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1999 Annual Conference

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R. J. Helgeson; Douglas Sterrett

different. Thus, the first additional goal in the freshman designcourse has been the introduction of mathematical models, which exposes the student to themerging of mathematics and physics early in their engineering careers. There are manyattendant difficulties associated with this goal, and these will be discussed in a subsequentsection.An area which students typically tend to have difficulty with is the concept of energy. Studentsleaving high school will usually have heard of kinetic and potential energy, and will also havebeen exposed to energy concepts in other science courses. But the students are usually veryweak in their understanding of what energy actually is. Our faculty’s combined experience at theuniversity level, gained from many

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1999 Annual Conference

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Enno 'Ed' Koehn

(construction)engineering program criteria have been incorporated into the curriculum at a reasonable level.These subject areas will be required by ABET as criteria that must be satisfied for a program tobe accredited. Specifically, the Civil and Similarly named Engineering Programs Criteria isincluded as a section of the Engineering Criteria 2000 report which was adopted by ABET. It ishoped that consideration of the foregoing concepts by educators will provide engineeringstudents with the skills required for a successful career involving the design and management ofengineering and construction projects.AcknowledgmentThe author wishes to recognize Mrs. Debbie Graves and Mrs. Hope Scott for their assistancewith the production activities involved with

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1999 Annual Conference

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Craig Johnson

individual Page 4.307.2achievements rather than team efforts.”Against this current backdrop of limited use of assessment in the classroom, assessment is a skillthat a student should have and use in their career. Even if it is unmanageable to convert entireuniversity curricula to incorporate TQM and foster student assessment skills, there are methodsof including the development of assessment skills into traditional ET curricula.This paper offers two methods of incorporating student assessment skills into traditional METcurricula.Student Assessment SkillsAn MET program outcome might include a statement like ‘the student will be able to select anduse

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

P. M. Wild; B. W. Surgenor

continuetheir education and/or to pursue careers in this field. In addition, this course attempts to createan appreciation of basic non-mechanical design trade-offs, so that students will be able tofunction effectively as mechanical engineering members of a mechatronics design team.3.4 Course descriptionFor students to appreciate and become excited about the design of mechatronic systems, theymust be able to design complete systems, even if these systems are relatively simple. Mech 452is, therefore, structured to quickly bring the students to a level where they are designing verysimple systems and then to increase the complexity of these systems as the course proceeds. Inaddition, the lecture material in Mech 452 is structured to emphasize signal

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1998 Annual Conference

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Mary Ann McCartney; Maria A. Reyes; Mary Anderson-Rowland

, Arizona, November 1996.[8] Statistics based on data furnished by the University Office of Institutional Analysis, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.[9] Anderson-Rowland, Mary R., “Retention: Are Students Good Predictors?” Proceedings, Frontier in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1997, CD-ROM, 9 pages.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONMARY R. ANDERSON-ROWLAND is the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Special Programs in the CEAS atASU. She earned her Ph.D. from the U. of Iowa. She has received several awards for her support of diversityincluding the Achievement in Gender Equity Progress Award from the ASU Faculty Women’s Assoc. in 1995. She isthe director of a successful Graduate Career Change Program in IE

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1998 Annual Conference

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James B. Stenger; Karen E. Schmahl

of technical information. Mymentor also provided me with a critique of my teaching, which I have included with my tenuredocumentation. As I told him, I plan to use him as a mentor-for-life, and request his servicesthroughout my career. Page 3.409.4Schmahl: I met with my first semester mentor, a full professor from the School of Business, sev-eral times for lunch and we visited each others classes. Although I learned much from him wenever really “clicked” and seemed to run out of things to talk about. For the second semester, acolleague of mine from within the School of Applied Science did provide very valuable advice aswell as friendship. We

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1998 Annual Conference

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Warren R. Hill

assist needy students may help inretention.We also need to make certain that as soon as possible in our student’s academic careers, they aremade to feel part of our institutions. There are a number of ways this can be done such as awelcoming letter from the dean and/or department head or holding an open house at thebeginning of the year for all new students. We also need ways to help students identify with eachother such as grouping new students together, providing them study sessions with tutors andhaving quiet places for them to study. Many of our students in engineering technology are firstgeneration college students and don't necessarily have the level of family support needed for

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sanjiv Sarin

begiven that the results are applied to the further development and improvement of the program.The assessment process must demonstrate that the outcomes important to the mission of theinstitution and the objectives of the program are being measured. Evidence that may be usedincludes, but is not limited to, the following: student portfolios, including design projects;nationally-normed subject content examinations; alumni surveys that document professionalaccomplishments and career development activities; employer surveys; and placement data ofgraduates.Engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have: (a) an ability to applyknowledge of mathematics, science and engineering, (b) an ability to design and conductexperiments, as well as

