Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Evaluating and Measuring Recruiting and Major Selection Strategies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa A. Dagley, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Andrew Patrick Daire, University of Houston; Christopher L. Parkinson, University of Central Florida; Diandra J. Prescod , Pennsylvania State University ; Christopher T. Belser, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

students are comfortable exploring the STEMdisciplines, COMPASS places undecided, non-STEM students into one of two tracks during thefirst-semester in college where they complete a Career Planning: STEM Explorations or STEMSeminar course. In addition to the Career Planning and STEM Seminar courses, students alsoenroll in cohort math courses throughout the first year, are assigned a STEM program advisor,have the opportunity to live in block housing, receive an upper-division STEM peer mentor,interact in a designated STEM Center with program peers and STEM graduate tutors andparticipate in an early undergraduate research experience.This paper discusses COMPASS’ infrastructure, the evidence based practices implemented toachieve its objectives, the

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3 - Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Singh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Grace Panther, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

: Planning,Monitoring, and Evaluating. Reflection is a complex process, and it takes time to reach thelevel of critical reflection. The purpose of the study was to investigate the change in students'level of engagement in three dimensions of metacognition when reflecting on the third andtenth-week assignments of the environmental engineering course. Data collection took placein the Fall of 2023 at a large Midwest University. Students’ responses to the assignedreflection prompts for each dimension were coded for their level of engagement in eachelement of the three dimensions using a revised prior coding scheme. Results showed that forboth assignments, students' responses were mainly at the vague level for all elements of thethree dimensions

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hye Sun You, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sonia Mary Chacko, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Pre-College Engineering Education

-rects K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM education of over1,000 students annually. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Designing Robotics-based Science Lessons Aligned with the Three Dimensions of NGSS-plus-5E Model: A Content Analysis (Fundamental)1. IntroductionLesson planning is a cognitive process which entails deliberative thinking about issues concerningthe objective of student performance, extent of planned activities, logical organization of content,types of instructional processes to be deployed, and strategies for assessing students at the end ofthe lesson [1,2]. Among a myriad of factors requiring consideration in contemplating to plan

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anu Singh, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

across all fourassignments, students were predominantly engaged in the Evaluating strategy during self-evaluation, whereas they predominantly engaged in Planning and Monitoring in the reflectionactivity. Student engagement was at the low and medium levels of the three metacognitivestrategies.Keywords: junior, reflection, metacognition, qualitativeI. IntroductionLifelong learning is one of the desired employability skills in today's job market. Forinstance, consider the technologies with which engineering work. The continuous evolutionof technology that results in the replacement of existing devices with new devices poses newchallenges and opportunities for engineers [1]. Working with new devices requires newknowledge and skillsets. To keep pace

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Callie Ruben, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

scholarshipadvertisement on the web is open to all students. With the special efforts made to encourageminority students to apply, the program remains predominantly underrepresented minority.The NACME Program is based on the belief that just giving a scholarship to a student withunmet financial need is not enough to retain and to graduate a student in engineering. During thefirst freshmen semester, the NACME students are required to enroll in a two-hour AcademicSuccess class. This class has been detailed in other papers9-15 and includes the 4.0 Plan systemfor learning16; a textbook on survival in engineering17; video tapes18; representatives from CareerServices and an engineering student research program, individual student presentations; a visitby officers of

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati; Richard Miller, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Heng Wei, University of Cincinnati; Thaddeus Fowler, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

professional development activities executed are presented, second theassessment process used as part of the evaluation plan is described, third the outcomes of theevaluation plan are presented and how these results obtained are planned to be used for futureimprovements, and finally the general conclusions from the whole experience are summarized.Hopefully, this documentation will help others in planning similar experiences for K-12 teachers. In a world with rapidly changing technology and a global economy, there is a growingconcern that Americans will not remain competitive1. The well being of our nation dependsupon how well we educate our children in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM). Poorly prepared instructors teach

