Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Linda T Coats; Debora F Rodrigues, University of Houston (CoE); Judit Eva Puskas; Frank "Fritz" J Claydon, University of Houston (CoE)

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Women in Engineering

(STEM) disciplines. Across all groups, womenparticipate at lower levels than their co-ethnic male counterparts.1-3 Most activities to rectifysuch a deficiency in STEM disciplines have focused on K-16 initiatives to address lack ofpreparation, inability to balance coursework and external commitments, self-efficacy, andfinancial limitations.4-6 However, there has been minimal focus on issues faced by graduatestudents or the need for effective mentoring of post-docs and new faculty in engineering toattract and retain them in academic careers. This is alarming as one approach to increase thenumber of underrepresented minorities who graduate with a STEM degree is to use hierarchicalmentoring, i.e., undergraduate mentor to faculty mentor.7 This is a

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Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

of aeronautics to their major. They madeconnections between aeronautics and their major where previously they thought none existed.This had the effect of changing their attitude towards the course and the material, a positiveoutcome.IntroductionWith the implementation of EC2000 requirements for the assessment of engineering programs,the Criterion 3 Student Outcomes a-k have become an important part of any engineering majorand are essential for accreditation.1 Several of these criteria, listed below, present challenges to Page 26.598.2any program: The program must have documented student outcomes that prepare graduates to attain

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Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larissa Cannon, Brigham Young University; Cory C Cunningham, The Boeing Company; Aaron Lau Inouye, Brigham Young University; Brett Stone, Brigham Young University; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Page 26.1100.3industry mentors who advise each team on technical and professional issues.These multi-disciplinary, multi-university AerosPACE teams have demonstrated many of theadvantages of learning in such an environment. They have also identified some specificchallenges and opportunities that academic institutions and industry partners must be aware of.The end of the paper contains a “Looking Back” section where former undergraduate studentswho have spent 1-3 years in industry provide their feedback on how effective this DBF projectwas at preparing them to succeed professionally.Projects SummaryIn order to better understand the student experiences and impact, it is important to review thevarious student activities in the context of their

Conference Session

Research on Design Learning

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Sánchez-Parkinson, University of Michigan ; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; James Paul Holloway, University of Michigan; Amy J Conger, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

collected from thirty-five student interviews, we developed aconceptual framework for CCD progression. The Culturally Contextualized Design frameworkrepresents three levels of sophistication – novice, aware, and informed – for each of the fiveCCD aspects: (1) human-centered, (2) collaborative, (3) intentional, (4) open to flexibility andambiguity, and (5) invested and committed. The goal of this paper is to present the examples ofthree engineering students with different backgrounds and experiences and to map theirdevelopment within the framework. We also discuss the potential utility of this new frameworkto understand how engineering students learn to integrate culture and design and to assess theimpact of educational practices.Introduction and

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

spaceconsisting of five categories of description of students’ ways of experiencing their transitionfrom pre-college engineering programs and activities to a first-year engineering classroom.These results, described in the following section, provide a theoretical framework that is Page 26.1141.2currently guiding the development of a quantitative instrument to understand students’transitions to first-year engineering on a larger scale across multiple institutions.Qualitative ResultsFigure 1 shows the outcome space illustrating the relationships between the five ways ofexperiencing the transition from pre-college to first-year engineering. In order of

Conference Session

ECCD Applications

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gabriela De Mattos Veroneze, North Carolina A&T SU; Zhichao Li, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Pedro Augusto Pinto Caldeira

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

current electricity (DC) andusing an alternator converts it into alternative current (AC) that can be used to power equipmentinside a house. Photovoltaic cells have to combine cost effectiveness with relatively highthroughput energy yield production, in order to achieve this combination a couple of factors haveto be counted in: Material of construction, location that the PV cell will be placed and energyconversion efficiency. Even though there is a high initial cost to purchase and install Solar panels the financial Page 26.1484.2return of investment is worth it besides it provides added home value. Figure 1. Solar PanelsWind

