Conference Session

Examining Social Ties and Networks

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter A Simon, Carnegie Mellon University; Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University; David Krackhardt, Carnegie Mellon University; Daniel P. Siewiorek, Carnegie Mellon University; Asim Smailagic, Carnegie Mellon University

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Educational Research and Methods

students in an inter-departmental capstone course on rapidprototyping of computer systems. An important aspect of the class is that all of the students workon a single large design project. At the beginning of the semester, students are given thespecifications for the desired outcome of the system, at which point the students assignthemselves to functional teams of four to six individuals. Each team is responsible for one aspectof the system (e.g., operating system, hardware/software integration). The class always delivers afunctional prototype to their client at the end of the semester. The course is structuredcollaboratively, allowing the students to learn with and from each other. The instructors take therole of advisors, keeping the students

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Diversity and Multicultural Influences in the First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Maritza Paz, The University of Texas at Austin, Cockrell School of Engineering; Margo Cousins, University of Texas, Austin; Cindy D. Wilson, University of Texas, Austin; Mia K. Markey, The University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

-generation engineer students.Ms. Margo Cousins, University of Texas, Austin Ms. Cousins oversees undergraduate and graduate academic advising at the Department Biomedical Engi- neering at The University of Texas at Austin. She directs the office in strategic academic and professional development advising, capstone projects program, industry partnerships, first-year interest groups, and other special programs.Dr. Cindy D. Wilson, University of Texas, Austin Cindy Wilson is the Director of Academic Projects at the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She has worked at UT Austin since 2000. She holds a PhD in Higher Education Administration from UT Austin and an MA Degree from Teachers

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Qin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Haishao Pang, Beijing Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

education for more than 30 years. As a manager, teacher and researcher, she has served many departments, including Office of BIT President, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Law, etc. In 2011, she built the Center for Faculty Development (CFD) of BIT, which has been named as the National Demonstrational Center by the Ministry of Education of China. Now, professor Pang is the head of Graduate School of Educational and the director of CFD at BIT. Her teaching, research, and writing focused on general education and suzhi education, faculty de- velopment, and higher education management. She has published 8 books, more than 50 papers, and undertook around 15 research projects. Her monograph ”General

Conference Session

Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Anderson, Montana Engineering Education Research Center; Tariq Akmal, Washington State University; Phillip Himmer, Montana State University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

currently the Chair of the Department of Teaching & Learning at Washington State Uni- versity. He has collaborated with engineering scholars on numerous projects, providing expertise in cur- riculum and instruction, learning, and K-12 schools.Dr. Phillip Himmer, Montana State University Phillip Himmer received his B.S. in Physics at Washington State University and M.S. in physics at Mon- tana State University. He obtained his PhD in engineering at Montana State University in the Electrical Engineering department. His PhD research focused on the design and fabrication of micro-optical elec- tromechanical systems for aberration correction in imaging systems. As a postdoctoral researcher at Montana State University he

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PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Rich Yonts, Teradata; Benjamin W Cashman, National University; Richard S. Clark, National University ; Brett Nieman

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

-wayhash that makes undetectable modification extremely expensive, yet verification trivial. This canbe done in myriad ways as long as the agreed upon hashing algorithm is used. Our argument isthat any university, or other institution, that wishes to publish data publicly, non-refutably,unalterably, yet securely, can, with minimal effort, implement blockchain technology.This work also demonstrates the effectiveness of requiring small groups to complete relativelysmall projects on current “hot topics” in computer science and engineering in courses throughouta degree program as a way to stimulate student interest which some will then choose to explorein more depth in a Capstone Project.Bibliography1 Lewis, A. (Feb. 29, 2015) Bits on blocks, a gentle

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 3: Digital Learning Part I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zhiyi Li; Stephen H. Edwards, Virginia Tech

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Computers in Education

/database/network courses and capstone project courses. In RPGs,experience points (XP) are used to quantify a player’s (or character’s) progression through thegame. XP can be implemented in different ways. Level-based progression XP are widely applied:Players win enough XP as rewards to reach next higher level 27 . Players in the next level will haveincreased ability. We want to design level-based XP to reflect students’ progress through theircourses. However, we want to avoid associating XP directly with performance-based criteria suchas students’ assignment scores, since this may cause unexpected negative effects. A suite ofindicators that assess students’ progress and effort based on their submissions 8 are a possiblecandidate measure for XP

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators 3 - Grading: Grate or Great

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Tara Gupte Wilson, Ohio State University; Ann D. Christy P.E., Ohio State University

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New Engineering Educators

Wright State University.Dr. Ann D. Christy P.E., The Ohio State University Ann D. Christy, PE, is a professor of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering and a professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University (OSU). She earned both her B.S. in agricultural engineering and M.S. in biomedical engineering at OSU, and her Ph.D. in environmental engineering at Clemson University. She worked for an engineering consulting firm before entering academia and continues to collaborate with the consulting industry. She has taught courses in bioenergy, biological en- gineering, capstone design, HVAC, thermodynamics, waste management, professional development, and engineering teaching. Her research interests

