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Developing Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jones, Louisiana State University; Kelly Rusch, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Roger Seals, Louisiana State University; Vaneshette Henderson, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

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Minorities in Engineering

education, informal program learning and teaching, recruitment, retention and development of underrepresented students in STEM disciplines. Page 15.1049.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010  S-STEM ENG^2 Scholars for Success Engineering EngagementAbstractThe National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Louisiana State University S-STEMscholarship project in the College of Engineering (CoE) provides monetary, academic andcommunity support to academically talented and financially needy engineering students whiletargeting women and ethnic minorities. The ultimate project objectives are to provide support tothe

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Amy Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Javier Gomez-Calderon, Penn State NK; Janice M. Margle P.E., Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Jill L Lane, Clayton State University; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Renata S. Engel P.E., Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

interest in design and manufacturing with advanced materials with a focus on computational modeling. She has been involved in the scholarship of teaching and learning primarily to infuse design into the curriculum. For her contributions, she has received several individual and collaborative teaching awards, and is a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education. She has held several leadership positions in ASEE including those in the Middle Atlantic Section, and Mechanics Division. She has served on ASEE’s Board of Directors, and was ASEE President from 2010 to 2011. Page 23.1256.2

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Opportunities within Graduate Study Programs - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha M. Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Graduate Studies

. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Dr. Brent K. Jesiek is an Associate Professor in the Schools of Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He also leads the Global Engineering Education Collabora- tory (GEEC) research group, and is the recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance under- standing of geographic, disciplinary, and historical

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Research Investigations in the Context of Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chijhi Chang, Purdue University; Robert P. Loweth, Purdue University ; Kelley E. Dugan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #42566An Investigation of Engineering Students’ Information Sorting ApproachesUsing an Open-Ended Design ScenarioChijhi Chang, Purdue University Chijhi is an undergraduate student at Purdue University, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. She has served as a research assistant for Dr. Robert P. Loweth in the School of Engineering Education, focusing on how engineering students and practitioners engage stakeholders in their projects and she works as a research assistant in the Convergence Design Lab for Dr. Min Liu in the School of Mechanical Engineering, where her focus is on computational geometries for

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Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lari Garrison, University of Washington; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Portia Sabin, University of Washington; Andrew Jocuns, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

and comparative approaches to studying how people learn, especially in disciplines related to mathematics, science, technology, and design. He is currently co-leading two NSF Centers working on issues related to how people learn, the LIFE Center and CAEE.Portia Sabin, University of WashingtonAndrew Jocuns, University of Washington Andrew Jocuns holds a PhD in Linguistics from Georgetown University. His research interests in include: classroom discourse and interaction; narrative analysis; mediated discourse; and pragmatics. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Educational Psychology at the University of Washington

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitch Cieminski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #27310Queer(y)-ing Technical Practice: Queer Experiences in Student Theater Pro-ductions at a Technical UniversityMitch Cieminski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mitch Cieminski received a B.S. in electrical and computer engineering from Olin College of Engineering in Needham, MA in 2017. They are currently pursuing a PhD in Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, studying the intersections of engineering cultures, peace and ethics, educational power structures, and the experiences of disabled, queer, and trans engineers. c American Society for Engineering

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Professional Aspects of Graduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

accomplishments to the larger team. A project’s timeline willvary depending on the focus of the problem. There may be a month or two of intense work on aproject, or he may be involved in a project for years and work only ten hours a week on theproject.Calvin believes that an entry level Ph.D. within his organization needs to learn and workindependently. New Ph.D.s typically concentrate on analyzing new computer codes to solvenarrow and specific problems. A skill secondary in importance to the analysis is the ability todocument and present the analysis to middle management and lower level government workers.As a person advances in his or her career, more management skills are needed. He also feels thatbeing able to communicate to a wide array of audiences

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward James Christie; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard T. Buckley Ph.D., U.S. Air Force Academy; Devin A. Menefee, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kyle Kenneth Ziegler; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

Laboratories Ph.D. Scholar. Wood joined the faculty at the University of Texas in Sept. 1989 and established a computational and experimental laboratory for research in engineering design and manufacturing. He was a National Science Foundation Young Investigator, the Cullen Trust for Higher Education Endowed Professor in Engineering, and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Austin.Dr. Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin Richard H. Crawford is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, and is the Temple Foundation Endowed Faculty Fellow No. 3. He received his B.S.M.E. from Louisiana State University in 1982 and his M.S.M.E. in 1985 and Ph.D. in

