Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, Carnegie Mellon University; Heidi A. Taboada, University of Texas, El Paso; Jose F. Espiritu, University of Texas, El Paso; Connie Gomez, Galveston College; Isaac Andres Azuz, CETYS University

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Diversity

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International

course credit recognition, resolvinginstitutional and federal travel risk issues, recruitment and selection of students, travel andhousing logistics, local contacts involved in community projects, and follow up of the projectsafter program completion.1. IntroductionBackgroundThe objective of this paper is to provide useful recommendations for planning and executingfaculty-led study abroad programs based on the authors’ experience. In the summer of 2015,UTEP and CETYS conducted a study abroad program funded by the 100,000 Strong in theAmericas Innovation Fund. The program was a real success, but the planning and executionpresented continuous challenges that required quick thinking and adaptability from theorganizers. These lessons are captured in

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dia St. John, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas

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Industrial Engineering

aspecific lesson plan. Each of these projects can be modified to suit various age groups,audiences, and time limits.2. FrameworkTackling the invention of an outreach event can seem daunting. Younger students are painfullyhonest, and it is important to foster and maintain a good reputation with the community for high-quality, effective recruiting. Professors and students have a great source of inspiration for K-12activities: the classroom.Adapting college-level lessons for use with younger students requires an understanding of theobjective of the exercise and the capabilities of the audience. The following framework, basedon the development and implementation of many outreach projects, outlines a simplemethodology for activity adaptation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Catherine D. McGough, Clemson University; Michelle Cook

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

plan to their primary plan ofattending medical school. A majority of applicants described seeking out the internship todecide if they wanted to teach in the future. Students reflected on wanting the teachinginternship because they thought they would enjoy teaching or they wanted to teach, and on theskill of teaching being valuable in their career path or in any career path. These students wantedthe teaching internship to develop teaching skills. Some students described seeking out theinternship to help better themselves in other ways, such as for resumes (i.e. the internship was agood opportunity that they did not want to pass up). A majority of students described wantingthe internship because of their desire to help others, or to “pay it

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman, Bill's Robotic Solution; Mohamad A. Mustafa, Savannah State University; Mir M Hayder, Savannah State University

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Instrumentation

Page 26.1024.15After students create the URDF Joint Element Parameter given the D-H table they perform, theyconvert it to URDF and display the results in RVIZ to confirm it matches the Fig. 12 axis systemorientation. The a3 parameter is between Joint 3 and Joint 4. The Red axis is x, the Green axis isy and the Blue axis is z in Fig. 13.Lab 4 MOVEIT and Inverse KinematicsThere are two sections to this lab: a) Setup Moveit b) Using Different Planning Algorithms to move robotIn this Lab we took advantage of existing demonstration software that uses the PR2 and 6R Robot.Students set the robots to different start and end states for the PR2 and 6R robots. Students canwatch the robot perform the motion using the planning algorithm from the OMPL

Conference Session

Make It!

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A. Kennedy, Bucknell University; Nathan P. Siegel P.E., Bucknell University; David E Cipoletti, Bucknell University

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Manufacturing

projects included in B-Fab would serve to motivatestudents to want to learn more, and to build more – perhaps becoming lifelong Makers, or to atleast improve their competency in using hands-on skills to develop proof of concept models,benchtop simulations, and other elements often utilized within the product design cycle forphysical products.Running the B-Fab WorkshopB-Fab was scheduled for five full days bracketed by a half day at the beginning and end (Table1). The workshop was managed by three engineering faculty members, two student technicians,and a staff member who handled logistical planning. Eighteen students enrolled from a varietyof engineering disciplines.The content was arranged into two interrelated phases. The first phase included

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin F Hopkins, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville; Keith Brandon Lyle, University of Louisville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

were up to eight additional questions on each quiz covering objectives nottargeted by this study. Each quiz has a corresponding companion study plan assignment. Thecompanion study plan assignment included both target and nontarget objectives. The study planassignment presented students with practice questions and a “quiz me” activity for eachobjective. In the experimental condition, questions covering three of the six target objectivespresented in the preceding week were massed, as in the control condition. Questions coveringthe remaining three target objectives were spaced according to the following scheme (depicted Page

