Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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First-Year Programs

Vertically Integrated Team Design Projects on First Year Engineering Students,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2004).9. H. Diefes-Dux, D. Follman, P.K. Imbrie, J. Zawojewski, B. Capobianco, and M. Hjalmarson, “Model Eliciting Activities: An In-class Approach to Improving Interest and Persistence of Women in Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (2004).10. K. F. Reardon, “A Project-Oriented Introduction to Engineering Course,” Proceedings of the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition (1999).11. R. Whalen, S. F. Freeman, B. K. Jaeger

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2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Abigail Nichole Lehto, Utah State University; Ning Fang, Utah State University

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Diversity

West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Education 103. Kleinhenz, P., Pinnell, M., Mertz, G., Eger. C., 2005, “Student Perspectives of Curriculum Integrated International Service-Learning Internships,” Proceedings of 35th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 19-22, 2025.4. Kramer-Simpson, E., 2018, “Moving From Student to Professional: Industry Mentors and Academic Internship Coordinators Supporting Intern Learning in the Workplace,” Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 81-103.5. Lozano-Nieto, A., 1998, “Internship

Conference Session

Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael L. Jones, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

obstacles to their Page 24.871.2intended activity.   1  An overview of project-based learning in engineering education Problem-based learning pedagogy has a long history in medical education, wherePBL has increasingly been integrated into core curriculum, even in more conservativeeducational institutions [2, 10]. Medical PBL encourages collaborative investigation ofmedical cases, where students take the lead on case research and resolution and facultyplay an expert advisor role. Meta-analysis of PBL effectiveness studies suggests themove to PBL has shown weak

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany L. Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan L. Hotle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lauren Alise Jones; Margaret-Avis Anyeley Akofio-Sowah, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stefanie Brodie, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. She has researched the effects of product debundling in the airline industry and is interested in airline competitiveness indicators.Dr. Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology Laurie Garrow is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the faculty, she worked for four years as a Research Analyst with United Air Lines and one year with a management consulting firm.Mr. Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology Christopher Cappelli is a Research Associate at the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathemat- ics, and Computing (CEISMC) at

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2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Zhiyuan Yang; Hope L. Weiss; Matthew J. Traum

research divisions.To integrate hands-on energy topics, particularly gas turbines, into STEM curricula, we proposean alternative to creating virtual laboratories with no real hardware or investing in capitally-intensive lab equipment. An archive of “Energy Engineering Laboratory Modules” (EELMs) isbeing developed by collaborating faculty and students at MSOE, accumulated, and disseminatedto facilitate spiral insertion of energy engineering concepts into college and high school coursesacross STEM curricula. EELMs are economical, hands-on, “turn-key” activities that can beincorporated into any STEM curricula to introduce energy studies. For example, a series ofbuilding energy audit exercises was recently created and described that harvests

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Jill Kidd, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Samuel J. Sacks, Norfolk Public Schools; Stacie I. Ringleb, Old Dominion University ; Pilar Pazos, Old Dominion University; Kristie Gutierrez, Old Dominion University; Orlando M. Ayala, Old Dominion University; Lilian Maria de Souza Almeida, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

an ability to collaborate in multidisciplinaryteams. Meanwhile, preservice teachers need new technical knowledge and skills that go beyondtraditional core content knowledge, as they are now expected to embed engineering into scienceand coding concepts into traditional subject areas. There are nationwide calls to integrateengineering and coding into PreK-6 education as part of a larger campaign to attract morestudents to STEM disciplines and to increase exposure for girls and minority students whoremain significantly underrepresented in engineering and computer science. Accordingly,schools need teachers who have not only the knowledge and skills to integrate these topics intomainstream subjects, but also the intention to do so. However

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas M. Korman

studentsacross the college would be able to design, build, and test a variety of building components. Theresult was a privately funded laboratory 5,000-square-foot lab named the Simpson Strong-Tie(SST) Materials Demonstration Lab for the donors to the laboratory which was dedicated inOctober 2010.The integrated curriculum model described by Hauck and Jackson provides tremendousopportunities to engage teaching strategies far beyond the common lecture approach typicallyutilized in many single subject courses3. They proposed that various methodologies, such ascooperative learning, could be utilized in an integrated learning lab environment. Furthermore,they proposed a teaching approach for construction management education which requiresstudents to be

