Conference Session

Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Lamb P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Werner Zorman, Harvey Mudd College; Alicia M. Kinoshita, San Diego State University; Natalie Mladenov, San Diego State University

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Engineering Leadership Development

(i.e., searching for the heroic leader [6]). Recent work by Goleman [7]described knowledge of self, and its companion, self-control, as two of the four domains thatmake up Emotional Intelligence.While emotional intelligence also deals with social awareness and relationship management,other researchers have developed approaches specifically focused on how the leader connects tofollowers and motivates them to do their best. These approaches include leader-memberexchange [8], situational leadership [9], resonant leadership [10], servant leadership [11],transformational leadership [12], and path-goal [13].In leadership literature, leading a cause is a process defined by the technical requirements of aproject as well as the political (regulatory

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Team/Project-based Pedagogy and Approaches

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James D. Carrico, University of Mary; Javad Anjum, University of Mary; Audra Anjum, Ohio University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

designer in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. She works with faculty to design and redesign courses while following best practices in technology integration. Her research interests include learning aptitudes and facilitating class- room communication. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 An Interdisciplinary Project-Based Service Learning and Action Research Project with Mechanical Engineering and Speech-Language Pathology StudentsAbstractThe current paper addresses an imminent need for an action research study to systematicallyinvestigate the effectiveness of an interprofessional project-based service

Conference Session

Computers in Education 5 - Online and Distributed Learning 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tiffanie R. Smith, Lincoln University; Susan Ellen Safford, Lincoln University; Chidera Iguwe; Mofoluwasho Akinlade

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

difficultto navigate through the app and complained about designs and other minor issues. Ultimately, theproject was temporarily halted and a new application is currently being designed and developedwith the same objectives. It will only have a different framework and personnel on theproject.The new path for the project includes switching to React Native for cross-platform mobiledevelopment and a goal to create a functional product for evaluation for final exam review.Thischange also follows best practices in app development as described by Wardynski1 and wouldserve all students with a mobile phone 1 . Future plans would include creating a Professorfunctionality that helps the professor see the efforts made by the students and assign grades basedon

Conference Session

Faculty Unite! Effective Ways for Educators to Collaborate Successfully

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Olgha Bassam Qaqish, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

faculty to be promoted through enhanced recognition of their scholarly work,leadership, research and teaching. A program of initiatives for non-tenure track faculty grew outof discussions between the COE Associate Dean and the university vice provost of facultydevelopment about best practices and promotional policies that were already in place at theUniversity level9. The COE Associate Dean was in a position to advocate for and with COE non-tenure track faculty on enriched career development at the intersection of university policy anddepartmental culture. As a result, the COE Teaching Professors Learning Community wasformed to create a community with shared goals and interests under the leadership of a seasonednon-tenure track professor. The non

Conference Session

Innovations in Design within BME Curricula

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University

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Biomedical

background in curriculumdesign and assessment. A teaching assistant is also a part of the instructional team. The currentteaching assistant, a former student of the class, is realizing the results of his Ph.D. research in anew business venture.Essential elements of the instructional team are a complementary set of experiences andexpertise, and a strong commitment to realize the benefits of project based learning for theirstudents. It is helpful to frame the class environment such that the classroom is seen as aresearch and development firm with the instructors as managers. Instructors then embrace therole of facilitator-manager with the responsibility to model best management practices for theteams they oversee. A single instructor can effectively

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (ELOS) Technical Session 3: Best of ELOS

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gautom K. Das, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

. Vipperman, “Designing At-home Laboratory Experiments Using Smart Phones and Basic Test Equipment for Senior Mechanical Engineering Students”. ASEE Virtual Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2021.[7] O. A. Owolabi, J. Ladeji-Osias, M. Shokouhian, O. S. Alamu, S. W. Lee, G. B. Oguntimein, A. Ariyibi, H. J. Lee, K. Bista, M. T. Dugda, S. Ikiriko, C. Chavis, “Best Practices for the Implementation of Home-based, Hands-on Lab Activities to Effectively Engage STEM Students During a Pandemic”. ASEE Virtual Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2021.[8] H. Shen, D. Fan, L. Huang, Y. Gao, H. Lian, J. Zhao, H. Zhang, “Effects of microwaves on molecular arrangements in potato starch” RSC