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Leadership Skills

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Scott Rebentisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Stephen Townsend, Project Management Institute; Edivandro Carlos Conforto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

)  Overall results of the program (benefits management)  Technical requirements definition/management  Configuration management  Page 26.356.6 Quality management  Program/project risk  Life cycle planning for the product  System Definition planning  System Retirement and/or Replacement Planning Their responses are shown in Figure 3 in combined form to illustrate the relative importanceof each role. To test whether one role predominantly belongs to either the PM, CSE, or both, theGoodman and Kruskal tau test was used to assess whether there was any association between thejob

Conference Session

Technology-Related Educational Research

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ting-Ting Wu, Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology; Yueh-Min (Ray) Huang, Cheng-Kung University; Rustam Shadiev, Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

teaching strategies of engineering project course. Students participated inlearning activities following the instructor's planning and guidance and their learningbehaviors to use a learning system were recorded in the database. Those attributes, such asfrequency, sequence, and association of learning behavior were identified through astructured arrangement and statistical analysis. In addition, those key learning activities thatinspire the students' creativity along with the creativity assessment results were discovered.According to our findings, high creativity students proceeded with active exploration duringlearning more frequently compared to low creativity students. The data analysis also showedmore instances of independent thinking created

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Materials

advantages of pursuing an independent study with the interested students were: • More faculty involved with different expertise (especially valuable at an institution with fewer faculty and less specialization) • The fall semester after the Materials Science course permitted planning to begin the project in the spring and give the project more time with a two-semester option • Less time required for course design • Increase our department’s research experiencesThere were four students who expressed the strongest desire to learn more about materials afterthe junior course. Faculty thought that this was a good number for an independent study project;Friend and Beneat [5] note that undergraduate research teams should be reasonably

Conference Session

Ethical and Global Concerns

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Stephen Campbell Rea, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

not specialize in ethics and do not feelqualified to teach more substantial engagements with it, as well as those who are concerned thatthey have limited time in their courses to spend on topics related to ethics. In this context, themicrodose approach can be attractive because it allows engineering faculty to introduce someethical material to students as a part of another lesson. Though integrating microdoses of ethics isoften the result of substantial planning, it may not require investing too much class time in theprocess.Sustained microdoses of ethics may be administered by “infusions,” in which material related toethics is connected directly and thoroughly to the technical content of engineering courses. Thisis particularly viable

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Assessment in the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Matthew K. Miller, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

what they wanted to happen on their first round of exams, (2) a traditional examwrapper activity recounting their preparatory behaviors and learning strategies and the results oftheir exams, and (3) a reflection on what was learned from the experience, and (4) a plan forimprovement for each of their STEM courses. This process is repeated following the secondround of exams.One modification of the exam wrapper between its first and second implementation was theintroduction of the after-action review terminology. In order to emphasize the students’professional development as engineers, the experience with exam wrappers was framed as afour-stage after-action review. After-action reviews are used to debrief the process andperformance on a training

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Ilse Nava-Medina; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

2017 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual ConferenceBesides completing the relevant equipment/safety training, one of the most important initial detailsinvolved planning and laying out a timeline of goals, tasks, contingency plans and deliverables. Thisguided exercise was crucial to lay out a work plan as well as to align expectations. The timelineinvolved most major steps of research including preliminary testing and data analyses, literaturereview, hypothesizing, prototyping, validating, etc. Guidance/advising was in the form of about anhour long face-to-face meeting each week; students were encouraged to set up additional meetingsor drop by the faculty office as needed, or call the faculty to the lab if needed. The students weregiven autonomy

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Tovia, Philadelphia University; Muthu Govindaraj, Philadelphia University; David Brookstein, Philadelphia University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

