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2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lang Wah Lee; Tamer Ceylan

teachers' scope of learning, provided them the background knowledge to develop aninterdisciplinary approach to teach mathematics and science, and made subject contents moreinteresting and stimulating to middle school students. Moreover, the design experience alsohelped teachers develop a project-oriented, hands-on approach to foster students' ability inproblem solving and lifelong learning.INTRODUCTIONThe shift from an industrial to information society in the U.S. called for reforms in mathematicsand science education. Two new education standards, the National Science standards [1] andthe National Mathematics Standards [2], were proposed by the National Research Council(NSC) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), respectively

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lawrence Fong; Brian P. Self

develop aphysical model of the actual system that they attempt to analyze - this is already done for them inthe problem. An example of this can be found in any dynamics book; the work-energy chapterinvariably contains problems with springs attached to different slender rods in a variety ofdifferent contrived orientations.We have attempted to improve student analytical skills and to provide real world context to thestudy of rigid body dynamics by creating a catapult project. Students are given rubber bands,catapults, rulers, weights, and a scale. They must determine how to model the arm, the energystored in the rubber bands (e.g., linear or non-linear springs), and the ensuing projectile motion.Their computations are then tested on launch day

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Roemer, University of Utah; Debra J. Mascaro, University of Utah; Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah; Stacy Bamberg, University of Utah

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NSF Grantees

required freshman design sequence, the required junior mechatronics sequence, and electives in musculoskeletal functional anatomy for engineers and medical instrumenta- tion and physiology. She is interested in the use of technology in the classroom and improving student outcomes through hands-on and interactive experiences. Page 22.102.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A SPIRAL Learning Curriculum for Second Year Students in Mechanical EngineeringAbstractIn this course development project funded through an NSF CCLI Grant, we aredeveloping, implementing

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Johnson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Venkat Allada, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Susan Pariseau, Merrimack College

Operations, Industrial, and Manufacturing CurriculaAbstractThe objective of this project is to develop hands-on curriculum materials demonstrated toimprove students’ ability to apply lean process design ideas and to use data to support decisions,and to create an effective model for their use in a variety of academic settings. While theprinciples of lean design are straightforward, designing an effective process is a creative activitythat requires innovative thinking. Academic programs have been most successful in teaching thescience behind lean, but less effective in providing opportunities and activities to support design.To build on successful lean training programs in industry, the academic PI’s are collaboratingwith a management consulting firm

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Track 1 - Session 2 - Student Development

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2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Haeseong J. Jee, Hongik University

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Track 1 - Student Development

likely to solve the given problems easily and effectively[Duetsch, 1949] andsimilar research results can be found elsewhere[Parrenas 1993, Ediger 1996, Johnson & Johnson1999, Taur & Harackiewicz 2004]. It has been also insisted that the maximum effect ofengineering education can be acquired by structuring education system rather than the educationitself and, accordingly, students under the well organized team collaboration are likely to becomemore eligible to adjust themselves to the competitions with other teams when performing theclass project[Attle & Baker 2007]. The students of MSID at HIU have long been educated via acooperative engineering design specific curriculum appropriate to the needs. Three major coursesof MSID targeting

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2022 CIEC

Authors

Grant Richards; Nicole Otte

laboratoryrequires industry insight and expertise to ensure that applications, technologies, configurations,and use cases align with standards and industry trajectory.Purdue University and Endress+Hauser USA have a well-established history of partnering toincrease awareness of the process sector and deliver improved learning experiences capable ofpresenting real-world challenges in the classroom and laboratory [3]. The first collaboration wasin 2014 with a capstone project, the Purdue Integrated Process Education System (PIPES). Thefully operational system was designed and constructed during a yearlong capstone projectundertaken by senior students in Purdue’s Manufacturing Engineering Technology degreeprogram, later serving as a teaching and learning tool

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2024 ASEE PSW Conference

Authors

Marwan N. Youssef, California State University, Long Beach

careers.Teaching such a class at the undergraduate level is recommended and should be carefullyplanned and implemented. Most RC textbooks focus on RC “Element” design, i.e. beam, column,slab, walls, etc. Hardly any discussion of practical RC building system design is mentioned.To address a system approach of teaching RC Design, a class project can be implemented as partof the course. Students work together in groups of 3 students or less to accomplish the task.Such an assignment, with the professor leading the way, students will learn how to incorporatethe design of structural elements into a practical structural system, such as a multistory building.Students will learn, enjoy, and really appreciate a practical challenge applying what is coveredin RC

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkateswaran Nallaperumal; S. A. Chickamenahalli

