Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice M. Margle, Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Yu-Chang Hsu, Boise State University; Jill L. Lane, Clayton State University; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees

, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Introductory Biography for Amy Freeman Amy L. Freeman is the Assistant Dean of Engineering Diversity at The Pennsylvania State University serving as an advocate for racially underrepresented students and women in Engineering. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from Washington State University and com- pleted a Master of Science degree in Architectural Engineering at Penn State. In 2009, she will complete a Ph.D. in Workforce Education at Penn State with a dissertation focusing on underrepresented graduates in technical fields. Along the way, Amy Freeman has served the interests of underrepresented students and the field of Engi

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University; Ramesh Hanumanthgari, Texas A&M International University; Sri Bala Vojjala

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

based on iterative, interactive, and incremental development, where requirementsand solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing and cross-functional teams;i.e., software development and user-experience design of the ViTAS. Also, the researchconsiders that the teams are working cooperatively rather than collaboratively and thiscooperation is implemented via articulation work, meaning that the developers had additionaltasks to ensure that the user-experience design is accomplished. Overall, the paper provides aninsight into a culture where developers and user experience designers work together, addsevidence to support the Agile principle of self-organizing teams and recommends the recognitionof interaction tasks as valuable

Conference Session

Techniques in Improving Mathematics Education in STEM Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Vandenbussche, Southern Polytechnic State University; Christina R. Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Mathematics

UniversitySystem of Georgia, with close to 5000 students enrolled. Many of the students arenontraditional. The school’s mission is to offer both traditional and nontraditional studentsbachelors and masters degrees and continuing professional development in the sciences,engineering, engineering technology, applied liberal arts, business, and professional programs.Despite the technical focus of the degrees at SPSU, typically around 40% of incoming studentsare placed into College Algebra by the university’s mathematics placement exam. Retainingthese underprepared students pursuing engineering or engineering technology degrees atinstitutions similar to this one and providing them with a strong mathematical background is anessential component of increasing

Conference Session

Innovations in Computing Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University, Pomona

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Computing & Information Technology

provides support in this respect, this can be realized very easily.However, most real-time Java products and specifications do not follow the requirements ofindustrial control applications; hence, special attention that has to be paid to these aspects isdiscussed. Page 25.194.2This paper is to present a practical teaching module that introduces and exposes Javaprogramming techniques to electronics engineering technology in a junior-level course. It alsoattempts to serve as an innovative way to expose technology students to this difficult topic andgive them the fresh taste of Java programming while having fun learning the IndustrialApplications.1

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B. Meredith, Pennsylvania State University, Fayette

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New Engineering Educators

course outcomes have been linked to not only Programoutcomes but also ABET outcomes will be reviewed. While discussing the selection of an appropriate evaluationmethod, I will also discuss some of the topics that do NOT lend themselves to timed tests. Suggestions onalternative methods of evaluation for those topics will be offered.This paper will focus on how to prepare good True/False and Multiple Choice questions to test knowledge andskill. It will also present a simplified version of the method psychometricians use to evaluate the quality of thesetypes of exam questions for both difficulty and discrimination. Since many engineering and technology questionsinvolve calculations, a test evaluation method that works for me will be discussed. This

Conference Session

Understanding Our Students I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna F. DeFranco, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley; Kathryn W. Jablokow, Penn State University; Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andras Gordon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

dispersed environment. Page 25.1310.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Impact of Cognitive Style on Concept Mapping: Visualizing Variations in the Structure of IdeasAbstractThe aim of this exploratory study was to determine whether any links exist between cognitivestyle and the ways in which students organize their ideas in concept maps. In particular, 77undergraduate and 51 graduate engineering students completed separate concept maps based on“common knowledge” topics and relevant engineering course topics, respectively; this paper willfocus on the

Conference Session

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Wright, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Construction

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 The Integration of Building Information Modeling and Integrated Project Delivery into the Construction Management CurriculumIntroductionThe requirements of a construction program accredited by the American Council forConstruction Education (ACCE) encourages the inclusion of the latest best practice in theconstruction industry through the integration of the construction process throughout thecurriculum. The purpose of this paper is to explore the current best practice of BuildingInformation Modeling (BIM) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), to discuss avenues for theintegration of such knowledge into an undergraduate program in construction, and to exploreways in which BIM and

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; William C. Barott, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Salamah Salamah, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

unfamiliarity of students withconcepts of other disciplines, and the lack of students’ awareness of the hands-on nature ofcapstone courses and the expectations associated with these courses. Also, the unfamiliarity ofinstructors with the abilities, work ethics, and personal issues of the current cohort of studentswithin the class makes it harder to assign students to teams.This paper introduces the notion of Mini-Projects within a capstone course as applied forstudents in the Department of Electrical, Computer, Software, and Systems Engineering atEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mini-Projects are small projects that aim at introducingstudents to basic concepts of different engineering disciplines, while at the same time provideinstructors with