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Multidisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability and Grand Challenges

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

become,engaged in a motorcycle fuel economy challenge design project?Theory & Methods Page 26.1606.3Student engagement is one of the biggest issues in engineering education. If you can engagestudents they will persist4 .It was decided that using a student motivation model such as the MUSIC model5 would be agood theoretical foundation upon which to build this project and to answer the research questionsposed above.The 5 key principles of the MUSIC model are that students are more motivated when theyperceive that: (1) they are eMpowered, (2) the content is Useful, (3) they can be Successful, (4)they are Interested, and (5) they feel Cared about

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David K. Probst P.E., Southeast Missouri State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

revealed.Question 1 - With respect to the webinar format versus a traditional classroom format – are youfinding that your learning is more effective than a traditional classroom, less effective than atraditional classroom, or about the same as a traditional classroom? Why? Table I. Results for Question 1 More Same Less 2012 7 9 7 2014 5 6 6Four of the “less” responses in 2012 and one in 2014 indicated that their learning was only a“little less” effective. Four of the “less” responses in 2012 and

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Design and Entrepreneurship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Tadd, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan; Elaine Wisniewski, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

received a University grant to “revitalize”the senior design experience through the following goals   1. develop an alternative project selection method, 2. involve students in project selection in an entrepreneurial fashion, 3. utilize active learning teaching methods and enhance content and delivery, and 4. increase use of online course content. Page 26.1346.3The pedagogical purpose of this approach was driven by a desire to put the students in situationswhere not only the solutions to design problems are open-ended, but the generation of thespecific design problems is somewhat open-ended as well. Furthermore, the purpose

Conference Session

Student Approaches to Problem Solving: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin James Call, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; Christopher Green, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 26.1405.3A quick grading process - focused on getting “correct answers” on the problems - was used toplace participants is below average, average, and above average groupings based only onproblem-solving performance during the study. This enabled us to categorize via an extremegroups split7. Since a focus of the study is on strategies and misconceptions - which are assumedto vary between the above average and below average groups - the records of participants whoperformed above average and below average on the problems were given more attention duringcoding than those in the average grouping during the pursuit of saturation. Table 1 provides thebreakdown of score ranges observed and the grouping into below average, average, and

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Diversity and Multicultural Influences in the First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Ryan J Meuth, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

. Students were evaluated on performance of the design (based onquantitative results), cost, creativity of design, and craftsmanship and aesthetics. Deliverables forthis project included a project schedule, project definition and requirements, a design proposalpresentation and report, design prototype presentation with demonstration, and a final designreport.ResultsThe first three questions in the survey instrument requested information about the academic statusof the student population, and their level of college experience. Figure 1 shows that the surveyedpopulation is primarily composed of students with freshman level academic standing and fewupper level students. 200 180

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students' Beliefs, Motivation, and Self-efficacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, West Virginia University; Dustin Drake, Utah State University; Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University - Teacher Education and Leadership

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineeringdesign processes to solve the problem. The community-based problems selected by theparticipants in the first year of the study are shown in Table 1. All the names are pseudonyms toprotect the identity of the participants.The community-based problems were characterized as ill-structured problems because they were“not constrained by the content domains being studied in classrooms.” 21 For example, thecommunity-based problems selected by the students were dynamic, required collaboration,involved multiple solutions, and the constraints, both engineering and non-engineering, wereidentified by the students themselves.21, 22 The main objective was to observe how students usedengineering design processes, how they perceived engineering, how those

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity CollegeDublin, The University of Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, 2016 From Problem Solvers to Problem Seekers: The Necessary Role of Tension in Engineering EducationIn this paper it is proposed that the current focus on problems in engineering education andtechnological literacy may be more constructively reframed by focusing on tensions. PriyanDias claims engineering has an identity crisis that arises from tensions inherent in: 1) theinfluence of the profession on society, 2) the role engineers play, and 3) what constitutes validknowledge in engineering. These are ethical, ontological, and epistemological tensionsrespectively, which Dias frames as a tension between identities of homo sapiens and homo faber.Beyond the tensions in engineering there are additional tensions that arise

