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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Perry Fizzano, Western Washington University; David Hartenstine, Western Washington University

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development and expanding awareness of opportunities. All of these activities have fostered a tight-knit learn- ing community and provided ample opportunities for peer mentoring and networking with alumnae. Because we focus on recruiting first-year students and retaining them through graduation, the program has grown from nine freshmen in the first year to over forty students now who range from fresh- men to seniors. Our recruitment efforts have become more successful as the program has grown which we attribute to the active involve- ment of current students in recruiting and a record of the programs accomplishments. Retention is higher than expected; moreover, re- tention rates are increasing. Students are excelling academically and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University

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coordinators to centralize informational resources including support activities (e.g.tutoring, workshops, etc.) and opportunities (e.g. research opportunities, internships,scholarships, presentations, etc.). It also houses resources for the technical writing module andinformation on student enhancement plans and professional development funding. Thedevelopment and implementation of personalized student enhancement plans (SEPs) which allowprogram participants to identify long-range plans and set associated short to long range goals insupport of these plans is one of the primary aspects of the program (Kunberger & Geiger, 2016).Originally implemented for upper level students, the activity has been expanded to all programparticipants for this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan

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health services compared to their peers [4]. These issues wererecently claimed to be understudied [5], but efforts to explore the mental-health-related andattrition-related experiences of engineering graduate students have become more common (e.g.,[6], [7], [8]).Our work investigates the implications of stressors on student well-being and retention. Stresshas been linked to attrition rates for engineering graduate students [8], [9] and stress has beenrelated to mental health challenges in graduate students [10], [11], [12]. Research has suggestedthat a relationship exists between doctoral student mental health and attrition, particularly forstudents exhibiting high anxiety symptoms [11], [13], suggesting that the three phenomena ofstress, mental

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Huang, Wright State University; Steven R. Higgins, Department of Chemistry, Wright State University; Aaron Joseph Blake, Wright State University, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Jason Allen Deibel, Wright State University; Ioana Sizemore, Wright State University, Department of Chemistry

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Paper ID #8842Experimental Nanomaterials and Nanoscience - An Interdisciplinary Labo-ratory CourseProf. Hong Huang, Wright State University Dr. Huang is an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Wright State University. She has over 15 years of research experience in nano-structured materials for electro- chemical energy conversion systems covering lithium ion batteries, supercapacitors, and thin film solid oxide fuel cells. She is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed research publications and invited book chap- ters. She received her PhD at Delft University of Technology, The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marilyn Barger, FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence); Marie A. Boyette, FLATE; Nina C. Stokes, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center

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needs to be compared with the number of students who actually completed the program and successfully entered the workforce or enrolled in a post-secondary STEM program.”Overall, there was evidence of a lack of consistency among participants as far as being aware ofreliable resources for data tracking. This is a potential area district administration may wish toaddress. Data about local female enrollment could be made more accessible through websites,and information about data mining is a topic of interest for professional development workshopsor teacher work days. Teachers indicated their willingness to collaborate with other teachers (94%): “I would use my peers (the female science teachers at my school) and also find women

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A Chapman, University of San Diego

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scientificresearch, living in Sweden, Swedish culture (inside and outside the lab), AI, data science, andalgorithm bias. Four of the Zoom sessions in the training series are dedicated to student-ledjournal club discussions where students present a paper published by their host lab and fieldquestions from the PI and peers. The journal club activity is designed to teach IRES students themethods, background and vocabulary that serves as the basis for their summer research project.Asynchronous coding tutorials: All students admitted to the program have previous computerprogramming experience, but additional training materials is assigned to ensure student success.Given that students work with computational techniques specific to their projects

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

LeAnn E. Faidley, Wartburg College; Christine A. DeVries, Wartburg College; Mariah Birgen, Wartburg College

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opportunities. In the 2012-13 academic year the unmet need for the average Wartburg student was $18,770 the $10,000 scholarship provided by the ACES program significantly reduces this.  Cohort formation provides a support structure in a community of like-minded scholars with diverse backgrounds. Creating a small community in which students feel comfortable and supported has been found to increase students’ overall satisfaction with college [1] and retention in STEM fields.  Mentoring connects students with peers, faculty, and alumni who can share experiences and direct them to resources. Effective mentoring has been shown to improve academic performance [2], improve retention rates for women and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University; Erin Carll, University of Washington; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

