Conference Session

Dynamic Pedagogies for Engineering Dynamics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Cornwell, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kent Ralph Jensen, USAF; Kwangjin Yang, United States Air Force Academy

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Mechanics

SEC number Dynamics class 1 36.8 17.0 19.8 2 70.1 22.0 48.1 3 46.0 6.0 40.0 Project Goals and Methods: In this study, we investigated whether the reordering of kineticsand kinematics topics in a traditional dynamics course, that is, a course that is not part of a largerintegrated framework, leads to improved student performance on single- and multi-conceptdynamics problems. We hypothesized that the larger conservation and accounting frameworkthat is incorporated at Rose-Hulman is not

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Courses for the Future

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javier Rubio-Herrero, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio

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Industrial Engineering

. If we assume that the overall score of a course is 100 points, the maximum pointsattainable by any student at the end of the course is clearly 100. However, the maximum pointsattainable by student at week 5 will depend on the number of homework assignments, projects ormidterm exams completed at that stage and their respective weights in computing the overall 100points that the course is based on. For instance, in this statistics course the grading scheme was: • Homework: 30% (5 assignments, 6% each assignment) • Midterm exam: 30% • Final exam: 40%The deadline for dropping this course was the end of week 8 of the semester. By the end of thatweek, the students had finished 3 homework assignments and the midterm exam. The maximumnumber of

Conference Session

ET Peripherals

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Liza Ann Russell, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

, however multiple-choice options could not be devised to retrieve the datasought [19].Collection Methods. Since this project required human subjects, the researchers sought andobtained IRB (Institutional Review Board) approval. Following this, a link to the survey wasdistributed to professional educator organizations, school districts, and personal networks tospread the survey over as wide an area as possible. Subjects were made aware of the intent of theproject. Records were kept of all contacts and an attempt to equally cover science, technology,engineering, and math educators was made.Data Analysis Methodology. Responses to 17 questions were gathered using an online Qualtricssurvey. The survey received 211 “hits” during the five weeks it was

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seth Norberg, U.S. Military Academy; Tim Ashcraft, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, United States Military Academy; Matthew Miller, United States Military Academy; Michael J Benson, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

from course evaluations, andrecommendations for instructors seeking to implement similar projects in their courses.IntroductionIn recent years, inquiry and problem-based learning within engineering education has gainedmomentum and has proliferated across many engineering programs. A literature review revealednumerous examples of development and implantation of these techniques into classrooms [2, 4-6]. Kolb[7] has written extensively on the model of experiential learning and how this technique enhanceslearning and mastery of engineering concepts. Experiential or laboratory based learning fits within theactive learning dimension within their index of learning styles (ILS) described by Felder and Silverman [7-8]. The basis of ILS is that

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew H. Phillips, Ohio State University

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Mathematics

Graduate Teaching Associate for the Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors program, he is heavily involved with developing and teaching laboratory content, leading the maintenance of the in-house robotics controller, and managing the devel- opment of the robotics project. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Technology’s Role in Student Understanding of Mathematics in Modern Undergraduate Engineering CoursesAbstractThis paper seeks to identify important implications on the use of technology in the teaching ofmathematics in modern undergraduate engineering courses. These are used to create a big pictureof the current situation of engineering mathematics teaching

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Mary Fraley, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

gift. Success in mathematics can be achieved through hard work. 3. Would you say you are more interested in: People and Relationships Things and Gadgets 1Appendix: ENG1102 Entrepreneurial Intentions Survey - Fall 2017 4. For each statement below, please rate your level of agreement according to how you generally feel. Strongly Slightly Slightly Strongly Disagree Disagree Disagree Agree Agree Agree As a group member working on a project, I am often

Conference Session

Dynamic Pedagogies for Engineering Dynamics

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Vitali, University of Michigan; Noel C. Perkins, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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Mechanics

associate professor of electrical engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Finelli’s current research interests include student resistance to active learning, faculty adoption of evidence-based teaching practices, the use of technology and innovative pedagogies on student learning and success, and the impact of a flexible classroom space on faculty teaching and student learning. She also led a project to develop a taxonomy for the field of engineering education research, and she was part of a team that studied ethical decision-making in engineering students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Incorporating IMU Technology to Demonstrate Concepts in

Conference Session

PCEE Biomedical Engineering

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martina Nieswandt, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Elizabeth McEneaney, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #23770Individual- and group-level effects on learning during engineering design tasksin high school biology (Fundamental).Dr. Martina Nieswandt, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Martina Nieswandt is an Associate Professor of Science Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research focuses on the relationship between motivation, affects and learning associated with K-16 science concepts and various instructional contexts (e.g., small groups, project-based learning) utilizing mixed-methods approaches.Dr. Elizabeth McEneaney, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Dr. McEneaney is Associate

