Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs for K-12 Teachers.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Rutz, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

study of engineering or other STEM fields.2. Develop mathematics and science teacher knowledge of engineering and the engineering design process and challenge-based instruction process through explicit training and classroom implementation support.In addition to improving math and science teaching, the program also seeks to develop acommunity of teachers who will implement an explicit and authentic articulation of engineeringin 7th-12th grade math and science classrooms so that these teachers will effectively enablestudents to understand engineering design and consider careers in engineering fields.The program is targeted to middle school and high school teachers from selected school districts.Approximately 20 teachers take part each year

Conference Session

Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer R Amos, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Carla D Hunter, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kathryn B. H. Clancy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ayesha Sherita Tillman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, and forthcoming results suggest a link between these experiences and the career trajectories of female scientists. She continues to perform research on issues of inclusion, identity, and diversity in science through collaborations with GAMES, the Committee for the Status of Women in Astronomy, and other organizations.Dr. Ayesha Sherita Tillman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ayesha Tillman is an Illinois -STEM Education Initiative postdoctoral research associate currently work- ing on several evaluations funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Ayesha Tillman received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Arizona State Univer- sity and her Master of Arts in

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Kuhl, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Kaemmerlen, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Matthew Marshall, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Jacqueline R. Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Jodi L. Carville, Women in Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology

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Industrial Engineering

Director of the Women in Engineering Program at RIT. She is responsible for the Page 26.1329.1 initiatives to inspire, educate, recruit, support and retain girls and women engineering students focused on engineering careers. She has a BS in Industrial Engineering and has worked with IBM and Kodak as an engineer and pursued a career in sales and marketing with both Kodak and Learning International. During her career sabbatical to raise her two boys, Jodi ran a successful direct sales business for 16 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Thomas Carl Long, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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International

, Andrea served as the Director of the Equal Opportunity in Engineering (EOE) Program at The University of Texas at Austin for 11 years. Andrea joined UT in 2001 after six years in industry, where she had a successful career as a structural engineer for Kellogg Brown & Root and HDR Engineering, Inc. As EOE Director, Andrea led Cockrell School of Engineering efforts to recruit and retain ethnically underrepresented students as well as students with backgrounds or experiences that contributed to the overall diversity of the School. During her term, Andrea raised more than $3.7 million in private and public grants to support the EOE program and its mission. While EOE was under her direction, UT Austin ranked as

Conference Session

Cooperative & Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chip W Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M Yanik, Western Carolina University; Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

-pointof the discussions, the individual groups would report to the larger group where large-groupdiscussions would follow. The four program directors and four graduate assistants also met as adiscussion group and participated in the overall group discussions by sharing our viewpoints andpast experiences with the larger group.Individual outside-group activities were used to reinforce group discussions. A series of weeklyjournaling assignments (4) focused on the scholars’ fears and anxieties about the new program;current and future academic expectations; future academic and career related activities; andmentorship. Weekly journaling prompts were based on themes generated by the individual peergroups during their discussion meetings. In their

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Mike Ekoniak, Virginia Tech; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Courtney S Smith-Orr, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring com- munication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teach

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Communication Across the Divisions III: Writing as Social–Technical Integration

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Megan McKittrick, Old Dominion University; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Daniel Richards, Old Dominion University; Julia Romberger

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-based categorization of writing tasks andprojects in undergraduate engineering curricula is critically formative in working toward theholistic integration of writing across courses for the sake of preparation and conceptual-basedstudent understanding of writing practices. Page 26.370.3Introduction Instructors who work in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) areasare aware that their students, particularly upper-division undergraduate students, often resistwriting. This happens despite various large-scale studies that emphasize the importance of writingto careers in STEM-related industries1-3. One cause of this

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roxanne Moore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jason Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Brian Magerko, Georgia Institute of Technology; Tom McKlin, SageFox Consulting Group; Anna Xambo, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

directly observable neurological foundations inthe human brain [14], [15], may serve as a more ubiquitous approach to engaging prospectivestudents in computing than other domains. For example, recent research has suggested that forAfrican-Americans, music is such an activity [16], [17]. A recent study of the occupationalinterests of 22,000 teenagers, for instance, found that African-American males were about half aslikely to be interested in computer programming careers than white males but a third more likelyto be interested in musical careers than white males. The same trend was found in otherunderrepresented groups as well; girls, for instance, were more than 40% more interested inmusical careers than in computer programming [18].To change the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Pre-college Programs for Women