AC 2007-1064: A NEW MULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING EDUCATIONINITIATIVEFernando Tovia, Philadelphia University Dr. Fernando Tovia is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of the Engineering Programs at Philadelphia University. He joined the faculty of the School of Engineering and Textiles in 2004. He earned a B.S. from the University of the Americas (Mexico) in 1981 and an M.S. from Oklahoma State Univ. in 1987 (both in industrial engineering) and a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Arkansas in 2004. He spent 20 years working in production planning, strategic planning and as an executive in the textile industry in Mexico. His research interests include supply chain

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

evolving innovativeideas into business ventures, convincing students of the importance of being entrepreneurial intheir future endeavors, improving students’ communication and teamwork skills, and recruitingstudents for further academic and entrepreneurial pursuits in the University of Kentucky (UK)College of Engineering. In order to meet these objectives, the students participate in a number ofactivities including team building exercises, hands-on engineering labs, engineering companytours, networking opportunities, a group business venture competition, and recreationalactivities. Through the group project, students are involved in concept development, productdesign, prototyping, business plan development, and public presentation.This paper will

Conference Session

Ocean, Marine, and Coastal Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barb Howe, FishSafe B.C.; Gina Johansen, Fish Safe

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Ocean and Marine

12.1427.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Fishing Vessel Stability Education Program An Informed Blueprint for Program DesignAbstractA fishing vessel capsizes and the call for stability education resumes, suggesting that past andcurrent training programs are not contributing significantly to education and prevention ofcapsizings. This paper introduces an industry driven educational program where fishermen’sprior experience is central to their learning. Instructional design is problem based and includes ahands on model. The program, informed by research literature on learning, is described withinthe framework of an adult education planning model, including epistemology, needs assessment

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Sarah DeMaris, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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International

liberal arts component, which currently enrolls approximately 3000undergraduate students, of whom 350 are enrolled in the College of Engineering. The universityemploys a full-time faculty of 264, with 21 faculty members in the College of Engineering. Withsuch small numbers of both students and faculty, the challenge was to create an internationalexperience that fulfilled the university’s mission, attracted engineering students and was cost-effective. One of three “directional themes” in Valparaiso University's Strategic Plan states thatthe university “will deliver a distinctive education that integrates fields of study . . . [and]combines liberal with professional education, . . . in order to form men and women who willflourish in an increasingly

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Guevara, University of Puerto Rico; Ismael Pagan-Trinidad, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Didier Valdes-Diaz, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Eileen Pesantes, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Francisco Maldonado-Fortunet, University of Puerto Rico; Miguel Pando, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Design in Engineering Education

the creation of the company, the feasibility analysis of the selected site for the proposed use,and the development of conceptual drawings, preliminary drawings, and final drawings, along with a costestimate and specifications for the selected alternate solution. It must be pointed out that due to thelimited amount of time, the level of construction drawings are limited to a complete set of plan drawingsof the site plan, architectural, structural and transportation but without the level of detail and quality in thedrawings. The mechanical, electrical and plumbing drawings are limited also to the site information. Thespecifications are also limited to the architectural, site and structural.1. IntroductionFor the past years, the current

Conference Session

Hurricane Katrina

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clay Bolton, University of South Carolina; Charles Pierce, University of South Carolina

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Ocean and Marine

project on afirst come, first served basis beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The Salvation Army will providemeals and lodging. Applications can be downloaded from the Community Service Website at www.sa.sc.edu/ocspand are available in the Russell House University Union, Suite 227. No group registrations will be accepted. Table 1. Chronology of Relief Effort in Biloxi, MS Date(s) in 2005 Action August 28 – 29 Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans, LA and other parts of Gulf Coast August 30 – University planning for relief effort September 16 University-wide announcement to USC faculty, staff, and students September 16

Conference Session

Integrating Research Into Undergraduate ECE Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgios Anagnostopoulos, Florida Tech; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Ken Ports, Florida Tech; Richie Samuel, University of Central Florida; Melinda White, Seminole Community College; Veton Kepuska, Florida Tech; Philip Chan, Florida Tech; Annie Wu, University of Central Florida; Marcella Kysilka, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

recognition, image processing, smart antennas and data-mining. He is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks since 2001.Ken Ports, Florida Tech KEN PORTS is a Professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida Tech. He is also the Engineering Director of Florida TechStart, the university business accelerator. His interests include microelectronics, nanoelectronics and radiation effects, entrepreneurial behavior and culture, and business processes such as product to market, strategic planning and execution, and project management. Dr. Ports has 48 publications and 11 patents.Richie Samuel, University of Central Florida SAMUEL RICHIE is an

