Conference Session

Comparing Different Aspects of the Cooperative Education Experience

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Jann Joseph, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

biomedical engineering. • Improving the readiness of students for an experiential learning program – For many years, a preparatory course has been taken by students prior to their co-op program in engineering. This course has been used as a model and has been replicated for the majors with a newly introduced experiential component. These courses are a team offering of the home academic unit and the university Career Services Office. • Additional Resources – Expansion and enhancement of experiential learning experiences was not possible without additional resources. The most significant additional resources were the addition of staff lines in the Career Services Office and the recognition of student

Conference Session

Evolutionary Models for College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Selter, Daytona State College; Ray M. Haynes, DaVinci Charter High Schools

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

factors are built into to them.This panel session will explore" Evolutionary Models for College-Industry Partnerships". The panel will explore emergingstrategies and related activities that both colleges and industrywill implement now and in the future to maintain their visibilityin the marketplace. Career Fairs and corporate checks will nolonger suffice to build solid CIPs. Two seasoned college-industryprofessionals will act as panel moderators interacting with thepanel and audience. The panel will include major corporationsand government agencies and college representatives. A panel-in-the-round format will encourage audience participation while themoderators will challenge the panel and audience withassumptions about college-industry

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Futuristic Planning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alok K. Verma, Old Dominion University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Page 22.265.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 ATTRACTING K-12 STUDENTS TOWARDS ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES WITH PROJECT BASED LEARNING MODULESAbstract Low enrollment and high attrition rates in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math(STEM) based degree programs have created a workforce problem in industries like shipbuildingand repair which are important for national security. Part of this problem can be attributed topedagogical issues like lack of engaging hands-on activities utilized for science and matheducation in middle and high schools. Lack of student interest in technical careers can also beattributed to lack of an integrated approach in

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ProgramsIntroductionToo few high school students understand that a technical career path can genuinely beexciting and neat. Some have the short-term view that good paying jobs are plentiful, sowhy take the really difficult courses. Many sell their own abilities short and convincethemselves that it is too difficult a career path. And still others conjure up the image of adirty, dull, dangerous, and demeaning factory floor and run (not walk) in the otherdirection.What is needed to turn these impressions around are exciting exposures to technicaltopics in existing high school curriculums such as technology education, science, mathand physics. The purpose of this paper is to identify exactly one such exciting modulethat has been successfully used to build bridges

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Zenaida O. Keil; Robert P. Hesketh; James A. Newell; Stephanie Farrell; C. Stewart Slater

2513 “Getting the Best Students to Enter ChE”AbstractThe techniques used to encourage young people to pursue careers in engineering are presented inthis paper. The first two programs were developed by Rowan University faculty at otheruniversities. The third program is being developed for a summer enhancement experience. Thefirst program described was part of the Exploring Career Options in Engineering and Science(ECOES) program developed by Stevens Institute of Technology in which the brewing processwas employed to encourage high school students to consider engineering and science. ANational Science Foundation sponsored Young Scholars program at the University of Tulsa isthe second program presented which features hands-on engineering

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Zeno Philip; Michael Tsurikov; Jennifer A. Maynard; Fernando Ulloa; David Garza; Ronald Barr; Cynthia Finley

assist graduate students with the academic hiring process; and (6) to develop the skills needed to establish and lead a research program.INTRODUCTIONAs the mean age of ASEE engineering professors is over 50 years, there is the potential for ASEE to fulfillseveral points of its mission statement, “to encourage youth to pursue studies and careers in engineeringand engineering technology; and influence the recruitment and retention of young faculty andunderrepresented groups.” (3) by working with ASEE Student Chapters to prepare future faculty. ASEEcan sponsor events for graduate students, facilitate contact between graduate students and professors, andtake an active role in preparing teaching assistants.To these ends, the University of

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda M. Head; Zenaida O. Keil; Beena Sukumaran; Kauser Jahan

Session 1692 AWE: An Outreach Workshop for Middle School Girls Kauser Jahan, P.E., Beena Sukumaran, Linda M. Head and Zenaida O. Keil Rowan University College of Engineering 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro, New Jersey 08028-1701AbstractA two-week, EiF Foundation and Rowan University sponsored workshop designed to introducemiddle school girls to engineering careers was held at Rowan University during the summer of1999. This target audience was selected to expose young girls to the importance of focusing onmathematics

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisa Clyne, Drexel University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Engineering and Mechanics, with a joint appointment in the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, and is the Assistant Dean for Faculty Development in the College of Engineering. Dr. Clyne’s research investigates the mechanical and biochemical interactions among cells and proteins of the blood vessel wall in health and disease. She is particularly interested in endothelial cell mechanics, basement membrane memory of environmental stress, induction of angiogenesis through diseased extracellular matrix, and advanced tissue engineering scaffold design. Dr. Clyne received an NSF CAREER award in 2009, and she is currently funded by NSF, NIH, and the Nanotechnology Institute

