Conference Session

Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

Student Identity: A Balancing Act between RolesAbstractGraduate students balance the roles of teacher, researcher, and lifelong learner at a point in theircareers when they are transitioning into professional identities. We examine the roles of studentsin engineering, education, and engineering education through a quantitative survey to betterunderstand their unique experiences.IntroductionGraduate students are often required to balance a variety of roles while completing theireducation and preparing for their careers. This transitional process is a critical part ofconstructing their professional identities. However, it is not clear how well students are able tobalance multiple roles or how well graduate programs support multiple role

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul Andrew Branham, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Neha Choudhary, Purdue; Trina L. Fletcher, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Molly H Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Cole Hatfield Joslyn, Purdue University; Corey A Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emilie A Siverling, Purdue University; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; M. D. Wilson, Purdue University

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Graduate Studies

always open-ended andincomplete. In this way, knowing is enacted and embodied in and through our everydaypractice as professionals: “Learning to become a professional involves not only what weknow and can do, but also who we are (becoming). It involves the integration ofknowing, acting, and being in the form of professional ways of being that unfold overtime”27 (pp 34). This unfolding professional way of being gives meaning to theknowledge and skills being developed within professional practice, while alsoincorporating an understanding of the practice itself and who we are as professionals.Other research illustrates that ignoring the role of identity in learning has been associatedwith: challenges in transferring learning across contexts

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Understanding our Students & Ethical Development

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington-Seattle; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Burpee

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Engineering Ethics

with the University of Kentucky, Lexington, in a similar position from 1996 to 1999. Her research interests in engineering education focus on the role of belonging, self-efficacy, and other non-cognitive factors on success and persistence. She is also managing director of Coming Alongside, a non-profit environmental health services organization.Ms. Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington-Seattle Mee Joo Kim is a doctoral student at University of Washington-Seattle. Her research interests focus on global citizenship development of undergraduate STEM student populations.Prof. Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato Rebecca A. Bates received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of

Conference Session

Professional Development and Advising for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Diane L Peters, Kettering University; Steve Skerlos, University of Michigan; Adam B. Baker, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

advisor works to adapt his or her style to meet the needs ofindividual students. Several other positive characteristics that students identified somewhatfrequently include their advisors’ understanding of the importance of a work/life balance, theirprofessional connectedness and assistance networking, acting as a mentor or role model, beingeasily accessible to students, and providing helpful advice. Several students even cited theiradvisors as being a primary factor in their decision to pursue a PhD in instances where thestudent knew his or her advisor in another capacity prior to enrolling. Additional positivecharacteristics of advisors mentioned by several students include that their advisors wereknowledgeable, adept at securing funding and

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Future Career and Professional Success for Graduate Students

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Graduate Studies

thesestudents, Chinese students rank top in the number of doctorate recipients in science andengineering fields with a total of 32,973 students graduated with science or engineering doctoratedegrees from U.S. institutions between 1999 and 20091. Despite the prominent representation ofinternational students, including Chinese students, among the science and engineering doctoralstudents in U.S. institutions, however, these scientists and engineers are understudied comparedto their U.S.-born peers2.Among current qualitative and quantitative research findings on foreign-born talents includingChinese students and scholars in U.S. institutions, most efforts focused on their academicperformance, or adjustment issues, such as language barriers, the sense of

Conference Session

Construction Contracts, Law and Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Megan Renae Miller; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, Colorado State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Kelly Strong

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Construction

the similaritiesand differences between the two documents. One of the main findings was that the AIAdocument is more prescriptive compare with the DBIA document, which is more flexible. Thiscomparison contributes to the body of knowledge by allowing owners to make educateddecisions regarding which document to use for their Design-Build projects. In addition, facultyand students will benefit by increasing their understanding about the content of both contract Page 24.294.2documents. Upon graduation, engineering and construction management students will enter theindustry where they will most likely work on this type of projects.Keywords

