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Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antony Kinyua, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

classes met on Saturdays for 2 or 3 hours of instruction for 5 weeks over the wintersemester. The emphasis was on hands-on experiential learning in a fun and relaxing environment. Wedrew activities from the ANS ‘Navigating Nuclear” curriculum as well as other related STEAM sites suchas NASA and DOE. Students who successfully complete d the classes were awarded certificates ofcompletion (Fig. 16). Instructors for these classes came from our STEAM faculty at our campus plus ourcollaborating universities as well as the nuclear industry and our local K-12 teachers. As pertains to ourcollege students, we had them participating in the outreach (Fig. 7), conferences (Figs. 8 & 9) and hopingfor rigorous summer internships to be identified with the

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 6

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Nathalie Al Kakoun, Swansea University; Frederic Boy, Swansea University; Patricia Xavier, Swansea University

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Community Engagement Division

).Campbell and Wilson [27]– agreeing with Lucena et al.’s [28] concept of humanitarianengineering as “an important dimension of engineering practice that deserves clearer ethicalarticulation and curriculum development” ([27, p.4], citing [28]) – discuss how humanitarianengineering is accentuated by particularly exercising engineering ethics, and how “care”maps onto humanitarian engineering. They even call it “Humanitarian Engineering as aMatrix of Care and Ethics” [27, p.5].We think that Human-Centred Designing is indeed a form of Prosocial Behaviour and that itis directly linked to exercising engineering ethics, and so, would therefore like to explicitlyaddress the link(s) between personal values and ethical practice and judgement in thefollowing

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ECE Distance Education

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; David Michael Majerich, Century for 21st Century Universities; Nathan VerDon Parrish, Georgia Institute of Technology; Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

Al Ferri received his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University in 1981 and his PhD degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 1985. Since 1985, he has been a faculty member in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech, where he now serves as the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies. His research areas are in the fields of dynamics, controls, vibrations, and acoustics. He is also active in course and curriculum development. He is a Fellow of the ASME. Page 24.1304.1 c American Society for Engineering Education

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

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Scott Matthew Boskovich, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Chris Burns, Boys Republic

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Diversity

Project Ponderosa – Bridging Engineering Education to Vocational Training Dr. Scott Boskovich, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768 and Dr. Chris Burns, Boys Republic, Chino Hills, CA 91709AbstractThe application of robotics and automation in industry continues to be an increasing area ofgrowth. Subsequently, this requires an increased demand for design engineering students as wellas knowledgeable users trained for equipment maintenance. However, this can becomeproblematic to adequately provide a realistic environment for both teaching design of roboticssystems as well as the maintenance. In recent years

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2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Matthew Adle; Justin Bostwick; Kyle Graves; Synjin Hipolito; Yong Gan

, instructor-student face to face learning were adopted in the classroom activities. It is concluded that the activelearning should be the future trend in educating upper level students. The curriculum we should strivefor is an integration of knowledge learning and hands-on practicing. Through such a particular project,students should be better trained for energy manufacturing industry.IntroductionSemiconducting polymers have been extensively studied due to their unique properties and advantagesover other ceramics semiconducting materials such as light weight and easy to processing1,2. Polyaniline(PANi) is a typical semiconducting polymer with a conjugated structure. It has excellent stability in air.Polyaniline is stable at elevated temperatures. It

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter D. Heimdahl

, were it not for gender or cultural biasing, have the potential to become excellent engineers.Without intervention of the nature represented by the STEPS for Girls concept, most youngstudents make critical high school curriculum choices that limit their ability to follow, enter, andsucceed in an engineering program in college. Therefore it is essential to reach them early withsolid information about the excitement of an engineering career and what it takes to follow one.This program was designed to do that.As a result, the concept of a summer engineering and technology camp for girls entering theseventh grade was developed. An initial goal was that 50% of the campers would representminority populations. Only 30% minority was actually realized