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Qin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haishao Pang, Beijing Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

as theirAmerican counterparts,” Grasso questioned whether it is wiser to close all the expensiveengineering colleges in the U.S. and “simply import all the engineering we need.”1 As a lifetimeengineering professor and administrator, Grasso was certainly not proposing laying off thousandsof American engineering educators. Instead, he urged his colleagues in the U.S. to pursue “afresh start” and to educate “[a] growing and increasingly diverse number of domestically trainedengineers—equipped with the broad insight and critical thinking skills the world needs” through“[the] study of the human condition, the human experience, [and] the human record.” Doing so,Grasso suggests, would give the engineers educated in the U.S. “a competitive advantage

Conference Session

Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

prototype to solve the design problem. Therewas a set of general requirements that applied to all the three problems, for example, all designsneeded to be creative, aesthetically pleasing, well crafted, and the total cost should be as little aspossible and it should not exceed $100. Each problem had some specific requirements inaddition to the general requirements: in the first design problem, students were provided with asolar set-up, shown in Figure 1, which has a light bulb, simulating the “sun” that travels from“east” to “west” during a “day” at a constant rate. A solar power plant needed to be designed sothat consistent and maximum power be generated throughout the day. Only two types of solarcells could be used and all of them must be placed

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2A: Using Alternative Measurements to Look at Students and Their Success

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University; Christopher Leslie, New York University; Gunter W. Georgi, New York University; Alyssa Marie D'Apice, New York University

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First-Year Programs

material. This way, the authors did not know whichstudents chose to participate and which did not. This teamwork agreement was then changedappropriately to gain consent and converted into a document that students could completeelectronically.After gaining approval of the IRB, results of this experience were studied quantitatively in thespring semester. Approximately 110 students registered for the spring semester. These werebroken into 9 sections for undergraduates, some visiting high school students also take thecourse, but in special sections. Six sections were designated as treatment sections. A surveyusing Qualtrics was distributed to the class immediately before the teamwork skit. As seen inFigure 1, survey questions addressed several aspects

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Innovation Through Propagation

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh

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Educational Research and Methods

propagate documentedinnovations. Those papers emphasize three critical areas: Learning in and out of the classroom; The pathways to studying engineering, retention, and diversifying learning community; and Using technology to enhance learning and engagement.The NSF is committed to establishing and the engineering education community is in need of aresearch agenda focused on propagating documented innovations. To most effectivelyaccomplish this, it is necessary to capture needs and potential solutions through a number ofdifferent approaches that actively involve the larger engineering education community. As suchthis work addresses four major questions.1. What accomplishments have been produced to date? What new innovations have occurred over

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Wonnacott-Stanley, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

, encouraging students to consider howdesigns and technologies meet human needs. This emphasis on empathy empowered studentsto see themselves as problem-solvers capable of making a difference in their communities.For many, the program was their first introduction to engineering, sparking new careeraspirations and showing them that STEM is not only accessible but also an exciting avenue forcreativity and innovation.A Brief Outline of the ActivitiesWeek 1: Electrical Circuits and Electrical EngineeringActivity: Students built simple circuits using batteries, wires, and light bulbs.Purpose: This activity introduced the basics of electricity and the role of electrical engineers indesigning the systems that power our modern lives. It helped students

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Hersel, Trine University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

learning. These foundational topics provide students with a basic level oftheoretical knowledge needed to effectively apply ML tools and techniques in practicalscenarios.An example of one of the foundational topics is where students download wine quality data fromthe University of California Irvine’s Machine Learning Repository (Cortez, 2009). UsingMATLAB’s Regression Learner Toolbox, they employ supervised learning techniques, such asregression, to predict wine quality. A key feature of MATLAB is its ability to simultaneouslycompare multiple models, enabling users to select the most effective one (see Figure 1).Figure 1: Screenshot of Matlab Regression Learner Toolbox (The MathWorks Inc., 2023).Following this introduction, the majority of the

