Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey W. Roule; Carl W. Steidley

-timesystems, communications protocols, and digital control units.IntroductionIn a naive sense it may be said that computer scientists are interested in solving two questions:What problems can be solved with a computer, and if a problem is theoretically solvable, what isthe most effective way to solve it? Answers to the first question arise through development andstudy of models of computation. During the undergraduate experience we introduce students tothe foundations of computation, which address the first question through abstract models of thecomputer. This model is frequently the finite state machine or finite state automaton. Finite state_____________________

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Karen S. Hays

began its “Colleges and Universities Initiative,” which targetshigher education institutions with surprise environmental inspections. Learning institutions,particularly in EPA Region 2, have been hit hard with fines in the millions for everything fromunlabelled containers to the mishandling of hazardous waste.4 The maximum civil penalty theEPA can levy for a known violation of the Hazardous Materials Regulations is $27,500.5 Theprice of a cavalier attitude toward safety and environmental compliance in terms of publicrelations, time, and money spent on fines can be very high.Two Separate Laboratory Safety Programs: Undergraduate vs. GraduateTo develop an effective laboratory safety program, the training needs for the undergraduateshould be

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James W. Boggs; R. Chris Williams; Kris G. Mattila; Todd Scholz

environment uses collaborativelearning in an entirely team-based course which utilizes the faculty more as mentors thandeliverers of information. Students focus on social interaction to foster development of theseskills.Pavement Enterprise and ScholarshipThe Pavement Enterprise was created in conjunction with the Thompson Scholars Programwithin the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Michigan Tech and is part of theEnterprise curriculum (http://www.enterprise.mtu.edu/students/minor.html). Bob Thompsonestablished the Thompson Scholars program with a generous gift of $3.6 million to fundundergraduate scholarships, graduate scholarships, laboratory improvements, and support todevelop, manage, and operate the Pavement Enterprise2. Bob

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech; David Bailey, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Thomas Walker, Virginia Tech; Steven Lee, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

computer. All of these activities aregenerally included in a typical highly interactive and engaging classroom.The infrastructure design will be described. Data will be presented on the outcomes of the testingincluding the timing of the data and graphical transmissions. Finally, suggested improvements tothe infrastructure will be made in order to facilitate its use for larger student populations.IntroductionDesigning classroom network infrastructures involves determining the expected bandwidthneeded and the amount of interaction latency that can be tolerated while still maintaining aneffective learning environment. The network implementation that will satisfy these twoparameters depends on the number of students in the classroom, the amount of

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

spatial visualization. Inthis paper, the author first presents the maximum possible number of orthogonal rotational viewsof an object. Analyses are presented for two spatial visualization tests by their representations ofthe possible orthogonal rotations and the difficulty of visualization. Finally, the author makessome suggestions on the improvements of spatial visualization tests based on the possibleorthogonal rotations.1. IntroductionSpatial visualization skills have been considered important in engineering graphics. In the1980’s, computer-aided design (CAD) was introduced into classrooms, along with thedevelopment of computer hardware and software. Nowadays, three-dimensional (3D) solidmodeling CAD is very popular in industrial applications

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Blackham; Charles Higby; Michael Bailey

multiplemachines. At the same time, it creates a cost-effective solution for the use of available hardwareand lab space by providing laboratory configuration flexibility, maximizing the efficiency ofeach lab room.Imaging is an efficient, automated technique that uses a client-server computer configuration.This configuration allows a client machine to download and install the necessary system andapplication software, virus updates, and security patches by selecting an image file that resideson a server. Two major imaging software programs (Altiris and Norton’s Ghost) each havedistinct advantages for particular applications. This paper will compare and contrast theseadvantages in a university environment.Overview of imaging softwareNorton GhostNorton Ghost