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to increase the annual enrollment of students in the B.S. and Area of Emphasis inCybersecurity at West Virginia University. Specifically, the enrollment has more than doubled inonly two years (from 2020 to 2022). Furthermore, the ACCESS scholarship recipients havegreater diversity than their peers enrolled in the cybersecurity field at West Virginia University.Over the last three years, the ACCESS program provided numerous co-curricular activities andstudent support services and has strengthen its partnerships with employers from the public andprivate sectors. Students’ feedback, which was provided via anonymous surveys and focusgroups discussions conducted by an external evaluation team, was overwhelmingly positive andhighlighted numerous

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicole Evans McIntyre, University of California, Berkeley; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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program.When designing the remote Transfer-to-Excellence program, the administrative team had severalpriorities: First, the team hoped to provide as many interns as possible with a research internship.They also sought to provide an experience as similar as possible to the planned in-personprogram. This required that interns felt a strong sense of community with their research lab andpeer interns. As the interns were all physically isolated from their peers, mentors, and facultyhosts, the administrative team sought to ensure interns felt well supported and as connected aspossible. However, they acknowledged that interns would not be able to spend excessive time onvideo calls, due to risk of zoom fatigue or boredom [9].Twelve faculty hosts unfortunately

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kyle F Trenshaw, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Michael C. Loui, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kerri Ann Green, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; David E. Goldberg, ThreeJoy Associates, Inc. and the University of Illinois

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was used to help students makeprogress in their projects. These weekly consultation meetings gave the students more time withthe course staff and their peers, increasing their sense of relatedness, and allowed them to receivemore personalized and faster feedback than the previous model of grading, increasing their senseof competence. By trading grading hours for weekly consultation hours, we also did not increasethe TAs’ time commitment in teaching the course. To further support students’ autonomy, we also developed a formal petition process Page 23.347.8through which students could petition to change any component of the course. A few

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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of minority students [8]. Different from typical PBLsetting, CPBL is more focused on the creation of a friendly learning environment that is lessintimidating to minority students. The key features of CPBL include: 1) A series of small in-classprojects that are simple enough for students with limited background knowledge but collectivelyserve as a ladder to build up the students’ design skills progressively; 2) Fostered peer-collaboration to help build up students’ confidence to complete the projects; 3) Timely help andimmediate feedback from the instructors. Since the peer collaboration and student-professorinteraction are key to the success of CPBL, the projects are typically conducted in the class

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Diversity 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Meghan Berger, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Kalynda Chivon Smith, North Carolina A&T State University; Scott Grant Feinstein; Gloria Jones-Johnson, Iowa State University; Luis Gonzalez-Diaz

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amicroaggression scale than their White peers (Forrest-Bank & Jenson, 2015). As these slightinsults may be intentional or unintentional, microaggressions likely have contributed to theracial/ethnic and gender disparities in the engineering field. Within the last decade, engineeringeducators have expressed interest microaggressions and how these interactions impact thelearning environment, later workplace. Table 1 Microaggression Taxonomy, Sue et al. (2007) and Lewis and Neville (2015) Microinsult Microinvalidation Microassault Ascription of Alien in own land Assumptions about Intelligence style & beauty

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paul D. Adams, University of Arkansas; Xochitl Delgado Solorzano, University of Arkansas; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas; Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Jennie S. Popp Ph.D., University of Arkansas Honors College

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increase the likelihood of first-yearand second-year student retention for low-income STEM students as compared to theirincome/high school GPA-ACT (or SAT)/geography-matched peers within STEM? RuralArkansas has experienced economic hardships that have severely limited STEM education-relatedresources for K-12 students as school systems in these areas have continued to struggle financially[3]. Data have also shown that students from rural areas receive limited exposure to academicenrichment programs. This can lead to lower levels of confidence as well as the belief that theyare not prepared to be successful in STEM programs [4]-[11]. Secondly, can the PTG supportinitiatives significantly increase the average first-year and second-year GPA for low