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Westheider, University of Cincinnati; Patrick Brown, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

industry, and promote engineering and STEM careers among high school studentsby engaging them in hands-on events and activities.This Research Experience for Teachers (RET) was a year-long project of two parts. The firstpart was a summer research experience in which the teachers came to the campus for three hourseach day for six weeks in the summer. They studied readings focused on active learning andhow the teachers could use some of the strategies learned in their own math and science classes.Classes were held on the university campus in the College of Engineering lab sponsoring theexperience, the NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/ICRC) on IntelligentMaintenance Systems IMS. The focus of the experience in this lab was active

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Gilbert, University of South Florida; Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College; Timothy Anderson, University of Florida; Sheryl Awtonomow, Brevard Community College; Yogi Goswami, University of South Florida

. He is recipient of the Warren K. Lewis Award for Chemical Engineering Education (AIChE), ConocoPhillips Lectureship, Benjamin J. Dasher Award, and Union Carbide Lectureship Award (ASEE), and is a Fellow of ASEE. His discipline research interests are in electronic materials processing.Sheryl Awtonomow, Brevard Community College Sheryl Awtonomow is a Director of Career and Technical Programs at Brevard Community College, Brevard County, Florida since 2005. She earned a B.S. in Computer Information Systems at Rollins College and an M.S. in Information Studies at Florida State University. Her career at Brevard Community College spans 24 years, where she supported academic programs in

Conference Session

CANCELLED: Industry Lead Interactive Session - Presented by Bentley Systems

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Martin Pflanz, Bentley Systems; Ed Wright, Bentley Systems

Tagged Topics

Bentley Systems - Industry Lead Interactive Session

points throughout a student’s learning pathway. The following points outline BentleySystem, Inc’s inclusive support of Engineering Education:  Creation of the BeMentors Community, a central hub for STEM mentors to encourage, learn, prepare and share best practices for mentoring students  Career readiness for exiting college graduates through the BeCareers Network  “Educators Collaborative” program facilitating collegiate uptake of industry technology  Support of student competitions both at National and Regional levels through contributions of direct manpower and operating funds  Launched “Cloud Mentoring”, a corporate-corporate initiative to make impact  Corporate leadership-embraced support of

Conference Session

International Forum Poster Session & Welcome Reception: Sponsored by Quanser and Cypress Semiconductors

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Young-Min Kim, Chungnam National University; Chang-Hoon Lee, Education Center for Creative Future Engineers; Myoung-Hee Oh, Education Center for Creative Future Engineers; Ki-Soo Kim, Chungnam National University

Tagged Topics

ASEE International Forum

technology teachers.Finally, Education Center for Creative Future Engineers in Chungnam National Page 17.47.2University, sponsored by Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology andMinistry of Knowledge Economy, has developed career-guidance books inengineering and technology fields. Further, they have tried to improve the existingprograms and develop various new programs. Page 17.47.3

Conference Session

Potpourri Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul King; Joel Barnett; Donald Kinser; Andrew Dozier

common design seminar and in effortsto encourage development of multidisciplinary design teams.The primary result of this effort was the initiation of a senior design seminar2. Thecatalog description for the course was posed as: “Elements of Professional EngineeringPractice. Professionalism, licensing, ethics and ethical issues, intellectual property,contracts, liability, risk, reliability and safety, interdisciplinary teams and team tools, therole of codes, standards and professional organizations, career, entrepreneurship, humanfactors and industrial design.” The stated intent of the seminar was “… thedevelopment of design skills through lectures about elements of the design process. Thiscourse will include seminars on: professionalism

Conference Session

New Trends in Graduate Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Stiegler; Ernest McDuffie; Robert Kavetsky; Eugene Brown

increasing the level of interest in pursuing careers in science,mathematics, and engineering among seventh-graders in the communities adjacent to the Center.This paper will describe these two programs.The NSF Navy Civilian Service (NNCS) ProgramIn this program, ONR, in partnership with NSF, seeks to revitalize the NRE by providing studentscholarship, fellowship, and research support to the Nation’s research universities to create withthe NRE a collaborative educational and research environment which will contribute to thesolution of problems of Navy interest and produce graduates who will work for the Navy upongraduation. The program supports promising graduate and undergraduate students in responseto proposals submitted by university PIs and

