Conference Session

Creating a Positive Environment for Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C. Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

. However,once a student has made contact and then a commitment to attend, there are a number ofactivities and processes employed both before they arrive and during their first year to maintainthe pipeline and retain them in engineering once on campus. The main focus of these efforts areto create a culture of open communications with potential students and increase engagement ofengineering students with faculty, engineering professionals, and peers to scaffold resiliency inpersisting in engineering degrees.The overall goal was to design an effective recruiting and retention program that allowedstudents to be a part of a dynamic and supportive educational environment inside and outside ofthe classroom. While each first-year student has different

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gokhan Egilmez, University of New Haven; Phillip A. Viscomi, University of New Haven ; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Engineering, and Civil Engineering from Ohio University, and B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. His re- search interests cover a variety of topics that include engineering education, applied optimization and simulation modeling, social, economic and environmental life cycle assessment, data analytics, energy and sustainability, input-output analysis, transportation sustainability and safety. Gokhan has over 50 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious academic journals, books, and conference proceedings related to sustainable development, life cycle assessment, manufacturing system design and control, supply chain management, transportation safety assessment, and predictive modeling

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 4: Capstone, Safety and Beyond

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Louis Benhart, Purdue University; Clark A. Cory Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Rabita Rajkarnikar, Purdue University ; Cirilo I. Rangel, Purdue University; Mark Shaurette, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

analysis for providing peer grading. The writing team hopes toexpand on this in a future paper.The capstone process has become popular among the advisory council members and is viewed asa differentiator for our program. The skills learned by the student in a team setting, presenting tostrangers, sets the foundation in place for skills which build confidence which foster leadership.The requirements of the capstone project pushes the typical student outside of their comfort zoneand enables faculty and industry partners an opportunity to view these results. Commoncomments include impressive, thorough, hard-working, professional, and effective. Theconfidence level of the students is enhanced as a result of the experience. At the end, while weare proud

Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Ella Lee Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; James D. Sweeney, Oregon State University; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Noah Salzman, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

faculty at Rowan University since 1998 and is currently Professor and President’s Fellow. She was Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering until very recently. Under her leadership, the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program had seen considerable growth in student and faculty numbers. Her area of expertise is in micro-geomechanics and has published over 100 peer reviewed conference and journal papers including several papers on engineering education and the unique undergraduate curriculum at Rowan University, especially the Engineering Clinics. She has been involved in various outreach activities to recruit more women and minorities into engineering and is Program Chair Elect of the Women in Engineering

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; JoAnn Silverstein P.E., University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

small numbers, already face heavier service loads than their majority, men peers. So,in this study we asked, “What differences have these programs made in the hiring outcomeswithin our college?”This case study describes some of the recent interventions implemented at the University ofColorado Boulder (CU Boulder) College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), apredominantly White, very high research activity doctoral institution [1]. We present thedemographic history of the college’s tenured/tenure-track faculty compared to national averagesin the United States, a discussion of changes incorporated into the tenured/tenure-track facultysearch processes over the past five years, the hiring results over the past decade, and insights

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia Kay Pickering, Science Foundation Arizona Center for STEM at Arizona State University; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Caroline Vaningen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Anna Tanguma- Gallegos, Arizona State University; Emery DeWitt, Florence-Darlington Technical College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

STEM initiative and translate her passion for STEM into opportunities that will attract, inspire and retain more girls in STEM to make it the new norm. She has also architected SFAz’s enhanced Community College STEM Pathways Guide that has received the national STEMx seal of approval for STEM tools. She integrated the STEM Pathways Guide with the KickStarter processes for improving competitive proposal writing of Community College Hispanic Serving Institutions. Throughout her career, Ms. Pickering has written robotics software, diagnostic expert systems for space station, manufacturing equipment models, and architected complex IT systems for global collaboration that included engagement analytics. She holds a US

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anne M Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Diane L Peters P.E., Kettering University; Liza Ann Russell, Purdue University ; Meher Rusi Taleyarkhan, Purdue University; Shelly Tan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

analysis for a local wastewater plant facility.Ms. Shelly Tan Shelly Tan is an undergraduate researcher working with Dr. Lucietto. She is currently pursuing a Bach- elors of Science in Health and Disease at Purdue University, and began working with Dr. Lucietto in the summer of 2019 as part of the Summer Stay Scholars program. In addition to her biology course- work, Shelly is pursuing minors in Studio Arts and Chemistry. Outside the classroom, she enjoys writing creative fiction, making art both physical and digital, and moderating for her favorite online communities. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Professional Women Identify Their Professional