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Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Adam Kirn, Clemson University; Courtney June Faber, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering into secondary science and math classrooms. Dr. Benson teaches introductory undergraduate engineering, biomechanics, and graduate engineering education courses. Her education includes a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Vermont, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Bio- engineering from Clemson University. Page 24.507.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Engineering Students Perceptions of the Future: Implications for Student PerformanceAbstractThis work seeks to understand how engineering students’ long-term motivations influence theirpresent

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Teaching Approaches for Ethics

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gregory A. Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Whitney Thomas, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

theseareas to better tune future engineering courses and curricula based on the experiences of thesestudents. Page 24.1291.15Through these interviews, it was clear that a student’s identity as an engineer and as a member ofsociety plays a large role in their responses. It is planned for the rest of the study to observehow this identity changes due to certain factors such as classes and extracurricular activities. Itis believed that the way students perceive themselves in this balance described by the Ethic ofCare will have a major impact on the degree to which they incorporate engineering and socialresponsibility in their futures.Limitations of the

Conference Session

Software Engineering Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tanmay Bhowmik, Mississippi State University; Nan Niu, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

human who plays an active and pri-mary role in making the final decision. Such a process is called assisted requirements tracing(ART).8 Recent studies on students’ ART performances5, 8 clearly showed the challenges inthat students invariably made errors of omission (threw out correct links) and errors of com-mission (added incorrect links). Dekhtyar et al.8 conducted a statistical analysis of the fac-tors affecting ART performance, though all the participants were students enrolled in Soft-ware Engineering courses. Our work, reported, in this paper extends the body of knowledge inART by making a head-to-head comparison between students and software professionals.Preparing graduates for a smooth and successful transition toward their roles in

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An Examination of Methods to Enhance Transfer Student Enrollment, Retenion, Persistence, and Outcomes

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Inger M. Bergom, University of Michigan; Brian A. Burt, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Two Year College Division

Bergom is a PhD candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan.Mr. Brian A. Burt, University of Michigan Brian A. Burt is a Ph.D. candidate in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) at the University of Michigan. His scholarly interests include graduate student learning, reten- tion and persistence, STEM education, and the Black student experience. His current research explores what doctoral students learn from research experiences and how their experiences influence perceptions of and preparation for the professoriate.Dr. Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan Lisa R. Lattuca is Professor of Education at the University of

Conference Session

Assessment

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teach- ing practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the dynamics of cross-disciplinary collaboration in both academic and industry design environments, and gender and identity in engineering.Mr. Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech Ben Lutz is a graduate student in the department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. His research interests include engineering design teaching and learning as well as school to work transitions for recently hired engineers

Conference Session

Models of community engagement practices

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tiago R. Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

second part will show how the conceptualframework was constructed. The third part of the literature review will focus on the outcomesof global engineering experiences (which are specific to the context of the pilot study). Theliterature review will conclude with how reflective practices can be applied to globalengineering experiences.Reflective practice Reflective practices are essential to student learning and can give new purpose or 1meaning to what was learned. In the 1930s, John Dewey explored reflection as a component oflearning by trial and error, describing its role in developing relationships and connectionsbetween parts of an experience. Dewey refers to this purposeful action as conscious

Conference Session

Developing the Design Skillset

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Paul D. Mathis, Engineering Education

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 24.831.11take risks, and explore new territories are also essential for engineers to solve complex and novelproblems28-30. Innovative engineers, thus, must balance between creative abilities and technicalknowledge. Prior studies indicate that students often struggle with the creative side ofinnovation, both in terms of identifying creative solutions2,14 and valuing the role creativity playsin engineering design16. This study adds to these findings by suggesting that many engineeringstudents associate with the identity of the technical problem-solver. These students limit thesolutions they can consider by avoiding solutions they do not immediately identify as feasible,adhering to the approaches and knowledge of their home discipline, and

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

. Thissecond part of the analysis offers further insight into the existence of program-specificDiscourses, as well as offering an interesting opportunity to compare the four programs based onsimilarities or commonalities between their respective students. To accomplish these analyses,the researchers performed open coding of the text as a whole, noting passages that evidenced theinterpretative repertoire offered by various Discourses in the form of familiar arguments,terminology, metaphors, themes, imagery, and various linguistic devices, and analyzed the wayin which the participants drew upon them in order to describe, explain, or justify their statementsand descriptions of both their personal identity as an engineer and member of their team and