Conference Session

Teaching Innovation in Architectural Engineering I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Hector Estrada, University of the Pacific

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Architectural

every program has something in this category because of the accreditation requirement for the history of architecture. Those AE programs that require students to participate in architecture design studio courses have a much greater number of these courses. • L: Capstone Design – many programs offer a senior project course that requires a complete design of a complex system. It is a culminating experience that requires students to synthesize and use all of the skills developed in the program. The content of these courses would mostly fit into the categories E, F, and G above, but is listed here.The information for making this assessment was taken from the website postings for theindividual universities

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joachim Walther, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 11.557.12 Professional Engineer, The Institution of Engineers, Australia.5. Mann, L.M.W. and Radcliffe, D. 2003, 'Using a Tailored Systems Engineering Process within Capstone Design Projects to Develop Program Outcomes in Students', paper presented to ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, CO.6. Noor, M.J.M.M., et al. 2002, 'A New Engineering Education Model for Malaysia', International journal of engineering education., vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 8-16.7. Noor, M.J.M.M., et al. 2005, 'Developing A Malaysian Outcome-Based Engineering Education Model', paper presented to The 4th Global Colloquium on Engineering Education GCEE 2005, Sydney, Australia, 26. - 29. Sept.8. Walther, J., Mann, L

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Intersdisciplinary Courses and Environmental Undergraduate Research

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Helene Hilger, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Francis De Los Reyes, North Carolina State University; Warren DiBiase, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Len Holmes, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Siva Mandjiny, University of North Carolina - Pembroke; Todd Steck, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Keith Schimmel, North Carolina A&T State University; Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Environmental Engineering

Professor of Educational Research at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. Dr. Wang teaches educational research and statistics courses. Dr. Wang received a master of applied statistics degree and a PhD degree in educational research from The Ohio State University. Page 12.1083.2© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 MULTI-CAMPUS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROBLEM-BASED-LEARNING COURSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY WITH INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNINGIntroductionThe project described here began with a civil engineering and biology laboratory

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2007-245: SIX YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF ASSIGNMENTS LATER: WHATHAVE THEY LEARNED, AND WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?J. Shawn Addington, Virginia Military Institute J. Shawn Addington is the Jamison-Payne Institute Professor and Head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Virginia Military Institute. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He teaches courses, laboratories, and undergraduate research projects in the microelectronics and semiconductor fabrication areas; and, he remains active in curriculum development and engineering assessment. He is a registered professional engineer in the

Conference Session

BME Assessment and the VaNTH ERC

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University; James Sweeney, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Biomedical

TOTAL 30 20 10 Page 12.1210.2 0 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2006 2000-2009 Projected Table 1: Recently Accredited Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs2 Next General Year Review (NGR) Accredited University

Conference Session

Laboratory Development in ECE I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M Robertson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Robert John Bowman, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Douglas A Mercer, Analog Devices Inc.

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Electrical and Computer

benefits accrue equally to students who have followed a full-time academic Page 23.576.11 program and those whose educational progress has been interrupted by jobs, family or transfers. The efficiency with which experimental competency can be applied later in unscripted applications such as capstone projects. The extent to which faculty and student-generated experiments can be openly distributed to act as a platform on which to build a customized practical learning experience. Can the appeal of Mobile Studio and Lab-in-a-box to students underrepresented in STEM education be scaled up? Does

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Poster Session & Unit Operations Lab Bazaar

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur Felse, Northwestern University

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Chemical Engineering

knowledge in the areas regulatory affairs, and safety which are becomingmainstream capabilities for engineers. To meet the demands for a rapidly changing, technology-driven workforce, the industry and educational advisory bodies have recommended thatacademic instruction should include industry practice training2. Many programs and universitieshave accomplished industry practice training through co-operative education, industry fellowsprograms, guest lectures, capstone projects, courses co-taught with the industry, and field trips3,4. This poster describes an effort to translate some industry practices into classroomeducation. Experiential laboratory, design projects, classroom lectures or seminars can be used toinclude industry practice

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; Patrick lee Kirby, Drexel University; Bailu Xu

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

concepts related tothermo-fluids and heat transfer areas.Course Development and ImprovementThermodynamics and Heat Transfer Laboratory is a three hour-credit junior to seniorundergraduate core curriculum course designed for all Engineering Technology (ET) students. Page 25.843.3Our ET program majors range from mechanical engineering technology, electrical engineeringtechnology, industrial engineering technology and biomedical engineering technology. Also, thiscourse is one of the main precursors of the capstone Senior Design course. The Senior Designencompasses a student-led team project that has as a main outcome demonstrating a workingprototype

