Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-college Engineering: Educational Policy and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Clark P.E., Aston University; Jane Andrews, Aston University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

activities (STEM clubs) and one- off initiatives. Building on this addfollowing an action research design, the part of the study discussed in this paper relates tocase-study fieldwork conducted mainly during April 2013 whereupon a fieldwork visit wasundertaken in one of the UK’s largest primary level engineering education for-profit providers“Engineering-First”. Prior to visiting the case-study organisation, the researchers conductednon-participatory observations at three separate ‘Annual Engineering Education Final’competitions sponsored by Engineering-First (occurring in 2011, 2012, 2013). During thecompetitions, an observational framework, developed out of the findings of the first stage ofthe study, was used to record children’s participation

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Lau, University of California, Berkeley; Mary Kathryn Thompson, KAIST; Alice Merner Agogino, University of California, Berkeley

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Department of Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford University (1984). She has authored over 200 scholarly publications; has won teaching, best paper and research awards; and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). At NAE worked on the Technologically Speaking, Engineer and Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering projects. She has supervised 81 MS projects/theses, 33 doctoral dissertations and numerous undergraduate researchers. Page 22.31.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Cross-National

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Junaid A. Siddiqui, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

conceptualized as18 “a design for instrumental action that reduces the uncertaintyin the cause-effect relationship involved in achieving a desired outcome” (p 13). Thisdescription of technology indicates that the paradigm of diffusion research focuses on thoseinnovations which have relatively well defined outcomes where one of the desired feature for theinnovation is to reduce the uncertainty in the cause-effect relationship. This is in contrast tosome of the innovative ideas and practices in contemporary education that call for open-endedstudent directed interactive learning20–23. Learning from this perspective is considered to be anon-linear process that has emergent outcomes without much focus on the cause-effectrelationships within the process

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for K-12 and for Community College Students: Concepts, Assessment, and Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

deals with, for example, deeper contextuallearning and open-ended design/problem-solving. With deep experiences in all four areas ofSTEM, our K-5 MST graduates have high content knowledge and high skill levels in STEM,resulting in overall higher teacher effectiveness. Perhaps more importantly, MST programgraduates have comfort (low anxiety) in a broad set of subjects and experiences.In this paper we give a detailed description of (i) the K-5 MST program, (ii) a brief overviewof a quantitative characterization of the program and (iii) unique research topics madepossible with our K-5 STEM graduates and their students.Summary:The K-5 MST program at our institution offers a unique opportunity both for increasingteacher effectiveness and K-5 student

Conference Session

SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radu F. Babiceanu, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Daniel Rucker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Hussain M Al-Rizzo, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

academic achievements he won the nomination by the University of New Brunswick as the best doctoral graduate in science and engineering. Since 2000, he joined the Systems Engineering Department, Uni- versity Arkansas at Little Rock where he is currently a tenured Professor. He has published over 35 peer- reviewed journal papers, 70 conference presentations, and two patents. He won the UALR’ excellence awards in teaching and research in 2007 and 2009, respectively. His research areas include implantable antennass and wireless systems, smart antennas, WLAN deployment and load balancing, electromagnetic wave scattering by complex objects, design, modeling and testing of high-power microwave applicators, design and analysis

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Luke Kachelmeier, University of New Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, creativity, and design. After graduation he started research with the Air Force in the field of Human Reliability Analysis. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 The Wrong Theory Protocol: A Pre-Ideation Technique to Enhance Creativity and EmpathyAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to introduce a new design methodology—The Wrong TheoryProtocol (WTP)—to generate more empathetic and creative ideas. Our first ideas are seldom ourbest ideas. Many turn to brainstorming/ideation techniques, yet struggle to come up with ideasthat help them make progress. Fixation can make it challenging to have insight that is genuinelynew. Inspired by the idea

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Devenport; Terry Wildman; Glenda Scales

that is free of politics. In any case the otherdemands on faculty time, not least from research, make it unlikely that faculty willparticipate willingly unless they see real value in the activityThe purpose of this paper is to describe an initiative that has been underway at VirginiaTech for the last three years, designed to address these issues. The goals of the initiative are - to foster the development of groups where faculty can freely discuss and exchange their teaching ideas in an environment that encourages collaboration and exploration to improve teaching, - to encourage the participation of a large proportion of the engineering faculty in these groups.Below we describe the faculty-study group

Conference Session

WIED: Pre-College Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane Andrews, Aston University; Robin Clark P.E., Aston University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Page 24.1367.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 What do Schoolgirls think of Engineering? A critique of conversations from a participatory research approachAbstractWhilst statistics vary, putting the percentage of women engineers at between 6%[1] and 9% [2]of the UK Engineering workforce, what cannot be disputed is that there is a need to attractmore young women into the profession. Building on previous work which examined whyengineering continues to fail to attract high numbers of young women[3,4] and starting withthe research question “What do High School girls think of engineering as a future career andstudy choice?”, this paper critiques research conducted utilising a

