25886.Donnell, Jeffrey A., Betsy M. Aller, Michael Alley, and April A. Kedrowicz. 2011. "Whyindustry says that engineering graduates have poor communication skills: What the literaturesays." ​American Society for Engineering Education.Garcia Lorca, F., & Ferguson, D. M., & Condoor, S. S. 2015. “Reinforcing CommunicationSkills Through Participation in a Team-based Weekly Innovation Challenge,” 2015 ASEEAnnual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.24664Lewis, N. A. 2008. "The engineer as a professor: Bringing experience to the engineeringclassroom." ​ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section meeting, US Military Academy at West Point, NYLoendorf, W. 2004. “Transitioning From Industry To Education: The First Year,” 2004 ASEEAnnual

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ERM Technical Session 9: Persistence and Retention

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnny C. Woods, Jr., Virginia Tech; Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Tech; Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Tech; Scott W. Case, Virginia Tech; Natasha Smith, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

task?). EVT guided the developmentof the data collection instrument and coding of students’ responses during data analysis.Examining course withdrawal decisions contributes to the larger project’s overarching goal ofunderstanding the learning environment in FECs by providing insight into a specific aspect of thelearners in that environment.MethodsTo address our research question, data were collected qualitatively. We developed a form fordepartments in charge of teaching large FECs in a research university in the mid-Atlantic thatcaptured reasons for withdrawing from a course. Participating departments required this form tobe completed, and IRB approval was secured for this study.Data collectionData were collected from 147 engineering students

Conference Session

Developing an Academic Framework Supportive of our Military Veterans

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian J Novoselich P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

. Zafft et al.32quantitatively determined that student design teams distribute leadership roles across multiple teammembers while Feister et al.33 found that engineering students describe leadership as emergent andfluid in their teaming experiences. This study accounted for this conceptual shift in leadership byexamining team leadership from a shared perspective.Data and MethodsSample and Data CollectionStudent surveys were administered online during the 2014-2015 academic year at the end of thespring semester. Participants were enrolled in year-long, team-based, mechanical engineering-centric, senior-level capstone design courses at three institutions: a large, mid-Atlantic researchuniversity (site A) and two smaller military institutions (sites

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Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet L. Gbur, Case Western Reserve University; Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

in Engineering, Technology and Computing. Available from: https://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/standards/standards_position_paper.html10. Olshefsky JP. 2008. The Role of Standards Education in Engineering Curricula. In: Proceedings of the ASEE Conference, Mid-Atlantic Section. Available from: http://www.astm.org/studentmember/PDFS/Role_of_Standards.pdf11. Krechmer K. 2007. Teaching Standards to Engineers. International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research. 5(2):17-26. Available from: http://www.irma-international.org/viewtitle/2586/12. Kelly W, Suett P, Bickart TA. 2005. Incorporating Standards into Capstone Design Courses. In: Proceedings of the 112th ASEE Annual Conference

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Ted Song, John Brown University; Will C. Holmes, John Brown University; Kyle Andrew Crouse, John Brown University; Zachary Jordan Lee, John Brown University; Cameron Drax Geiger, John Brown University

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College Industry Partnerships

advice andguidance to the next generation of engineers. It may also provide these professionals insights intocurrent program curricula, teaching methods, student attitudes and other things that may benefitthem as employers. The program leaders and faculty may benefit from these forums as well byproviding useful information that can be used to improve the program. These forums are apowerful example of college-industry partnerships. A relatively minimal investment of time hasthe potential to provide life-changing advice to students.References  1. N.A. Lewis, The engineer as a professor: Bringing experience to the engineering classroom, presented at the ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section meeting, U.S. Military Academy at West Point (New York), March

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Research to Practice: STRAND 2- Engineering Across the Curriculum: Integration with the Arts, Social Studies, Science, and the Common Core

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce Blandino P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Jon-Michael Hardin, Virginia Military Institute

