Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith W. Buffinton, Bucknell University; Vincent P. Manno, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Joseph J. Helble, Dartmouth College; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

power, electronics thermal management, and manufacturing. He has authored more than 140 technical publications. His honors include SAE’s Teetor Award, Rosten Award for Thermal Analysis of Electronic Equipment, ASME Curriculum Inno- vation Award, and Fischer Engineering Teacher of the Year Award. He is an ASME Fellow and on the Board of Directors of ASEE’s Engineering Research Council.Dr. Joseph J. Helble, Dartmouth College Joseph J. Helble is Professor of Engineering, and Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, a position he has held since 2005. Prior to Dartmouth, Dr. Helble was the AAAS Revelle Fellow, spending a year on staff in the U.S. Senate with a focus on science policy. Previously, he

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ERM: Find Out More About Faculty!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlyn Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Derrick Satterfield, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeanne Sanders, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly Cross, University of Nevada, Reno

Paper ID #37180Call without Response: Faculty Perceptions about Diversity,Equity, and InclusionKaitlyn Anne Thomas (Student) Kaitlyn is an engineering education doctoral student at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her background is in civil engineering. Her research focus is women in engineering and mental health.Derrick Satterfield Derrick Satterfield is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at the University of Nevada, Reno. His research focuses on engineering graduate students' experiences and motivation centered on career planning and preparation.Jeanne Sanders Jeanne Sanders (she/her/hers) is a

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Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

University Ken Reid is the Director of Freshman Engineering and an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Ohio Northern University. He was the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. He is active in engineering within K-12, serving on the JETS Board of Directors and 10 years on the IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee. He co-developed “The Tsunami Model Eliciting Activity” which was awarded Best Middle School Curriculum by the Engineering Education Service Center in 2009. His research interests include success in first-year engineering and engineering in K-12.Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern

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Track 4: Technical Session 6: Building Bridges to Success: A Thriving Program

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Labrisha Nicole Mabry, Mississippi State University ; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Lorena Andrea Benavides Riano, Mississippi State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Office of Diversity Programs and Student DevelopmentIn this slide, we will explain how our program is structured. The five pillars of our programpromote the holistic development of our students. Taking this approach, we want to giveour students an idea of the performance of engineers in labor work; therefore, they willstart to construct an identity and engage with engineering as a profession and our campus.We will discuss what integrates each core and the skills they will gain by participating in theprogram.Bridge Bonding: This pillar helps students relate to each other's experiences andchallenges, making it easier for them to empathize and offer support

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.); Joseph R. Herkert, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, and applied ethics journals. Herkert previously served as Editor of IEEE Technology and Society Magazine and an Associate Editor of Engineering Studies. He is or has been an active leader in many professional or- ganizations including the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum, the Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the National Insti- tute for Engineering Ethics, and the Engineering Ethics and Liberal Education/Engineering and Society (LEES) Divisions of the American Society for Engineering Education. In 2005 Herkert received the Ster- ling Olmsted Award, the highest honor bestowed by LEES, for ”making significant contributions in

Conference Session

Engineering Social and Human Ethical Impacts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Debra S. Fuentes, Brigham Young University; Stephanie Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Ethics

understandings of ethics and morality, but yet were distinct.Norms/Traits. As with general ethics, honesty and integrity were cited by a number ofinterviewees as important characteristics for an engineer to possess. An example response isgiven by Beverly: “I think honesty is a big one. I think at any field, not just engineering, honesty is the best quality as they say. It's really important, because as engineers you're making all these decisions that impact not just you but thousands and millions of people. You have to make those honest decisions, because they could be the deal breaker or they could be that one thing that makes the bridge collapse or holds it up for a lifetime.”Other specific and general traits that were in

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

interest in engineering education. She develops materials and re- searches best practical classroom approaches for integrating computation and computational thinking in introductory CEE courses; and for promoting teamwork, communication and problem-solving in context, throughout the CEE curriculum.Dr. Ashlynn S. Stillwell, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign Dr. Ashlynn S. Stillwell is an Associate Professor and the Elaine F. and William J. Hall Excellence Faculty Scholar in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on creating sustainable water and energy systems in a policy-relevant context. She earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division: Best of FPD

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shabnam Wahed, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Computer Engineering and a rich academic experience spanning six years, her overarching goal is to craft engineering learning environments and experiences in a way that intricately engages students on a cognitive level. In addition to her role as an engineer and researcher, Shabnam is an advocate and ally for fostering greater inclusion in STEM fields and beyond.Dr. Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Nicole is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. Prior to joining VT, Dr. Pitterson was a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University. She holds a PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University and oth

