Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering and Business

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Clayton, Auburn University; Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; Evelyn Thrasher, Auburn University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

2006-1123: INTEGRATION OF BUSINESS APPLICATIONS ANDFUNDAMENTAL SKILLS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS STATISTICSCOURSEHoward Clayton, Auburn UniversityChetan Sankar, Auburn UniversityEvelyn Thrasher, Auburn University Page 11.798.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Integrating Business Applications and Teaching of Fundamental Statistics Skills in an Undergraduate Business Statistics CourseResearch Problem Motivating college of business (COB) students to enjoy learning statistics has been amajor challenge for decades in many American colleges and universities. It is a widely heldbelief that if students enjoy what they are being taught they will

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Engineering Ambassadors Network; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the director of marketing for Drexel’s College of Engineering and director of operations for Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Engineering. Now, as CEO of Christine Haas Consulting, LLC, Christine travels around the world teaching courses to scientists and engineers on presentations and technical writing. She has taught clients across gov- ernment, industry and higher education, including Texas Instruments, Brookhaven National Laboratory, European Southern Observatory (Chile), Simula Research Laboratory (Norway) and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. Christine works closely with Penn State University faculty Michael Alley (The Craft of Scientific Presentations and The Craft of Scientific Writing) and

Conference Session

Student Advancement in Mechanics of Materials

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick A. Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Edward J. Berger, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Angela Goldenstein, Purdue University

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Mechanics

Paper ID #23541Work in Progress: Active Learning Activities to Improve Conceptual Under-standing in an Undergraduate Mechanics of Materials CourseMr. Nick A. Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Nick Stites is pursuing a PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include the development and evaluation of novel pedagogical methods to teach core engineering courses and leveraging technology to enhance learning experiences. Nick holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering and has eight years of engineering experience. He also has four years of experience as an adjunct

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Civil ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman Kuzmar

outlines these positive and negative elements in addition tosuggestions to improve the new approach. Over a four-year period, the students chose a widevariety of topics. The students became creative in this regard. The appendices of this paper listthese topics. The paper offers an evaluation of this alternative approach through instructor’sobservations and students’ comments. Embedded in the paper is a comparison between thisalternative approach and the traditional way of assigning course projects.IntroductionSeveral educators have reported that the implementation of new and alternative teachingmethods improves learning by students1-5. In engineering and engineering technologyeducation, the ASEE supports this by making new teaching techniques as

Conference Session

Ethics Classes: Creative or Inefficient

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christy Moore; Stephanie Bird; Steven Nichols

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1. Graphical Representation of Engineering ActivitiesAcademic institutions take several approaches in addressing the areas of professionalresponsibility. This paper describes the PRiME Project, (Professional ResponsibilityModules in Engineering) a program developed in the College of Engineering at TheUniversity of Texas at Austin to include topics of professional responsibility in theengineering curriculum.Origins of the PRiME ProjectIn the summer of 2004, faculty teaching Engineering Communication from fivedepartments in the college of engineering began meeting to explore ways to improve theways that

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Barbara Gannod

undergraduate student members of theAssociation of Computing Machinery (ACM) and associated faculty.The TEK program is similar to many other successful programs that bring college students andfaculty into K-12 classrooms to teach engineering concepts and mentor K-12 teachers andstudents; however, the TEK curriculum specifically targets computer science and technologyeducation (rather than general engineering). A preliminary yearlong curriculum was developedby a core group of student members of ASU’s student chapter of the ACM under the direction ofthe author and under the consultation of a local elementary school teacher. The pilot offerings ofthis computer science-related curriculum occurred during the 2001-2002 academic school year intwo different

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Cullington, Sacred Heart University; Mary V Villani, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Nur Dean, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Moaath Alrajab, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York; Arthur Hoskey, Farmingdale State College SUNY, New York; Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

computational thinking skills. Another line of research was the development of a simulated operating system, SimpleOS, that allowed students to run basic programs and visually see the state of the simulated memory, registers, and process queues in order to facilitate student learning. Dr. Hoskey has also collaborated with the Farmingdale State College Center for Applied Mathematics and Brookhaven National Laboratory on an undergraduate research program in the area of Signal Analysis. Dr. Hoskey received the 2017 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from the State University of New York.Dr. Ilknur Aydin, Farmingdale State College, SUNY, New York Ilknur Aydin is an Associate Professor of Computer Systems at

Conference Session

Training and Support for NEEs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Te-shun Chou, East Carolina University; John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University; Kamalesh Panthi, East Carolina University; Tijjani Mohammed, East Carolina University

