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Energy Education Courses, Labs, and Projects II

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hamid Arastoopour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Mohamed Shahidehpour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Joseph Clair P.E., Illinois Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

reducing greenhouse emissions; focusing on creative strategies for improving energy performance in buildings; reducing the need for carbon-based fuels in the energy supply; and encouraging occupant behaviors that reduce the net environmental impact of the campus. Through our unique requirement for all undergraduate students to enroll in two Interprofessional Projects ( IPRO) courses, and the simultaneous offering of a broad array of graduate and undergraduate research projects, IIT students are getting involved in many ongoing energy and sustainability initiatives using campus energy and sustainability operations as a real-world and practical laboratory. These projects include: micro grid (smart grid) and renewable

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Opportunities and Challenges in Developing International Engineering Research

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin McGarvey, Rowan University; Michael Panko, Rowan University; Michael Kerbaugh, Rowan University; Gabriel Posluszny, Rowan University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Anthony Cavalier, Rowan University

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International

method used in coconut harvesting, which is to climb with little or no safety equipmentor aids. The tree climber has been designed to attach quickly and easily to the tree withoutdamaging the trunk. Both these devices are being developed to be locally producedinexpensively from readily available materials. The students gain a valuable perspective ondesigning engineering products for developing countries including cultural and economicconsiderations, sustainability, material and resource availability.Introduction“Engineering Innovators without Borders” has been a project at Rowan University since the Fallof 2006. The project began as a means to develop new entrepreneurial opportunities toindividuals and businesses in developing countries. Rowan

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

intention is to progressively buildtheir repertoire of skills with each subsequent project emphasizing a newly introduced skill.Some skills included are the use of the engineering design process, effective teamwork, oral andwritten communication, using the computer as an engineering tool, and multi-componentfabrication and processes. The final comprehensive project requires the use of all of thesecritical skills for successful completion. An assessment has been performed to measure how thestudents skill usage is changing throughout their project work. Student perceptions of theimportance and/or practice of each skill were measured through questionnaires following thecompletion of each project. Therefore the progressive assessment allows for

Conference Session

Learning from Industry

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Natascha M. Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Engineering Education Department; Scott Joseph Campbell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Educational Research and Methods

that engineers urgently need“cross-boundary skills” to enable working “across disciplinary, organizational, cultural, andtime/distance boundaries” (p. 82).1 Hanneman & Gardner more generally identified boundaryspanning skills and competencies as increasingly important for college graduates, includingengineers.2-3 And in his studies of professional work in software and R&D units in global firms,Johri found that engineers and other technical professionals are frequently expected to assumekey roles as “boundary spanning knowledge brokers.”4To shed further light on the boundary spanning realities of engineering practice, the authors areleading a larger research project focused on two main questions: 1) What specific boundaryspanning roles

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Curricular Innovations in Computing - 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yufang Jin, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Robert Applonie, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Paul E. Morton, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Mason Cole Conkel, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design, University of Texas at San Antonio; Thuy Khanh Nguyen, University of Texas at San Antonio; Chunjiang Qian, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Airborne Ranger Infantry Officer, flying UH-1H Helicopters. After Viet Nam he earned a MS EE in 74, MD and PhD EE both in 81, from the University of Missouri and completed residency in OB/GYN at Washington University in St Louis in 85. He joined the Air Force and practiced at George AFB in California for 2 years and then went to the Armstrong Aeromedical Research Lab at Wright-Patterson AFB for 9 years. While there he did research in the Human Engineering Division, deployed around the world with the Test Wing, served on the National Aerospace Plane Program team, served as Chief Scientist of the Lab and military commander, and worked in the OB/GYN department of the Medical Center training residents in urodynamics and

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Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erin J. McCave, University of Houston; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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Student

Learning (CETL) and three years as a faculty member at Olin College of En- gineering in Massachusetts. Alexandra’s research aims to improve the design of educational experiences for students by critically examining the work and learning environments of practitioners. Specifically, she focuses on (1) how to design and change educational and work systems through studies of practicing engineers and educators and (2) how to help students transition into, through and out of educational and work systems.Dr. Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech Dr. Walter Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education and the assistant director for research in the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity (CEED

