Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Robin Ott, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Cristian Hernandez; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Francesca Giardine, Smith College; Anne Kary, Smith College

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

faculty at her Alma Mater in 2015, Robin has been coordinating and teaching the Cap- stone Senior Design program in Mechanical Engineering while pursuing graduate work in Engineering Education.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Courses and Outcomes II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Samuel N. Peffers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jameel Ahmed, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William A. Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovation is realizedevery year.In the senior design course, student teams use a decision matrix to evaluate options for the mostimportant design decision of their project. The students identify and research options. Todevelop the list of options, they rely on the discovery competencies: associating, questioning,observing, experimenting, and networking. To determine which options are viable, they use Page 22.154.10their Discipline Competencies. Only the viable options are evaluated in the decision matrix.Their client either picks or approves the criteria the students use to evaluate the options, and theclient decides the relative importance of each

Collection

2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Marcela Alexandra Mera Trujillo, West Virginia University; Yasser Alshehri, Yanbu Industrial College ; Dale G Dzielski MBA, CMA, PMP, SAFe 4 Agilist, West Virginia University; Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University

industry and knowledge deficiencies of SE graduates. Cico et al.16 investigated SE trends inthe academic setting. The study found that agile software development is a major trend, and thatpossible gaps between software industry and education exist. Another study17 discussed how tobuild sustainable professional competencies of software engineers.Recent studies focused on creating highly engaging and personalized learning experiences18. Thestudy by Ouhbi et al.19 found that engaging students in SE was the greatest challenge inclassrooms. Instructors had difficulties designing practical activities for students. The studyfound that adoption of new teaching methodologies had a significant impact on learningexperience for learners. To improve the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

are being met and if students haveacquired identified skills.In 1994, a partnership of universities - called the Manufacturing Engineering EducationPartnership (MEEP) - initiated the design and implementation of a novel undergraduatemanufacturing program, better known as the Learning Factory1,2. This paper describes howMEEP designed the assessment strategy to evaluate the curricular innovation project outcomes,and presents some of the assessment instruments/tools designed. The tools developed, some incollaboration with industrial partners, were utilized for assessing overall and specificqualitative aspects of the program as well as student performance (e.g., teamwork skills andoral presentation/written skills). A total of 9 assessment

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Lueny Morell de Ramírez; José L. Zayas; Jorge I. Vélez-Arocho

Material Assessment Form Page 3.501.7Some Assessment Tools for Evaluating Curricular Innovations Outcomes 7ASEE ConferenceJune 1998Manufacturing Engineering Education PartnershipMEEPINDUSTRY SURVEYThe Learning Factory is a new practice based curriculum and physical facilities for product realization that hasbeen developed at three institutions: Penn State, the University of Washington, the University of Puerto Rico atMayagüez in collaboration with Sandia National Labs. Its goal is to provide an improved educational experiencethat emphasizes the interdependency of manufacturing and design in a business environment. The key element inthis approach is active learning - the

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devanshi Shah, University of Georgia; Elisabeth Kames, Florida Polytechnic University; Beshoy Morkos, University of Georgia

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Design in Engineering Education

engineering classroom environments. He graduated with his B.S. and M.S in Mechanical Engineering in 2006 and 2008 respectively. His past work experience include working at the BMW Infor- mation Technology Research Center (ITRC) as a Research Associate and Robert Bosch Corporation as a Manufacturing Engineer. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Impact of Educators Changing Student Motivation: A Study of Transient Factor Correlation and OrthogonalityABSTRACT Previous research has indicated the importance of student motivation to persistence inengineering and course performance in design-based courses. This

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Student Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priyantha Wijesinghe, University of Vermont; Holly Ann Buckland Parker, University of Vermont

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, University of Vermont Holly Buckland Parker is an educational developer at the Center for Teaching and Learning at the Univer- sity of Vermont (UVM). Holly coordinates the Graduate Teaching Program and conducts workshops on pedagogy and educational technologies. Dr. Buckland Parker continues to work on her research interests regarding the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and inclusive teaching practices in Higher Education. Holly is also a part-time faculty member in the Higher Education and Student Af- fairs Program in the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont. She teaches graduate courses on the implementation of anti-racist teaching practices, inclusive teaching

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

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Engineering Management

. One of thegrants funded entrepreneurial multi-university wireless senior design projects, while the othersupported a series of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department senior design teams withentrepreneurial commitment. Additionally, Florida Tech has been an active partner of the NSF-funded Partnership for Innovation - Center for Entrepreneurship and TechnologyCommercialization (CENTECOM) along with UCF, USF and Florida A&M University. Theresponse to these grants has been extremely positive, with 7 of 13 entrepreneurial senior designteams in 2005 intending to launch businesses around their senior projects. Additionally, therewere twelve graduate E-teams presenting their business ideas at the EngineeringEntrepreneurship Business Idea

