Conference Session

Teaching - Best Practices

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masud Salimian, Morgan State University; Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University; Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Paper ID #7529Theme-based Teaching /Learning: A New Approach in Teaching Manufac-turing ProcessesDr. Masud Salimian, Morgan State University Faculty at the department of industrial engineering, Morgan State UniversityMr. Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State UniversityMs. Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering Early career engagement as a systems and logistics engineer by Department of Defense contractors, Avis Ransom, applied a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and an M.B.A. in the management and development of technology and in the application of engineering to address DoD requirements. Following fifteen years

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masud Salimian, Morgan State University; Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State University; Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

Paper ID #7801Training Industrial Engineering Students as Energy EngineersDr. Masud Salimian, Morgan State University Faculty at Industrial Engineering Department at Morgan State University.Mr. Yaseen Mahmud, Morgan State UniversityMs. Avis L. Ransom, Morgan State University School of Engineering Early career engagement as a systems and logistics engineer by Department of Defense contractors, Avis Ransom, applied a bachelors in chemistry and MBA in the management and development of technology and in the application of engineering to address DoD requirements. Following 15 years of self employ- ment as a business

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Bayless, Ohio University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

development of skills related to asking better questions.Specifically, the experiment was designed to improve student skills related to interviewing an“expert” in the aim that the student engagement would improve learning outcomes. The studentswere given background information about the expert and a list of expected outcomes for theirinterview. They were also trained on rudimentary techniques of questioning and interviewing.Three factors motivated this experiment. First, feedback from co-op employers and hiringinterviewers noted deficiency in engagement among a significant number of underclassmen at(specific university) during career-related interviews. Second, the students in the introductorysurvey class were also struggling with open ended problems

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen; John DeAndreis; Peter Moala; Agustin Robles; Jose Valdovinos; Qiming Zeng; Amelito G. Enriquez; Wenshen Pong; Hamid Shanasser; Hao Jiang; Hamid Mahmoodi

summer 2012 internship program,students designed a five-story steel special moment-resisting frame, and evaluated itsperformance under four selected ground motions. The students optimized the structural designthrough iterative computer-based dynamic time history analysis. Structural analysis programSAP2000 was incorporated into the design process for students to examine story drift, and thecapacity of the structural members. The ten-week program was found to be successful inengaging community college students in the civil engineering career thereby helping train futureAmerican workforce for seismic hazard mitigation.IntroductionEarthquake engineering is concerned with design and analysis of structures to withstandearthquakes at specific

Conference Session

Institutional Transformations

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, methodology, findings, andconclusions and implications are presented.Background The relatively low number of tenured and tenure-track female faculty in STEM fieldscontinues to be a concern for universities and colleges, and for good reason. In a report by theCommittee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering,Beyond Bias and Barriers, the following summary findings were asserted: 1. Women have the ability and drive to succeed in science and engineering. 2. Women who are interested in science and engineering careers are lost at every Page 23.1088.2 educational transition. 3. The problem is not simply

Conference Session

Software Engineering Outreach: Industry, K-12

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

engineering practices?Results of a survey of high school teachers on their perceptions of student motivation andlearning as well as the impact of the competition on student career plans are also presented.1. IntroductionTeachers want their students to succeed in what they are taught and seek testing instruments toassess their learning. Sometimes regular testing instruments are not adequate. For such reasonsteachers have students participate in academic competitions. Competitions expose and enhancestudent’s practical understanding of the subject matter by providing a platform to practice.Competitions help students become successful, build teamwork, and assist in improving studentskills. The experience of going through a design, build, and test cycle

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niaz Latif, Purdue University, Calumet ; Joy L Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech)

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

received from area industrial partners, who wanted to pursue MSV-related projectsand saw a need for training in this new area. Identifying careers in MSV presented a challenge atthe time of concept. The careers in the Modeling, Simulation, and Visualization (MSV) areamight not have a single specific Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code in the Bureauof Labor Statistics and Occupational Outlook Handbook5, because MSV skills are skills whichare used across a variety of disciplines. However, it can be helpful overall to consider suchcareers as equivalent to an advanced area in engineering and other professions requiring theskills and knowledge of MSV. Industrial Engineering Technology, Industrial Technology, andIndustrial Engineering are a

Conference Session

Product Development and Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay R Porter, Texas A&M University; Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

has been no different for Texas A&M’s ElectronicSystems program. To address this, the faculty has identified a need for a unique “sellingproposition” as one possible solution. The idea of careers in electronic product and systemdevelopment has resonated well with new students and transfer students as well as their parents.While this concept of product development careers is not new in mechanical and manufacturingprograms2,3, very few electronics programs have adopted this concept. However, over the pastsix years, our electronics program has been steadily moving in this direction. In addition, anemphasis in product development lends itself well to the programs’ existing interest inentrepreneurship education as evidenced by efforts at other