Conference Session

Ethics and Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christa Walck, Michigan Technological University; Jacqueline E. Huntoon, Michigan Technological University; Jim R. Baker, Michigan Technological University; Jean S. DeClerck, Michigan Technological University; Nora Allred, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

internal evaluator for the project. She conducts applied research in the areas of science and engineering education, as well as basic research in the geosciences.Dr. James R. Baker, Michigan Technological University Jim Baker is Executive Director of Innovation and Industry Engagement at Michigan Technological University, with responsibilities including industrial sponsored research contracting, technology trans- fer, startup business development, and corporate philanthropy. In addition to the intellectual property ethics module described in this paper, he also teaches undergraduate courses on technology commercial- ization and intellectual property law. Baker is a licensed Patent Agent and holds a Ph.D. in environmental

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Mumtaz Usmen; John Raad; Haluk Aktan

Session 1526 A Laboratory for Non Destructive Evaluation of Civil Structures John Raad, Haluk Aktan, Mumtaz Usmen NSF ASEE/Wayne State UniversityAbstractThis paper describes the modifications made to the civil engineering materials laboratory courseto include non destructive testing procedures. The materials course is required in theundergraduate program and taken at the junior level. The materials course as it was offeredprimarily covered the design and properties of Portland cement concrete, steel and asphalticconcrete. Additionally, testing for the properties of wood, plastics and

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Bowe; Daniel Jensen

working on a reverse engineering /redesign project. During this half of the semester, 75% of the lectures now have asignificant hands-on component. The primary purpose of this paper is to report on theeffectiveness of this hands-on content. In addition, we will provide an overview of thedivision of the course into redesign and original design sections. The primaryassessment tool being used is a survey which students fill out after each lecture. Eachstudent survey took approximately a minute to complete and was designed todifferentiate between four things: 1) student’s interest in that lecture’s subject matter, 2)that day’s learning experience, 3) their ability to apply material covered that day and 4)their interest in exploring that lecture’s

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert A. Johnson; J. Shawn Addington

incorporated into their graded assignments in each course. This paper discusses the design ofstudent surveys (course evaluations, exit surveys, and alumni surveys) to interface directly with anovel program assessment mechanism. This mechanism consists of an assignment databasewith individual assignment records contributed by the faculty for each course. The assignmentdatabase contains faculty estimates of assessment data regarding which program outcomes areaddressed and the extent to which they are addressed by each assignment. Further, each databaserecord includes student performance data for the assignment. Independently, neither theassignment database nor the survey data provide a complete self-validating source of assessmentdata for the program

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Engineering Design and First-Year Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Kerr, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto; Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #43564An Exploration of Conflict Asymmetry in a First-Year Engineering DesignProject TeamVictoria Kerr, University of TorontoDr. Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto Emily Moore is the Director of the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (Troost ILead) at the University of Toronto. Emily spent 20 years as a professional engineer, first as an R&D engineer in a Fortune 500 company, and then leadingMs. Patricia Kristine Sheridan, University of Toronto Professor Sheridan is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) and

Conference Session

Springfield's STEM Spectacle: Evaluating Engineering Excellence, D'oh!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Capa Salinas, Purdue University; Manuel Salmeron, Purdue University; Gaurav Chobe, Purdue University; Herta Montoya, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Morgan R Broberg, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #42377Evaluation of Transfer of Learning in a Pre-College Engineering Short Course(Evaluation)Jose Capa Salinas, Purdue University Jose Capa Salinas is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University. He did his undergraduate degree at Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja. His research interests include structural health monitoring, infrastructure inspection, drone applications, the behavior of steel and concrete structures, the effect of natural hazards in infrastructure, machine learning in engineering, student success, and difficult concepts in engineering. He is a member of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weihang Zhu, University of Houston; Tomika W. Greer, University of Houston; Paige Evans, University of Houston; LEI Fan, University of Houston; Driss Benhaddou, University of Houston

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #41201Board 284: First-Year Experience from Industries of the Future ResearchExperience for Preservice Teacher in STEM SettingsProf. Weihang Zhu, University of Houston Dr. Weihang Zhu received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University and MS and BS in Mechanical and Energy Engineering. Currently he serves as Professor and Program Coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering Technology program in the Department of Engineering Technology, with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Dallas, Texas Tech University; Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Nanyang Technological University; Kelli M. Frias

