Conference Session

Learning Mechanics through Visual and Tactile Modalities

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brandon Clumpner, United States Military Academy; Kevin Francis McMullen, United States Military Academy; Elizabeth Bristow, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics Division (MECHS)

significant resources into developing hands-on and virtual resources for educators to use[9]. As technology has improved, the development of educational videos or virtual resources hasbecome widespread. Researchers have released videos of failures, finite element and behaviorsimulations, and technical content videos [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16].In 2008, Timothy Philpot et al. released their first edition of the textbook “Mechanics ofMaterials: An Integrated Learning System [17].” Coupled with this textbook release werevisualization tools called “MecMovies” developed using Macromedia Flash 5 software [12].These videos allowed students to interact with the course content as they progressed through thecurriculum. In 2019, the Efficient

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue Ann Kearns; Merredith Portsmore; Judy Barsosky; Catherine Rogers; Chris Rogers

classroom. There has been a very high level of excite among both genders forthe activities. Improvement in problem solving skills as well as a heightened interest inengineering and building by both boys and girls have been observed. Understanding of the needto plan , to compromise with others, and to communicate ideas has also been mentioned. Morequantitative evaluation of the impact on math and science knowledge and gender differences iscurrently under development.In discussions with teachers, activities like the farm and The Lorax, that integrate engineeringactivities tightly with existing curriculum pieces or reading and writing are often given asfavorite activities. They seem more comfortable with activities that relate to subjects they

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Elements of Learning through Service

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

. Cummings P.E., Purdue University Antonette Cummings is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.Dr. William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and Professor at Purdue University. He is one of the founding faculty members in the School of Engineering Education with courtesy appointments in Mechanical, Environmental and Ecological Engineering as well as Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He has received numerous awards for his efforts at Purdue including being elected as a fellow of the Teaching Academy and listed in the Book of

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Okere O. George, Washington State University; W. Max Kirk, Washington State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Paper ID #18320Unique Approach to Teaching Heavy Civil EstimatingDr. Okere O. George, Washington State University George is an assistant professor in the construction management program in the School of Design and Construction at Washington State University (WSU). Before joining WSU he worked for Kiewit Corpo- ration on various heavy civil projects. He received his PhD in Technology Management from Indiana State University with specialization in Construction Management. His research focus is in the area of contract administration on state DOT projects.Dr. W. Max Kirk, Washington State University Max is currently an

Conference Session

Assessing the Efficacy of Nontraditional Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

secretarial duties of collecting, collating and recording communications, or cap-turing discourse during face-to-face meetings. These are often captured as minutes, letters,reports, and recommendations. These activities can be supported in a more free-flowing manneron a Wiki where anybody is welcome to add/modify/delete content, changes can be tracked, andundone when necessary.This paper will describe the use of a Wiki to act as a central point for a professional group devel-oping new curriculum standards. The topics will include a prototype structure for the site, govern-ing principles, encouraging user involvement, and resolving differences of opinion.IntroductionThrough collaboration we able to produce more valuable works and share information

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University; Jorge Rodriguez P.E., Western Michigan University; Awilma Paola Ventura Lugo, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #26974Virtual Instrumentation for Study of a Fluid Power SystemDr. Alamgir A. Choudhury, Western Michigan University Alamgir A. Choudhury is an Associate Professor of Engineering Design, Manufacturing and Management Systems at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan. His MS and PhD are in mechanical en- gineering from NMSU (Las Cruces) and BS in mechanical engineering from BUET (Dhaka). His interest includes computer applications in curriculum, MCAE, mechanics, fluid power, and instrumentation & control. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio and affiliated with ASME, ASEE

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marialice Mastronardi, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Risa D. Hartman, University of Texas at Austin, NASCENT Center; Darlene Yañez, University of Texas at Austin, NASCENT Center; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #28979Impact of a Summer Research Program for High School Students on theirIntent to Pursue a STEM career: Overview, Goals, and OutcomesMrs. marialice mastronardi, The University of Texas, Austin PhD student, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education at University of Texas, Austin M.S. in Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan (Italy), 2006Dr. Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin Audrey Boklage is research assistant and director of the curriculum lab at Texas Inventionworks in the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She is particularly interested in

