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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Wendy Robicheau

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

they found the program enjoyable and interesting. Severalindicated an interest in pursuing engineering as a career. For hands-on technical activities,students use SolidWorks CAD software, learn about applications of 3d printing, and learn codingwith micro:bits, which are programmable devices developed so students can gain experiencewith coding. Program participants are challenged with writing programs for the micro:bits forindustry and real-world scenarios given to each team. For example, students code programs thatallow them to measure the sound in their homes, play a rock-paper-scissors game, and measurethe temperature with the integrated sensors of the micro:bit.For the professional skills modules, students learn the DISC (Dominance

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Ding Yuan; Jude DePalma; Nebojsa Jaksic

the lab experience.Results show an improvement for all survey questions. Future work will assess students’performance and retention.BackgroundIt is well-known that the largest attrition in engineering programs in many institutions occursduring the first-year of study1-4. Many educators have discussed this problem and proposedvarious solutions. One of the prominent approaches is to build a learning community by linkingcourses2, 3.At CSU-Pueblo, a pilot learning community was initiated in the Department of Engineering.Two first-year courses were linked with shared homework assignments. In addition, a three-hourrobotics lab was added to stimulate students’ interest in engineering, to introduce students toteam work, and to allow students to meet

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Gentry, University of California, Davis; Rachel Altovar

Paper ID #37234Students’ changing perceptions of programming skills inMaterials Science and EngineeringSusan P. Gentry (Assistant Professor of Teaching) Dr. Susan P. Gentry is an Associate Professor of Teaching Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is integrating computational modules into the undergraduate and graduate materials curriculum. One of her interests is in students’ computational literacy and life-long learning of computational materials science tools. © American Society for Engineering Education

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2022 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christy Dunlap; Jeff Pummill; Han Hu

at the University of Arkansas formechanical engineering, but it would also be good to see other main courses integrate someexamples of machine learning into their curriculum.The mechanical engineering curriculum also lacks training for students in using large datasets orlarge simulations. Most of the work is done on smaller subsets of data that can be easily run ontheir personal computer or they are just given the governing equations. This structure allowsstudents to learn the methods, but there is a critical piece of information missing, how to run andupscale their code. Once in the field, there will be a need to process larger datasets or run larger/longer simulations. This disconnect can be resolved through the integration of

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Lynn Kiaer

unstructured thinking, which may need to be channeled, it has the effect of openingstudents up to the possibility that there may not be a ‘right way’ to look at a problem that there may be anumber of reasonable models for a problem, with different simplifications and trade-offs. Finally, studentssimply like it.LYNN KIAER received a B.A. in French and Political Science and a B.S. in Mathematics from NorwichUniversity, and an M.S. in Operations Research and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Florida Institute ofTechnology, and is now an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Shehas taught in the Integrated First Year Curriculum in Science, Engineering and Mathematics for two years

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Hassan Bajwa; Mohammad Seddik

described by Maxwell's equations. Antenna characteristics such as gain,impedance, VSWR and reflection coefficient can be determined by Maxwell equation.Here, we present a simple hands-on experiment that can serve as an interactive teachingmodule in microwave and antenna design courses.In many antenna design and microwave courses, mathematical modeling and derivation isfollowed by designing of an antenna in simulation software. Usually students are unableto implement these designs during the semester. Here we present some experiments thatcan be integrated into graduate and undergraduate microwave and antenna designcourses. Students should be implementing the design without taking a formal lab course.We have designed several patch and conformal

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Salinas, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Eliud Quintero, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Pablo Guillermo Ramirez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Eduardo González Mendívil, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Mathematics

Fostering Spatial Visualization through Augmented Reality in Calculus learningAbstractWe are part of a team of educational innovation that aims to transform the teaching and learningof Calculus through the integration of digital technologies. We are looking to foster a visual andtangible learning of Mathematics. As a team of educational research we care for developingmathematical cognitive skills that are not explicit in curriculum but have been taken for granted.Most of them is basic to the understanding of mathematics and are useful in the process ofproblem solving. Spatial visualization, for example, has been taken as an innate skill in students,however, experience with teaching solids of revolution, may question whether