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 3

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shayna Earle, McMaster University ; Liza-Anastasia DiCecco, McMaster University; Dakota M Binkley, McMaster University; Muhammad Arshad, McMaster University ; Andrew Lucentini, McMaster University ; Gerald Tembrevilla, McMaster University, Mount Saint Vincent University; Bosco Yu PhD, P.Eng, McMaster University, University of Victoria

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Materials Division (MATS)

fundamental knowledge. While these teaching styles can be effective,they provide little opportunity to actively engage and expose learners to memorable experientiallearning elements. The COVID-19 pandemic presented a new opportunity to focus on developingunique teaching tools to reach students on virtual platforms. Although the development of thesetools was critical in today’s technology-driven society, pandemic teaching and learning remainedchallenging, which likely contributed to the amplification of virtual gamified learning. Inredesigning our first-year engineering curriculum within the Faculty of Engineering at McMasterUniversity into the new Integrated Cornerstone Design Projects in Engineering (ENG 1P13)course, an opportunity to re-evaluate

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Gusmao Brissi, Purdue University; Luciana Debs, Purdue University; Mariana Watanabe, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

) industry has become morecomplex, requiring changes in both design and construction processes [1]. Three new processesare carrying out an important role to manage this increasing complexity: building informationmodeling (BIM), integrated project delivery (IPD), and lean construction (LC) [1], [2], [3]. Inaddition to BIM, IPD and LC, sustainable construction has been drawing much attention fromthe AEC industry due to the growing concerns on climate change, the depletion of the earth’sresources, and the widespread pollution [4].It is important to emphasize that sustainable construction, BIM, IPD and LC are processes thatrequire effective collaboration among team members and a holistic design approach to guaranteethe construction of buildings with

Conference Session

Instructional technologies - Simulations, VR, Remote Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas at El Paso; Md Fashiar Rahman, University of Texas at El Paso; Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Ivan Arturo Renteria-Marquez, University of Texas at El Paso; Aditya Akundi, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley; Amit J Lopes, University of Texas at El Paso; Jeevarathinam Senthilkumar

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Manufacturing

stochastic. Moreover, the manufacturing system isinterconnected among its different subsystems and components, which cannot be described onlythrough the theoretical explanation. Here, computer simulation can be integrated to design andvisualize the stochastic and complex system. This paper uses the advantage of simulation todescribe a series classroom activity using SIMIO software, which are deployed in industrialsystems simulation course in the University of Texas at El Paso. Besides, the authors show a nobleapproach to demonstrate the simulation using the virtual reality (VR) technology in Unityplatform. Integration of these simulation based classroom activities provide three-fold benefit tostudents’ learning process; (1) it provides an effective

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott von Laven; X. Qian; A. Jalloh; Zheng-Tao Deng; Amir Mobasher; Ruben Rojas-Oviedo

Session 1520This paper describes how the Mechanical Engineering program introduces engineering studentsto high performance computing, and parallel computing in particular, without adding courses tothe curriculum. The Mechanical Engineering Department at Alabama A&M University hasundertaken the High Performance Computing Initiative to Enhance Engineering Education.Under this initiative we not only introduce undergraduate students to high performancecomputing but also make it an integral part of the undergraduate curriculum.Our high performance computing initiative was launched with funding from the Department ofEnergy (DOE) Alliance for Computational Science Collaboration (ACSC) project. A high-performance computing laboratory to support the

Conference Session

Activities for the Materials Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

S. Michael Condren; Ken Lux; George C. Lisensky; Donald Stone; Arthur B. Ellis; Anne Bentley; Amy Payne; Robert Carpick; Wendy Crone

