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Notable Topics in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shashi S. Nambisan P.E., University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Kwaku Frimpong Boakye, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

safety.Kwaku Frimpong Boakye, University of Tennessee - Knoxville Kwaku Frimpong Boakye is a graduate research assistant at the University of Tennessee pursuing a Ph.D. program in Transportation Engineering. His research area focuses on traffic and highway safety or risk analyses. He also has the passion of working with pre-collegiate students motivating them to consider careers in STEM programs in college. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 An Overview and Preliminary Assessment of a Summer Transportation Engineering Education Program (STEEP) for Ninth GradersAbstractA summer educational and experiential learning program for

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Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt Univer- sity. Her teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in STEM education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of graduate students for diverse careers and the development of reliable and valid engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient.Dr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is an Assistant

Conference Session

Student-led Research on Engineering Education - Quantitative Methodologies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University; Tom M Leathem, Mississippi state university

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

confident I can do an excellent job on thetests in my courses for my major.” This indicates that female students are confident in theirability to understand the basic material presented to them; but they lack confidence in theirability to excel on areas of more difficult tasks and tests.Motivational factorsStudents were asked to consider five items of motivational factors and indicate to what level - ona five-point Likert scale - each of those factors played a role in selecting their major (Table 3).Overall the distribution of answers across the five items was fairly even (M=3.45, SD=0.121).Four of the five factors were identified as playing “some” (3) to “quite a bit” (4) of a role inselecting their major. The top three slots were more career

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allie Copeland, Texas A&M University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

stereotyping predictions [11]. Gottfredson’s Theory ofCircumscription and Compromise 12] notes that career choice is often an effort for an individualto prescribe themselves into a social order; social elements such as gender, affluence, andintelligence often play a key part in career selection. Interestingly Gottfredson’s research alsonoted that at a very young age, youths begin associating prospective career options with genderand furthermore that gender appropriateness for career choice was a significant motivating factorin later years [13]. Additional research by Glick, Wilk, and Perreault [16] further bolsteredGottfredson’s position noting that when asked to define attributes for specified jobs universitystudents commonly listed gender as the

Conference Session

Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin (brenda) Zhou P.E., Central Connecticut State University; Sharon P Okoye, Connecticut Department of Transportation; Nancy Bryant, CT Department of Transportation

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

P Okoye, Connecticut Department of Transportation Sharon Okoye is a senior engineer with professional experience in transit asset plan management, federal- aid program development and implementation, major corridor feasibility studies and roadway intersection design. Sharon is also Director of Connecticut’s Transportation and Civil Engineering (TRAC) program, and is currently working with state universities and the Department’s Office of Equal Opportunity & Di- versity to provide a 1-week summer program to introduce underrepresented high school students to college level transportation courses, as well as transportation careers, through the FHWA’s National Transporta- tion Summer Institute grant program

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PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Yongping Zhang P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ; Wen Cheng P.E.; Ahmed Elaksher P.E., Cal Poly State ; Xudong Jia, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Topics

Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

, CPP faculty,CPP student assistants, guest speakers, the sponsors, and field trip hosts. Through the assessment toolsused, it was seen to greatly impact the 40 high school students, as well as the 17 CPP students, both onthe knowledge of the subject, as well as their future career decisions.With detailed description of the pedagogical approach, assessment methods, and learning outcomes, thispaper aims to systematically review the successful implementation of the NSTI program at CPP and thelessons learned in the process. It is intended to provide conclusions to inform other peers in engineeringeducation in the U.S. and other countries. 21

Collection

2019 ETLI

Authors

Alok K Verma; Adam Shapiro

Institutions Cohort-2Year-3 Institution-6 Institution-7 Institution-8 Institution-9 Institution-10 Institution-11 TBD Verma- ODU –ETLI-2019 ET Awareness Plan Model Establishing Pipeline of Students Interested in STEM Careers & ET Programs Involvement of Key Stakeholders

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Tony McClary; Germain Degardin; John Kulpa; Patricia Sullivan; Karen Trujillo

, participation, and persistence in STEM-related careers. Our specific research questions were as follows: Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference Organized by The University of Texas at Dallas Copyright © 2017, American Society for Engineering Education 2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference 1. Did the confidence and/or content knowledge of the students change during the PREP program? 2. Was there a relation between changes in student confidence and knowledge? 3. Was there a relation between active learning and gains in student knowledge and/or confidence? 4. Did