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy John Vaillant, University of Massachusetts Lowell department of Mechanical Engineering; Christopher J Hansen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jonathan D. Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Sammy G. Shina, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David Joe Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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programming, technical presentations and technical writing are taught in lec- ture and in online modules.This first year course has made significant use of the CNC laboratory to perform both short andlong projects. With approximately 160 students in the course in the Fall 2014 semester and 51students in the 2015 spring semester, this represents a relatively high student volume for hands-on manufacturing activities. Laboratories are run through the week with 18-19 students per sec-tion. The goal of the course is to maintain a relatively low-cost, project-intensive experiencewhile covering the appropriate content. Three categories of projects are performed during a se-mester, with approximately 10-15 CNC machining hours per student group

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tuncay Aktosun, University of Texas at Arlington; Jianzhong Su, University of Texas at Arlington

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Mathematics Department was formed in 2002, and it is akey component of our active mathematics learning community. Currently it has 130 activestudent members, and that number is roughly half of the number of UTA mathematics majors.The average number of the SURGE scholars has been 20, which is about 7% of all UTAmathematics majors and about 15% of the MAA Chapter members. All of our SURGE scholarsare very active in the MAA Student Chapter, and they hold key leadership positions there.Over the last ten years, our MAA Chapter has become a great venue for mathematics majors tointeract with faculty, build a peer support network, develop study skills, enhance professionaldevelopment, perform community services, organize social activities, gain leadership

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Athena Wong, University of California, Irvine; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Analia E. Rao, University of California, Irvine; Lorenzo Valdevit

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community colleges holds great potential in contributingto the desired diversification of the engineering workforce[1]. However, transfer studentscommonly experience a “transfer shock” when transitioning from community colleges to four-year bachelor-degree awarding institutions. They need to learn to navigate a new environment[2] and often struggle to gain access to departments, people and guidance to help them with thistransition [3,4]. Due to the fact that they are also joining already existing social networks, theyoften also experience a lack of personal relationships with faculty and a lack of social integrationinto their peer group [3,4]. All these extra challenges can affect their academic achievement,retention, and degree attainment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research; William Henderson III, University of Kentucky

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educational initiatives designed to increase and broaden participation in STEM fields.Mr. William Henderson III, University of Kentucky Mr. William Henderson III is the co-director of the mentoring program as well as the Director for Di- versity Programs and Diversity/Out-of State recruitment for the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Engineering. Originally from Lexington, Kentucky, William obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Math Education and Secondary Math Education, respectively, from UK. He has performed a number of functions at UK including: grant writing, strategic planning for the university in general and for diversity in particular, coordinating student affairs, advising, and outreach programming

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin G. Tuchscherer, Northern Arizona University; Ron Gray, Northern Arizona University; Christine Allison Gray, Northern Arizona University

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researchers, “the results suggest that academics are less ofa reason for leaving engineering than the less tangible feelings and beliefs side of the equation”.While the tendency is to relate a sense of lack of belonging to underrepresented students, the datasuggest lack of belonging may be the strongest factor for all students [12], irrespective of socialgroup. Strategies for creating a welcoming and inclusive climate within the academic settinginclude: 1) directing student-peer interactions; 2) broadening the scope of early course work; and3) providing students with authentic learning experiences.Reshaping Engineering Classroom NormsAt the heart of student identity formation is students’ sense of belonging. Students’ sense ofthemselves as engineers

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Dawn Wiggin, University of Washington; Jeremy Kingma, Washington State University; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Scott Winter, University of Washington

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ElectricalEngineering, and six in Mechanical Engineering. All of these students should certify within theirmajor in the next year and have joined their peers as successful students in engineering.In this paper, we present an in-depth view of the program as well as evaluation results from thefirst two years of the program. We also showcase best practices and lessons learned in supportingat-risk students in engineering.STARS ProgramRecruitment and SelectionSTARS enrolls approximately 32 students from low socio-economic backgrounds each year ateach university. To qualify for the program, a student must be Pell Grant-eligible, graduate froma Washington high school with thirty percent or more of the students receiving free- or reduced-priced lunches, and express