Conference Session

ET Peripherals

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

manufacturer,biomass power production facility, and similar locations. Further opportunities included a day tripto Berlin, Bremen/Bremerhaven, and Hamburg to experience culture, food, and interact with oneanother as well as students from Germany and another group that joined them from China.The engineering technology students that went on this trip learned about renewable energy and theway of life in Germany. Through the observations and reactions students had to the environment,they found that renewable energy is much more accepted than what they experienced in their ownlives. Further, they found that the citizens working on the various renewable energy projects moreopen-minded to change and work toward better ways of incorporating these technologies

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning – New Engineering Educators Division

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hani Serhal Saad, Eastern Washington University; Kyle Frederick Larsen P.E., Eastern Washington University; Heechang Bae, Eastern Washington University; N.M. A. Hossain, Eastern Washington University

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New Engineering Educators

homeworkassignments enables students to develop greater cognitive level problem solving skills. Homework is a very valuable tool in learning engineering. Therefore, we are concernedwith our students whether they are copying the homework solutions available in internet and/orother sources. This has become especially evident when a student gets a perfect or near perfectoverall score for their homework grade, yet their test scores are very low. A study by Wichita StateUniversity [3] mentions that approximately 70% of students in the U.S. were involved directly orindirectly in cheating during exams, homework, term projects, reports, papers and presentationsusing different techniques. According to a paper [4] entitled, “The Theory of Planned Behavioras a

Conference Session

COED: Issues Impacting Students Learning How to Program

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryan A. Jones, Mississippi State University; Jane N. Moorhead, Mississippi State University

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Computers in Education

, Microprocessors course based on the PIC. She enjoys playing around with new designs for technology, presently playing with the Raspberry PI and Arduino as the basis for projects. Obtaining a GIS-Remote Sensing certificate, she is working on a design of a GPS-based system interfaced with a Raspberry PI. She now is working on a Broadcast Meteorology certificate to find ways to embed hardware into the geosciences curriculum. Always looking for fun educational instructional methods, Jane designed and taught BullyBots - a summer robotics camp for junior-high students; with her college-age students, she has held line-sensing robotics competitions and sea-perch competitions. She requires her students to utilize the development boards

Conference Session

Course Structuring for Effective Student Engagement

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Baker Ph.D., P.E., Colorado State University

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Civil Engineering

enhancements. Here are a couple of my lessons learned:  To speed your construction, think about geometry first, and algebraic equations 2nd. It is far easier to graphically add a tangent line at a point on a curve then it is to derive the equations algebraically. When the graphical tools no longer meet your goals, then use written equations to complete your construction.  GeoGebra applies default names to each component. I have found it helpful to change these names to carry more intuitive meaning in your final project. For example, rename the Cartesian components of the force F from the defaults u and v to the more descriptive Fx and Fy.  Construction sequence is a major factor in the design of your

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Bouazzaoui, Old Dominion University; Charles B. Daniels, Old Dominion University

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Engineering and Public Policy

, Research, and Education [the Millennium Project, TheUniversity of Michigan 2008]’’ Dr. James J. Duderstadt stated, ‘’...The absence of engineers fromeither the leadership roles of business and government or the primary debates over the problemsof our times poses a significant threat to society in an increasingly technological world…’’. Theneed for engagement and involvement by engineers is of great significance for setting sound public Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE North Central Section Conference 1 Copyright © 2018, American Society for Engineering Educationpolicy and monitoring complex technical issues in the society. However, there remains a dearth ofresearch in this area that needs to be

Conference Session

Works in Progress II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

potential: A collaborative road map for increasing African-American women in engineering,” 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.nsbe.org/getattachment/News- Media/NSBE-News/ignored-potential/NSBE-Ignored-Potential-Whitepaper-2-27- 17.PDF.aspx. [Accessed: 19-Mar-2018].[17] D. E. Z. Maldonado, R. Rhoads, and T. L. Buenavista, “The student-initiated retention project: Theoretical contributions and the role of self-empowerment,” Am. Educ. Res. J., vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 605–638, 2005.

