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Julia N. Savoy; Mia K. Markey; H. Grady Rylander III

want [11]. Given these contextual shifts,development. Students desired enhanced career mentoring effective, ongoing communication between students andbut were uncomfortable approaching their supervisors with their supervisors is more important than ever.these concerns. Faculty advisors reported willingness to This paper draws on a larger study of a biomedicalsupport students’ career development, yet expected engineering (BME) department at a large researchstudents to initiate those conversations. Responding to this university. In the first section, we briefly describe resultscommunication disconnect, we developed a brief from an initial student survey and interviews

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Brian P. Bernard; Rui Cao; Maureen Russo RodrÕguez

, and through a camera directed at a whiteboard. Notethe previously mentioned issues are thus resolved for the that the PC or Document Camera can be used simultaneouslyupcoming year well in advance. For faculty, this meeting with the camera/whiteboard since distance students have 2contains training sessions on blended classrooms, to take screens available to them. The result is that any lectureadvantages of the strength of online asynchronous content content provided on PowerPoint or whiteboard in a typicaldelivery, and encourage as much student interaction as live classroom can be easily duplicated in the distancepossible during the class period. As noted in previous format. As a

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Steve E. Watkins; Nancy M. Ostin

in the networking and project “Ride-on Cars for Children with Disabilities.”social aspects of an HKN chapter. When HKN students They are partnering with the WSU Go Baby Go program,continue their education at a different institution, the new Project Lead the Way, and local organizations to provideHKN community can facilitate the transition and can mobility for children with disabilities through theprovide an immediate and familiar social connection. modification of ride-on cars. “ Perspective of a Department The international IEEE-HKN organization encourages Chair19.above-the-chapter networking among students, faculty, and “It

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Peggy Kulesz; David Ewing

future in theHeeding the concern of faculty members regarding the engineering profession. As the authors of [5] have noted,students’ ability to write professionally, the curriculum integrating writing into engineering courses is far morecommittee for ENGR 1300 collaborated with the English effective than having separate language courses withoutDepartment to create an initial curriculum that tasked engineering collaboration. Therefore, ENGR 1300 has anstudents with basic writing tasks such as professional imbedded writing element in collaboration with UTA’semails, resumes, reports, and simple process papers. While English department. In Spring 2017, a new writingthese assignments seemed to

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Jorge Leon; Angie Hill Price; Mathew Kuttolamadom

internet, knowledge Mechanical Engineering Technology [5] is offered alongautomation, internet-of-things, autonomous vehicles, with other specialty engineering technology programs. Theadvanced manufacturing methods such as additive curriculum is more focused on research and appears to be amanufacturing and other advanced technologies, as well as deeper extension of the undergraduate degree offered.project management abilities in these areas. In order to Communication skills for the students are emphasized asmeet this need, faculty in the MMET program at TAMU Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Conference The University of

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Vijaya Gopu; Ayman Okeil; Roger Seals

curriculum. In the judgment courses structural analysis and reinforced concrete design.of the authors, these results support both the importance Given this approach, the main goal of the project was toand need for FMM education at the undergraduate level in develop a model instructional program that can be used toCEE. In the open-ended response opportunity provided in educate CEE students in the fundamental principles andthe surveys, several of the respondents expressed concern

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Margo Cousins; Daniel Puperi

-directed learner. 120 0.072 0.0568. I feel others are in a better position than I am to evaluate 240 0.118 0.081 my success as a student. 480 0.126 0.1409. I love learning for its own sake.10. I try to relate academic learning to practical issues. 900 0.138 0.15911. I often find it difficult to locate information when I 1800 0.150 0.142 need it. 3600 0.149 0.12512. When I approach new material, I try to