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 1)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

-making does take place during engineering designexperiences in culturally and linguistically diverse urban classrooms, and we present two studentgroup case studies to support that argument. We discuss implications of this work for elementaryengineering instructional design, pedagogy, and educational research.IntroductionIn its Framework for K-12 Science Education, the National Research Council writes, “Engineers,too, make decisions based on evidence that a given design will work; they rarely rely on trial anderror” (NRC, 2012, p. 62). For engineers to plan feasible solutions and revise solutions they havealready tested, they need to engage in reflective decision-making that takes into accountinformation about design options. This intentional

Conference Session

Interest & Identity

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Jacobs, Manhattan College; Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

education undergraduates. During thisprogram, 79% of Engineering Ambassadors were engineering majors who had first-handexperiences with engineering concepts. The remaining 21% were math or science educationmajors whose expertise included developing lesson plans and teaching to the needs of middleand high school students.The second group comprises middle and high school students. Career choices begin formingtoward the end of middle and beginning of high school. When students demonstrate an interestand talent in STEM, it is important to encourage these students in their pursuit of this interest. Tomeasure the success of the encouragement, one must begin asking some valuable questions.Which lesson plans were most successful? Did the students seem

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 15

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Barlow, Utah State University; Max L. Longhurst, Utah State University; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

participating STEM teachers. Throughout thecamp, the STEM teachers participated in authentic engineering experiences with their studentsand engaged in professional learning discourse about three-dimensional science instruction andthe camp experience. They also participated in engineering education workshops led by theresearchers, which included discussion about the SEEd Standards and the Framework,engineering design activities, and collaborative work sessions to plan a lesson related toengineering implementation in their own classroom. The main purpose of the teacherprofessional learning was to help the participating STEM teachers incorporate therecommendations from the framework for K-12 science education and the SEEd Standards.During the academic

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gul Okudan; Madara Ogot

. Project Management WorkbooksProject management involves two primary tasks: (1) planning and scheduling, and (2)directing. Planning and scheduling involves activities for understanding the project scope(tasks, time and budget) and organizing. These activities are to define objectives, listtasks, estimate work and duration, determine interdependent tasks, schedule tasks andschedule resources. Directing, on the other hand, involves implementing approved tasksto achieve project objectives. Specific directing activities might be assigning tasks,reviewing criteria for task completion, controlling, reporting and reviewing progress, re-planning, reviewing completed work, resolving issues and closing project. Sections 2.1and 2.2 will discuss how planning

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Electrical ET

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Riggins; Bruce Mutter

process is presented.For example, Vasilius integrates a large number of independent sensors such as stereoscopicvision to incorporate short-range reaction as well as long-range planning. In addition, the GRVuses two computers in a decentralized control scheme.Secondly, the paper reports the performance of Vasilius, relating theoretical predictions to actualbehavior. Performance measures include object avoidance, lane following, waypoint accuracy,follow-the-leader, ramp climbing, turn reaction time, battery life, stop reaction time, behavior indead-ends and traps, pothole avoidance, and safety. Finally, the paper discusses current on-goingresearch topics with Vasilius, including the incorporation of Kalman Filtering, mapping, andlearning. The

Conference Session

Issues of Concern to New Faculty

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Quadrato

training and myprevious Army experience to improve my teaching throughout my first semester. Specifically, Ifocused on planning and preparing each class, turning each class into a performance, and usingadministrative tasks as teaching opportunities. By using these improvement strategies, I haveachieved good results for my first semester and have formed a solid base to continue myimprovement for the rest of my assignment as an instructor. My goal is to provide you with myperspective on how to form a plan to improve your teaching no matter how new you are to theprofession.Formal Education Training As I made my cross-country road trip from Palo Alto, California to West Point, NewYork, my improvement as an instructor was already being planned