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Growing and Maintaining Graduate Enrollment

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia; Jasmine D. Crenshaw, University of Virginia

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

the higher education achievement gapthat persists for individuals from groups historically underrepresented in STEM fields, such asfemales and ethnic minority groups (specifically African Americans, Hispanics, NativeAmericans, and Pacific Islanders), including the reliance on traditional quantitative academicmetrics, like GRE scores and GPA, used by graduate admissions committees [24-26]. GREscores have been proven to be a poor indicator of graduate school success time and time again[27-34]. Additionally, research shows that many factors affect GPA beside academic potential,including race, gender, first generation status, high school size, and family income [28,35].Evidence-based best practices have identified other more holistic factors as

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, University of Colorado; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

mentors interactand develop their working relationship. For instance, at the University of Texas at Austin theGraduates Linked with Undergraduates in Engineering or GLUE program links 24undergraduates in their 2nd and 3rd years with graduate student research mentors each springsemester. GLUE is well known locally and is cited as the reason many GLUE alumni have foundsuccessful careers in engineering industry as well as academia, and is renowned for providingwomen and underrepresented minorities with valuable community-enriching experience [9].Despite the existence of GLUE and other undergraduate mentoring programs discussed here,there still remains a lack of peer-reviewed studies that describe the best practices and necessaryattributes for

Conference Session

Understanding and Measuring the Impact of Multidisciplinarity

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Education. Research in Developmental Education, 12 (2). http://www.umkc.edu/cad/nade/nadedocs/hbcase95.htm 15. Boylan, H. R. (2002). What Works: Research-Based Best Practices in Developmental Education. Boone, NC: National Center for Developmental Education. 16. Chickering, A. (1969). Education and identity. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. 17. Dick, W. & Cary, L. (1996). The systematic design of instruction. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. 18. Dunn, R., & Dunn, K (1978). Teaching students through their individual learning styles. Reston, VA: Reston Publishing Company, Inc. 19. Eislzer, C. F. (1983). Perceptual preferences as an aspect of adolescent learning styles. Education

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Anant Kukreti

impact of the project. This paper will help othersin planning similar experiences for engineering undergraduate students.1. Introduction This paper describes the experiences provided in a Site for undergraduate research in"Structural Engineering" in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at theUniversity of Cincinnati (UC), Cincinnati, Ohio. This Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) Site was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of this REUSite was to encourage talented undergraduates to enroll in graduate school by exposing them toresearch, and to increase their interest in graduate research. In this paper, first the basic approachadopted to plan the REU Site and associated activities are

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #5: Best Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University

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International Division (INTL)

theirfuture professional lives may unfold largely online [12].How is EC changing and what capacities do engineering students need to build?Early-career engineers will need to be well positioned to affect change, negotiate solutions, andunderstand stakeholder perspectives remotely, collaboratively, and documented in real-time.Advances in virtual reality suggest that remote, collaborative work will continue to benormalized. As these technological innovations advance, social and behavioral science cancontribute to our understanding of best practices for teaching Engineering Communication (EC).Additionally, EC training also presents a growth opportunity for adult engineering learners whomay be uncomfortable with technology, creating developmental

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Anders V Warell, Lund University, Industrial Design; Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University; Carl-Henric Lennart Nilsson, Technology management

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International Forum

programme and founded Affect – the Cen- tre for Affective Design Research. Research interests include user centered design and innovation, user experiences, design methods, product brand identity, visual design aesthetics, and strategic design.Dr. Charlotta Johnsson, Lund University Charlotta Johnsson holds a position as Associate Professor at Lund University, Sweden where she also serves as the Program Director for the master program Technology Management. Charlotta Johnsson has PhD in Automatic Control from Lund University, Sweden. Her research interests include; technology management and innovations, entrepreneurship, automation, operations management, and pedagogy. She is teaching and advising students in

Conference Session

Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Mohr, Lehigh University; Jennifer H. Gross P.E., Lehigh University; Raymond A Pearson, Lehigh University; John B Ochs, Lehigh University; Ana-Iulia Alexandrescu, Lehigh University

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Graduate Studies

experience in structural engineering of building systems.Dr. Raymond A Pearson, Lehigh University Ray Pearson is the Interim Associate Dean of the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University. Ray is also a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and the Director of the Center for Polymer Science and Engineering. Ray actively teaches graduate courses in polymer science and engineering to on-campus and distance-ed students.Prof. John B Ochs, Lehigh University Professor John B. Ochs is the co-founder and director of Lehigh University’s engineering master’s de- gree program in technical entrepreneurship (www.lehigh.edu/innovate/). He joined the Lehigh faculty in 1979 as an