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

) outcomes. Accordingly, the instrument is directlyaligned to engineering ”soft skills” that are often difficult to measure via individual course examsand projects. The EGPI is not a student survey of perception of their learning; rather, it is a directmeasure of how prepared students are for global workforces in areas of communication,professional ethical responsibility, understanding of global issues and lifelong learning.Subscales for the index were developed accordingly, while also aligning with sound theoreticaland empirical research on global citizenry9, 10 and the National Academy’s expectations forglobal preparedness. The following four subscales are utilized as metrics in the engineeringglobal preparedness index (EGPI). These metrics are

Conference Session

Track 1: Technical Session 1: Fostering Tomorrow's Black STEM Entrepreneurs: Insights from an Innovative STEM Program Promoting Equity-Centered Entrepreneurship

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Ebony Omotola McGee, The Johns Hopkins University; Shelly Engelman, The Johns Hopkins University; Binh Chi Bui, The Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

to non-minority clientsbecause of racism (Conley, 2018).Higher education plays a critical role in fostering interest in entrepreneurship, but empiricalevidence suggests that attainment of post-secondary education does not have a statisticallysignificant effect on increasing entrepreneurial pursuits for racially minoritized students – inparticular, Latinx and African American graduates (Bates et al., 2018). This speaks to the need formore targeted interventions and support systems like STEM-RAEE that are specifically designedfor racially minoritized groups that are in STEM fields.Another example of the barriers that Black STEMmers face manifest in the U.S. patent systemwhich has been historically difficult for Black inventors to access. Data

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wilson Tsz-Hon Kowk; Zhineng Li; Rahel Steffen; Brendan O'Brien; M.C. Damas; Vazgen Shekoyan; Paul Marchese; Tak Cheung

improve success in teaching ImageJ algorithms in astronomy projectsretention. The Sun provides us with energy but its eruption [2] and in classes as well [3]. The advances in computer,effect on space weather has been observed to disrupt and smartphone and tablet technology could incorporate such andamage power grids on Earth. NASA, NOAA, ESA etc has approach readily for the enhancement of high school and first-been funding spacecraft missions for solar observations. year college space weather education on a global scale. TheDigital solar images are available to users with access to importance of solar irradiance forcing in climate model hasstandard, mass-market software such as

Conference Session

ERM WIP III: Post-Undergraduate Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia; Nyna Jaye DeWitt, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Georgia Racheida S. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Lewis believes in creating a diverse engineering field and strives to do so through connecting with teaching and mentoring future engineers. She has devoted her life to this mission through her leadership and lifetime membership in NSBE, SWE, & SHPE. Ultimately, Dr. Lewis aspires to bridge together research and pedagogy within the academy to improve engineering education within the field and across disciplines.Nyna Jaye DeWitt, University of Georgia Nyna, born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, obtained

Conference Session

ENT-9: Multidisciplinary Activities in Engineering Innovation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmanuel Tetteh Teye, Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University - Bozeman; Seth Yeboah Ntim

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

focus STEM identity development and engineeringeducation research[7]. Recent research highlights the growing importance of entrepreneurshipeducation for engineering students but reveals gaps in our understanding of how studentsdevelop entrepreneurial identities. Some engineering programs have recently incorporated entrepreneurship courses andactivities designed to foster entrepreneurial thinking [8], [9] yet there is limited insight into howengineering students, particularly at the university level, construct these entrepreneurialidentities[10]. Further evidence shows that engineering students tend to develop a strong sense ofidentity around technical problem-solving, often neglecting non-technical roles such asentrepreneurship[11]. Thus

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Aaron Robert Hamilton Thielmeyer, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Zhihui (Sherry) Chen

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

andreliability; however, the reader may perceive this approach as “messy”, in comparison to a thirdperson approach to narrative construction in which the researcher narrates the larger story [24].Identity Trajectory TheoryIn these narratives, we use the framework of Identity Trajectory Theory to understand how threedifferent strands of identity development happen over time: intellectual, institutional, andnetworking. Developed by McAlpine and Amundsen [25] to understand graduate studentpathways, this project has adapted this framework to understand undergraduate studentdevelopment. The intellectual strand includes, “Developing, drawing on, and effectively usingsubject matter expertise in ways that others acknowledge and ultimately make some sort

