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2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Richard Devon; Kathryn Jablokow

by studies ofprofessional designers.In another view, Ahmed’s series of studies of design maturation among working engineers(descriptive design) found, for example, that analogous reasoning becomes much moresophisticated in experienced designers since novices work with far less experience and technicalknowledge.1,2 Experts used analogies a lot for analysis and evaluation, whereas novicesprimarily used them for generating concepts and a cognitive “safe haven.” [All analogies wereused only in conceptual design and none in detail design and only one was transferred from adifferent knowledge domain] Expertise does bring habits of mind, however, and Ahmed doesnot compare differences in creativity, which might not always be as one sided.Further

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric C. Dierks, University of Texas, Austin; Jason M. Weaver, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2011-1000: ENERGY HARVESTING FOR ENGINEERING EDUCA-TORSEric C Dierks, The University of Texas at Austin Mr. Dierks is currently a Master’s student at The University of Texas at Austin working on powering structural health monitoring systems through energy harvesting and scavenging. He also earned a BSME from the same university in 2008. Following this he worked for the Institute for Advanced Technology in Austin modeling, simulating, optimizing, and testing battery-inductor pulsed power supplies for electro- magnetic rail guns for the US Army and Navy. There, he also briefly served as a reviewer for Carnegie Mellon’s autonomous platform demonstrator robotic program.Jason M Weaver, The University of Texas at

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Research Technical Session 7

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Eden Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University; Paula Gangopadhyay, The Henry Ford (museums); James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sridhar S. Condoor, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Saint Louis University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donald Wroblewski P.E., University of California, Berkeley; Cornelia Huellstrunk, Princeton University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

andentrepreneurship to improve our economy and address the major problems we face as a society.We feel that engineers have both a responsibility and a critical role to play in identifying andhelping to resolve the challenges we face as a society in resource use, technology use or in socio-economic issues. Understanding how engineers contribute to innovations that address theproblems or challenges of our society is, in our minds, an important task which is why we haveparticipated in this journey. We are pleased to share our discussions with you and look for yoursupport in continuing our research and entering into the dialogue with us. Page 24.1217.3

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Innovations and Inclusion in Pre-Service and Pre-College STEM Education

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bree Jimenez, Baylor University; Ginevra Courtade, University of Louisville; Christine M Cunningham, Museum of Science; Jennifer Marie Fosbinder, University of Louisville; Mary Rathmann, University of Louisville

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

research study that specificallyinvestigates the development of engineering practices of this population of students. In theirstudy, the investigators were interested in the impact of a universally designed engineeringcurriculum on the engineering habits of mind (e.g., develop and use processes to solve problems)students with ID/ESN during Engineering is Elementary (EiE) design challenges. The studyaddressed the development of EiE lessons by utilizing the Universal Design for Learning (UDL)Framework (CAST, 2024) to embed previously mentioned evidence-based practices acrosslessons (e.g., task analysis)) to support learning opportunities. Additionally, teachers embeddedexplicit and systematic instruction to support students’ habits of mind (e.g

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Russell R. Barton; Robert P. Smith; José L. Zayas; Craig A. Nowack

course expectations. It was not until the latter third of the coursethat students were able to formulate a clear definition in their own minds of concurrent engineering. Becauseof the general feeling of apprehension, students tended to wait to be told what to do, and to be anxious aboutassignments. It was difficult for students to take initiative when faced with risk, especially for the in-class casediscussions, which involved as many as thirty students. An interesting side effect to the team building sessions at Penn State was a noticeable improvement incase discussions held during the class periods following the team building activities. The students were lessapprehensive and more willing to volunteer their opinions. The result was a