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #10

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yosi Shibberu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Paper ID #37678A Team Taught Undergraduate Course on Data MiningYosi Shibberu (Professor) Dr. Yosi Shibberu is a mathematics professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has taught undergraduate courses on data mining, machine learning, deep learning, bioinformatics and computational biology. Dr. Shibberu spent a year at Jimma University, Ethiopia, as a Fulbright Scholar and formerly held the endowed chair for innovation in science, engineering and mathematics education at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.Steve Chenoweth Steve Chenoweth is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Software

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Bellmer, Oklahoma State University; Mary E. Rezac, Kansas State University; Danielle Julie Carrier, University of Arkansas; Daniel Humburg, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

AC 2012-4802: DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-UNIVERSITY GRADU-ATE BIOENERGY PROGRAMDr. Danielle Bellmer, Oklahoma State University Danielle Bellmer is an Associate Professor in biosystems and agricultural engineering at Oklahoma State University. She received her B.S. in food engineering from Michigan State University in 1992 and her Ph.D. in biological and agricultural engineering from Purdue University in 1996.Dr. Mary E. Rezac, Kansas State UniversityProf. Danielle Julie Carrier, University of Arkansas Danielle Carrier has been a faculty member since 1996, first at the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, Canada) and since 2000 at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Ark.) in the Department of Biological and

Conference Session

Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayden William Fennell, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; David Restrepo, Purdue University; Pablo D. Zavattieri, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

often have trouble internalizing the concepts in consistently applicable ways1 . Mohr’s circle diagrams are often used as an important tool for visually representing therelationship between stresses and strains within a material. Indeed, Mohr’s Circle has beenidentified as a “threshold concept” in engineering: a critical concept that integrates multipleimportant modes of thinking within a discipline 2, 3. However, because these threshold conceptsare often complex and difficult to learn, they require careful teaching approaches to ensure thatstudents are able to combine ideas and navigate the complexity effectively. Computational toolsare sometimes employed to help teach or illustrate the Mohr’s circle technique through computersimulation, but

Conference Session

Session 8 - Track 3: Framing Cultural Bridges For Relational Mentorship

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

SYLVANUS N. WOSU, University of Pittsburgh

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

(age, gender, citizenship, academic discipline, and stage of persistence) and theirpreferences for three styles of mentoring as assessed by the Ideal Mentor Scale (IMS): Integrity,Guidance, and Relationship. The study concluded that “graduate students’ perceptions of theideal mentor are influenced somewhat by major socio-cultural factors, but also suggest thatindividual differences may play a larger role” [25]. Mutual respect fosters an environment ofstrong relationship for effective engagement and attracts students who commit and want tofollow the mentor because, relationally, the students are motivated by the sense that the mentorcares for them more than his or her positional rights, and so are willing to follow in theirmentor’s directives

Conference Session

Design and Implementation of Graduate Education

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meredith Welch-Devine, University of Georgia; Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; K. Paige Carmichael, University of Georgia; Janet E. Rechtman, University of Georgia; Brandy B. Walker, University of Georgia; Julie A. Coffield, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

that lasts a full semester and is followed by a second semester- 3long component in the fall. In addition, the model includes continued opportunities for students toincorporate their skills into their programs of study and dissertation research. By moving awayfrom the ‘sole’ bootcamp-style program, spacing the learning opportunities over time [19]-[20]and integrating learning opportunities into their programs of study we hope to achieve moreeffective outcomes. FIGURE 2. GS LEAD Training ModelImplementation of the training model began in summer 2016 with the first cohort of GS LEADparticipants entering the GS LEAD Summer Academy. The Summer Academy was an immersiveeight

Conference Session

Building Knowledge Based Economies: the Role of Industry-University-Government Partnerships

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Clement Sankat, University of the West Indies; Roberto Loran, Universidad del Turabo