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University; Melinda Holtzman, Portland State University; Andrew Greenberg, Portland State University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

and teams metmostly during class times but were allowed to have one online meeting per week. Projectdemonstrations were conducted with full class participation.In ECE 211 teams select their own projects which are supposed to address a specific need. Areasof interest covered by projects vary widely. Students are instructed to be realistic in theirexpectations and planning but to also push themselves to reach for goals that may not seemdoable at first. “Failure” or risk taking is encouraged so long as it is accompanied by hard work,ambition, and learning from such failures. Teams are trained in Scrum-like project managementand we provide Scrum Leaders who are recruited from upper-division students. Scrum enablesfrequent iterations of product

Conference Session

Issues Facing STEM Programs at Rural Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Dustin Grote, Weber State University

metric or curricular complexity framework (i.e.,referring to the variables composing the overall metric), including a webtool called CurricularAnalytics [7]. This webtool allows users to import a plan of study as a spreadsheet, visualize theprerequisite networks inherent in the course organization, and calculate the structural propertiesof the network that impact student persistence. As shown through experimentation [e.g., 2,8] andempirical work [e.g., 5], there is a negative correlation between curricular complexity andcompletion rates.Because of the new insights that quantifying a curricular structure could bring, authors havebegun using the curricular complexity framework to assign values to the accessibility ofcurricula [e.g., 9,10,11

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Technical Session 7: Partnerships Making It Real! II

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janna Jobel, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Adam St. Jean, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

stated objectives. The open house led to the most scalable model that UMLhas now adopted with several school districts. The other programs will continue if grant fundscontinue to be sourced. The success of these programs in meeting their objectives demonstrateshow vital it is to jointly consider three factors: Results (learner outcomes), Reproducibility(adequacy of resources), and Representation (diverse and inclusive staffing and studentparticipation). The program partnership rubric was developed to help partnerships plan andevaluate their programs based on these three factors. How the rubric was used to plan these pilotprograms and determine how and/or whether to run them again is explained.Introduction In the United States, students in

Conference Session

Engineering Communication II: Curricular Practices, Integrations, and Collaborations

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheila Anne Gobes-Ryan, University of South Florida; Kingsley A. Reeves Jr., University of South Florida

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, CLW (now Cassidy Turley), and Jacobs Advanced Planning Group, which seeded her interest in understanding the relationship of workers, workplaces and technology. She has held a variety of positions in engineering, architecture, interior design, and con- struction firms, which drives her interest in teaching essential communication skills to students in those fields. Gobes-Ryan is on the Board of Directors of The Environmental Design Research Association. In this organization she has also served as Co-Chair of the Workplace Environments Network (WEN) since 2000 and Co-Chair of the Communication Network since 2016. She is a member of the National Communication Association. Gobes-Ryan is a Florida Licensed Interior

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 2: Success In and Out of the Classroom

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julie P. Martin, Ohio State University

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New Engineering Educators

for Engineering, at the National Science Foundation from 2017-2019. In 2018, Dr. Martin represented the Foundation in an interagency group, managed by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, charged with writing the 5-Year STEM Education Strategic Plan ”Charting a Course for Success: America’s Strategy for Stem Education for the US government.” Dr. Martin served as a member of the writing team for that document, published in December of that year. Dr. Martin has held faculty appointments at Clemson University (2008-2019) and the University of Hous- ton (2004-2008) where she was the Director of Recruitment and Retention for the Cullen College of Engineering. Since 2004, Dr. Martin has held a

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail T. Stephan, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Clemson University; Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Bridget Trogden, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

courses. Followingthe first round of exams, students select the course in which they wish to improve theirperformance most significantly and then complete both an exam wrapper survey and learningstrategies survey to evaluate their preparatory behaviors, conceptual understanding, andperformance on the exam. Each student develops an action plan for improvement based on theirresults and begins implementation immediately. Following the second exam, students completean exam wrapper survey followed by a learning journal, in which students evaluate and reflect ontheir adherence to and effectiveness of their action plan and performance on the second exam.We propose that engagement with this exam wrapper activity in the context of the EntangledLearning

