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First Year Programs Division Poster Session: The Best Place to Really Talk about First-Year Education
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Donald E. Richards, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Michael A. Collura, University of New Haven
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First-Year Programs
problem statement and building amodel from fundamental principles using explicit assumptions and application of problem spe-cific information. Thus, the answer produced by the student is supported by an explicit chain oflogic that can be examined by everyone.University of New Haven (UNH)In 2004 Tagliatela College of Engineering at UNH introduced a set of common engineering fun-damentals courses for all engineering programs. The set of courses, collectively referred to as theMultidisciplinary Engineering Foundation Spiral Curriculum (MEFSC)19,20, spanned the fresh-man and sophomore levels. First-year courses include project-based courses to introduce the en-gineering design process, project planning, and the use of spreadsheets with Visual Basic
Conference Session
Fundamental: Tools and Content for K-12 Engineering Education
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Anthony Steven Brill, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Jennifer B Listman, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
Mechatronics and Entrepreneurship, a GK-12 Fellows project, and a DR K-12 research project, all funded by NSF. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests include K-12 STEM education, mechatronics, robotics, and control system tech- nology. Under Research Experience for Teachers Site and GK-12 Fellows programs, funded by NSF, and the Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), funded by six philanthropic foundations, he has con- ducted significant K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach activities to integrate engineering concepts in science classrooms and labs of dozens of New York City public schools. He received NYU- SoE’s 2002, 2008, 2011, and 2014
Conference Session
Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello; Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey and Universidad Andres Bello; Arturo Cristian Millan, Universidad Andres Bello; Mauricio Gonzalez, Universidad Andres Bello
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Diversity
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Engineering Physics & Physics
States, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina and 26 workshops in Mexico, Chile and Argentina. He has participated obtaining projects funded by the European Consortium of Innovative Uni- versities, HP Development Company, Agencia Espa˜nola de Cooperaci´on Internacional para el Desarrollo and the University of Arizona. He is a member of the Mexican Council of Educational Research, Vi- cepresident of the Latin American Physics Education Network (LAPEN), coordinator of the Evaluation of Learning and Instruction Topical Group within the International Research Group on Physics Teach- ing (GIREP for French); member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in which he was member and president of the International
Conference Session
First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Frank Blubaugh, Purdue University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Diversity
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First-Year Programs
—students wearconcert t-shirts showcasing their favorite music artists, instructors play music during class topromote a particular learning environment, groups of students listen to music as they worktogether on a project or as they attempt to solve a homework question. Previous research haslinked musical preference to personality and values, both of which correlate to social identity,and to a lesser extent, academic study habits. Pierre Bourdieu's landmark text La Distinction alsoasserts that social class influences judgments of taste and choices in cultural activities.Researchers have also used markers such as genre taste as a cultural indicator, focusing on"high" arts, such as classical music, ballet, and art museums as measures of culture.1
Conference Session
Assessment and Outcomes: ERM Roundtable
Collection
2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University
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Diversity
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Educational Research and Methods
theirbachelor’s degrees in engineering. We focus on these individuals due to the scarcity of researchon their experiences and the relevance of their perspectives to engineering education.29-31Implications of this work will focus on recommendations for educational research and practice.Framework and LiteratureThe overall EPS project is broadly situated in social cognitive career theory (SCCT) which positsthat a variety of factors influence career choice including self-efficacy beliefs, outcomeexpectations, and learning experiences.32 SCCT has been used extensively in the study ofengineering students’ career choices.33-37 A main goal of our study has been to identify theschool and workplace factors related to the career choices made by engineering
Conference Session
Diversity in Community Engagement Implementation II
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ziyu Long, Colorado State University; Sean Eddington, Purdue University; Jessica Pauly; Linda Hughes-Kirchubel, Purdue University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Diversity
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Community Engagement Division