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Omar H Albalawi, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center , University of Tabuk; Ali Alhawiti, Western Michigan University

. Figure 4: Outstanding Path. Figure 5: Research Centers PathProceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference 8Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 6: Collages Path Figure 7: Partner PathProceedings of the 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference 9Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 8: Summer Training PathThe IEC Platform: The Innovation and Entrepreneurship center platform described in the figure 9 belowoperates through a series of interconnected stages designed to enhance the

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall Brouwer, Calvin College; Aubrey Sykes, Calvin College; Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

DornerWorks, Ltd., and partner at squishLogic LLC. He obtained the M.S.E.E. from Michigan Technological University and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include appropriate technology, entrepreneurship, Agile software development, and safety-critical embedded systems (particularly digital avionics). He can be contacted by email at Steven.H.VanderLeest@gmail.com. Page 22.632.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Entrepreneurial Mindset Development in a Senior Design Capstone

Conference Session

Innovations for the Senior Year of the ME Curriculum

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Showkat Chowdhury, Alabama A&M University; Abdul Jalloh, Alabama A&M University; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo, Alabama A&M University; Mohamed Seif, Alabama A&M University; Amir Mobasher, Alabama A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

have some expectation from the new graduating engineers, known as “BestPractices”. The ME Capstone Design Course utilizes the knowledge learned by the studentsin different courses for solving practical engineering problems, and prepare them for the realengineering job. A survey tool was developed in order to determine how successful theCapstone Design Course (ME470 and ME475) were in preparing the new graduatingengineers. The graduating students were asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 4, the impact theybelieve the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Project had in preparing them for someof the “Best Practices” expected from New Graduating Mechanical Engineers, by theindustry. The survey results were compiled and averaged, and are plotted in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Technical Session 8: Skill Building

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Huizar, Center for Research in Engineering and Technology Education (CREATE); Diane Elisa Golding, University of Texas at El Paso; Victor Manuel Garcia Jr.

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

M Figure 4: Student’s Most Used Sources of Financial Management InformationIn addition to the preliminary information collected from our pre-semester survey, we looked at the 2020-2021 Graduating Senior Survey distributed by the UTEP Center for Institutional Evaluation, Research andPlanning (CIERP) to examine the financial conditions of our undergraduate students in general. From atotal of 3,910 graduating senior students, approximately 1,624 students completed the survey, a responserate of approximately 41.5%. Graduating senior students were asked about how UTEP has contributed tothe students’ ability to manage personal finances. While most of the students felt adequately prepared tomanage personal finances

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Justin J Henriques, James Madison University; Daniel Devon Imholte

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #7464An Innovative Two-Year Engineering Design Capstone Experience at JamesMadison UniversityDr. Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University OLGA PIERRAKOS is an associate professor and founding faculty member of the James Madison Uni- versity Department of Engineering, which graduated its inaugural class in May 2012. At JMU, Dr. Pier- rakos is the Director of the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education (CIEE) and Director of the Advanced Thermal Fluids Laboratory. Her interests in engineering education research center around recruitment and retention, engineer identity, engineering design instruction and

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Computer Education Innovations

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Lesko, East Carolina University; John Pickard, East Carolina University

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Computers in Education

AC 2009-1244: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR VIRTUAL-CLASSROOM ANDLABORATORY ENVIRONMENTSCharles Lesko, East Carolina University Charles Lesko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Technology Systems, College of Technology & Computer Science at East Carolina University. He received his BS at the US Naval Academy; he holds a MS in Forensics from National University and a second MS in Computer Information Systems from Boston University; his PhD is in Applied Management from Walden University. His current teaching and research regime focus on strategic technology management and communication, information technology project management, and virtual reality technology use in the

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session I

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Tikyna M. Dandridge, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sharlane Cleare, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shalin Lena Raye, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Casey E. Wright, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

contemporarytheories of change as frameworks for the basis of their assertions.Course Design and DescriptionAlice, instructor: I designed this course for more senior graduate students in or with interest inengineering education research and related fields, and who are interested in developing a moretheorized understanding of the concepts of race, class, gender, diversity, and other topics relatedto broadening participation in engineering education. This is the second time I have offered thecourse.Learning ObjectivesThese learning objectives are the ones I am anticipating for the next iteration of the course, asthey have changed over the course as I discovered my own blind spots. For example, eventhough I had committed one class period to discuss Whiteness and

Conference Session

Engineering Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Aldeman, Illinois State University; Theodore J. Branoff, Illinois State University