Conference Session

Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Wierman, Johns Hopkins University; Lawrence Aronhime, Johns Hopkins University; Marybeth Camerer, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin Gibbs, Johns Hopkins University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

experience of managing a business. Thispaper describes the program’s goals, planning and experimentation, structure, andimplementation, including discussion of major issues and controversies regarding its formation. Center for Leadership Education Academic Programs Experiential Learning Entrepreneurship & Management Business Internships Program (Academic Program) Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity Professional Communication Program

Conference Session

Assessment and Continuous Improvement in Engineering Technology: Part II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Technology

senior exitsurvey. Each assessment tool is discussed in relation to the criteria (or metric used),results, and use of the results for continuous improvement. Techniques to assist ingathering the data, such as the use of online survey tools are presented to lessen theburden on the assessment team, as well as plans for the future.IntroductionThe MET and EET programs were evaluated during a site visit in October, 2005 whileseeking reaccreditation of their respective programs by ABET-TAC. The ABET responseafter the 2006 Summer Meeting was to accredit the programs to September 30, 2008, andrequire that a request be made to ABET by January 31, 2007 for a reaccreditation reportevaluation. Also, a report describing the actions taken to correct the

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment III

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, University of Minho; Victor F. A. Barros, University of Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Emilia Rodrigues Araújo, University of Minho; Isabel Ramos, University of Minho

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology

Centre/University of Minho (Portugal) working on H2020 Project titled ”Gender Equality Plans for In- formation Sciences and Technology Research Institutions, EQUAL-IST”. He is Member of Intersociety Cooperation Committee, Standing Committee of the IEEE Education Society; Vice President of Brazilian Chapter of Association of Information Systems (BRAIS); Vice President of the Portuguese Chapter of the IEEE Women in Engineering (IEEE WiE); and Associate Editor of Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). He is Editor-in-Chief of Brazilian Journal of Education, Technology and Society (BRAJETS) and Associate Editor of Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management (JISTEM). He is titled ”Engineering Educator

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Cian, Clemson University; Michelle Cook, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

little evidence of planning. Several strategies are used bystudents for all problems, but some are unique to specific types of problems. These findingsdemonstrate the usefulness of post-hoc audio reflection in engineering education research tobetter assess and address students’ metacognition and problem solving strategies.IntroductionThis work-in-progress paper identifies metacognitive activities and problem solving strategiesutilized by first-year engineering students to solve different types of problems. Our researchquestion is: What problem solving strategies and metacognitive activities are revealed bystudents’ post-hoc audio reflections on their solutions to three different types of engineeringproblems (story, open-ended, exercise)? Post

Conference Session

ChE: Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Williamson; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

teaches a course. The two cognitive models form an integral part in the coursesummary. Instructors categorize the learning objectives they have constructed into either lower(knowledge, comprehension, application) or higher (analysis, synthesis, evaluation) cognitivedomains, according to Bloom's taxonomy. Based on the cognitive level, they create anassessment plan consisting of three methods to assess each learning objective. Methods ofassessment are specifically matched to the cognitive level of the learning objective. Collectionof performance evidence becomes increasingly more difficult as increasingly higher-levelthinking is required. For each learning objective, instructors plan a set of activities that correlateto each quadrant in Kolb’s

Conference Session

Building Blocks for Public Policy in Curricula

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Haight, Pennsylvania State University; Richard Devon, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering and Public Policy

explicitly. One class approached it as a problem in engineering design. The otheraddressed it in terms of the emergency preparedness and planning effort in New Orleans. Thelatter is certainly closer to public policy than engineering design is, but it still focused more onwhat happened rather than what was planned or what policies drove the planning.In fact, the unfolding events and coverage, which still continues, made a top down approachrather impractical. Yet both instructors found that a great many policy issues were raised by thestudents in their projects and these are summarized and reported here. This is, then, an inductiveand student centered approach to engineering and public policy. We report on a “found policy”equivalent to what is

