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2005 GSW
Authors
M.K. Balasubramanya
Session T3D3 Engineering ethics as part of the core course in professional ethics M.K. Balasubramanya Department of Physical and Life Sciences College of Science and Technology Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi AbstractProfessional ethics is taught as a required general education (core) course in manyundergraduate programs. We describe a model for collaborative teaching of professionalethics by a team that consists of (1) philosophers and (2) science and technologyprofessionals. The model requires the
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2019 PPC
Authors
Lewis Burke
other constituencies – Engaging the Administration and federal agency officials to inform future programs and create new opportunities – Elevating the role of ASEE within the Washington, DC-based scientific, STEM, and higher education advocacy communities and ensuring community advocacy reflects ASEE priorities• 2018 Efforts and Successes – Increased funding for the National Science Foundation and Department of Defense basic research – Engagement in federal STEM education strategic plan – Outreach and awareness of engineering technology – Enhancing Department of Defense workforce and industry collaboration – Ensuring engineering is included in federal K-12 education investmentsASEE/EDC Congressional Priorities• Advocate for
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1996 Annual Conference
Authors
B. Grossman; William H. Mason
• Intellectual Properties • Product Liability • Environmental Issues • Team Building • Project Organization Design • Business Aspects of Engineering • Communications • Technology Leadership • Life-long learning Page 1.519.4 1996 ASEE Annual Conference ProceedingsCore Electives List Two core electives are required. We have identified a wide variety of existing courses which meet ourobjectives, as illustrated in Figure 1 above. The initial list is given below. Business/Management
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1996 Annual Conference
Authors
Yung-Nien Yang; Julius P. Wong; Anup Kumar; William G. Sullivan; Herman R Leep; Hamid R. Parsaei; Gerald J. Thuesen
.— - Session l639 ...... .. A Virtual Learning Environment for an Engineering Design Course - . . Anup Kumar, Julius P. Wong, Yung-Nien Yang, Herman R Leep, Hamid R. Parsaei/ William G. Sullivan/Gerald J. Thuesen University of Louisville/Virginia Polytechnic Institute/Georgia Institute of Technology Abstract In the last 10 years, American industries have gone through a large scale restructuring to becomemuch more efficient. During the same period, engineering education has also made changes in improvedefficiency, however, more
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Aerospace Workspace: Current and Future 1
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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University
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Aerospace
AC 2009-450: INTEGRATING CONCEPTS OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION INUNDERGRADUATE AEROSPACE ENGINEERING COURSESRamesh Agarwal, Washington University Page 14.754.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Integrating Concepts of Sustainable Aviation in Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering CoursesAbstractThe titles “Sustainable Aviation” or “Green Aviation” are recently being used withincreasing frequency to address the technological and socioeconomic issues facing theaviation industry to meet the environmental challenges of twenty-first century. Air travelcontinues to experience the fastest growth among all modes of transportation. Thereforethe
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Faculty Involvement in International Engineering Education
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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Dueb Lakhder, Consultant to UNESCO; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University
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International
2006-1072: DESIGNING A B.S. DEGREE PROGRAM IN ENGINEERING FORGLOBALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTGearold Johnson, Colorado State University Gearold R. Johnson is the Emeritus George T. Abell Endowed Chair in Engineering and Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). He holds B.S.A.E., M.S.E. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University. He was on the faculty at CSU from 1971 until his retirement in 1994. From 1994 until his retirement in 2002, he was the Academic Vice-President of the National Technological University.Dueb Lakhder, Consultant to UNESCO Dueb Lakhder is a consultant to UNESCO in Paris, France. From 1974 through 1982, he was the first Dean of
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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Pnina Ari-Gur, Western Michigan University; Peter Thannhauser, Western Michigan University; Pavel Ikonomov, Western Michigan University; Roman Rabiej, Western Michigan University; Daniel M. Litynski, Western Michigan University; Marwa M Hassan, Louisiana State University; Jeff Johnston, Muskegon Community College; Tyler Bayne
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
Paper ID #13643The Impact of 3D Virtual Laboratory on Engineering EducationProf. Pnina Ari-Gur, Western Michigan University Dr. Pnina Ari-Gur is a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Western Michigan Univer- sity. Her research focuses are materials science and engineering. Dr. Ari-Gur earned her doctor of science in Materials Engineering from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Ari-Gur has been faculty at Western Michigan University since 1985. Her experience also includes R&D in the aerospace industry, post-doctorate at the University of British Columbia, and sabbatical at
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Emerging Trends in Graduate Education
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2004 Annual Conference
Authors
David Heaslip
2004 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Salt Lake City, Utah June 20-23, 2004CAPS Document ID: 2004-1735Title: Bridging the Gap between Post-graduate Engineering Education and Industry NeedsAuthor: David Heaslip, Executive Director Advanced Design and Manufacturing Institute___________________________________________________________________________In today’s industrial business environment there is increasingly high demand for engineerscapable of integrating modern business practices with enhanced skills in engineering designand manufacturing processes, and knowledge of rapidly changing technology
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2016 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference
Authors
Linda S. Hirsch
