Conference Session

Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ed Alef, Rochester College; Soma Chakrabarti, University of Kansas

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

and sustainable program.Introduction:Let’s assume that you are an organization whose technical leadership sees the necessity inestablishing and maintaining a technical continuing education program (TCEP) for its workforcein order to effectively and efficiently achieve its strategic technical goals. Further, let’s assumethat this technical leadership also sees the necessity to assure career path plans and processes thatintegrate with the development and retention of a valued workforce that will benefit from theknowledge derived by such a TCEP. These two assumptions help build the foundation for thesuccessful creation and continuation of a TCEP that will add value to the organization and theemployee. Without this dual benefit to the employee

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

is a frequent speaker on career opportunities and diversity in engineering. Page 25.110.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 A Successful 4-Year Academic Scholarship Program for Upper Division Engineering and Computer Science Non-Transfer Students and Graduate StudentsAbstractThis paper describes a successful four-year academic scholarship program for upper divisionengineering and computer science students funded by a National Science Foundation’s S-STEMgrant that ran from Fall 2007 through Spring 2011. Scholarships of $2,000 per semester weregiven

Conference Session

Ethical Issues II: Academic Integrity and Student Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narciso F. Macia P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Robert W. Nowlin, Retired

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

as a Staff Engineer at Acoustic Technologies Inc. in Mesa, Ariz. He holds one patent and is the author and/or co-author of numerous papers. He is a senior, life member of IEEE and a member of ASEE. Page 25.138.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Advising Engineering Students to the Best Program: Perspective, Approaches and ToolsIntroductionOur present era is characterized by an almost an infinite number of choices, ranging from icecream flavors to vehicles. The situation is no different for those pursuing careers in engineeringprograms

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jemison; James Schaffer; William Hornfeck

EXCEL Scholars Program of undergraduate research at Lafayette College.Potential modifications and enhancements will be presented which are proposed to enablethe program to meet the changing needs of the students and graduate schools. Theinformation contained in this paper will serve to inform other institutions considering theinitiation or expansion of a program of undergraduate research.I. IntroductionMany factors affect an undergraduate engineering student’s decision of whether to jointhe workforce or pursue graduate studies and a research oriented career upon graduationfrom college. For example, the strong economy in recent years has created a hugedemand for graduating engineers. This in turn has resulted in enhanced

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond Desrosiers; John Rivera; James Gregory; Don Baggert; Lloyd Heinze

professional nature • about the degree plan and related career opportunities, • about the selection of courses for each semester, • about the process or system rules for registering for classes, adding classes and dropping classes, • about pre-requisites and co-requisites for classes, • about avoiding bottlenecks that might delay graduation or interfere with success, • about how to optimize academic success, and • about how to deal with life problems that develop along the way.An experienced, seasoned academic advisor will be knowledgeable about all of theseitems, will know their own limitations, and will refer special needs to other professionalsin the system.To complicate the advising problem, course availability changes as course

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk H. Schulz; Noel Schulz

percentages of the undergraduate population are first generationcollege students. Their personal and family aspirations are to get a baccalaureate degree and finda good job. Many of these students know very little about graduate school as a career option. Infact, often they have many misperceptions and incorrect information about attending graduateschool.In an effort to determine why students choose to go graduate school, a survey was developed andcirculated to graduate students in engineering at Michigan Tech. This paper summarizes theseresults, and gives some of the initiatives that the authors have used in an effort to recruitadditional students in the graduate program at Michigan Tech.I. IntroductionAs universities make more and more partnerships

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Mahammad Najafi; George Yang

indicated that industries demand better-educatedmanufacturing workforces. The Northwestern Missouri area did not have a single postsecondaryvocational technical education program in manufacturing that could produce the neededtechnicians or technologists for local industries. A two-year manufacturing engineeringtechnology program would fit right into Missouri Western State College’s career-orientededucation. Upon the approval of the Missouri Coordination Board of Higher Education, theprogram started in 1998, and within two years, collaboration with local industries had beenestablished. Articulations with area technical schools have been going smoothly especially in theareas of facility usage and continuing education for students. Student-body growth

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

A. Janaki Rao; B.K. Darshan

majority under private management, often have remote locations with poor accessibility, poor facilities for girls with no provisions for waiting rooms or even toilets, and poor protection against sex greedy male onslaughts of different gradations. These factors are strong deterrents in seeking engineering education for the daughters of middle class families.3. PROBLEMS OF ENTRY INTO SERVICE : The few women who mange to acquire engineering qualification have a greater hurdle in securing a deserving job, since feminine sympathy and professional dividends are mutually exclusive for the employer. The reasons are as follows. (i) Lady’s career is linked up with her marriage and