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kevin Schmaltz; Robert Choate

, student teams are required to design, build and test (DBT) an experimentaldesign project of their own choice.This project requires experimental problem solving skills, builds upon the analytical andnumerical techniques they have acquired in their engineering science courses, and will then beexpanded upon in a multi-disciplinary capstone laboratory design course in the spring semesterof their senior year. The project is coordinated through the ME program Design of ExperimentsPlan and further supports the ME program's Professional Component Plan by requiring the use ofengineering design with open-ended problems, integration of professional tools, anddemonstration of professional communications. This experience takes place from a point ofview that

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill

, abusiness development team of several MBA students (coached by entrepreneurial faculty) and amultidisciplinary technology development team of 6 undergraduate engineers (coached byengineering faculty). The company is responsible for creating an alpha system prototype andcollateral materials such as a business plan and a presentation for entry in academic businessplan competitions. Three pilot entrepreneurial teams chartered in the initial offering completedtheir projects in spring 2004. Funding for these companies was secured through the EconomicDevelopment Administration, the Lemelson Foundation (via the National Collegiate Inventorsand Innovators Alliance), and the University of Florida. A board of directors was formed tooversee the direction of

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Rossi; Herbert Ingley; Erik Sander; Dow Whitney; Marc Hoit; R. Keith Stanfill

technology start-up company led by a so called “serial” entrepreneur—a technologyventure start-up specialist—who serves as a CEO. The company is composed of the CEO, abusiness development team of 2 to 5 MBA students (coached by entrepreneurial faculty) and amultidisciplinary technology development team of 6 undergraduate engineers (coached byengineering faculty). The company is supported by a variety of commercialization specialists andlocal technology incubators. The technology development team participates in the two-semesterIPPD course, which has been supplemented with an Entrepreneurship Lecture series. Thecompany is responsible for creating an alpha system prototype and collateral materials such as abusiness plan and presentation for entry in

Conference Session

Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Nutter, Ohio Northern University

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Manufacturing

entitled Curricula 2015: A Four Year Strategic Plan for ManufacturingEducation. A principle component of the study is the organization and visual representation ofthe key topics for manufacturing education into a graphical form designated the Four Pillars ofManufacturing EngineeringTo assist in program and curriculum improvement of our manufacturing technology major, asurvey has been conducted of alumni, employers, advisory board members and other associatesof our program. The topics identified in the Four Pillars of Manufacturing Engineering werespecified along with others, and respondents were asked to indicate (in their opinion) howimportant each topic was for our graduates. This paper summarizes and analyzes the results ofthis and some

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason M. Keith, Mississippi State University; Lis Pankl, Mississippi State University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024The Role of University Research Libraries on Improving Education inScience, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics: A Focus onInstitutional Collaborative CultureJason M. Keith1 and Lis Pankl21 Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi StateMS, 397622 Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University,Mississippi State MS, 39762The Role of University Research Libraries on Improving Education in Science,Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics: A Focus on Institutional CollaborativeCultureAbstractThe Mitchell Memorial Library is in the heart of the campus of Mississippi State University(MSU). As part of a new strategic plan to transform MSU

Collection

2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Grant Crawford; Elizabeth Bristow

brought in its first class of 120 in2005 and graduated 84 male officers in January of 2009. The second class of 212 men graduatedin March of 2010. This was the senior class during our visit in the summer of 2009. The thirdclass of 299 men graduated in March of 2011. Current plans set future class sizes atapproximately 600 cadets of which 10% to 20% will be women. The first ten women wereattending the academy as part of the medical program during the summer of our visit [11].The academy currently has 318 faculty and staff members; all Afghans. The faculty members allhold a bachelor’s degree, with a few holding graduate degrees. The academy is currently locatedat the former Soviet Union aviation school campus, adjacent to the international airport