.2-4 Undergraduate science and engineering majorsneed a comprehensive education that includes nanotechnology in order to successfully navigatethe challenges of the 21st century. Students need an interdisciplinary education in the basicsciences, the engineering sciences, and the information sciences, as well as an understanding ofthe relationships of these fields to nanotechnology. This has motivated the National ScienceFoundation-supported Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) onNanostructured Materials and Interfaces at the University of Wisconsin – Madison to create anextensive education and curriculum development effort focused on nanotechnology. One themeof this effort is the development of instructional demonstration

Conference Session

Let’s Get Pumped: Innovative Approaches for Better Student Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University

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Civil Engineering

variety of field testing, system health assessment, and the process of sound engineeringjudgment (sense-making), which are all required in practice. This project aims to address theeducational gaps in geotechnical engineering education through the development andimplementation of a transferable and scalable Mixed Reality and Mobile (MR&M) EducationalGame, “GeoExplorer,” that will be integrated with traditional geotechnical engineeringeducation. This MR&M game builds on the positive experience gained from two existingeducational games, Levee Patroller and CPT Operator, developed by Deltares, an independentapplied research institute in The Netherlands.Use of Educational Games to Create Advanced Learning MaterialsGames and Learning to Solve

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Betsy Dulin

session, the participants provided input on revising andupdating a graduate engineering curriculum designed primarily for working professionals.Although the group stressed the importance of keeping their engineers up-to-date with rigoroustechnical courses that reflect the newest technology, an overwhelming majority of the managerskept returning, again and again, to the importance of other professional skills such ascommunications, leadership, and the ability to both identify and work within the confines ofpolitical and social institutions. While not phrasing their answers explicitly in terms of “publicpolicy,” when pressed for examples, the engineering managers often referred to situationsinvolving the public policy process, including the

Conference Session

Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Findley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John A. Mirth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

coursethat ought to be part of the core curriculum at a liberal arts college, or at a comprehensiveuniversity? Many aspects of this course suggest a potential for success in such a role. Thecourse presents a variety of topics that attempt to integrate perspectives from multipledisciplines, which is a common charge for many core curricula. An increase in the diversity (byacademic discipline) of students enrolled in the course would also likely help to better integratethe course perspectives. As such, the next challenge in course development may be to take thecourse to a broader audience to see if results similar to those described in this paper can beachieved.Another possible area of study for the course outcomes is to break the students down by

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Scot Douglass

Session 3561 Teaching Students, Not Texts Scot Douglass Herbst Humanities Program, University of Colorado--BoulderContext “What works and doesn’t work?” in the integration of an engineering curriculum with thehumanities has been a question we’ve been asking since the fall of 1989 when the College ofEngineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder, began a new andinnovative program of Humanities for Engineers. This program was made possible by thegenerous gift of an alumnus, Clarence Herbst, Jr. (Ch. E., ‘50). Now in its eighth year, theprogram

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching & Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

and non-technical skills as they would in the workplace. However, few of the projectsrequire significant self-directed learning. Thus it would appear that the present curriculum does,on average, little to enhance students’ readiness to engage in self-directed learning. Further, theresults of the study indicate that assignments and projects aimed at enhancing readiness for self-directed learning must be integrated into the curriculum if students are to make improvements inthis important skill.Previous studies using the SLDRS to investigate the effects of two innovative courses inIndustrial Engineering at Penn State indicate the types of experiences that can be effective inincreasing SDLRS scores.8 In an undergraduate two-course sequence

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Barron; Sang Ha Lee; John Wise; Robert Pangborn; Thomas Litzinger

apply a specificability.Figure 3 gives a plot of preparation index versus the percent of graduates who rated each skill asimportant or very important for the class of 2000 graduates. As a general guideline, items withindices less than 0.6 are considered to be an indication that the portion of the curriculum relatedto that competency or ability should be investigated. Most of the abilities receive satisfactoryratings from graduates, particularly those dealing with the technical portions of their education.Points P (“manage people’), R (“organize groups to work effectively”), and T (“deal withconflict in the workplace”) all fall below the cut-off of 0.6 and are rated important by more than50% of the respondents. Data with negative values (points