Introducing Young Girls to Engineering through Summer Enrichment Programs Linda S. Hirsch, Ed. D. Center for Pre-College Programs New Jersey Institute of Technology University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102 linda.s.hirsch@njit.eduAbstract – Women occupy nearly half the total United States workforce, but unfortunately onlyabout 25% of Science, Technology, Mathematics and Engineering (STEM) professionals arewomen, with less than 10% being women of color. Research has shown that providing girls witha positive STEM-related experience in middle school
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Design in Engineering Education (DEED) Engineering Poster Session
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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mohamed E. El-Sayed, Kettering University; Jacqueline A. El-Sayed, Kettering University
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Design in Engineering Education
modules shown inTable 1. These topics are offered through an internet based course open to engineering, science,and management undergraduate and graduate students.In addition to providing students with the environmentally conscious perspective, the developedmaterials aims at developing students’ economic, managerial, ethical, scientific, and engineeringskills for critically examining environmental issues in product design andmanufacturing. Emphasis is placed on engineering alternatives for reducing costs and improvingenvironmental performance13. Table 1 – Course Modules and Topics Module # Topic Discussed Module 1 Technology, the environment and industrial ecology
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Technical Session 4b
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2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
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Jason Matteson, Northern Arizona University; David M Richter, Northern Arizona University
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Pacific Southwest Section
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZAbstractWith the primary tenant of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) articulatingthat engineers shall “hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public,” and otherprofessional engineering societies using the same or similar language, engineers need broaderand deeper understanding of moral and ethical theories that can help them understand and makeethically informed decisions about their designs. Ethical understanding is necessary for engineersto determine the appropriateness of pursuing projects and to think through how these are likely tobe used in current systems. From common devices to complex systems, the technology engineersdesign profoundly shape society and change our
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Innovative Graduate Programs and Methods, Developing Master's & Ph.D. Programs and Graduate Teaching Assistants
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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Karly Anne Danhausen, Middle Tennessee State University; Chelsea Rae Nihill, Middle Tennessee State University
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Diversity
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Graduate Studies
Paper ID #14573Professional Science Graduate Program Revolutionizes the Educational Ex-perience of EngineersDr. Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Saeed Foroudastan is the Associate Dean for the College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS). The CBAS oversees 10 departments at Middle Tennessee State University. He is also the current Director for the Masters of Science in Professional Science program and a professor of engineering technology at MTSU. Foroudastan received his B.S. in civil engineering, his M.S. in civil engineering, and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Tennessee
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Two Year College Division Poster Session
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar H. Salcedo, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Mariano Olmos, El Paso Community College; Tonie Badillo, El Paso Community College
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Diversity
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Two Year College Division
the Director of Academic Technologies at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has had experience in learning in both a traditional university program as well as the new online learning model, which he utilizes in his current position consulting with faculty about the design of new learning experiences. His experience in technology and teaching started in 1993 as a student lab technician and has continued to expand and grow over the years, both technically as well as pedagogically. Currently he works in one of the most technically outstanding buildings in the region where he provides support to students, faculty, and staff in implementing technology inside and outside the classroom, researching new engineering
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Models of community engagement practices
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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bill B. Elmore, Mississippi State University
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Community Engagement Division
interesting andfun, but the task of doing this can be daunting. Likewise, theunderlying principles supporting the “How?”, “Why?” and“What for?” may seem elusive to many. Through ournumerous activities using the robotics kits we haveexperienced firsthand how quickly students can learn toassemble and operate this system.A crucial element to the introduction of any technology to theclassroom is the utility of the technology. LEGO™ roboticskits are designed with engineering precision allowing users toquickly and repeatedly build prototypes of projects conceived Figure 8. Freshman Designand designed by students. Added capabilities are gained bycombining the LEGO robotics technology with Vernier sensor technology—facilitating thedesign of experiments
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2000 Annual Conference
Authors
William M. Jordan; Debbie Silver; Bill B. Elmore
engineering problem solving. Thiscourse is specifically designed for education majors. They are shown how to solve real worldengineering problems and how to teach such subject matter to their own future students. In thiscourse we model innovative teaching techniques as well as provide mathematics, science,engineering, technological and problem solving experiences for the students.I. IntroductionThe health of science and engineering tomorrow depends on improved mathematics and sciencepreparation of our students today. The national interest is now a national imperative. TheNational Science Foundation (NSF) has stated in regard to declining performance among ournation’s K–12 students that the construction of knowledge about teaching and learning
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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting
Authors
Kurt Colvin