Session 3659 Lathe Instrumentation utilizing LABVIEW S. A. Chickamenahalli, Venkateswaran Nallaperumal Wayne State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an innovative instrumentation project that consists of instrumentation on alathe using National Instruments Data Acquisition (NIDAQ) tools and display using Labviewsoftware. The aim was to carryout real-time measurement and display acquired waveforms on aPC screen and also store these waveforms for later use. This work is part of a NSF fundedGreenfield Coalition’s New Manufacturing Engineering curriculum project. Sensing and displayof

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Ohland; Richard Layton

Session 3530 Comparing the Reliability of Two Peer Evaluation Instruments Matthew W. Ohland, Richard A. Layton University of Florida / North Carolina A&T State UniversityAbstractThis paper presents an analysis of student peer evaluations in project teams to compare thereliability of two different evaluation procedures. The project teams consist of junior-levelstudents in a mechanical engineering design course taught by Layton for five semesters in 1997,1998, and 1999.The peer-evaluation instruments were used by students to evaluate their teammates’contributions to the team’s deliverables—oral and

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert W. Nowlin; Rajeswari Sundararajan

-enforced through a series of mini-projects and a major final projectin which students learn to apply their VHDL knowledge on a commercial grade VHDLsimulator. Another benefit that this course has engendered is that several of the graduatestudents have used their knowledge of the language to incorporate it as either a major orsupplemental portion of their masters' projects. INTRODUCTION The microprocessor and with it the PC has invaded every business and many homes.Many designs today are incorporating embedded processors or their first cousins, themicrocontroller. Even the old standby analog world is becoming more and more digital. Thepressure on designers in industry today is to design products and bring

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High School Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological Univeristy

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

from grades 9-12engage in authentic, inquiry-based STEM learning. Students participate on teams organized asvirtual companies that develop products or services. Team projects are STEM-based andcontinue for one or more academic years. Teams are coached by specially-trained high schoolteachers who are paid similarly to athletic coaches. At the conclusion of their HSE experiences,we expect that HSE team members will demonstrate proficiency in applied workforce skills; willbe more disposed to enter STEM related careers; and will be better prepared to successfullyundertake the training needed for these careers. An HSE implementation is a partnership amongthe team, its home institution, a university partner, and industry and community sponsors

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Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Chasnov

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Mechanical Engineering

the adiabaticcompressor are isolated from their power sources. In an effort to complete the picture for ourstudents, design of power plants was added to the course content of thermodynamics formechanical engineering students (MEs). The Single Rankine Reheat power plant will beconsidered here for our discussion. Efficiencies along the energy conversion path are computedand projections are made for the use of alternative fuels in the supply chain.Students, rather than simply learning how to compute entropy changes for individual processsteps, learn how to place a “value” on their thermal systems. By design, the “value” is basedboth on economics and ethics.IntroductionMechanical Engineers are facing a challenge in today’s marketplace in areas of

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Student Engagement in ECE

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Rizkalla, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; MIchael Knieser, ILSI; Mohamed El-Sharkawy, Purdue University

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Electrical and Computer

immunity), drivability, speed, etc ≠ Short channel considerations: mobility degradation, hot electrons, electromigration, Page 15.974.3 aluminum spiking, etc. ≠ Introduction to IC CMOS fabrication, layout, design rules, and CAD tools. ≠ Layouts for logic gates and memories using L-Edit Software [2] (PC based lay out tools) ≠ Lab components with Catapult [3]: Catapult work flow, getting an algorithm ready for synthesis, understanding interface synthesis, streaming, integrated system C verification flow, using memories in catapult C, Loop pipelining. ≠ Project samples: o DCT o Matrix manipulation

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odesma Onika Dalrymple, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Srividya Kona Bansal, Arizona State University; Ashraf Gaffar; Randi Michelle Taylor

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

-sourceweb-based tool that will guide individual or collaborating STEM educators, step-by-step,through an outcome-based education process as they define learning objectives, select content tobe covered, develop an instruction and assessment plan, and define the learning environment andcontext for their course(s). It will also contain a repository of current best pedagogical andassessment practices, and based on selections the user makes when defining the learningobjectives of the course, the IMODTM system will present options for assessment and instructionthat aligns with the type/level of student learning desired. While one of the key deliverables ofthe project is the software tool, the primary focus of this initiative is to advance the

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Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison Bradley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; R. Daniel Latta, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Meg Harkins, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Engineering Libraries

, students in this course have been offeredthe option of attending a hands-on library workshop and receiving extra credit on a relatedproject report. Since several hundred students enroll in over 25 sections of this course each fall,the workshop format was developed as an alternative to traditional one-shot library instruction,which is not practicable on this scale. To better assess how the workshops were serving thestudents in these large classes, a group of instructors from the class and the engineering librarianworked together to evaluate student success with research projects and overall informationliteracy within the freshman engineering curriculum. The first initiative was to design a citationstudy assessing submitted projects for quality and

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas McKean; Gary Bates; LaShall Bates; Ranil Wickramasinghe

