Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Keating, University of South Carolina; Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina; Joseph Rencis; Eugene DeLoatch, Morgan State University; Mohammad Noori, North Carolina State University; Edward Sullivan, California Polytechnic State University; David Woodall, Oregon Institute of Technology; Norman Egbert, Rolls-Royce Corporation; David Quick, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Albert McHenry; Roger Olson, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Samuel Truesdale, Rolls-Royce Corporation; Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harvey Palmer, Rochester Institute of Technology; Joseph Tidwell, Arizona State University Polytechnic; Mark Smith, Rochester Institute of Technology; Duane Dunlap, Purdue University; Mark Schuver, Purdue University; Edmund Segner, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Stephen Tricamo, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Barry Farbrother, University of New Haven; Ken Burbank, Western Carolina University; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Randall Holmes, Caterpillar Inc.

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Graduate Studies

-setsdevelopment beyond entry level engineering. 5, 6As the National Academy’s Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) report[Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers] pointed out in 1995, science andengineering graduate education has evolved during the last four decades on university campuses in theUnited States primarily as research-oriented, largely as an outgrowth of 1945 U.S. science policy forbasic research. However, graduate engineering education must be devised also for those professionals inengineering who are pursuing non-research type careers. 7But, key to improving the graduate professional educational process in engineering for technologicalinnovation is the realization that the modern practice of

Conference Session

Partnerships in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Marshall, North Carolina State University; Mohamed Bourham, North Carolina State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

on a nuclear engineering career. Strategies for implementation will be the focus ofthis paper.KeywordsNuclear engineering; K12 outreach; diversity programs; women in engineering; minorities inengineering; undergraduate programIntroduction Past issues of American Society of Engineering Education’s Prism and the AmericanNuclear Society’s Nuclear News highlight a concern about diversity within engineering andnuclear engineering.1 Referring to the Report of the Congressional Commission on theAdvancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development,there is supporting evidence of a troubling trend: low diversity numbers in engineering andnuclear engineering.2 The number of Hispanic, Black, and Asian nuclear

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Holden, San Francisco State University; Juan Carlos Miranda, San Francisco State University; Jose Coto, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

loop performance Page 12.1064.7 Figure 8: Closed-loop performance over a wide range of inputAssessmentThe value of the project to the students was assessed using a survey upon completion of theclass. The results are shown in the following figures. Generally the students felt the project wasvery appropriate for the class (question 1), and most felt that both implementation of control lawsand the ability to design controllers were valuable for their future careers (questions 4 and 5).The majority of the students felt that the time spent in class on design as compared to the timespent on implementation was about right (question 2), although most felt that more time couldhave been spent

Conference Session

International Engineering Education Ii / International Engineering Education I - Poster Session / International Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Webert Lovencin, University of Florida; Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College

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International

strategies employed by higher educationinstitutions in recruiting and retaining minorities in engineering education. Some of thestrategies reviewed include early exposure of students to engineering topics, advising, studentparticipation in student competitions, teaching tools, recruiting packages, and scholarships.IntroductionA college education is an important career move for any young individual whose desires to livethe American dream. Such a move, while academic, on the whole has helped provide afoundation for establishing a successful life. While the importance of a college education ispreached to young adults, colleges and universities must be one step ahead of their recruitmentplan to acquire young minds by increasing and retaining student

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Vernal Alford, North Carolina A&T State University; Elaine Vinson, North Carolina A&T State University; Venetia Fisher, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

necessary for success in today’s highly technicalworld. Designed for rising seventh through rising twelfth graders, it is a two-weekprogram, meeting Monday through Friday. (ESP Jr. is an abbreviated version forrising fifth and sixth graders.) The program is a commuter program therefore thestudents are chosen from schools within a 50 mile radius. Applications are givento the area school counselors and the interested students complete and return anapplication, hand written essay along with an official transcript (or originalgrade report) and two letters of recommendation from a teacher and/or schoolcounselor. The program consists of morning sessions which expand their math andscience skills in addition to career exploration. The afternoons

