Conference Session

Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Radian G. Belu, Southern University and A&M College; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Fred Lacy, Southern University and A&M College

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Educational Research and Methods

members (our department or from anotherengineering program), and often industry mentors representing the sponsoring company. Some ofthe faculty advisors are professional engineers serving as adjunct faculty. Course includes projectmanagement, team dynamics, laboratory and field tests and writing workshops. Over the courseof the two semesters, students are asked to develop of a broad range of product or service ideasthat are eventually narrowed towards a specific, well-developed, and workable prototype. This istaking place through several steps, such as: idea presentation, sketch model, mock-up review,assembly model, technical review, prototype testing and final presentation. An end-of-year seniordesign year the students display final deliverables

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: What Works to Retain Students in Chemical Engineering Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne R. Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Donald P. Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Susan M. Montgomery, University of Michigan; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Colleen A. McDonough, Michigan State University; Patrick Walton, Michigan State University; Amanda M. Portis, Michigan State University; Eldred H. Chimowitz, University of Rochester; Willie (Skip) E. Rochefort, Oregon State University; Keith L. Levien, Oregon State University; Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Condit, University of Rochester ; Stephen Lindeman

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Chemical Engineering

career guidance to the students looking for the correct career path, as well aspersonal attention they need to make these decisions, and to fully integrate them into the“CBEE community” at the very beginning of their college experience. The retentionactivities include two first year courses that are heavily project oriented; individualizedstudent advising with a faculty member in the student’s chosen discipline; an active andsupportive CBEE Student Club (AIChE Student Chapter); K-12 outreach activities withfirst year students acting as mentors for middle and high school students; and the JohnsonScholar and Internship Program, a summer research experience for up to 20 first yearstudents. These retention activities will be discussed in more detail

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 3: Identity & Belonging

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

variance in research persistence. This research hassignificance if we are to attain more diverse faculty for the emerging student population whichrequires an increase in the number of Latinas graduating with a doctoral degree and continuinginto academia.IntroductionInnovation is a necessary element for our nation’s continued progress in science and technology.Many sources agree that diversity is imperative in STEM if we are to tackle the increasinglycomplex challenges that require innovative solutions [1]–[3]. The capacities and experiences ofengineers from diverse backgrounds enable these novel solutions. Additionally, as the racial andethnic demographics of the United States continue to shift, with the percentage of minoritygroups increasing [4

Conference Session

Design as a Social Process: Teams and Organizations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Keith Stanfill, University of Florida; Shari Ann Robinson, University of Florida Counseling and Wellness center

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Design in Engineering Education

: Page 26.1246.8 Major: Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.9 Degree Aspiration: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from a prestigious institution Career Aspiration: Tenure-track faculty at a top school Joe is a member of a 6-person project team developing new concepts for a mechanical subsystem on an automotive engine. His discipline is needed for developing the engine test stand and data acquisition system for the performance monitoring sensor network. Joe and his teammates report to a Faculty Project Advisor and communicate each week with a Liaison Engineer at the company that is supporting the design project. Joe’s project is one of many 2-semester projects

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey Beddoes, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Education at Virginia Tech. She is currently serving a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the National Science Foundation. Her research interests focus on interdisciplinary faculty members and graduate students in engineering and science, with engineering education as a specific case. Dr. Borrego holds U.S. NSF CAREER and Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) awards for her engineering education research. Dr. Borrego has developed and taught graduate level courses in engi- neering education research methods and assessment from 2005-2010. All of Dr. Borrego’s degrees are in Materials Science and Engineering. Her M.S. and Ph.D. are from Stanford University, and her B.S. is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B Knight, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas, Austin; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Tech; Nathan Hyungsok Choe, The University of Texas, Austin

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

or master’s institutional type, location, or affiliation) and STEM discipline?4. What do STEM graduate students, faculty members, and administrators perceive to be the benefits and drawbacks of various graduate student funding mechanisms? How does each group make decisions about offering or accepting offers of different funding mechanisms?5. How does funding mechanism impact STEM graduate students’ experiences, socialization, identity formation, and other factors previously shown to contribute to overall success?We are following a mixed methods approach to address these research questions. Ourquantitative data are drawn from the complete Survey of Earned Doctorates, which is arestricted-use data set that is characterized by a greater