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference Membrane Research Experiments for High School Students as an Introduction to STEM Research Thomas McKean1, Dr. Gary Bates2, Dr. LaShall Bates2, Dr. Ranil Wickramasinghe1 1 University of Arkansas/2Northwest Arkansas Community CollegeAbstractA Research Experiences and Mentoring (REM) program was hosted for high school (HS) studentsby the Membrane Science and Technology (MAST) Center at the University of Arkansas. Thestudents completed introductory membrane research projects designed to provide an introductioninto the research process. Further, the

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2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lin Zhang

skills andknowledge. This article introduces the curriculum for Engineering Physics majors at theUniversity of Central Arkansas. A deep learning based students’ project of autonomous racingvehicle is showcased in this article.KeywordsArtificial intelligence, deep learning, curriculum design.IntroductionArtificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping our world especially through the blast of deep learning.Deep learning models are getting more and more powerful to impact our daily lives (such asChatGPT) and to make novel scientific findings (such as AlphaFold) [1], [2]. The collegestudents in this generation are living in another time of technology revolution powered by AI. Asthe undergraduates (especially those majoring in engineering) showing

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Kendra Zagozda, Fort Worth ISD; Roberto Wheelock; Raziye Aghapour, The University of Texas at Arlington; Soulmaz Rahman Mohammadpour, The University of Texas at Arlington; Jaivardhan Sood, The University of Texas at Arlington; Erick C. Jones, The University of Texas at Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, The University of Texas at Arlington

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Diversity

Wheelock, Great Hearts Academy, Irving, TX Raziye Aghapour, Soulmaz Rahman Mohammadpour, Jaivardhan Sood, Victoria C. P. Chen, Ph.D., Erick C. Jones Jr., Ph.D. Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Department University of Texas at Arlington AbstractWe present K-12 educational lesson plans towards conducting college level research in engineering.These experiences are an extension of a National Science Foundation Research Experiences forTeachers project (EEC-2055705), where math and science K-12 teachers are trained to conductresearch on sustainable and resilient engineering systems in various disciplines. For

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Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session (Track 1.A)

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Marchiori, Bucknell University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

capable of executing bare-metal binary filescompiled by standard GCC tools. Students begin by simulating simple digital logic circuits andincrementally add functionality to implement the fully functional CPU in four structured projects:1) decode, 2) fetch, 3) registers & ALU, and finally 4) branches, jumps, and memory. The finalCPU functionality is verified by running the official rv32ui test suite from riscv-tests [3].Building upon the single-cycle implementation, students can then explore more advanced topicssuch as pipelining (3- or 5-stage), cache performance, and branch prediction in the single-cycleimplementation. In three iterations of this approach, students report a strong sense ofaccomplishment by completing the project, and at the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Kamali, California State University San Marcos; Hector Garcia VIlla, Palomar College; Khang Nguyen, MiraCosta College; Anthony P. Mauro

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Furthermore, engaging and retaining qualified teachers at the secondaryand community college levels is equally crucial. This challenge stems from the complexity of thesubject matter, limited resources for training and equipping project-based learning labs, andmisconceptions about the actual work performed in the Electrical/Electronics Technology industry.This project addresses these challenges by recognizing the importance of classroom and academicclimate in student retention [2], and the established benefits of active learning over traditionallecture-based instruction [3]. Research also suggests that certain aspects of teaching and advisingin STEM fields can disproportionately affect women and minorities [4] [5] [6]. Grandy's workhighlights the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Reeping, University of Cincinnati; Yunmeng Han, University of Cincinnati

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

concepts, curricular complexity, and advancing quantitative and fully integrated mixed methods.Yunmeng Han, University of Cincinnati Yunmeng Han is a PhD student in Engineering Education at the University of Cincinnati. She holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University and serves as a reviewer for prominent engineering education conferences, including ASEE 2025. Yunmeng has been actively involved in NSF-funded research projects and is experienced in applying both quantitative and mixed-method research designs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 RETTL: Year One of Sizing Up Physical Computing to Explore Threshold Concepts in

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NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerrie A Douglas, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tiantian Li, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Shauna Adams, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in Purdue’s Engineering Education Graduate Student Association and Black Graduate Student Association. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 NSF Grantee Poster Session [NSF:EEC CAREER] Fair Assessment: Year Three of examining cultural familiarity to decrease bias in engineering classroom assessmentsIntroduction & Project MotivationThis poster paper presents an overview and research progress for the CAREER project funded byNSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC). The poster will present the studiesconducted in this project and display the results of analyses. The project focuses on examininghow cultural familiarity plays a role in racially

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Teaching Engineering Decision and Process