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Broad Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Stillmaker P.E., California State University, Fresno; Arezoo Sadrinezhad, California State University, Fresno; Feruza Amirkulova, San Jose State University; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Lalita G Oka, California State University, Fresno; Kira Abercromby, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Younghee Park; Maryam Nazari, California State University, Los Angeles; Jessica C Bennett, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

inengineering.IntroductionUnderrepresented minorities (URMs), especially women, remain significantly underrepresentedamong tenured and tenure-track faculty in engineering departments, despite earning more PhDsin these fields. Women often lack role models due to small faculty representation, and URMfaculty percentages remain far below their presence in the general population, with female URMfaculty nearly absent in some engineering departments [1]. Women engineering faculty faceisolation and lack networking opportunities [2]. Therefore, efforts to promote DEI in theengineering professoriate have gained increased attention, with higher education institutionsrecognizing the need to cultivate a more representative and inclusive academic workforce. Overthe last five years, support for

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division: Evolving Workforce and Practices in Modern Construction

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

shahrooz Ghorbani, East Carolina University; tianjiao zhao, East Carolina University

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

engineering, she brings extensive expertise to her role. Maintaining an active research agenda, her work primarily revolves around enhancing the efficiency, safety, and eco-friendliness of the construction industry. Additionally, she is dedicated to integrating cutting-edge technologies into her teaching methods to elevate the overall educational experience. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Comparing East Carolina University’s Green Building Program and LEED Certification: A Case Study with Implications for the Future of Sustainable Construction Education Shahrooz Ghorbani 1 & Tianjiao Zhao2

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ERM Technical Session: Developing Engineering Competencies III

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Drinkwater, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Susan Sajadi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Mark Vincent Huerta, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

withpractitioners in other fields to solve sociotechnical problems, create economically viableproducts, and guide effective policies. Advanced teamwork skills are necessary to collaboratewith diverse partners, often spread around the globe. In the workplace, teamwork consists ofmany behaviors, including engaging in feedback. Giving and receiving feedback through annualreviews, mentorship, or peer review are common practices in the workplace [1]. Unlike theacademic environment, engineers do not receive grades with which to measure performance,rather, they must seek out information via feedback. Thus, the ability to give, receive, process,and act on feedback is essential for continuous improvement of engineers in industry. Theunderstandings, capacities, and

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ERM Technical Session: Methods in Graduate Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boni Frances Yraguen, Penn State; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, The Pennsylvania State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

-lastingnegative outcomes. These negative outcomes include degraded participation within theenvironment and negative evaluations of the self (e.g. imposterism) and the environment (e.g.mistrust).Keywords: graduate education; masters’ students, navigation; barriersIntroduction and Literature ReviewIssues in graduate-level attrition [1–5] and well-being [6–12] have been well documented fordecades, and while interest in graduate-level education research has increased recently, there isstill a dearth of literature pointing towards the root-cause of these issues. With attrition inengineering estimated to be at least 24% (higher for women and minorities) [13] and rates ofdepression and anxiety between 4 and 6 times that of non-graduate peers [6], the

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 5: Decoloniality and Indigenous Knowledges

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University; Mhonbeni E Humtsoe; Satya Swaroop Nune, Plaksha University; Ananya Singla; Tanu Adhikari; Nandini Goyal; Yuven Blowria, Plaksha University; Pehar Jhamb, Plaksha University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

teaching and learning of STEM subjects can be enhanced withthe incorporation of IKS [1]. Incorporating a local knowledge system within engineeringeducation will not only help engineering students from non-Western societies to learnengineering better, but they will also be able to use their engineering skills in the localcontext more efficiently.Background of Engineering Education in IndiaThe origin of engineering education in India dates back to the British, majorly forinfrastructural development [2]. During the colonial rule, ‘the superintending engineers weremostly recruited from Britain from the Cooper's Hill College, and this applied as well toforemen and artificers; but this could not be done in the case of lower grades - craftsmen,artisans