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technology Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Kitto, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, such as a diving board. On theother hand, the post-class questionnaires showed that by the end of the term less than tenpercent of the students could not distinguish between these effects.Last term, in addition to writing research papers where the students answered importantmaterials engineering questions, the students presented their work to each other duringPoster Sessions. Peer grading rubrics were also used during the sessions (the studentswere provided with concept based grading guidelines). The students seemed to enjoy thesessions, but more importantly they gained valuable experience by communicating toeach other why one material is used for a particular application. Their arguments had tobe grounded in at least three materials

Conference Session

Two Year College Tech Session I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jonassen, University of Missouri; William Miller, University of Missouri; Matthew Schmidt, University of Missouri; Matthew Easter, University of Missouri; Rose Marra, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

scenarios are embedded in various contexts inwhich there is a need for ensuring radiological safety, including nuclear power plants,research reactors, hospitals, isotope production facilities, etc. Every scenario is supportedby all relevant regulations and guidelines (NRC, DOE, DOT, ANSI, INPO), proceduresfor each activity, supporting cases of operating experience and event reports, descriptionsof the radiation sciences, situational awareness (self- and peer-checking) procedures, andadvice from others. These scenarios may be used by course instructors in numerous ways,from the objects of lectures to problem-based learning. Utilizing a blended learningformat, learners concurrently approach course content and relevant scenarios both in classand

Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College; Jaime Hernandez, Texas State University-San Marcos; Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University-Mankato; Robin Adams, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

professions. Discussions about the importance of meeting the needs of diverse students arewidespread; however, there has been less discussion of how to define diversity, and how toactually go about studying diversity in meaningful ways. Given the lack of explicit guidance inthis area, new engineering educators may benefit from examples of how their peers are thinkingabout diversity in designing educational research studies. In this paper we provide threeexamples of studies of diversity issues in engineering education in order to demonstrate someways in which diversity can be conceptualized and integrated in educational research. For eachstudy, we discuss how diversity is defined, how the research question addresses the relevantaspects of diversity

Conference Session

Collaborative & New Efforts in Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roland Kempter, University of Utah; Cynthia Furse, University of Utah; Nick Safai, Salt Lake City College; Neil Cotter, University of Utah; Lee Brinton, Salt Lake Community College

Tagged Divisions

International

classes have adefinite advantage over their peers in the admission process. However, the transfergrades are not used when calculating the graduation GPA. Students have claimed thatthe earlier classes were easier to obtain high grades in at both schools, so not being ableto include those early class grades in their final GPA puts them at a disadvantage atgraduation. Obviously, this raises fairness concerns and may lead to discomfortamongst the student body.B. Sustaining academic standards – problems with grading on the curve From our teaching experience, we feel that discrepancies exist between thematerials taught at some of the non-accredited institutions compared to the UofU. This is

Conference Session

Capstone Design II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Soda, U.S. Air Force Academy; Gregory Toussaint, U.S. Air Force Academy; Albert Batten, U.S. Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

consequence on the other, the teams were able to roughly identify how high arisk was posed by a particular item. The difficult part of this exercise was getting theteams to realize that not every aspect of a design project will always be 100% successful.Students, like inexperienced engineers, assume that every design challenge can be solvedin a matter of hours if they work hard enough, and that everything will be available whenthey need it. Each team was tasked to develop a test plan and write a technical report for theproject. The test plan was to identify the specific verification methods and proceduralsteps to certify that their final product satisfied the requirements of the problemstatement. The technical report was to document the design

Conference Session

Embedded Systems and Mobile Computing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maurice F. Aburdene, Bucknell University; Marie Catherine Pizzorno, Department of Biology, Bucknell University; Alexander P Thompson, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

students to the NCBI databasePlease download the power point slide for class meetings 8 and 9.Open another browser.Open MATLAB.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgiExplore and look at direct links to some of the organisms commonly used in molecular researchprojects.1) Search for an organism of interest to you. For example, search for “oryza sativa”. Get theaccession number and write it down, as you will need it later.2) Click on “nucleotide direct links” along the right hand side of the screen.3) Click on “GenBank” in the first entry listed. Study this page.4) Click on “FASTA”. Study this page.5) Click on “Graphics”. Seek help from the biology students or professor in the class to interpretthis graph!6) Click on “GenBank”. We are

Conference Session

Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet L. Yowell, University of Colorado Boulder; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 23.689.2As stated by Turner and Lapan, youth begin the formation of their career identities as early as 3rdgrade, according to their understanding of gender-appropriateness of certain occupations. 1,2Therefore, the need exists to create a solid foundation for understanding the benefits and rewardsof an engineering career before students, particularly young girls, become misinformed by publicperceptions. Recent research found that K-12 students and teachers have a poor perception ofwhat engineers do.3 Whose responsibility is it to properly inform the public?Despite continuous improvement between 1990-2006 in math and science performance, U.S.students still fall short in these subjects as compared to their peers in other nations.4 In someK