. First, the project focuses on faculty community, rather thanexternal communities such as companies or local residential communities. The definition ofcommunity we adopted is not just in a physical location, but in an organizational location, in “thecooperation in labor, order and management,” (Tönnies, 2000, p. 43). This is important in ourconsideration of community of engagement, as we go beyond physical boundaries, such as thosebetween university and its wider locale, to cognitive boundaries, such as those within and amonguniversity colleges and departments. It is with this in mind that we define engagement andengaged communities. Second, it expands the definitions and model of community engagementby highlighting how engineering faculty
Conference Session
PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Laura Doyle, Santa Clara University; Tonya Lynn Nilsson P.E., Santa Clara University
Tagged Divisions
Civil Engineering
appears to have been disadvantaged both in class time and location. Sections A, B andC were taught on MWF, back-to-back, in the same pilot classroom that has whiteboard paint onall four walls, desks on rollers and seven projector screens that project directly onto the writeablewalls easily allowing student groups to report answers on projected problems. Each section was65 minutes long with section A starting first at 9:15 am. Section E was also taught MWF in thesame pilot classroom during the winter quarter. The T/Th section D had the earliest start time at8:30 am and required students to engage for 100 minutes. The class was taught in a traditionalclassroom where the projector screen covered close to half of the room’s two chalkboards. Thedesks
Conference Session
Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kyle R. Murray, United States Military Academy; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Luke Plante, United States Military Academy; Kimberly Quell, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus, United States Military Academy
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Environmental Engineering
Program Criteria arediscussed in detail.KeywordsEnvironmental engineering education, engineering education, experiential learning, laboratoryexperience, beer brewing, fermentationIntroductionEnvironmental engineering requires individuals who can adapt, innovate, and create new,exciting solutions to help solve complex problems throughout our natural environment. Powerfullearning experiences exist when students have an opportunity to learn by application, while alsohaving fun by creating excitement around the subject material. Indeed, that is why most curriculainclude other experiences beyond the classroom such as laboratories, field trips, seminars, designprojects and modeling projects [1, 2]. An esteemed scientist and statesman said it best
Conference Session
FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed
Collection
2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
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ASEE Headquarters
NSF funded research project: Academic Career Success in Science and Engineering-Related Fields for Female Faculty at Public Two-Year Institutions. She is co-author of The Faculty Factor: Reassessing the American Academy in a Turbulent Era.Dr. Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute Comas Lamar Haynes is a Principal Research Engineer / faculty member of the Georgia Tech Research In- stitute and Joint Faculty Appointee at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His research includes modeling steady state and transient behavior of advanced energy systems, inclusive of their thermal management, and the characterization and optimization of novel cycles. He has advised graduate and undergradu- ate research
Conference Session
Computing & Information Technology: Curriculum and Assessment
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Oudshoorn, Northwest Missouri State University; Rajendra K. Raj, Rochester Institute of Technology; Stan Thomas, Wake Forest University; Allen Parrish, United States Naval Academy
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Diversity
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Computing and Information Technology
- dedicated to innovation in traffic safety and public safety technology, as well as research in decision support systems, data analytics and cybersecurity. Throughout his career and through his work with CAPS, Dr. Parrish has obtained approximately 200 funded projects totaling approximately $100M from a variety of state and federal sponsors. Dr. Parrish has published in approxi- mately 100 refereed journals and conferences, and is internationally active in computer science education, having served as the Chair of the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, and currently is chair of a major effort to revise the computing accreditation criteria and to develop new accreditation criteria for cybersecurity. Dr. Parrish
Conference Session
Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alison J Kerr, University of Tulsa; Bradley J. Brummel, University of Tulsa; Bret Austin Arnold, University of Tulsa; Michael W. Keller, University of Tulsa
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Graduate Studies
Paper ID #22579When the Master Becomes the Student: Adviser Development through Grad-uate AdvisingAlison J Kerr, University of Tulsa Alison Kerr is a graduate student at The University of Tulsa. She is pursuing a doctoral degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology. Her research interests include training development and evaluation as explored across a variety of academic disciplines and organizational settings. She is currently assist- ing on a number of training projects aimed at developing engineering students on relevant non-technical professional skills including ethical practice and presentation.Dr. Bradley J
