Conference Session

Strategies to enhance student learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marybeth Lima P.E., Louisiana State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

references, and other materials used by localenvironmental consultants. The results were a series of design reports which were delivered tothe township (Christy et al., 2000).Senior capstone design course: International humanitarian engineering design projects. Atthe Ohio State University (OSU), the Department of Food, Agricultural and BiologicalEngineering expanded the senior capstone design experience to begin at the junior year and toinclude the option of international design projects. For three weeks during the summer betweentheir junior and senior years, teams of students would travel to South Africa to meet withcommunity groups and define design needs. The student teams then returned to the US andworked on year-long capstone design projects

Conference Session

Outreach, recruiting, and retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia A. Modenbach P.E., University of Kentucky; Sue E. Nokes, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

noticing a lack ofcontinuity and participation in our student organizations, since students are not physically here inthe department as in previous years. It is unclear still how these networks may be affected, and itmay take several more years to realize some of these unintended consequences of movingstudents away from specific disciplines in that first year.It is also important to ensure the FYE instructors understand the BAE discipline well enough sothat relevant examples and projects are incorporated into the FYE engineering courses. In orderfor this program to receive the college-wide support needed to be successful in its adoption, itwas imperative to assemble a core set of FYE instructors with the breadth necessary to representall