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

equitable engineering environments.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research characterizes front-end design practices across the student to practitioner continuum and studies the impact of developed front-end design tools on design success.Dr. Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan Lisa Lattuca, Professor of Higher Education and member of the Core Faculty in the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. She studies curriculum, teaching, and learning in college

Conference Session

Industry and Engineering Technology Partnerships

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Fuehne, Purdue University-Columbus

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Engineering Technology

College of Technology decided to implement the class. An outline of the class withdesired objectives was submitted to the curriculum committee of the MET department andapproved as a “Special Topics in MET” class. The class was offered with no prerequisite classesand approved as a technical selective for the two-year associate of science degree in MET.Employees from local industry as well as current students in MET were encouraged to registerfor the class. This class has been conducted during the fall semester in 2005, 2006 and 2007,serving over 40 students.This work details the organization of the class including objectives, hands-on activities,assessments, and course materials. Basically, the Book of Knowledge2 published by the ASQ

Conference Session

Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nancy K Lape, Harvey Mudd College; David L Harris, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Joseph Keeter, Harvey Mudd College; Madeleine S Ong, Harvey Mudd College; Zachary Dodds, Harvey Mudd College

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

optimize robots tocompete in a “Capture the Flag” style game. This paper will describe the course content andsummarize assessment results from the Fall 2010 pilot course.IntroductionIn Fall 2010, Harvey Mudd College began offering a new core curriculum with more electivity,including, for the first time, an elective in the fall semester of the freshman year. Most existingelectives have prerequisites and are not aimed at first-semester students. As part of thiscurriculum revision, HMC faculty have created a variety of new courses tailored to incomingfreshmen. The authors have recently completed teaching one of these courses, titled E11:Autonomous Vehicles, which offers an interdisciplinary hands-on introduction to engineeringmotivated by a robot

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, Utah State University - Engineering Education; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Raymond Edward Boyles, Technology and Engineering Education

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

where he worked training engineers and technicians in high-speed transmission system for backbone networks.Dr. Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University Oenardi Lawanto is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering Education at Utah State Uni- versity, USA. He received his B.S.E.E. from Iowa State University, his M.S.E.E. from the University of Dayton, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before coming to Utah State, Dr. Lawanto taught and held several administrative positions at one large private university in Indonesia. In his years of teaching experiences in the area of electrical engineering, he has gained new perspectives on teaching and learning. He has developed and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Russell Korte, Colorado State University; Christopher Swan, Tufts University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

educational ecosystem. Given that any change happenswithin some context, it is necessary to take into account factors that may advance an idea or that mayinhibit success. Many education-funded projects are undertaken at a local level, such as within oneinstitution, within a curriculum, or even at the level of a single course. While the activities may be at alocal level, i.e. within one institution, there are many interacting components that can influence orimpact the advancement of an educational innovation. In particular, there are faculty and students, goalsfor a degree program or accreditation, institutional or departmental mission, the value and rewardsystem, and so on. By addressing multiple components of the broader ecosystem, an

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mahmoud Alahmad, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Patrick Wheeler, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Avery Schwer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Dale Tiller, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Andrea Wilkerson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Joshua Eiden, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Architectural

future capacity needs for peaking power plants.I. IntroductionA common difficulty amongst academic engineering programs is the minimal amount ofcoursework that makes a solid connection to industry applications. Upper level coursesshould ease the transition from the university to the work place environment. There are sev-eral program models that ease the transition by exposing students to the industry environmentduring their education.One program model provides students the opportunity to observe professionals in the work-place. Another program allows students to work in the engineering industry as part of theircourse curriculum. A third program model tells students to take time off from school towork independently for an industry partner1. With

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: S-STEM 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Rebecca Kuntz Willits, University of Akron

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

] - [13]. Mentoring is notlimited to faculty-student interactions. An early study by Good [14] indicated that freshmenneeded networking with upperclassmen to ease the transition from high school to university.Clark et al. [15] attributed peer relationships as a key factor in the success of student satisfaction,integration and retention in higher education. Peer mentoring can build a community of supportfor the mentee (i.e., freshmen) while enhancing the teamwork, instruction and communicationskills of the mentor (i.e., senior) [10]. When mentoring is from someone that is close in age andposition, it can also provide encouragement and social support [11]. Social support from mentorsand other women in STEM increased women’s persistence in STEM [16

Collection

2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Roy W. Melton

skills.In terms of curriculum placement, the seminar complements a prerequisite lecture course as anexperiential introduction to computer engineering. The seminar aspect of the laboratory class isideal for this purpose in that it allows for presentation and discussion of underlying conceptsonly to the extent students require for a particular hands-on laboratory exercise. Accordingly,exercises are designed so that students do not have to understand theoretical concepts to anygreat extent before working with their applications.Since computers intrinsically involve electronics, the first laboratory exercises investigateelectronics principles. These exercises serve as experiential validation of basic direct-current(DC) circuit theory introduced in the

