Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession – and ASCE

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janey Camp P.E., Vanderbilt University; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers; Carolyn Sofman, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

position.Teachers can further benefit from asking local engineers to assist with the hands-on activitiesand/or classroom discussions about infrastructure including its design, maintenance, andoperations. Engineers mutually benefit from classroom visits by inspiring the next generation ofyoung, bright minds to consider engineering to help address the future challenges that we facewith an aging infrastructure system and also further curating good stewards of the infrastructurethat we have. This is in addition to helping to fill the gap that our nation is facing in the numberof civil engineering jobs and lack of educated individuals to fill those jobs.Grades K-6As mentioned earlier, the Report Card can be used to broaden student views of civil engineering

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering; Yona Jean-Pierre, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #19528Evaluating a Flipped Lab Approach in a First-Year Engineering Design CourseDr. Jack Bringardner, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering Jack Bringardner is an Assistant Professor in the First-Year Engineering Program at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He studied civil engineering and received his B.S. from the Ohio State University and his M.S and Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary focus is developing curriculum and pedagogical techniques for engineering education, particularly in the Introduction to Engineering and Design course at NYU. He has a background in Transportation

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Eric Meyer, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

research design, it is important to keep in mind the limitations inherent in thisstudy. First, the results presented here are based on the analysis of students from a single coursewithin a multidisciplinary engineering department at a large, public institution. Additionalresearch of other engineering disciplines, senior design experiences, and at other institutionscould further enrich the results. Within the data collection design, the activities provided tostudents use terminology viewed as accessible to students; however, the results may be limitedbased on students’ interpretation of this terminology. This instrument was also not explicitlydesigned to explore iteration exclusively, as a result, it is possible that some students’perceptions were

Conference Session

Faculty Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mel Chua, Olin College of Engineering; Lynn Andrea Stein, Olin College of Engineering

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #19569Cargo Cults and Cognitive Apprenticeships: Two Frameworks for AdoptingUnfamiliar Curricular CulturesMel Chua, Olin College of Engineering Mel is an engineering education researcher who works with postmodern qualitative methodologies, cur- ricular cultures within and inspired by hacker/maker communities, and engineering faculty formation. She is also an electrical and computer engineer and auditory low-pass filter who occasionally draws research cartoonProf. Lynn Andrea Stein, Olin College of Engineering Lynn Andrea Stein is Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science at Olin College of Engineering in

Conference Session

Professional Skills development in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Matthew Cromwell, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Andreas Febrian, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #16497Student’s Self-Regulation in Managing Their Capstone Senior Design ProjectsDr. Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University Dr. Oenardi Lawanto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State University, USA. He received his B.S.E.E. from Iowa State University, his M.S.E.E. from the University of Dayton, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to Utah State, Dr. Lawanto taught and held several administrative positions at one large private university in In- donesia. He has developed and delivered numerous international workshops on student

Conference Session

Creative and Cross-disciplinary Methods Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael Hoge Carriere, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2012-4686: INTEGRATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONINTO AN ENGINEERING CURRICULUM THROUGH SERVICE LEARN-ING AND THE LIBERAL ARTSDr. Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering Katherine Hennessey Wikoff is an Associate Professor in the General Studies Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where she teaches courses in communication, literature, film studies, and political science.Dr. Michael Hoge Carriere, Milwaukee School of Engineering Michael Carriere is an Assistant Professor at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, where he teaches courses on American history, public policy, political science, environmental studies, and urban design. He has written for such publications as the

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Chang, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jessica Townsend, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2008-1987: A BLANK SLATE: CREATING A NEW SENIOR ENGINEERINGCAPSTONE EXPERIENCEMark Chang, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Mark L. Chang is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.Jessica Townsend, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Jessica Townsend is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Page 13.8.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 A Blank Slate: Creating a New Senior Engineering Capstone

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, College of Engineering Pune; Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe, College of Engineering, Pune

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #6029A Framework for Liberal Learning in an Engineering College.Dr. Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, College of Engineering Pune Pradeep Waychal has close to 30 years of experience in renowned academic and business organizations. He has been the founder and head of Innovation Center of College of Engineering Pune. Prior to that, for over 20 years, he has worked with a multinational corporation, Patni Computer Systems where he has played varied roles in delivery, corporate and sales organizations. He has led large international business relationships and incubated Centre of Excellences for business intelligence, process