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Institute of Technology. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Systems and Information Engineering from University of Virginia, where she worked at the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems. She received a B.S. in mathematics from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. Her major interests are in the areas of risk analysis and management, critical infrastructure management and protection, interdisciplinary engineering education, and risk education.Kerice Doten-Snitker, University of Washington Ms. Doten-Snitker is a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Washington’s Center for Eval- uation and Research for STEM Equity, where she is part of a team conducting evaluation research for university-level

Conference Session

Communications and Ethics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough, High Point University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

courses in such areas as Engineering Ethics, Controls, and En- gineering Design. Dr. McCullough has over 30 years’ experience in engineering practice and education, including industrial experience at the Tennessee Valley Authority and the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command. Her research interests include Image and Data Fusion, Automatic Target Recogni- tion, and Bioinformatics. She is a member of the ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission, and is the delegate of the Women in Engineering Division of ASEE to the Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 2023 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John W. Duggan, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

elements into each research topic and provided outreach to K-12 students in the local community; 3. The project provided research and service opportunities to undergraduate students, allowed them to work in interdisciplinary teams and better prepared them for success in their professional degree careers; 4. The project provided a model for future undergraduate research-based EPIC Learning opportunities at Wentworth.The project was designed as a set of different undergraduate research projects that include thecommon theme of metals analysis. Multiple research projects were conducted by a team ofinterdisciplinary faculty (the PI and co-PIs as well as other faculty and staff) with students fromdiffering majors. The students

Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Weilerstein, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance; Angela Shartrand, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

family support services, identifying and disseminating best practices and policies. A graduate of Williams College, she Holds an Ed.M from Harvard University and a PhD in in Educational Psychology from Boston College and has taught courses and workshops in applied research to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates at Boston College and Wheelock College. Page 13.30.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Decade of Technological Innovation: A Retrospective View of the First Decade of the NCIIAAbstractThe role of entrepreneurship in engineering, science

Conference Session

Assessment of Information Literacy Programs for Engineers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alysia Starkey, Kansas State University-Salina; Jung Oh, Kansas State University-Salina; Judith Collins, Kansas State University-Salina; Beverlee Kissick, Kansas State University-Salina

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Engineering Libraries

will be gathered, and how?Assessing information fluencyThis section shares examples of preliminary assessment efforts. The central question is, “Dostudents have the technical, conceptual and critical thinking skills of information [fluency] tosucceed in their profession?”7 The “best practices” for assessing a student process likesecondary research can be time-intensive, for example: • Portfolio assessment including steps from brainstorming • Interviews with students at each stage of research process • Summative assessments of work completed, including oral defense • Observing students and monitoring their work as they search and retrieve8For practical reasons, collaborators have used confidence intervals, an

Conference Session

Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Aerospace

demonstrate how aerospace exploration and research transcends national boundaries;• Address economic, historical, ethical, and social perspectives;• Use appropriate technologies such as modeling, simulation, and distance learning to enhance aerospace education learning experiences and investigations;• Present a balance of aeronautics, space exploration, and robotics by offering a relevant context for learning and integrating STEM core content knowledge.UAF has attempted to incorporate as many of these concepts into our fledgling aerospace courses,aerospace minor, and design team experiences as possible. This is accomplished through the useof student teams to investigate research topics, individual student-led course material presentationsand

Conference Session

First-Year Issues in ECE Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy N. Thomas, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Christopher Theriault, DigiPen Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