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dayna Martínez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; Esther Gonzalez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Kimberly Douglas, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.

course load and how toapproach professors about critical issues or concerns. Parents of students who are the first-generation(first-gen) in their family to attend college are the opposite of this – often retreating, withdrawing, andobserving their child’s college experience from a distance with little understanding of what collegeentails. Further, they may encourage behaviors that make it less likely for their child to succeed (e.g.,working too many hours, traveling home often). Even though these first-gen student’s parents give theirchildren all the emotional support needed to make it through college, they usually can’t provide theequally important instrumental support. Research shows that first-gen students are less likely to persistcompared

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Geanie Umberger, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Mary E. Johnson PhD, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #32466Women and BIPOC in Aerospace: Where did they come from and how didtheyget here?Dr. Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Tracy L. Yother, Phd, is an Assistant Professor in Aeronautical Engineering Technology (AET) in the School of Aviation Transportation and Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Dr. Yother currently teaches an undergraduate Powerplant Systems and Design Supportability courses in the AET program. She possesses a B.S. and M.S. in Aviation Technology. She also holds an airframe and powerplant certificate. Dr. Yother has 18 years’ experience in the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Randy Yerrick, Fresno State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

in K-12education. As a result of three decades of initiatives, girls have made consistent gains to close thegap in K-12 mathematics and science achievement [7]. Girls are now graduating from high schoolhaving taken equal numbers of mathematics and science credits and earning higher grades in thosesubjects than their male classmates. Additionally, girls have shown comparable success inAdvanced Placement courses, have as strong of a grade point average, and are equally likely toselect a STEM field of study in undergraduate education [8]-[10]. Despite such gains in K-12education, enrollment is still more than 80% male by the third year in most university engineeringprograms. Aware of these statistics, we chose to not interrogate students, but

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

share and transmit knowledge. With the closure of the Schools /Universities, the educational process has radically transformed from one day to the next. In manycountries, schools are physically closed, and the educational process takes place through remoteor distance education. In Hodges et al., 2020 [1], the different forms of education that have arisendue to the pandemic's need are presented, emphasizing the concept of Remote EmergencyEducation. This type of implementation includes distance learning solutions for instruction thatwould otherwise be delivered in person. This situation leads to the generation of combined orhybrid courses. This model is not designed to replace the existing model, so it is expected thatonce the crisis or emergency

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Michigan Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli is Managing Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching North and Associate Research Scientist of Engineering Education at University of Michigan. Her current research interests include evaluating methods to improve teaching, exploring ethical decision-making in engineering, developing a tool for comprehensive assessment of team-member effectiveness, and assessing the effect of the first year experience on under-represented student retention. She serves on the Executive Board of the Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) of ASEE and was the ERM Division Program Co-Chair for the 2003 Frontiers in Education Conference and the

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Simon Jakob Barth, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-Career Engineering GraduatesAbstractIt is widely acknowledged that engineers “are foundational to technological innovation anddevelopment that drive long-term economic growth and help solve societal challenges” [1].Consequently, it is a major goal in engineering education to ensure and further improve thedevelopment of innovation skills among its students. While many studies focus on currentengineering students and their innovation goals and skills, it is also informative to see howthese goals and skills are translated into realized innovative behavior in the workplace. Bystudying the characteristics of innovative behavior of engineering graduates we revealvaluable insights and draw conclusions for engineering

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Ryan Lutz, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Hands-On Networking & Security Labs On-Demand Dr. Emil H Salib, Ryan Lutz, Ryan Carter Integrated Science & Technology Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA salibeh@jmu.edu, lutzra@dukes.jmu.edu, carterra@dukes.jmu.eduAbstractVirtualization is one of the most effective ways to increase efficiency, boost productivity andreduce expenses in an enterprise environment through the deployment of a platform such asVMware vSphere Suite. In academic classrooms, virtualization has also been adopted but in theform of a standalone desktop application such as VWware Workstation, Microsoft Hyper-V,Virtualbox, and QEMU to name a few. However, these standalone