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

part of its mission and core themes, UVU seeks to engage students using real-world contexts within and outside the curriculum to increase professional competence andconfidence. The university has been designated a Carnegie Community Engagement Institutionfor both Curricular Engagement and Outreach and Partnerships and takes pride in this distinctiveapproach to teaching and learning. Engaged learning (active learning) has been incorporated intothe curriculum for the target engineering and computing programs. Faculty consciously aim tocreate an environment conducive to engaged learning—a friendly, productive environmentwhere students are known by name and know one another, where they learn to develop andrespect diverse talents through

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 3: Advancements in Teaching Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhee Kim, Western Carolina University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

an undergraduate CFD course,” in 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2011, pp. 22–1188. [4] C. E. Hailey and R. E. Spall, “An introduction of cfd into the undergraduate engineering program,” in 2000 Annual Conference, 2000, pp. 5–102. [5] D. Blekhman, “Lessons learned in adopting a CFD package,” in 2007 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2007, pp. 12–1017. [6] Y. M. Panta, H. W. Kim, P. C. Adhikari, and S. Aryal, “Work-in-progress: integration of hands-on computational fluid dynamics (cfd) in undergraduate curriculum,” in 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2012, pp. 25–1492. [7] Q. H. Mazumder, M. Aslam, and F. Mazumder, “Integration of CFD and EFD for experiential learning in fluid

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; John B. Napp, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Noela A. Haughton

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

: Pilot ImplementationAbstractThis paper describes the authors’ efforts to apply project-based learning (PBL) to a senior levelmechanical engineering technology (MET) course at the University of Toledo. The work is aclose collaboration between the engineering and education faculty and the engineering librarianwith the goal of increasing the students’ information literacy and developing their METdisciplinary competency. Students were required to work in teams on a design project whichrequired library research to identify relevant engineering codes and standards, such as theASHRAE standards and codes required to design an HVAC duct system. This project goals alignwith the new ABET criterion 3 (student outcomes 1-5) and criterion 5 (curriculum

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Modeling and Problem-Solving

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith B. Fisher, Montana State University; Kevin R. Cook, Montana State University

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Educational Research and Methods

University Kevin Cook is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) at Montana State University. He is also the Program Coordinator of the MET Program. Mr. Cook holds a B.S. degree in MET and a M.S. degree in Industrial and Management Engineering, both from Montana State University. Mr. Cook has significant industrial experience and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Montana. His research interests relate to education improvement, as well as curriculum design and integration. Page 22.1400.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011

Conference Session

Design in Biomedical Engineering (Works in Progress) - June 24th

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Olga Imas, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jeffrey A. LaMack, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Icaro Dos Santos, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh P.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Charles S. Tritt, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Biomedical Engineering

as is his B.S. degree. He holds an M.S. in MBE, also from Ohio State. He was the director of the BME program at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) from 2009 to 2017. He has been teaching at MSOE since 1990. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020Work in Progress: Redesigning a Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design Sequence toEnhance Student EngagementThe Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology Criterion 5 states that an accreditedundergraduate engineering curriculum must include a capstone design process to better prepareits graduates for careers in engineering [1]. One common pedagogical approach to teachingdesign focuses on problem-based learning and includes clinical

Conference Session

Exporting of Higher Education to Developing Countries

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

provide guidance, help in seeding the new culture, and in developing emerging professionals; ≠ Initiation and maintenance of regular well-planned interaction with industry; and to seek industries’ input, assistance, and feed back; ≠ An engineering “up-front” approach, where engineering is the intellectual centerpiece of the curriculum and to be used from the beginning, i.e., not simply be the traditional introductory and/or survey type course offered as an independent exercise during the first year; ≠ An integration of basic math and science onto themselves, but most importantly, intertwining the theory to serve engineering principles and engineering