Tagged Divisions

International

exchange and mobility ofgoods, persons and capital among the nations in the block, and to advance greater political andcultural integration between its member nations and associated nations. Recently the membercountries adopted that both the Spanish and the Portuguese languages will be taught in each ofthe four countries, to improve mobility and facilitate communications among professionals. Thisbrings this region a step closer to globalization. In the future it will consider a wider integrationin many levels, including similar educational systems. Mercosur created an experimentalmechanism of professional title recognition, called MEXA (Mecanismo Experimental deCarreras, in English: Experimental Mechanism for Professional Programs), for

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirk D. Dolan, Michigan State University; Yinjie J. Tang, Washington University; Wei Liao, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Biological & Agricultural

metabolic reactions under controlled variables. TheMathWorks grant-funded project of systems biology and kinetic process modeling relied onfundamental knowledge in biology, chemistry, mathematics, statistics, kinetics, and chemicalprocess engineering, which was integrated into the curriculum for four major courses at WUSTLand MSU. 1. Metabolic engineering (ChE596) at WUSTL focuses on analysis of complex interactions in biological systems and introduction of metabolic changes to achieve desired cellular properties [1]. Currently, numerous chemical compounds, ranging from pharmaceuticals to biofuel, have been produced with the aid of biological tools. The ability to efficiently synthesize natural or synthetic products requires a

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew McConnell, Case Western Reserve University; Kenneth A. Loparo, Case Western Reserve University; Nicholas Barendt, Case Western Reserve University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

overview of the course curriculum offered to test this new remote laboratoryscheme.The course titled Introduction to IoT Edge Computing is a hands-on laboratory course wherestudents learn to build embedded, Linux-based IoT Edge Devices. There are a number of differentuse-cases for IoT Edge Devices, but generally, they are infrastructure level components that addextra capability to the local network to enhance an IoT sensor network. The importance of thesedevices will grow as more and more AI applications using IoT sensor data are deployed in homes,offices, factories, and elsewhere. By moving smart decision-making from the Cloud to the localnetwork, an IoT Edge device enables low latency processing, control, and decision-making whilereducing

Conference Session

Assessment Issues II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ramon Vasquez; Anand Sharma

Page 9.340.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”degrees awarded (695) during 2000-20013. The strategic plan of the College of Engineering wasapproved by its faculty on October 13, 1998, and subsequently revised on September 25, 2003.The vision and mission statements, which are an integral part of the strategic plan, are well inconsonance and they subscribe to preparing “best professionals in engineering” and “strongeducation in engineering.” This commitment to excellence is reflected in our college’sphilosophy “to provide a firm educational

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 5: Preparing the Future Workforce

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

on campus, demographics, and external factors. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016. 112: p. 3451-3463. 6. Redondo, I. and M. Puelles, The connection between environmental attitude-behavior gap and other individual inconsistencies: a call for strengthening self-control. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2017. 26(2): p. 107-120. 7. Raivio, K., Sustainability as an educational agenda. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2011. 19(16): p. 1906-1907. 8. Lambrechts, W., I. Mulà, K. Ceulemans, I. Molderez, and V. Gaeremynck, The integration of competences for sustainable development in higher education: an analysis of bachelor programs in management. Journal of Cleaner Production

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Marissa Jablonski, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Leah Rineck; Ethan V. Munson, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Hossein Hosseini, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-2984: ANALYSIS OF MATH COURSE PLACEMENT IMPROVE-MENT AND SUSTAINABILITY ACHIEVED THROUGH A SUMMER BRIDGEPROGRAMDr. John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee John R. Reisel is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Mil- waukee (UWM.) He serves as Associate Director of the Center for Alternative Fuels, and Co-director of the Energy Conversion Efficiency Lab. In addition to research into engineering education, his research ef- forts focus on combustion and energy utilization. Reisel was a 2005 recipient of the UWM Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, the 2000 UWM-College of Engineering and Applied Science Outstand- ing Teaching Award, and a 1998

Conference Session

Technical Session: Pedagogical Strategies and Classroom Techniques for Teaching Assistants

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas John Wallin, Cornell University; Marc James Murphy; Amanda Michelle Lorts Harding, Norfolk State University; Rabia Hussain, Norfolk State University; Sonny James Penterman, Cornell University; Vanessa Nicole Peters, Norfolk State University; Thejaswi U. Tumkur, Rice University; Quincy Leon Williams, Norfolk State University; Suely M. Black, Norfolk State University

