Conference Session

Assessing, Developing, and Enhancing the Engineering Experiential Education Experience

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

AC 2011-459: PREPARING ENGINEERING STUDENTS FOR WORK INTHE 21ST CENTURYDean C. Millar, University at Buffalo, SUNY Dean C. Millar is an Assistant Dean of Engineering at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. In 1994, he began the Engineering Career Institute, a program that complements engineer- ing coursework and gives engineering students key career-professional skills, including pre-employment classes and credit-worthy industrial employment experience. Page 22.1173.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Preparing Engineering Students for Work in

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CEED Technical Session: High-Impact Makerspaces, Transitioning from Co-op to School and Service Research

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder, American Society for Engineering Education; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

of “Making,” as a “class of activities focused on designing,building, modifying, and/or repurposing material objects, for playful or useful ends, orientedtowards making a ‘product’ of some sort that can be used, interacted with, or demonstrated”(2015, p. 31). Those who partake in the act of Making are known as “Makers.” As a group,Makers are a growing community of creative individuals who engage in Making activities,representing a wide variety of backgrounds, interests, and levels of expertise. Lande, Jordan, andNelson (2013) noted that Makers are “thought leaders” and are often defined and identified in thecontext of the larger Maker Movement.The birth of the modern Maker Movement can be attributed largely to the recent growth andprevalence

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CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Jenna Christie-Tabron, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mari Pina, University of Central Florida; Richard Allan Quinn, University of Central Florida; Jackie Herold, University of Central Florida; Kim A. Small, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Mr. Quinn joined the Management faculty of the University of Central Florida’s College of Business Administration in 1999 after retiring from a successful 27-year career at Eastman Kodak Company. Mr. Quinn currently serves as an Associate Instructor and teaches Management Strategy, Technological En- trepreneurship, New Venture Finance, and New Venture Implementation at the college. Mr. Quinn is a founding member of UCF’s Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, and serves as the internship and entrepreneurship mentor for the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences undergraduate Young Entrepreneurs and Scholars grant programs.Ms. Jackie Herold, University of Central Florida c American

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Expanding the Borders of Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Farris, Grand Valley State University; Paul Merritt Lane, Grand Valley State University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

-week program students learn limited Spanish,live with local host families, take a business and culture class, work in a local manufacturing company and workwith local students to design and build a product to meet a need identified by local community members. Theprogram is based in Estelí, Nicaragua where the faculty sponsors have extensive experience and contacts. Thefaculty co-sponsors have run an innovation and entrepreneurship program in Estelí for the past five years. Theprogram is specifically designed to appeal to engineering students and fit into the perquisite driven engineeringcurriculum.The objectives of the program are listed below. 1. Provide an opportunity for students majoring in engineering to participate in a study abroad

Conference Session

How Are We Preparing Our Students for the 21st Century Workforce?

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald H. Brown, Marquette University; Thomas F. Quinn, Marquette University; George Corliss, Marquette University; Jay R. Goldberg, Marquette University; Mark Nagurka, Marquette University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

University. He holds six patents for urological medical devices and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois and Wisconsin. He also serves as Chairman of the subcommittee on urological devices and materials of the American So- ciety for Testing and Materials. Before moving into academia, Goldberg was Director of technology and quality assurance for Milestone Scientific, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.), a start-up dental product company. He is the Co-creator of the Biomedical Engineering Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Award national student design competition and writes a column on design courses for IEEE Pulse Magazine.Dr. Mark Nagurka, Marquette University Mark Nagurka is an Associate Professor of mechanical and