Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ordel Brown, Northwestern University; Susanna C. Calkins, Northwestern University; Lisa M. Davidson, Northwestern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching Susanna Calkins, PhD is the Director of Faculty Initiatives and the Senior Associate Director of the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching at Northwestern University. She is co-author of two books, Reflective Teaching (Bloomsbury Press, 2020) and Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: The Reflective Professional ( Sage, 2009). She has also co-authored over thirty articles related to conceptions and approaches to teaching, the assessment of learning, program evaluation, mentoring, and has been a co-PI on several NSF grants. She also teaches in the Masters of Higher Education Administration Program at Northwestern.Dr. Lisa M. Davidson, Northwestern

Conference Session

The D/M/A of CE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lindsey Anne Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

community partners.Engineers typically find benefit in consulting with the client at key stages in the design process,especially when defining the problem for the engineering team and when evaluating prospectiveideas.6 Engineers operating with human-centered design methods should take time to discernneeds of various stakeholders in order to define good engineering design problems.4 The purposeof this paper is to discuss how engineering students responded to a problem-finding task whenthese students were expected to find evidence of a design challenge during a site visit to acommunity organization. I will discuss the targeted student population, detail the design of alearning experience that matched key features of service-learning pedagogy, reflect

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart M. Wentworth, Auburn University

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Electrical and Computer

25.918.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 MATLAB1 Demonstration of Transmission Line Phenomena in ElectromagneticsThe university involved in this paper has a two semester sequence of electromagnetics. Coveragebegins with the study of transmission lines, which constitute a very important application ofelectromagnetics. Signal reflection and impedance matching are critical concepts in wirelesscommunications and radar. However, while students often can properly apply formulas to solvetransmission line problems, they often lack a deep understanding of how these lines work.MATLAB can serve as a useful tool for illuminating the operation of transmission lines

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vibhuti Dave, Colorado School of Mines; Tyrone L. Vincent, Colorado School of Mines; Megan Sanders, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines

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Electrical and Computer

this paper is thedesign, evaluation and improvement of a multi-faceted, intra-disciplinary laboratory called theSystems Exploration, Engineering, and Design Laboratory (SEED Lab). Created with the supportand input of industry partners, the SEED Lab aims to emulate our students' likely futureexperiences in a professional environment. The course employs assessment techniques such asreflection logs, CATME evaluations, team presentations at regular intervals, performance-baseddemonstrations, and case studies.This work will contribute to the body of engineering education scholarship by evaluating theimpact of the SEED Lab on students' development of attitudes toward failure in the engineeringdesign process and reflection abilities. While this

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Roman Taraban; William M. Marcy

and Impact on Society.” The purpose of this sensibilities in students.technology is to develop students’ awareness of cultural The Texas Tech course ENGR 2392 Engineeringdifferences in engineers’ approaches to ethical practice, and Ethics & Impact on Society, led by Dr. Wi lliamto develop students’ abilities to communicate in a global Marcy, and the websiteworkplace. These goals are being pursued through a http://ReflectiveChoices.ttu.edu are the primarywebsite that is publicly available, titled Reflective Choices channels through which this project is beinghttp://ReflectiveChoices.ttu.edu. We describe the developed and implemented. The project combinesdevelopment of the website

Conference Session

ERM: Exploring Educational Technology in Engineering

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Ashraf Butt, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

students’ app engagement while using an educational application (i.e.,CourseMIRROR). CourseMIRROR prompts students to reflect on their learning after eachlecture and uses natural language processing algorithms to generate summaries of thosereflections. Although, prior studies have provided evidence on the effectiveness of theeducational apps on students’ learning, there have been concerns about their inability to keepstudents engaged with the application. However, it is observed that behavioral interventionscan be the way for positive reinforcements. Drawing from the “Nudge Theory” in behavioralsciences, we aim to use nudging strategies to enhance students’ app engagement. In thisstudy, we outline the process of introducing nudge interventions in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Entrepreneurship Education in New Contexts

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Federico Garcia Lorca, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University, Parks College of Eng.

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

they sign up in teams of threemembers to compete in a one hour long challenge. To ensure a multidisciplinary experience,participants in a team must be from different majors. The WIC is kicked off with a challengestatement containing the criteria for winning the challenge. Then, teams design, build anddeliver – if necessary – their solution for that week’s challenge. At the end of each competition, ideas are evaluated and the winning team isdetermined. Winning team receive a prize of $100 per member plus a T-shirt with the WIClogo and the words “Winner” on the back. Also, all participants are encouraged to submit awritten reflection. The author with the best reflection wins a $100 prize, regardless if suchauthor was also part of the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clark Hochgraf, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Laura Shackelford; Stacy Nation-Knapper, Montana State University - Bozeman; Daniele Brown, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET)

students understand how to use reflective practices toshape their future choices based on examination of current experiences. It also requires a change infaculty mindset, from viewing e-portfolios as a collection of artifacts, to viewing e-portfolios asdevelopmental tools that drive student growth in classrooms. Story-based reasoning and reflection,provides the essential link between an entrepreneurial mindset and a technology skillset.Our university, the Rochester Institute of Technology, has begun implementation of vertical integration ofe-portfolio practices through modifications to a first-year course for all students, to second- and fourth-year engineering-content courses, and to a third-year career orientation course. We present