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Preston Moore, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto; Thomas L. Reinsfelder, Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto

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Engineering Libraries

. Molinaro, and D. Larsen, “Assessing the Impact and Efficacy of the Open-Access ChemWiki Textbook Project,” Educause Learning Initiative Brief, pp. 1–8, 2015.[12] Z. QingHua, Z. WeiHua, H. ZheZhi, and D. RongHua, “Improving Aerospace Engineering Students’ Achievements by an Open Aero Control Experiment Apparatus,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 229–234, Nov. 2014.[13] N. Ackovska and S. Ristov, “OER Approach for Specific Student Groups in Hardware-Based Courses,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 242–247, Nov. 2014.[14] M. Llamas-Nistal and F. A. Mikic-Fonte, “Generating OER by Recording Lectures: A Case Study,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 220–228, Nov. 2014.[15

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany Lynn Butler; Daniel D. Anastasio, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Matthew Cooper, North Carolina State University; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

. Feister, P.M. Buzzanell, W.C. Oakes, A.D. Mead, “TheDevelopment of an Instrument for Assessing Individual Ethical Decision-making in Project-baseDesign Teams: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods,” ASEE Annual Conference &Exposition, Indianapolis, IN, 2014, pp. 1-127) J. Rest, L. Edwards, S. Thoma, “Designing and Validation a Measure of Moral Judgement:Stage Preference and Stage Consistency Approaches,” Journal of Educational Psychology, vol.89, no. 1, pp. 5-28, 1997.8) L. Kohlberg, R.H. Hersh, “Moral Development: A Review of the Theory,” Theory intoPractice, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 53-59, Apr., 1977.9) J.R. Rest, D. Narvaez, S.T. Thoma, “DIT2: Devising and Testing a Revised Instrument ofMoral Judgement,” Journal of Educational

Conference Session

Works-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimia Moozeh, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO; Deborah Tihanyi, University of Toronto; Jennifer Lyn Farmer, University of Toronto; Greg Evans, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

], [16], [21], [29].Too often, students are not given adequate explanations as to why an experiment is performed,why they should care about the experiment and its relevance to the real-world practice [33]. Thisis unfortunate, as the lack of utility value can detract from students’ motivation to engage in atask [34].A research project is currently being conducted to enhance the learning experience of students inchemical engineering laboratories at the University of Toronto by developing web-basedmultimedia pre-lab exercises to complement the laboratory manual. The goals of thesemultimedia pre-labs are to help the students construct knowledge by building connectionsbetween theory and experiment, and to understand the relevance and utility value of

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee T. Ulstad, Ohio State University; Mehdi Mashayekhi, Ohio State University; Hannah Meckstroth, Ohio State University

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Engineering Economy

to Anheuser-Busch where she worked for over 27 years. She worked as project manager, engineering manager, utility manager, maintenance manager, and finally as the Resident Engineer managing all technical areas of the facility. During her tenure, the brewery saw dramatic increases in productivity improvement, increased use of automation systems, and significant cost reductions in all areas including utilities where they received the internal award for having the best utility usage reduction for 2014. Since joining Ohio State, Aimee has joined the American Society of Engineering Educators and serves as the Division Chair of the Engineering Economics division.Mehdi Mashayekhi, Ohio State UniversityHannah Meckstroth, Ohio

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam G. Ganesh, Arizona State University; Kyle D. Squires, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University; Robin R. Hammond, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

experience. Designed as a 60-contacthours/year program directed by the university, this effort will serve 150 girls who are high schooljuniors over two years, through high school graduation to enter college. In 2017, 75 participantswere recruited from schools. Undergraduate mentors support the program with planned activitiesto explore engineering around the types of problems engineers solve and their impact on society,experiences to confront stereotypes, facilitate access to industry mentors, and university sitevisits.3) Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) at the high school grades 9-12 andcommunity college encourages exploration of engineering as socially relevant through socialentrepreneurship efforts in a co-curricular experience

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 1: Retention and Student Success Strategies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadil Mustafa, California State University, Chico

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First-Year Programs

projected goal. One of the proposedapproaches is to “Increase student success rates in courses within the target time frame,especially in gateway and past high failure rate courses [4]”. Additionally, the initiativeproposes several key activities to support this strategy. One of the key activities was to offeradditional support to students in high failure rate courses in the form of tutoring. High failurecourses, referred to as "bottleneck course," are defined as courses with high DFW (studentsearning D, W or F grade) rate (>30%) and can delay students' graduation time. Offering extrasupport to students in these courses are sought to improve the graduation rate and increaseretention rate.For many years, tutoring has been promoted in higher

Collection

2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Molly McVey

students were given extra credit for completing it. Howeverstudents were informed that the results of the survey would only be seen by the post-doctoralteaching fellow assisting with this project, and the instructor of the course would only see theaggregated results. Surveys asked Likert-scale questions about the effectiveness/usefulness ofeach course component, and how they prepare for class.Results and DiscussionLearning Objective AchievementExam results showed a significant improvement in performance on several learning objectives,particularly on exams 1 and 3. On exam 1, there was a statistically significant improvement on10/14 learning objectives. On exam 2, there was a statistically significant improvement on 3/13learning objectives, but a