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Community Engagement Division

the categories. The following section gives an overview and discussion of the variousthemes. The next section also compares these findings to previously published results.Motivations Connected with StudentsAll of the participants identified student learning as a motivation for being a part of the EPICSprogram. However, perceptions regarding the program learning objectives and the influence onstudent’s careers varied among participant groups. The objectives of the community partnerswere largely focused on the learning about their specific organizations, while the advisors hadlarger educational goals. For the purpose of the program, both the community members andadvisors see EPICS impacting the student’s careers as engineers. However, the

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Research

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Terry Wildman; Kumar Mallikarjunan; Mark Sanders; Jeffrey Connor; Vinod Lohani

development of appropriate assessment tools. Currently, a number ofactivities are underway, which are expected to develop scientific assessment tools/databases forassessing changes in the GE program. A brief description follows.Use of Electronic Portfolio (e-Portfolio)The beginning of BEEVT project coincided with a university-wide pilot study exploring the useof an electronic portfolio system. A sub-committee of BEEVT investigators, representingfaculty members in engineering and education psychology, developed plans for the participationof engineering students, ranging from freshman to graduate levels, in the university-wide Page 10.649.5Virginia

Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Sutterer, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Civil Engineering

gain from pastwork on the subject. Most specialization areas in a department will be represented by atleast several faculty members, so the writing of a summary of findings by colleagues willlikely enrich the learning of all involved and, if published in an appropriate venue, add tothe knowledge of the civil engineering community.Within the geotechnical area specialization, there has been some recent dialogue in theliterature about the education of geotechnical engineers. Townsend (2005) considered thechallenges to geotechnical graduate education in light of the ASCE BOK and futureneeds, issuing a call to give increased attention to teaching the practical aspects ofgeotechnical education, to the possible merit of a Doctor of Engineering degree

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara M. Samuel, University of Michigan; Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls, University of Michigan; Leena N Lalwani, University of Michigan; David S. Carter, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Paul F. Grochowski, University of Michigan

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Engineering Libraries

-textbooks and the comments about their future use of e-textbooks.Literature ReviewStudents’ perceptions of preferred features in e-books Page 23.1109.2Foote & Rupp-Serrano conducted a study in which they found that graduate students desiredfeatures where they could save a PDF of the e-book, search within the e-books, highlighting, andtaking notes. They also noted that graduate students desired more advanced features such asvideo and data files, and improved graphics7. Brahme & Gabriel conducted a study in which theyfound that 63% of their participants lamented the inability to take notes and highlight in an e-book3.Several studies found

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; William Joseph Frey, Univ. Puerto Rico - Mayaguez; Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Joann M. Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jeffrey Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Tyrone Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Ricardo Maldonado; Cristina Rivera-Vélez, GREAT IDEA; Davis Chacon-Hurtado, University of Connecticut; Pablo Jose Acevedo, UPRM

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Community Engagement Division

Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm”, was presented in Japan at COMPEL 2012.Cristina Rivera-V´elez, GREAT IDEA Cristina Rivera-Velez is from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Holds a B.A, in Communications from the Uni- versity of Sacred Heat, San Juan, P.R. Attended the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez, where she completed her Master of Business Administration (2013). As graduate student, she worked as a graduate research assistant with GREAT IDEA, where she assisted in the research regarding attitudes of engineers. Also a member of the GREAT IDEA, she organized two events for the academic community, an Alter- native Job Fair and an Appropriate Technology Forum. During the Fall 2013 semester, served as the teaching

Conference Session

Understanding the Military Veteran's Human Resource Needs - Transition from Military Service to the Engineering Profession

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Claudia G Interiano, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Caroline Elizabeth Nowell, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Military and Veterans Constituent Committee

