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Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Ford, University of Washington, Tacoma; Aleya Dhanji, Highline Community College; Kira Glynn King; Jie Sheng, University of Washington; Skyler Roth, Highline Community College; Emese Hadnagy, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Paper ID #38659From Cooperation to Alliance: Transforming a Transfer Partnership toPromote Engineering Degree Pathways for Underrepresented StudentsDr. Matthew Ford, University of Washington, Tacoma Matthew J. Ford (he/him) received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and went on to complete his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. After completing a postdoc with the Cornell Active Learning Initiative, he joined the School of Engineering and Technology at UW Tacoma to help establish its new mechanical engineering program. His teaching

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2004 GSW

Authors

Mario G. Beruvides

world problems is a strong one. This permeates much of education andinstruction today. Everything from flight simulators to executive management business games Proceedings of the 2004 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Texas Tech University Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationare demonstrations of this educational mind set. The use of case studies is another educationalplatform or format that attempts to simulate reality. Business schools have used this tool foryears. It is known by the name of one of the more famous business schools that pioneered themethod – the Harvard case study method. The case study method has been used

Conference Session

Issues Facing STEM Programs at Rural Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Umar Iqbal; Alta Knizley, Mississippi State University; Jenna Johnson, Mississippi State University; Rani Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Shane Brauer, Mississippi State University

guiding their academic journey also increase [11]. However,prospective students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to have access toinformational resources about college [12]. To improve informational access, we will create anonline, self-paced course in Canvas, Mississippi State University’s learning managementsoftware. All admitted engineering transfer students will be granted immediate access to thecourse.With social cognitive career theory in mind, the first step in positioning transfer students forsuccess is to ensure the major they have chosen at Mississippi State University aligns with theirpersonal interests. Transfer students enter Mississippi State University having completed generaleducation requirements and typically

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First-Year Programs: Focus on Student Success I

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University; Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #34699Self-Efficacy, Mathematical Mindset, and Self-Direction in First-YearEngineering StudentsDr. Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University Dr. Cavalli is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Associate Dean in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His technical research interests include materials behavior and solid mechanics. His educational interests include distance education and first-year student success. He has previously served as the Chair of the Materials Division of ASEE.Ms. Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University Anetra Grice is has served as the STEP Program Director for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott; Adam R. Carberry, Arizona State University; Caroline Bolton, Bucknell University; Caitlyn Aaron

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #32427Is it Rocket Science or Brain Science? Developing an Approach to MeasureEngineering IntuitionDr. Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University Dr. Elif Miskio˘glu is an early-career engineering education scholar and educator. She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (with Genetics minor) from Iowa State University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Ohio State University. Her early Ph.D. work focused on the development of bacterial biosensors capable of screening pesticides for specifically targeting the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. As a result, her diverse background also includes

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erica Haugtvedt, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Duane L. Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

[8] [see appendix A for the program translated into C++].Who Was Ada Lovelace?Ada Lovelace, daughter of the famed poet Lord Byron and known as Ada Byron, first metCharles Babbage at a party in 1833 when she was 17 and he was 41. Lovelace was fascinatedwith Babbage’s Difference Engine. With her analytical mind she could understand how itworked as few people could since she had been extensively tutored in mathematics throughouther childhood. Her mother had decided that a solid grounding in mathematics would ward offthe wild and romantic flair that possessed Lovelace’s estranged father. After meeting in 1833,Lovelace and Babbage remained a part of the same social circle and wrote to each otherfrequently [9].Ada Byron married William King in

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Faculty Development Evidence-based Practices!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chris Migotsky, University of Illinois

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Faculty Development Division

and have littleteaching experience. Their research skills are fairly strong and tend to be nurtured and mentoredwithin their respective departments. Unfortunately, teaching development is a process that tendsto be ignored by departments and left to the university or college. Our university has a requiredtraining program for new teaching assistants, but only an optional series of teaching-relatedworkshops for new faculty. In engineering, our faculty do not participate at a high rate in theuniversity teaching center sessions, so the college program is key to their success as instructors.The weekly lunch sessions also provide a relaxed atmosphere to connect with other newinstructors and build a community of like-minded faculty who are struggling

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine Hendricks Belk, Clemson University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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Student

literature.Hsi, Linn, and Bell state in their paper The Role of Spatial Reasoning in Engineering and theDesign of Spatial Instruction, "…the social context of spatial strategy instruction oftenencourages anxiety and frustration rather than learning" [33]. Engineering educators can providelearning environments that foster positive social interaction in the classroom in addition tocontent knowledge and procedural knowledge. This work contributes to enabling engineeringeducators to be mindful of spatial abilities and anxiety related to spatial information inengineering.ConclusionWe reviewed the literature on information processing theory, spatial abilities, anxiety, and theirrelationships. Spatial ability includes visualization, organizing information