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Marisa Exter, Purdue University; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Todd P. Shuba, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ji Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mindy Hart, EPICS; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

assistive technology.Dr. Marisa Exter, Purdue University Marisa Exter is an Assistant Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the department of Cur- riculum and Instruction at Purdue University. Her cross-disciplinary background includes degrees in Computer Science and Instructional Systems Technology. Marisa Exter’s research aims to provide rec- ommendations to improve or enhance design and technology programs. Some of her previous research has focused on software designers’ formal and non-formal educational experiences and use of precedent materials, and experienced instructional designers’ beliefs about design character. These studies have highlighted the importance of cross-disciplinary skills and student

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brayan Díaz, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Cesar Delgado, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC; Kevin Han, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

thenext section, we will present a review of WIL and then describe how we used this model toestablish a bridge between the curriculum and partnership companies that allow students toparticipate in real projects.Theoretical FrameworkWork- Integrated LearningWork-Integrated Learning (WIL) is the intertwining of practical work experience with classroomlearning (Jackson (2017). WIL forms a key interface between students and industry and allowsstudents to practice applying their disciplinary knowledge in a supervised and enriching workenvironment. Students carry out an internship parallel to their academic studies, immersed in thiswork environment to complement and develop learning situated in a real engineering context.This strategy has spread

Conference Session

Sustainable Construction Practice

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phil Lewis, North Carolina State University; Michael Leming, North Carolina State University

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Construction

their company. Thus, the industry partnering relationship had severalpositive results, including: 1) the students successfully completed the proposed learningoutcomes of the course, 2) the students had an enriched learning experience by working closelywith industry professionals, 3) the students were able to explore an exciting and emerging fieldin the area of construction engineering and management, and 4) the students were presented withan opportunity to begin their professional careers by interviewing for employment with theindustry partner.IntroductionAll students in the Construction Engineering and Management (CEM)1 curriculum in theDepartment of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering (CCEE) at North CarolinaState University

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 13

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

included environmental considerations, and in 2017, the EngineeringAccreditation Commission (EAC) approved ABET criteria that required accredited programs toensure students were exposed to social, environmental, and economic considerations [13].The Engineering for One Planet initiative [14] and the United Nations Sustainable DevelopmentGoals [15] both call for the inclusion of sustainable engineering practices in engineering educationas an integral part of engineering education. We are calling for a comprehensive integration intothe curriculum as well as the creation of toolkits [15-16] and frameworks [14] to guide the process.In the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, sustainabilityprocesses and practices

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 28

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Berenice A. Cabrera, University of Michigan; Shannon M. Clancy, University of Michigan; Vibhavari Vempala, University of Michigan; Jingfeng Wu, University of Michigan; Erika Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

integrating both social and technical knowledge and skills in theengineering curriculum. For example, two key ABET criteria delineate the need for students toapply their technical knowledge to develop solutions to complex world problems which affectpublic health, welfare, and consider global, cultural, social, environmental, and economicfactors. Another instance of such criteria is, “an ability to recognize ethical and professionalresponsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider theimpact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.” [5].In addition to the academic standards, industry leaders and educators alike emphasize thesignificance of equipping future engineers

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Engineering Management Division (EMD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard (Rick) Warren Blank, Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals; Stanislaw Tarchalski, The Johns Hopkins University

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

their the ten (10)course requirement. This provides a mix of leadership and management skills while alsoadvancing their technical studies at the graduate level (see Exhibit 2). Exhibit 2. Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals MEM Degree Combines Leadership, Management, and Technical TracksAs shown in Exhibit 2, the current core curriculum includes the course 595.781 ExecutiveTechnical Leadership. This was not always the case. As part of the evolution of our MEMcurriculum, in 2013 we conducted an in-depth analysis of existing engineering managementprograms throughout the United States to understand current trends in curriculum, course format,program structure, and student demographics. Our assessment is summarized in