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Osama Abudayyeh

Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education1.0 IntroductionThe construction industry plays a significant role in the nation’s economy. Its annual contributionto the national gross domestic product exceeds $470 billion1. The industry faces numerouschallenges and barriers that require better training of construction professionals. Consequently,providing formal education and training of construction professionals is necessary to meet futureindustry challenges2,3,4. Therefore, an essential and integral component of the required formaleducation must be the research training of undergraduate civil and construction students,encouraging them to pursue advanced education and research careers in this area. With this inmind, the author

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Taylor; Emília Mironovová

constrained bycurricular discipline, making it easily adaptable by other disciplines. Although we did hold aone-week student exchange, a secondary advantage of the project is that the students gaininternational experience while avoiding the travel expense.KEVIN TAYLORKevin Taylor is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology at Purdue - Kokomo. He received hisBSEE from Iowa State University and his MSEE from Southern Methodist University. Prior to his academic career,he was an integrated circuit designer at Texas Instruments, Inc. Kevin is currently the SAE representative on theTechnology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (TAC/ABET).EMÍLIA MIRONOVOVÁEmília Mironovová graduated from the

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Gorham

these areas of study at the pre-college level. Engineers andengineering educators are encouraged to share these resources with their local pre-collegeschools and school districts to enhance the level of science and technological literacy andto promote engineering as a future area of study and as a career option.IntroductionThe engineering profession is concerned with the Engineering Workforce Commission ofthe American Association of Engineering Societies report indicating an overall USdecline in B.S. degrees in engineering awarded between 1996-2000.1 Federal ReserveChairman Alan Greenspan, testifying before the Committee on Education and theWorkforce regarding the economic importance of improving math-science education,reinforced the need for a

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University - Kingsville

Tagged Topics

Diversity

purposes of soliciting feedback from others in our region. MethodologyFirst, for the benefit of the students, our faculty instructors engage with area industry by organizingclass field trips to chemical engineering industrial facilities and also bringing industry speakers tothe students. Our department strives to provide separate field trips to area industry sites for eachyear in the students’ academic career, and plans these visits for different classes that cover all levels Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference WestTexasA&MUniversity,Canyon,TX Copyright  2024, American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikitha Sambamurthy, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yukiko Maeda, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kimberly Joy Perram; Vivian Gregory Alexander

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

the Inaugu- ral Director of the College of Engineering’s Leadership Minor at Purdue University. She also serves as the Executive Director of the International Institute for Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). She ob- tained a B.S. in 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

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez-Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Priya Radhi Santhanam, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

inengineering careers in our institute.The very broad literature on the gender gap affecting women in STEM fields shows that one ofthe primary reasons for the appalling statistics1,2 is the lack of a positive support system forwomen in STEM—references 3 through 7 in this paper are excellent reviews of the currentliterature relevant to our work described here.3-7 As a result, the NJIT-SWE team rapidly agreedto develop a retention program for our institute that was based on the creation of a locally rootedpositive support system for female students at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).In the definition of the optimal characteristics and format of our program, we focused on fourmajor aspects: Student-led program. Numerous support programs

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Austin Creasy, Purdue University (Statewide Technology); Joseph P. Fuehne, Purdue University at Columbus

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

Opportunities through Education by 2015(EcO15), was created in 2008 to address that deficiency. The main objective of the initiative wasto move residents up one level in their education, training, and/or job placement. One of theprogram’s primary successes was bringing Project Lead the Way (PLTW) programs and classesto every public high school in the ten-county region. PLTW is a pre-engineering, high schoolcurriculum that promotes engineering careers through a rigorous curriculum of engineeringdesign and analysis. Since 2008, student enrollment in PLTW classes in this mostly rural, 10-county region has increased over 900 percent while overall STEM enrollment has increased 30percent. High school graduation rates have also increased over that period from

Conference Session

Engineering Management In The Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian E. White, CAU-SES; S. Jimmy Gandhi, California State University, Northridge

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

twospecific domains, viz., engineering leadership/project management, and career/business educa-tion); 2) the gathering and reporting of supporting data; 3) the application of relevant fundamen-tals from complexity theory; and 4) stimulating analogies about complex system behaviors andcomplex systems engineering principles. All this may influence a positive transformation in the“mindsights” of aspirants, students, teachers, professors, and college/university educators.IntroductionThis paper was initially conceived to evaluate the feasibility of free online education inenhancing anyone’s ability to establish their desired career while easing the requisite financialburden of having to go to college. This problem often arises either because of high