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1998 Annual Conference

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Randall L. Ness; Carl A. Erikson

/assessment.htm, page 5.2]Arter, J.A. and Spandel, V., “NCME Instructional Module: Using Portfolios of Student Work in Instruction andAssessment,” Educational Measurement, 1992, 11(1), pp 36-44.3] MacIsaac, D. and Jackson, L., “Assessment Processes and Outcomes: Portfolio Construction”, ExperientialLearning: A New Approach, Summer 1994, Jossey-Bass, pp.63-72.4] Landis, Raymond B., Studying Engineering; A Road Map to a Rewarding Career, Discovery Press, 1995.BiographyCarl Erikson is an Assistant Professor of Engineering. He obtained his BSEE from Rutgers University in 1969 andhis MSEE from Purdue University in 1971. Randall Ness is Director of Internship Programs. He obtained his BA in Behavioral Science from Messiah Collegein 1977 and his MA in

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1998 Annual Conference

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Stefani A. Bjorklund; Patrick T. Terenzini; John M. Parente; Alberto F. Cabrera

. . . 1 2 3 4 5 Page 3.454.20f) The likelihood you will go on to graduate school in engineering has . . . 1 2 3 4 5 -5-g) The likelihood you will pursue a teaching career in engineering has . . . 1 2 3 4 5h) The likelihood you will become a practicing engineer has . . . 1 2 3 4 5i) What grade do you expect to receive in this course? 1 = A-/above 2 = B+ 3 = B 4 = B- 5 = C+ 6 = C 7 = C- 8 = D/belowj) On average, how many hours per week do you spend studying for this course?____hrs./wk. Thanks very much for your help

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1998 Annual Conference

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Hamid Khan

LARGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEENIMPORTANCE-COMPETENCE (N=78)DIFFPREX DESCRIPTION MEAN SD Page 3.41.4 4DIFFPRE16 Subordinate Career Development 1.25 .68DIFFPRE12 Budgeting time 1.19 1.14DIFFPRE42 Oral presentations: Impact 1.05 1.14DIFFPRE19 Delegating, coaching.. 1.00 .81DIFFPRE15 Motivating personnel .97 .99DIFFPRE25 Establishing priorities .96 .89DIFFPRE4

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1998 Annual Conference

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Irma Becerra-Fernandez; Gordon Hopkins; Ted Lee

are now organized in teams much like hospitals, where the leader of a teamis not only a manager, but also a specialist in the medical field. Today, technologically orientedcompanies prefer to hire an engineer and provide him or her with the necessary skills toeffectively manage. This trend greatly differs from the previous practice of hiring a managerwho then is expected to learn the technical skills related to that job function[1]. The MSEMprogram is directed towards an academic preparation of individuals who will remain working ina technological environment while advancing into management roles [2]. Engineers usually wantto pursue a career in management, due the to scarcity of competent technical managers.However, they often find that their

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Leslie Lahndt-Hearney

to give students the technical and design skills necessary to beimmediately productive as graduates, sufficient depth must also be provided through training incooperative problem solving, communication, and other skills to ensure long term success instudent careers (Miksad, 1996).Our framework, which constitutes our current approach to engineering and engineeringtechnology, has been based on several questions: What is the engineering profession? What is Page 3.577.3ET? What is engineering and ET education? What is the university role? What is engineeringwork, and what is ET work? It is obvious that our answers to these questions, however

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1998 Annual Conference

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Elizabeth Petry

! Page 3.489.7ReferencesAIArchitect, February 1997.Architecture Resource Center LiteratureBerson, Judith S. “Win/Win/Win with a Service-Learning Program.” Journal of Career Planningand Employment, Summer 1993.Cloud, John. “Involuntary Volunteers.” Time Magazine, December 1, 1997.Educational Main Street Literature Page 3.489.8

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Rob Wolter; Cliff Goodwin

. “Resultsfrom the past four years of experience suggest that we are succeeding in encouraging students toview science as the application of a body of knowledge to a collaborative process of organizedinvestigation, not just a mass of facts to be memorized. At the same time, curricular reform …puts new pressure on students to work together effectively in small groups and to masterunfamiliar types of learning tasks” (Miller et al., 1994, p. 33). Page 3.520.3 3Overview of Survey Results Survey results showed that some students did not perceive it valuable to their career toparticipate in student work

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1998 Annual Conference

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Arthur M. Clausing

students in the class go to obtain extra help and complete the computer assignments. The outstanding seniors who staff our tutorial room are able to provide help on all technical subjects (math, chemistry, physics, etc.).The nine sections of our course are usually taught by nine different faculty members. Theintention is to rotate our entire faculty through this course. This enables us to assign the studentsin each section to the faculty member as advisees. Thus, the relationships developed during themany one-on-one interactions in our Discovery Seminar continue to grow during the balance ofthe student’s college education. All students immediately have several persons to turn to foradvise on career decisions, summer internships, scholastic or