College students most often view higher education as an institution for development andpleasure, and research shows that the views of student veterans are not much different.18 Apostsecondary institution can be a supportive environment where student veterans regain a senseof structure, support, and a positive sense of self.5, 9 Higher education also helps student veteransdevelop academic competency and social skills that allow them to rebuild a professional identityin a specific discipline such as engineering. 5 Although current research has highlighted theimportance of higher education in supporting veterans’ post-military career development,5 fewstudies have empirically explored the process of their career decision, academic pursuit

Conference Session

The Best of Design in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Palmer, Montana State University; Patrick T. Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Betty J. Harper, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Dan Merson, Pennsylvania State University

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Design in Engineering Education

othercontexts on engineering solutions.How can engineering programs best develop their students' ability to integrate context anddesign? This paper reports results from two national studies, funded by the National ScienceFoundation, which are exploring educational practices and outcomes at diverse institutions.Prototype to Production: Processes and Conditions for Preparing the Engineer of 2020 (P2P)surveyed faculty members, students, alumni, program chairs, and associate deans ofundergraduate education at 31 four-year U.S. engineering schools. A companion study,Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: A 360-degree Study of Effective Education (P360), developeddetailed qualitative case studies of the engineering programs at six institutions

Conference Session

STEM and the Two-Year College

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Paper ID #42201Empowering Hispanic Students in STEM through Financial LiteracyDr. Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University Ali Zilouchian is currently the Director of Applied Engineering Research Center and Program Director at Keiser University. He has been the founding Director of a $4.5 Million Dollars grant(2016-2022) from DOE at Florida Atlantic University.Dr. Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University Dr. Romance is Professor of Science Education in the College of Education at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and a graduate faculty member in both the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the College

Conference Session

Professional Development for Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Amber L. M. Kendall, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

tenured engineering/computer science faculty member, one middle/high schoolSTEM-focused teacher, one STEM-focused community college faculty member, one STEM-focused undergraduate education students, and two undergraduate engineering students. Over thecourse of the three years of the grant, twelve teams (four teams per year) spent six weeks on campusengaged in research and professional development opportunities. The final deliverable of theexperience for all teams was development of an appropriate K-12 engineering-informed lessonplan submitted to TeachEngineering [3]. The team subsequently implemented lessons plans in theK-12 and community college classrooms during the school year following the summer experience.The project also included research

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karcher Morris, University of California, San Diego; Jaclyn Duerr, University of California, San Diego; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Bill Lin, University of California, San Diego

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-yearbaccalaureate institution, obtain an engineering undergraduate or graduate degree, and, finally,transition into an engineering-oriented career. These are major transitions. Schlossberg hasidentified factors that influence an individual’s ability to cope with their experienced transitions,namely, situation, self, support, and strategies. Through this lens, the transfer experiences andtransfer shocks undergone by these ambitious students may be better understood and improved.A partnership between a 4-year institution, the University of California San Diego (UCSD), andtwo community colleges, Imperial Valley College (IVC) and Southwestern College (SWC), hasbeen formed to better understand and support transfer engineering students as they make

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Ethics Across Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Lisa Elanna Burris, Ohio State University; Nan Hu, Ohio State University; Natassia Brenkus, Ohio State University

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Engineering Ethics

us to integrate inthe module a variety of knowledge and skills related to students’ academic and professionalexperiences: navigating institutional contexts, understanding and changing cultural norms,creating policies, decision making, as well as written and oral communication. In addition, themodule creates opportunities for students to explore ethical leadership topics they mightencounter in their professional careers as a community. We strived to make the module not onlya resource for developing ethical leaders but also for developing productive and successfulresearchers and professionals, and as an igniter for a community of emerging ethical leaders.ConclusionUpholding the standards of academic and professional engineering calls for

Conference Session

Diffusion and Adoption of Teaching Practices

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Yosef S. Allam, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Educational Research and Methods

climate consists of influences that require outcomes-based programaccreditation, anticipated shortfalls in graduation rates, changing engineering studentdemographics and attributes, changes in engineering practices in developed countries,advances in instructional technology and cognitive sciences, and a movement towards thescholarship of teaching and learning1. These forces place a large emphasis on continuedfaculty professional development, and a diffusion of research-based practices into theclassroom as the engineering education community is increasingly recognizing theimportance of proactively helping engineering educators advance their teachingeffectiveness2. Despite this, faculty members are expected to learn how to do everythingtheir job