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Viatcheslav Naoumov, Cental Connecticut State University; Steven Joseph Kirstukas, Central Connecticut State University

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Educational Research and Methods

the wind flow effects on tall structures, a civil engineering student wrote,“This subject is ideal for my major, as I am a civil engineer. Since I am doing my internship in astructural engineering firm, and structural engineering is what I hope to do as a career once Igraduate, wind pressure study on buildings are very important to me and my future success”.Assessment Process – Performance Indicator IThe first performance indicator focuses on the ability of students to recognize the attributes of alifelong learner. This task was accomplished using a survey conducted after students havecompleted their research projects or solved an open-ended design problem. Completion of thesurvey was mandatory as no grade was issued for those who did not

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Askia Hill, Purdue University; Cordelia M Brown, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

discuss possible future directions of theresearch.II. Rationale and Model Descriptions Why even investigate a potential link between intellectual development and learningstyles? A common goal of engineering educators is to demonstrate that graduates have theability to solve current engineering issues, which include ill-defined problems[2]. In order toacquire this ability, most students must undergo some form of intellectual development duringtheir college career. There are multiple perspectives on how intellectual development, defined inthis paper as the progression of one’s views of knowledge [10], [11], can be evaluated in theoverall learning process[12]. While most courses tend to focus on teaching technical knowledge,some

Conference Session

Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning Environments

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 23.21.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Better Mousetrap: Why Did They Come?AbstractAn Academic Success and Professional Development Class, FSE 394, has been offered for over10 years for engineering and computer science students at Arizona State University (ASU).Seminars were first held for 22 students with scholarships from one NSF S-STEM program, withan emphasis on females and underrepresented minority students and both transfer and non-transfer students. The seminars have now grown to a

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brian Bielenberg, Petroleum Institute

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ASEE International Forum

, professional engineers require not only technological know-how, but also a set of key professional skills and broad understanding of contemporary issues. Critical to efforts to prepare local engineering undergraduates for careers in today’s economy, it is argued, is a rethinking of how engineers are educated. In this paper, the major aspects of calls for reform are highlighted, with a discussion of suggested pedagogical approaches and changes in learning environment that can better prepare engineers for the roles they will play in the 21st century. One set of innovations which appears to be having positive impacts in this direction are the efforts of the Arts and Science Program at a small Middle Eastern

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Harpeth Hall School and Vanderbilt University; Crystal Tricia Chukwurah, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #5785STEM Think Tank and Conference: Encouraging K-12 Teachers to IntegrateSTEM in the ClassroomDr. Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Harpeth Hall School and Vanderbilt University Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner took on the position of director of the Center for STEM Education in April 2011 just as the Center began. An engineer by training and in her ways of thinking, she received a B.S.E. in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from Duke University in 1991. She then earned her M.S. from Drexel University in 1993 and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1996. Dr. Klein-Gardner’s career focuses on K

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Burkett, University of Alabama; David F. Bahr, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shelley N Pressley, Washington State University; Kimberly R Schneider, University of Central Florida; John C Lusth, University of Alabama

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

FloridaDr. John C Lusth, University of Alabama Page 23.1250.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013Three Training Programs for Preparing Undergraduates to Conduct ResearchAbstractThree instructional formats devoted to preparing STEM students for successful researchendeavors is the forum for this project. All formats are intended to reach undergraduate studentsearly in their academic careers. The three formats include: a semester long seminar, a one weekfaculty led “boot camp”, and a 2½ day peer mentor led short course. The investigators attempt tokeep the main topics in each format the same

Conference Session

K-5 Teacher Transformation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. Anna Douglas, Purdue University; Daphne Duncan Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; So Yoon Yoon, INSPIRE, School of Engineering Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

3 4 grade N. of students 10 13 17 20 with survey records Education Bachelors BA and M.ED. Bachelors Bachelors (Sociology) (Political science) Certificate ESL — — ESL Other career Production Manager in Performing Arts dealing with light and sound design # of years as a 7 years 7 years 4 years 7 years full

Conference Session

Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzana Ansari, University of California, Berkeley; Jennifer Wang, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Shelby, University of California, Berkeley; Eli Patten, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa A Pruitt, University of California, Berkeley

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Community Engagement Division

coded into grad school, industry, undecidedbetween grad school and industry, and other. Any differences between leadership and non-leadership module students were assessed for all qualitative questions.ResultsChanges in confidence from first to third year reveal significant overall positive increases forleadership students in both professional and technical skills. Students in the leadership moduledid significantly better acknowledge the role that leadership plays in both teaching andengineering careers. This was also reflected in their qualitative data, which provided a deeperunderstanding for the benefit of leadership studies and service learning activities in students’undergraduate experiences. Qualitative data was otherwise split over the