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jay Patrick McCormack, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Bill Riley, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, Indiana, where he directs the Professional Writing major. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Entrepreneurial Thinking in a First-Year Engineering Design StudioIn summer 2016, the authors and several other collaborators developed and taught a courseaiming to advance the pedagogy informing a proposed new degree program in EngineeringDesign, in which design, writing, and engineering topics are integrated into a multidisciplinarydesign studio setting. Most closely associated with the disciplines of industrial design andarchitecture, design studios immerse students in an authentic problem-solving environment: "In studio, designers express and explore

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BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Althea Arnold, University of North Texas

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Construction

first year has lead tocontinued interest from the construction community to be part of this program.IntroductionCapstone design courses are recognized as an important part of the Engineering curriculum.1 TheUniversity of North Texas Construction Engineering Technology program is a new program thathas recently graduated its first undergraduate class. Due to the small class size and newness ofthe program, it was necessary to determine an effective and economical way of meeting thestudents various needs in a capstone course. Larger universities divide their capstone classes intosections reflecting the student specialties, i.e. residential, commercial and heavy highwayconstruction. With the first graduating class at 16 students and the second to be

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William M. Jordan; Debbie Silver; Bill B. Elmore

meet the state’s new mandates to reduce requisite hours. No additional hours can be addedto any education curriculums at this time. Our plan allows substitution of this course for pre-existing physical science courses. For secondary science education majors this course issubstituted for the third chemistry course that they would otherwise have taken. For elementaryeducation majors, this course replaces a three-hour physical science course that they wouldotherwise have been required to take.III. New/modified course descriptionProblem Solving in Engineering Science for Teachers is an integrative course designed toenhance engineering, science, mathematics, and technology literacy of preservice teachersthrough a problem solving study of matter

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student-Centered Approaches in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadear Ibrahim Hassan, Texas A&M University; Luis Angel Rodriguez, Texas A&M University; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University; David Christopher Seets, Texas A&M University; M. Cynthia Hipwell, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

serves as a hypothesisdemanding evaluation (Will it succeed? Will it fail? How many attempts are necessary? Who isinterested in this product?). Therefore, an innovator must grasp the art of effective experimentationand adeptly navigate associated risks [11]. Embracing the possibility of failure requires courage inthe relentless pursuit of turning ideas into reality.2.0.Curriculum Design: Theoretical Framework Building on the current literature on innovation practices, a course was designed to encompassthe four major commonalities found to be integral to the innovation process. These commonalitiesshown in Fig. 1 are (1) understanding systems through the use of models, (2) enhancing learningthrough thoughtful intentions and reflections, (3

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharlene Katz, California State University-Northridge; Robert Alldredge, Allan Hancock College

implemented over 50 new engineering/manufacturing/ electronics/information technology Associate degree and certificate programs. These new curricula have resulted in 197 new or revised courses being taught at six community colleges that integrate academic and vocational subject matter with industry skill standards and/or competencies. • CREATE faculty continue to work with local industry to revise their curriculum to meet industry needs. • A new Information Technology degree program was developed and implemented at Cuesta College. • A new Mechatronics degree program was developed and implemented at Allan Hancock College. • A feasibility study to determine the need for a new 4-year B.S. in Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 14

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abdullah Umair Bajwa, Habib University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

students to help bridge gaps identified in theirdesign learnings is discussed.Design is “considered to be the central or distinguishing activity of engineering” [8, 9] and isthus an integral part of the engineering curriculum. Engineering design is a systematic,intelligent, problem-solving process through which engineers develop solutions that achievedesired objectives of form and function within bounds imposed by constraints [10]. In theirseminal paper on the challenges in teaching engineering design, Dym et al. [9] recommendedthat “enhanced design pedagogy” should be made the highest priority by engineers inacademe to curtail the loss of “human design potential.”Over the past few decades, ‘project-based learning’, which has been described as