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 30

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Nat Gentry, Purdue University ; Julie P. Martin, University of Georgia; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University ; Eric Holloway, Purdue University; Cole Thompson, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

spaces, having analter in the field who shares the same gender identity is an uncommon and welcomeexperience for nonbinary students. Zayn developed a close relationship with the nonbinaryprofessor based on their shared nonbinary identity. When asked to describe their relationship,Zayn recalled that they, “love talking with [the nonbinary professor]” and that they “havebonded and would consider [themselves] friends.”Zayn also emphasized the advantages of having a nonbinary faculty member, a person in a placeof authority and respect, and the mirroring support they provided to each other: Also, it’s nice because it is hard for me to correct people about my pronouns, but it’s easy for me to correct people about other people’s pronouns. So

Conference Session

Engineering/Engineering Technolgy Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Colleen Elizabeth Bronner, University of California, Davis; Jennifer H Choi, University of California, Davis; Jason White, University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

Environmental Engineering(CEE) piloted an Aggie Connection as a one-unit course for students transferring to the CEEdepartment. The goals of the Aggie Connection program include connecting students with peopleand campus resources, helping students explore career opportunities, and aiding students inbuilding social connections. This particular “connection” group met weekly for an hour to bringtogether nineteen newly admitted CEE transfer students, staff, and faculty from CEE. Groupmeeting topics included transfer student experiences (including the transition to UC Davis),exploration of the Civil Engineering program and CoE student organizations, discussion of theprofessional expectations and licensure, and post-graduate opportunities. Activities

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Two Year College Division

management, program assessment, university-industry partnerships, grant writing, and student development in the co-curricular learning environment with a special focus on recruiting, supporting, and graduating students from groups historically underrepresented in engineering.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David Knight is an Assistant Professor and Director of International Engagement in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program, Center for Human- Computer Interaction, and Human-Centered Design Program. His research tend to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more

Conference Session

Preparing Engr Students for International Practice

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalia Kapli, Pennsylvania State University; John Wise, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University; Wesley Donahue, Pennsylvania State University

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International

consolidated their thoughts andapplication ideas into a personal career development action plan report that was submitted as afinal individual project. In addition to the written report, students were asked to submit, indigital form, a presentation communicating why a workplace decision maker should considerthem as a candidate for a leadership position. This presentation was to become a part of apersonal web-site.Assessment Results and DiscussionIn Fall 2004, an extensive assessment of the first iteration of the course was conducted in orderto make improvements to the syllabus before the course was offered in Spring 2005. Theexperimental group consisted of 24 students. The following data was collected: • pre-course and post-course attitude survey

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Dettman

experiences in the classroom, and they want to be involved. The data alsoindicates that most students understand the concept of being taught by a practicing professional.And they should. These students are in the classroom relying on the person in the front of theroom to teach them to think like engineers. If the person they are relying on has never practicedas an engineer, then the student is being cheated.The data also indicates that this message is not as clear in CE programs. As an alumni ofClemson and a faculty member at WKU, I am familiar with both programs. The larger CEprograms with the larger classes have a more difficult time with field trips, but practicingprofessors can still be of great value to the student. Clemson is incorporating the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, the researchers found that student characteristics such as gender, nationality andGPA are influential in determining the type of EEPs (curricular and co-curricular) students selectto participate in. Furthermore, the researchers found that curricular EEPs act as a gateway toinvolvement in entrepreneurial activities outside of the classroom and women are more likely toparticipate in curricular EEPs than co-curricular programs. In another recent work, Yi & Duval-Couetil (2018) developed an entrepreneurial motivation scale to study motivation behindengineering students’ decision to select entrepreneurial careers [14]. The researchers identifiedthree sub-factors contributing to entrepreneurial motivation: motivation for creating and findinga