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

: Project for Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Students. Proceedings of the 2012 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX, June 10-13, 2012. 9. Fleischer, A., Wemhoff, A., O’Brien, J., Ural, A., Alaways, L. (2010). Development and Execution of a Successful Mechanical Engineering Outreach Program for Middle School Girls. Proceedings of the Fall 2010 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, Villanova, PA, October 15-16. 10. Deckard, C., Quarfoot, D. (2014).Analysis of a Short-term STEM intervention Targeting Middle School Girls and their Parents (Research-to-practice). Proceedings of the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, June 15-18, 2014

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New Pedagogical Approaches in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A Enszer, University of Delaware

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Chemical Engineering

problem that they should nowalso be able to solve.Based on three years of data, student performance on these four-part assignments is correlated tostudent performance on traditional exams. We provide examples of some SPIT prompts as wellas a discussion of how each of the four components is evaluated. We seek to determine whetherstudent performance on one or more of these four pieces of their homework assignment is anindicator of their ability to solve typical process control problems.IntroductionThe University of Maryland Baltimore County is a medium-sized, mid-Atlantic, publicinstitution with an undergraduate student body that is made up of 75% full-time and 25% part-time students. The overall population is 53% male and 47% female, with about 40

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nisha Kondrath, Villanova University; Mark A. Jupina, Villanova University

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Electrical and Computer

/30474592_1_navy-yard-high-schools-school-day[4] Stanford University Newsletter on Teaching, Active learning: Getting students to work and think in the classroom, vol. 5, no. 1, Fall 1993.[5] http://www.ni.com/pdf/manuals/373060f.pdf, accessed online on Mar. 17, 2017.[6] N. Kondrath and M. A. Jupina, “Combining individual lab work outside of class with group peer-to- peer learning in class to increase student ability in electronics design,” in Proceedings of Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, Villanova, PA, Apr. 10-11, 2015.

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Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Dustin M. Grote, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Abbey Rowe Erwin, Virginia Tech; Bevlee A. Watford P.E., Virginia Tech

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Collegiate, Diversity

on the transfer of coursework through semi-structured interviews with faculty and academic advisors at a mid-Atlantic research universityand two community college partner institutions. Leveraging the strengths of a case studyapproach, we are able to examine the types of information sources students utilize whenattempting to transfer courses from the community college to a university while understandinghow those sources, individually and collectively, support or inhibit transfer of courses.Data CollectionWe invited faculty and academic advisors within the College of Engineering at the four-yearuniversity who engage with transfer students to participate in this study. These individuals hadpositions within a general engineering program (to

Conference Session

Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrating Interactive Teaching Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy; Nathaniel P. Sheehan, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ng, United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering

. Martinez, C. M. Ouellette, L. T. Plante, B. M. Wallen, and J. A. Starke, “An environmental engineering sequence: Deliberately addressing and evaluating environmental attitudes and knowledge,” Proceedings of the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Penn State University - Berks, Reading, PA, 2017.[4] C. M. Ouellette, L. T. Plante, E. V. Martinez, B. M. Wallen, and J. A. Starke, “Informing an environmental ethic in future leaders through environmental engineering education,” Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT, 2018.[5] B. M. Wallen, N. P. Sheehan, E. Martinez, L. T

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Engineering in Middle Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John McLaughlin, MacLaughlin Associates; Gail Hardinge, College of William and Mary; Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Kirk Jenne, Office of Naval Research; Robert Stiegler, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

service as a program manager for USMC science and technology programs, Science Advisor to the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic, and Head, NAVSEA Combat Systems Safety and Engineering Division. Page 12.1425.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Evaluating a Collaborative Middle School Outreach Program-- The Strategy, the Results, and the ChallengesAbstractA Navy funded outreach program directed at increasing the interest of middle school students inpursuing careers in science and engineering has been subjected to a comprehensive mixed modeevaluation process

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Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Philip J. Dacunto, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, United States Military Academy; Michael Hendricks, United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering