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #43095Board 339: NSF S-STEM: Educating Engineering Undergraduates to be IntrapreneursDr. Tim Dallas, Texas Tech University Tim Dallas is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University. Dr. Dallas’ research includes developing educational technologies, Microelectromechanical Systems, solar energy collection, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems.Dr. Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, Nanyang Technological University Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University, as well as the Associate Chair of the department

Conference Session

Engineering Engagement Activities

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yury Alexandrovich Kuleshov, Purdue University; Anne M Lucietto, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

Paper ID #44264Designing a Series of Activities to Expose High School Students to ManufacturingMr. Yury Alexandrovich Kuleshov, Purdue University Yury A. Kuleshov is a graduate student earning his Ph.D. in Technology degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He received his Diploma in Engineering (6-year program) from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, where he majored in Robots and Robotic Systems, and specifically Underwater Robots and Vehicles, and his M.S. in Engineering Technology degree from Purdue University. He has experience working as an engineer, a research and teaching assistant, and an

Conference Session

Student Self-assessment in Mechanics Courses

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Isabella Fiorini, University of California, San Diego; Edward Zhou Yang Yu, University of California, San Diego; Richard Eugene Vallejo Jr, University of California, San Diego; Zongnan Wang, University of California, San Diego; Trevor Keoki Oshiro, University of California, San Diego; Changkai Chen, University of California, San Diego

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

Paper ID #41293Using Scaffolded Exams and Post-Exam Reflection to Foster Students’ MetacognitiveRegulation of Learning in a Mechanics of Materials ClassDr. Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego Dr.Huihui Qi is an Associate Teaching Professor in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, at the University of California San Diego.Isabella Fiorini, University of California, San DiegoEdward Zhou Yang Yu, University of California, San Diego Edward Yu is a third-year undergraduate student at UC San Diego majoring in Aerospace Engineering with a specialization in Astrodynamics. Edward mainly assists with the

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ibukunoluwa E. Salami; Segun S. Oladipo; Logan A. Perry

showcase the participants’ perspectives based on their lived experiences[19].ReflexivityThe first and third authors of this paper are engineering education researchers while authortwo is a mechanical engineer. Author 1, an African with experiences in complex engineeringcourses is particularly interested in researching how such courses impact student success andengineering careers. Author 2 also an African is a mechanical engineering graduate studentwho struggled with prerequisite courses in mechanics. Author 3 is a white, engineeringfaculty member from the United States who struggled with statics in his own undergraduatecareer. All three authors acknowledge that their biases and experiences could influence theirinterpretation of the participants

Conference Session

Engineering education issues relevant to agricultural, biological and ecological engineering-Part 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hannah Abedoh, Morgan State University; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Blessing Isoyiza ADEIKA, Morgan State University; Adedayo Ariyibi, Morgan State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

Paper ID #44060Impact of Experimental Centric Pedagogy on Learning Outcomes: A ComparativeTrend Analysis in Industrial Engineering and BiologyHannah Abedoh, Morgan State UniversityMr. Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University Pelumi Abiodun is a current doctoral student and research assistant at the department of Civil Engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland. Pelumi got his BSc and MSc degree in Physics from Obafemi Awolowo University, where he also served as a research assistant at the Environmental Pollution Research unit, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. As part of his contribution to science and engineering

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2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Debra Larson

versions presented in this paper are complete enough for use at the 2007ETW, of which the primary purpose is to enhance participants’ understanding of Lowman’s 2-Dmodel.IntroductionThe American Society of Civil Engineers has been offering two or three Excellence in CivilEngineering Education (ExCEEd) Teaching Workshops (ETW) every summer since 19991. Todate, over 380 faculty have attended ETW. ETW is focused on providing an intensive hands-onexperience to its participants through a combination of seminars, demonstration classes, andsmall group teaching practice sessions. The theoretical content and overarching principles aredelivered by the ETW staff through a number of seminars that are appropriately staged duringthe week in support of the other

Collection

2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Angel Riggs; Kirby Smith; Cindy Blackwell; Paul Weckler; Dan Tilley; Rodney Holcomb; Shelly Sitton; Ron Delahoussaye

the interest of clearly defining what was expected from this paper, the authors developed thefollowing logic model for the Innovations Process program (see Figure 1). Logic models arecommonly used to help deliver a “long-term vision of how program participants will be better off(changed) because of the program” (Fitzpatrick, Sanders, and Worthen, 2004, p. 79).This logic model works to identify and correlate the inputs, outputs, activities, and outcomeswith the goals of the Innovation Process program. Inputs (treatment): The following investments of the Innovations Process were identified: Six full-time faculty members are charged with identifying, verifying, and selecting appropriate client companies to work with

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Joseph Tranquillo; Keith Buffinton