Conference Session

Capstone Pedgagogy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Gadsden, University of Guelph; Elyse Hill

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

didn’t know that certain things needed to be done tofacilitate the building of a drone for agriculture. At the foundation of the capstone design is life-long learning and self-regulated learning. As the literature shows these skill sets are well suitedfor project-based curriculums. Students benefit from these problem-solving traits and ourgraduates are in demand in the local area manufacturing sector.As stated, this capstone requires research and knowledge in areas well outside the normal coursecurriculum for an engineering student. In doing this the students are forced toresearch/investigate best practices and design a drone for the purpose of agriculture research.During the course of study, opportunities to use drones for other purposes also

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 9

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Disha Patel, Florida International University; Monique S. Ross, The Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 13–26, 1 2002. [Online]. Available: https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rvst20[36] M. Kargarmoakhar, M. Ross, Z. Hazari, S. Secules, M. A. Weiss, M. Georgiopoulos, K. Christensen, and T. Solis, “The Impact of a Community of Practice Scholarship Program on Students’ Computing Identity,” ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 9 2021. [Online]. Available: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3623615[37] M. Ross, E. Litzler, and J. Lopez, “Meeting students where they are: A virtual computer science education research (cser) experience for undergraduates (reu),” in Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, ser. SIGCSE ’21. New York, NY, USA

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa H. Forbes, University of Colorado Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder; Denise W. Carlson, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

see the final product”; “the editing andfeedback process made my lesson much stronger”).In response to being asked how they were personally impacted by the submission-to-publicationprocess, several teachers cited a sense of accomplishment, while others ranged in their responses:“made me a better researcher and writer”; “[it] impacted me personally by giving me theconfidence to submit more curriculum to TeachEngineering or to other publications. As well as,[sic] presenting my ideas to others”; “it helped [me] understand how to produce a qualityactivity”; “makes me, a teacher, feel empowered and confident in implementing moreengineering practices”; “it has been the best learning experience I have had to produce highquality lessons that really

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Peretti; Paula Berardinelli; Naomi Kleid; Deanna Dannels; Chris Anson; Lisa Bullard; Dave Kmiec

productivity, andteam cohesiveness, with several operational definitions (outcomes-statements) beneath eachcategory. This rubric will be completed twice during the semester by faculty advisors, the TWSconsultant, and industry representatives—as a primary indicator of team competence. PhaseThree data are being collected in Spring 2003 and will be analyzed in Summer 2003.Multidisciplinary teaming instruction and assessment Over a three-year period, our NSF team developed three models for multidisciplinaryteaming instruction and assessment. Each model was designed and redesigned in an iterativeprocess based on data from the prior semester. Ultimately, a tailored, competence-oriented modelfor teaming instruction and assessment seemed to fit best

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead MacNamara, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

frontiers of engineering” and “each is associated withincreasing complexity.”3By comparison, the discipline of architecture’s curriculum andpedagogy consciously and actively fosters and rewards creativity. Architecture students prioritizeinnovation and continuously engage in creative thinking while keeping an eye on the big picture:the cultural significance and ultimate aims of the “program” in relationship to the cultural andenvironmental context of the project. Students are exposed to the best examples of creativeendeavor and cutting-edge design practice and taught the history of their field. Throughout theireducation, students are exposed to a range of approaches and methodologies for problem-solvingdesign, helping to provide the understanding

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 27

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aturika Bhatnagar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Stransky, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

entrepreneurship research, vol. 1999, no. 1, pp. 73–87, 1999.[15] A. Naktiyok, C. Nur Karabey, and A. Caglar Gulluce, “Entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention: the Turkish case,” International entrepreneurship and management journal, vol. 6, pp. 419–435, 2010.[16] F. Wilson, J. Kickul, and D. Marlino, “Gender, entrepreneurial self–efficacy, and entrepreneurial career intentions: Implications for entrepreneurship education,” Entrepreneurship theory and practice, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 387–406, 2007.[17] J. Kickul, F. Wilson, D. Marlino, and S. D. Barbosa, “Are misalignments of perceptions and self‐efficacy causing gender gaps in entrepreneurial intentions among our nation’s teens?,” Journal of Small Business and

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division - General Technical Session 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas at El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Virgilio Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas at El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

technologyincrease the chances of them graduating due to positive first semester engagements with thecontent; does mobility of content and dynamic classroom technology increase course objectiveretention and problem solving abilities?Further research and study on the perceived discovery that by using new technologies in theclassrooms students view themselves as early adopters and trendsetters, subsequently makestechnology a motivator for success. A key area is how such technologies impact students on themargins of passing and not passing the class, both short and long term. This research needs tofocus specifically on whether such an effect exists and how it relates to the Hawthorne effect but issubstantially different in nature as its key motivator is the