Conference Session

New Topics in Engineering Economics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University; Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University; Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University

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Engineering Economy

Technology at Old Dominion University. His previous position at ODU was in the Department of Engineering Management. Prior to his academic career, he worked in industry where he held positions as Plant Manager and Engineering Director. Dr. Kauffmann received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and MENG in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and is a registered Professional Engineer.Merwan Mehta, East Carolina University Merwan Mehta, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at East Carolina University. He has for over twenty years experience as a machine tool design engineer, manufacturing engineer, manager, and consultant. His

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Schreuders, Utah State University; Brian Rutherford, Utah State University; Katrina Cox, Utah State University; Susan Mannon, Utah State University

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Biological & Agricultural

equity in other professions?Seymour (1997) found that the best foundation for survival and success is to have chosen one’smajor because of an intrinsic interest in the discipline. She also found that those with the stron-gest interest in their major owed their sense of direction to particular teachers, family members,role models, or mentors. Women were found to differ very sharply from men in this area of per-uqpcn"kpÞwgpeg0"Yqogp"ygtg"oqtg"nkmgn{"vq"jcxg"kpkvkcnn{"ejqugp"cpf"uykvejgf"vjgkt"oclqtu"vq"Uekgpeg."Ocvjgocvkeu."cpf"Gpikpggtkpi"*U0O0G0+"fkuekrnkpgu"dgecwug"qh"vjg"kpÞwgpeg"qh"uqogqpg"vjcv"ycu"ukipkÝecpv"vq"vjgo"240"Kp"rctvkewnct."vjg"kpÞwgpeg"qh"hcokn{"ogodgtu"ku"eqpukfgtgf"c"oc-jor factor in the career decision making process 1, 21, 25

Conference Session

Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Margaret Layne, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

successof women faculty in science and engineering. Institutions funded by the National ScienceFoundation ADVANCE Program, have been in the vanguard of the movement to transforminstitutional and departmental culture in order to recruit and retain more women and minoritiesas faculty in science and engineering. Among a broad portfolio of initiatives aimed atrecognizing that faculty life extends beyond work performance, the 19 round one and twoADVANCE institutions have promoted such work-family policies as dual-career hiring, stoppingor delaying the tenure clock for childbirth or adoption, on-campus childcare and lactation rooms,and the opportunity for temporary periods of part-time employment to deal with family crises,such as the terminal illness of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Culture

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas E. Pinelli, NASA Langley Research Center; Cathy W. Hall, East Carolina University; Kimberly Marie Brush, NASA Langley Research Center; Jeannine B. Perry, Continental Research Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

world marketplace. For women this is further complicated by the fact oncethey do enter the workforce consistent with their chosen major, they are less likely to remain inthis career field.6 Fouad and Singh6 note that after five years in an engineering career, one out offour women are likely to leave as opposed to only one out of ten men. There are not onlyconcerns in attracting and retaining women as engineering majors at the college/university level,but concerns also in retaining women in engineering career trajectories once they have receivedtheir degree. Research focusing on individual characteristics has suggested that one of the reasons forthe gender disparity in physical sciences and engineering is differences in skill sets between

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Leonhard Bernold; Joni Spurlin; Cathy Crossland; Chris Anson

performance, negative attitudes towards engineering, and decreased self-confidence ofsome of the students.2 Hermann 3 concluded that , although employers need innovativeengineers with strong communication and open-ended problem-solving skills, the heavilyanalytical and rote problem-solving orientation of current engineering curricula does not fosterthose needed skills. In a positive national context for employment in engineering, there is anurgent need for research to examine the institutional, pedagogical, and personal reasons forstudents to give up their pursuit of a career in engineering. Our study is investigating thisphenomenon in ways that can help to inform and reform undergraduate education in engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori Cirucci; Joseph Santoro; John Coulter; Herman Nied; David Angstadt; Charles Smith