the issues and concerns of staff and students. Journal of Educational Media, Special Edition on Blended Learning, 28(2- 3), pp. 99-100.Biographical InformationDr. Kurt Colvin joined the faculty at Cal Poly in 2000 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department ofIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering. He received a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Oregon StateUniversity. Prior to Cal Poly, Dr. Colvin had 5 years of systems engineering experience and 5 years of research andcollaboration with NASA Ames Research Center. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California. Dr.Colvin’s major research interests include systems engineering methods and education, aviation human-factors andmanufacturing technologies
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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session
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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Niaz Latif, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Aco Sikoski, Ivy Tech Community College; Branislav Rosul, College of DuPage
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
Building for Manufacturing and Manufacturing Related Programs.”Dr. Mohammad A. Zahraee, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Mohammad A. Zahraee, PhD, PE Professor and Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies College of Technol- ogy Purdue University Calumet Mohammad A. Zahraee became Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies, College of Technology at Purdue University Calumet in 2010. He holds Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Illi- nois University, MS in Structural Engineering and PhD in Engineering Mechanics both from University of Illinois at Chicago. Mohammad joined Purdue University Calumet in 1989 and was the Head of the Manufacturing Engineering Technologies and Supervision Department
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ning Fang, Utah State University; Gary Stewardson, Utah State University
AC 2007-517: IMPROVING ENGINEERING LABORATORY EXPERIENCETHROUGH COMPUTER SIMULATIONS AND COOPERATIVE LEARNINGNing Fang, Utah State University Ning Fang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education, College of Engineering, Utah State University. His areas of interest include engineering education, manufacturing processes, and product design. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1994 and has published 30+ papers in refereed international journals. He is a member of ASEE, ASME, and a senior member of SME.Gary Stewardson, Utah State University Gary A. Stewardson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Technology Education
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OMCED Topics
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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Manhar Dhanak, Florida Atlantic University; Ronald Yeung, University of California, Berkeley; Spyros Kinnas, University of Texas, Austin
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Ocean and Marine
participation in the program.The focus of the Florida Atlantic University NNRNE Consortium was chosen to be hull designand shipboard automation for future ‘mission effective’ Navy support ships that would becategorized as fast, responsive and automated. Principal thrust of the program has been educationand training of students who will make up the next generation of ocean engineers and foster thedevelopment of novel uninhibited ideas. Over the duration of the program, ship systems specificto development of the SeaBasing concept and associated technologies were considered. Theemphasized areas have been (1) seakeeping, (2) dynamic stability, (3) drag reduction andpropulsion, and (4) shipboard automation and control. The goal of the program is
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General Technical Session
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan
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Diversity
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Computers in Education
. Engineering educators have embraced blended learning as a way toflip the classroom2. A recent survey by the Higher Education Research Institute ofundergraduate faculty suggests that about half of respondents were using online tools intheir course in some way 3. A meta-analysis of studies on undergraduate student learningwith technology reported that, on average, students in blended courses demonstrate morelearning gains when compared to traditional residential instruction4. Blended models areso pervasive that academic developers have started to characterize blending as the newtraditional5 of course delivery6,7.Given the potential for blended learning to become a widespread practice in engineeringeducation, developing an understanding of the state of
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Engaging Families and Exciting Girls with Engineering
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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
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Susan M. Caley Opsal, Illinois Valley Community College; Dorene M. Perez, Illinois Valley Community College; James A. Gibson, Illinois Valley Community College; Rose Marie Lynch, Illinois Valley Community College
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Involving Parents Can Improve Girls’ Perceptions of Engineering CareersMiddle school girls who participated in a recent engineering technology activity with aparent emerged with more positive attitudes about engineering than girls who workedwithout a parent.The activity, making a diode, was conducted by instructors at Illinois Valley CommunityCollege as part of a National Science Foundation-supported project1 designed to increaseinterest in engineering technology careers. The students who participated were the sixththrough eighth grade girls enrolled in a rural junior high, which has a high percentage oflow-income families. The girls were randomly divided into
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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 19
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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hudson James Harris, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma
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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)
biomedical engineering drives his academic pursuits, seeking to explore how these technologies can revolutionize both fieldsDr. Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma Dr. Kittur is an Assistant Professor in the Gallogly College of Engineering at The University of Oklahoma. He completed his Ph.D. in Engineering Education Systems and Design program from Arizona State University, 2022. He received a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s in Power Systems from India in 2011 and 2014, respectively. He has worked with Tata Consultancy Services as an Assistant Systems Engineer from 2011–2012 in India. He has worked as an Assistant Professor (2014–2018) in the department of Electrical and