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Grau Talley P.E., Texas State University, San Marcos; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos; Clara Novoa, Texas State University, San Marcos; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University, San Marcos

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increasingstudent retention as a part of an NSF IUSE grant, Texas State STEM Rising Stars. One of thesestrategies is to introduce a new first-year course, “Introduction to Engineering & EngineeringTechnology,” that was designed to support student retention through exploration of relevantacademic and career issues, early contact with faculty as mentors, and development of a learningcommunity with peers in the major. A special challenge for developing this new Introduction toEngineering course is that the state legislature implemented a law2 that limits the number ofhours that can be required for a college degree. As a result, a new course cannot simply beadded to the existing curriculum of the university’s engineering and engineering technologydegrees

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vellore S. Gopalaratnam, University of Missouri, Columbia; Douglas J Hacker; Sarah Lynn Orton P.E., University of Missouri, Columbia; Rose M Marra, University of Missouri, Columbia

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averse to entering college, and once they do enter do not persistbeyond two years and many more do not persist to completion. A major cause for the lack ofpersistence for low-income students has been attributed to their feelings of alienation or isolationwithin the college experience (AAAS, 2021). Low-income students are often high achievers inhigh school, and yet when they enter college, they may suffer from anxiety stemming from theirbeliefs that their academic performance is perceived by others as inferior and that they will oneday be exposed as impostors or frauds not on an academic par with their peers (Sakulku &Alexander, 2011). Negative self-perceptions act as a confirmation bias that feeds into theirnegative stereotypes (Seymour &

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jelena Trajkovic, California State University, Long Beach ; Lisa M Martin-Hansen, California State University, Long Beach; Anna Bargagliotti, Loyola Marymount University; Christine Alvarado, University of California, San Diego; Cassandra M Guarino, University of California, Riverside; Janel Ancayan, California State University, Long Beach; Joseph Alex Chorbajian, California State University, Long Beach; Kent Vi, California State University, Long Beach

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experiences at multiple stages of the major withdifferent support and preparation for a CS major (SES and first-generation status), or the studentswho are at risk of dropping out or who have already dropped out as they may reveal reasons andcircumstances for attrition.Literature ReviewOur team investigated the lived experiences of students on their trajectory to and throughComputer Science. According to Tinto’s “Model of Institutional Departure” [10], the best way tohave student persistence and retention in Computer Science is to integrate positive formal andinformal academic systems (such as academic performance and staff interactions) as well asformal and informal social systems (such as extracurricular activities and peer-group interaction).We

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Pramod Abichandani, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Heydi L. Dominguez, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Craig Iaboni; Kevin Alexander Nino

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Relevance, where students recognized how their project experience wouldprepare them for college and be useful to their college experience; Content Relevance, wherestudents found the content of their projects aligned with and useful to their personal interests,although some students struggled with the connection between the programming tasks andreal- world applications; and Context Relevance, where students identified connectionsbetween the project content and personal or real-world scenarios, finding the contentpersonally relevant to their day-to- day life. 3ConfidenceThe study found that teacher and peer support can impact students’ confidence

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leda Lunardi, North Carolina State University; Cheryl Cass, North Carolina State University; Katherine Cimorelli, North Carolina State University

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. Once ascholar has graduated from NCSU, he/she does not need to repay any of the financial aid back tothe program, nor does he/she need to submit any progress reports back to the STEM Scholarsprogram after graduation.Program ActivitiesAlong with maintaining a high academic merit, each scholar is expected to participate in at leastone extracurricular activity. This includes industry internships, undergraduate research, studyabroad, writing/tutoring services, faculty seminars and workshops, and academic/service on-campus organizations. Participation in such activities enhances students’ academic maturationand professional skills. It helps develop professionalism, teamwork, and time-management skills,which will benefit students in their future

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vann Priest, Rio Hondo College; Gisela Spieler-Persad, Rio Hondo College; Ryan Taylor Bronkar, Rio Hondo College

