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Conference Session
Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Andrés Strello, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Francisca Castro, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Engineering Ethics
% Participation in student associations 10% Others 10% Table 12 shows the percentage of respondents that have observed a specific studentmisconduct in the last 12 months, besides showing the percentage that recognized havingcommitted a misconduct themselves over the same period of time. The misconducts were definedas respondent options according to the qualitative information collected in group interviews withstudents. There are student issues such as the free-rider problem that are highly prevalent in thestudent body, besides the act of signing the attendance list on someone’s behalf and cheating inactivities within a laboratory module. Furthermore, more
Collection
2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference
Authors
different in the selected puff waveforms. Their effect on ECaerosol deposition and translocation will also be investigated. Our numerical results indicate that the model can accurately predict the time courses of ECtoxicants at multiple organs. Also, compared to those lumped parameter approaches and semi-empirical models, the CFPD-PBTK model is based on thenatural law of physics and chemistry with fewer assumptions and simplifications30. Aircraft Computational and Resource Aware Fault Tolerance (Aircraft) Laboratory at Saint Louis University Mathey Dreyer, Andrew Hoelscher, Federico Garcia Lorca, Ryan Caobts, Joseph O’ Neil and Srikants Gururajan
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Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jill Marshall, University of Texas, Austin; Ara Winter, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology; Yang Liu, University of New Mexico, Department of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences
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Diversity
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
Conference Session
The Best in DEED
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Emilia Dewi Tanu, University of Maryland, College Park
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Diversity
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Design in Engineering Education
, manufacture, assembly, and evaluation of a fairly complexproduct. The project also requires students to work in teams, plan a long-term project, andcommunicate their product development plan, preliminary design, and final designs through aseries of presentations and reports. The course has a final competition where teams demonstratetheir designed products. In an earlier paper, Calabro, Gupta, and Lopez Roschwalb​23​ discussedmore details about the design and implementation of this Design Course.Each section is staffed by an instructor and an undergraduate teaching assistant (UTA).Additionally, there are laboratory teaching fellows who manage the laboratory/fabrication spaceand assist teams in fabrication and/or programming as needed. The staffing for
Conference Session
Innovations in Aero Curriculum and Program Level Administration
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sidaard Gunasekaran, University of Dayton
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Aerospace
. Theguided notes provided a way for the students to accurately document the derivations as well. Thismethod can be applied even for a larger class. The instructor should walk around the class andmake sure that students are working on the guided notes without being distracted.5. Passion Projects This teaching module was not successfully implemented in the compressible flow classbecause of the lack of supersonic wind tunnels and laboratory facilities at the University of Daytonto generate compressible flows. But this module is currently being incorporated in the fundamentalaerodynamics class taught by the author. The idea of passion projects was inspired from a projectbased research class for undergraduate students at Massachusetts Institute of
Conference Session
They need more than technical skills!
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert Prewitt Penno P.E., University of Dayton; Roger J. Crum, University of Dayton; Eddy M. Rojas, University of Dayton
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Diversity
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International
Paper ID #18737It’s Simply Different There! Studying Abroad to Advance Engineering Prob-lem Solving while Cultivating Engineering LeadershipDr. Robert Prewitt Penno P.E., University of Dayton Dr. Robert Penno is a life, senior member of IEEE and a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Penno helped initiate Study Abroad programs for engineering students at the University of Dayton and has co-led five, month-long Study Abroad trips to Italy. He has also performed research at the Air Force Research Laboratories at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in
Conference Session
Merging Disciplines: Practice and Benefits
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech; Daniel S. Brogan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas G. Westfall, Virginia Tech; James Edward Taylor; Serena Lise Emanuel, Virginia Tech; Mathew Verghese, Virginia Tech; Nick Falls, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Multidisciplinary Engineering
building on this theory encourage studentsto engage in real world problems where they can reflect on their learning experiences andknowledge gained.42 By engaging in these learning activities, students can directly apply theirtheoretical knowledge and skills in a real-life context.43 These experiential learning activities caninclude field site work, laboratory experiences, indoor and outdoor projects and other researchwork.2 Thus, experiential learning is situated in a setting, which is relevant to the learner’s futureprofession that furthers helps in developing transferable skills. 40 This theory also emphasizes thatstudents’ experiences will be reflected in their future engagements. For example, if students areengaging in research work and
Conference Session
NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Keith W. Buffinton, Bucknell University; Vincent P. Manno, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Joseph J. Helble, Dartmouth College; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
Conference Session
Civil Engineering Division Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
V. Dimitra Pyrialakou, West Virginia University ; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Konstantina Gkritza, Purdue University, West Lafayette