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University; Marcia Pool, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; William H Pennock, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Erick S. Vasquez-Guardado, University of Dayton; Fahmidah Ummul Ashraf, Bradley University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

and further strengthenedthrough reflective practices such as focus groups and/or concept maps [2], [3]. Finally, thestudents create value by designing a solution that considers needs of different populations thussupporting a better “global” solution to impact the most people.Many STEM international experiences align with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)grand challenge themes which are shown to support connections between the experience,disciplinary knowledge, multicultural awareness, and EM [2-4]. This is particularly valuable forSTEM majors, as some research indicates they lag behind their non-STEM peers in multiculturalawareness. Initially, the NAE grand challenges consisted of fourteen goals for improving lifewhich have now been

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Work-in-Progress Session: Supporting Students To, Through, and Beyond Transitions

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, Rowan University; Justin Charles Major, Rowan University ; Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. in Mechanical Engineering and Secondary Math- ematics Education at the University of Nevada, Reno (’17). Atop his education, Justin is a previous National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and has won over a dozen awards for research, service, and activism related to marginalized communities, including the 2020 American Society for En- gineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Best Diversity Paper for his work on test anxiety. As a previous homeless and food-insecure student, Justin is eager to challenge and change engineering education to be a pathway for socioeconomic mobility and broader systemic improvement rather than an additional barrier.Ms. Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Kristine Louise Guzak, Michigan Technological University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-4404: IMPACTS OF SERVICE ON ENGINEERING STUDENTSProf. Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University Kurt Paterson, Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, is also Director of Michigan Tech’s D80 Center. D80 has the mission to develop contribution-based learning, research, and service opportunities for all students and staff to partner with the poorest 80% of humanity, together creating solutions that matter. As Director of several international programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels, Paterson, his colleagues, and his students have conducted numerous community-inspired research and design projects. Paterson is an educational innovator, recently adding courses for first

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Technical Session 4 - Paper 4: Developing a Strategy to Include Financially Disadvantaged Undergraduate Students into Graduate Engineering Programs

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2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Sanjivan Manoharan, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; Brian Krug, Grand Valley State University; Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Center for Higher Education, Rossier School of Education.21) Brown-Glaude, W. R., 2009, Doing diversity in higher education: Faculty leaders share challenges and strategies, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.22) Advancing diversity and inclusion in higher education, 2016, U.S. Department of Education, Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/advancing-diversity- inclusion.pdf. (Accessed August 2021).23) Framework for inclusion & equity, 2015, GVSU State University Division of Inclusion and Equity, Retrieved from Blinded. (Accessed August 2021).24) Baum, S., and Steele, P., 2017, Who goes to graduate school and who succeeds? Washington, DC: Urban Institute.25) Stampen, J. O., and Cabrera, A. F

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2-Year College Division: Collaboration Between Institutions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James K. Nelson Jr. P.E., Texas A&M University System; Karen Buck, M.Ed., The Blinn College District; Nancy Shankle Jordan, RELLIS Academic Alliance in The Texas A&M University System; Mary Hensley, The Blinn College District

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Two-Year College

Initiatives from 2007-13, Director of Off-Campus Programs/State Prisons from 2006-07, and Federal Grants Director from 2000-07. In 2011, Buck was a THECB Star Award nominee and received the Texas Workforce Investment Council Promising Practice Award for Applied Sciences use of graduate/employer surveys. She has been recognized by the THECB for the design of an electronic site visit process that was implemented state-wide and for best practices implemented through the Perkins Grant. She earned her master’s degree in higher education administration and graduate certificate in higher ed- ucation administration, with a concentration on higher education law, from Northeastern University, and her Bachelor of Business

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Broad Perspectives on the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Watson L. Vargas, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Oscar Alvarez P.E., Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; Jorge Mario Gomez, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá

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Chemical Engineering

students whoare still in the process of learning how to generate ideas for product design, since it is a strategythat allows students to ensure that their innovation ideas are quickly followed by implementationusing resources close at hand.The final project in this design experience is the Graduation Project (a compulsory requirementfor graduation), conducted during the senior year, with emphasis in research or applications. Theindependent work to be developed in this project aims to provide students with a space forcarrying out the integration of knowledge and skills necessary to properly perform a veryspecific task which involves components of either Product and/or Process Design. Depending onthe level of complexity, such project can be