Conference Session

ChE: Safety, Sustainability, and Global Opportunities

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allyson Frankman, Brigham Young University; Jacob Jones, Brigham Young University; W. Vincent Wilding, Brigham Young University; Randy Lewis, Brigham Young University

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Chemical Engineering

/environmental, electrical/computer,and mechanical), the course is applicable towards one of the student’s technical electiverequirements. Students from all engineering and technology disciplines were invited to enroll,thus enriching the class with different strengths, viewpoints and backgrounds. The course wasopen to those who completed or were concurrently enrolled in the pre-requisites for theirprofessional program. The course revolves around designing and implementing an engineeringsolution to a local issue in an impoverished community.This year’s project involves the developmental plan and small-scale implementation of biodieselproduction from coconut oil on the Pacific Island of Tonga. 50 years ago, Tonga’s economycentered around the export of

Conference Session

Robotics and Automation II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonio Jose Soares P.E., Florida A&M University/; G. Thomas Bellarmine P.E., Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Doreen Kobelo, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Rabbani Muhammad, Florida A&M University; Chao Li, Florida A&M University; Salman A. Siddiqui, Florida A&M University; Stacy C. Tinner Jr., Florida A&M University

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Engineering Technology

OverviewHousing Project Current Planning Stage:23 unit housing sub-division, Nashville, Tenn. (Design) 11 unit hosing sub- division, Saluda, SouthCarolina (Design) 30 assistant living facility units, Definaick Springs, Fl. (Design)Completed Planning and Approval Stage Projects:24 – Three –bedroom town homes, Markham, Illinois (Design)Completed Renovation Projects:Shabazz Cluster Housing 39 units Harlem, New York (Design) Washington D.C In-fill sites 100units(Design) 58 units Housing for the Elderly, Greenville, South Carolina (Design) Many single family unitsCompleted New Housing Units:124 units mixed use housing project Lincoln Ave Apartments, Chicago, Ill (Design) 12 units -StudentHousing Apartments, Tallahassee, Fla. A&M University (Design

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B Kanipe, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Jacques C. Richard, Texas A&M University

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Aerospace

physical laws will also finduseful project ideas and strategies herein.This paper will provide a review of the camp activities related to the rocket track: details on whatworked and was not well received, as well as feedback from both students and mentors. Theauthors will discuss the development of the camp blueprint, how students were selected, how theproject builds moved from paper models to powered flying models, and the unexpected role ofsocial media. Student feedback and plans for future iterations of the camp will also be discussed.Developing a BlueprintIn the early stages of camp development, several meetings were held with the Electrical andComputer Engineering (E&C) Department, which had held summer camps for several years andhad

Conference Session

Software Engineering Pedagogical Approaches

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Feras A. Batarseh, University of Central Florida

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

to be planned and structured tomatch the background of the students who are taking the class. Nowadays, students frommajors other than Computer Engineering and Computer Science often are required toregister for software-related classes, usually the introductory ones. Additionally, newfields are emerging between life sciences and software engineering, such asbioinformatics and computational chemistry, thus, an increasing need to address suchfields. The model presented in this paper is called the Human Physiology LifecycleModel for Learning (HPML). It is targeted towards students in the fields of biological,medical and life sciences (this includes biology, chemistry, medical studies, nursing,pharmacy, bioinformatics and public health majors

Conference Session

Outreach: Future Women in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heimdahl Peter; Brenda Puck; Danny Bee

experiences of “STEPS for Girls” graduatesand the influence this program has had on their high school course and career directions.Evaluation of the program is conducted centrally by SME-EF. Our first graduates are now highschool seniors. Surveys of their college plans will give us our first indication of the impact ofthe program. Results of the evaluation will be shared. In addition, the paper will present theinformal surveys of camp participants taken during their week of activities. UW-Stoutanticipates there will be an influx of female students into engineering programs in our region Page 8.1046.1over the next decade as a direct result of