curriculum at Lehigh University. Annually,approximately eighty mechanical engineering juniors complete a three-credit course entitled ME240-Manufacturing. This course exposes them to a wide array of manufacturing processes from ascientific, business and social standpoint. The course is innovative in that manufacturing scienceknowledge is acquired while students simultaneously develop skills in the areas of teamwork,project management, business analysis, and customer focused product realization. An additionalinnovation is the creative inclusion of approximately 120 local middle school students. Thesestudents benefit by developing an awareness of engineering as a potential future career at acritical age. The cooperative university/middle school

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Gene McGinnis; Denise Theobald-Roberts

related to the harmful effects such ascarcinogenicity of cigarette smoke.DiscussionA workshop evaluation form was given to the scouts to rate their interest in each of the abovedisciplines. All evaluations indicated a very high interest in the material presented. The scoutswere asked if they liked math. Only four of the 14 girls indicated they did like math. Interestingly,all forms indicating no interest in math also indicated that the scout would consider engineering asa career. All scouts felt the workshop was very effective in introducing them to engineering.Some general comments from the questionnaire were “hands on is a great way to learn,” “I likeddesigning things and using materials to create things and competing,” and “I think it is a

Conference Session

REU at VaNTH & Graduate Programs in BME

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Quint

particularly benefit from this course because they are frequently asked to work in teams with no training in how teams should work. Graduates of the program will find this training useful in the early stages of their careers as project team members as well as later when they take on more supervisory responsibilities. • Marketing teaches students the social and economic aspects of marketing and distribution. Students gain an appreciation for how products are marketed, and the considerations involved in successful product marketing. In industry, product development engineers frequently interface with marketing personnel early in the design process. These engineers are forced to confront marketing constraints on the

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching/Learning Strategies

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammoad Saifi; Julie Wang

education.IntroductionPotomac State College is a regional campus of West Virginia University. The two-yearengineering program has an articulation agreement with the University. Most freshman Page 8.470.1engineering students are from the tri-state region, and they have various backgrounds. SomeProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright @ 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationstudents determine to pursue an engineering career by the influences from their parents, teachersand friends. Others do not have many ideas about engineering career and what preparationrequired by engineering

Conference Session

Service as an Element of Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Rippon, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4202: ENGINEERS SERVING EDUCATION: BRINGING MATHAND SCIENCE TO LIFE IN THE K-8 CLASSROOMStephen Rippon, Arizona State University Steve Rippon is the Assistant Dean of Student Services in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Ari- zona State University. In this capacity, he oversees the engineering schools’ K-12 outreach, undergraduate student recruitment, undergraduate engagement programs, and the Engineering Career Center.Dr. James Collofello, Arizona State University Page 25.565.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Engineers Serving Education

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine P. Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

are imminent in the student’s career but courseobjectives broaden well beyond professional development. The “Mini” modules are briefoverviews or subsections of the full module topics, and consist of four or five slides for easyintegration. This paper focuses on the development and summary of these “Mini” modules.Professional Development “Mini” Modules“Mini” modules have been developed around three major topics: Educational Context;Professional Development; and, Engineering Ethics. The Educational Context “Mini” modulesexplore the development of engineering education through its history, the relationship betweenthe missions of the university and individual engineering departments, and the overallphilosophy of higher education. These modules

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Mullenax

studies and careers in engineering and engineering technology; and influence the recruitment and retention of young faculty and underrepresented groups.Student chapters often offer two tiers of membership. Participants in local activities are oftenconsidered “local” members of the chapter, and as such are included in informational mailings andinvitations to events, and they are encouraged to become more active in the local chapter. Typicallythis level of membership is at little if any monetary charge. Anyone is welcome to join the nationalorganization by applying for membership to ASEE itself; a small portion of the membership fee isreturned to the student chapter for use in their activities.Student chapters must fulfill the