Conference Session

Panel: Opportunities & Methods to Encourage More Women Toward Research Commercialization

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Babs Carryer, National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Abby Thompson, Mississippi State University ; Louise C. Dunlap, DunlapBrowder

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #8192Panel: Opportunities & Methods to Encourage more Women Toward Re-search CommercializationDr. Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2003 and B.S. from Michigan Technological University in 1998. Adrienne’s research interests include electrokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microde- vices. She earned a 2007 NSF CAREER award, has published research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (2006), Lab on a Chip, and had an AIChE

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Don Ploger, Florida Atlantic University; Agnes Nemeth, Florida Atlantic University; Steven Alan Hecht Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

our approach.II.B. Literature and Product Review: Although there is a clear lack of quantitative researchon how robots can increase STEM achievement in students, and some of the research findingsare inconclusive5, most of the studies have shown positive correlation between the use of robotsand students motivation towards STEM careers. Robotics is recognized by NSF to be anexcellent vehicle for education and involving students in science and engineering, and, with theproper initiative, motivate promising students to pursue career tracks in mathematics and itsapplications6.Robots also promote learning of scientific and mathematic principles through experimentation7.Bringing robots into the classrooms will have lasting benefits. When students

Conference Session

K-5 Teacher Transformation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue Ph.D., Towson University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

identity. The findings section isdivided into six major sections: 1) Teaching Roles; 2) Sense Making about Teacher-of-Engineering Identity; 3) Competence and Career Goals; 4) Describing Engineering andElementary Teaching Professions; 5) Frequency of Social Interaction; and 6) TeachingEngineering: Similar to or Different From Any New Curriculum? Following the findings section,the paper concludes with a four key assertions from the study, and implications for them. Page 23.473.2Theoretical Background Identity refers to the ways that individuals enact, voice and embody certain ways ofbeing. Gee associates this concept quite closely with (big “D

Conference Session

FPD 6: Transitions and Student Success, Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Holander Gleixner, San Jose State University; Katherine Casey, SJSU College of Engineering; Jared T. Tuberty, San Jose State University; Sanela Latic; Patricia R Backer, San Jose State University; Emily L. Allen, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Workshops on writing and math wereincluded to better prepare students for the level of work needed in their first year classes.Resources in the university were highlighted to students through a “campus resource hunt” andthrough workshops with key university staff on topics including counseling, health services, timemanagement, and career resources. Students were exposed to the engineering field throughindustry tours and guest lecturers.One key aspect of the program was that the incoming freshmen worked on a community based,service learning project. In the service learning project, students worked in small teams to buildsomething for a local non-profit agency. These included an after school center, a communitygarden, a women and children’s shelter

Conference Session

FPD 1: Projects and Teamwork in First-Year Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston (CoE); Stuart A. Long, University of Houston (CoE); Casey Goodwin, University of Houston Honors Engineering Program

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First-Year Programs

first semester 10. They appreciated the ability to choose this type ofcourse early in the curriculum.At Portland State University it was observed that allowing students to use “industrial strength”tools early in their engineering academic career “generate[d] sufficient enthusiasm to overcomeany pain encountered during the initial learning curve and in most cases create[d] a sizableappetite for further work” 7. This is clearly a huge advantage for students in a major that sees alarge attrition rate in the first two years.A detailed study at Arizona State University (ASU) reported the impact of a freshman digitaldesign course on persistence in engineering and student motivational orientation 8. The authors

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy and Curriculum 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cozzens, Utah Educational Network; Jeremy Ray Farner, Weber State University; Thomas James Paskett, Weber State University; Elias V. Perez, Utah State University Eastern; Isabella Borisova, Southern Utah University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

is my intent to teach you the skills needed to be a residential designer and begin a career in residential architecture. The skills you gain from the courses in the Drafting Program are transferable to almost every profession and can be a source of income for you as you continue your education. I have taught drafting on the college level for ten years with high expectations and rigor. I currently teach Design Engineering courses at both Fremont and Bonneville. I also teach Driver Educa- tion for Fremont High, as well as mathematics and interior design courses for BYUI, architecture courses for Weber State University, and graduate level courses in Business and Education for Argosy University. I am currently the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin M Fitzgerald, Museum of Science; Christine M Cunningham, Museum of Science