Conference Session

Assessing Design Course Work

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

feature. Edmondson9 also describes a threaded approach to building teamskills across the curriculum.In a previous paper10 we described our approach that involves threading teaming elements in asequence of core design courses starting in Freshman Year. For practical reasons we did not tryto adhere closely to a particular model of teaming from a research perspective but have beenguided by Tuckman's11 model of team development (forming, norming, storming, performing,adjourning). In that sense it allows students to deal with issues of general acquaintance and taskfamiliarization during the first semester. It then builds a more formal instructional componentand peer assessment in the second semester. This is reinforced in the next course and

Conference Session

Activities for the Materials Classroom

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Goddard

quality alloy that they can lateruse in practical applications.IntroductionAny student, having completed basic chemistry, would be ready for a first laboratory course inthe realm of Materials Science and Mechanics of Materials, which might fall anywhere from thefreshman to junior year, depending on the particular engineering curriculum. In such coursesthere is need for interrelated experiments which can give both depth and breadth ofunderstanding which can be built upon in other classes, such as Machine Component Design. Itis also very useful if such experiments should happen to be at the lower end of the cost range. Ahappy concurrence of these factors is to be found in threaded rod, which meets the ASTMSpecification A 193 Grade B71ASTM (American

Conference Session

AERO 2: Innovative Pedagogy and Hands-on Learning 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Stein, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Bonnie Swan, University of Central Florida (Program Evaluation and Educational Research); Seetha Raghavan, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

competency derives from working effectively in diverse and multicultural international environments [7]. Professionalcompetency is best defined by the ability to communicate and work in diverse teams effectively [6]. Colleges are answering the need for global engineers by offering its students various international experiences throughinternships, projects, study abroad and academic exchange, collaborative research projects, service learning projects abroad,and graduate-level international programs [9], [10]. A survey of international engineering programs reported on the types ofprograms available, their challenges, and best practices [11]. Student recruitment, program scaling, and assessment methodsare some of the major challenges faced by these

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Gerlick, Washington State University; Denny Davis, Washington State University; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Phillip Thompson, Seattle University; Olakunle Harrison, Tuskegee University; Michael Trevisan, Washington State University

specifically at the transformation of engineering educationto address these needs5,6.Engineering capstone design courses play an integral role in this effort. As a culminatingexperience for graduates, students apply their newly acquired knowledge and abilities topractical engineering problems. This experience allows them to make valuable connectionsbetween theory and practice, and serves as an excellent opportunity to develop criticalprofessional skills7,8. The value and significance of this course is highlighted by the inclusion ofCriterion 4, the professional component in ABET’s accreditation requirements, which states that“students must be prepared for engineering practice through the curriculum culminating in amajor design experience based on the

Conference Session

Capstone Courses and Project Based-Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vincent Wilczynski, Yale University; Corey S. O'Hern, Yale University; Eric R. Dufresne, Yale University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

personal interests, club activities, research quests and classcomponents. Members who use the space benefit from an appropriate amount of staff oversight Page 24.1320.7that provides design instruction, enforces safe practices, and ensures that projects conform to theCenter’s norms.A Design Center’s Contribution to Design EducationThe design education program at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science has beenadvanced in five unique ways as a result of the Center’s arrival on campus. One of the mostsignificant impacts has been the Center’s contribution to design skills associated withextracurricular activities. By showcasing the space

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Nicholas Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Robert Johnson, Oral Roberts University; James Wanjiku, Oral Roberts University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

subject from a uniquely pragmatic “top-down” engineering point of view as opposed to the laboratory “bottom-up” mentality of biochemists. Engineers, by nature, are pragmatic problem solvers. Engineering traditionally employs the fruits of scientific research to address and solve practical problems and create the technology that ultimately serves the needs of mankind… In the pursuit of these goals, engineers are often called upon to combine the findings of a number of diverse scientific disciplines in order to arrive at practical solutions and to achieve specific goals. This is the traditional application of engineering principles. But those same principles are eminently suitable for the study

Conference Session

Research! Research! Research! in Faculty Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julie Aldridge, Ohio State University; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati; Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

Engineering Education Assessment (i2e2a). In 2013, she became founder and owner of STEMinent LLC, a company focused on STEM education assessment and professional development for stakeholders in K-12 education, higher education, and Corporate America. Her research is focused upon the use of mixed methodologies to explore significant research questions in undergraduate, graduate, and professional engineering education, to integrate concepts from higher education and learning science into engineering education, and to develop and disseminate reliable and valid assessment tools for use across the engineering education continuum. American c Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Demos and Interactives