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successful completion of certain prerequisite courses determineacademic merit. Students are to have a 2.7 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) in their mathematics and sciencecourses. This GPA was set there to encourage applications from students who would not qualifyfor highly competitive academic scholarships. Program staff chose to focus on those studentswho have the ability and potential to succeed, but who have faced obstacles in their lives.Students may show academic potential by being eligible to enroll in pre-calculus or the firstsemester of general chemistry.In the application, students write an essay in which they describe their professional goals, theirtransfer STEM major, special interests, participation in other programs and clubs, andachievements

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Daniel Mosse, University of Pittsburgh; Margaret S. Smith, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer L Cartier, University of Pittsburgh

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undergraduateSTEM majors at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) to interact with young adolescents in formaland informal learning contexts and to engage with peers and faculty members around issuespertaining to K-12 education; (2) develop a state-approved, one-year Masters of Arts in Teaching(MAT) program to prepare middle grades (4-8) teachers who will specialize in mathematicsand/or science; (3) integrate issues related to sustainability across the undergraduate and teacherpreparation programs; and (4) expand our capacity for faculty in the Schools of Education, Arts& Sciences, and Engineering to collaborate on program and course design. We expectSUSTAINS will help address the need for middle grades math and science teachers bydeveloping a program to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Chesnutt, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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course assignments are provided in Table 1.Table 1: Example projects completed by students in EF327/TPTE115 [adapted from 9] Project Description Examples Mini-Teach Students choose a topic and have 5 (1) An explanation of computer minutes to teach the class about their sorting algorithms chosen topic. Each student is provided (2) An overview of the with feedback from peers and instructors. engineering design process Community Students work in small groups to select (1) Think Like a Computer Outreach engineering-focused activities to use to activity developed for an

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: REU 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mathew Kuttolamadom, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University

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) interpreting acquitted data. Scientific writing; National fellowships. BBL Jul. Continue research tasks. Plan/adapt &/or invoke Seminars: Effective poster presentations; Writing (Week-8) contingency plans to finish on time. abstracts, papers & publishing. BBL Jul. Abstract due! Wrap-up research. Prepare Seminars: Conflict Resolution; Transition from (Week-9) paper/presentation/poster. Trial presentation. undergrad to grad school/beyond. BBL Aug. Research paper due! Group presentation. Poster due/presentation! TAMU Summer(Week-10) Formulate individual career plans (guided). Research Symposium. Awards ceremony.@ TAMU Post-program survey (by

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Ehlig-Economides, University of Houston (CoE); Sukesh K. Aghara, Prairie View A&M University; Sarma V. Pisupati, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Reza Toossi, California State University, Long Beach; Anthony R. Kovscek, Stanford University; Mehmet Ayar, Texas A&M University; Emily Binks-Cantrell, Texas A&M University; Don R. Gilman P.E., Texas A&M University; Dennie L. Smith, Texas A&M University; Timothy Allen Robinson, Pennsylvania State University; Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University

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guide designs forfuture energy supply. Students complete a group project, write a report, present their finalprojects, and answer questions from their peers in the first course. In the second course, studentsexamine alternative energy processes, such as, renewables and nuclear energy, with the potentialfor low carbon intensity and environmental impact.At CSULB, 100 to 300 students enroll in the energy and environment course in every semester.Roughly 20% of students are from engineering, another 20% from environmental science policyprogram, and rest from all majors across the campus. Students participate in a variety ofactivities including online group discussion and debate, projects and site visits.The characteristics of the five faculty

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

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-tech)that have been specifically designed to facilitate active learning. During the fall 2014 offering weare planning modifications to accommodate the larger number of students, but we are committedto maintaining an active learning environment with minimal lecturing. The active learningclassroom is being used to test a variety of new PBL activities that we are planning to scale-up.Learning ProposalsTo empower students to become self-directed learners, especially in the field of ethics, they arerequired to write a “learning proposal” at the beginning of the semester, which includes anexplanation of why they are taking the course, an outline of what they hope to gain from theexperience, a list of objectives, and a list of ethical questions or