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

natural inclination todesign and build things, and to take things apart to see how they work3. Beginning in elementarygrades is also important since it is before students develop many of the stereotypes that so oftendiscourage girls and minorities from pursuing courses and careers in technical fields4. It is duringprimary school that students establish first impressions of possible career options5. Finally, at alleducational levels, technology projects can help make mathematics and science content relevantto students by illustrating these subjects’ application in real-world projects6.To build the foundation for the next generation of technicians and engineers, we need elementaryteachers who are introducing their students to technology and

Conference Session

Culture, Race, and Gender Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

of Wisconsin, Madison. She is Co-PI and Research Director of Purdue University’s ADVANCE program, and PI on the Assessing Sustainability Knowledge project. She runs the Research in Femi- nist Engineering (RIFE) group, whose diverse projects and group members are described at the web- site http://feministengineering.org/. She is interested in creating new models for thinking about gender and race in the context of engineering education. She was awarded a CAREER grant in 2010 for the project, ”Learning from Small Numbers: Using personal narratives by underrepresented undergraduate students to promote institutional change in engineering education.” She received a Presidential Early Ca- reer Award for Scientists and

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa N Berg, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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First-Year Programs

researchfunding, and the mentee’s professional career and reputation. Further, engineering facultymembers tend to be Caucasian and male, and therefore may lack understanding or practice toform a trustful relationship with women and URM students8-10. Trust in mentoring is interrelatedwith gender and is a critical factor in male-dominated professions8. Similarly, interracialdynamics in mentoring relationships have both positive and negative outcomes11, where thedevelopment of trust may depend on factors ranging from societal and cultural norms as well associoeconomic status. Trust likely provides a necessary foundation for mentoring relationships,and especially in the engineering profession.Our research team hypothesizes that trust is a critical factor in

Conference Session

Robots and K-12 Computer Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl D. Seals, Auburn University; Earl B. Smith, Georgia Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

initiatives to improve CS education at all levels by a focused approach to increase the computing pipeline by getting students interested in STEM disciplines and future technology careers. One of these initiatives is the STARS Alliance (starsalliance.org) with programs in K-12 outreach, community service, student leadership and computing diversity research.Dr. Earl B. Smith, Georgia Southern University Dr. Earl B. Smith is a visiting assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Southern Univer- sity. He graduated with a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, a master of science in Engineering from Prairie View A&M University, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan K Donohue, University of Virginia; Ali Bouabid, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

transfer touniversity engineering programs. The availability of the second year systems engineeringcourses proved to be attractive to both students who want to major in systems engineering aswell as students wanting to fulfill technical electives. It is our hope that this model will inspireadoption by other community college – university partnerships as a means of increasing thenumber of students preparing for careers in systems engineering.IntroductionSystems engineering is an increasingly valuable discipline, given the increasingly complex andinter-related products and processes we work and live with on a daily basis. Systems engineers,trained to visualize and manage the “big picture,” have the knowledge, skills, and abilities(KSAs) to evaluate

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama in Huntsville

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

and Rouse25 examined the financialconstraints students face after taking graduating with large debts have serious, long term effectson career choices and future financial decisions. The rising tide of student debt could have veryadverse consequences for the U.S. economy26 . Hard decisions and choices need to be made byall stakeholders in the educational process in order to improve the process overall.Research GoalsThe purpose of this research is to develop a set of predictive models that utilize studentcharacteristics of demography, academic performance, and course-taking patterns to determinetheir probability of completing an engineering degree within four to six years and project this toa university’s throughput rate of students graduating

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isaac W Wait, Marshall University; Jeffrey T. Huffman P.E. P.E., Marshall University; Christopher T. Anderson, Huntington (WV) Sanitary Board

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. Page 23.614.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Fostering Critical Thinking Through A Service-Learning, Combined Sewer Analysis Project in An Undergraduate Course in Hydrologic EngineeringAbstractThe ability to exercise engineering judgment and think critically when put into unfamiliarsituations is important to graduating engineering students as they begin their careers. However,many engineering courses focus on teaching students the background information andfundamental principles for a topic, without adequately engaging students in activities thatcultivate and reinforce critical thinking or easily relate to real-world engineering projects

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher E. Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Mangilal Agarwal, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sudhir Shrestha, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Kody Varahramyan, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

and Presentations: Every Year INDI members conduct number of highschool visitations and presentations. INDI members have also offered presentations andquestion/answer session at various high schools about the future of the nanotechnology career.6. Assessment Results 6.1 TLC Freshman CohortThe survey data within the Freshman Engineering cohort is shown in the Table II withcomparative assessment results between nanotechnology cohort within the TLC (25 students)and the traditional undergraduate students taking other sections. The score of 5 represents“strongly agree” and a score of 1 represents “strongly disagree”. Both the surveyed groups were