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Martha A. Centeno; Julie A. Jacko; Marc L. Resnck; Marcia Groh-Hammond; Seth Berkowitz; Amanda M. Mitskevich; Janet Parker; John Schmidt

students during this period. They were carrying a courseload of 12 to 15 credits. Six students received credit in the Project Management Class for theproject. Two students receive credit as part of a technical elective course.3. First Year ImplementationTo establish a combined research and educational program to attract and retain women andindividuals from minorities groups to engineering and NASA related career paths, the activities Page 4.49.2of the Center had to be interesting to the target audience. It was thought that four componentsshould be present in these activities: relevance to curriculum, money, glamour, and state of theart

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hoffman; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

Session 1647 Mentoring for Success Larry Hoffman, Russell A. Aubrey, Kevin D. Taylor Purdue University, School of TechnologyAbstractIn any organization, the people are the most important resource. Current literature indicates thatfaculty members in organizations with mentoring programs are more likely to be successful intheir academic careers. Mentoring provides direction for both experienced and inexperiencedfaculty members as they progress as educators and scholars. A successful faculty mentoringprogram benefits the protégé, the mentor, the organization, and the students. The

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles W. P. Finn; William E. Cole

students Page 3.408.1were asked to complete a similar survey. The evening students are adult students who hold fulltime jobs. Hence, they are familiar with the workplace and know why they are going to schooland what they hope the degree will do for their career. We wanted to learn how similar theirresponses compared to the alumni responses and if current evening students could provide aproxy for our alumni in future surveys. A total of 155 responses were received from METstudents, including 74 current students, 67 alumni, and 14 employers. RESULTSTo characterize the respondents to the survey, their job

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara E. Marino; Sandra Yost

program, obtainingfunding, securing laboratory facilities and equipment, teaching courses, and weeding through theseemingly countless requests to serve on university and research-related committees and activitiesare all demands placed on new faculty members. Unseen to most graduate and doctoral students,these tasks present an imposing reality to the beginning faculty member. Decisions at the beginning of a tenure-track appointment regarding the use of limited timecan have lasting effects on one’s professorial career. Successfully handling the demands of atenure track appointment and negotiating the “tenure gauntlet” requires an astute balancing act.Having a skilled mentor to assist in choosing appropriate activities and career strategies

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy L. Denton; Christine L. Corum

, planning our future has been in place throughout our lives. For example; from birth, our parentstypically plan for us to be completely independent of their care within approximately twenty years. Beginningwith the essential activities of eating and sleeping, they gradually guide us toward that end. After a few yearsunder the direction of parents alone (or their designated representatives), the government becomes involved inthe process by requiring formal education up to age sixteen which also contributes to our eventualindependence. At some variable point in our maturation, we make the plan our own so that we determine suchthings as future career direction and preparation, make choices regarding employment, residence, spouse (ifany) and children

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie E. (Skip) Rochefort; Michelle Bothwell

, the emphasis is on exposure to engineering and science as a viable and interestingcareer path. Career counseling is provided by faculty mentors, and the undergraduate and graduatestudents who work with the students throughout the week as research project advisors and friends.The culmination of the weeks’ research projects is a poster presentation by the students at the “daVinci Days Festival of Science and Technology” held each July in Corvallis.The main goal for the science teachers during their one-week stay is the development of“engineering modules” -- plastics recycling; semiconductor processing; pulp and paper processing;high strength materials; etc., which they develop with their faculty mentor and bring back to theirrespective High

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Skill Development in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle C. Vigeant, Pennsylvania State University; Vikash Gayah, Pennsylvania State University; Andrea Paola Arguelles, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Society, and Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award by the National Science Foundation.Prof. Andrea Paola Arguelles, Pennsylvania State University ˜ Dr. Andrea P. ArgA¼elles is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics at the Pennsylvania State University. She was born and raised in Venezuela, where she lived until 2007 when she moved to south Texas to pursue higher education. She ob ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Assessing a seminar series designed to help prepare doctoral engineering graduates for the academic job marketAbstractThe goal of this project was to obtain an assessment of the effectiveness of a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Lechasseur, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