Conference Session

Making Professionals: Methods to Build Success Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jakob C. Bruhl, United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky P.E., United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

adding extreme constraints often prompts Convergent X creative solutions as it forces your mind to focus on the core of the problem. One example is Ernest Hemingway’s challenge to write a complete story in six words. In that vein, summarize everything that you have learned in your engineering courses in six words (not six words per course; six words total!) 2 Choose a person who inspires you and ask them two questions: (1) Divergent What inspires you? And (2) How do you use that inspiration to fuel your own creativity. Write a summary of their answers in a 1-page memorandum. 3 Making remote associations between words or concepts can help

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Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rojeski; Cindy Waters

Retention of Information – Improving the Engineering Outcomes C.K. Waters1, P. Rojeski2 1 Mechanical Engineering, N.C. A. &T. State University, Greensboro, NC, 27411, 2 Civil and Architectural Engineering, N.C. A. &T. State University, Greensboro, NC, 27411ABSTRACT The educational outcomes for civil engineering require students to meet specificperformance standards at the time of graduation. Courses involving these performance standardsare taken several semesters prior to graduation; therefore the challenge is to encourage thestudents to maintain their proficiencies until their senior year and beyond

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Graham; Jan Puszynski; Anton Pintar; Jenna Carpenter; Michael Cutlip

of a theorem. In other words, we are comfortable withstudents learning mathematical facts without necessarily having seen the proofs.Technique and TechnologyA fair amount of the discussion at the workshop, within our group and others, centered aroundthe use of “technology” in the math courses for engineers. In the discussions, “technology”meant a number of different things, from numerical methods to graphing calculators to symbolicmanipulation packages. We’d like to emphasize here some points to be kept in mind whenthinking of the introduction of these tools into math courses. Here are some questions and ourresponses:“Why should I learn to do it by hand?”• sense of form of mathematical expressions, understanding of what manipulations are

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Willie Ofosu

Page 5.344.5groups, new friends and get involved in other activities that contribute to forming acollege life. It is important not to spread the minorities so thinly that they will feelisolated. It is a good idea to assign good numbers of minorities to the same floor.Technology is growing very fast particularly in information technology and internet-related applications. Attendant to the growth, are many opportunities for developingsmall businesses. The idea of starting one’s own business is a fact that can be stressed tothe independent-minded individuals, and also to those who have entrepreneurial skills toencourage them while at college.ConclusionThe need for improving minority representation in engineering programs in colleges

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John S. Schmalzel; Ralph A. Dusseau; Kauser Jahan

problems.The Civil and Environmental Engineering department introduces freshmen students to structuralmeasurements using a bridge module. Bridges serve as aesthetic icons, engineering achievementsand defining structures for their communities. They tend to leave a lasting impression on thehuman mind. They are also reminders of historic battles and patriots honored. A recent article inCivil Engineering (1997), [3] reported the new ISTEA (Intermodal Surface TransportationEfficiency Act) provisions for historic preservation and restoration of old bridges in this country.Elementary, junior and high school students in recent years are being exposed to various hands-on bridge projects [4,5]. Thus bridges are a powerful tool for exciting and exposing students

Collection

2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Thomas Haas, University of Cincinnati

Engineering Connection. Identify and describe how you will explicitly address theways in which your lesson or activity is representative of the processes, habits of mind andpractices used by engineers, or is demonstrative of work in specific engineering fields. At leastone of those must be within the first four listed, below; i.e., do not only check “other”. Check allthat apply: Use of an engineering design process that has at least one iteration/improvement Attention to specific engineering habits of mind Attention to engineering practices (as described in the NGSS/Framework and as practiced by engineers) Attention to specific engineering careers or fields related to the lesson/activity

Conference Session

Reception & Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretar Tryggvason, University of Notre Dame

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ASEE International Forum

Paper ID #8324Educating the Global Robotics EngineerProf. Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Prof. Michael A. Gennert is Director of the Robotics Engineering Program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he is Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineer- ing. He has worked at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA, the University of California/Riverside, General Electric Ordnance Systems, Pittsfield, MA and PAR Technology Cor- poration, New Hartford, NY. He received the S.B. in Computer Science, S.B. in Electrical Engineering, and S.M. in