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Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LaRuth McAfee, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

make while in high school, and the post-program choices students makeregarding college and major.Evaluations indicate that this program has had very positive results in its initial phase ofimplementation. While many students initially indicated minimal experience with research andtechnical communication, in one year all have made significant improvements. This change wasself-reported on surveys, and observed in the oral and written communication assignmentscompleted by the students. Additionally, positive changes were observed in students’ academicand career aspirations through their experiences in the program. Students initially indicatedinterests in obtaining no higher than Master’s degrees in a variety of fields, but now all haveexpressed a

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Redefining the Boundaries of Engineering and Liberal Education: Contributions to the Year of Dialogue

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Cech, University of California-San Diego; Kara Boettcher, Montana State University; Heidi Sherick, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

percentage of engineering graduates employed in non-technical jobs decreasedby 8.7% between 1993 and 2003. This means fewer engineering graduates in 2003 used theirexpert problem-solving skills to solve problems in non-technical fields than ten years prior. Thepotential consequences of this finding are discussed in the next section.This trend is exasperated for women engineering graduates whose presence in non-technical jobsdecreased by 13.5%. Like all quantitative data, this information could be read in a number ofways. One interpretation is that the retention of women engineers in technical careers increasedover the last decade—a success for diversity in those fields. However, changes across fields saynothing about where women and men are located

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Scott Bell, Kansas State University; Eugene Y. Vasserman, Kansas State University; Eleanor C. Sayre, Kansas State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology.Eugene Y. Vasserman, Kansas State University Eugene Vasserman received his Ph.D. and master’s degrees in Computer Science in 2010 and 2008, re- spectively, from the University of Minnesota. His B.S., in Biochemistry and Neuroscience with a Com- puter Science minor, is also from the University of Minnesota (2003). In 2013 he received the NSF CAREER award for work on secure next-generation medical systems.Eleanor C Sayre, Kansas State University Eleanor Sayre received her Ph.D. and M.S.T. degrees in physics in 2007 and 2005 (respectively) from the University of Maine, with research emphasis in physics education. Her B.A. in physics from Grinnell College in 2002 involved

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Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

T. N. Fogarty; Kelvin Kirby

Session 2286 Innovations in Pre-College Outreach: Scouts Explorer Posts Kelvin K. Kirby Electrical Engineering Department Prairie View A&M University Prairie View, Texas 77446-0397AbstractPublic information indicates that fewer American youth are selecting science and engineering asdesired careers. General discussions with underrepresented populations revealed that moststudents view mathematics and science as very difficult subjects that require a lot of time and hardwork to achieve above

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Onursal Onen, University of South Florida; Rasim Guldiken, University of South Florida

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Mechanical Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012INTRODUCTION OF “MICROFLUIDICS” TO UNDERGRADUATE FLUID MECHANICS COURSE Page 25.850.2AbstractUndergraduate level fluid mechanics course is traditionally taught as a math-intensive coursewith the content remaining fairly similar for decades. The course content is usually challengingfor students with significant amount of theory and numerous new concepts introduced. In a fluidmechanics course, only a limited amount of state-of-the-art technologies and real-lifeapplications can be included, given the limited time and the material that should be covered.Information on market and career opportunities are often not mentioned in fluid

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel D. Rossetti, University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; Edgar C. Clausen, University of Arkansas; Carol Schubert Gattis, University of Arkansas; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

with graduate education,2. To provide underrepresented and financially needy undergraduate students with enhanced financial support and career experiences to improve the likelihood of completing both a BS and a MS in engineering,3. To provide personalized integrated industry and academic mentoring and professional development that results in increased enrollment and completion of graduate engineering degrees involving industry beneficial research,4. To increase the number of highly skilled employees in engineering fields ready to directly apply engineering research, Page 24.532.25. To develop an innovative program that integrates

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

environment. This situation is of particular concern asresearch shows these issues have the greatest apparent impact on women, who often under-represent or altogether deny experiences of discrimination9.  With funding from the NSF ADVANCE Program (Award #0930232), the college hasimplemented a concerted systematic approach to address the issues of climate,retention/promotion and professional development, with the overall goal of implementingprograms, such as mentoring, which will increase employee satisfaction of both sexes andenhance retention rates, with a focus on performance and sustainability.  Theoretical Framework  Social Cognitive Theory10 and the extension of this theory to career development11 and worksatisfaction12,13 provide the underlying