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Yabin Liao, Penn State Erie; Sheng Liu

, “Introducing cooperative learning into a dynamics lecture class,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 85, pp. 69-72, 1996.[10]. V. Carbonell, and C. Romero, “Interactive simulations as teaching tools for engineering mechanics courses,” European Journal of Physics, vol. 34, no. 4, 2013.[11]. M. M. Tajvidi, and N. Fang, “Application of Computer Simulation and Animation (CSA) in Teaching and Learning Engineering Mechanics,” in Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2015[12]. L. G. Gray, and F. Costanzo, “The interactive classroom and its integration into the mechanics curriculum,” International Journal of Science Education, vol. 15, pp. 41-50, 1999.[13]. R. J. Roselli, L. Howard, and S. Brophy

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Infusing Engineering Content Through Curricular Innovation

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas, Austin; Richard Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 14.383.11 future, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 2007.[2] University of Texas. DTEACh Online. http://www.engr.utexas.edu/dteach/aboutus/, July 27, 2007.[3] Crawford, R.H., Wood, K.L., Fowler, M., and Norrell, J., "An Engineering Design Curriculum for the Elementary Grades," ASEE Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 172-181, 1994.[4] Jensen, D., Wood, J., and Wood, K. L., "Design of Hands-on Experiences to Optimize Learning through Correlation with Learning Styles and Pedagogical Theory," Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, June 2004.[5] Talley, A., Schmidt, K., Wood, K., and Crawford, R., “Understanding the Effects of Active Learning in Action: What Happens When

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dawson, Northern Arizona University; Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Paper ID #41515Surveying the Landscape: Exploring STEM Instructors’ Selection Criteriafor Instructional MaterialsElizabeth Dawson, Northern Arizona University Elizabeth Dawson is earning her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction at Northern Arizona University. Her research focuses on the intersection of Open Education and academic libraries. Her interests encompass instructional library resources with an emphasis on STEM, library identity and campus leadership, and student belonging in the library. She is the Technical Services Librarian at Arizona Western College.Ms. Susan Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Susan

Conference Session

Program Support Initiatives

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

and through master’s programs may impact theextent to which those graduating with civil engineering master’s degrees meet the CEBOK3outcomes. For example, are students without BS degrees in civil engineering required tocomplete undergraduate level pre-requisite coursework that will fulfill CEBOK3 outcomes? Orare both undergraduate and graduate level CEBOK3 outcomes integrated into required graduatelevel courses and/or the thesis research experience? This paper explored these questions bycollecting curriculum information for 80 institutions from civil engineering program websitesand conducting a survey. The types of civil engineering degree programs (MS and MEng),pathways (e.g., thesis vs. coursework only), and specialty areas found at the 80

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2008-1040: RISK ASSESSMENT OF A MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGDEPARTMENTGreg Kremer, Ohio University-Athens Dr. Kremer is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Ohio University. He teaches in the Mechanical Design area and has primary responsibility for the Capstone Design Experience. His main research interests are Energy and the Environment, especially as related to vehicle systems, and engineering education, especially related to integrated learning and professional skills. Dr. Kremer received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1989, his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Paul Henry Schimpf, Eastern Washington University; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Mouchumi Bhattacharyya, University of the Pacific; Kevin Leigh Webster Jr.; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

preference data and MBTI data in the surveys' conducted on these initial twelvelearning modules, but found that the sample size was in most instances too small to develop anystatistically meaningful analysis.In the Phase 2 work we expanded our FE learning modules to an additional three engineeringareas: (7) fatigue analysis, (8) manufacturing process analysis and (9) manufacturing forminganalysis. We continued to integrate these learning modules into existing courses in thecorresponding areas. Faculty and students were asked to evaluate the effectiveness of theseadditional sixteen new learning modules with web-based personality learning assessment surveysin addition to the demographic, and student profile surveys. Small sample sizes are still