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling

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Women in Engineering

whether the patterns identified above – and their significantrecruitment implications – could be explained by the sex/gender of the first year engineeringstudents surveyed and/or by their Millennial Generation status (born between 1981-2000).Preliminary analysis of the 2013 data suggests that the answer may be both/and rather thaneither/or. In the 2013 survey, 89.8% of female respondents indicated that they did not make theirpersonal decision to major in engineering until their sophomore, junior, or senior years in highschool. However, 69.8% of the male students provided the same answer. Secondly, whereas25.6% of the 2013 female respondents indicated that making a difference, helping, or serving asa role model for others was one of their top

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

delivered in September/October 2013 over an 8-week period (with a 2-week extension for final assignment submissions). Our team wascomposed of three core faculty in different engineering fields (chemical, environmental, andmechanical/design), a faculty member from theater (who also served as an acting coach), a teamprocess coach (psychology), an instructional designer, several university technical staff wholiaised with Coursera and managed contractual issues, and a mix of graduate and undergraduatestudents from engineering and education who assisted as staff with many tasks along the way.3.1 Levels of Student EngagementStudent engagement and retention are major issues in the current MOOC context4. In particular,the low percentages of enrolled

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Jon Down, University of Portland

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

nexus of entrepreneurial programs, activities and thinking, a placefor all students from across campus to learn and experience entrepreneurship.An interdisciplinary and independent organization, the Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship,and Innovation reports to the Provost and helps undergraduate and graduate students developentrepreneurial skills by offering experiential learning opportunities and fostering relationshipsbetween the University and the global business community. Students have opportunities toengage in classroom activity; interact with business owners, corporate executives, professionals,university faculty, and entrepreneurs; and travel domestically and abroad to gain a globalperspective and ignite ideas for creative

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Debra Larson

mission of preparing graduatesfor the practice of their professions. This was evident in the responses to the question aboutpreferred methods for evaluating faculty research. Private consulting was valued by the faculty,because it maintains disciplinary currency that is believed to support higher quality, state-of-the-practice learning environments. In many cases, the responses of the faculty and deans weresimilar. Both groups agree that “striking a balance between Retention, Promotion, and Tenure(RPT) standards and the teaching workload” is the most important reason for the review andrevision of RPT criteria. They were in general agreement on the top four methods for evaluatingteaching, including: student evaluations, self-evaluations

Conference Session

The Interdisciplinary Nature of Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

differences between pure science and applied science, and asked teamsto argue for or against the motion that “science with no immediate application has no value.” Thedebaters had to review all three plays studied over the semester to develop arguments for oragainst this idea, and could build the strongest arguments while relating this issue back to theirown experiences as applied scientists. Through this exercise, students were given an opportunityto define and reflect upon their field of study, while engaging more closely with the course texts.In the table read, we select a few scenes from the play currently under consideration; students areassigned roles and read the text several times. Part of the purpose of the table read is to introducestudents

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina Poleacovschi, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Women in Engineering

: Tenth Anniversary Edition. (Routledge, 1990).6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. at 7. Choudhury, T. Experiences of women as workers: a study of construction workers in Bangladesh. Constr. Manag. Econ. 31, 883–898 (2013).8. Wagner, H., Kim, A. & Gordon, L. Relationship between Personal Protective Equipment, Self-Efficacy, and Job Satisfaction of Women in the Building Trades. J. Constr. Eng. Manag. 139, 04013005 (2013).9. Malone, E. & Issa, R. Work-Life Balance and Organizational Commitment of Women in the U.S. Construction Industry. J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract. 139, 87–98 (2013).10. Johnson, P. State of Women in Civil Engineering in the United States and the Role of ASCE. J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ

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Design Across the Curriculum

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aruna Shekar, Massey University