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3 - Innovative Pedagogy

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hang Song, Auburn University; Karen McNeal, Auburn University; John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University; Lauren E. Beckingham, Auburn University; Kelly Lazar, Clemson University

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

refinement of asustainability-centered engineering curricula.Keywords: Climate Change, Paired Sample T-test, Attitudes & Behaviors, intervention,Sustainability I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUNDEngineering Education and Sustainability The evolving landscape of engineering challenges in the 21st century necessitates a paradigmshift in engineering education, steering it towards sustainability to address global environmental,social, and economic challenges. Duderstadt et al. (2007) underscore the urgency of this shift,highlighting a general lack of knowledge among engineering students about sustainabledevelopment despite its critical importance to their future roles as innovators and leaders. The needfor an integrated

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brooke Istas, Southern Methodist University; Candace Walkington, Southern Methodist University; Elizabeth Leyva, Texas A&M University San Antonio; Matthew L. Bernacki, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

would be personalized to community collegestudents’ career interests. This curriculum would represent how algebra is used in practice bySTEM professionals. However, our results were not what we expected in that engineers did nottypically use many of the concepts from College Algebra. In this paper, we discuss three majorthemes that arose from qualitative analyses of the interviews, and their implications for the fieldof engineering.Keywords: STEM, algebra, career interest engineeringMathematics has long been a stumbling block for undergraduate students seeking to pursue avariety of majors – including science and engineering (Harackiewicz et al., 2012). Mathematicsis an important tool in engineering practice, as mathematical rules govern many

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura R. Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christina Matta, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Technical Communication Program

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

courses. The modules, which include learningobjectives, instructional videos, interactive quizzes with feedback, and sample grading rubrics,can assist faculty in clarifying their communication expectations and, in turn, emphasize tostudents the importance of skills transfer between communication and engineering contentcourses by providing a consistent message across the curriculum. Our paper, therefore, willdemonstrate our modules and share assessment strategies with a broader audience of engineeringfaculty who may face similar challenges, both with integrating communication skills intoengineering courses and with developing consistent expectations for student work. We believeour online modules offer teaching materials and direct assessment tools

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2009 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sofia M. Vidalis; Joseph J. Cecere

major.IntroductionPartnership between an Educational Institution and Secondary Schools is not a new concept infostering learning among students. There are many universities that work closely with highschools to develop a relationship to help fit students’ needs. Universities and high schoolstraditionally maintained collaborations by including student job shadowing, outreach activities,faculty exchanges, and recruiting. The purpose of these partnerships is to expose high schoolstudents to the major so they can plan ahead to meet the needs of industries, governments,national laboratories, and the training need. The goal of any university engineering technology curriculum is to provide theinformation and skills so each student so they can be successful in their

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Steven J. Skerlos, University of Michigan; Claudia G. Cameratti-Baeza, University of Michigan; Abby M. Chapin, University of Michigan; Frank J. Marsik, University of Michigan

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First-Year Programs

itrequires a mix of technical and professional skills, an ability to communicate and workeffectively across disciplinary boundaries and with many different stakeholders, strong socialconsciousness, creativity, multicultural understanding, and business/entrepreneurialunderstanding [6].”Courses in the first year provide an important opportunity to frame students’ understanding ofengineering and shift preconceived notions of engineering as solely a technical discipline.Addressing these misconceptions in the engineering curriculum could improve retention forstudents who are socially inclined and indicate altruistic reasons for choosing a career in scienceand engineering, particularly women and historically underrepresented students [7], [8], [9], [10

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas G. Schmucker

necessarily measured in monetary units. One particular concern is that as students becomeincreasingly competent with computers, their understanding and comprehension of “structuralreality” may suffer.This author firmly believes that physical models are an essential part of a balanced structuralengineering curriculum.† This belief is particularly made firmer in light of the increasing use ofcomputers in all facets of engineering practice and education. Physical models also appeal todifferent modes of learning. Testing laboratories traditionally provided opportunities for “hands-on” learning yet are expensive in both equipment, space, and labor needs. At the University ofAlberta, eleven short demonstrations of basic fluid mechanics principles have been