Conference Session
Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 2
Collection
2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity
Authors
Jessica R. Deters, Virginia Tech; Ashley R. Taylor, Virginia Tech; Teirra K. Holloman, Virginia Tech; Dustin M. Grote, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech
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Collegiate, Diversity
for Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and an advisor for international senior design projects in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Ash- ley received her MS in Mechanical Engineering, MPH in Public Health Education, and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include access to higher education, broadening participation in engineering, the integration of engineering education and international development, and building capacity in low and middle income countries through inclusive technical education.Teirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education Teirra Holloman is a doctoral student in engineering education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
Conference Session
Teaching and Learning in Online Environments
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University
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Educational Research and Methods
of a larger National ScienceFoundation-funded study [35] dedicated to developing a theoretical model for onlineundergraduate engineering student persistence based on student LMS interaction activities andpatterns.Data SetAny study utilizing LMS interaction data requires researchers to actually have access to theassociated data. At the university where this research is situated, a separate university organizationoversees delivery of all the university’s online courses. This organization’s charge also includes aresearch mission. Correspondingly, they support related faculty research projects by providingaccess to the LMS interaction data, and the process of acquiring the data for this study includedbuilding a relationship between our research
Conference Session
Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 1
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University; Stephen J. Ressler P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers
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Civil Engineering
Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University. Dr. Lenox served for over 28 years as a commis- sioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new educational initia- tives – collectively labeled as Project ExCEEd (Excellence in Civil Engineering Education
Conference Session
Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Greg Rulifson P.E., U.S. Agency for International Development; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder
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Diversity
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Engineering Ethics
schools, are responding to theseserious issues with training, task forces, student groups, counseling services, and concertedattempts to shift the culture towards openness and accountability [30]. Further, there areprograms that actually center social justice, community engagement, and humility regardingprivilege and power are growing. Some examples include the Colorado School of Mines, MercerUniversity, Oregon State University, and Villanova University [31]–[34]. These not onlydemonstrate care for people and the environment impacted by engineering projects, but alsoencourages students to care for each other.An Ethic of Care may provide a framework through which engineering faculty and staff atuniversities can improve their cultures to be more
Conference Session
Computing -- Increasing Participation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Laura K. Dillon, Michigan State University; Maureen Doyle, Northern Kentucky University; Linda Ott, Michigan Technological University; Wendy Powley, Queen's University; Andrea E Johnson, Spelman College
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Diversity
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Minorities in Engineering, Pre-College Engineering Education, Women in Engineering
with disabilities2. Background2.1 Computing’s Diversity ScorecardComputing is a high growth field with well-paying career opportunities, but the percentage ofwomen and minorities in careers in computing is well below their percentages in both theworkforce and in society. With a 19% projected job growth in computing between 2016 and2026, employment prospects and compensation levels in computing are both excellent; the paygap between men and women is also low compared to other engineering disciplines.2 Yet overthe past decade, women have held only 25% of computer and mathematical (C&M) jobs whilecomprising 56%-58% of the total workforce [11]; in 2016, Blacks made up only 7.9% percent ofC&M workers while comprising 11.9% of all workers
Conference Session
Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Ryan Banow, University of Saskatchewan; Sean Maw P.Eng., University of Saskatchewan
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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies
-survey” was conducted two months later followed bya “very distant post-survey” another seven months after that, to further re-examine knowledge,skills, and attitudes.Statistically significant differences were found between TrussVR© and the other groups (p < .01)for recognition and recall of truss types two months and nine months afterwards. Likewise, thevirtual lab experience was highly rated in most respects.1.0 IntroductionAbout two and a half years ago, the authors of this study had the opportunity to engage in somevirtual reality (VR) demonstrations. Emerging from that experience with a belief that part of thefuture of engineering education lay in the application of VR for teaching and learning, a softwaredevelopment project was
Conference Session
Our Future in Manufacturing
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University
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Manufacturing
Conference Session
Technical Capacity Bldg for Developing Countries & Service Learning
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Vinay Kumar Domal, University of Western AustraliaUWA; James Trevelyan, University of Western Australia
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International
confidently challenge the assumption that engineering education can beindependent of context because the technical content is universal, we need further research tounderstand how to set new objectives.Engineering Practice ResearchRecently published research has provided a foundation for this study based on 70 extensiveinterviews and field observations of engineers in several countries30-32. The frameworkconsists of 85 different aspects of engineering practice grouped as follows: 1. Managing self and personal career development 2. Coordination, working with other people 3. Engineering processes, project and operations management 4. Financial processes 5. Procurement, buying products or services 6. Human resource development, training
Conference Session
Creative Engagement and Developmental Tutoring Method
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma
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Minorities in Engineering
Society and the American Society for Engineering Education.Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma Assistant Director/Research Associate at the Research Institute for STEM Education (RISE) at the University of Oklahoma. Cindy received her M.A. in Anthropology from Western Michigan University. As an anthropologist, her research interests include ethnography of marginalized populations, cultural theory, issues of gender and underrepresented populations in STEM education and the cultural/historical construction of women’s cultural identities and roles in past and present societies, with special focus on emerging nationalist projects
Conference Session
Building Communities for Engineering Education Research
Collection
2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University; Robin Adams, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Deborah Follman, Purdue University
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Educational Research and Methods
applying themethods of user-centered design to the challenges of engineering education.) Final versionswere evaluated against criteria developed by the class. The use of peer feedback and consensusbuilding to develop criteria for evaluating students' final products also promoted communitybuilding among the students enrolled in the course.One additional project was required in the course: in teams of three, students were charged withpreparing and delivering to the class a 50-minute presentation about a state-of-the-art teachingpractice of their choice. Student teams identified an article the class would read about theteaching practice. Presentation content includes a description of the practice, evidence or theorysupporting it as a good practice
Conference Session
Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Warren A. Turner, Westfield State University; Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Robert J. Beichner, North Carolina State University
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Engineering Physics & Physics
Paper ID #8833A comparison of student misconceptions in rotational and rectilinear motionDr. Warren A Turner, Westfield State UniversityDr. Glenn W Ellis, Smith CollegeDr. Robert J. Beichner, North Carolina State University For much of Professor Beichner’s career he has focused his attention on redesigning introductory physics education and created the SCALE-UP (Student Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics) project. SCALE-UP has been adopted at more than 250 universities and had spread to other content areas and into middle and high schools, necessitating a name change to Student Centered Active
Conference Session
Improving Teaching and Learning
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Steven Beyerlein; Donald Elger
7. 7.) Documentation: Scenario 8 8.) Verbal Explanation of a Scientific Concept: Scenario 9In the above list, “Scientific Concepts,” was assessed using three scenarios in order to provideadditional data for estimating reliability. Scenario selection was based on our prior experiences. In particular, we selected specificperformances that have been problematic for students. For example, we have used severaldesign projects that involve a battery (see scenario 6 in Table 1) and noted that most junior levelmechanical engineering students fail dismally (unless we tell them how) in their attempts toperform calculations that will allow them to size a battery to meet power requirements and life-time needs. Similarly, the “yo-yo” problem
Conference Session
Quality & Accreditation: Outcome Assessment
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Julie McBride