].The second possibility for expanding access offers depth over breadth. Stacking multiple high-impact practices has been demonstrated to hold potential as a multiplier effect [13,4,14-15].Where experiencing a single high-impact practice is good, experiencing more than one can beeven better. In this study we ask, To what extent does stacking additional high-impact practiceson top of course-based PBL provide additional benefits for students? We examine this potentialvalue in terms of the range of benefits previously associated with PBL: developing professionalskills and mindsets, as well as building content mastery; improving self-efficacy and ownershipover learning; and career preparedness. We then extend these well-established impacts of PBLby

Collection

15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Christopher C Frishcosy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Paper ID #45062GIFTS: Concrete Is My Jam!Mr. Christopher C Frishcosy, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga My career in higher education started in the fall of 2021 when I was hired as the lab director for the civil engineering program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. My enthusiasm for teaching was quickly realized and I was granted the opportunity to teach the Introduction to Civil Engineering course; along with the laboratory courses that I instruct. My goal for instructing this introductory course was to develop a curriculum that is fundamentally informative and, borderline, overwhelmingly engaging. I

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Kiran George

consecutivesemesters (up to $2000 per semester). The academic standing of ACE scholars is evaluated everysemester and necessary remedial steps are taken if their academic performance is not up to par.(c) ECS and University Support Systems Utilized for the ACE Program: Instead of creating newsupport systems for the program, existing and well-established network of ECS and Universitysupport systems such as Center for Academic Support in Engineering and Computer Science(CASECS), University Learning Center (ULC), Center for Internships and Service-Learning(CISL), and CSUF Career Center were leveraged to ensure the success of the ACE program.(d) ACE Scholar Support Services: In order to improve educational opportunities and increaseretention of ECS students

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2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stephanie G. Adams; Jeffrey W. Rieske

society; and 3) toincrease students’ awareness of cultural differences by considering their own culture fromanother’s perspective and thereby develop a global view of research.Introduction Research has shown that research experiences play a critical role in introducingundergraduates to the culture of graduate school and research [1]. Research experiences exposeundergraduate students to the creativity of the research process and enable them to apply formalcourse knowledge. Additionally, undergraduate research experiences encourage students topursue graduate education and have been considered effective in attracting and retaining studentsin a variety of science and engineering careers. According to Dr. James McCullough, formerDirector of

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2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Laura P. Ford; Christi L. Patton

students and the teacher. The evaluation form asks for suggestions for improvement onthe rules, facilities, and poster session. It also asks a series of questions that we use to judge theeffectiveness of recruiting students to engineering: • Did you enjoy the Chem-E-Car Competition? • Have you ever considered engineering as a career field? • Has participating in the Chem-E-Car Competition made you more or less likely to consider engineering as a career field? • Has participating in the Chem-E-Car Competition helped you better understand some of what engineers do?A post-paid envelope is included for the teachers to mail the evaluations back to us.One problem in evaluationis that we want to know Dear

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2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stuart Baur; R. Joe Stanley

career pursuits. Inthis study, we focus on a series of courses that specific target larger groups of students who are both intheir field of study and common courses that are required by all students. Specifically, we examinedcourses grades for courses taken by students pursuing engineering and computer science degree programswith at least 50 students with PLTW experience over the Spring 2015, to the Fall 2016 semesters. Usingthis criterion, we compared the average course grades for Missouri S&T students with and without PLTWexperience for 41 courses in subject areas covering math, speech, English, statistics, chemistry,economics, physics, freshman engineering, and seven engineering programs. Students with PLTW courseexperience had higher

Conference Session

Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin James Wainwright, BC Institute of Technology; Barbara Ellen Endicott-Popovsky, University of Washington, Information School; Sarah A. Rajala, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Endicott-Popovsky, Ph.D., is the Director for the Center of Information Assurance and Cyber- security at the University of Washington, designated by the NSA as a Center for Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research. She holds a joint faculty appointment with the Infor- mation School and Masters in Strategic Planning for Critical Infrastructure, following a 20-year industry career marked by executive and consulting positions in IT architecture and project management. Her research interests include enterprise-wide information systems security and compliance management, forensic-ready networks, the science of digital forensics and secure coding practices. Barbara earned her Ph.D. in Computer

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johnny Thieken, Arizona State University; Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

of Engineering and 2) as a pilot study to informan upcoming district-wide effort to develop a middle-school engineering education program. Thesurvey given to the middle school students is a modified version of the 2008 survey used by theNAE1 copyright through the National Academy of Sciences. The original NAE study consistedof both qualitative and quantitative research. In an attempt to inform the public, the NAE studycreated and tested a small number of messages aimed at increasing the publics’ awareness ofengineering. The survey generated through the NAE study provided a reliable instrument fromwhich we could elicit student conceptions about careers, engineers, and engineering. Previouseducational studies have shown that K-12 students have