Research Scientist/Engineer at NorthWest Research Associates. Jeremy believes that curricula should be student-centered and embedded within an engaged, collaborative community who un- derstand the broader, societal implications of their work. He aims to achieve this through the design of project-based and experiential curricula, including a recent redesign of the Computer Engineering pro- gram. He serves on several committees including the steering committee for the Faculty Senate. He also leads ABET accreditation and coordinates assessment for the Computer Engineering program. Jeremy’s research is in space physics and electrical engineering, including atmospheric electricity, radio wave propagation, and digital signal

Conference Session

Session 6 - Track 3: The only difference is now it counts: Exploring the Role of a Summer Bridge Program in Shaping Student Expectations of Engineering

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Taylor Y. Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Malini Josiam, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

The research team is author’s Johnson, Josiam, and Lee. As a research team, ourindividual positionalities impacted our interest in this research topic and how we view the SBP.Namely, for this study, we believe it is important to highlight our prior experiences with thecontext as suggested by works on positionality in engineering education research by Hampton etal. [20] and Secules et al. [21]. The research team for this study consists of individuals with arange of proximity to the SBP and students at the center of this study. Lee directed the SBP formany years during their time in graduate school and now serves as the Director of Research inthe DEP that hosts the SBP. Johnson has worked with the University DEP as a graduate assistantas well

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francis Jacob Fish, Georgia Institute of Technology; Alexander R. Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Henry David Banks, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Matt Robert Bohm, Florida Polytechnic University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

. student at the Georgia Institute of Technology con- ducting research on design theory and engineering education. He received an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in creative writing from the University of South Florida. Alexander is excited to have received an NSF GRFP Fellowship for research in STEM Education and Learning Sci- ence. His research has focused on functional modeling and mental models in order to understand how engineering students develop systems thinking skills. He is also a musician and teaches marching per- cussion (specifically the marimba and vibraphone) to high school students. After completing his graduate degree, he wants to become academic faculty and start a business as

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Alexander Horton, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

BIE as well as computer sciencespecific examples that may be seen in hackathon setting. See Table I and II. Table I: BIE PBL Essential Design Elements CodebookCode Description Computer Science Example A project that allows student to A final project for an embedded systemsChallenging engage in an open-ended manner class being to create an innovativeProblem or that passively requires them to learn Internet of Things product.Question new skills. Students having to do in depth Students having to get communitySustained research on their project in order to feedback on the functionality of

Conference Session

Maker Spaces within the University

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenifer Blacklock, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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Design in Engineering Education

impact of students’ backgrounds in their formation as engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 WORK IN PROGRESS: Design, Creation and Assessment of Innovation Spaces Across an Engineering CampusIntroductionThe Maker movement has expanded over the last several years from the garages of at-home tinkerers to university engineering programs. A “maker” identity has beenassociated with specific attitudes and abilities, such as creativity, the ability to createphysical models, and the embracing of failure, which engineering educators are nowstriving to foster in their students and throughout curricula.1-3 Over the past ten years,makerspaces, or innovation spaces, have been developed

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Schmucker, Trine University

thisinstitution. The available sample size is small (about 20 students per incoming class) and theprograms are new (first cohort graduate in the 2003-04 academic year). Hence, clear andsubstantive data is not yet available regarding longitudinal impacts of the approach. From priorexperience implementing the bridge-associated projects at another university, it is anticipatedthat there will be significant impacts in both retention of students and of knowledge5.For future implementations, specific budgetary and geometric constraints for the bridge projectswill be adjusted. In the case of the West Point Bridge Design project, some students clearlyspent little or no effort in satisfying the budget. A more exhaustive examination of designoptions will be needed

Conference Session

Diversity, Recruiting, and Retention in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aram Agajanian, DeVry University-Chicago; George Morgan, Colorado State University; William M. Timpson, Colorado State University