Dispersion”. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PNNL-16588.2. Bozon, N., Sinfort, C., Mohammadi, B., 2010. “A GIS-based atmospheric dispersion model”. STIC & Environnement, Calais: France.3. Crabbe, H., Hamilton, R., Machin, N., 2000. “Using GIS and Dispersion Modelling Tools to Assess the Effect of the Environment on Health”. Transactions in GIS, Vol. 4, Issue 3, 235- 244.4. Cooper, D. and F.C. Alley, 2011. Air Pollution Control: A Design Approach, 4th Ed., Waveland Press, Inc., Long Grove, IL.5. Dacunto, P., and Hendricks, M. 2007. "A Better Way to Illustrate Atmospheric Dispersion in the Classroom," American Society of Engineering Educators, Mid-Atlantic Section Spring 2007 Conference Proceedings, Newark, NJ, April 14th

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Dianna Newman; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering and B.S.E.E. degrees from Morgan State Page 23.297.1 University (MSU) and his M.S.E.E. from Johns Hopkins University. He has been a full time faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at MSU since August 1994 and currently serves as the associate chair for Undergraduate Studies. Dr. Astatke is the winner of the 2012- 2013 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Mid-Atlantic Region Distinguished Teacher c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Steven H Chin, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

design.Dr. Robi Polikar, Rowan UniversityDr. Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University Dr. Kevin Dahm is an associate professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University. He received his B.S. from WPI in 1992 and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1998. His primary areas of pedagogical scholarship are teaching design, process simulation in the curriculum, assessment of student learning and teaching engineering economics. He has received the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Section Outstanding Teaching Award, the 2005 Corcoran Award, the 2004 Fahien Award and the 2003 Martin Award from ASEE.Prof. Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University Robert. M. Nickel received the Diplom-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Rheinisch- Westflische Technische

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Laboratories and Projects in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Donald L. McEachron, Drexel University; Fran Cornelius, Drexel University

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Biomedical

finalizing a new textbook entitled Chronobioengineering as well as developing a program to investigate the impact of light and circadian manipulations on immune function in an animal model of AIDS. In addition to his work at Drexel, Dr. McEachron serves as Chair of the Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society, Philadelphia Chapter, IEEE Philadelphia section. In 2005, Dr. McEachron was trained as an IDEAL Scholar in assessment practices by ABET, Inc.Fran Cornelius, Drexel University Frances H. Cornelius PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE is a graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michi- gan and has a master’s degree in Community Health Nursing. Dr. Cornelius received her doctorate from Drexel University in Educational

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Billy Smith

orbitwith it rather than deploying as a free-flyer. This, we hoped, would minimize theengineering challenge and mission risk to the primary payload and make us more invitingto mission management.Three challenges immediately stood out: we had no mission, no money, and nomidshipmen signed up to work the project. To solve the problem of mission, we turned tothe work of Jane Goodhue, a graduate of the class of 1997 whose First Class project hadexplored the concept of a small, inexpensive satellite to provide communications with theNaval Academy’s Yard Patrol (YP) boats when deployed along the Atlantic Coast duringsummer training cruises. Each summer the Naval Academy sends two squadrons of YPson extended, multi-week cruises to give rising Third Class

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FPD IX: Research on First-year Programs Part III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel Ed.D., West Virginia University; Todd R. Hamrick Ph.D., West Virginia University

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First-Year Programs

-orientedapproach addressing only topics relevant to the core engineering courses5; and instituting an“early warning” system with optional “intensive pre-calculus” mid-semester math tracks forstruggling students6,7,8. Many of these approaches have been successful in increasing studentsuccess in calculus and in increasing engineering retention at the specific university in which themethod was implemented. Each university environment has a unique set of characteristics,policies and culture. What works effectively in one university, may not be easily accomplishedor as effective in another. Page 25.334.2The mathematics department at West Virginia University