Conference Session

Topics in Computer Science and Programming

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mark J. Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Computers in Education

AC 2012-3347: TEACHING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING: AN ACTIVELEARNING APPROACHDr. Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering Walter Schilling is an Assistant Professor in the Software Engineering program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Milwaukee, Wis. He received his B.S.E.E. from Ohio Northern University and M.S.E.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Toledo. He worked for Ford Motor Company and Visteon as an embed- ded software engineer for several years prior to returning for doctoral work. He has spent time at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and consulted for multiple embedded systems companies in the Midwest. In addition to one U.S. Patent, Schilling has numerous publications in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: The Student Experience

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, and then, in general, with demonstrates a passion for everything I work on. I’m somebody who is ... I’m always helping others through their looking at the bigger picture. I want to see where the end engineering work result is. I like to keep that in mind. I like to see how what I’m doing, no matter how tedious it is. If I’m sitting there, trying to learn how to solder as a chemical engineer, that, in the end, this is going to help, that this is going to be

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Liberal Education

AC 2007-787: PAUL REVERE IN THE SCIENCE LAB: INTEGRATINGHUMANITIES AND ENGINEERING PEDAGOGIES TO DEVELOP SKILLS INCONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND SELF-DIRECTED LEARNINGRobert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Robert Martello is an Associate Professor of the History of Science and Technology at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering.Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Jonathan Stolk is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. Page 12.1147.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Yates, National Society of Black Engineers; Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Paper ID #19212Minority Women in the Workplace: Early Career Challenges and Strategiesfor Overcoming ObstaclesNicole Yates, National Society of Black Engineers Nicole Yates currently serves as the Senior Research Analyst for the National Society of Black Engineers. She graduated from Stanford University with a Master’s degree in Psychology and completed a thesis that focused on gender differences in reasons for switching from STEM to non-STEM majors. Her background is in research and academia.Ms. Roberta Rincon, Society of Women Engineers Dr. Rincon joined the Society of Women Engineers in February 2016 as the Manager of

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Materials

2006-1851: HOW MUCH CAN (OR SHOULD) WE PUSH SELF-DIRECTION ININTRODUCTORY MATERIALS SCIENCE?Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringAlexander Dillon, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Page 11.695.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 How much can (or should) we push self-direction in introductory materials science?AbstractA capacity for self-directed, life-long learning is often cited as a critical skill for tomorrow’sengineers. The student response to high levels of self-directed learning, however, is not alwayspositive, particularly in introductory level courses. Some students enthusiastically embrace

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casey Gibson, National Academy of Engineering; David A. Butler, National Academy of Engineering

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

treatment, accessibility technology, andmore, but have also supported and inspired younger generations of engineers from an array ofbackgrounds to pursue and succeed in engineering, bolstering engineering capacity nationwide.When assessing the ways that the NSF and NAE have conceptualized and communicatedengineering’s societal impacts, it’s important to bear in mind the explicit goals of theseinstitutions—to not only highlight societal impacts of engineering research, but tosimultaneously garner interest and participation in engineering amongst wide audiences andjustify the importance of federal funding for engineering research. Thus, visible, relatable, andpositive examples are helpful. The NAE’s current mandate explicitly states that the

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Danielle Trenchard, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Christopher Lombardo, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #29635A New Framework for Student-Led Cocurricular Design ProjectsMiss Nicole Danielle Trenchard, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Nicole Trenchard is an Engineering Sciences degree candidate at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. A member of the Harvard College Class of 2020, her professional focus has been on hardware engineering. In addition to her mechanical engineering coursework, Miss Trenchard has served as a student volunteer, project lead, and state representative with the Harvard SEAS Engineers Without Borders Chapter. In 2019 she started her three-year term as the