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Design in Engineering Education

stated that “There is a need forprofessional engineering graduates who are “rounded” and not just technical boffins -manyof the existing graduates do not have strong “soft” skills. Graduates entering industry havetechnical knowledge that is largely theoretical, and industry needs to invest considerably toclose off the knowledge gap between principles as taught and codified knowledge as used inindustry1.” The US Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) have saidthat-“students should develop higher order thinking skills of analyses, synthesis andevaluation2.” Students have felt that sometimes they do not see the relevance of what they aretaught to real-life practice. Hence there is a need to transform the way 21st century

Conference Session

Best of NEE

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Alison B. Hoxie, University of Minnesota Duluth; Matt Anderson, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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New Engineering Educators

between acts that are cheating and actsthat are unethical but not cheating14. Minichiello et al. suggest that greater ethical training ofstudents starting their freshman year may help to align students convictions regardingmisconduct11 and hits on ABET General Criterion 3 Student Outcomes (f) which is “anunderstanding of professional and ethical responsibility22.” This may have the added benefit ofpromoting not just an individual’s understanding of the issue, but also creating a culture in thecommunity which looks down on cheating.Simply expecting students to do the ethical thing appears to not be working and thus faculty andinstitutional involvement is needed. Amongst engineering students, results have shown that only21.6% agree that it is their

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Armineh Noravian; Patricia Irvine

. Characteristics of recent science and engineering graduates: 2008. (2012).8. Noravian, A. (In review). How do well-structured projects influence the identities of technology students in community college? Journal of Technology Education.9. Jonassen, D. H. Instructional design models for well-structured and ill-Structured problem-solving learning outcomes. Educ. Technol. Res. Dev. 45, 65–94 (1997).10. McLoughlin, L. A. in Eng. Soc. Justice - Univ. Beyond (Baillie, C., Pawley, A. L. & Riley, D.) 123– 142 (Purdue University Press, 2012).11. Strutz, M. L., Orr, M. K. & Ohland, M. W. in Eng. Soc. Justice - Univ. Beyond (Baillie, C., Pawley, A. L. & Riley, D.) 143–156 (Purdue University Press, 2012).12. National

Conference Session

Structural Education Topics in Architectural Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith E. Hedges, Drury University

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Architectural

structural material itself (wood, steel, reinforced concrete),”while extricating and distancing the big idea of lateral forces, “The problem of designing astructure to withstand the forces of gravity, wind, and earthquakes is usually addressed throughanother series of courses.”[7]The History of DiscourseThe pedagogical approaches shifted from the Beaux Arts to the Bauhaus tradition between 1925and 1950 thereby inducing an ongoing turmoil in architecture education. Henry Kamphoefnerdescribed the Beaux Arts education as having a focus on the rendered drawing of the façade withthe students being informed to “ignore the structure,” as this would be accomplished byothers.[10] He continued that structures pedagogy began a transformation as Walter Gropius

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

student outreach, recruitment, retention, and strategies that aim to increase graduation rates andreduce achievement gaps for women, under-represented minority students, and students from under-resourced communities.About ASEE Zone IV: Founded in 1893, ASEE is a non-profit multidisciplinary organization that promotesexcellence in instruction, research, public service, and practice to further engineering and technologyeducation. Zone IV, the largest of ASEE's regional groups, includes three sections: Pacific Southwest (Arizona,California, Hawaii, and Nevada), Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, andCanada-Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan), and Rocky Mountain (Colorado, South Dakota, Utah,and Wyoming).Program

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Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

the world sees the human species,” work that wouldbecome the basis of his Olmsted Award.8 We focus today on the productive tension between hisinterest in teaching and research.9In this respect, probably the most important thing to note in this necessarily abbreviated paper isthat, having promised the moon, Koen, like so many PhD students, received no real training as ateacher while in graduate school. Undaunted, Koen applied the same heuristic he used during hisstudies in nuclear engineering, which was to canvass the state of the art in the discipline withinwhich he wished to claim expertise. It was through this process, and through informationprovided by a classmate, that Koen discovered the Personalized System of Instruction.10PSI’s Origin