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 11

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amit Shashikant Jariwala, Georgia Institute of Technology; Raghu Pucha, Georgia Institute of Technology; Terrence Pleasant; Shivani Kundalia; Amanda Nolen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Devesh Ranjan

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

opportunity for students to berewarded for learning and teaching their peers. This study lays the foundation for a long-termlongitudinal study to understand further the impact of peer mentorship and socio-technicalprojects from freshman to senior years. The paper will present the benefits and challengesassociated with engaging seniors and first-year students while solving an authentic designchallenge through surveys and focus groups. These results will help develop the framework tobuild vertical integration within the curriculum for effectively teaching engineering design.IntroductionBackground Peer mentorship is a learning model that allows students to learn from one another in acollaborative and supportive environment [1]. The model involves

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

James Helbling

Fall 2003 semester, an instructor change in the Aircraft Detail Design course led to amajor curriculum alteration that emphasized component design and the addition of structuraltesting of scaled models of aircraft components. The new curriculum required student teams tobuild both wind tunnel and structural models of an aircraft component (e.g., a wing section, tailsection, pylon) to allow students an opportunity to verify both aerodynamic and structuralanalysis methods.Therefore, beginning in the Fall 2003 semester, students were required to select a singlecomponent from the aircraft they developed in the Preliminary Design course and concentrate onthe design of that component alone. They were first required to fabricate and test a wind

Conference Session

New Learning Paradigms I

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Duffy, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Barry, University Massachusetts Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Manuel Heredia, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

. Summary of Results and Hypotheses TestedBriefly summarized below in answer to the hypotheses posed in Section 2 are the results aboveand other results to date that have been reported in other papers (12) (13)(14) (9)(15) (16) (17) (11) (18) (19) (20).1. Faculty would accept S-L: Forty eight faculty members have integrated S-L into an average of 4 courses each in the engineering curriculum. Thirty-five core required courses have had S-L. Four of the undergraduate programs (ME, EE, CE, and Plastics E) have essentially reached the objective of one course every semester. The remaining program (ChE) in the fall 2008 semester had four courses and is getting close to the objective. Of these 48 faculty members, 6 are female, 5 are part-time, 30

Conference Session

New ECE Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Constance D. Hendrix, USAF Academy; Danial J. Neebel PE, US Air Force Academy; Ryan Jay Silva, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering? A Qualitative, Longitudinal Investigation of Students' Motivational Values," Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 289-303, 2010.[2] A. Wigfield and J. S. Eccles, "Expectancy-Value Theory of Achievement Motivation," Contemporary Educational Psychology, vol. 25, pp. 68-81, 2000.[3] W. A. Friess and M. P. Davis, "Development, implementation and assessment of a common first year end-of- semester engineering design project in an integrated curriculum," in Frontiers in Education, Oklahoma City, 2013.[4] C.-U. Lei, H. K.-H. So, E. Y. Lam, K. K.-Y. Wong, R. Y.-K. Kwok and C. K. Y. Chan, "Teaching Introductory Electrical Engineering: Project-Based Learning Experience," in IEEE International Conference on

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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Sudipta Chowdhury, Marshall University; Ammar Alzarrad, Marshall University

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Diversity

) manager at an engineering design firm in Chicago, where he managed multi-million projects (i.e., Wrigley Field restoration and expansion project). Dr. Alzarrad is a PMP©, CPEM©, and the Director of The Engineering Management Graduate Program at Marshall University. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Sociocultural and Sociopolitical Challenges for STEM Education in the Current EraAbstract: To ensure learner engagement, the importance of integrating learners’ culture or, at thevery least, being cognizant about it while carrying out formal/informal STEM activities has beenwell recognized in the STEM literature. However, the importance of considering learners