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Engineering Management Division (EMD) Tech Session 3: Engineering Management — From Classroom to Practice
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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Derek Hillestad Ph.D, Arizona State University; Rebecca Kassa, The University of Kansas
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Engineering Management Division (EMD)
practice identifieda gap in known research associated with how engineering disciplines align with the practice ofFCA’s. An emphasis of this study was how FCA’s can be utilized as a pedagogical tool to representarchitectural, civil, electrical, mechanical, structural, and technological engineering disciplines.Recommendations for facility engineering practice and education is presented for application toengineering disciplines within academia. Globally, this is the first research attempt to linkengineering education and management to the practice of facility engineering. This research canbe used by facility managers, engineering service providers and engineering educators alike tofoster transparency with facility engineering practice, FCA
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kyoung-Yun Kim, Wayne State University; Carolyn E Psenka, Wayne State University; Karl R Haapala, Oregon State University; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Iowa State University
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
study of human interactions with technologies in everyday activities. Dr. Psenka is a Research Associate in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Wayne State University and is affiliated with the NSF I/UCRC Center for e-Design as a design anthropologist.Prof. Karl R Haapala, Oregon State University Dr. Karl R. Haapala is an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, where he directs the Industrial Sustainability Laboratory and is Assistant Director of the OSU Industrial Assessment Center. He received his B.S. (2001) and M.S. (2003) in Mechanical Engineering, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics as
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Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Katherine M. Steele, University of Washington; Sheryl Elaine Burgstahler, University of Washigton
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Diversity
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Women in Engineering
Center reaches national and international audiences with the support of federal, state, corporate, foundation, and private funds. Dr. Burgstahler is an affiliate professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her teaching and research focus on the successful transition of students with dis- abilities to college and careers and on the application of universal design to technology, learning activities, physical spaces, and student services. Her current projects include the Alliance for Students with Disabil- ities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (AccessSTEM), the Alliance for Access to Computing Careers (AccessComputing), the RDE Collaborative Dissemination project
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1998 Annual Conference
Authors
Josef Rojter
1 Session 2560Development of Social Literacy in First Year Engineering Curriculum Josef Rojter Department of Mechanical Engineering Victoria University of Technology P.O. Box 14428, MMC Melbourne VIC 8000 Australia Page 3.211.1 1 2ABSTRACT A revised first year
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1997 Annual Conference
Authors
T. Al Austin; Steve Wells
increase its enrollment. To keep the university competitive in the ever changing educational market. Overview In the past three semesters 5 courses were taught using the Internet as the primarymedium of communication. These courses were developed and taught through a joint effortbetween a Mechanical Engineering Technology faculty member at ODU and a Civil andConstruction Engineering faculty member from ISU. The majority of the students enrolled in thecourses were from a home education organization called the Advanced Training InstituteInternational. The students ages ranged from 16 to 38 years old. The table below illustrates thefrequency of courses offered, the total number of states from
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1997 Annual Conference
Authors
Dale Ross; Bill Taylor
Laboratory and presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 1996.Biographical InformationBILL TAYLOR is the Principal Investigator for the NASA Educational Outreach Program entitled, “An IntegratedApproach to Engineering Education in a Minority Community.” Dr. Taylor is the past Chair of the NMHUDepartment of Engineering and served two years as the Director of the NMHU School of Mathematical Sciences andEngineering. He is also the PI of a NASA project entitled, “Fuzzy microcontrollers for CELSS applications.”DALE ROSS serves the NMHU Department of Engineering as an instructor in an innovative pre-Engineeringprogram and is a Ph.D. candidate in Educational Technology. Mr. Ross has served as co
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1999 Annual Conference
Authors
Jack Zecher
Session 2238 Development of CD-ROM based lessons for ProEngineer Jack Zecher, P.E. Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)AbstractThis paper describes how a series of CD-ROM based instructional lessons for the ProEngineerComputer Aided Design program were developed. These lessons consist of “on screen”examples of techniques that ProEngineer uses to construct three dimensional solid models.Various multimedia techniques were used in order to
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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 5
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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gadhaun Aslam, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida
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Diversity
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Faculty Development Division (FDD)
education became a scientific inquiry in theU.S. between 1890 to 1910 with the goal to innovate curricular design as well as pedagogicalpractices. Engineering education as a discipline and research field aims to assist students by a)providing evidence-based practices to instructors on engineering practices [2], b) ways toenhance students’ learning experiences [3]; [4], c) incorporating effective teachingmethodologies for students [5]; [6], d) integrating technology in the classroom [7]; [8]; [9], e)refining assessment methods [10], and f) enhancing curricula to meet the needs of students andimplementing strategies to better equip the next generation of engineers [7]; [11]; [12].Understanding engineering education from a historical perspective, it