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Engineering Technology

2006-510: A COMPARISON OF MALE AND FEMALE STUDENT ISSUES THATAFFECT ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION IN ELECTRONICS ANDCOMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AT A FOR-PROFITINSTITUTIONAram Agajanian, DeVry University-Chicago Dr. Aram Agajanian is a senior professor at DeVry University in Chicago. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Rochester, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Colorado State University and a CCNA certificate. He teaches electronics and computer technology courses including LAN and WAN. He has 10 years of industrial experience in electrical engineering; his research interests include understanding the issues

Conference Session

Design in BME

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Guilford, University of Virginia; Timothy E. Allen, University of Virginia; Shayn M. Peirce, University of Virginia

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Biomedical

practices for using the most common tools. They then had to passa quiz on these best practices with a score of 70% or better before being admitted to the shops. Ifthey failed to do so, they were required to return on a different day to re-take the quiz. Thefailure rate on the quiz was approximately 6%.Teams were required to create both first- and second-generation prototypes of a functioningdevice. In fact, teams were suggested to create two first-generation prototypes – one for each oftheir top two conceptual designs. The first-generation prototypes were required to demonstratethe primary function of the device; they could omit any secondary functions or features. Thesewere tested, and presented before the rest of the class to garner feedback. The

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Pinkham; Cathryne Jordan; Lisa Peterson

student is placed in a math workshop. Two levels of math are offered, and students areassigned to the workshops based on their University of Washington math placement test scores.The math workshops prepare students for calculus on this campus, and much of Treisman’s16research work is incorporated into the design of these workshops. As other schools have noted,it is key that these workshops not be remedial10. They are challenging, group-oriented, and sinceclass size is small (max=8), there is plenty of room for individual attention. At the end of thesummer students retake the placement exam and typically jump up one course level, andcontinue to do well in their math courses throughout their college career. The paid instructorsare a combination of

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Carlye Lauff; Joanna Weilder-Lewis; Kevin O'Connor; Daria Kotys-Schwartz; Mark Rentschler

team. By capturing theseinner layers of the trajectory, even closer comparisons can be made between different design Proceedings of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference Copyright © 2014, American Society for Engineering Education 230trajectories for engineers. An analysis of the differences in the design trajectories can be viewedin the Overall Findings section. Figure. 1. Design team trajectory where the more obvious (outer) and less obvious (inner) parts of project #1 directly impacts a person’s trajectory to project #2.Research SettingThis exploratory study took place in

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Assessment in ECE II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Albert Liddicoat, California Polytechnic State University; Jianbiao Pan, California Polytechnic State University; James Harris, California Polytechnic State University; Gary Perks, California Polytechnic State University; Linda Shepherd, California Polytechnic State University

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Electrical and Computer

, ASIC development, system electronics and architecture, program management, and senior hardware development manager. Currently, Dr. Liddicoat is the Assistant Vice President for Academic Personnel and the Forbes Professor of Computer and Electrical Engineering at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo. He teaches digital design and embedded systems courses. His research interests include computer architecture, computer arithmetic, networks, re-configurable computing and engineering education. Dr. Liddicoat received the Professional Achievement Award from the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University in 2003, and he is a Senior Member of

Conference Session

WIP: Engineering Education Research - Focus on Engagement

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Tonya Whitehead, Wayne State University; Jeffrey Potoff, Wayne State University

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Works in Progress Submission

be quantified. Surveys to be Journal of Engineering Education, 2011. 36(5): p. 413-423. 6. Caldwell, J.E., Clickers in the large classroom: Current research andgiven to all students at the beginning (pre) and end (post) of best-practice tips. CBE-Life sciences education, 2007. 6(1): p. 9-20.the course are under IRB review for implementation in F17. 7. Klingbeil, N.W. and A. Bourne. A national model for engineeringThe pre-survey includes questions from Intrinsic Motivation mathematics education: Longitudinal impact at Wright StateInventory [11] and GRIT-S [12] questionnaires that have University. in