Collection

2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lauren Cole; Lindsay R. Hoggatt; Jamie A. Sterrenberg; David R. Suttmiller; W. Roy Penney; Edgar C. Clausen

informationto the engineering students. A number of methods have been developed for enhancing studentlearning including multimedia developments,1,2 active, problem-based learning,3 collaborativelearning,4,5 and participation in cooperative education.6 Several papers have specificallyaddressed methods for improving or supplementing the teaching of engineering including the useof spreadsheets to solve two-dimensional heat transfer problems,7 the use of a transport approachin teaching turbulent thermal convection,8 the use of computers to evaluate view factors inthermal radiation,9 implementation of a computational method for teaching free convection,10and the use of an integrated experimental/analytical/numerical approach that brings theexcitement of

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2010 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

explore the mechanicalintricacies of assembling the robot. Several teams were required to improvise and troubleshootas an error was made in assembly or different pieces than advertised were included in their kits. Following assembly, the students were asked to use the NXT brick, the „brain‟ of the robot, tocreate a simple program. The NXT brick‟s have object-oriented programming capability thatallows five commands to be programmed and executed. After familiarization with theprogramming language of the Mindstorm, the students were asked to investigate some of thesensors included in the kit by following instructions on connecting the sensors properly andverifying their correct operation. The integration of the sensors into their projects

Collection

2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Eman Hammad, Texas A&M University; Connor McLaren, Texas A&M University; Justin Leiden, Texas A&M University

limited and highly optimized by design, thus requiring security solutions to be lightweight and mostly passive. Additionally, most processes have strict performance requirements, such as short-time delays and high reliability. When designing and deploying security solutions, balancing those requirements with the potential impacts of security and resilience goals must be carefully considered. • In most industries, OT/ICS/IIoT technologies are mixed and connected with other IT technologies, and business applications, creating complexity that offers multiple opportunities for threat actors to initiate and propagate an attack.Since OT/ICS often involves integration and interaction with physical processes

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Yang, National Science Foundation; Erin Steigerwalt, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Gary Lichtenstein, Arizona State University; Kelsey Watts, Clemson University

to explain ERC goals, provide strategies for ERC design, and promotestrategies for integrating Convergent and Transdisciplinary Research and Team Science intoERC proposals. Participation in the Planning Grant program is not required to submit an ERCproposal. In 2021, 23 teams joined the PGW, with a total of 114 participants from 54 institutionsacross the U.S. The 2021 program consisted of three, half-day sessions spanning three weeks.The workshop agenda was created collaboratively by leaders at NSF and ASEE, with particularattention to recommendations from prior cohorts.In this this paper, we share: 1) information presented at the workshop about the key foundational components of an ERC 2) results of the workshop evaluation 3) access

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Lovitts, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

papers that assert (or sought) determination of an educational outcome as a result of adefined intervention. This paper thus presents the results of the scholarship of synthesis ratherthan the results of the scholarship of discovery. Indeed, the articles we analyze and the metricswe have developed are based on a synthesis of characteristics.The PR2OVE-IT database is intended to be a tool for translating education research results intopractical classroom use by engineering faculty who are not engaged in educational research. Assuch, the website divided into five major categories for searching and viewing information aboutarticles: interventions (instructional practices), subject/content area (content or context of thelearning environment), study

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering and More

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

Session 2653 Providing Connections Between Freshmen and Senior Engineers Through a Design Experience Craig J. Gunn, Craig W. Somerton, Brian Thompson Department of Mechanical Engineering Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824IntroductionThe typical engineering curriculum in most programs revolves around math, physics, andchemistry components. Students prepare for future engineering activities by building afoundation that will allow them to function at the upper levels of their majors. Little or

Conference Session

Thermal Fluid Experiment Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa M. Gibbons, University of San Diego

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Mechanical Engineering

broader world and toward the future),making connections (e.g., integrating knowledge from multiple sources), and creating value (e.g.,understanding stakeholders and seeking opportunity) [8].This paper describes a group project created for an introductory thermal sciences course taken bysecond-year engineering students at University of San Diego. A significant amount of theoreticalcontent is covered in the course, and typical example and homework problems have fairly weakconnections to real-world problems. Because concepts presented without contextualization orapplication have little meaning to students [9], the project was developed to provide ameaningful student-centered learning experience, which has been shown to better anchorknowledge and

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2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Robert W. Williams; Salam F. Rahmatalla