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kara Harris, College of Technology - Purdue University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

categories ofabsolutely no influence, somewhat influenced, highly influenced and strongly influenced. The researcher used the Industrial Teacher Education Directory (2007) to select thesample population. The researcher contacted (via telephone) faculty working in ETTEprograms at all universities in the Industrial Teacher Education Directory (2007) toinform them of the research project and to ask for their participation by administering thesurvey instruments to their ETTE students. Of the universities listed in the directory theresearcher was able to make contact with a faculty member at 52 universities—the ETTEstudents at these universities were used as the sample population. A packet was thenmailed in October of 2007 to each university and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Linda A. Battalora, Colorado School of Mines; Emily A. Sarver, Virginia Tech; Rennie B. Kaunda , Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Ethics

on specific reading material and/or video content. The coursealso includes a field trip that provides opportunities for students to talk directly with membersfrom various stakeholder groups in the VA coalfields including state regulators, industrymembers and local citizens.3. SurveyAppendix A includes the survey instrument used in the first year of the study analyzed here. Itwas designed to measure students’ knowledge, abilities, and attitudes [15] related to CSR andcollect relevant background information to explore possible connections between those and thedemographic information, students’ motivations for pursuing engineering, their career desires,and their civic activities. The survey reflects feedback from an expert panel of

Conference Session

FPD IX: Research on First-Year Programs and Students, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia A. Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Kimberly Warren, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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First-Year Programs

institutions are committed to the intellectual and social growth of students; that is, theyare committed to their education and not just retention.Community BuildingThe ability to successfully adjust to the emotional, cognitive, and social challenges of living onone‟s own for the first time, develop new friends and support networks, examine personal valuesand beliefs, explore various career options, and choose/succeed in a major is dependent on robustself-efficacy.24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34 Self-efficacy is the belief in one‟s ability to organize andexecute courses of action to achieve specific outcomes.24 The rigor of the engineering curriculumaffects self-efficacy appraisals and students‟ choices about persisting in the major, particularlyfor

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Malle R. Schilling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tawni Paradise, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cheryl Carrico P.E., Cheryl Carrico Consulting, LLC; Holly Larson Lesko; Gary R. Kirk, Dickinson College

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Pre-College Engineering Education

for the Center of Enhancement for Engineering Diversity where she taught a seminar for first-year female engineering students and coordinated precollege outreach events. As a researcher, she has previously served as a Graduate Research Assistant on the VT PEERS project studying middle school students reg- ularly engaging in engineering activities. In addition, she dedicates her spare time to exhibiting at the Virginia Tech Science Festival and hosting several sessions for the Kindergarten-to-college (K2C) Initia- tive.Dr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for International Practice

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Parkinson, Brigham Young University

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International

but do notprovide an in-depth exposure to the culture.Internship or Co-opStudents work abroad at a foreign company or at an international branch of a U.S. company. Thistype of experience can be quite different from other study abroad formats. An internship is oftenless structured than coursework yet can include a lot of informal learning, particularly regardingbusiness issues involving teamwork, communication, design, manufacturing, etc. Internships arelabor-intensive to arrange.Mentored TravelUnder the guidance of a faculty member, students travel to the abroad country and study and/ortour for four or more weeks. Students stay together as a group. Many traditional study abroadprograms would be of this type. This type of program may provide a

Conference Session

Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

YiXiang Shawn Sun, National Taiwan University; Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia; Jongmin Lee, University of Science and Technology; Sean Michael Ferguson, CSUCI

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

that “this course isirrelevant to my future! I’m only taking it to fulfill the course requirements.” The USTstudent’s dissatisfaction may also be attributed to the fact that many of them are graduate orPh.D. students, and some are with familial responsibilities, which makes it difficult for themto devote additional time to the course and its assignments. A few students from UST endshad also told us that such a course offered them an opportunity to “have a slight deviationfrom my main capacity or major”. However, some students from UST also expressed theirinterest in this course content, stating that “I chose this class specifically to challenge myselfto a topic more socially oriented” or to seek for “a diverse class environment”.PEDAGOGYAs