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

-year engineering courses at the University and actively worked with high school students and teachers to increase and enhance engineering content in K-12 education. This includes consulting on K-12 engineering curriculum development for the State of Michigan. In 2004 Mr. Oppliger was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award for Service honoring this outreach work. He has presented papers at several national conferences on engineering education. Before coming to Michigan Tech, Mr. Oppliger taught math and science at the secondary level for 11 years. Before that, he worked for 5 years as a project engineer in the marine construction industry.Prof. Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological UniversityJean Kampe, Michigan

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM; Lupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

thoseLatino students, who do enroll in college, they often find STEM courses too demanding whencoupled with financial and family obligations that encourage students to stay close to home, andface cultural traditions that perpetuate gender roles, especially for Latinas. These challengespresent barriers that deter them as potential STEM professionals (NACME, 2008)31. To improvethe STEM education for Latinos, the focus needs to be not only on preparation but also oninspiration. Page 25.268.5About Great Minds in STEMTMGreat Minds in STEM™ is a 501(c)3 non-profit offering a series of targeted K-20 educationalprograms promoting college readiness, awareness

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 12

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Gillmore, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

2023, she was a Research Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was also the Director of the Fundamentals of Engineering and Computing Teaching in Higher Education Certificate Program. Her research focuses on empowering engineering education scholars to be more effective at impacting transformational change in engineering and developing educational experiences that consider epistemic thinking. She develops and uses innovative research methods that allow for deep investigations of constructs such as epistemic thinking, identity, and agency. Dr. Faber has a B.S. in Bioengineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson

Conference Session

Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in STEM

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Sophie Stine, University of Colorado Boulder; Tiera Tanksley, University of Colorado Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

, emphasized her starkawareness of being "polar opposite from everybody" in an engineering department that was "verymale or white," noting how remarkable it felt to be selected given these demographics. Similarly,Caitlin, a biracial South Asian-American student who was born and spent her early childhood inSouth Asia, poignantly observed that even in well-regarded programs at top institutions, thisunderrepresentation was stark: "I'm just like tired of walking to a class... and seeing anotherperson of color and like being excited." She highlighted the irony of such homogeneity in globaldevelopment courses, noting that even at "one of the best programs for this in the country," thelack of diversity was concerning. Caitlin worried that this current lack

Conference Session

GSD 6: The Graduate School Experience

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Animesh Paul, University of Georgia; Racheida S Lewis, University of Georgia; Nyna Jaye DeWitt, University of Georgia; Sarah Jane Bork, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Racheida S. Lewis, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute (EETI) and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Lewis believes in creating a diverse engineering field and strives to do so through connecting with teaching and mentoring future engineers. She has devoted her life to this mission through her leadership and lifetime membership in NSBE, SWE, & SHPE. Ultimately, Dr. Lewis aspires to bridge together research and pedagogy within the academy to improve engineering education within the field and across disciplines.Ms. Nyna Jaye DeWitt, University of Georgia Nyna, born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, obtained her

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

resources and educational opportunities awaiting them in their collegeeducation.Krisys workshops have also been offered in situ at local schools. A workshop was conducted ata junior high school as a STEM elective in one of the technical courses. Support for this coursewas more difficult than conducting the workshop within the EET/TET facilities at Texas A&M,but did not become a major roadblock to success. The period of time the teams had to design,build, program, test, and compete was extended to accommodate both the timely access to alldevelopment resources, and to ensure that all students had the opportunity to fully participate.Krisys platform demonstrations have also been included in a number of outreach events at off-campus locations such