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Civil Engineering
, among other goals,  provide recommendations for selecting appropriate recycled materials, identify suitable characteristics for such materials (including environmental suitability), and develop a list of suitable, high-potential recycled materials;  explain the benefits of each recycled material (environmental, social, and economic); and  design laboratory and field testing requirements and installation guidelines. 12Despite the fact that the statement did not appear to be closely related to the class focus, theinstructor did not recommend a change because no instructions had been given at the beginningof the class pertaining to the specific topic selected and because the initial intention was to notguide the
Conference Session
Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Jennifer M. Sieber, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma
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Diversity
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Design in Engineering Education
industry sponsored capstone from at his school and is the advisor of OU’s FSAE team.Prof. Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma Farrokh’s passion is to have fun in providing an opportunity for highly motivated and talented people to learn how to define and achieve their dreams. Farrokh Mistree holds the L. A. Comp Chair in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Prior to this position, he was the Associate Chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech – Savannah. He was also the Founding Director of the Systems Realization Laboratory at Georgia Tech. Farrokh’s current research focus is model-based realization of complex systems
Conference Session
Student Feedback and Assessment in Design
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma
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Design in Engineering Education
School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. Prior to this position, he was the Associate Chair of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech – Savannah. He was also the Founding Director of the Systems Realization Laboratory at Georgia Tech. Farrokh’s current research focus is model-based realization of complex systems by managing uncertainty and complexity. The key question he is investigating is what are the principles underlying rapid and robust concept exploration when the analysis models are incomplete and possibly inaccurate? His quest for answers to the key question are anchored in three projects, namely, Integrated Realization of
Conference Session
Green and Susainable Manufacturing Practices
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, El Paso; Arturo Olivarez Jr., University of Texas, El Paso; Eric D. Smith, University of Texas, El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)
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Manufacturing
univariate and multivariate statistics, measurement issues across diverse populations, educational assessment, and evaluation of educational programs. He holds the Patricia Daw Yetter Professorship in quantitative methodology and program evaluation, and coordinates the Research and Evaluation Laboratory (REL) in the College of Education at UTEP. He is an expert on educational research with an emphasis on quantitative methods and the application of univariate and multivariate statistical procedures, measurement issues across diverse populations, educational assessment, and eval- uation of educational programs. He has served on over 87 doctoral dissertation committees; published more than 45 refereed research articles; and
Conference Session
Student Feedback and Assessment in Design
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andreas Febrian, Utah State University, Engineering Education; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University
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Design in Engineering Education
differences between BEand MAE groups. First, the BE groups’ flows suggest an increase of reported engagement nearthe end the project. We suspect that this increase is due to the impending deadlines. The BEexperts commented that they usually saw a similar pattern among the undergraduate students intheir laboratory. Second, the MAE groups’ design process flow pattern suggests an incrementalreported engagement from the problem definition phase to the conceptual design phase and thento the preliminary design phase. A similar trend was not found in the BE groups’ flows. Oneinterpretation of this pattern is that the MAE groups’ design process was design-phase-drivenwhile the BE groups were design-activity-driven [13]. We suspect the discipline principles
Conference Session
Opportunities within Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Carey Whitehair; Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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Graduate Studies
incollaborative research settings, especially at the graduate level. Graduate engineering studentsare immediately expected to assimilate into a laboratory group, usually an interdependent team,with varying degrees of guidance by faculty members. The group dynamics and the role of trustas graduate students learn to conduct collaborative research is underexplored, but may haveramifications for the way in which graduate programs are structured or in how graduate studentsare matched with potential research advisors.Other theories and research also seek to understand mechanisms by which experts innovate inprofessional settings, and many of these have been applied to engineering education. Theories ofdistributed cognition 20 have been employed to understand
Conference Session
Assessment and Liberal Education
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; Toluwalogo Odumosu, University of Virginia
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
in Nigeria. His research focuses on studying the various processes by which societies select, adopt and implement large technological systems with an emphasis on digital telecommunication technologies, particularly mobile telephony systems and the Internet. At the University of Virginia, Tolu heads the Digital Privacy Research Laboratory. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 The Whole as the Sum of More Than the Parts: Developing Qualitative Assessment Tools to Track the Contribution of the Humanities and Social Sciences to an Engineering CurriculumAbstractAs over sixteen years of experience have demonstrated, outcomes-based assessment under theEC2000 criteria has
Conference Session
College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Durga Suresh, Wentworth Institute of Technology
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College Industry Partnerships