Conference Session

Innovations in First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Hieb, University of Louisville; David Wheatley, University of Louisville

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First-Year Programs

overall critical thinkingprogram, how this relates to ABET outcomes, and the critical thinking goals of the Introductionto Engineering course. Section three describes the critical thinking instructional component ofthe Introduction to Engineering course, including changes made based on analysis of previousyears implementation. Some conclusions and future directions for the ENGR 100 course arediscussed in Section four.2. A critical thinking agenda for the School of Engineering.The i2a initiative is a broad and comprehensive multi-year plan to improve the overall criticalthinking abilities of students that spans general education courses, discipline specific courses,capstone projects, and community engagement1. Dr. Joe Hagerty, of the Civil

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig J. Gunn, Michigan State University; Pavel M. Polunin, Michigan State University

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Mechanical Engineering

, andConclusions – Teamwork (3-5 students/team), 9 short form reports, individualME – 471 Machine Design II ME 481 – Senior Capstone DesignDesign Project Documentation: Problem Definition, Progress report,Formal Design Reports Project Report ( 1 @ 35- 200 pages) Detailed description of design approach, results, and conclusions, with supporting documentation Teamwork 3-5 Students/Team Multiple industry interactions, small group presentations

Conference Session

Graduate Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Shahram Varzavand; John Fecik; Recayi Pecen; Teresa Hall

publication, or 3)submitted and under consideration for publication.The required internship is an opportunity for the student to apply the knowledge gained in thedoctoral program to a practical, career-related area. This internship is educational in nature and isinitiated by application and may be fulfilled in either an industrial or educational organization. Theintern works in industry or cooperating agency with supervision from the advisor. The internship maybe related to the dissertation topic, or provide a capstone experience for the doctoral student.Research activities encompass investigative study of a research topic related to the student’s researchinterest, writing research proposals, reporting of research findings, and statistical

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Curriculum Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Agrawal, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

approaches such as project-based learning and flipped classroom. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024An Exploratory Analysis of an Electrical Engineering Technology Curriculum using Bernstein’s Instructional DiscourseAbstractThis paper analyzes the undergraduate electrical engineering technology curriculum at anengineering technology college at a private R2 (based on Carnegie Classification) university inthe USA. The purpose of this analysis is to identify key elements of the curriculum being studiedincluding selection, sequencing, pacing of the course content, and evaluation criteria. Data forthis work include the undergraduate plan of study, course outlines, and course syllabi for

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Michael Korostelev; Ning Gong; Ralph Oyini Mbouna

class exercises,work is always done with this scenario as the foundation. In classes for majors, this is usually thereverse; students learn the tools first and apply them to real problems as capstone projects. Wefind our approach for the course yielded greater outcomes than the approach that is usuallyeffective for majors. Even though this reverse strategy seems sensible, students can still getdiscouraged or disengaged with some bland material. To address this and assure sustainableengagement in lessons, we use strategies we described in active learning: gamification and two-way teaching.4.1 Assignment Design based on GamificationThe gamification case study we present is a group assignment that focuses on protocol design.Through its completion

Conference Session

Energy Education and Industry Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University; Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Michael Costarell, Youngstown State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

their field ofexpertise. This can only be achieved by breaking down walls of isolation between specialtieswithin engineering disciplines and with other relevant disciplines such as business andmarketing.ConclusionsThe difference in focus between engineering and technology programs has grown increasinglywide as they attempt to differentiate themselves. As engineering programs become increasinglybased on engineering science, the practical component of traditional engineering curricula growsweaker. In many programs it is reduced to a single senior capstone project conducted withclassmates of the same discipline. Throughout all levels of the system, both industry andacademia, over-specialization has created an environment in which cross

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Luke LeFebvre, University of Kentucky; Jerzy W JaRomczyk; Mike Allen, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; Leah Elina LeFebvre; George Tan, Texas Tech University; Mai Dao, Wichita State University; Andrew Tapia, University of Kentucky

Paper ID #40858Speaker Nonverbal Unintentionality: An OpenPose Intervention forEngineering StudentsDr. Luke LeFebvre, University of Kentucky Dr. Luke LeFebvre is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Kentucky. He has taught public speaking for over two decades, directed the foundational communication course, and man- aged an institutional communication training center. His research explores classroom communication and instructional processes. He has partnered on several interdisciplinary collaborative projects and received external funding from the National Science Foundation and National

Conference Session

Knowing Ourselves: Research on Engineering Education Researchers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johannes Strobel, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David F. Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Prashant Rajan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sadia Nawaz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Luo, Purdue University; Jea H. Choi, Purdue University; Ji Hyun Yu, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

learning, engineering, the social sciences, and technology, particularly sus- tainability, designing open-ended problem/project-based learning environments, social computing/gaming applications for education, and problem solving in ill-structured/complex domains.Dr David F Radcliffe, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. David Radcliffe is the Kamyar Haghighi head and Epistemology Professor of Engineering Education in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue. His research focuses on the nature of engineering; engineering habits of mind, how engineering knowledge is created and shared and how it is learned especially outside the classroom. Over the past 20 years he has conducted field research on the practice of