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry L Wear, University of Washington, Tacoma; Orlando R. Baiocchi, University of Washington, Tacoma; Matthew Alden, University of Washington, Tacoma; Robert Gutmann, University of Washington, Tacoma; Jie Sheng, University of Washington, Tacoma

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Electrical and Computer

 that  program  constituencies  be  involved  in  setting  objectives.      When  objectives  are  in  place,  ABET  student  outcomes  need  to  be  mapped  to  individual  courses.  Next,  assignments  are  identified  that  can  be  used  to  evaluate  the  achievement  of  the  outcomes.    For  many  programs  specific  program  criteria  need  to  be  satisfied  in  addition  to  the  general  engineering  criteria.  For  example,  engineering  programs  that  contain  the  modifier  “computer”  in  the  title  must  demonstrate  that  graduates  have  a  knowledge  of  discrete  mathematics.      Having  an  assessment  plan  in  place  and  being  able  to  show  documentation  that  demonstrates  that  it  has  been  followed  is  the

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu, University of Texas, San Antonio; Vincent B. Canizaro, University of Texas, San Antonio; John D. Murphy Jr., University of Texas, San Antonio

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Construction

1093 Precalculus o COA 1113 Intro to the Built Environment o PHY 1603, 1611 Physics I and Laboratory o COA 1133 Building Technology I o WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I o COA 1213 Design I o WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II o COA 1223 Design II o COA 1313 Design VisualizationFigures 1, 2, and 3 illustrates the degree plans for Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Interior Page 25.954.4Design, and Construction Science and Management respectively. The common year is noted asthe first block in each degree plan followed by

Conference Session

Engineering Management Applications

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

began considering the university’s approach to LID, itbecame important to recognize requirements of accrediting bodies and the need to understand theimplications, or rather the potential for use of the framework, in achieving accreditation goalsrelative to continuous improvement plans. Step 1 of this process was to address where the stagesand development areas meshed with accreditation outcomes. This mesh was important as facultyresources are limited and there was, and still is, a strategic need to limit additional encumbrancesupon otherwise stretched faculty resources. The state is suffering significantly from the currenteconomic environment and this is reflected in decreasing funding for all ECU academic units.The department initiated an

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Two Year College Division

components the following year, for returning students as well as the new ones. Therobotics project, which had become very popular with students, was refined and diversified toinclude two sequential years of activities and challenges. This enhancement provides increasedopportunity for our students to diversify their design and programming skills.The paper presents rationales for modifications and provides a detailed analysis of the programresults along with the planned developments for the 2014 EDGE Program.Brief History of the ProgramThe EDGE Program was started in 20031 and initially was intended to continue the work startedin the established San Antonio Pre-freshman Engineering Program (PREP) 2 with a more intensefocus on the Engineering

Conference Session

The Nature of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

university level. Students who have proclivities towardsentrepreneurship activities can be made more informed about the possibilities at theirinstitutions.Theory of Planned BehaviorIn the engineering education literature, several studies have examined the impact ofentrepreneurship programs, courses, or other interventions on student characteristics. Forexample, Reid and Ferguson4 examined whether entrepreneurial interventions impacted students’mindsets, in terms of being fixed or something that can be improved. Bilen and colleagues5studied the impact of participation in an entrepreneurship minor on constructs such as self-efficacy, leadership attitude, innovation, and teamwork skills. Ohland and colleagues examinedparticipation in an

Conference Session

Early College Retention Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yvonne Ng

towards: Education, HealthSciences (Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Exercise Science), Business, and Social Page 10.1194.1Work (Figure 1). These “smattering” courses are also an integral part of an engineering recruitment andpreparation program necessary for students pursuing an engineering degree through the various dualdegree partnerships we have.This “smattering” strategy is the result of a union of the liberal arts and social activism of the college andthe Center of Excellence for Women, Science and Technology (CWST) Strategic Plan for plugging the“leaky pipeline” of girls and women leaving engineering. While