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New Engineering Educators

. John Barry DuVall, East Carolina University Dr. DuVall is a Full Professor and facilitator of TECS-TRAIN in the Department of Technology Sys- tems at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. DuVall currently teaches online classes to practicing professionals at the undergraduate, Master’s and PhD levels in areas such as strategies for technology management and communication and industrial supervision. He served as Director of a NSF/ARPA/TRP research project called The Factory as a Learning Laboratory – A Practice-Based M.S. Degree Program for Black and Decker (U.S.) associates and defense industry scientists and engineers. In 1994 this led to the development of the first Internet programs for East

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Gordon Romney; Pradip Dey; Mohammad Amin; Bhaskar Sinha

to have an individual, dedicated“virtual” computer on which to experiment and complete a laboratory assignment withoutmodifying, if desired, the host “physical” computer and its resources11. Operating systemvirtualization has been a great facilitator at SOEC in the teaching of computer science,information technology and security courses6,10. A physical, hypervisor host machine has thecapability of running multiple operating systems concurrently, each of which is a guest machineor virtual machine (VM)12. Examples of a Hypervisor executing as an application are: 1)VMware Workstation under the Windows 8 O/S; 2) Parallels under the Mac OS X, or c) OracleVirtualBox on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux. Virtual Labs (VL). Lab assignments using VMshave

Conference Session

Student Feedback and Assessment in Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tiago R. Forin, Rowan University; Cole H. Joslyn, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Design in Engineering Education

; empowering faculty through educational collaborative action research. He holds a B.S.I.E. in Industrial Engineering and a M.Ed. specializing in mathematics education. Cole has worked as an engineer in the manufacturing industry, a pastor in full-time ministry, and a high school math teacher. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Approaches for coaching students in design reviewsAbstract: Design reviews offer a unique window into understanding how design teachers help their studentsdevelop as designers. They are a prevalent practice for helping students develop design thinking expertise,although their structure and content may vary across disciplines. Understanding the teaching

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 9: Online Learning Environments

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tara Esfahani; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #38579Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Time Management and Self EfficacyinDifferent Learning FormatsTara EsfahaniDr. David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine David A. Copp received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Arizona and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Prior to joining UCI, he was a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National

Conference Session

Project-Based Student Learning: Part I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Everly, University of Cincinnati

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Engineering Technology

seventeen laboratory exercises. The author's life-long interest in amateur radiocoupled with the discovery of a textbook entitled the "Electronics of Radio" by Rutledge [1],based on a transceiver designed by Burdick [2], made the course extremely practical withemphasis on construction techniques and subsystem testing. In addition, only a modest amounton non-calculus mathematics is required for the student to gain an adequate understanding oftransceiver design concepts.Professor Rutledge's textbook uses an off-the-shelf 7 MHz RF transceiver kit known as theNorCal 40A as a vehicle for teaching RF circuit analysis and design. The term NorCal is anabbreviation for Northern California amateur radio club which initially participated in the

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Michael Brzoska, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

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Electrical and Computer

(NSCC) campus was selected for the site for the new program as it already had largewell equipped but underutilized electronics laboratories which housed an existing AS degree inelectronics. The laboratories appeared to be generally adequate to offer a BSEE program. Apre-engineering program had existed there for many years as well.In order for a regional university like EWU to offer a BSEE program Washington State law hadto be revised. Organized by EWU, NSCC, AeA and many engineering firms, staterepresentatives and senators were persuaded to put forward legislation to amend the state lawallowing regional universities to offer the BSEE program. There was some initial apprehensionby representatives and senators about universities other than R-1

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Marcus Pandy; Anthony Petrosino; Ronald Barr

is based on the widely publicized book “How PeopleLearn” (HPL). The HPL teaching framework presents the learning material as a series ofchallenges that are posed through a “Legacy Cycle.” Three VANTH modules, covering sevenchallenges, were tested in an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering course in Fall 2003. Theclass (N=32) was divided into two groups, control and trial, based on a random assignment.The control group performed the challenge in a traditional way (pencil and paper) while thetrial group solved the challenge using the VaNTH material located at a website. For eachgroup, a pre-test, post-test, and affect ranking were administered. The students were alsosurveyed on the learning effectiveness of the various components of each

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael C. Hatfield, University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Denise Thorsen, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

University of Alaska Fairbanks (’99). As part of his joint appointment with UAF’s College of Engineering & Mines and Geophysical Institute, Dr Hatfield teaches courses in electrical and aerospace engineering, conducts UAS research in support of ACUASI, and participates in STEM outreach activities. In addition, Dr Hatfield administers UAF’s Aerospace Engineering Programs and serves as faculty advisor for the university’s student chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics. Prior to joining UAF in 2013, Dr Hatfield was a US Air Force officer where he served in numerous capacities over a 28-year career. Dr Hatfield’s assignments included 2 tours teaching at the USAF Academy (Department of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); M. Eric Carr, Drexel University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

technologies to enhance Drexel’s Engineering Tech- nology course offerings. Eric is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Computer Engineering at Drexel, and is an author of several technical papers in the field of Engineering Technology Education. Page 24.1091.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014Imaging of Solar Cells:A Gateway to Teaching STEM DisciplinesAbstractIn this project, we are using image processing (both visible, near infrared, and farinfrared) to study various aspects of solar cells including their materials, deviceoperation, defects, variability, and reliability. Laboratory projects

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment and Program Improvement in ECE.