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University; Cindy Rojas

and all its inputs,outputs, and milestones.LimitationsThis paper presents a project in progress. The augmented reality experience is not yet completeand data from the users will be collected at a later time. Once the VR experience is complete,the survey instrument will also be tested for repeatability. The two important qualities of surveysare consistency and accuracy, so these will be assessed for reliability and validity.Design of the Experimental Fabrication Branch StoryboardThe Experimental Fabrication Branch was selected to be designed as the NASA virtualexperience from the Armstrong Flight Research Center. The Armstrong ExperimentalFabrication Branch is a manufacturing, modification, and repair center. It consists of five shopsthat

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2022 CIEC

Authors

Joseph Untener; Philip Appiah-Kubi

working well enough that the School of Engineering decided toinstitutionalize it to include the engineering programs as well, In 1996, the University establishedthe “Innovation Center” as a central resource for this type of venture, Today, individual coursesare, of course, still headquartered academically in their home departments, but the InnovationCenter acts as a common resource for all capstone projects, The Engineering Programs operate abit differently than Engineering Technology, Students in Mechanical Engineering and ElectricalEngineering both take a shared capstone which is a two-semester sequence typically divided intoone semester of research and design, with a second semester focused on project build, NeitherCivil nor Chemical

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee M. Desing, Ohio State University; Krista M. Kecskemety, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Deborah M. Grzybowski, Ohio State University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

integration of best practices. These faculty continued tobring up elements from these visits into the discussions of the curriculum design. During thatworkshop, a detailed list of learning objectives for beginning, intermediate, and advancedlearners across a variety of EML constructs was created. In the third phase, the workshopdeliverables were expanded into actual course activities and assessment complete with detailedrubrics. Again, a faculty member who was a researcher in the first phase of work was included inthe course activity development and assessment team. This allowed continuity between thephases of the projects. Currently, the revised curriculum is being piloted and assessed at ouruniversity and is considered the first of many EML

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice McCain, Howard University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Kimarie Engerman, University of the Virgin Islands

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Educational Research and Methods

Undergraduate Program grant designed to increase the number of underrepresented minorities who pursue degrees in engineering, mathematics, and science. She serves as the Principal Investigator of an NSF grant designed to study the post baccalaureate decisions of high achieving Black STEM students. She is also a 2005 Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Dawn Williams, Howard University DAWN G. WILLIAMS is an Assistant Professor and Master's Program Coordinator in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at Howard University. Dr. Williams serves as a faculty researcher for the Center for Advancement of Engineering Education. She is also the Co

Conference Session

Engagement in Practice: Engaging the Community through Educational Outreach

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariam Manuel, University of Houston; Ricky P. Greer, University of Houston; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston (CoE & CoT); Virginia Snodgrass Rangel Rangel, University of Houston

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

the Next GenerationScience Standards (NGSS) (see Figure 1).Program PilotsThe Champaign, Illinois pilot was led by the program director (and program founder, Mr. Greer)and the program co-founder (Dr. Henderson) who developed lesson plans, led hands-onactivities, and trained program staff (undergraduate and graduate engineering students). Lessonsemphasized the engineering design process (Haik, Sivaloganathan, & Shahin, 2015). Studentswere given open-ended scenarios and were tasked to identify and research problems, developpossible solutions, and then plan, test and improve their designed solutions.The Houston pilot, initiated in the spring of 2017, combined the best practices learned from theearlier pilot and added a partnership with the

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Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sara Ross; Patrick Giordano; James Blanck; Dona Johnson; Peter Jansson

real world engineering problems eachsemester. He teaches Networks, Sustainable Design, Power Systems and research includes renewable powersystems. He received a PhD from the University of Cambridge, MSE from Rowan University and BSCE from MIT.JAMES BLANCK is a senior electrical and computer engineering student at Rowan UniversityPATRICK A GIORDANO, JR. is a junior electrical and computer engineering student at Rowan University whoenjoys the practice of "hands-on" engineering and excels at it. His plans include achieving his masters at Rowanafter graduating with his BSECE with minors in math, physics and computer science.DONA JOHNSON is a junior mechanical engineering student at Rowan University and a member Society OfWomen Engineers (SWE), the