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aminul Islam Khan, Washington State University; Olivia Reynolds, Washington State University; Mohammad Hossan, University of Central Oklahoma; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University

methods, neural network, and deep/machine learning for adeno-associated virus and liposome characterization. In 2020, he was awarded the best Research Assistant award by the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. Khan plans to pursue a teaching career upon earning his Ph.D.Olivia Reynolds (Graduate Student) Olivia received her PhD in chemical engineering from Washington State University in 2022. Her research is focused on the development and assessment of low-cost, hands-on learning tools for fluid mechanics and heat transfer. She plans to remain at Washington State University where she will teach the first-year engineering courses and develop the first-year engineering

Conference Session

Industrial-Sponsored Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Monte Tull; Gerald Crain

Engineer. Many young graduates are confronted with the difficult tasksof learning the design process of their new employer, while trying to adapt to a new set ofbusiness priorities and metrics not associated with their educational experience. This course isdesigned to place them in a position of design responsibility on a multi-talented team, while theydirect a project from the point of establishing a comprehensive requirement to demonstration of aproduct. In a single semester, they are exposed to targeted research, project budgeting andscheduling, formal oral reviews, design audits, documentation processes and team organization.Industry sponsorship provides a meaningful use for the student product, budgets to allow creativesolutions to be

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas at Arlington; Victoria C. P. Chen, University of Texas, Arlington; Brian H. Dennis, University of Texas, Arlington; K.J. Rogers, University of Texas, Arlington; Melanie L. Sattler, University of Texas, Arlington; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Benjamin Afotey, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. His research interest include emissions measurement,air quality modeling, emissions modeling, air pollution control technologies, and estimating landfill gas for energy needs. Page 25.955.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Multi-Disciplinary Sustainable Senior Design Project: Design of a Campus Biodiesel RefineryAbstractEngineering Sustainable Engineers, a program sponsored by National Science Foundation, wasdesigned to improve undergraduate student knowledge of and competency in

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Kasi Kiehlbaugh, University of Arizona; Paul Blowers, University of Arizona

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

graduation to70% within our Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department.We have achieved this dramatic increase in retention by iterating through several years of interventiondevelopment and deployment. Crucially, our interventions combine elements designed to affect studentsacross a range of affective learning categories—an approach not yet found in the literature. However,while we have anecdotal information from students regarding their responses to many of theinterventions, we have not yet scientifically studied which interventions are important to which studentpopulations. This paper will thus describe successful practices that we have implemented, highlightingthose that are thought to have the largest effect on women based on a

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Switzer, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

experimental design. In 2000, she received the Harold E. Mitzel Award for Meritorious Contribution to Educational Practice Through Research. With Chemical Engineering faculty she was funded through NSF to develop assessment instruments and experimental design for research into a new model for educating engineering students. Her interests in assessment and research design have broadened to include electronic portfolios used in student assessment and program evaluation.Lisa Benson, Clemson University Dr. Lisa Benson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Science Education, with a joint appointment in the Department of Bioengineering, at Clemson University. Her research

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yushan Jiang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Jiawei Yuan, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Houbing Herbert Song, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #33116Development of a Laboratory Platform for UAV Cybersecurity EducationMr. Yushan Jiang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Yushan Jiang is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach, Florida. He is a graduate research as- sistant in the Security and Optimization for Networked Globe Laboratory (SONG Lab). His research interests include cybersecurity, unmanned aircraft system, machine learning, and Internet of Things.Jiawei Yuan, University of Massachusetts DartmouthDr. Lulu Sun, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Outreach in K12 through College Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Danforth, California State University - Bakersfield; Charles Lam, California State University - Bakersfield; Hani Mehrpouyan P.E., California State University - Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

) to create engineering pathways for students in the CSUB service area. She is also the co-PI for an NSF IUSE grant (NSF-DUE1430398) to improve STEM retention and graduation, the Activities Director for a U.S. Department of Education MSEIP grant (P120A110050) to develop an engineering calculus sequence and engineering outreach programs, and the Summer Program Director for another MSEIP grant (P120A140051) to improve pre-calculus and provide research opportunities for first and second year students. Her research interests are focused on network and system security, particularly with respects to protecting mission-critical resources and services. She is also conducting research in applying biological concepts to

Conference Session

Active and Cooperative Learning in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Werner Creixell, Texas A&M University; Rachelle M. Pedersen, Texas A&M University; Susan Niki Ritchey, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Science.Dr. Susan Niki Ritchey, Texas A&M University Dr. S. Niki Ritchey is an Associate Professor of Practice at Texas A&M University. She earned BS and MS degrees in Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University. She worked as a Research Engineering for Heat Transfer Research, Inc. conducting experimental research on condensation in heat exchangers. She currently teaches students how to program using Python in the first year engineering program. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work in Progress: A Project-Based Learning Alternative for First Year Engineering StudentsAbstractSome