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed S. Khan, DeVry University, Addison, IL; Aminul Karim, DeVry University, Downers Grove, IL; Jennifer A McClain, IEEE

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Electrical and Computer

. His research interests are in the areas of Nanotechnology, Fiber Optic Communications, Faculty Development, Application of Telecom- munications Technologies in Distance Education, and Social and Ethical Implications of Technology. He teaches Wireless Engineering, Network Engineering, Fiber Optic Communications, Science Technology and Society (STS), and Project Management. He also advises students on their senior design projects. He is the author of many educational papers and presentations. He has authored/coauthored the following books: • Nanotechnology: Ethical and Social Implications (2012) • Technology and Society: Issues for the 21st Century and Beyond 3E, (2008) • The Telecommunications Fact Book and

Conference Session

Computing & Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

will elaborate the detail content of the curriculum for our new electrical engineeringprogram as well as the two-semester long capstone design courses. The paper also presents theprimary experiences of teaching capstone I and II to our electrical engineering students. Thedescription of these courses is first given, including course contents, learning outcomes andinstruction approach.IntroductionUtah Valley University is a comprehensive regional university with over 41,000 studentscharged with serving Utah County, which is the second largest county in the state. UVU isregionally accredited at the institution level by the Northwest Commission of Colleges andUniversities. UVU has a dual mission – that of a comprehensive university offering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; David A. Wyrick PE, CPEM, West Virginia University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and served in several ad- ministrative roles within higher education; secured over $5.5M funding and support for STEM education research; and led several program development efforts, including: a childcare facility at a federal research laboratory, STEM K-12 teacher training programs, a Molecular Biology/Biotechnology master’s degree program at a small internationally-focused teaching institution, as well as a first-year engineering program and a B.S. Engineering Technology degree program at an R1 research institution. She has been recognized for her teaching, advising, and service, and as an Exemplary Faculty Member for Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.Dr. David A. Wyrick PE, CPEM, West Virginia

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED): Best of Works in Progress

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Patrick Jr., Texas A&M University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

Paper ID #37014Work In Progress: Professional Development Through High-Impact Experi-encesDr. Charles Patrick Jr., Texas A&M University Dr. Charles Patrick Jr. currently serves as a Professor of Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engi- neering at Texas A&M University. He serves as Director of the Undergraduate Program and administers the Ideas to Innovation Engineering Education Excellence Laboratory. He is involved in Texas A&M’s Center for Teaching Excellence, the Institute for Engineering Education and Innovation, and the College of Engineering’s Faculty Engineering Education Group. His research focuses

Collection

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

Hongli luo, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Proceedings | Paper ID 36136experience in various technologies in this course. It prepares students well for their seniorproject, if they choose to work on an IoT related application.References:[1] Agrawal, J. P., & Farook, O., & Anderson, Z. J., & Walker, D. G. (2019, June), Internet of Things (IoT) Laboratory Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--33008[2] Barendt, N., Sridhar N., and Loparo, K. A New Course for Teaching Internet of Things: A Practical, Hands-on, and Systems-level Approach, 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.[3] Bluetooth Low Energy, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_Low_Energy[4] DSD TECH Bluetooth 4.0 ble module HM 10, http

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Seth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines; Emily Bongiovanni, Carnegie Mellon University ; Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Alexander Luis Odicino, Claremont Colleges Library

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Diversity

from Research and Practice for Middle Grades through University Education. (Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, 2012).16. Sweet, C. Accessibility in the Laboratory. in Hidden or Invisible Disabilities and Laboratory Accommodations (ed. E. Sweet, W. Strobel Gower and C.E. Heltzer) vol. 1272 69–75 (American Chemical Society, 2018).17. Prema, D. & Dhand, R. Inclusion and accessibility in STEM education: Navigating the duty to accommodate and disability rights. Can. J. Disabil. Stud. 8, 121–141 (2019).18. Miner, D. L., Nieman, R., Swanson, A. B. & Woods, M. Teaching chemistry to students with disabilities: A manual for high schools, colleges, and graduate programs. (American Chemical Society, 2001).19