Conference Session

ERM: Let's Continue the Conversation about Tests! Part 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

their answers toproblems, and the second time to engage in some reflective activity comparing their approach ortheir answers with solutions provided by the instructor. This study identifies 14 suchapproaches, looks at what they have in common and how they differ, and summarizes theirresearch findings.1. IntroductionAs almost everyone in academia now knows, web sites like Chegg and CourseHero enablestudents to download homework answers, rather than doing the problems themselves. Thismakes it challenging for instructors to get their students to undertake enough practice to learnconcepts thoroughly. Several recent ASEE conference papers report on strategies thatincorporate metacognitive activities into homework assignments, so that students cannot

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Tech; Ingrid St. Omer, Virginia Tech

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #22127Where Should We Begin? Establishing a Baseline for First-year StudentAwareness of Engineering EthicsMs. Natalie C.T. Van Tyne, Virginia Tech Natalie Van Tyne is an Associate Professor of Practice at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univer- sity, where she teaches first year engineering design as a foundation courses for Virginia Tech’s under- graduate engineering degree programs. She holds bachelors and masters degrees from Rutgers University, Lehigh University and Colorado School of Mines, and studies best practices in pedagogy, reflective learn- ing and critical thinking to inform enhanced student

Conference Session

Assessment in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Pittman, Texas Tech University; Sheima Khatib, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University

Confidence and Judgements of Problem-Solving Processes in Senior Level Chemical Engineering StudentsAbstractMetacognitive reflection and problem-solving confidence are key factors in the development ofproblem-solving skills. However, engineering education research has seldom looked at therelationship between confidence, as an affective process, and problem-solving skills, as a moretechnical or analytic process. The goal of this study was to identify and quantify students’reflections on changes in their confidence that emerged through participation in a content-reviewcourse for engineering students – i.e., determine what students reported to be the driving forcesbehind changes in confidence. The participants were chemical engineering seniors

Conference Session

ERM: Problem Solving and Conceptual Understanding

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Sheima Khatib, Texas Tech University; Jacob Vaughn, Texas Tech University

includesteps of choosing equations, monitoring, and evaluating problem solutions, and the combinationof these steps into more complex problem-solving strategies. These are metacognitive processesbecause they require the solver to think about anticipated, ongoing, and final problem-solvingsteps. Although research has identified characteristic differences between novice and expertproblem solvers, less is known about the more detailed ways in which students develop theirproblem-solving methods through experience. In this research project, we asked 1) Whichproblem-solving strategies do students report using, 2) Is strategy use correlated with level ofmetacognitive reflection and problem-solving confidence, 3) Is strategy use correlated withobjective

Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne (Eng)

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Architectural

is to design a singlefamily house for Habitat for Humanity with an ADA accessible bath and kitchen. Data fromstudents’ reflective journals is used to draw a descriptive map of the social-psychological stagesthat occur during service-learning. In addition, textual analysis reveals that students progressthrough three identifiable stages of development: exciting but lost, comfortable, and engagement.The recommendations were made to the body of knowledge of service learning. To increase theeffectiveness of service-learning outcomes, faculty members must understand these specificcognitive processes that accompany community-based learning.Statement of PurposeThis paper addresses the social-psychological aspects of students’ participation in the

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elisa Koolman, University of Texas at Austin; Boni Frances Yraguen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

participated in various educational stud- ies on the impact of student reflections, authentic learning assignments, ad the use of technology in the classroom. Boni hopes to pursue a career in academia with a focus on teaching and engineering education.Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology Roxanne Moore is currently a Research Engineer at Georgia Tech with appointments in the school of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Education Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Computing (CEISMC). She is involved with engineering education innoDr. Katherine Fu, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems Dr. Kate Fu is the Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of

Conference Session

Student Division Technical 4: Student Experience & Competencies

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Vaughn, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Sheima Khatib, Texas Tech University

educators haveresearched strategies that students utilize when problem solving, there is essentially no researchon how engineering students change their strategies over time. The goal of this study was to gaininformation on how students proposed to change their strategies after problem-solving reviewactivities and being prompted to reflect on how they would change their strategies on subsequentproblems. The participants were chemical engineering students enrolled in a 3-hour senior levelreview course designed to prepare them to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.Data were collected through responses on a weekly survey for which students received a smallhomework credit. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were applied to the data. This