Conference Session

iSTEM

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. David Burghardt, Hofstra University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

opportunity to think about and discuss the challenges and benefits of engineeringin science pedagogy, 71% of teachers said they found it very interesting, and all teachers found itat least somewhat interesting. Page 23.797.10   Teachers also expressed confidence in their ability to explain, teach, and meet newscience standards using engineering pedagogy. Approximately 62% of teachers felt at leastsomewhat confident in their ability to explain to a peer how engineering can support scienceinstruction. Additionally, over 71% of teachers felt at least somewhat confident in their ability toteach a lesson with added engineering components, and

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin W. Caldwell, LeTourneau University; Colleen M. Halupa, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

cumbersome, one student (14%) thought it was very cumbersome and57% had no problem submitting handwritten homework. For those that did have problems, itwas because they did not have a smartphone or scanner available to them at all times since some Page 24.86.9also were on vacation. One student had some trouble because he had a broken arm and had tohave his mother write out his assignments. All of the students (100%) noted the professor wasflexible and accommodating regarding this issue.Students were required to take their tests online in the Blackboard LMS and enter final answersonly. This test was timed to ensure academic honesty. Immediately

Conference Session

Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

students. Specifically, this literature review seeks to answer the followingresearch questions: 1. What is known about the experiences and educational outcomes of engineering transfer students? 2. What opportunities exist for further scholarship to increase understanding of transfer student pathways to engineering degrees?Scope/Method To find peer reviewed articles on engineering transfer students, a search was performedusing Engineering Village, an interface designed to simultaneously search three engineeringdatabases: Compendex, Inspec, and National Technical Information Service (NTIS). Combined,the databases index: 1.) more than 5,000 engineering journals; 2.) journal articles, conferencepapers, books, dissertations

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L.W. Carter, Case Western Reserve University; Brian Yuhnke Jr, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

the score criteria. Students had to be reminded bi-weekly that theywere allowed, and encouraged, to discuss the topic with their peers prior to answering a clickerquestion.For the weekly team-based learning activities, students chose to stay in the same group of three forthe whole semester, with some minor shifting of groups. The instructor allowed students to startthe activity whenever a group of three students naturally synthesized. Therefore, students wouldgravitate towards pods with one or two students already present so they could start the assign-ment early. In this study we did not keep track of the group development, but this is something tomonitor in the future. The team-based learning activities were generally well received

Conference Session

Laboratory Experiences in Mechanical, Materials and Thermal Systems

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison L. Sieving, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Marcia Pool, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Trisha Eustaquio, Purdue University; Rajtarun Madangopal, Purdue University; Alyssa Panitch PhD; Kate Stuart, Purdue University; Ann E Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Scott Alan Jewett

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Technical Committee on Healthcare and Medical Systems. She has co-authored more than 30 peer reviewed articles, is a senior member in IEEE, and received the NSF CAREER award in 2009. Page 23.434.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Development of Verification and Validation Engineering Design Skills through a Multi-year Cognitive Apprenticeship Laboratory ExperienceAbstract:In this study, a sophomore-level Biomaterials and Biomechanics laboratory, junior-levelBiotransport laboratory, and senior-level Professional Elements of Design

Conference Session

Teaching Innovations in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mario Medina; Louis Thurston

defend their ideas. In sodoing, the students create their own unique conceptual frameworks and don’t rely solely on aninstructor’s or a text's framework. In a collaborative learning environment, students have theopportunity to actively interact with peers and instructors by presenting ideas, exchanging variedviewpoints, and question others. A second important factor was to keep the use of technology assimple as possible. The idea was to use the mentioned tools to learn, rather than to devote much Page 8.894.6 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Current Issues in Information Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chetan Sankar; P.K. Raju

triggering learninghow engineers and managers interest, learning from others, and working in teams.solve real-world problems. - Asynchronous learning opportunities, such as solving challenging problems, accessing vast information sources, learning discovery- based educational experiences safely, and enhancing peer-to-peer education. Table 1: Educational Objectives to Achieve Project Goals Page 8.459.33. Development of Case StudiesProceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jolly Lesley; David Radcliffe

mostfaculty in engineering schools are not even familiar with these types of writing much lessunderpin their teaching practice by them. The exception to this generalisation is the growingnumber of faculty who have been exposed to these through professional development programsand now Graduate Certificates in Eduction.Engineering education has much to learn from and contribute to the wider, philosophical andempirical literature in higher education. The higher education community has recognised thedistinct characteristics of different disciplines when it comes to university teaching and studentlearning.15-17 It can be argued the whole concept of educational theory is problematic as it opensup more basic questions about what we understand by knowledge