their tasks, as well asshared their contact information with the other teams, leading to a better communication structureamong the student teams. Specifically, the students used an online communication messagingplatform to maintain constant updates across the teams.Towards the end of the semester, RRT eBikes’s CEO made frequent stops at the laboratory,observing demonstrations, asking questions, and ensuring the work was being done properly andon time.The co-op student, employed by RRT eBikes, served as a centerpiece to much of the progress inthe semester. The student was part manager and part engineer, and without this student, it is likelylittle would have been accomplished. Faculty and students alike relied on the co-op, as wasreflected in
Conference Session
Nontraditional Teaching Approaches
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Waddah Akili, Iowa State University
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International
.  Sharing known skills- Students who possess certain knowledge or skills (examples: computer skills, laboratory skills, data reduction skills, presentation skills) should be willing to pass it on, and/or share it with their group members.  Collaborative Skills- Groups cannot function effectively if members do not have (be willing to learn) or use some needed social skills. These skills include leadership, decision making, trust building, and conflict management.  Monitoring Progress- Groups need to discuss amongst themselves whether they are achieving their set goals; they also need to prioritize the scheduled activities, introduce changes if need be, solicit advice and
Conference Session
Pre-College: Organizing Instruction Around a Theme
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brandon G. Morton, Drexel University; Jeff Gregorio, Drexel University; David S. Rosen, Drexel University ; Richard Vallett, Drexel University; Youngmoo Kim, Drexel University, ExCITe Center
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
College. His research group, the Music & Entertainment Technology Laboratory (MET-lab), focuses on the ma- chine understanding of audio, particularly for music information retrieval. Honored as a member of the Apple Distinguished Educator class of 2013 and the recipient of Drexel’s 2012 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, Youngmoo also has extensive experience in music per- formance, including eight years as a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood Festival Chorus. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017STEAM Education through Music Technology (Evaluation)IntroductionFor the past 10 years, the Music Entertainment Technology Lab (MET
Conference Session
Software Engineering Concepts
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University; Bruce R Maxim, University of Michigan, Dearborn
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Computers in Education
throughout the United States. All CIS undergraduates are required to take 120 credit hours of course which includes 58 credit hours in the CIS department. Most CIS courses are offered as lecture classes with 4 contact hours each week. There are several classes which also require attendance in closed laboratory sessions. The emphasis in CECS is on small class sizes (30:1 student to faculty ratio) and offering hands on experiences through class assignments, course projects, internships, and a two semester (8 month) capstone design project course (4 credits total). The CIS capstone project experience involves students working as part of a four person team under the mentorship of a senior CIS professor to
Conference Session
Energy Conservation
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Christopher J. Damm, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Wesley A. Zloza, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Samuel Jaroslav Stafl, Milwaukee School of Engineering ; Brent Radlinger
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Diversity
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Energy Conversion and Conservation
calculate the optimal size of each system for a given budget and campus location,and minimize the payback time on the investment. The tool was created using HTML, CSS, andJavaScript/jQuery web languages and runs within all major web browsers. This tool wasdeveloped within a local directory and can only be used if the root folder of the project isprovided to the user. However, provided that the files can be hosted on a server, the tool can beeasily configured to be viewed online. Weather data was queried from the National RenewableEnergy Laboratory (NREL) using a public API [1]. The following sections go into detail on whatequations were used to generate fiscal models for each source of energy.Web-based Decision ToolNREL APIThe weather data required
Conference Session
Diversity and Inclusion
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
one of three laboratory courses), offer choice within a singlediscipline (such as a civil engineering elective among about 30 junior/senior level courses), orwide choices (such as technical electives or humanities &/or social science electives from among100 to 300 courses across an array of majors, or completely free electives). Technical/non-technical balance separated the curriculum requirements into these two general pools.Engineering, math, computing, and natural science courses were considered technical; socialscience and humanities courses were considered non-technical. Further, the three engineeringmajors for cohorts 3 and 4 were participating in ABET assessment that included student ratingsof the extent to which they believed that
Conference Session
Motivation and Engagement
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Peter Rogers, The Ohio State University; Denny C. Davis, The Ohio State University; Sarah Winfree, The Ohio State University ; Kaycee Ash, The Ohio State University; Bashirah Ibrahim, Ohio State University; Lin Ding, The Ohio State University
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Educational Research and Methods
initially associatesvalue with a behavior, and then begins to engage in that behavior, until becoming fully motivatedto act out the behavior in everyday life16.Existing Motivation Assessments. A number of established assessment instruments exist withconstructs related to motivation. The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ),developed to measure learning strategies and academic motivation used by college students,identifies motivation constructs for extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, taskvalue, and control expectancy20The Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (IMI), a multidimensional measurement to assess students’subjective experience in laboratory experiments, includes constructs for attainment, utility