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Educational Research and Methods

of instruction for fall semester classes [13], others took amore nuanced approach and gave each instructor the autonomy to select the instructional modethat best balanced the stringent safety protocols with the learning objectives of the course. Thislatter approach was the route taken by Illinois State University, a mid-size public university inNormal, Illinois. As a result, the university offered courses with a mix of course instructionalmodalities during the Fall 2020 semester. Each course was designated by the instructor as eithera face-to-face, online-synchronous, online-asynchronous, or hybrid course. Face-to-face coursesmet primarily in-person, with modifications such as social distancing and classroom capacitylimitations in place

Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie McClurkin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Velvet Fitzpatrick, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

Faculty Early Career (CAREER) and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipient.Ms. Cyndi Lynch, Purdue University, West Lafayette Cyndi Lynch is the Director of Fellowships and Graduate Student Professional Development for the Pur- due Graduate School. Ms. Lynch is a registered veterinary technician, focusing on animal behavior. Her research focuses on doctoral student engagement and assessment of doctoral student learning outcomes in identified best practices, including mentoring, developing effective writing strategies, recruitment, reten- tion, and transition courses, and doctoral student professional development. Ms. Lynch instructs Purdue’s Preparing Future Faculty course and the

Conference Session

Innovative Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carolyn A Vallas, University of Virginia; Wraegen Williams, University of Virginia, Center for Diversity in Engineering

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Minorities in Engineering

needed for America to compete in the diverse globaleconomy. This outreach effort has been designed and implemented with the aim of instillingan interest in computer science, engineering and entrepreneurship among the futureinnovators of America.LEAD-SEI’s three-week core curriculum consists of a team-based research project andcomputer science. These components allow groups to develop innovative solutions,products/prototypes, business plans and technology driven presentations to address real worldproblems; including the global challenges of the 21st century. In addition to theaforementioned, participants learn the scope of the different engineering fields fromUniversity professors and graduate students. Beyond discovering computer science

Conference Session

Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

India.Dr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as co-Director of the VT Engineering Communication Center (VTECC). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and re- flective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the curriculum in Statics courses; as well as a CAREER award to explore the use of e-portfolios to promote professional identity and reflective practice

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ha Pho, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Hsien-yuan Hsu, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Yanfen Li, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Shanna Thompson, University of Massachusetts Lowell

use their own experience to develop appropriate mentoring strategies. Furthermore,the feedback loops between mentor and mentee training sessions and between mentor meetingsand training sessions create instant learning and practice opportunities for both mentors andmentees. AMPP’s innovative design allows mentors and mentees to create or tailor mentoring toolsthat uniquely fit their relationship. Each topic discussion is accompanied by a customizable toolto aid the mentoring process. In the mentor training sessions, faculty in the same disciplineswork together to adapt the tools for mentoring their students’ research careers and the mentoringarrangement for that discipline. In the mentee training sessions, individual students can

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Experiential Learning and Economic Development I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerald Nelson, Mississippi State University; Byron Williams, Mississippi State University; Gary Butler, Mississippi State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students throughresearch. While conducting basic research is important to developing hypotheses and acquiringknowledge about a phenomena, applied research is required when the goal is technologycommercialization. Applied research is designed to solve practical problems in the real world.Conducting applied research provides value not only to the researcher, but also to the populationwhom the research benefits.In order to motivate faculty to have a focus on applied research that has the potential forcommercialization, the promotion and tenure process must be augmented. A tenure process thatpromotes commercialization should provide incentives for working with industry, starting a

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mona Eskandari, Stanford University; Barbara A. Karanian A., Stanford University; Ville Mikael Taajamaa, University of Turku

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

answer these questions when she teaches some of these methods to engineering, design, business, and law students. Her courses use active storytelling and self-reflective observation as one form to help graduate students and leaders traverse across the iterative stages of a project- from the early, inspirational stages to prototyping, to prototyping some more - and to delivery. Barbara likes to paint pictures.Mr. Ville Mikael Taajamaa, University of Turku Ville M. Taajamaa, MSc (TECH) is in his fourth year of Ph.D studies focusing on engineering education reform. The main focus in the action based research is to create a new model for global interdisciplinary engineering education: O-CDIO where emphasis is more in the

Conference Session

Develop Course / Materials / Topics for a Global Engineering Education / International Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University

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International

ESL graduate assistants (GA’s) in doctoralprograms and 17 faculty (assistant professor to professor)The theoretical framework for this study is the whole systems sub-paradigm of the learningparadigm in human resource development, where the goal is to provide employees with learningopportunities that will simultaneously build individual learning capacity and knowledge,improve performance, and strengthen the organization as a whole. 37, 38 The research questionsare guided by core adult learning principles and Knowles’ process design for adult learningprograms, wherein participants are actively involved in identifying their own needs and learningoutcomes, as well as how to best address the needs and fulfill the outcomes. 39 This study’sresearch