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Mingle; Tom Roberts

characterizes a verbrepresenting a process. The Oxford English Dictionary indicates its verb usage evolved from asearly as the 14th century. Further, knowledging, the gerund of the verb knowledge, means teach-ing not only the basic information, but also the analysis of that information into knowledge. Yet,knowledging is not restricted to this narrow role; as it includes continued successful use of alltypes of knowledge.One of the keys to knowledging is insight, especially for creating higher knowledge. Insight isdivided by the psychology domain into commonly used open-minded processes: 1) Completing aschema; 2) Reorganizing visual information; 3) Reformulating a problem; 4) Overcoming a men-tal block; 5) Finding a problem analog.4 Engineers generally

Conference Session

Revitalizing Cooperative Education and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Gunn, Michigan State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

2006-703: CO-OP, COMMUNICATION, AND ENGINEERING DISCIPLINESCraig Gunn, Michigan State University Page 11.323.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Co-op, Communication, and Engineering DisciplinesAbstractAs we look at the modern world, a world consumed with fast communication, websites, textmessaging, and cell phone conversation that does not reinforce the necessary tools ofcommunication, one must start to investigate areas that will enable engineering students to enter theworld of work and function as valuable members of that world. We are always reminded thatcooperative engineering education has proved itself to be an important experience in the

Conference Session

ENT-2: Bridging Faculty and Student Perspectives in Entrepreneurial Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; DeAnna Lynn Leitzke PE, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Kurt Paterson P.E., Arizona State University; Joshua Mitchell, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

creating value in diverse contexts to positively impact others [4]. Using ashared language and framework, KEEN fosters collaboration among administrators, faculty, andinstitutions to implement entrepreneurially-minded learning in various contexts. This enablesstudents to recognize and identify opportunities, focus their impact, and create value in anycontext.Through its Engineering Unleashed subsidiary, an online community of more than 6,000engineering faculty, staff, and administrators, KEEN provides numerous tools and resources tomake adopting EM-promoting materials easy and impactful. These tools and resources areorganized as “Cards,” an online information repository for members to publish their materials.To date, nearly 2,700 cards spanning

Conference Session

Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Owe G. Petersen, Milwaukee School of Engineering; R. David Kent, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Christina Howe, University of Evansville; Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

provide innovations that contributecommercial value. For the development of entrepreneurial minded graduates, the educationalcontributions provided by general education are essential for career success.Introducing an entrepreneurial mindset in an engineering curriculum will not be accomplished byadding courses. This challenge must be addressed by making the liberal arts, social science, andbusiness topics relevant to engineering students in a practical sense that allows engineeringgraduates to commit to engaging in a world driven by more than technical facts. Professionalcompetencies and engineering skills/knowledge must be integrated, together in the same course,because that is how the graduates will engage their careers and

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Elfer, Tulane University; Anastasia Marie Rynearson, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nathan M. Hicks, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Kaitlin Fair, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

Paper ID #19966Lessons Learned: Strategies for Creating and Mentoring Diverse GraduateStudent CommunitiesKatherine Elfer, Tulane University Kate Elfer is a Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University. She researches novel fluorescence strategies for point-of-care diagnostics. While at Tulane, Kate has co-founded the a graduate student group, Women+ in Science and Engineering, and is currently the president of the graduate student government. She is also on the board of two New Orleans STEM Education non-profits. After graduation, she will seek positions that allow her to continue mentoring and

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Terence Geyer, Eastern Washington University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2009-973: INTEGRATING HISTORICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIRIMPACT ON SOCIETY INTO TODAY'S ENGINEERING CURRICULUMWilliam Loendorf, Eastern Washington University William R. Loendorf is currently an Associate Professor of Engineering & Design at Eastern Washington University. He obtained his B.Sc. in Engineering Science at the University of Wisconsin - Parkside, M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Colorado State University, M.B.A. at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, and Ph.D. in Engineering Management at Walden University. He holds a Professional Engineer license and has 30 years of industrial experience as an Engineer or Engineering Manager at General Motors, Cadnetix, and