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawna Fletcher, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division, Women in Engineering

often than their non-PLTW female counterparts (17%)11. Overall, studies have shown thatexposure to PLTW has a positive influence on student math and science achievement, careerinterest, motivation, and future career choice12.Though these studies show impact, females are not enrolling in PLTW programs at high rates.Therefore, efforts are needed to remove environmental factors that inhibit women’s participationin PLTW and traditionally male-dominated areas.All-Female CohortsRecently, several all-female cohorts have popped up in Ohio, Georgia, Florida, Alaska andTexas13,14,15. Though not widely known, these efforts have been enlisted to significantly increasethe number of women entering IED and Electronics courses through PLTW. In 2011

Conference Session

Exploring Research Methodologies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deirdre-Annaliese Nicole Hunter, Virginia Tech; Philip Reid Brown, Virginia Tech

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Student

the focus on instructors’ behaviors, interviews with the instructorsmay have been helpful to understand the intention of instructors’ behaviors.Example 3 – Re-analysis of Interviews for a New Research PurposeIn our third example, we present how another graduate student identified the interview data fromthe PBL data set as useful for his research needs and utilized it as a central component of hisdissertation research. The researcher was investigating the career goals that undergraduatestudents have, and how those students use their career goals to make choices in the present[16]. Inchoosing a data set for this research question, the researcher had to consider whether aperspective data set contained students discussing their post-graduation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Lori C. Bland, George Mason University; Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #14520Informal Learning in EngineeringDr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for learning and knowledge sharing, with a focus on cognition in informal environments. He also examine the role of ICT in supporting distributed work among globally dispersed workers and in furthering social development in emerging economies. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Early Career Award in 2009. He is co-editor

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter R Turner, Clarkson University; Jeffrey Humpherys, Brigham Young University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Currently a professor of Mathematics at Brigham Young University, where he has served on the faculty since 2005. He received his Ph.D. > in Mathematics from Indiana University in 2002 and was an Arnold Ross Assistant Professor at The Ohio State University from 2002-2005. Since then, he has won several grants from the National Science Foundation, including a CAREER award in 2009. His current research interests are in nonlinear and stochastic dynamical systems, numerical analysis and scientific computing, healthcare analytics, actuarial science, and network science. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Modeling across the Curriculum: A SIAM-NSF initiative

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Yeonsu Ryu

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

Paper ID #16109Using Mentors as Live Case Studies for Teaching Topics in Supply ChainManagementAimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University Aimee Ulstad, P.E is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department at The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the faculty at Ohio State, Aimee was an industry professional in various field in engineering for over 30 years. Aimee received her degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Masters in Business Administration from Ohio State. She began her career as a packaging equipment engineer at Procter and Gamble, then moved to Anheuser-Busch where she

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicolas N Brown, University of Utah Department of Mechanical Engineering; Joy Velarde, University of Utah; Debra J Mascaro, University of Utah

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

amentor. The advantage to assigning all new students a mentor is that students who do not feelcomfortable asking for help, or who do not initially perceive a need for mentoring, have readyaccess to a mentor when a need arises.Mentor Recruitment and BenefitsPeer mentors are recruited on a volunteer-only basis and are unpaid, which is different fromsome other programs that may provide a salary, stipend, or other financial compensation. Thepeer mentor program uses forms of non-monetary compensation and benefits, such as mentor-specific training and access to exclusive events and activities. For example, the mentorsbenefited from a private resume workshop presented by Career Services in the week leading upto the College of Engineering Career Fair

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Programs for the Future

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anuj Mittal, Iowa State University; Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University; D. Raj Raman, Iowa State University; Caroline C. Krejci, University of Texas at Arlington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

students pursue IE as a career option.Recent engineering enrollment data from Iowa State University provides empirical evidence ofthis lack of awareness. As illustrated in Figure 1, the percentage of undeclared engineeringstudents choosing to major in IE after arriving on campus is much higher than those choosing IEdirectly upon arrival on campus. In contrast, the values of these two metrics tend to be similar formore familiar disciplines, such as mechanical and electrical engineering.Figure 1: Percentage of high school graduates’ vs undeclared freshmen choosing to major in IE.Previous research has shown that K-12 students’ awareness of a STEM discipline impacts theireventual selection of that discipline as a career option [2]. Existing literature

Conference Session

Practice II: Curricular Innovations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting; Suzanne Eyerman, Fairhaven Research and Evaluation

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

research interests are in the areas of girls’ and women’s identities in STEM fields, engineering and computer science in K-12 education, and iteration. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Instructional Strategies in K12 informal engineering education - Deep case study approaches to educational researchK-12 informal engineering education can support student confidence, interest, and awareness ofthe field of engineering [1,2,3,4]. Studies have suggested that K-12 informal learning caninfluence students’ awareness of the fields of engineering [5] as potential career opportunities.Researchers have also found that engineering activities outside of school can engage youth