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

perils along the way provides insightsinto the design process. In modern maritime navigation vessels rely on maps andinstrumentation to accurately determine their position as they navigate to a known destination.The analogy in design is defined specifications that provide details on the desired endpoint andproject metrics that mark milestones on the journey. If the main goal of design is viewed as aproduct this is a valid analogy. However, some design projects are less specified, and the endingdestination may be envisioned in a general sense without being able to be specified or located.Projects that intersect broader societal needs—design for social justice or design embedded incommunities—are more often of this form. Prior to accurate maps and

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Self-Efficacy & Mindset

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghina Absi, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

-Handasah Shair and Co) based in Beirut. Absi then joined Vanderbilt University to pursue her PhD in Civil Engineering at Vanderbilt University (graduated 2019), focusing her research on risk and reliability of hypersonic structures. Absi is a licensed professional engineer in the state of TN. Absi is passionate about education and promoting diversity in engineering. She serves as the advisor for the ASCE student chapter, the EDI liaison for the civil engineering department. A 2023 KEEN Engineering Unleashed fellow, Absi incorporates EDI as well as entrepreneurial mindset learning fostering curiosity, connections and creating value in design into her core classes with project-based learning techniques. She

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ME Division 15: Grading Practices and Student Performance

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Mendez, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

chemical engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her scholarly interests include active learning strategies and alternative grading practices. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Work-in-Progress: Student Perceptions of Specifications Grading in Mechanical Engineering Design CoursesAbstractAlternative grading methods have continued to receive attention within engineering education.This paper focuses on two undergraduate courses: a second-year introduction to the mechanicaldesign process and a capstone design course. Both courses were built around semester-long teamdesign projects and included individual and group assignments. Students were able to revise

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WiP: Gen AI, Mixed Reality, and Simulations

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Verrett, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

and usage in a second-year chemical engineering fundamentals and design course ata large research intensive Canadian public university.ContextThe course is a second-year chemical engineering course focusing on physical chemistryfundamentals as well as an introduction to process design. At the institution students complete ageneral first year and then in the second year start coursework in their discipline of interest. Thecourse covers topics including reaction characterization, vapour-liquid phase equilibrium, energybalances and unsteady-state balances. During the same term students are taking a material andenergy balances course and this content is also relied upon for the design project that studentsundertake. For the course design project

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marianna Savoca, Stony Brook University; Monica Bugallo, Stony Brook University; Diana Voss, Stony Brook University; Urszula Zalewski, Stony Brook University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Leaders: Pairing Leadership Coursework with Service Learning NSF DUE #2012339IntroductionThis paper describes the experiences and outcomes of undergraduates enrolled in the newcurriculum of an Honors program with many students from underrepresented groups in a varietyof STEM backgrounds. The project was initiated by external funding and has now beenestablished as critically important and replicated at other units in the institution. As we look tobuild the engineering workforce of the future, industry input about skills for success is critical.Technical skills are important for newly minted engineering graduates, yet there is a growingneed for what are sometimes referred to as soft skills, such as

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ERM Technical Session: Evolution of Engineering Education Research Methods

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

students in project-based contexts to learn not only from engaging in their own projects, but also by having opportunities to see across projects done by their peers. This turns out to be more challenging than she had expected, and she creates multiple different approaches over time, leveraging the different educational contexts she happens to find herself in. Eventually, this work becomes a dissertation focused on naming the approaches she created over time and what the collection of approaches has to offer as guidance for others who might want to help students see across projects.There are many ways to understand the work in the above scenarios. For example, the educatorscould be described as

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Ocean & Marine Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Brahan, US Coast Guard Academy; Thomas W. Denucci, United States Coast Guard Academy; Jaye Falls, United States Naval Academy; Paul H. Miller, P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Peter A. Sousa, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

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Ocean and Marine Division (OMED)

composites and micro-autonomous surface vessels.Peter A. Sousa, United States Coast Guard Academy Engineering Lab Technician in the School of Engineering and Cyber Systems at the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA). After serving as a Machinery Technician in the United States Coast Guard I worked for a top-end yacht service company before joining the USCGA. My area of expertise include fabrication in metals, wood and composites, and operation of a variety of CNC machines ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Assessment and Experience of Boatbuilding-based PBL in Two Naval Architecture ProgramsAbstractNumerous studies highlight the advantages of Project

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Experiential Learning and Professional Skills and Competencies: Attainment, Assessment, and Evaluation.

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Warren Plugge, Central Washington University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

during their internships. He also suggested that the participantsfound the most significant useful construction skills that applied to the students’ career includedsafety, project management and construction graphics as career skills necessary to enter theconstruction industry by the respondents.Internship ProgramsIn academia, there are many different approaches to providing an internship experience for thestudents. There are some construction management programs that have a formalized internshipprogram where students are required to intern at a company for a specified number of hours.Other universities may offer an un-structured internship program where the students intern with acompany as an elective class. At XX University, the internship