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International Division Technical Session 5: COVID-19 Pandemic Lessons and Best Practices

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hans Tritico, University of Mount Union; Okechukwu Ugweje, University of Mount Union; Chad Korach, University of Mount Union; Ethan Shirley, University of Michigan

like snorkeling.An alternative option exists for students who do not want to travel with the class to completetheir international engineering field experience. This individual field experience option allowsstudents to craft their own engineering field experience. Requirements for this individualexperience are meant to ensure students have an equivalent experience while attaining thelearning outcomes for the course. Students are required to work or shadow an engineer that isworking in a country outside of the United States for 40 hours. While the nature of theengineering work is up to the student and the host engineer, the student does need to practice oneof the steps in the design process and have interactions with community or project

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Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas M. Schutz, Tokyo University of Science; Dante Dionne, Korean Air; Yong-Young Kim P.E., Konkuk University

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Computing & Information Technology

throughtechnology innovations. An action research study was conducted to assess the efficacy ofadvanced smartphone based technologies as a potential for enhancing communications andimproving passenger flow for its airport operations teams.Over two dozen airport operations personnel participated in this study that lasted severalweeks. Primary airline personnel roles included passenger facing airport operationalfunctions for both inbound (arrivals) and outbound (departures) flights. For example, ticketcounter operations, baggage handling functions, gate operations and back office functions.At the beginning of their shifts, personnel were informed by their designated airportoperations team leads, that they would be utilizing company provisioned smartphone

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Zheng-Tao Deng; Abdul R. Jalloh; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Systems Approach, industry’s wider acceptance ofcontinuous improvement techniques and a faster search, acquisition, utilization, adaptation, anddeployment of technological breakthroughs.Engineering has become more interdisciplinary and team-oriented than ever before. Industryhas demonstrated and supporting this new practice by re-organizing members of engineeringdivisions into production teams which focus on new projects, products or processes.Professional engineering societies as well as the National Research Council and theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology are amenable in supporting attention to acall to new “Best Practices” for engineering from industry (i.e. elements of a constituency).However, in established engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azadeh Bolhari, University of Colorado Boulder; Shelby Tillema, University of Colorado Boulder

as the foundation of this research. Schar et al. [5] also found strong andsignificant correlation between ISE.5, the Innovation Interests (INI) scale, and the Career Goals:Innovative Work (CGIW) scale. Assessing students in each of these scales can provide evenfurther insight into innovative self-efficacy’s impact on student goals.There is a gap in the literature regarding the inherent innovation benefits to teachers themselvesthrough the design and development of lesson plans for students. While it is common knowledgethat the best way to learn is to teach, this generally refers to improving understanding of specificmaterial as opposed to improving self-efficacy and competence in questioning, observing,experimenting, idea networking, and

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Connecting Theory and Practice in a Change Project - And What I Wish I Knew Before I Started

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

collaborations around the scholarship of teach- ing and learning. He is currently the Associate Director for Educational Innovation and Impact at the University of Georgia’s Engineering Education Transformations Institute.Dr. Joachim Walther, University of Georgia Dr. Joachim Walther is an Associate Professor of engineering education research at the University of Georgia and the Founding Director of the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) in the College of Engineering. The Engineering Education Transformations Institute at UGA is an innovative approach that fuses high quality engineering education research with systematic educational innovation to transform the educational practices and cultures of

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Graduate Student Experience and Decision-Making

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Deborah Moyaki, University of Georgia; John Ray Morelock, University of Georgia; Racheida S. Lewis, University of Georgia

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engineering education research, and the Associate Director of Educational Innovation and Impact for UGA’s Engineering Education Trans- formations Institute (EETI). In addition to coordinating EETI’s faculty development programming, Dr. Morelock conducts research on institutional change via faculty development, with an emphasis on innova- tive ways to cultivate and evaluate supportive teaching and learning networks in engineering departments and colleges. He received his doctoral degree in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where he was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. His dissertation studied the teaching practices of engineering instructors during game-based learning activities, and how these