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bosman, Purdue University; Sandhya Arumugam, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #25207A Scaffold and Competency-Based Learning Approach to Innovation-RelatedThinking FrameworksDr. Lisa Bosman, Purdue University Dr. Bosman is an Assistant Professor in Technology Leadership and Innovation and the Program Co- ordinator for Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology. Her STEM education research interests include entrepreneurial mindset, renewable energy, competency-based learning, self-regulated learning, transdis- ciplinary education, civic engagement, and faculty professional development. She spent the first part of her career working as a manufacturing engineer for world-class companies including

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi, Old Dominion University; Gregory C. Bernard, Tuskegee University; Willard E. Collier, Tuskegee University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

sciences), renewable natural resources, and environment sciences to fill 57,900 yearlyopenings (Goecker et al. 2015). While there is a projected shortfall in the required number ofcollege graduates in plant/agricultural science fields, there is an almost crisis-like situation inSTEM education, which is well documented. “Engage to Excel”, a 2012 report to PresidentObama, predicted a shortfall of 1 million STEM graduates over the next decade (PCAST 2012).A more engaged learning method is identified as a critical need to maintain student interest andencourage young minds to seek/pursue a STEM field of study and ultimately a career (PCAST2012). Chen’s statistical analysis report reveals that the number of STEM courses in the first yearand the level of

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

of various pedagogies employed though the courseinstruction. Additional insight into broader student performance indicators was accomplished bycomparing post-test results with embedded indicator data, which is collected annually, evaluatedagainst department standards and used in department assessment of student outcomes.IntroductionInclusion of engineering management within the curriculum provides beneficial learningexperiences for undergraduate engineering students including expanded professional skills,preparation for successful careers, and bridging of competency gaps [1]. Development ofprofessional and leadership skills has been shown to progressively improve through the collegeexperience, when included as part of the curriculum [2

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia A. Mardis, Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

employers related to students’ career pathways [21]. Employers can help institutionswith career pathways to ensure that students are being prepared for economically viable jobs. Inaddition, employers can advise faculty and program administrators on issues of curriculum andprovide students with work-based learning and job-shadowing experiences to enhance theirclassroom learning [20].To ensure that engineering technology (ET) and AM programs, curriculum, training andpotential economic development outcomes can be met, regional stakeholders want to ensure thatprograms stay in line with industry needs by gathering data and refining the school-to-workpathway. These data also will assist with interpreting the need for additional advancedmanufacturing

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rachel Ann Baker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

-Birkhimer’s research has focused on broadening participation of women and underrepresented group in STEM fields. Recently, she has been investigating the intersec- tion of education and career path with cultural identity and is developing strategies to inform programming and policies that facilitate recruitment and retention of underrepresented populations in academia. In 2012 Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer was presented with an Outstanding Alumni Award from the Department of Earth, At- mospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. She also serves on their Alumni Advisory Board. Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer earned her B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from Purdue

Conference Session

NEW SESSION Track: Special Topic - Computing & Technology Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Olivia Mambo Nche, Clemson University; Murali Sitaraman, Clemson University; Elizabeth L. Colbert-Busch, Clemson University; Victor Zordan

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Diversity, Special Topic: Computing & Technology

. to STEM career possibilities. The rest of the paper is organized into the following Keywords— broadening participation, integrative ap- sections: Section 2 discusses related work. Section 3 describesproach, computational thinking, problem solving the experimental set up. Section 4 details the curriculum and methodology. Section 5 contains results of qualitative I. I NTRODUCTION and quantitative assessments, and analysis. Sections 6 and 7 Research on learning with representations has shown that contain a discussion and a

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Mary Ann E. Leung, Sustainable Horizons Instittute; Silvia Crivelli

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

experience was as expected, impacted their career plans, and impactedtheir ability to further their educational goals. Over sixty percent presented their research results.Students self image and employment plans are presented in Figure 6. Half of the students indicated thatthe experience changed how they envisioned themselves as scientists. Seventy-five percent indicatedplans to seek employment in industry prior to the summer experience, while only twenty-five percentremained with those plans after the summer experience. Responses moved to going to graduate school,other plans, and unsure. Figure 7 shows fifty percent of respondents indicated a 5 out of 5 overall ratingof the experience with nearly 40 percent of respondents indicating a 4 out of 5

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Nicholas Langhoff, Skyline College; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Yifeng Xu, San Francisco State University ; Alexander Carlson, ASPIRES Program; Julissa Rico Ruiz , ASPIRES Program; Karina Reyna; Moises Arturo Vieyra, Canada College