Conference Session

Mechanics and the Internet

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Calvin Ashmore, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bo Yeon Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Geoff Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Daniel Upton, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sneha Harrell, UC Berkeley; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Wendy Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janet Murray, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

survey using the Web Monkey system which we will continue to use for the rest of theproject.Platform Research and ChoiceThe first requirement for the InTEL platform is portability. The software should be easilyaccessible to students, and the best solution to this is to allow exercises and work to be done onthe web. The second requirement is visual capacity and the ability to perform physicalsimulation. Finally, we desired platforms that were non-proprietary and open source. With theserequirements in mind, we chose to implement the software in Java, using the Java MonkeyEngine as a stable graphical engine. We selected the Open Dynamics Engine as a system forconducting physical simulations.Exercise Design and DevelopmentWe clarified our goal of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

James Hedrick

habits their first year, if they don'talready possess them. The course faculty discussed this issue and decided to increase the depthof the material presented and the level of mastery required, while at the same time providingadditional support for students having trouble (thus bringing the less prepared students up to thelevel of the better prepared students). However, it is important to keep in mind the differencebetween presenting facts and presenting a process for studying engineering. Increasing thequantity and difficulty of facts presented will not achieve better student performance. Thematerial must be presented in a way that provides examples of how to study engineering. Thekey support strategies we implemented are detailed below.A

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David Weightman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education

team-related skills so crucial to success in thisincreasingly interconnected world [1].Daniel Pink, in his influential book, A Whole New Mind [2], uses a left/right brain metaphor toargue that it is no longer enough for our economic survival to be left brain dominant (e.g., linear,logical thinkers). Rather, in order to thrive in today’s increasingly globalized economy, bothindividuals and companies must also strive to be more creative, emotionally intelligent,empathic, and intuitive. Using both sides of the brain in a balanced way is essential to thedevelopment of the well-rounded engineers and designers that our society will need for futureprosperity.Similarly, the engineering quality revolution mantra from 25 years ago, “increase quality

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Marshall, University of Southern Maine

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New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #6353Pedagogy for the New Engineering FacultyDr. John Marshall, University of Southern Maine John Marshall received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University and is the Departmental Internship Co- ordinator at the University of Southern Maine. His areas of specialization include Power and Energy Processing, Applied Process Control Engineering, Automation, Fluid Power, and Facility Planning. Page 23.960.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Pedagogy for the

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking II: Interpretation, Curricular Practices, and Structural Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Donna M Riley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Rosalee A Clawson, Purdue University; Dragan Maksimovic, University of Colorado Boulder; Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Ivonne Santiago P.E., University of Texas at El Paso; Nick A. Stites, University of Colorado Boulder; Jennifer L. Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

opportunities for building teacher capacity in engineering education.23 Each teacherreaches hundreds if not thousands of students over the course of their career. However, very feware trained to teach engineering content, design or habits of mind, creating a large need foraccess to high-quality, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned engineeringcurriculum and the accompanying professional development (PD) coaching. Most K-12 teachershave no experience teaching engineering concepts or design. Getting comfortable with designand computational thinking takes practice, and our goal is to increase educators' confidence andability, and in turn grow students' interest and identity in engineering. To offer teachersaffordable and accessible training

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele M. Putko

. an aptitude for mathematics, a scientific curiosity, and a desire to create useful things. Yet most “Equality” ? females did not know what an engineer did. In the Although many opinions and stereotypes minds of most women, engineering was astill exist in our society, I dare to say that I, as an “masculine” profession.engineering educator, have equal status and salarycompared to any male who has worked in my World War II served as an impetus to getposition. I pay homage to the trailblazers, who females involved in engineering. The warbonded

Conference Session

Leadership and Administration in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lakshmi Munukutla; Albert McHenry