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Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Claude Lague P.Eng., University of Ottawa; Hanan Anis, University of Ottawa; Richard Jean L'Abbé
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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation
2015 and againin 2016. The facility now offers a number of different rapid prototyping and fabrication servicesto students, professors, support employees, and members of the community with a focus on 3Dscanning and printing, internet of things technology, wearables, and virtual reality. A teachingarm of the Makerspace, the MakerLab, was opened in 2016 to allow professors to make use ofthe uOttawa Makerspace resources for course-related laboratories and projects.An innovative ‘spin-off’ of the Makerspace, the uOttawa Makermobile, was put in place at thebeginning of the 2015 – 2016 academic year (re.http://engineering.uottawa.ca/Maker%20Mobile). Used for general education, outreach,promotion, and student recruitment purposes, the uOttawa
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Pre-College: Teacher Impact on Student Mastery
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Helen Meyer, University of Cincinnati
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Pre-College Engineering Education Division
inquiry possible in light of accountability? : A quantitative comparison of the relative effectiveness of guided inquiry and verification laboratory instruction. Science Education, 94(4), 577-616. Brophy, S., Klein, S., Portsmore, M., & Rogers, C. (2008). Advancing engineering education in P-12 classrooms. Journal of Engineering Education, 97(3), 369-387. doi:10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00985.x Burkhardt, H. (2012). Engineering good math tests. Education Week, 32(06), November 3, 2016-23. The College Board. (2015). AP calculus AB. Retrieved from http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/ap-course-overviews/ap-calculus-ab-course- overview.pdf Katzmann, J.M. (2007). The influences of implementing state
Conference Session
Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jennifer S Gurski, Drexel University; Penny Louise Hammrich, Drexel Univeristy
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Diversity
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Women in Engineering
Associate Dean of Research at Temple University and a K-12 school-teacher. In the past 20 years she has been the Principal Investigator on over 35 research grants totaling over 30 million dollars. Dr. Hammrich has published more than 150 articles, 5 science laboratory manuals for college level biology courses, 26 science curriculum manuals, 6 chapters in books, edited 14 articles, written 75 government and technical reports, cited in the media over 100 times, and made over 500 national and international presentations. Dr. Hammrich’s research has been nationally recognized over the years by such organizations as the American Association of University Women, Association of Science Teacher Education, National Science
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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Erin Buehler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Gabrielle Salib, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Diversity
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Minorities in Engineering
Conference Session
First-Year Programs: Wednesday Potpourri
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Natasha Perova-Mello, Oregon State University; Sean P. Brophy, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)
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First-Year Programs
Conference Session
Professional Development and Lifelong Learning
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society
at least”. In the interview, she first described the technical components ofher ideal career, to do research that would include field work and laboratory analysis. I: how about an ideal engineering career, what does that look like for you? T: Right now, it would be more like research and development. So it would be basically in a lab and doing research in going on to the field and collecting samples and getting data….Then, the interviewer phrased the question a little differently, which seemed to access anotherimportant component: I: What else about that an ideal job, what else is there from the day to day or more broad understanding of the values of the job? T: I would like a job that is flexible
Conference Session
Graduate Education Model, Industry and Practitioner Experience - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Molly H. Goldstein, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Joanne Lax, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)
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Diversity
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Graduate Studies
preliminary study on supporting writing transfer in an introductory engineering laboratory course,” in 2016 Proc. ASEE.21. D. Brent, “Crossing boundaries: Co-op students relearning to write,” CCC, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 558-592, June 2012.22. M.N. Cleary, “Flowing and freestyling: Learning from adult students about process knowledge transfer,” CCC, vol. 64, no. 4, June 2013.23. S. Conrad, et al., “Students writing for professional practice: A model for collaboration among faculty, practitioners and writing specialists,” in 2015 Proc. ASEE.24. J. A. Donnell, et al., “Why industry says that engineering graduates have poor communication skills: What the literature says,” in 2011 Proc. ASEE.25. A. Devitt, “Teaching critical genre awareness
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Two-year College Potpourri
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Charlotte B. Forrest
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Diversity
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Two Year College Division
. Student recruitment c. The modification, construction, or furnishing of laboratories or other buildings d. Curriculum revisions14. What guidance does NSF-ATE provide for including references in a proposal? a. References should be explained in the project description and are also required to be listed separately. b. References may be embedded and explained in the project description but do not need to be listed separately. c. References are optional for NSF-ATE proposals. d. References are not to be included in the project description, but should be listed separately.15. In preparing the required Budget and a Budget Justification for a proposal, NSF-ATE provides direction on all but which