Conference Session

Professional Skills and Teaming in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tehya Stockman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Claire Elizabeth Kincaid, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Thomas Andrew Heale, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Steven Eric Meyer, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #18461Preparing Students for a Collaborative Engineering Design Work Environ-ment: A Study of Practicing EngineersMs. Tehya Stockman, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering I am a current student at Franklin W. Olin College of engineering pursuing a degree in mechanical engi- neering with a concentration in sustainability. I have passions for art, design, education, and sustainability.Miss Claire Elizabeth Kincaid, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Student of Mechanical Engineering, research interests include design, education, and materials scienceMr. Thomas Andrew Heale, Franklin W. Olin College of

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, & Curriculum Design Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Adva Waranyuwat, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Emily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

Paper ID #24891Work in Progress: Bridging the gap between accommodations letters andemerging classroom practicesDr. Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Alisha Sarang-Sieminski is an Associate Professor of bioengineering and the director of SCOPE at Olin College of Engineering. Their work focuses on low-tech design to maximize mobility and amplifying under-represented voices within engineering.Adva WaranyuwatEmily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of EngineeringDr. Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Dr. Wood is a distinguished researcher in the fields of both water and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: RED 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Kathleen E. Cook, Seattle University; Gregory Mason P.E., Seattle University; Teodora Rutar Shuman, Seattle University; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #29377Engineering with Engineers: Fostering Engineering Identity throughIndustry ImmersionDr. Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University Yen-Lin Han is an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Seattle University. Her research interests include micro-scale molecular gas dynamics, micro fluidics, and heat transfer ap- plications in MEMS and medical devices as well as autonomous vehicles and robotics. She is passionate about Engineering Education and experienced in developing inverted classroom lectures and facilitat- ing students’ learning through authentic engineering problems. She is currently

Collection

2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Veronika Zhiteneva, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

in which your lesson or activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields.i At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity Other (please describe below)Provide a description of how you will explicitly address

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _Monday June 26, 11:00 - 12:30

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth McDonald, United States Military Academy, Department of Systems Engineering

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

arise, to when they sleep. Quite simply, it isimpossible for someone not to engage engineering in some manner on a reoccurring basis intoday’s modern world. This is a weighty concept for the profession and the practicingengineer. The relationship of engineering and society dictates that engineers operate in goodfaith to ensure the welfare of society is paramount. As such, engineering ethics are a part of thiscomplex relationship and the education of engineering students should be effective in makingthem more ethically minded. This paper will set up virtue ethics as a needed approach inengineering ethics education and exams four virtues as the hallmarks of an engineer: phronesis,justice, fortitude and honesty.engineering as a valued

Collection

2014 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Tom Kalil, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

–Engineering Biological Systems–Advanced Manufacturing, NNMI–Materials Genome–Big Data Current Administration Grand ChallengesNIH, DARPA, and DOE SunShot NASA’s Asteroid USAID’s GrandNSF BRAIN Grand Challenge, Grand Challenge, Challenges forInitiative, to to make solar energy to find all asteroid Development,revolutionize our cost competitive threats to human including Savingunderstanding of the with coal by the end populations and Lives athuman mind and of the decade, know what to do Birth thatuncover new ways to and EV about them catalyzestreat, prevent, and Everywhere

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

may be more universally achievable. Kindness avoids setting up ahierarchy. There are not ‘victims’. We don’t need to understand the particulars of circumstancesand sit in judgement. Kindness is also associated with the positive emotions of happiness andjoy, in contrast with compassion [27]. Further discussion of the affordances of kindness as amodel for engineering are discussed after the literature survey process.Connections between kindness and other concepts that resulted from an attempt to summarizethe literature are shown in Figure 1. While certainly not exhaustive, keeping these relationshipsin mind is helpful.Figure 1. Concept map for kindnessLiteratureA number of publications discuss the idea of kindness and the related concepts of

Conference Session

New Faculty Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University

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New Engineering Educators

skill can be accomplished througha concerned engineering faculty speaking about communication, not preaching about it. Byinvolving students in the work that they themselves do, the faculty of every engineering departmentcan stimulate a massive movement in the production of improved engineering text. Along with thediscussion on the need for a greater awareness of how text is presented the assignments that aregiven by each instructor can allow the students to speak their minds through short one- minute writeups at the end of class, quick 1 or 2 sentences comments about previous lectures or assignments, ormemos. These short assignments combined with longer formal reports can provide the studentengineer with ample ground upon which to want to