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Qing Li

to be the largest stumbling block causing dropout in the freshman year in engineering schools. Ohland, et.al. (2004) have showed that by relaxing the mathematics pre-requisite, there is an immediate positive effect ingrades in the subsequent semester. Currently, most first year engineering curricular cover several pure math andscience courses. Many freshman engineering students are thus led to perceive engineering as being an “pure”science because they do not see the relevance of these courses to their needs and interests in engineering(Besterfield-Sacre, et. al., 1998). Some researchers have proposed integrated curricula where science courses areinstructed together with engineering components (Schneck, 2001; Froyd & Ohland, 2005). It

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Paul Harvie, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide; Kimberly A Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide; Monica Surrency, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide; John K Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

how to improve. Also, peer leader performance improves with more practice as a peerleader.Future WorkThe level of participation in the peer activities can be measured by the student’s willingness toengage with the peer leader. As a result, it is important that the group size is small enough forpeer leaders to build meaningful relationships with the students. The team will increase peerleader training to incorporate more strategies that allow for early communication within thesmall groups. Part of this strategy is to require that participation in the PLTL count as part of thestudent’s overall course grade rather than voluntary commitment. The requirement to engage indialogue and participate in PLTL activities as part an integrated activity to

Conference Session

Assessing Conceptual Thinking about Engineering Mechanics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Samuel Van Horne, University of Delaware

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Diversity

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

, University of Delaware ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Promoting the Transfer of Math Skills to Engineering StaticsIntroductionIt has been well documented that students face difficulties in transferring their knowledge andskills learned in prior courses to other areas of the curriculum. These problems with transfer areexacerbated by foundational courses being taught outside the major, as well as the fact that manyengineering courses are taught in silos, with little connection being made to the engineeringcurriculum as a whole. At the same time, engineering graduates are moving into an ever moreinterdisciplinary workplace where the ability to transfer knowledge across disciplines andcontexts is

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University; Gael Graham, Western Carolina University; Russell Sarwar Kabir, Hiroshima University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

responded to an IRB-approved follow-up survey about their learningexperiences. Reflective student feedback from both multidisciplinary trips indicated thatengineering students deepened their understanding of chosen topics in consideration of global,cultural, and societal factors, and that the non-engineering students enjoyed the visits more thanthey expected and overcame initial fears about engineering-related coursework, discoveringengineering practices in many aspects of their social lives. Overall, the students gave positivefeedback about the multidisciplinary trips and demonstrated achievement of the learningoutcomes. In the future, the authors plan to continue collaborations to further integrate the coursemodules and regularly evaluate the

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2024 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Timothy Frank; Daphne DePorres; Emily Stoneham; Joel Sloan P.E.; Vincent Bongionanni; Eric Tucker

toward the culminating semester-long project. Students completedopen-ended semester-long projects in groups of three to four, and while not completely unique,the extent of the open-endedness was high compared to other first-year engineering courses.Intro to Engineering FieldsThe course deliberately integrated skills from multiple engineering disciplines to enhance thestudents' toolbox, thereby fostering versatility and adaptability in problem-solving approaches.This interdisciplinary skill set was particularly crucial when addressing the multifacetedchallenges encountered during the semester's team project, where prototyping served as a centralcomponent of the learning experience. Moreover, the curriculum was structured to facilitate

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2015 ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education

Authors

Ann P McMahon, Pacific Science Center; Jacob Clark Blickenstaff Ph.D., Pacific Science Center-LASER

State LASER has accomplished: 1) Building the capacity of the school districts to deliver quality science and engineering education through an emphasis on curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, materials and equipment support and administrative and community support, 2) Facilitating alignment of science and engineering instructional materials to state standards and Common Core State Standards in order to help student be ready to succeed in college and careers, 3) Establishing, maturing and evolving a K-8 science and engineering program that is designed to improve teaching and learning in classrooms and schools across Washington State in the 21st Century