Conference Session

Civil Engineering in the Age of AI

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Campbell, Oklahoma State University; John J Phillips P.E., Oklahoma State University; Alan Kirkpatrick

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

teaching Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Steel I, Steel II, and the beginning Architecture Design Studio.Prof. John J Phillips P.E., Oklahoma State University JOHN PHILLIPS, a registered engineer and Professor of Architectural Engineering, practiced as a structural engineer for nine years before returning to his alma mater to teach at Oklahoma State University. He teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in building structures.Alan Kirkpatrick ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Evaluation of Current Generative Artificial Intelligence Chatbots for Their Use in Structural Engineering Related FieldsAbstractThe structural engineering community is currently

Conference Session

CIT Division Technical Session #3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University; Tiana Solis, Florida International University

interviews had a significant impact on and wereimpacted by the course-related events, and internships were stressful for many computingstudents as they were becoming a computing cultural obsession [5]. Another study examined anentrepreneurship course offered to low-income Brazilian students enrolled in science,technology, education, and arts disciplines [13]. The students in the study preferred to enter amore stable job market rather than risking their financial status to become an entrepreneur [13].In another study, lower-income students envisioned themselves employed in the softwareindustry in their immediate future and wanted to venture into entrepreneurial efforts later [17].Regarding graduate school pathways, prior scholarship found that

Conference Session

ME Division 5: Advancing Robotic and Mechanisms Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Adam Feshbach, University of Pennsylvania; Alex McNeill Chi, Germantown Friends School; Eric Huang, Peddie School ; Diedra Lynn Krieger, University of Pennsylvania; Cynthia Sung, University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

kit to continue their exploration. about $26/robot USD), potentially allowing participants to keep their completed robot.Table 1: Educational and engagement goals for our activity plan, and corresponding design goalsfor our robot kit. Figure 1: The Artistic Non-Inertial Tracer (ANT) leaving a marker trace of its gait on paper.The basic underlying concept of this robot kit is motivated by a number of studies that haveinvestigated the positive effect of origami in STEM education. Origami-based activities wereassociated with improved spatial reasoning scores in a variety of primary and secondaryeducation groups [2],[3],[4],[5], though another study found more mixed results [6

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #4: Global DEI

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael D. Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; John Albert Avila Sr., Texas A&M University; Karen L. Butler-Purry, P.E., Texas A&M University; Shannon Walton, Texas A&M University; Ahmarlay Myint, Texas A&M University; Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; John Walewski, Texas A&M University; Zenon Medina Cetina; Kim Withers; Keisha D. Bahr, Texas A&M University; Sasha Sentz; Barbara Szczerbinska, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International Division (INTL)

MentorProgram [20, 23].IRAP/ELCIR includes course credit. Each participant must register for a research elective whichis conducted as an independent study course [14, 15, 20]. The elective can be taken for up to fourhours of credit [20, 24], although one hour is the typical load for an IRAP participant [14, 15].The course curriculum is adapted specifically to the IRAP process and spans three semesters,spring, summer and fall.IRAP/ELCIR’s spring activities are an “orientation and training workshop” [20]. These arefollowed in the summer by a “two-week trip to Yucatan in Mexico, where students take a classon introduction to research, visit research sites and tour cultural areas of Yucatan, includingUxmal, Chichen Itza, the cenotes and the Mundo Maya

Conference Session

Cognitive Skills Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vetria Byrd Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kendall Roark, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent T. Ladd, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

spent a great deal of time togetherdiscussing their projects and the various approaches and potential methods. The space created forthis experience emphasized the creative wisdom that each student brought to the process. Theywere not only allowed, but encouraged, to explore new questions, ways of thinking, and use ofsoftware tools. The workshop week culminated in team project presentations where each teampresented their overarching problem/topic. For the final project, students combined all theiracquired skills to create innovative, effective visualizations which tell a story about a data set oftheir choice [19]. This included the methods they have used to analyze data, results gained thusfar, and any plans for future collaborations to continue