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2020 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Douglas Bohl

Mechanical and Aeronautical, Civil andEnvironmental, and Engineering and Management departments. Engaging students by makingthe subject personally relevant is challenging given these boundary conditions. Personalconnection is needed to actively engage the students in their learning. This paper describes aflow visualization project that is designed to personalize fluid mechanics by having students takeand reflect on a picture of a flow field that they find “interesting”. The results of this project isassessed and the outcomes described based on four criteria: 1. Originality of the picture; 2:aesthetic Quality of the picture; 3. Clarity of the flow visualization; 4. seriousness of theReflection. The Navier-Stokes Equations are the fundamental

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter A. Rosati

Gender Differences in the Learning Preferences of Engineering Students P.A. Rosati The University of Western Ontario AbstractThe results are compared of the responses of female and male engineering students to anIndex of Learning Styles. This self-report forced-choice instrument classifies the learningpreferences of the respondents on four scales; Active/Reflective, Sensing/Intuition,Visual/Verbal and Sequential/Global. Both male and female students showed a clearpreference for Active, Sensing, Visual, Sequential learning. However, the female students’learning preferences were

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15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider, University of Virginia; Shaylin Williams, University of Virginia; Esther Tian, University of Virginia

studentsgrow.Format:This 90-minute session will be comprised of four interwoven explorations of distinct kinds offeedback implemented in a large public Mid-Atlantic university’s First Year Engineering (FYE)program, followed by a conversation underlining how they work in tandem with one another.The mini sessions will vary in presentation, but will all provide background informationalongside examples of how the feedback was collected and applied to support studentdevelopment. The mini sessions will be sequential, and all workshop participants will go throughthem together.Learning Goals:Attendees will be able to identify and explain how four provided kinds of feedback–a full-yearpre- and post-survey, career reflection assignments, module reflection assignments, and

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael S. Pritchard; Edmund Tsang

societalcontext.” Most literature on engineering ethics and, to a lesser degree, on societalaspects of technology, focuses on the negative of wrongdoing, its prevention, andappropriate sanctions of misconduct. This paper proposes a more positive approach toteaching engineering ethics and social impact of technology via service-learning byoffering justifications for the pedagogy based on engineering codes of ethics. This paperexamines reflection issues in engineering, without which the full benefit of the service-learning pedagogy cannot be realized. The paper concludes by offering suggestions onreflection course materials for three types of service-learning projects found commonlyin engineering.Service-learning is “a form of experiential education in

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen B. Wendell, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Christopher George Wright, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Patricia C. Paugh, University of Massachusetts, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

supportstudents' engineering design practices across all engineering curricula. In particular, studentsneed support in developing ways of talking and writing that enable practices such as proposingpossible design solutions and redesigning. Such practices require engineers to engage inreflective decision-making in communication with others (NRC, 2012).In this work-in-progress, we are developing and studying multimedia engineering notebook toolsthat support urban elementary students’ engagement in engineering practices, particularly thosethat involve reflective decision-making with fellow students. Our work is a close collaborationwith elementary teacher researchers, and we are in the first phase of a three-year project.Together we are exploring the

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Wende Garrison, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-5477: PORTFOLIOS TO PROFESSORIATE: HELPING STUDENTSINTEGRATE PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES THROUGH EPORTFOLIOSDr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa McNair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Assistant Department Head for Graduate Programs and co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communication Center. Her research includes interdisciplinary collaboration, com- munication studies, identity theory, and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include: interdisciplinary pedagogy for pervasive computing design; writing across the cur- riculum in statics courses; a a CAREER award to explore the use of e

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

 and  revision  of  the  standard  engineering  curricula  and  practices.    The  main  objectives  of  the  paper  will  be  to  explore  this  practical  question:  “How  can  instructors  and  administrators  gradually  make  the  fundamental  changes  needed  to  move  the  courses  and  curricular  structures  of  engineering  programs  to  match  the  Deweyan  (inquiry-­‐based)  educational  philosophy?”  [1-­‐4]      Engineering-­‐program  reform  would  have  a  better  chance  of  success  if  in  gradual,  progressive  steps  engineering  faculty  come  to  reflect  on  their  underlying  educational  value  systems  and  belief  structures  in  the  context  of  their  specific  pedagogic  practices.  Thus,  this  paper  attempts

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nusaybah Abu-Mulaweh, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Software Engineering Division

from varying academic levels, first-year to finalyear. Students are required to complete weekly reflections which were analyzed to attain insightinto their experience. The study provides insights into how the students attempt to balance theirown learning, project implementation, and community relations and impact while developingsoftware solutions.Introduction Service-learning or community-engaged learning has seen a significant and growing interestwithin engineering and computing education as a means to meet learning outcomes, integrateprofessional preparation into the curriculum, and address human and environmental needs withinour local and global communities. While engineering and computing have been slower than otherdisciplines to adopt