Conference Session

Faculty Career Development

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University. Prior to moving to academia in 2005, he led several industrial nanomedicine-based development projects as PI on NSF (SBIR), NIH (STTR), and NIST (ATP) grants. With a research focus in biomedical optics, he has published peer-reviewed articles in basic cancer research, biomedical electro-optic instrumentation, clinical cancer therapies, and mathemati- cal techniques for dealing with complex biological systems. Based on experiences instructing courses like Biomedical Engineering Senior Design and his previous experience in the medical device industry, he has developed a strong interest in optimizing gender interactions and productivity in engineering projects and

Conference Session

Focus on Faculty

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, AZ State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

students and learningabout their struggles and how they handle them, information about graduate school andresearch on campus, meeting people from industry and graduate students helped me toget focused, learning about Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs), gettingprepared for a career fair, learning how to write a good resume, meeting with professors,learning that it is important to do research to find out whether research is an area theywould like to pursue.Additional topics listed by the men included: the suggestions of note taking and studying;the meetings; hearing professional recruiters come and talk about opportunities, whatthey are looking for, and how to get a job; meeting with the panel of graduate students;emphasis on course work

Conference Session

Engaging Students in Learning

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; Tzusheng Pei, Jackson State University; Gordon Skelton, Jackson State University; Evelyn Leggette, Jackson State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

(concerning with comparing their performance to others). The instructors instruct students to shift their focus from comparing their performance to peer to self- comparison toward mastery goal orientation. The mastery goal orientation can also be reinforced by the expandable intelligence concept.6.3 Promote Self-Regulated LearningSelf-regulation is a continuous and integrated process. To promote students to develop self-regulated learning skills, the conceptual SRL model and its strategies have to be explicitlyintroduced to students in the classroom and integrated into their learning activities. Step two ofthe instructional strategy is to implement the following two types of instruction strategies.6.3.1 Direct Instruction

Conference Session

California on the Move: A Robust Array of Student Success Initiatives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Catherine Baker Lipe; Brandon Price

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

11 11 Total Number of Awards 21 37 41 41Building Academic CapitalInsufficient academic support is another barrier to student success. To help overcome thisbarrier, Cañada College has developed a number of academic support programs for STEMstudents including tutoring, Academic Excellence Workshops, study groups, peer instruction,and research internship opportunities. Many of these support services have been previouslydeveloped through the MESA Program. Other programs were developed through grant-fundedprojects that led to the creation of Cañada College's STEM Center, a campus hub for all STEM-related programs, activities, and support services. The STEM Center provides

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg L. Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University; James L. Hanson, California Polytechnic State University; Nazli Yesiller

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Prepare progress reports; interview graduate students; (3) Summarize -Describe the principal findings of the project present findings to mentors and both the technical -List the attributes of a successful graduate student peers; offer feedback on and experiential improving the program; co- aspects of the -Describe a typical workday for a graduate student author technical papers and research -Write an effective technical paper or report reports; prepare research posters; experience

Conference Session

Thermal Systems

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pamela J. Théroux; Gary Gabriele; Brad Lister; Deborah Kaminski

accommodators, make up about one-fifth ofthe TFI student population. These non-dominant learning style students prefer feeling andwatching (divergers) and doing and feeling (accommodators). Kolb and colleagues provideextensive empirical work that relates learning style to subject disciplines. Divergers tend to be increative disciplines such as writing or the arts, and accommodators tend to be in professions thatrequire intuitive thinking, such as teaching. Convergers tend to be in applied fields (scientists,lawyers) and assimilators prefer academic pursuits such as pure science or mathematics. Thus itis not surprising that 80% of the students in this course fall into the converger and assimilatorcategories

Conference Session

Innovative Classroom Techniques

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yasar Demirel

compare and do they predict academic performance? Educat. Psychol., 20, 365 (2000).19. R. M. Felder, How to Survive Engineering School, Chem. Eng. Ed., 36, 30 (2002).20. Recommendations for Action in Support of Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Project Kaleidoscope Report on Reports (2002). (http:/www.pkal.org/template2.cfm?c_id=387)21. J. C. Bean, Engaging Idea. The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco (2001).22. N.J. Buch, T.F. Wolf, Classroom Teaching Through Inquiry, J. Profess. Issues Eng. Ed. Practice, 126, 105 (2000).23. R.M. Felder, R. Brent, Effective Strategies for Cooperative

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationthe last decade. This trend is evident at NAU as well; the 2000 edition of Open Doors citedNAU as among the top twenty institutions in its peer group in terms of students studying abroad,with the largest segment participating in language acquisition programs in Mexico, Spain,France, Germany, China, Germany, China and Japan. Clearly, more and more students,including engineering students, are highly motivated to participate in focused languageacquisition, programs that bring them to linguistic and cultural competence quickly, efficiently,and early in their