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2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Gil Laware

involved in the development of agiven technology, like software, so they are able to make clearer judgments about thesubstance and not the glitz. What approaches are most successful in providing studentswith an understanding of that substance?Educational EnvironmentThe FundamentalsThe curriculum for K-12 students focuses upon three key areas: reading, writing, andarithmetic. In developing each of these skills, each student may be exposed to teachingtechniques like stimulus-response, emotional development, and finally, problem-solvingin the course of their learning. Each of these approaches is used in K-12 classrooms.In the stimulus-response approach, the student is taught to develop good habits in solvingproblems directed towards one solution

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Changing How We Teach: Flipping, Project-Based Learning, and More!

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Harvey, University of Oklahoma; Chase Hibbard, University of Oklahoma

within civil engineering departments; in thiscase, additional instruction might be required by the faculty mentor or the program could be runasynchronously with an undergraduate dynamics course. Furthermore, due to the timecommitment (up to 10 hours per week), this program is organized as an extracurricular (i.e., “notfalling within the scope of a regular curriculum” [33]) activity for a select group of paid students;making this program compulsory or part of the curriculum would require additional resources(e.g., multiple 3D printers) and space within already over-scheduled undergraduate curricula dueto ABET requirements. It is therefore recommended to be employed as in this paper or through anelective or independent study; in fact, the latter

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Paz Gwynn, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

students.Additionally, there is a growing consensus that entrepreneurial competencies should be an integralpart of the industrial engineering curriculum. This integration helps to balance the demandsbetween traditional employment and entrepreneurial activities, promoting entrepreneurship as aviable career option beyond the confines of business schools [16]. The influence of collaborativelearning on entrepreneurship in higher education has also been documented. A study shows apositive and significant impact of collaborative learning on students' engagement inentrepreneurial activities, with indirect effects mediated by entrepreneurial culture quantified at28.29% and 6.6% [17]. This underscores the importance of collaborative learning as a tool toenhance

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ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; Abdullah Konak, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus; David Robert Schneider; Khanjan Mehta, Lehigh University

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Diversity

optimizing complex systems using hybrid approaches combining heuristic methods and exact techniques from probability and operations research. The primary application areas of her research include designing and redesigning facilities to provide significant economic benefits for the US industries. Dr. Kulturel is also interested in pedagogi- cal research regarding entrepreneurship/STEM fields, such as professional skill development, innovative thinking skills, and gender differences in learning styles. She served as the President of the INFORMS- Women in OR/MS (WORMS), the Chair of INFORMS- Facility Logistics Special Interest Group, and the Chair of the ASEE Middle Atlantic Section. She is currently an academic member of

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Blackwell

, where the top of theboard has a ball grid array (BGA) component, the bottom side of the board may have acorresponding set of chip decoupling capacitors. The pattern of pads for a given component onthe circuit board is called that component’s “footprint”. The footprint can range from 2 pads for aresistor to in excess of 1000 pads for an ultra-large scale integrated circuit. Along with these design advantages, manufacturing is also easier and faster with the useof SMT. Compared to THT components, that require insertion machines to line up all thecomponent leads with all the corresponding holes in the PCB, SMT allows for much fasterplacement since placement is allowed that does not exactly line up component terminations andthe corresponding

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering 1

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ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Sally J. Pardue, Tennessee Technological University; Byron A Pardue, Tennessee Technological University; Taylor Chesson, Tennessee Technological University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Paper ID #36565Competency Assessment for Machine DesignDr. Sally J. Pardue, Tennessee Technological University Sally Pardue, Ph.D., is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Tennessee Tech University, and former director (2009 - 2018) of the Oakley Center for Excellence in the Teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.Dr. Byron A Pardue, Tennessee Technological UniversityMrs. Taylor Chesson, Tennessee Technological University Taylor Chesson is an Online Instructional Design Specialist in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at Tennessee Technological University. She enjoys