Conference Session

Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Nick Patrick Rentsch, San Francisco State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering through a two-week residential summer camp. The Summer Engineering Instituteprovides participants an insight into the engineering profession and the engineering educationalsystem through a combination of lectures, hands-on laboratory activities, field trips, workshops,panels, and projects. Among the strategies employed in developing the program are emphasizingall the major fields of engineering and the various paths to an engineering career, including therole of community colleges; targeting first generation students and underrepresented minorities;collaborating with high school faculty and staff through a nomination process to identify andselect potential students; collaboration among community college and university faculty indeveloping

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Lee, Central Illinois Technology and Education Research Institute

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

topic and software operation. By forming a social, collaborative environment, the Girls CREATE program encouragesfuture interest in science, engineering, and technology through the strengthening of creativewriting skills. The instructional material is intended to teach the students how to identify, plan,solve, and portray solutions to the types of problems scientists and engineers encounter inpractice using a hands-on, three-dimensional building approach. By utilizing modern technologyand software, the program’s curriculum includes projects designed to prepare students for theirfuture academic careers and teach them about the role of technology in society.List of Engineering Topics: 1. Environment: e.g., air pollution, recycling, clean

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Steckel, St. Vrain Valley School District; Patty Ann Quinones, St. Vrain Valley School District; Malinda S. Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

professional development, and opening the Innovation Center which will provide a pipeline for all students in the Skyline feeder for a vision of future opportunity and career success. Patty served as Principal at Skyline high school for 5 years , she transformed and formed the STEM & VPA Academies which have currently 500 students as part of these certification programs. She was instrumental in securing grants, business and educational partnerships for Skyline and continues to do this work in her new position. Ms. Quinones also organized efforts to implement: 1 on 1 Laptop Initiative, Mini-STEM Academy in the summer, HS Department of Computer Science, internships & jobs for STEM students. Ms. Quinones has presented

Conference Session

Women Faculty & the NSF ADVANCE Program

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Frehill

professorate by minorities such as the Alliance for GraduateEducation and the Professorate program and the Bridges to the Doctorate program that is an add-on to the highly successful Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program. Toincrease women’s participation in the professorate, the NSF developed the ADVANCE:Institutional Transformation Program, which intends to increase the recruitment, retention, andadvancement of women within academia.Women engineering faculty like women faculty in other science areas are more likely than theirmale counterparts to have feelings of isolation7, to experience a negative professional climate3, 9and to face the conundrum of being part of a dual career couple9. To complicate matters, womenare generally

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ali Setoodehnia; Ali Kashef; Mark Rajai; Akbar Eslami

Cooperative Education-Innovative Approaches for Partnerships between Universities and Industries and High Schools Ali Kashef, University of Northern Iowa Mark Rajai, Northern Kentucky University Akbar Eslami, Elizabeth City State University Ali Setoodehnnia, Kean UniversityAbstractOver the last few years, continuous learning has become an essential element of job success,and workplace learning linked to career development has become part of the educationalsystem of the future. Today, many industries are increasingly depending on cooperativeeducation (co-op) and internship programs with universities, colleges and sometimes

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Don Bury; Bruce Mutter

identified in the ARET Department's TAC-ABET Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP),program outcomes have been devised to describe what graduates of a degree program will beable to demonstrate and know when they graduate. The skills and abilities identified in theprogram outcomes are measures of the quality of the program and can have a significant impacton the validity of the degree. Professional experience through an internship program, whetherconducted in an office or through a program such as this, can enhance a student's understandingof the career field and practice, ultimately creating a better quality student. The process ofobtaining professional internships in a rural area is significantly more difficult than in largerurban areas. Economic