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Igel, Polytechnic Insititute of New York University; Ronald Leonel Poveda, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

scanners and other mobile devices in Holtsville, N.Y. His largely experimental research is focused on parametric studies of novel lightweight composites and simulations of functionally-graded materials under load.Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University VIKRAM KAPILA is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY, where he directs an NSF funded Web-Enabled Mechatronics and Process Control Re- mote Laboratory, an NSF funded Research Experience for Teachers Site in Mechatronics, and an NSF funded GK-12 Fellows project. He has held visiting positions with the Air Force Research Laboratories in Dayton, OH. His research interests are in cooperative control

Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Ocon, Purdue University, Calumet; Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University, Calumet; Opal McFarlane, Purdue University, Calumet

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

general safety practices within a six month period, or suspension oreven immediate termination because of breaking safety related rules and/or policy. TheState of Michigan (2008) has documentation that states that the safety and health ruleswill uniformly enforce disciplinary action among partnering employers on their projects.It further states that employees who fail to work in a safe manner will be automaticallydismissed from a project due to the deliberate violation of safety rules or safety policiesand procedures. Therefore, it is important that an organization develops a technique tohelp employees to adhere to their safety rules or policy17. a. Application of Creativity Concept/Technique: PPC Technique An idea generated to reduce

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning and Clinical Immersion in BME

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Da Jung Sevrain, Vanderbilt University; Nathan Zhang, Vanderbilt University; Michael I. Miga, Vanderbilt University; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

combineengineering principles with clinical applications, they lack: (1) an organized interaction ofunstructured and structured learning activities, (2) the immersive analysis of surgical workflows,and (3) a problem-centric approach. Johns Hopkins University (JHU) researchers [4] note that identification and validationare key elements of undergraduate engineering capstone design and that the process is enhancedby clinical observation and root-cause analysis. Limiting factors to implementing this for largegroups of students include limited physician time and expense, small observation groups at anyone time, and non-rigid scheduling of procedures. JHU implemented a team-leader trainingmodel, where students interview to represent their team in this

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Gustavo J. Molina, Georgia Southern University

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Diversity, Professional Papers

proposed that actualengineering examples and reporting of case-studies should be used. Similarly Gao [10] discussedthe Task-Based-Instruction and the Project-Based-Instruction pedagogies as learner-centeredapproaches to teach technical writing, the former being based on assigned writing tasks for eachlesson, typically to a student team, while the latter utilizes a team-project for most of thesemester. He emphasized that the core or focus for either approach is not the learning of anystructure and grammar points, but instead communicating the tasks involved in technical writing,although language proficiency still helps students, as it improves student completion of the tasks.Several innovative approaches have been proposed to teach technical

Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 7B

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olivia Ryan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David A. Dillard P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; James Lord, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cassie Wallwey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Benjamin Edward Chaback, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Anita Walz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Virginia Tech. He uses modeling and systems architecture to investigate undergraduate engineering education and is working towards creating sustainable systems for student success. Ben is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education, the Council on Undergraduate Research and is a facilitator for the Safe Zone Project and the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research. He is passionate about student success and finding ways to use research experiences to promote student growth, learning, and support.Anita Walz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 ‭Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Open

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 3 - Professional and Faculty Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven B. Warth, Austin Peay State University; Bobette Bouton; Emmabeth Parrish Vaughn, Austin Peay State University; Lily Skau, Austin Peay State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

of meeting anindividual student’s needs and providing them individually with the tools they will need tosucceed. Participant EE3 expressed this sentiment when he stated, “we really need to, to look atways to help the students where they are and what they need at that time.” Understanding theneeds of the students allows educators to identify the best ways to support their students asindividuals. EE8 addressed the gradient of student experience and suggested, “maybe it meansthat your “on ramp” is a little longer, but you could be just as successful, if not more.” Otherparticipants discussed the benefit of connecting the material to the individual students’ interests.EE1 discussed assigning his student a “useless machine” project where they are

Conference Session

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

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael M. Malschützky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Gesche Neusel, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences; Steven McAlpine, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

, Engineering, and Individualized Study programs at UMBC. He has been teaching role playing game design and leading campus wide RPG events for the past ten years. He also leads the multidisciplinary sustainable design course entitled INDS 430: The Kinetic Sculpture Project, which won the grand prize in the 2015 Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture race.Dr. Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County Dr. Jamie Gurganus is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Engineering and Computing Education Program and the Associate Director of STEMed Research in the College of Engineering and Informational Technology. She also directs the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) in the graduate