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for K-12 and for Community College Students: Concepts, Assessment, and Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Libros, Community College of Philadelphia; Kathleen Harter, Community College of Philadelphia

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

, third and fourth modules were each themed on a current technology not only to befound in the news but tied to curricula offered by the College. Linking the modules to currentCollege offerings was recognized as an opportunity to expose and attract students to thesescientifically–based careers. In addition, the modular structure of the course allows the contentto be swiftly altered should another scientific technology offering become more of a focus withinthe institution.Each of these subsequent modules followed the same methodology. First, the basic scientificconcepts of biology, physics or chemistry (including important terms and math concepts)underlying the technology are presented. Building upon that base, one or more

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs & Issues

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fleur Gooden, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech; Tremayne Waller, Cornell University; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Maura Borrego is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Dr. Borrego holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Her current research interests center around interdisciplinary graduate education, for which she was awarded a U.S. NSF CAREER grant and Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE).Whitney Edmister, Virginia Tech Whitney A. Edmister is the Assistant Director of the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She received her M.S. in Counselor Education, Student Affairs Administration from Radford University and M.S. in Vocational-Technical Education and B.S

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Melanie Villatoro P.E., New York City College of Technology; Servena Narine, Daniel Hale Williams Public School 307, The Magnet School for STEM Studies; Diana Samaroo, CUNY - New York City College of Technology

School 307, The Magnet School for STEM Studies Servena Narine is a licensed and certified NYC Board of Education teacher. She is the Magnet Resource Specialist at Daniel Hale Williams Public School 307, The Magnet School for STEM Studies. Over the course of her career, she has been a classroom teacher (Grades Pre-K, 1, 2 and 3), Mathematics Coach, technology teacher and mentor. She works closely with colleagues, planning and facilitating professional development activities.Dr. Diana Samaroo, CUNY - New York City College of Technology Diana Samaroo is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at NYC College of Technology. With a PhD in Biochemistry, her research interests are in the area of drug discovery, therapeutics and

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session II - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Stephen Hundley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Lynn G Brown, The Boeing Company

Tagged Topics

Faculty Development

manufacturing industry. During this time, she served as Chairperson for the following: • National Employer Council for Workforce Preparation (3 yrs); • Manufacturing Technology Advisory Group Board of Directors (7 yrs); • 3 National Science Foundation Review Committees for manufac- turing and engineering related NSF grants. Lynn also served as a conference committee member of the National Career Pathways Network and serving on a number of state and local boards and skills standards committees. She has taught at the secondary, community college and university levels as well as been an administrator for school district and a research associate at IC2 Institute in Austin, Texas. Lynn attend the University of Texas at

Conference Session

Capstone Design Pedagogy I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Gary Pawlas, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering career. SeniorCapstone courses also incorporate technical knowledge and real-world problem solving, with anemphasis on professional skills. Yet, an unanswered question remains: is student confidence inprofessional and technical engineering skills gained and retained when problem-based learningclasses are only utilized in the freshman and senior-year year?This research project longitudinally investigates the technical and professional skill developmentof mechanical engineering students at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where a bookendproject-based curriculum is employed. The paper provides an overview of the First-YearEngineering Projects and the mechanical engineering Senior Capstone Design project courseused for this study

Conference Session

ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Wally Peters; Michelle Maher; Nadia Craig; Veronica Addison

, teamingexercises, experiential learning activities, technology, and communication in order to integratethe systems perspective into this course. The most unique portion of this course was the inclusionof biology in a discipline that does not value biology as a fundamental course. In order toincorporate biology into the course the students read “What is Life?” by Lynn Marguilus andDorion Sagan. This book provided a way to introduce the complexities of designs that exist inthe natural world.The focus of this paper will be on the inclusion of biology in an introduction to engineeringcourse. The student’s comments concerning the ways that this book will help them in theirengineering education and career will be analyzed thoroughly. Possible ways to

Conference Session

K-12 Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Caroline Cochran; Kanthasamy Muraleetharan

post-competition surveys were conducted to gather data on students’ knowledge ofengineering computational tools, how earth structures behave during earthquakes, and theirpreference for a career in science and engineering. These surveys revealed that although thecompetition did provide valuable knowledge for the students about engineering computationaltools and the effects of earthquakes on earth structures, it had no significant influence onchanging the students’ career choices. The planning and implementation of this pilot designcompetition is presented and the difficulties encountered during the implementation arediscussed and suggestions for improving a similar competition are provided. Selected surveyresults are also presented and