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Norma Mattei

engineeringeducators. The first workshop was held in 1995, with subsequent workshops held every otheryear. These workshops were designed to uncover and perhaps address problems that thesewomen and minority faculty have found in beginning their careers. The intent of the workshopswas to instill in the participants a sense of belonging within a technical community in which theycan succeed and make essential contributions. Participants at each of the 2001 and 2003workshops were women or minority faculty (55 participants) and faculty candidates (25participants). Faculty participants were currently employed in tenure track teaching and researchfaculty positions. Forty-five were in the first four years of their academic careers and will beactively trying to develop

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Taryn Bayles

UMBC in July 2001. The objective of theworkshop was to better equip high school teachers and counselors to identify, guide, and prepareprospective students at each of their schools for a career in engineering. The three-day workshopwas developed and presented by UMBC faculty from the College of Engineering and wasmodeled after work done by Raymond Landis1, former Dean of Engineering and Technology atCalifornia State University, Los Angeles. Invitations to the workshop with a brochure andapplication form were sent to area high schools in Maryland. Each participant received a $150stipend, meals, and Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) continuing educationcredits. The workshop was sponsored by a grant from the University System of

Conference Session

Ethical & Industrial Issues in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Eckstein; Charla K. Triplett

Session 2209 Growth of the Alliance for Industrial Internships C.K. Triplett 1 and E.C. Eckstein2 1Biomedical Career Center, Ch andler, AZ 85226 2 U. Memphis & U. Tennessee Joint Graduat e Program in BME, Memphi s, TN 38152-32 10Abstract - The Alliance is a network of coordinators and faculty from BiomedicalEngineering units that place undergraduate and graduate students in industrial internshipexperiences. This network provides tools that aid in placing students in opportunitiesnearer home, in industries specializing in work that matches

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Stacy S. Wilson

Session 2326 Introducing Freshmen to Engineering at Western Kentucky University Stacy S. Wilson Western Kentucky UniversityI. IntroductionIn the past few years, Western Kentucky University (WKU) has developed a freshman seminarcourse entitled University College 101 (UC101) for the entire university. The purpose of thiscourse is to introduce freshman to college life and equip them with the appropriate skills tosucceed at the university level. Topics include study skills, time management, academicregulations, career planning, etc.Each

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Harriet Cornachione; Tim Brower

technology programs. Onestudent-led initiative implemented to remedy Oregon Tech’s situation was with a diversity actiongrant obtained by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) student club. TheASME students, working in conjunction with the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) club,developed and administered a one-day conference designed specifically for female high schoolstudents regarding engineering careers. A successful program resulted that has helped to focusattention on possible reasons for the disparity of women in engineering technology. In addition,from the collaborative effort of the ASME and SWE clubs, strategies have been conceived forthe recruitment and retention of women in engineering programs at Oregon Tech.I

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alpaslan Sahin, AggieSTEM Center at Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Niyazi Erdogan, Texas A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

significant difference between those but we found thatthose who chose STEM majors took more computer courses than those who did not choose to doso. IntroductionThe need for a larger workforce in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics [STEM]fields to stay competitive with other nations requires involvement of women and otherunderrepresented groups.6 Although more women have chosen the science and engineering fieldsas a career over the last decades, the proportion of women workforce in the science andengineering fields increased from 12% to 27% in the period of 1980 to 2007, they are stillunderrepresented.17 There are many reasons underlying the career choices of students such as thecourses that

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Elaine Seat

Session 3592 Women Engineers: Preparing Them For The Workplace Elaine Seat University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee IntroductionThe engineering workplace is changing, and one of the changes is in the gender mix of technicalprofessionals. There are more women entering the engineering workforce, and with time, it isexpected that women will compose a greater percentage of the total of engineers. However,simply because there are more women graduate engineers doesn’t mean that they will remain inengineering for a career. A successful

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Engineering with and for Community Partners

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Warrner, Ball State University; Joe Bradley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Anand Nageswaran Bharath, Cummins Engine Company

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

combustion engines through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to improve fuel economy and emissions. He is currently a senior engineer in Combustion Research at Cummins Inc., where in addition to his primary role in developing future engine systems, he leads a planning team of Cummins engineers in organizing an after-school STEM Outreach Program at Girls Inc. to encourage girls to pursue STEM Careers. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Development and Implementation of K-12 STEM Outreach Programs in Industry and Academia: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons LearnedIntroductionAccording to the U.S. Department of Labor (2022), the number of job openings in STEM(science

