Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac L. Howard P.E., Mississippi State University; Braden T. Smith, Mississippi State University

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Materials

content.Larson et al.1 recently discussed ABET’s Criterion 3, and how curricula were expanded toinclude items such as teamwork and communications. The authors noted some haverecommended refining Criterion 3 from eleven to five outcomes, with one of the refinedoutcomes quoted as follows: “D. Demonstration of professional behaviors through teamingskills, communications, and ethical responsibilities.” A recent interview in a magazine of theAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) noted communication as a beneficial nontechnicalskill, but also noted it is very difficult to integrate many nontechnical skills into engineeringcurriculums since so much technical information is required (Hill2). Just prior to the completionof this document, a magazine article

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Vishal R. Mehta, Ohio Northern University

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Materials

be used in real world. The PBL is used to preparestudents with skills such as leadership, team building, ethical behavior, creativity, criticalthinking, problem solving, and entrepreneurial skills.4 PBL has been implemented as part of thecurriculum5 or as a replacement of traditional classroom.6 There has been study where it hasbeen applied in multiple universities simultaneously where students from different degrees weregiven PBL based materials science course.7 For the specific field of materials sciences, PBL hasbeen implemented mostly for sophomores, juniors but rarely in a freshman classroom. In anincreasingly complex modern world, engineers are regularly challenged both technically as wellas socially to solve multifaceted problems

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bartlett Michael Sheinberg, Houston Community Collelge; Amanda Smith Hackler, STEM Evaluations and Educational Consulting Services, LLC

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Diversity

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Materials

by an Academy programadvisor, and HCC students are required to enroll in a prescribed set of courses that are alignedwith transfer to the College of Engineering. As part of the Engineering Academy program, allengineering courses offered at the participating community colleges are taught by Texas A&MCollege of Engineering faculty. Based on student academic performance while at the communitycollege, they have an opportunity to transfer directly into the College of Engineering at the endof their first or second year of study. These are highly motivated students and display a strongwork ethic. Six students from the Academy were accepted into the 2015/2016 REEMS academic yearprogram, twelve accepted into the 2016/2017 REEMS program