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Guerriero; Elizabeth Chain; Mary Vanis; Donna Zerby; Bassam Matar; Mary Anderson-Rowland

been developed and are being pilottested in these classrooms as another tool to encourage students to learn about engineering andincrease interest in engineering as a career. Lessons have been learned in how to contactstudents for events, how to get information from the students who attend, and how to be flexiblewith student schedules.The paper will also discuss the joint administration of the program with different managementsystems and styles in each of the six institutions in the program. Lessons have been learned inconstructing a functional management structure, in scheduling faculty and staff from theinstitutions to participate in the activities, and in scheduling professional engineers for panels

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention Lower Division

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry O'Connor; Dan Dimitriu

Session 2004-1266 GETTING AN EDGE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION Jerry O’Connor, Dan G. Dimitriu Physics, Engineering, and Architecture Department San Antonio CollegeThis paper is based on a work in progress, sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation,that was initiated to address the need for more college graduates who are prepared for careers inengineering, science, and technology related fields. The work involves a new program that wasdesigned to increase high school students’ awareness of and sustain their interest in the study ofengineering and to provide them with the knowledge, skills

Conference Session

Mentoring, Outreach, & Intro BME Courses

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shruti Mehta; Amanda Knudson; David Kanter; Suzanne Olds

. Several different approaches to K-12 engineeringoutreach have been employed to get students interested in the field of engineering, anticipatingthat this interest may impact later career choices. Some such outreach programs focus oneducating K-12 teachers about engineering so they may pass the knowledge on to their students,while others focus on university engineering faculty directly interacting with the students whomthey hope to affect. When institutions of higher education devise K-12 outreach programs, theinstitution itself must consider many factors; time commitment required of developers, fundsavailable, effectiveness of the program, and program sustainability are those that receive the mostattention. The outreach model we have developed

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Segalewitz

common device, the switch, to introduce students to variousengineering fields. In a hands-on approach, students test, design, disassemble, analyze, andreassemble switches while learning about programs of study, the interaction between disciplines,and possible career paths. Using this device, student teams are introduced to electronics bydiscovering how various switches operate, and by designing a process to test the electricalconnections. To introduce mechanical design, teams are given a problem that requires the use ofa switch. They spend some time brainstorming ideas for their design, and produce a conceptdrawing, including the mechanical details for their team’s device. The manufacturing process isintroduced by giving each team an identical

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Audeen Fentiman

disciplines with knowledge ofnuclear science and technology that will prepare them for careers in the nuclear industry. Thoseprograms are: 1) Undergraduate minor in nuclear engineering 2) Graduate minor in radiation safety 3) BS/MS program 4) Dual masters degree program.The undergraduate and graduate minor were developed by the Nuclear Engineering Program andguided through a long review process culminating with approval by a university-wide academic Page 8.939.1“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Benjamin Flores; Elvia Martin Del Campo; Ariana Arciero; Patricia Nava; Rosa Gomez

that they had expressed an interest in attending. The first workshop thatthe students were invited to was one on self-esteem, gender differences, and time management. Atraining company was hired to present and facilitate the first workshop. With the success of thatfirst workshop, we have continued to offer similar ones with themes such as stress management,time management, resume writing, and financial planning. The WiSE program is now 59 womenstrong with nine graduates, with five of those graduates currently enrolled in graduate programs.Through meeting with the students, we inquire what they believe would most help them whilethey are pursuing their careers. Through these workshops, female students have a venue todiscuss their challenges

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Mayo; Eric Hansberry

directcorrelation between marine graphics and other types of graphics, and therefore students notplanning on a marine career will also benefit from this knowledge.Of the many attributes that make up a successful engineer, perhaps three should be highlighted asmost critical. Basic engineering skills are clearly essential, and can be acquired and enhanced inthe process of studying marine design. Good interdepartmental communication and knowledgeis paramount, and marine design projects exemplify the many specialties of engineering workingtogether. Finally, creativity is the skill that most often sets one professional apart from others.Given a greater number of situations and problems to solve, students will further develop theirability to think creatively. A