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

costs associated withrebuilding and repairing should stand as great motivations for seismic hazard mitigation onmodern buildings. Over the past several decades, as research institutions have gained better understanding ofearthquake, the field of civil engineering has grown to encompass earthquake engineering. Thisspecialized subfield concentrates on limiting the seismic risk to the man-made environment inresponse to an array of disasters. To encourage students to pursue the career in this field,internship opportunities are often offered to the next generation of engineers, introducing them tofundamentals of earthquake engineering that they will work on in the professional setting.Community colleges such as Cañada College serve as the gateway

Conference Session

Manufacturing Education Curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Shelly Tornquist, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

Education. She has been a leader in engineering education in the state of Texas throughout her career. Projects include creating and leading new teacher boot camps, developing the Texas standards for the Math/Physical Sci- ence/Engineering teacher certification and most recently developing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills frameworks in STEM education. Widely known for her work with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), she served as the State Lead Master Teacher training over 700 teachers in PLTW Core Training Institutes for 13 years. Shelly holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Design and Development and a M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership. She believes in empowering teachers, who then empower students to go out and change our

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen A. Strom, Pennsylvania State University; Marius Strom, Saint Francis University

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

Paper ID #28881Embedded Measurement and Control Applications Utilizing Python on thePocket BeagleBoneMr. Stephen A. Strom, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Stephen Strom is a lecturer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology department of Penn State Behrend, and holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. His career includes over thirty years experience in designing and programming embedded systems and has multiple patents for both hardware designs and software algorithmsMarius Strom, Saint Francis University Br. Marius is a Franciscan friar of the Third Order Regular of Saint

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: The Art of Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nelson Fumo, University of Texas at Tyler

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Mechanical Engineering

careers. Two groups/cohorts have beenthrough this approach (of a sequence of courses) so far. The results suggest that the approachmay have better results than working in a senior design project without the previousexperience/knowledge gained through the approach presented in this paper. Results from thesetwo groups/cohorts also suggest that the interest the project generates in the students is a keyfactor for the overall goal of the approach.IntroductionIn 2008, using data collected by the National Survey of Student Engagement, George Kuh [1]examined several educational practices thought to be high-impact in terms of the benefits theyoffer students. One of the practices highlighted was the capstone or senior project, which utilizesmany of the

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew B. James, Virginia Tech; Homero Murzi, Virginia Tech; Jason Forsyth, James Madison University; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida

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First-Year Programs

turn predict students’ major and career goals in engineering [15]. Therefore, it isimportant to explore how students perceive the engineering discipline, specifically, first-yearengineering students who are just beginning to understand what being an engineer means andwhat role they can play in the engineering field.Introductory engineering courses offer a good place to explore students’ perceptions of theengineering discipline. These courses are usually the classes wherein students are first exposed tomore specific engineering activities during the first year in an engineering program. Extensiveresearch has suggested that during the first year, students make important persistence-relatedchoices. In fact, certain studies have suggested that

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dianne Grayce Hendricks, University of Washington; Anat Caspi P.E., The Taskar Center for Accessible Technology; Heather A. Feldner, University of Washington; Molly Y. Mollica, University of Washington; Shawn M. Rundell, University of Washington; George Zatloka, Design Research Consultant; Jennifer Mankoff, University of Washington; Katherine M. Steele, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

College.Dr. Katherine M Steele, University of Washington Dr. Steele is an associate professor in mechanical engineering at the University of Washington. She received her BS in engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and MS and PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. She is the head of the Ability Lab, dedicated to designing new tools and techniques to improve human ability through engineering, and also a leader of AccessEngineering to enable individuals with disabilities to pursue careers in engineering. Dr. Steele previously worked in multiple hospitals as an engineer, including The Children’s Hospital of Colorado, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Conference Session

EMD 2: Issues in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Hart, University of Dayton; Andrea Mott, University of Dayton; Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

STEM faculty; and 4) professional advice and career paths. The initial mentoringprogram design was developed through two Lean Six Sigma projects, where they collected voiceof the customer (mentors and mentees) data, and designed the program. The program waspiloted in Fall 2019, spearheaded by the Women Engineering Program in the School ofEngineering, the director and a student graduate assistant. The success of the pilot program wasassessed in three ways: 1) number of mentor/mentee pairs starting the program, compared to theinitial number interested; 2) retention of women in engineering and science during the programperiods; and 3) through mentor and mentee reflections. In the initial voice of customer datacollection, we identified 14 possible