Conference Session

M2C: Learning by Design 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Scott Duplicate Streiner, Rowan University; Duncan Davis, Northeastern University; Richard Tyler Cimino, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

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FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

Paper ID #27998Creating Engaging Escape Rooms in First Year Engineering Courses: A PilotStudyDr. Scott Streiner, Rowan University Dr. Scott Streiner is an assistant professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department (ExEEd) at Rowan University. He received his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, with a focus in engineering education. His research interests include engineering global competency, cur- ricula and assessment; pedagogical innovations through game-based and playful learning; spatial skills development and engineering ethics education. His funded research explores the

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing: STEM Outreach

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Terence Fagan, Central Piedmont Community College

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Manufacturing

certainengineers’ attributes. The raw data is in A3. The attributes include: communication (3 students),ideas (1), interconnectivity (1), understanding problems (2), open minds (1) and not sure(1). Note the not sure group is from the author’s point of view of the student’s answer. Figure 4.) Illustrates the grouping of the students answering the engineering attributes of how can engineers work with other citizens together to solve problems?Question 2: Think of a [engineering] principle that can be applied to help understand a socialproblem. How does your thought process [as an engineer] affect the way you view social issues?Can social issues affect the way you do science?Question 2 focused

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ECE Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University

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Electrical and Computer

2006-928: A SOLID-STATE MATERIALS AND DEVICES COURSE FORSOPHOMORE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTSLihong (Heidi) Jiao, Grand Valley State University Lihong (Heidi) Jiao, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Padnos College of Engineering and Computing at Grand Valley State University. She received her B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. from Nankai University, China and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Her interests include semiconductor device fabrication, nanotechnologies and fiber optics. Page 11.120.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 An

Conference Session

Pre-College: Teacher Impact on Student Mastery

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wilson-Lopez, Utah State University, Teacher Education and Leadership; Jared W. Garlick, Utah State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

discussions related to engineeringdesign, especially when these teachers are working with large populations of English learners.The purpose of this exploratory study was therefore to identify the discourse moves that twomiddle school teachers used to foster dialogic exchanges between their students, many of whomwere English learners, as they engaged in engineering design activities. Related LiteratureMany teachers engage in discourse that is monologic—or to use van de Weghe’s phrase, theyplay the game of “What’s on my mind?” (p. 88). Decades of research has indicated thatmonologic patterns—most notably, the I-R-E patterns—dominate classroom discourse regardlessof academic discipline.1, 8 Nystrand and colleagues

Conference Session

Graduate Student Support

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen Zerbe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

understanding students’ attitudes towards writing can lead to improved competency.Graduate engineering writing education in the United States, however, is complicated by the factthat over half of U.S. engineering graduate students are international. While most graduateprograms require English proficiency exams, like the TOEFL or IELTS, these exams do notmeasure proficiency at disciplinary academic writing, the genre of which is “foreign” even to U.S.domestic students. With these two populations in mind, this study seeks to investigate the attitudesof graduate engineering student writers, seeking to draw comparisons and illuminate differencesin the ways in which graduate engineering students conceptualize and approach the writing processin order to lend

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Potpourri

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Graham, Johns Hopkins University; Pamela H. Sheff, Johns Hopkins University; Evelyn Carolina Torres-Alfaro, Johns Hopkins University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #21672Comparing U.S. and International Students’ Motivations for Selecting a Mas-ter’s in Engineering (MEM) ProgramMr. Robert Graham, Johns Hopkins University Robert Graham is a Lecturer in the Center for Leadership Education in Johns Hopkins University’s Whit- ing School of Engineering, where he has taught business communication courses since 2014. Graham, who has a Master’s degree in communications from The American University, has co-authored several ar- ticles on non-technical skills and has taught English, journalism and business communications courses at Goucher College and Towson University. After a

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wangping Sun, Oregon Institute of Technology; Qi Zhang, Yangzhou University

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Diversity

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International

future planThe teaching of the Advanced Manufacturing Systems was a success. This course exploredseveral engineering disciplines with a reasonable depth of discussion for each topic. It refreshedthe students’ minds by introducing the latest trend, state-of-art philosophies and concepts inmanufacturing field. It also provided the students with a systematic way to creatively combinetheory and applications to solve practical problems.By integrating the American teaching style, a student-centered environment was created and itprovided a positive atmosphere to enhance student learning. The students showed high learningpassion, strong interest in solving open-ended questions, significant self-motivation of usingLean concepts to address their research

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Jordan, Baylor University

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Materials

in developing countries. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Incorporating Active Learning and Sustainable Engineering Concepts into a Required Materials ClassAbstractIn Baylor University’s Mechanical Engineering program we have a required materialsengineering course taken during the junior year. This paper describes two sustainable materialsengineering modules that were added to this. Active learning techniques were used to introducethese topics. This project focused on using an Entrepreneurial Minded Learning (EML)approach to the materials course.The first module was about how a material’s structure affects its properties. The class examinedthe materials used in baseball