Collection

2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Jing Zhang; Mengjun Xie

andvisualization. As discussed in [1] and [3], a simulation-based virtual laboratory have significantadvantages compared to traditional physical laboratory in respects of safety, informationrepresentation and experiment flexibility. However, the simulation is restricted by virtualenvironments and non-ideal effects of simulation models. These restrictions make it difficult toreplace the physical laboratory with a virtual laboratory. Development of hands-on capability forundergraduate students in electrical engineering is another important reason to keep the physicallaboratory.The role of laboratory in the education of modern power systems is also discussed in [4] for bothlecture-based education and project-based learning. This work presents details about

Conference Session

Diversity Research - Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Diversity Research

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Mark Henry Clark, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

,Engineering Disasters, and Technology, Society, and Values). The Civil Engineering departmentat Oregon Tech has a strong laboratory component in its curriculum with a majority ofprogrammatic courses including a laboratory. Given the motivations of these two departmentsand mutual interest of the project faculty in bridges, and Conde B. McCullough (Figure 1) inparticular, the faculty identified the potential for a field course to tour important Oregon bridges.Emphasizing those constructed to complete the Oregon coast highway, the course brings thehistory of these bridges together with their design and construction details. Changes in bridgedesign practice were discussed as an analog to the development of civil engineering moregenerally. Figure

Conference Session

Scaling class size and technology – New Engineering Educators Division

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peggy C. Boylan-Ashraf, San Jose State University; John R. Haughery, Iowa State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

hour in the classroom,engineering courses require an estimated 4 hours. Although the systems in place that run manyengineering colleges around the country work fairly well for the traditional engineering student –the teenager who shows up on campus ready to dedicate the next four years of their lives toschool, a chunk of undergraduates in commuter schools, such as SJSU, do not fit this profile.These students are juggling classes and a job or family or both. Most of our education system isnot built to cater to their needs, and its results are extremely wasteful. This paper presents initial results of a research project on failure rates in the college ofengineering at SJSU, where 40% of our students work more than 10 hours per week while

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex C. Szatmary, King's College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

deciding what to cover in a course. Courses have been added to curricula to improveFE scores [4, 5, 6]. The technical content of several programs (typically general engineeringprograms at state universities) was selected from the beginning to cover the FE [7, 8, 9].This project arose in a new mechanical engineering program. My intention was to use the FEExam Specifications as a single simple source on what one might expect in a mechanicalengineering program. The FE also seemed like a straightforward, objective assessment. However,as I tried to develop learning objectives that comprehensively covered FE Mechanical content, Ifound it necessary to consult multiple sources beyond the Specifications. Furthermore, seeinghow competency is assessed on the

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

when theyare recording individual responses and team responses. Before class, Mrs. J wrote rules for whatshe wanted her students to put in their notebooks. To display the notebook rules to her students,Mrs. J projects the rules with the document camera and has the students copy them exactly. Shefollows a similar structure to introduce other times students should write in their notebooks, suchas when they are copying notes about the engineering design process. When she introduces theengineering design process, she verbally tells the students to focus on the overall structure of thedesign process, and not worry about the details of copying it down.Notebook IntegrationWhen students respond to the prompts in their notebooks, Mrs. J usually has

Conference Session

International Collaborations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Agrawal, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the

Conference Session

Girls in Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda S Hirsch, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

previouslyattended the FEMME program reported that grades in mathematics and science had improved,74% reported that the girls’ attitude(s) toward math and science class had become more positive,and 96% reported that she had expressed an interest in further STEM studies since attending theprevious summer.References[1] Sargent, J. F. (2014). The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Recent, Current and Projected Employment, Wages and Unemployment. Congressional Research Service. https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43061.pdf[2] Bureau of Labor Statistics (2017). https://www.bls.gov/ accessed August 29, 2017.[3] JerseyCan, (2017). “Preparing the Children of Today for the Jobs of Tomorrow, A Window into STEM Education in New Jersey”, The New

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brendon Lumgair P.Eng., University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

asynchronous interactions with the instructor and TAs and amongst the students. 4. Connects students’ ethics learning to engineering practice: Online learning allows students to take professionalism and ethics classes while on co-op or internship work terms at engineering firms. They are literally immersed in a professional practice and potentially experiencing ethical dilemmas on projects. Students have access to professional engineers to interview for assignments on the ethical dimensions of the Company’s work. 7. Incorporates innovative or creative educational methods: Online learning provides the environment to utilize a whole host of innovative educational method. As such, it requires creative teaching