Conference Session

Refining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arif Sirinterlikci, Robert Morris University; Jameela Al-Jaroodi; Anthony Moretti, Robert Morris University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing Division (MFG)

incorporating additional skills like self-reflection and emotionalintelligence into the engineering curriculum.IntroductionIt is generally known that soft skills are necessary to support a successful career. Employers havecontinually voiced concerns about college students not being ready for the demands of theworkplace in terms of their personal and team-based soft skills. As a result, we focused ourefforts to design and implement a set of soft skills modules that can be seamlessly integrated intothe technical curriculum. This paper focuses on development and delivery of such soft skillmodules at the high school level to help prepare students for college and careers.After receiving grant funding from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, the cross

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Carl Boyet, Louisiana Tech University; James D. Palmer, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

supplemental instruction sessionsstrategically designed to provide support in both their engineering and mathematics courses.These sessions were led by upper-level peer mentors. Students were connected with facultymentors in their discipline through lunches that the SSP faculty team provided each week. Theselunches helped reduce food insecurity while also providing an inviting atmosphere for interactionbetween peers and faculty. Lunches also offered an opportunity to have career discussions andbring in professional development speakers like student organization leaders and graduatestudents.At the start of the first quarter of their sophomore year, nineteen students were either still ontrack or just one quarter behind in their engineering curriculum

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: International Perspectives in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Khalid Zouhri, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

students do not utilize mental health support, they will need strong social supportfrom their peers, faculty, and staff to thrive [6]. Due to the unique role of faculty members in theacademic and social development of international students, understanding the students’ needsmay position faculty members to support the students better in the first semester and beyond.Providing opportunities for international students to engage in collaborative problem-solving,networking events, and seminars helps international students feel a sense of belonging [7].Moreover, in smaller programs where experienced faculty members can provide mentorship,career advice, professional guidance, and encouragement, international students enjoy and thrivein a fruitful

Collection

2024 CIEC

Authors

Jason Bruns

. Leadership must firmly embrace these practices to ensure commitment throughoutan organization and ensure success.Currently, many profitable companies are using Lean to become efficient global leaders;however, academic resources to prepare our future workforce are scarce for high school(secondary) and relatively few opportunities in college (post-secondary) institutions. These toolsare essential to our emerging workforce, yet we are failing to introduce them during cruciallearning opportunities to most secondary or post-secondary students. This paper explores howthese industry-tested tools can foster career exploration, industry collaboration, and workforcedevelopment. The Lean curriculum we are presenting, empowers learners to harness Lean toolsfor

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lucia Riderer; Harmonie A. Hawley

   140students who earned a bachelors or masters degree in a STEM-related field have been enrolled inclasses at one or more community colleges during their academic career at a four-year university.In addition, more women attend community colleges than four-year institutions, as indicated bythe U.S. Department of Education4. It has been shown that community colleges play animportant role in increasing the number of women in STEM disciplines and careers5.Citrus College is a 2-year college located in Glendora, CA, in Los Angeles County. The Fall2010 enrollment was 14,386 students. According to the Citrus College Fact Book6 about 54% ofthe students enrolled in classes at Citrus College are female. The percent enrollment of femalestudents in higher level

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Muge Mukaddes Darwish; Ali Nejat

followed the first crew in successful triumphs. If we recallthe picture of those engineers they were all white men in white shirts, most with plastic pocketprotectors to hold rows of pens and pencils. This picture is slowly changing, as the field ofengineering progresses and evolves. Recent studies showed that there are more women engineersjoining the workforce every year, but still not enough to fulfill the gap. Engineering classroomsremains to be dominantly consisted of male students with a national ratio of six to one. Thefemale ratio at the college of engineering in Texas Tech University is much lower than nationalstatistics.Influential factors of lower interest in women preceding engineering careers are known as"environmental" factors, such

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Cecelia Wright Brown; Kofi Nyarko; Kevin Peters

to increase mathematics, science and reading test scores for 8th grade girls.The program was designed to cultivate science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM) interest in young women by increasing their learning through critical thinking andproblem-solving applications to pursue engineering and science careers. The program’s focuswas on fifteen (15) Baltimore City School 8th grade girls who were preparing to enter BaltimoreCity High Schools. The intent of this program was to further the mission and goals of the fundingagencies education division and inspire minority women to pursue career paths in science,mathematics, computer science, engineering, education or seek professional employment. Duringthe four-week period the girls

Collection

2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Julie Wang

companies’ guidance and assistance, the “real-world” projects have providedstudents with many useful tools for future careers in the Engineering profession. These includethe following: • Development of a high quality product definition • The ability to create a highly effective business case • Delivering effective stage-gate presentations • Creating designs for verification and validation • Go through design reviews with customers and other Engineers • Creating effective instruction manuals • Understanding risk management • Effective project management with planning creating solid action plansThe two projects successfully completed in one semester with the preparation during the fall.The projects have enhanced student team