Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammara Ramírez Apud L., Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Judith Virginia Gutierrez Cuba; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Diversity

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Biological & Agricultural

Paper ID #11613Arguing to Solve Food Engineering ProblemsProf. Tammara Ram´ırez Apud L., Universidad de las Americas Puebla I am a research professor imparting university level complex thinking. My speciality is the design of learning environments based on troubleshooting for critical thinking development.Dr. Judith Virginia Gutierrez Cuba PhD. Science, Engineering and Technology Education. Postdoctoral Fellow at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.Dr. Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla Nelly Ram´ırez-Corona is currently a Full Time Professor of Chemical Engineering at Chemical, Enviro

Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Josh Ramey, Colorado School of Mines; Judy Schoonmaker, Colorado School of Mines; Sarah M. Ryan, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Biological & Agricultural

which students feel they are part of the discussion and understand that their inputmatters.We help students see that the skills developed in an active learning environment are remarkablysimilar to the life skills that many of them hope to develop during their college careers: initiativeand self directed growth, critical thinking and creative problem solving, communication,leadership and collaboration skills, information and technology literacy, and global awareness.Importantly, we put biology into a meaningful context for our engineering students. Studentsbecome more engaged when they can see the possible applications of the knowledge they areobtaining.Lesson 4: Change requires trust and good leadership. It is important to build a

Conference Session

Outreach, recruiting, and retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Evan Curtis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

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Biological & Agricultural

withstudent motivations. However, across the board, current engineering education largely focuses onmastering the engineering sciences with little attention paid to technology transfer orhumanitarian engineering (9). Showing students the connection between social issues andengineering within the curricula may help broaden participation of female and minority students(8; 10). Helping students develop an engineering identity by connecting their personal values tothe practice of engineering can encourage students to persist in engineering (11). In addition,undergraduate engineers should be exposed to the breadth of engineering practice beyondteaching just the fundamental engineering skills (11).This paper describes the motivations of undergraduate