Conference Session

Using IT to Enhance Design Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Karthik Ramani; Anderson David; Alexander Lee

growing demands for students with integrated designand manufacturing experience and knowledge of advanced CAD software has resulted in manyuniversities developing some form of CAD curricula. For example, many universities includingPurdue have now eliminated traditional graphics course and replaced it with a CAD relatedcourse. Rapid design and prototyping laboratories have also been established in manyuniversities. The laboratories are integrated with CAD/CAM courses including teaching designfor automated assembly 4,5. Computer-aided design (CAD) tools, used in conjunction withpersonal workstations, have already brought about major changes in engineering practice. Web-based services supporting mechatronic systems design is described for a graduate

Conference Session

Faculty Development for Distance Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Dirk Schaefer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tristan Utschig, Georgia Institute of Technology; J. P. Mohsen, University of Louisville; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering; Michael Prince, Bucknell University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

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Continuing Professional Development

AC 2010-1940: PREPARING FOR PARTICIPATION IN SPEED: AN ASEEINITIATIVE FOR A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMFOR ENGINEERING EDUCATORSDonald Visco, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Don Visco is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University, where he has been employed since 1999. Prior to that, he graduated with his Ph.D from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. His current research interests include experimental and computational thermodynamics as well as bioinformatics/drug design. He is an active and contributing member of ASEE at the local, regional and national level. He is the 2006 recipient of the Raymond W. Fahien Award for Outstanding Teaching

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University; Brett P. Conner, Youngstown State University; Andrew Scott Morgan

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

development and implementation of courses that utilizelow-cost, entry level 3D printers for K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and distance educationstudents has the potential for significant impact [26]. With only a few prior educational studieson the use of low-cost, entry level 3D printers in design project experiences, the current studysought to assess student perceptions in a First-Year Engineering Cornerstone design coursewhich address the following research questions.Research Questions 1. Is the use of 3D printing technologies in a First-Year Engineering design project interesting to students? (male / female and honors / non-honors) 2. Is the use of 3D printing in a First-Year Engineering design project deemed relevant from a

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Kouo, The Institute for Innovation in Development, Engagement, and Learning Systems (IDEALS) at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education; Jeannie Chipps, Johns Hopkins University; Rachel Figard, Arizona State University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Katey Shirey, eduKatey LLC, STEAM Education Services; Stacy S. Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Figard is a graduate student in Engineering Education and Systems Design and Universal Experi- ence (UX) Design at Arizona State University.Dr. Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis Kenneth Reid is the Associate Dean and Director of Engineering at the R. B. Annis School of Engineering at the University of Indianapolis. He and his coauthors were awarded the Wickenden award (Journal of Engineering Education, 2014) and Best Paper award, Educational Research and Methods Division (ASEE, 2014). He was awarded an IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award (2013) for designing the B.S. degree in Engineering Education. He is a co-PI on the ”Engineering for Us All” (e4usa) project to develop a high school engineering course

Conference Session

FPD 5: Transitions and Student Success, Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Christine C Murphy, Clemson University Academic Success Center

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First-Year Programs

Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Helping Students find the Right Track: A Partnership for Student SuccessClemson University combines the benefits of a major, land-grant, science- and engineering-oriented research university with a strong commitment to quality teaching and individual studentsuccess. Clemson is a student-centered community characterized by high academic standards,inclusiveness, collaboration and a drive to excel1.The General Engineering (GE) Program at Clemson University is designed to introduce studentsto the various engineering disciplines from both an academic and professional prospective. Allengineering students at Clemson begin their academic journey as a general engineering

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Projects

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Josef Rojter, Victoria University of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

pedagogy may be actually deleterious to professional education. Aldred et al37 observedthat PBL pedagogies in professional curricula are driven by instrumental perspectives leading Page 14.100.9to a reduced capacity for critical thought among graduates. Boud and Feletti38 warn that manyPBL courses reduce professional practice to a perception of problematic routines tackledusing existing schema. Students focus on what is needed to solve a problem leading them toinvest only equation learning with practical value. Fenwick39 condenses professionaleducation onto developing an understanding and the practice of framing ill-structuredproblems and solving them