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Paper ID #39783What If They Choose: Surfacing Insights Associated with a Pedagogy forDoctoral EducationDr. Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington Dr. Jennifer Turns is a full professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington. Engineering education is her primary area of scholarship, and has been throughout her career. In her work, she currently focuses on the role of reflection in engineering student learning and the relationship of research and practice in engineering education. In recent years, she has been the co-director of the

Conference Session

Trends in Accreditation and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

currently interested in engineering design education, engineering education policy, and the philosophy of engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 A Philosophical Perspective on ABET's Proposed Changes to Criterion 3 and Criterion 5This paper critiques the proposed changes to the ABET criteria through the lens of thephilosophical system outlined in 20th Century Scottish philosopher John Macmurray’s GiffordLectures. Changes to ABET criteria reflect beliefs about the purpose of education, andphilosophy enables a dialog about underlying beliefs and assumptions; thus this analysis isintended to provoke discussion of alternate forms and processes of

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jameka Wiggins, The Ohio State University; Monica Farmer Cox, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

assess and reconstruct their professional practices that influence their mindset andreform engineering education.Introduction Critical consciousness is an advanced educational pedagogy to liberate the masses fromsystemic inequity maintained and perpetuated by interdependent systems and institutions (Freire,1970; Jemal, 2017). It is often situated in the context of analyzing oppressive systemic forcesusing the cyclic process of critical reflection, critical motivation, and critical action. Critical reflection is defined as the process of individuals analyzing their reality andsocial inequities (e.g., economic, racial/ethnic, and gender inequities) that constrain well-beingand human agency. Authors argue that individuals who are

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan David Ortega, Purdue University, West Lafayette / Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia; Ruth A. Streveler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Audeen W. Fentiman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Harsh Wardhan Aggarwal, Purdue University; Sayan Biswas, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University; Brandon S Coventry, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University; Abdel-Rahman Hassan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret L McNamara, Purdue University; Smirti Nandan Paul, Purdue University

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Student

the task9 .The willingness to engage in a task can be further classified into what Eccles has defined as subjectivetask values (STV). There are four categories of STV in Eccles’ theory: 1) attainment, 2) intrinsic, 3)utility, and 4) relative cost. Attainment value is defined as the reflection of one’s perception of a task onone’s self-concept. Intrinsic or interest value is related to the enjoyment one experiences when engagingin a task. Utility value is defined as a perception one has of the potential outcomes of future engagementin a particular task. Finally, the relative cost is the cost of engaging in a task in terms of time, effort orpsychological factors associated with it9,12 .Participants and data collectionThe participants in this

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Shivani Kundalia; Carol Subiño Sullivan, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD)

characteristics that a student brings to an educa- tional setting and their influence on students’ learning (ii) to study the role of culture inspired creative design projects on students’ sense-of-be- longing (iii) quantify students’ perceptions on the interventions and their reflections on culture in- spired creative design projects.In this study, students incorporate their cultural / cross-cultural influence on creative home-décorproducts at the conceptual stages of design through creative ideation, sketching, CAD and proto-typing. Students enhanced engagement and sense of belonging in learning engineering graphicsis assessed through pre and post-activity reflection and quality of students’ design

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement in Engineering Leadership Development Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seth Claberon Sullivan, Texas A&M University; Beth Koufteros, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

, collaborative in theirdecision-making, and humbly self-confident in their behaviors.The five-semester leadership program, commencing spring of sophomore year, is designed toprovide a cohort of students with a broader perspective of the world in which they will live andwork. Personal growth and self-improvement, rooted in reflection and dialogue, are thefoundation of the program. Engagement with industry professionals and development of self-awareness helps them discover a sense for how they will fit into this world, a deeper insight intotheir individual potential, and a specific view of how they want to begin their professionalcareers. Students earn a certificate in Holistic Leadership upon completion of the program.Students in the Zachry Leadership

Conference Session

FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Everaldo Marques de Aguiar Jr., University of Notre Dame; G. Alex Ambrose, University of Notre Dame; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame; Jay B. Brockman, University of Notre Dame; Nitesh Chawla, University of Notre Dame

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First-Year Programs

) as an assessment tool for their Introduction toEngineering course sequence. While each year the ePortfolio assignments have expanded, theyhave been focused largely in three types of reflections: (1) student experiences within the collegebut outside of the course, (2) the skills gained specifically through course projects, and (3) theirfour year plan to be a successful engineering student as defined by the ABET a-k criteria.ePortfolio assignments were initially included to allow students to reflect on their education,develop evidence of their blossoming skills, and take control of their graduation plan. After thefirst year of practice, there was a clear secondary benefit to the faculty and student advisors.Anecdotally, student reflections