the further development and improvement of the program. • The outcomes important to the mission of the institution and the objectives of the program are being measured.Examples of evidence that can be used in assessment documentation are student portfolios,including design projects; nationally normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys thatdocument professional accomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys; and Page 8.134.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education
Conference Session
Learning and Teaching Issues
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Stephanie Farrell; Robert Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater
. Engineering measurements andreverse engineering methods are common threads that tie together the different engineeringdisciplines. Previous reverse engineering projects have involved common household productssuch as automatic coffee makers 6,7,8 hair dryers and electric toothbrushes 9. Using commonproducts with which the students are already familiar is thought to present a framework withinwhich new concepts can be introduced.Recently, a new engineering system was added to the list of familiar products for reverse-engineering investigation: the human body. This incredible machine can be explored usingengineering measurements and analyzed using engineering principles. Basic physiologicresponses are already familiar to students through “common
Conference Session
Potpourri of First-Year Issues
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Rod Paton, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Gerard Rowe, University of Auckland
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First-Year Programs
, electronicresources and assignments) were also used to corroborate claims or assertions made ininformal interviews of academic staff and communications given to students. For example,teaching staff in lectures and tutorials emphasized that students should take responsibility fortheir own learning, and this message also came through in course materials, projects,electronic resources and assignments.The researcher was aware that his presence in the class could well impact on studentbehaviour. However, he was present from the first lecture and subsequently attended alllectures. He also attended a number of different tutorial classes and spent some time seated instudent work-areas. On a relatively small number of occasions the researcher did take on amore active
Conference Session
Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tiffany Simon, Columbia University
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Minorities in Engineering
sense of the projects that we worked on together. He gave me a lot of freedom to do things on my own…He would give me good input and fair appraisal…He and I got along very well because he always valued my opinion highly, as opposed to me trying to just compete to see who’s going to win.Jason also identified his faculty adviser as a factor to completing the doctorate. According to Page 15.1252.14Jason, “He was definitely instrumental to me finishing. He would say positive things about mewhen I needed to hear it.” Jason also revealed that his faculty adviser was “determined toincrease the number of underrepresented people in
Conference Session
Innovations in the ChE Laboratory
Collection
2004 Annual Conference
Authors
Henry Lamb; David Ollis
a “canned’ program for a reasonably simple,but cute shape: a 1” cube containing a large, centered spherical hole, with circular holes cut intoeach face through to the hollow inner spherical hole. In the central spherical “hole” is a secondcube, large enough so that it cannot pass out of the cylindrical holes in the large cube faces. Onfour of the surfaces of the inner cube appear the raised letters “N, C, S, and U”. As a simpleexercise, we asked one lab group to estimate the manufacturing cost, and projected selling price,for 10,000 such cubes as
Conference Session
Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tagged Divisions
Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
1986-1987 fiscal biennium.38 A shift towards research hadalready occurred during the retrenchment during the second half of the 1970s (in no small partbecause Texas had reached peak oil in 1972), but this latest economic turn prompted the state toplace even greater emphasis on research, and a “high tech” economy modeled after SiliconValley and Route 128. It was said that educated minds would become “the oil and gas” of Texas’future economy.39The state’s most concerted bid to enter into the high tech era occurred through its successful bidto bring the Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) to Austin. MCCwas the nation’s first research consortium, said to be the U.S. response to the Japanese “FifthGeneration Project” in
Conference Session
Impacts on K-12 Student Identity, Career Choice, and Perceptions of Engineers
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Adriana Anunciatto Depieri, University of Sao Paulo; Roseli de Deus Lopes P.E., Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
´orio de Sistemas Integr´aveis (LSI) of EP-USP since 1988, where she is a principal investigator of the Interactive Electronic Media research group (which includes research in computer graphics, digital image processing, techniques and devices for human-computer interaction, virtual reality and augmented reality). She coordinates research projects in the area of Interactive Elec- tronic Media, with emphasis on applications related to Education and Health. She coordinates scientific dissemination initiatives and projects aimed at identifying and developing talents in Science and Engi- neering. She was responsible for the design and feasibility of Febrace (Brazilian Fair of Science and Engineering), the biggest