1 Use of Student Surveys to Improve Efficacy of Lab Experience and Guide Lab Development Robert W. Williams, Salam F. Rahmatalla Civil and Environmental Engineering The University of IowaAbstract One way to refocus the importance of hands-on education is to allow students to haveownership of their lab experience so that, in time, the lab curriculum is tailored to their needs andwants. This paper discusses the use of student surveys to help improve the efficacy of labexperience for undergraduate Civil &

Conference Session

Student Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Faiza Akram, Mississippi State University; Andrew Zheng, Texas A&M University; April Guo-Yue, Mississippi State University; Cooper Medved, Mississippi State University; Claire Johnson, Mississippi State University; Asad Waqar Malik; Samee U Khan, Mississippi State University

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Student Papers

Education, 2025Performance Unveiled: Comparing Lightweight Devices Testbed and Virtual Machines for Edge ComputingAbstractTechnological innovations are accelerating across fields like engineering, IT, environmentalscience, and agriculture, the convergence of education & research has emerged as a vital andconcerning issue. Although the research in areas such as edge computing holds a lot of potentialfor real-world applications, its integration into engineering education remains marginalized dueto lack of curriculum alignment, lack of resources for faculty training, and industry-academiadisconnect. This study bridges the gap by investigating the suitability of hands-onexperimentation with edge computing frameworks to enhance

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Education Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Pune Innovation Centre

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

discussion,particularly when they can speak and hear their own words. Visual learners like words,pictures, symbols, flow charts, diagrams, and reading books. Sequential learners prefer linearreasoning, step-by-step procedures, and material that comes to them in a steady stream. Globallearners are strong integrators and synthesizers making intuitive discoveries and connectionsto see the overall system or pattern26. Both innate personality traits and prior experiences mayinfluence preferences on each of these scales.The Index of Learning Styles provides scores showing the strengths of an individual‘spreference for one category or the other on each of the four dimensions. The instrument is a44-item questionnaire4 that requires choosing one of two

Conference Session

ECCD Technical Session 4: Energy and Analysis

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University; Pragya Niraula, Oklahoma State University; Amrit Sunil Chugani, Oklahoma State University; Nilesh Anil Baraskar, Oklahoma State University; Anusha Sunil Saraf, Oklahoma State University; Michael L. McCombs, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

officially began in Guthrie on Christmas Eve 1890 in the McKennon Opera House whenTerritorial Governor George W. Steele signed legislation providing for the establishment of anagricultural and mechanical college as well as an agricultural experiment station in PayneCounty, Oklahoma Territory, effective December 25, 1890 [5]. At long last, Stillwater wasdesignated as the location for the college by the designated commission. On May 15, 1957,Oklahoma A&M changed its name Oklahoma State University of Agricultural and AppliedSciences to reflect the broadening scope of curriculum offered. However, the name was quicklyshortened to Oklahoma State University for most purposes, and the "Agricultural & AppliedSciences" name was formally dropped in

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling; Nhu Y Tran; Lia Marie Applegarth

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International

Paper ID #13565Learning from Senior-Level Engineering & Business Development Profes-sionals to Create Globally Competent Engineers via On- and Off-CampusActivitiesDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jane Lehr is Chair of the Women’s & Gender Studies Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity, San Luis Obispo. She is also an Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies, Director of the Science, Technology & Society Minor Programs, and Faculty Director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minor- ity and Underrepresented Student Participation in STEM Program at Cal Poly. She

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Arpita Gupte; Patricia F. Mead; Marjorieanne Natishan; James Greenberg; David Bigio; Linda Schmidt

semester, Divergersrepresent 9.5% of the students tested, Assimilators represent 41%, Convergers represent35.7% and Accommodators represent 13.8%. Most students reported an expected benefitto having learning style diversity within a team, expressing a perception that learningstyle diversity would aid in the development of robust solutions to team assignments.When questioned about the impact of learning style diversity on team management, thestudents expressed an expectation that compromise would be needed (particularly in viewof the learning style differences). However, many students also found it difficult to relatethe information on their own learning style preference to effective team managementskills. The feedback has been used to modify

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 10: Paying Attention to Retention

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William John Palm IV P.E., Roger Williams University; Charles R Thomas, Roger Williams University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

ofretention in the major by 2.3 times compared to first-year students from prior years, while non-participation lowered the odds of retention by 1.35 times.IntroductionIn 2011, President Obama called for U.S. engineering schools to graduate an additional 10,000engineering students every year.1 One impetus for making this appeal, as explained by the JobsCouncil, was that engineers drive innovation, creating jobs for skilled and unskilled workersalike.2 In short: more engineers can drive economic recovery, and by extension, stability. Inresponse to the appeal, many engineering school deans recognized that one solution was toimprove the retention rate of engineering students,3 specifically first-year retention, which at thetime was reported to be around