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ChE: Curriculum Reform & Assessment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Lale Yurttas, Texas A&M University; David Ford, Texas A&M University

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Chemical Engineering

2006-1119: DESIGNING A PROCESS FOR DEPARTMENT CURRICULARREFORMJefferey Froyd, Texas A&M University Jeff Froyd is a Research Professor in the Center for Teaching Excellence and Director of Academic Development at Texas A&M University. He was Project Director for the Foundation Coalition, one of the NSF Engineering Education Coalitions and now serves as Project Director for “Changing Faculty through Learning Communities,” a project sponsored by the NSF Research on Gender in Science and Engineering Program.Jean Layne, Texas A&M University Jean Layne works as a Program Coordinator and Instructional Consultant in the Center for Teaching Excellence and the Division of

Conference Session

Research and Multidisciplinary Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Robson, California State University, Fullerton; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Hassanein Jaleel Radhi, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

electrical and mechanicalengineering students. The labs aim to take the study of engineering design to the next level byincorporating faculty on-going research into the educational process, to motivate theundergraduates with research and applications to real-world problems thus prepare them for theirsenior capstone design class. The students work in multidisciplinary environments, take thetheoretical ideas and implement them. As a result, the students are expected to not onlyunderstand the main challenges in mechanical design and analysis, but also to comprehend howthe ASEPS units are assembled, what types of functions can be done by these rover-armplatforms and propose possible innovative ideas. Our preliminary results show that presenting anumber

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Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #19958Multidisciplinary Efforts Addressing Problem-Based Learning in a GraduateCourseProf. Hsiao-Wen Wang, National Cheng Kung University Hsiao-Wen Wang is an Associate Professor with the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering and the director of International Relations Division, Office of International Affairs in NCKU. Her fields of expertise include river mechanics and restoration, sediment transport, ecohydraulics, water environment planning and assessment, and geomorphology. Her recent research interests include innovative learning and teaching design in

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FPD III: Innovation in Design in the First Year

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Tara Lynn Sulewski, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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First-Year Programs

AC 2012-2991: DESIGN OF A ZERO ENERGY HOME AS A FIRST-YEARDESIGN PROJECTProf. Andrew Lau, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Andrew (Andy) S. Lau is Associate Professor of engineering and Coordinator of first-year seminars for the Penn State College of Engineering. Lau is a 1977 graduate of Penn State with a B.S.M.E. and was a Research Fellow and 1983 graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with an M.S.M.E. He has worked since 1977 as an engineer in the areas of solar energy applications in buildings, simulation of building energy use, and general consulting in the energy field. Most recently, his work has involved green buildings, engineering ethics, and sustainable design. He is a licensed

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Academics in the Center for Entrepreneurship and was responsible for building the Program in Entrepreneurship for UM undergraduates, co-developing the masters level entrepreneur- ship program, and launching the biomedical engineering graduate design program. Aileen has received a number of awards for her teaching, including the Thomas M. Sawyer, Jr. Teaching Award, the UM ASEE Outstanding Professor Award and the Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award. Prior to joining the University of Michigan faculty, she worked in the private sector gaining experience in biotech, defense, and medical device testing at large companies and start-ups. Aileen’s current research areas include en- trepreneurship engineering education, impact

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Challenges in Engineering, Models in Professional Programs, Capstone Design and Function Generator for Educational Environment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Victor Freitas de Azeredo Barros, Science and Education Reseach Council

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International

commitment with work well done.10. Objectives of ProgramThe main objectives of this social engineering graduation program are:• to prepare engineering researchers and professionals in administrative positions who work in areas related to policy to design and implement in national territory socio-economic systems and to develop the integrated theories and methods of these areas;• to increase logical thinking, sense of social ethics, social assessment capability;• to start thinking without any preconceived notions;• to look for innovative problem solving .11. Final DiscussionsDistance learning is not for everyone. It is very difficult to juggle work, family and study. Plentyof self-discipline is necessary. However, the idea to study at