Tagged Divisions

Student

students technical material3,14; and the abilityto generate new knowledge in order to advance the technical field 2,3,15.Additionally, the 1995 National Academy of Science's report, “Reshaping the GraduateEducation of Scientists and Engineers” recognized the failure of current graduate education inthe sciences to educate doctoral students to be trained in interdisciplinary settings16. This lack ofinterdisciplinary collaboration and a push for more diverse curriculum has been the focus ofmany critiques and conversations surrounding graduate education 17–20. In response to thesecommon findings, the National Science Foundation developed the Integrative GraduateEducation and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program. To date, 278 IGERT grants at over

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

were doing it to satisfy their own intrinsic values. While they still believed that good writingwas important to an engineering professional, the lack of continuity in the curriculum madewriting seem far less important to an engineering student.Compounding this devaluation, students often received negative social messages from otherstudents and even faculty about the value of communication coursework. Some students hadbeen told by peers to expect their writing class to be tedious, and mostly just a meaninglessrequirement. One student reported that in a subsequent class with a communication component,the instructor explicitly messaged that the students were there to get an easy grade on thatcomponent and pass through to more important work.The

Conference Session

Developing Programs for Adult Learners

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Plemmons; Ray Jones, The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Integration (CMMI).While the CMMI serves as the guideline for software process and product improvement, it is alsorecognized as the global best practice for software management and services5 6 7 8 9 10 11. Manycompanies involved in the software industry choose to adopt the CMMI framework and becomecertified at one of the five levels of CMMI certification.Another guideline under the CMMI initiative is the People Capability Maturity Model® (P-CMM®) which delineates what companies do to “successfully address their critical workforcedevelopment and management issues12.” The P-CMM® recognizes that “an organization cannotimplement all the best workforce practices in an afternoon” and proposes a framework ofprogressive levels to transform an organization’s

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Instructional Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rohini N. Abhyankar, Penn State University, State College; Sarah E. Zappe, Penn State University; Stephanie Cutler, Penn State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

. Barbera, and S. R. Mooring, “Student perspectives on chemistry intelligence and their implications for measuring chemistry-specific mindset,” Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 22(4), 905-922, 2021.[29] G. Lichtenstein, H. Loshbaugh, B. Claar, T. Bailey, and S. Sheppard, “Should I stay or should I go? Engineering students' persistence is based on little experience or data,” In 2007 Annual Conference & Exposition (pp. 12-1277), 2007, June.[30] J. M. Bekki, M. Huerta, J. S. London, D. Melton, M. Vigeant, and J. M. Williams, “Opinion: Why EM? The Potential Benefits of Instilling an Entrepreneurial Mindset,” Advances in Engineering Education, 7(1), n1, 2018.[31] M. R. Oswald Beiler, “Integrating

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando A. Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University; Richard A. Hall Jr., Cochise College; Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona College; John H Bailey, Eastern Arizona College; Rakesh Pangasa, Arizona State University; Clark Vangilder, Central Arizona College; Russell Cox

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering program. The college’s partnership with Arizona State University’s Motivated Engineering Transfer Students (METS) program has been an integral part of this growth.Dr. Phil Blake McBride, Eastern Arizona CollegeDr. John H Bailey, Eastern Arizona College Dr. John H. Bailey is the engineering instructor at Eastern Arizona College and he has been there since 2006. Prior to joining EAC, Dr. Bailey was the engineering coordinator at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Md. Previously, he worked as a consulting engineer at ARINC,Inc in Annapolis, Md. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, and a Doctor of Science in Operations Research from George Washington University.Dr

Conference Session

Examining the Synergy between Eng'g Mgmt & Sys Eng

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

2006-2085: A CASE-BASED APPROACH TO SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE ANDENGINEERING EDUCATIONJonathan Weaver, University of Detroit Mercy JONATHAN M. WEAVER, PH.D. is an Associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM). He received his BSME from Virginia Tech in 1986, his MSME and PhD in ME from RPI in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He has several years of industry experience and regularly consults with an automaker on projects related to CAD, DOE, and product development. He can be reached at weaverjm@udmercy.edu.Michael Vinarcik, University of Detroit Mercy MICHAEL J. VINARCIK, P.E. is an Interior Trim Engineer with Ford Motor Company and an adjunct faculty