. The reports go on, however, to conclude that institutions with similar purposes can learn a great deal from one another.   It is in this spirit that we present a history and current snapshot of the Bucknell Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. We present an engineering­centric view of our ecosystem to provide insights most relevant to the audience for this paper and because our engineering college has been a driving force behind many of the initiatives. Specific examples are presented but the intention is not to be comprehensive or prescriptive. Rather, we aim to illustrate how elements of our ecosystem map to theoretical frameworks for innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems and university change models. All of these elements lead

Conference Session

Engineering Mathematical Potpourri

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar

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Mathematics

AC 2011-842: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF USING WRITINGAS A CRITICAL THINKING TOOLN. Jean Hodges, VCUQatar Since Fall 2004, N. Jean Hodges has been an Assistant Professor of Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar (VCUQatar) in Doha, Qatar. She earned her degrees in North Carolina: a Master of Science in Technical Communication from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Queens College (now Queens University). Her work experiences in legal, medical, executive, and academic positions and her business training have informed her understanding of writing in the workplace and in different fields. Her interdisciplinary Master’s pro- gram

Conference Session

Laboratories and Projects in BME

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Biomedical

project that has as its primaryaim to address algorithmic thinking.The paper is organized in the following way. Background is presented on how the projectfits into the overall introduction to computing course. Next is a detailed outline of theproject assignments. A related detour is then taken to discuss a class-wide groupprogramming exercise called The Triangle Game. Assessment from student and theinstructor are presented as well as ABET assessment associated with the project. Lastly,recommendations are made for improvements and alternative implementations of theproject.BackgroundThe semester-long project was incorporated into a half-credit (two formal lectures andone recitation per week), required junior-level biomedical engineering course

Conference Session

Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Shumway, Brigham Young University; SClaudina Vargas, Complex Systems Optimization Lab; Geoff Wright; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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International

than 50% of students completing 8th grade continue to high school and lessthan 60% of those entering high school graduate. MACILE in Ytabo is currently a summerprogram. A year-around program is scheduled to start in 2011. The summer program was pilotedin 2007 and 2008. The observations regarding the summer program are presented in other partsof this paper.This paper reports on a collaborative effort between COSOLA and the Technology andEngineering Education (TEE) Program at Brigham Young University (BYU) to design a scienceand technology program to train in-service Dominican teachers and improve student skills. Thiscollaboration initiated in 2009, following a request from the Director of COSOLA. In thesummer of 2009, two members of the faculty

Conference Session

ECE Lab Development and Innovations

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Mauritzen

An Integrated Approach to the Design of Experiments David W. Mauritzen, William A. Westrick Indiana University Purdue University Fort WayneThis paper defines a philosophy for the design of experiments which has been used to generatematerials primarily intended for sophomore level engineering students in laboratory courses. Itoutlines integration of background course material, analytical work, computerizedevaluation, and simulation which has been used successfully in our first electrical circuitslaboratory.Both the design and contents of our laboratory courses have been impacted by technical andsocietal changes. The complexity of both has increased dramatically and requires that we

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Hamilton

Peer Review: Modeling Civil Engineering Practice, Another Way To Improve Learning Scott R. Hamilton Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New YorkAbstractThis paper presents the initial results of a research project designed to foster in students the habitof checking their work for accuracy. The problem observed was that students seemed to regardtheir homework submissions as simply a product to be handed in, and the correctness of theirsolutions did not seem to concern them. This struck the author as the wrong approach ineducating

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bardo; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; Albert McHenry; T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; P.Y. Lee; H.J. Palmer; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

University 5 Morgan State University 6 / New Jersey Institute of Technology 7 Rochester Institute of Technology AbstractThis is the third of three papers prepared for a special panel session of the National Collaborative TaskForce on Engineering Graduate Education Reform that addresses reform of faculty reward systems toadvance professional engineering education for creative engineering practice and technology leadership.This paper presents a roadmap for planned reform in defining a model template for professionallyoriented faculty reward systems that supports professional scholarship, teaching, and engagement inadvanced engineering practice for the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Rose Marra; Cherith Moore; Mieke Schuurman; Barbara Bogue

program objectives and missions.This paper reports the first longitudinal results of a survey undertaken as part of the NationalScience Foundation-funded Assessing Women in Engineering (AWE) project. The instrument isdesigned to measure undergraduate women students’ self-efficacy in studying engineering. Self-efficacy is “belief in one’s capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action necessary tomanage prospective situations" 3. Prior work from Blaisdell4 has shown that feelings ofefficaciousness can be an important predictor in the success of women studying engineering. Inour project, we developed a survey instrument designed to measure self-efficacy in engineering,feelings of inclusion and outcomes expectations, and have collected