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Seattle University; Richard Brown Bankhead III, Seattle University; Jennifer M. Dorsey, University of Texas at Austin

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Electrical and Computer

Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her main areas of study were qualitative research, youth and the media, and youth under- standing of difference and diversity. Prior to receiving her doctorate at Harvard, Jennifer was a middle school English teacher in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles for six years. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Collaborative Problem-Solving in a Virtual Electrical Circuits ClassAbstractWhile online teaching and learning during a pandemic has presented some unique challenges, ithas also paved the way for some transformative opportunities. Courses that

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Audrey LaVallie; Eakalak Khan; G. Padmanabhan

., Foertsch, J. A., & Daffinrud, S.,1998. Spend a Summer with a Scientist program: An evaluation of program outcomes and the essential elements of success. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin- Madison, LEAD Center.[8] Schamel, G & Ayres, M., 1992. The Minds-on Approach: Student Creativity and Personality Involvement in the Undergraduate Science Laboratory. Journal of College Science Teaching, 21(4), 226-229.[9] Nikolova Eddins, S. G., & Williams, D. F., 1997. Research-based Learning for Undergraduates: A Model for Merger of Research and Undergraduate Education. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 8(3):77-94.[10] Chaplin, S. B., Manske, J. M., & Cruise, J. L., 1998. Introducing Freshmen to Investigative

Conference Session

Mid Atlantic Papers

Collection

2017 Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Authors

sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College; Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College; George Tremberger Jr, CUNY Queensborough Community College; Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough COmmunity College

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Mid-Atlantic Section Fall Conference

Paper ID #20998Extraction of information and facts from data mining of random sequencesfor undergraduate researchDr. sunil Dehipawala, Queensborough Community College Sunil Dehipawala received his B.S. degree from University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka and Ph.D from City University of New York. Currently, he is working as a faculty member at Queensborough Community College of CUNY.Dr. Raul Armendariz, Queensborough Community College Assistant professor of physicsMr. George Tremberger Jr, CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeProf. Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough COmmunity College Tak Cheung, Ph.D., professor of physics, teaches

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2018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Diversity

Paper ID #244842018 ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference: Washington, District ofColumbia Apr 6STEM Awareness Starts at the Elementary and Middle SchoolsDr. Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Rajarajan Subramanian is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Teaching at Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. Previously, he worked for four years as Transportation Engineer at Maryland State Highway Administration. He earned his Ph.D. and master’s degree in engineering from the Depart- ment of Civil & Coastal Engineering, University of Florida. He has 25

Collection

2017 ASEE Mid Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; AB Shafaye, Penn State Harrisburg

the ABET Accreditation Visit for a New Program Semester/Year  Activities  Year 0 and prior   Design curriculum, develop courses and laboratories, teach courses  years   Create Assessment plans for student learning outcomes (course‐based  learning outcomes)   Create performance indicators for each student outcome (a‐k)   Develop an overall assessment plan (for the program)    Year 1, Fall   Start implementation of the assessment plan   Collect data throughout the semester

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Bonnie Boardman; Lynn Peterson

advantage ofthis approach is that each department sets the content of their course. This allows eachdepartment to teach the skills and tools that will be needed for students to be successful in thechosen discipline. The Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department, for example,could present a segment in contemporary issues in computer science, while the Civil andEnvironmental Engineering (CEE) Department would introduce CAD/CAE applications.Departments could also choose the structure of the course that would best fit the specificdepartmental objectives. For some departments lab time might be a necessary component whilefor other departments class lecture time might be a more appropriate format for the course.Again, departments could fit the

Conference Session

Issues of Persistence in Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Ohland, Purdue University; Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego; Richard Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Russell Long, Purdue University; Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2009-705: HOW WE MEASURE SUCCESS MAKES A DIFFERENCE:EIGHT-SEMESTER PERSISTENCE AND GRADUATION RATES FOR FEMALEAND MALE ENGINEERING STUDENTSMatthew Ohland, Purdue University Matthew W. Ohland is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University and is the Past President of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida in 1996. Previously, he served as Assistant Director of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Engineering Education Coalition. He studies longitudinal student records in engineering education, team-member effectiveness, and the implementation of high-engagement teaching methods.Michelle

Conference Session

Faculty Development and Research in ET

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Denton, Purdue University; Nancy Denton, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

that industry has employed to certifythe certification process6,7.Corporate-based certification consists of certifying competency in a specific company’s systemsor products. Cisco, Motorola, National Instruments, and Rockwell Automation are all examplesof the many companies that offer certification programs for individuals. For example, Cisco Page 14.605.2offers individuals a three-level general networking certification program, with the option foradditional evolving specialist certifications. The general program offers six parallel certificationtracks, requiring a laboratory practice exam and a written examination to attain certification