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1998 Annual Conference

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Robert Batson

comprehensive education in the philosophy of Total Quality, the preventive process- oriented methodologies of Quality Engineering, and the planning, control, and improvement techniques--both classical (statistical process control--SPC, acceptance sampling, statistical design of experiments--DOE, regression, reliability and maintainability) and modern (Taguchi Methods, Quality Function Deployment, failure modes and effects analysis--FMEA, Total Productive Maintenance, etc.).& Prepare individuals for early and mid-career transition into quality program leadership positions in their organizations.& Prepare B.S.-level engineers, regardless of undergraduate majors, for entry-level jobs as quality engineers.Prerequisites were

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1998 Annual Conference

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W. Poppen; J. E. Seat; G. Klukken; D. Knight; J. Roger Parsons

, "This experiencehas been one of my most valuable at the University of Tennessee. No other single course I havetaken at the university has as much application in my career and my life as this one does".Another commented, “This class has been one of the most profitable classes, as an elective, Ihave taken while in college. I has given me valuable insight into team and group facilitating thatare very valuable in the world today.” One of the more unexpected findings was how helpful the skills were for facilitators inother areas of their life. "My listening and discussion skills have improved considerably as wellas my understanding of others." Also, "Although the focus was on facilitating a freshman team, Ilearned a lot about myself in the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lekshmi Sasidharan, University of Arkansas; Tariq Sweidan, University of Arkansas; Abigail Mayhan, University of Arkansas; Pratik Ghimire, University of Arkansas; Suman Kumar Mitra, University of Arkansas

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

effectiveness ofengineering education, recent engineering graduates were interviewed, and the results showedthat the majority of them felt that their education failed to impart the practical skills required fortheir jobs [8]. Additionally, other researchers ([9], [10], [11], [12], [13]) have also highlighted theinadequacy of engineering education in preparing students for engineering practice. Some studieshave even documented the distressing impact of this gap on recent graduates, leading them toseek alternative career paths ([14], [15]). In response to this issue, several researchers in the fieldof engineering education have emphasized the importance of experiential learning ([16], [17],[18], [19], [20]). In fact, ([19], [20]) has suggested that

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 4

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kyeonghun Jwa, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

-level attrition, persistence, and career trajectories; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024A longitudinal investigation of international graduate students’ first-year experiences inU.S. engineering programsKeywords: Attrition, longitudinal study, SMS, time series data, International doctoral students,EngineeringAbstractThe purpose of this full research paper is to explore international engineering graduate students’experiences in U.S. graduate programs through one year of short message service (SMS) (i.e., textmessage) survey data. Although international graduate students constitute a high proportion ofengineering students in

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lawrence E. Whitman, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Kristin Dutcher Mann, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Amar Shireesh Kanekar, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Albert L Baker, University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Srikanth B Pidugu P.E., University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

AI. The aims ofthe investigation were to stimulate a campus discussion about large language models in highereducation and career preparation, to expose students and faculty to content and questionssurrounding the ethical use of LLMs, and to generate questions and directions for futureresearch. We formulated questions for a survey to gauge undergraduate students’ knowledge andperceptions about the ethics and use of LLMs in academic coursework. One section includeddemographic questions about students’ majors, ages, academic years, and grade point averages,another asked student’s questions about their familiarity with the use of LLMs such as ChatGPTin academic settings and their views on ethical uses of LLMs in education. A mixed

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Teamwork in Design Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brian Roth, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

interest in the position. • Students experience interpersonal dynamics with classmates through fast-paced, high- stakes activities before identifying preferred teammates. • Students reflect on the interpersonal skills that support effective teams. • Instructors gain perspective on interpersonal dynamics before assigning teams. • Students reflect on their interests and skills, and how to present themselves in a compelling manner. This prepares them for the university’s Career Expo.Lane’s and Pearlstein’s research suggests that student-instructor collaboration in the teamformation process yields significant improvements in team cohesiveness and performance. Toassess whether those benefits extend to the larger teams and more

Conference Session

Innovating Inclusivity: Rethinking Access and Empowerment in STEM Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ioulia Rytikova, George Mason University; Mihai Boicu, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

, which is very important for the students, the redesign teamincludes instructors with experience in academia (instructional, tenure line, instructional 2-yearcollege), industry, and government.Purpose of the StudyIn their recent report titled 'Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, and Equity Inclusion (DEI) inSTEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation,' the National Academies advocate forincreasing minority representation in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine(STEMM) fields. They also highlight the need for systemic changes aimed at providing bettersupport for minority groups. The focus is on not only facilitating entry into STEMM educationbut also fostering environments that enable career advancement within universities