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Engineering Technology

Branding of Engineering Technology Programs Arizona State University at the Polytechnic campus Mesa, ArizonaAbstract The paper focuses on pros and cons related to the branding of EngineeringTechnology (ET) Programs. Two frequent topics among leaders of ET programsare how to educate others (prospective students, prospective employers of ETgraduates, and the community) about what engineering technology is all aboutand how to differentiate between engineering technology programs and traditionalengineering programs. Engineering Technology faculty and students face thesechallenges on a regular basis. This paper seeks to address the question can thispaper initiate a dialogue among the

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Robinson, Saint Vincent College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

within thecurriculum.Philosophy and the Engineering LaboratoryPlato’s account of learning as recollection may seem unusual on first hearing; however, it will beargued that recollection provides a model for the process of learning that should take place in thelaboratory. The theory of recollection holds that learning is not the process of knowledge comingfrom the outside into the mind, but rather the recovering of something an individual has alwayspossessed but which was previously unrecognized. The review of recollection that follows islargely based on Jones’s dissertation [12]. Plato explores recollection in three dialogs – theMeno, the Phaedo, and the Phaedrus. The Meno introduces this idea of recollection throughsomething like an experiment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); David Torres, Purdue University; Sean M Eddington, Brian Lamb School of Communication - Purdue

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

identity affords more experiences withwhich diverse individuals can identify20 and feel welcome as participants (i.e., “engineering isfor me, too.”). Similar to the BME example, an engineering identity that values both social andtechnical dimensions presents more values and premises with which individuals can identify thusleading to more “whole-minded engineers.”Research & Development PlanThis NSF-funded RFE study utilizes a design thinking approach to develop solution(s) thataddress our three interrelated objectives: to better prepare engineers for today’s workforce, tobroaden understandings of engineering practice as both social and technical, and to createand sustain more diverse and inclusionary engineering programs. We are involving

Conference Session

Using Student Competitions to Enhance Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven D Hart, U.S. Military Academy; Johnette C. Shockley, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center; Leah R Ellis, University of Nebraska, Peter Kiewit Institute; Berndt Spittka P.E., Unitee States Military Academy- Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

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Civil Engineering

engineeringcourses if the proposal is funded. Infrastructure topics have grown in prominence in engineeringprograms as evidenced by an NSF to Clemson University for the establishment of a master ofscience program in Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure (8) and the Sustainable and ResilientInfrastructures Program launched in 2012 at Illinois University (9). If asked over dinner or at the water cooler, a civil engineer is very likely to say,“Civilengineers have been building infrastructure for 2,000 years.” Even though this is true, the use,understanding, and interest in all things infrastructure has grown in the mind of the public in thepast ten years to the point that is a common element of public and private discourse. Academic,professional, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Maya Menon, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Margaret Webb, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

Paper ID #38278Building a Sustainable University-Wide InterdisciplinaryGraduate Program to Address DisastersMarie C. Paretti (Professor) Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she is Associate Director of the Virginia Tech Center for Coastal Studies and Education Director of the interdisciplinary Disaster Resilience and Risk Management graduate program. She received a B.S. in chemical engineering and an M.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on communication and collaboration, design

Conference Session

Measuring Learning in Statics & Dynamics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven David Wood, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Benjamin James Call, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Thayne L Sweeten Ph.D., Department of Biology, Utah State University,

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Diversity

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Mechanics

Paper ID #16487Preliminary Analysis of Spatial Ability Improvement within an EngineeringMechanics Course: StaticsSteven David Wood, Utah State University - Engineering Education Steven Wood is a junior in the Civil Engineering program. After finishing his BS he plans on completing a MS in Civil Engineering. In addition to studies, he is a teacher’s assistant and he teaches a recitation class for the Statics course. His Interests in the field of engineering are public transportation, specifically in rapid and heavy rail systems. His research interests include spatial ability, learning styles, and gender differences in