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Ilana Karpman, University of California San Diego

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

programs, etc.) haveimpacted the success of these women, it was important to have distinct research sites so that Icould examine the effects of various policies and procedures on the careers of the researchparticipants within the context of each institution’s programs and policies.Population and Sample I interviewed women faculty who have their primary appointment in the engineeringschool each campus (since some faculty have dual appointments). The objective for each site  was to interview at least fifty percent of the faculty so that my sample would reflect the variedexperience of tenured women faculty at each site. Table 1-1 describes the population and sampleat each research site and Table 1-2 provides employment and demographic

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Guariento, University of Glasgow; Nazmi Abdel-Salam Almasri, The Islamic University of Gaza - Palestine; Anna Rolinska, University of Glasgow

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Diversity

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International

literacies on the part ofemployees and employers. The use of communication technology can be found among thefour ‘mega trends’ that Shuman et al.[1] specifically identify for the field of engineering,alongside changes forced by the fragile world economy, student and professional mobility,and the increasingly loud voice of the social imperative. This poses challenges foreducational institutions which, beyond helping students become subject experts, need to takethe responsibility for preparing them to ‘deal with global communicative practices online, inall their complexity’[2]. This trend toward developing skills needed to fully operate in highlyglobalised and cross-cultural settings as a necessary top-up to ‘technical core competencies’[3]has become

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Chang, University of Calgary

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering. Rather, the vastmajority of the engineering student population at University of Calgary, where this is the mostpopular course out of three courses that fulfills a degree requirement, is exposed to thismethodology. The other two courses are in the process of being phased out and this will be theonly course to fulfill the requirement in the near future.I.Course DesignThe course consisted of two 75-minute lectures a week for the entire class, with the class brokenup into three 75-minute weekly sections of between 29 to 51 students over the course of a 13-week semester. The goals, or learning outcomes, of the course are to increase the student’sability to 1) evaluate the impact of technology on multiple facets of society such as

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan Cardoso Monsão, PPGM-UFBA/BiLab-Business and Innovation Lab; Jes Fiais Cerqueira P.E., Federal University of Bahia (Brazil); Augusto Cesar Pinto Loureiro da Costa, Universidade Federal da Bahia; Jose Siqueira Dias, University of Campinas

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Learn how things work. Aladdin Effect reverse engineering. Oral and Logbook, meetings, written Good communication skills. innovation contests. communication Table 1. Approach used in the Para didactic Laboratory.Failure managementThe typical student comes to university from a school tradition that penalizes mistakes andfailures, and this is a heavy burden on his/her ability to take risks. It is an interesting paradox, thestudent

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT); Cibele V. Falkenberg, Auburn University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

decades (or longer) to help performers develop their skills. This training canembody a range of formats, many resembling schoolyard games4; but nearly all successfulimprov training activities are united by a common thread of providing a scaffolded opportunityfor creative, interactive and unscripted performance within a safe and supportive environment(figure 1). Figure 1: “Yes, And”, a classic improv activity There are many variations to this game, but the essential rules are that one player starts a story or scene: “There was a giant slug outside our house.” The other players must add another sentence to the story, beginning with “Yes, and”: “Yes, and it was bigger than the man who was holding its leash!” “Yes, and the man

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P Brown, Northwestern University

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Design in Engineering Education

and the creative role of patents in today’s engineering and design education. Asthe philosopher of science, Thomas Kuhn, once stated, “Traditional engineering curriculumcreates people who are efficient researchers and highly productive, but this approach does notencourage creativity or innovation” [1] Teaching novel problem solving is challenging,especially with students who lack real world experience in engineering practices, or creativedesign. Focusing on design in engineering education is an opportunity to encourage creativityand technical innovation arising from an engineering discipline.While Kuhn’s comment is still relevant some 20 years later, this educational philosophy hasevolved. Contemporary engineering education is addressing this