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kwansun Cho, University of Florida; Umer Farooq, Texas A&M University; Saira Anwar, Texas A&M University

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

specifically, this paper answers the question: Which computer programminglanguage should be introduced first to novice programmers? The paper’s results are novel as theyprovide comparative insights into the viewpoints of faculty and peer mentors.Keywords: programming language, novice programmers, language choice, faculty perspective,students’ perspectiveIntroductionComputer programming is a fundamental skill for Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (STEM) students for their future careers [1]. Particularly in engineering, noviceundergraduate students are often introduced to computer programming courses [2] in their firstor second years to develop computational thinking [3], problem-solving [4], [5] andmathematical modeling abilities [6

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Innovative Approaches to Teaching & Developing Engineering Leadership

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kim Graves Wolfinbarger, University of Oklahoma; Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

of conferences and journals focused on engineering education research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Assessing Leadership Development through a Leadership Practice Project: A Work in ProgressThis work-in-progress practice paper describes the assessment of learning via a leadershippractice project for an upper-level engineering leadership course [1] offered at a large publicuniversity in the central U.S. The course features a mix of theory and practical application and isdesigned to teach skills students can use immediately, as well as concepts they may need later intheir careers. Learning is assessed through written reflections, a “managing oneself” essay, and

Conference Session

Sustainability and Student Health in Construction Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohsen Goodarzi, Ball State University; Mohsen Garshasby, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

(2009)15:2(38)Goodarzi, M. (2023). Implementing NACE Competencies in LEED Lab to Prepare a Career- Ready Workforce. In ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. American Society for Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--43554Goodarzi, M., & Berghorn, G. (2024). INVESTIGATING LEED-ND KEY CRITERIA FOR EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION. Journal of Green Building, 19(1), 283– 305. https://doi.org/10.3992/jgb.19.1.283Goodarzi, M., & Garshasby, M. (2024). Identifying the Leading Credit Categories in Determining the Overall LEED NC Score of Multifamily Residential Projects. EPiC Series in Built Environment, 5.Goodarzi, M., & Shayesteh, A. (2024). Does LEED BD+C for New Construction

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Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kenneth W. Lamb P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Seth Claberon Sullivan, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

, creating training that helps students learn how to best support each other when they make mistakes, creating training on respecting and appreciating differences among team members, and encouraging them to ask for help when needed. RHIT – At RHIT, opportunities include creating a learning experience to improve how teams handle mistakes, talk about tough issues, and take small risks. There are certainly opportunities for students to develop these skills because the students surveyed here were freshman design students—they will receive additional training and practice opportunities as they progress through their college careers. CPP – At CPP, opportunities include creating learning experiences

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MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Matthew Paul Yoder, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Ilie Talpasanu, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Radu Ceausu, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Yusuf Eid, Wentworth Institute of Technology; HAN THANH HUA, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nathanael Hillyer, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

objective, demonstrating the potential forthe use of EMG in the design and operation of future orthotic devices. This will no doubt be auseful device for people who suffer from physical disabilities or injuries, therefore for improvingtheir quality of life.The second objective is fulfilled, the team of four mechanical engineering students improvedtheir undergraduate learning experience by gaining knowledge and hands-on experience inArduino programming, sensors, and robotics, as pedagogical materials which will help them intheir future career as engineers.The third objective of the project, which will impact the engineering education field, was topresent the prototype at the student university’s capstone projects show. Many students andfaculty

Conference Session

Decision-Making in Engineering Ethics Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Ransom, Clemson University; Alysa Rose Lozano, University of Kentucky; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois Chicago; Courtney Pfluger, Northeastern University; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida; Katie Cadwell, Syracuse University; Gisella R Lamas Samanamud, University of Kentucky

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

communities by studying the role of professional development in shaping organizational cultures. As an education practitioner, she also looks at evidence-based practices to incorporate social responsibility skills and collaborative and inclusive teams into the curriculum. Dr. Rivera-Jim´enez graduated from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayag¨uez with a B.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. She earned an NSF RIEF award recognizing her effort in transitioning from a meaningful ten-year teaching faculty career into engineering education research. Before her current role, she taught STEM courses at diverse institutions such as HSI, community college, and R1 public university.Dr. Katie Cadwell, Syracuse University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 8

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michaela Harper, Utah State University; Cassandra McCall, Utah State University

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

theirviews on GAI and their personal roles in education. The work of [35] informed the key interviewquestions, listed below: • What do you think or know of generative AI in coursework? • Should students be allowed or banned from using AI in coursework? o Why or why not? o Do you think there should be a difference in requirements in entry-level courses compared to advanced courses? • What do you see as your role as an instructor? o How does your role impact your willingness to allow or disallow students from using GAI in coursework? • What effects do you see from GAI coursework assistance on society as a whole? • Have you used GAI in your professional career? If so, how