Conference Session

Innovation and Measuring Success in Graduate Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fleisig, McMaster University; Harry Mahler, Ontario College of Art and Design

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Graduate Studies

-value and moreinnovative designs than his or her peers.This has meant designing a sustainable program with these stakeholders in mind: leadingand innovative local employers, engineering graduates, and academia. Each of thesestakeholders requires a specially attenuated message aimed at their particular perspectiveas to the role of leading design engineers. In particular, to involve academia in this processmeans that they too must be able to evaluate not only the technical competence of designfrom within a positivist1 paradigm but also the creative aspects of the work.Herein lies the difficulty. Engineering faculties, such as ours in a research-intensiveinstitution, has no experience or understanding of creative aspects of engineering designand

Conference Session

Topics in Engineering Ethics IV

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Catalano, State University of New York, Binghamton; Caroline Baillie, Queens University, Kingston

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Engineering Ethics

necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue. Dalai Lama2What exactly is meant by an engineering based on love? As engineers and engineeringeducators, some of us have encountered traditional applied ethics theories includingUtilitarianism,3 rights-based ethics4 and virtue ethics5 to name a few. As a starting pointfor the present work, a brief description of each of these applied ethical theories shall be

Collection

2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Carlos Bertha

practical-minded people, engineers are better served by learning to approachmoral dilemmas by way of the second method rather than the first. I simply think engineers (andother less-theoretically-inclined people) learn more easily when they use argument as a problem-solving method. It is my contention, however, that engineering ethics courses (and appliedethics courses in general) tend to over-emphasize the “warrants based on precedence,” meaningthat more is done to provide details about paradigm cases than is done to address the otheraspects of the model.At this point it might be reasonable to pause and ask, what is the purpose of an engineeringethics course? Is it to teach future engineers to make better moral decisions? Or is it to

Conference Session

Exploring the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Suzann Girtz, Gonzaga University; Stephen E. Silliman, Gonzaga University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #19294Exploring Engineering MindsetDr. George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky George D. Ricco is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Kentucky. He focuses his work between teaching in the first-year engineering program at UK and research in student progression. Previously, he was the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Program Coordinator at Gonzaga University in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He completed his doctorate in engineering education from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education. He received an M.S. in earth and planetary

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Off the Beaten Path

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Tori Rhoulac Smith, Howard University; David Socha, University of Washington; Dawn Williams, Howard University; Ken Yasuhara

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2007-2681: STORYTELLING IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONRobin Adams, Purdue University Robin S. Adams is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She also leads the Institute for Scholarship on Engineering Education (ISEE) as part of the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE). Dr. Adams received her PhD in Education, Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Washington, a MS in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Washington, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Adams' research is concentrated on design cognition and learning

Conference Session

Expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Engineering Cultures from a Theoretical Perspective

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeff Dusek, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Daniela Faas, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Emily Ferrier, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robyn Goodner, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alisha L. Sarang-Sieminski, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Adva Waranyuwat, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

higher numbers of disclosed disabilities, there is some indication that reporting is still not where it needs to be. The 2016 Healthy Minds Study suggested that up to 35% of students enrolled in higher education institutions met the criteria for at least one mental disorder in the prior 12 months [2]. This statistic indicates that the rate of reporting dramatically underrepresents the number of students in need of accommodation and demonstrates the importance of universal design in all classrooms to truly serve all students.   Universal Design Principles (UDP) were introduced in 1997 in order to make space more usable for people with diverse abilities by a group of architects, product designers, engineers and environmental design researchers to

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Branco, Politecnico de Viseu; Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

, and engineering societies in Portugaland abroad. The goal was to provide cases and situations where students could know andunderstand the importance of engineering in society, to recognize the field of engineering and theapplications that can be performed, as well as the social and ethical responsibility that anengineer must keep in mind when designing and taking decisions.Also under this item, through the professor’s own life experience, students’ awareness was raisedto the importance of life-long learning; he also raised their awareness of cases of engineers whoexperienced several changes in their lives which forced them to redirect their professionalcareers, thus stressing the need for an open-minded approach when planning one’s life.The