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Track: Special Topic - Social Justice and Reform Technical Session 6

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2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Ellen Foster, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, ​Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Special Topic: Social Justice & Reform

-basedmediation incorporating deep listening practices, followed by a directed visionary fiction writingexercises with prompts in relation to hoped for futures and outcomes in engineering education.The first exercise, meant to last about 5-10 minutes, will establish mindfulness, attention to one’scurrent emotional/physical state, and cultivate presence for the ensuing writing exercise. Withthe prompt we will have a free write, and then lead a conversation about shared visions,divergent visions, and intersecting themes with those already identified by interview participants.From here we may form action teams for brainstorming actionable items and strategies forfurthering the campaign. It is our intention, like the Highlander Institute, to culminate theory

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: First-year Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney A. Lemasney, Rowan University; Hayley M. Shuster, Rowan University; Kaitlin Mallouk, Rowan University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation, First-Year Programs

.” things Hands on Take things apart, build things “I also got involved with the robotics team and had always had a knack for using tools and building things.” Things work How/why things work “By going into engineering, we must be curious about how things work.” Negative Curiosity as a distraction, lacking “I think my curiosity and constant Curiosity in certain contexts wondering, causes my mind to wander a lot when I am in class.” Future

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2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson

in engineering established by the National Academy ofEngineering. What might not be as familiar to many of them is one of the challenges known as“Engineering the Tools of Scientific Discovery” In the summary of this challenge provided onthe NAE website [1] one can read the following: “In the popular mind, scientists and engineershave distinct job descriptions. Scientists explore, experiment, and discover; engineers create,design, and build. But in truth, the distinction is blurry, and engineers participate in the scientificprocess of discovery in many ways. Grand experiments and missions of exploration always needengineering expertise to design the tools, instruments, and systems that make it possible toacquire new knowledge about the

Conference Session

On Pedagogy of Lab Courses and Their Design

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nobuyuki Kitashoji, Kanazawa Institute of Technology; Eiichi Sentoku, Kanazawa Institute of Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

2006-1337: IMPLEMENTATION OF A PROBLEM-FINDING ANDPROBLEM-SOLVING ORIENTED ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT COURSE IN ALARGE CLASSNobuyuki Kitashoji, Kanazawa Institute of Technology Dr.Eng., Assistant Professor Practical Engineering Education Program Nobuyuki Kitashoji is an assistant professor of the Division of Practical Engineering Education Program at the Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Japan. He has been engaged in the problem-finding and problem-solving oriented engineering experiment course since 1999, endeavoring to improve a learning environment and textbooks so that students will be able to flexibly apply an experiment to deal with problems in any field. He has experience in research in

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Boyd Cartwright, General Electric; Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Ali Yalcin, University of South Florida

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Mathematics

Department of Mathematics.References 1. B. Obama, State of the Union Address, January 25, 2011, retrieved January 4, 2013, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2011. 2. National Research Council. “Rising above the gathering storm: Energizing and employing”, 2007. 3. D. Reich, “Why Engineering Majors Change Their Minds”, http://www.forbes.com/sites/danreich/2011/11/09/why-engineering-majors-change-their-minds/2/, Forbes Magazine, November 9, 2011. 4. A.W. Astin and H.S. Astin, “Undergraduate Science Education: The Impact of Different College Environments on the Educational Pipeline in the Sciences”, Los Angeles, Cal.: HERI UCLA, 1993. 5. C. Moller-Wong and A. Eide, “An Engineering

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Constans, Rowan University; Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University; Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Bonnie Angelone, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Green Design Project Part 1: The Hybrid Powertrain ProjectAbstractSubjects that are separate in the curriculum, such as thermodynamics and mechanical design, areintegrated in practice, since thermal and mechanical systems must function cohesively in realmechanical systems (e.g. an air conditioner). With this in mind, we are beginning theimplementation of a novel, potentially transformative approach to integrating courseworkthrough five semesters of the core mechanical engineering curriculum.The centerpiece of this research is a long-term design/build/test project that will be developed bystudents over the course of five semesters. The project, a bench-scale hybrid powertrain, isimplemented in modules, so that parts of the

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura M. Patterson, University of British Columbia

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Community Engagement Division

institutionsto allow for long-term commitment to service learning. Page 24.292.42.1 The AssignmentLima and Oakes10 identify the following four key characteristics to effective service learningeducation: service, academic connection, reciprocal relationship, reflection. With those in mind,the learning objectives for this assignment were created.The learning objectives were for students to write a problem-solution proposal to a local not-for-profit organization to support and garner funds for an actual engineering/science-relatedendeavor relevant to the organization. This project is broken up into the following threeassignments: the team proposal, the