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; S. Hossein Cheraghi; Janet Twomey

theapplication of modern production systems and the integration of sustainability,and concludes with student project experiences.Introduction and motivationTextbook and lecture methods are much more effective when complemented witha computer simulation. Simulation allows students to make decisions in dynamicreal-world environments. The output from the simulation allows the student toevaluate the impacts of decisions and make necessary adjustments while learningnew problem solving strategies. The manufacturing environment provides anexcellent application of computer simulation. The complexity, uncertainty, andinterdependencies are hard to convey from a textbook alone. Therefore, facultyuse simulation to enhance their teaching effectiveness.Studies show

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University; Heather Sapp, Ohio Northern University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

David Reeping is an undergraduate research assistant with a major in Engineering Education and a minor in Mathematics. He is a Choose Ohio First scholar inducted during the 2012-2013 school year and the recipient of the Remsburg Creativity Award for 2013 and The DeBow Freed Award for outstanding leader- ship as an undergraduate student (sophomore) in 2014. David is a member of the mathematics, education, and engineering honor societies: Kappa Mu Epsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, and Tau Beta Pi respectively. He has extensive experience in curriculum development in K-12 and develops material for the Technology Stu- dent Association’s annual TEAMS competition. His research interests involve the analysis and refinement of the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Maria Flores; Arthur Gerstenfeld

unemployment has risen and many of the newjobs are in the informal sector. Political traditions also have to be changed and uprooted whereneeded.Nevertheless, there are signs of increasing trade between the United States and Latin America.Latin America – not including Mexico – attained a positive balance of fourteen billion dollarsthis year, four times more that in 1999 according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. This isdue largely to the higher oil prices reached last year. Oil exports from Venezuela doubled inyear 2000 totaling thirteen billion dollars.9The focus which follows will be on the most advanced integration process in Latin America andthen it will provide with an overview on Argentina, Brazil, and Chile which are the mostdeveloped

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Marincel Payne, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ben Jelen, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

meaning and purpose.McAdams writes, “the I becomes an autobiographical author; the Me becomes the story it tells”[17].As such, in modern society, storytelling can be leveraged in a variety of ways to support socialcohesion, identity discovery, and sensemaking to positively impact even the engineeringclassroom. For example, the Academic Pathways Study found that for some engineeringstudents, an engineering career was not necessarily the expected end goal (14% definitely not,12% probably not, and 8% unsure) [18]. This data highlights that learning, even in anengineering curriculum, should be broad enough to support students headed to a variety ofcareers that may be related or adjacent to STEM fields.In fact, students’ expectations for the value of

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Lindsey Van Wagenen; Chandni Shah

Session 1665 All Day Mathematics Workshops Chandni Shah, Lindsey Van Wagenen Department of Mathematics Polytechnic UniversityIntroductionOne of the challenges that many students face when making the transitionfrom mathematics courses in high school to ones in college is learning toread and dissect a complex problem. Most students achieve success inhigh school by learning and applying standard methods to solving prob-lems. When in college, the hardest thing for students to learn is the processof struggling with a problem over an extended period of time. Too manyteachers, in a misguided effort

Conference Session

Outreach Projects and General Energy Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

of alternative energy in both design competitions and in the formaleducation of its students through its curricula and student projects in both the College ofEngineering and well as the College of Architecture. In 2003 LTU received a significant grantfrom NextEnergy, a nonprofit organization in the State of Michigan, to augment its AlternativeEnergy curriculum. The NextEnergy grant helped LTU develop additional courses, but fundsfrom the grant could not be used to purchase laboratory equipment or experimental hardware.This was an unfortunate limitation, so the faculty involved in our Alternative Energy programfelt it was critical to secure additional funding specifically for procuring laboratory equipmentand related hardware to augment and