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University; Albert Leroy Powell, Bowling Green State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2011-1842: A LOW-COST LABORATORY EXPERIMENT TO GEN-ERATE THE I-V CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF A SOLAR CELLErik A. Mayer, Pittsburg State University Erik Mayer received his Ph.D. in Engineering Science at the University of Toledo. His areas of focus are power electronics and embedded systems. He has a strong interest in renewable energy; he worked with the Electric Vehicle Institute and designed a course in renewable energy during his time at Bowling Green State University. In addition, he worked at Visteon designing components for hybrid vehicles. He became an Associate Professor at Pittsburg State University in 2010.Albert Leroy Powell, Bowling Green State University Albert Powell is a Sophomore Undergraduate

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Silverstein, University of California, Los Angeles

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First-Year Programs

teaching these graduating, upper-division students, I concluded that, muchearlier in their University careers, students need exposure to the concepts taught in this seniorcourse. They need to develop these concepts into skills through extracurricular activities andelective courses, enhancing their prospects for career success as practicing engineers when theygraduate, and this takes time.As a consequence of my observations, I proposed a new, additional course which would informstudents, preferably freshmen, that an engineering career requires greater understanding of skillsthat are not part of their engineering curriculum. The intent was to provide them digestibleguidance that would help them to engage in activities providing them: 1

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Guangming Yao, Clarkson University; Kelly Black, University of Georgia; Michael W. Ramsdell, Clarkson University; Matthew K. Voigt, San Diego State University; Kalani Kithuliya Rubasinghe Kattadige, Clarkson University; Wen Li, University of California, Los Angeles

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Educational Research and Methods

papers with undergraduate and graduate students.Dr. Kelly Black, University of Georgia Kelly Black is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Georgia. His pri- mary interests are in student learning in the introductory mathematics curriculum as well as mathematical modeling in ecological systems.Dr. Michael W. Ramsdell, Clarkson University Michael Ramsdell is an Associate Professor of Physics and Director of First Year Physics at Clarkson University. He has over ten years of experience in the design, implementation, and assessment of lab- oratory curriculum within introductory physics courses. He has also developed, refined and taught a Pre-Freshman Physics course designed to assist

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Joseph Brobst, Old Dominion University; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Andrew Klein, Western Washington University; Sura Alqudah, Western Washington University

supporting non-dominant student populations. Her current research focuses on creating inclusive and equitable learning environments through the development and implementation of strategies geared towards increasing student sense of belonging.Joseph Arthur Brobst (Research Assistant Professor) Previously a high school science teacher, I am now an educational research and program evaluation specialist located in the The Center for Educational Partnerships at Old Dominion University. Though I have been involved in a wide variety of projects and initiatives, common threads throughout my work have included STEM teacher professional development and broadening participation in STEM among individuals ranging from elementary school

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 3

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; James R McCusker PhD, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Durga Suresh, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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College Industry Partnerships

academic and academic-industry-collaborativeprojects. These projects are typically integrated into the curriculum as full-semester projects fordesign courses, as small projects within a technical course, as work for a co-op employee, and/oras an extra-curricular project. Each of these methods was utilized as a part of this particularproject, as will be discussed in future sections. It is also worth noting that Wentworth has threefull semesters, fall, spring, and summer, each of which is 15 weeks.RRT eBikes, the industry partner, produces an electrically-assisted bicycle. It is a small, localcompany, focusing on a narrow, but growing, application-space for their e-bikes, includinghobbyists, police departments, and now, rehabilitation patients. RRT

Conference Session

Capstone and Senior Design Projects Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University

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Engineering Technology

high GPAs, on average, do well on their projects  student groups with more industry work experience, on average, tend to do better in the project’s soft skills, as well as the ability overall to complete their projects successfully  peer evaluations of group team work provided no data that related to project success  the number of hours worked on the job tended to not have an effect on project successIntroductionThe 2012-13 ABET-ETAC Criterion 5 Curriculum section states that “Baccalaureate degreeprograms must provide a capstone or integrating experience that develops student competenciesin applying both technical and non-technical skills in solving problems.”1. A short search ofASEE Conference papers variously defines the goal