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah M. Ryan, Iowa State University; Robert Brown; Amy Kaleita, Iowa State University; Sergio Horacio Lence; Cynthia Lidtke, Iowa State University; Cameron Alexander MacKenzie, Iowa State University; Michelle Lynn Soupir, Iowa State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

production, renewable energy and clean water in the social, economic and geographic context of Midwest agriculture.Goal 2. Educate STEM graduate students for a range of research, research-related andentrepreneurial careers employing data-driven modeling at the FEWS nexus. • Objective 2.1. Train students in the effective use of systems modeling to understand the interactions among food production, renewable energy generation and water quality along with their business and policy contexts. • Objective 2.2. Improve decision science and analytics skills in FEWS researchers to improve their use of heterogeneous data from biological, hydrological, chemical, thermal, social and economic processes.Goal 3. Prepare STEM

Conference Session

FPD XI: Assessing First-Year Programs, Experiences, and Communities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College; Ronald R. Ulseth, Itasca Community College; Gordy Savela, Itasca Community College; Mason A. Hansen, Itasca Community College; Julie Kennedy, P.E., Itasca Community College

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First-Year Programs

, and 6) strong articulation agreements with regionalfour-year institutions. These elements focus on student success in transitioning from high schoolto college, student success in engineering education at Itasca and the four-year transferinstitution, and ultimately success in the engineering career. Funding for the six key elements ofthe program is a 50/50 combination of institutional money and grant and foundation support. Itasca  Engineering   Successful   Program   Prepare  for   Engineer  and

Conference Session

Faculty Tools

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Notre Dame; Jessica A Kuczenski, Century College; Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame

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Computers in Education

opinions of student abilities, importance of specific skills, andavailability of university resources.IntroductionBeginning in the early 90’s, portfolios have gained popularity in academic settings and morerecently there has been a shift towards electronic portfolios (e-portfolio). “E-portfolios cansupport student advisement, career preparation, and credential documentation; sharing ofteaching philosophies and practices; department and program self-studies; and institutional andprogram accreditation processes.”1 In addition to student benefits, a variety of institutions haveimplemented e-portfolios for the added purpose of assessment and accreditation in support of“lifelong learning,” 2-5 a specific criteria for engineering accreditation through

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Lauren Marie Glogiewicz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

women in engineering. • Do women express a loss of interest during their program? • Is there a chilly climate for women in the college? • Do women’s self-efficacy levels change during the program? • Do academic performance levels play a role in women’s retention in engineering? • Do women have adequate support structures in the college? • Does the structure of the academic program support career awareness in the first year?The first five research questions were initially investigated by a pilot women’s survey of thewomen currently enrolled in the College of Engineering at CU-Boulder.4 The present studyexpands on the previous study in the following directions. First, we obtained a larger moredemographically

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Veronica D. Hinton-Hudson; Brenda Hart

Session 2332 CAMP IE—A Discipline-Specific Model for the Recruitment of Minorities into Engineering Veronica Hinton-Hudson and Brenda G. Hart University of Louisville, Louisville, KentuckyAbstractIn spite of progress made over the last 20 years, recruitment and retention of African Americanstudents remain a problem at most engineering schools. Many universities have developedprograms that seek to introduce pre-college students to the engineering profession early in theirhigh school careers. The University of Louisville is no exception. In collaboration with thelocal public

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara McComb; Robert Kiesow; Eric Mulkay; Douglas Boyd; James D. Jones; William Oakes

faculty interested in starting a new chapter, it is recommended to startsmall, find a committed core of interested graduate students and a faculty advisor, and solicitinitial startup funds from your school or college.Introduction The objective of this paper is to document the successes and struggles of the first ASEEStudent Chapter during its first five years. The first student chapter of ASEE was formed atPurdue University in the spring of 1993 (Hamaker, et al., 1993) with a three fold mission: (1) tomentor graduate students interested in engineering education, especially those consideringacademic careers, (2) to educate undergraduate students about graduate school, and (3) toencourage underrepresented groups such as women and minorities

Conference Session

Mentoring & Outreach for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

University proposed a new approach forrecruiting Hispanic students into computing disciplines and careers through the HispanicComputer Brigade (HCB) initiative. By forming HCBs in two local high schools, we aimed toinspire and engage Hispanic students through IT service learning projects. The high schoolstudents began the program with a summer camp, continued to learn and engage computingthroughout the year with community service learning, and will end with a local competitionwhere students will showcase their computing projects with high school faculty, SJSU faculty,parents/guardians, and the community. Students are learning computer and programming skillsand processes in weekly meetings with the help of advisors and mentors.To support the Hispanic