Conference Session

Laptop/Handheld Computing in Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy McGrann; Abraham Howell

Engineering.” 1998 FloridaConference on Recent Advances in Robotics, March 26-27, 1998, Florida Institute of TechnologyGreenwald, Lloyd. “Tools for effective low-cost robotics.” AAAI Spring Symposium on Robotics and Education,pp. 58-61, Stanford, California, March 26-28, 2001.Reshko, Gregoriy B., Mason, Matthew T., Nourbakhsh, Illah R. “Rapid Prototyping of Small Robots.” Tech.Report CMU-RI-TR-02-11, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March 2002.Foster, Lonnon R. “Palm OS Programming Bible”. New York: Hungry Minds, Inc. 1972.Johnson, David E., Johnson, Johnn y R., Hilburn, John L., Scott, Peter D. “Electric Circuit Analysis.” Upper SaddleRiver: Prentice Hall, 1997.Capman, Davis. “Teach Yourself Visual C++ 6.” Indianapolis: Macmillian

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Salvatore Marsico

accessed via the web as well as traditional libraryresearch. To facilitate the understanding of structures, the tensile test laboratory exercisewas modified to include several lab exercises devoted to testing a variety of specimens tohighlight connections and supports. Bridges play a vital role in our society and as such Page 6.483.2were chosen as the ideal candidates for the purpose of highlighting the various types of Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American Society for Engineering Educationconnections and supports. With this in mind students

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Collaborative Learning, Project-Based, Service Learning, and Impacts on Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media

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International

AC 2011-160: INCORPORATING GLOBAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN AFRESHMAN ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE THROUGH COLLABO-RATIVE DESIGN PROJECTSIvan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media Ivan E. Esparragoza is an Associate Professor of Engineering at Penn State. His interests are in engi- neering design education, innovative design, global design, and global engineering education. He has introduced multinational design projects in a freshman introductory engineering design course in col- laboration with institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his effort to contribute to the formation of world class engineers for the Americas. He is actively involved in the International Division of the American

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Renecia Jones; Kerric Bennett; Ganelle Grace; Bala Ram

demonstrates that students are activities, letters from mindful of the socio economic community service status of others. organizationsGlobal Context of documentation that study of industrialEngineering demonstrates the student’s engineering in other countries, understanding of the impact of list of relevant seminars and engineering in a articles global/societal context. Page 3.594.4Lifelong Learning

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Ugenti, Bucknell University; Joselyn Elisabeth Busato, Bucknell University; Elif Miskioglu, Bucknell University; Kaela M. Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

engineeringeducation, to examine the use of intuition in engineering problem solving. CTA is a class ofobservational protocols that surface tacit knowledge through engaging experts with a task(Crandall, 2006). The purpose of CTA is to capture how the mind works through three primaryaspects: knowledge elicitation, data analysis, and knowledge representation. Many methods ofCTA exist, and best practices call for a combination of CTA methods. In this study we are usingtwo methods: 1) the Critical Decision Method (CDM), which assesses individuals decisionmaking in non-routine incidents through a set of cognitive probes (Klein, 1989), and 2) theKnowledge Audit Method (KAM), which we use to guide our probing questions and identifytypes of knowledge used, or not

Conference Session

FPD X: First-Year Design with Projects, Modeling, and Simulation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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First-Year Programs

AC 2011-534: USE OF A PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SIMULATION INA FIRST YEAR INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING COURSENaomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison Naomi C. Chesler is an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering with an affiliate appointment in Educational Psychology. Her research interests include vascular biomechanics, hemodynamics and cardiac function as well as the factors that motivate students to pursue and persist in engineering careers, with a focus on women and under-represented minorities.Cynthia M D’Angelo, University of Wisconsin - Madison Cynthia D’Angelo, Ph.D. has a background in physics and science education. She has always been inter- ested in improving science instruction and most

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FPD IV: Improving Student Success: Mentoring, Intervening, and Supplementing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Scott, Morgan State University; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University; Myra W. Curtis, Morgan State University

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First-Year Programs

: Brain, Mind and School Expanded Edition 3Adding It Up4, Strengtheningthe Linkages Between the Sciences and Mathematical Sciences 5 have shown that with focusedintervention strategies many of the students can enjoy productive academic and professionalexperiences. Similar to the United States another argument can be made that there are regions inthe world that have huge pools of nontraditional students that could be actively engaged inproviding engineering goods and services of benefit to their infrastructure and society at large 6. While an overarching goal of the efforts at our institution is to prepare and retain studentsin STEM and to improve the preparation of students for careers in engineering, the strategyemployed in this work is to