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Carol Colbeck

Engineering Educationstatement about the importance of making learning experiences relevant to engineering practicein its mission statement, and by allocating funds for a undergraduate studies coordinator to helpfaculty incorporate design projects in their courses. Such structural modifications are unlikelyto lead to make much difference in practice, however, unless there are also correspondingchanges in the normative climate of the college. “Unless an innovation becomes valued, it willlack a constituency capable of lobbying for its continuation”1. Thus, team-based design projectsare more likely to persist as part of a college’s curriculum when administrators and facultyvalue them as a means to improve students’ overall learning experiences. They are

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2012 EDI

Authors

Laura Steinberg

these benefits4) Servicepersons are thirsty for understanding the difference in quality between colleges/universities, degrees, online degrees, etc. Knowledge of academia is extremely limited and limiting:  Specifically, help them understand how to plan to get the education they need to transfer into an engineering program5) Understand what student veterans can offer campus life and the profession long- termQuestions? Future Needed Research/Questions we are left with…1) How to contend with multifaceted, often cultural barriers for postsecondary engineering or even education in general?2) How to mitigate campus climate concerns?  Military visiting professorships and leadership

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Dylan John, Georgia Southern University; Yunfeng Chen, Georgia Southern University; Shahnam Navaee, Georgia Southern University; Weinan Gao, Georgia Southern University

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #21917STEM Education from the Industry Practitioners’ PerspectiveMr. David Dylan John, Georgia Southern University A Masters of Science in Applied Engineering with an emphasis in Construction Management candidate at Georgia Southern University, Dylan John is an active student leader within multiple student organizations and serves the institution of 20,000+ students as Student Government President. His research interests include Building Information Modelling (BIM), Sustainable Construction, Productivity & Efficiency in the Construction Industry and Construction Education. He is mentored by Dr.Yunfeng (Cindy

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Education Technical Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George E. Meyer, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Kim Cluff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jeyamkondan Subbiah P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Biological & Agricultural

muscle damage classification by morph metric (shape analysis), biochemical, and Raman spectral analysis to provide objective criteria for diagnosis and treatment moni- toring.Dr. Jeyamkondan Subbiah P.E., University of Nebraska, Lincoln Jeyamkondan Subbiah is an Associate Professor of food engineering at the University of Nebraska, Lin- coln, with joint appointments in the Departments of Biological Systems Engineering and Food Science & Technology. His research focuses on spectral imaging for predicting food quality (beef tenderness) and early diagnosis of human diseases (peripheral arterial disease). He has active research in the area of food safety engineering through integration of heat transfer model and

Conference Session

Student Teams & Active Learning

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeannie Brown Leonard; Janet Schmidt; Linda Schmidt; Paige Smith

.” Integration of previous knowledgeShared individual knowledge with others • “becoming evident that we are going to need a lot of• “we had a study group the night before [the mid- stuff from other classes” term]…we coordinated so we all knew what was going Strategies for learning on with the project” • “I immediately go for people…who have skills in an• “each member still works under the person that’s area where I know I am weak…you can learn really good at it and like, helps out” something from them.”• “I have learned…I watched the building and wiring” Learned how to pick members for aAppreciate how engineers think

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mehdi Lamssali, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Olivia Kay Nicholas, RAPID; Alesia Coralie Ferguson, North Carolina A&T State University; Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Angela M. White, NC A&T State University

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Diversity

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Student

. She earned a Bach- elor of Science in Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master of Science in Biology from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in Educational Psychology from North Carolina State University. Dr. White has served as an educator for 15 years at various levels and currently serves as the Assistant Dean of Student Success for the College of Science and Technology at North Carolina Agri- cultural and Technical State University. In this role she strategically develops and implements initiatives that promote the academic achievement and success of students within the College