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Engineering Ethics Division: Approaches to Ethics Education (Part 1)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Henslee, Wake Forest University; Adetoun Yeaman, Wake Forest University; Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon, Wake Forest University

KEEN’s Rising Star award. Her grants related to inclusive pedagogy include a recent Engineering Unleashed Fellowship and an NSF project on developing inclusive Making/Makerspace curriculum through faculty development and training. She is also passionate about open education resources (OER) and open pedagogy and using food/baking to explain STEM concepts. She received her BS degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and Computational Mathematics from Virginia Tech, her MS degree in Biomedical Engineering from Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University, her PhD in Biomedical Engineering, and a graduate certificate in Teaching and Learning from the University of Surrey. Her current research spans cell electrophysiology

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Cartuche; victor R viteri; Miguel Andres Guerra, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

post-pandemic students we find an interesting significantdifference, as we can observe the civil engineers in this period reduced their mean in away that reduced their avoidance of uncertainty, while on the other hand, the architectsslightly increased their mean making them even more reluctant to change.We can argue that the pandemic increased the gap between architecture and civilengineering students in this dimension. Architecture students, due to the migration toonline classes, were forced to learn new computer programs that would allow them tocontinue their studies, to which we must add that this software requires moresophisticated and more expensive equipment, this factor may have made studentsslightly more reluctant to the new changes

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

equitable engineering environments.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. Her research characterizes front-end design practices across the student to practitioner continuum and studies the impact of developed front-end design tools on design success.Dr. Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan Lisa Lattuca, Professor of Higher Education and member of the Core Faculty in the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. She studies curriculum, teaching, and learning in college

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Student Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Taylor Lightner, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jeremi S. London, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marc Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Student

that the perils and promise of such work will continue to bedebated. Engineering education has been a leader in this call by encouraging students toparticipate in learning environments that create valuable knowledge, address real-worldproblems while upholding professional engineering ethics (Smith, Sheppard, Johnson, &Johnson, 2005). As such, there have been voluntary initiatives and programs such as engineeringand sustainable development, community service, service-learning, and/or humanitarianengineering in the US (Schneider, Lucena, and Leydens, 2009). These learning models ofteninclude engineering organizations that dedicate their efforts to international community problems(e.g., Engineers Without Borders USA, Engineers for a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University; Jacqueline Doyle, Florida International University; Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno; Dina Verdin, Purdue University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #15198Intersectionality of Non-normative Identities in the Cultures of EngineeringDr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; William M. Jordan P.E., Baylor University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

engineering programs adequately preparing students forwhat they will face? The World Economic Forum stated in their report on the Future of Jobs that65% of children entering primary school today will end up working in new job types that do notexist at this time using technologies that have not been invented in order to solve problems thatare not even known yet [3 - 5]. While some may question the 65% number, one cannot disputethe claim the world is changing and students must be prepared to face these changes [6]. Theamount of technical information is doubling every two years which means that for studentsentering a four year technical degree, half of what they learn in their first year of study will beoutdated by the third year of study [5]. Belli

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Brenda Nixon, Louisiana State University; Daivon Craft, Louisiana State University; Cheryle Peters, Louisiana State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

entities within the university system and in thesurrounding community. This pilot program was the result of an interdisciplinary collaborationamong university STEM researchers, faculty departments and researchers and primary andsecondary education school boards and superintendents. The collaborative effort provided aunique opportunity to strengthen K-12 connections to the university so that the community ismore aware of research conducted by the university and the opportunities for learning for thestudents.The Surrounding Community Louisiana State University is located in Baton Rouge, the capital of the state. BatonRouge is one of five metropolitan regions within the state and has a population of approximately500,000. Of the state’s total

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Hands-on Materials Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harvey Abramowitz, Purdue University Calumet

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Materials

instructorsadded to laboratory sections as needed. Around ten years ago, it was decided to split the coursein two, with half being oriented to mechanical engineering and the other half to electricalengineering. This made sense since the Department of Engineering offered majors inmechanical, electrical and computer engineering, and student surveys indicated a desire for anelectrical component in the course. In recent years, the single Department has been divided intoa Department of Mechanical Engineering and a Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering. Therefore, it was decided to team teach the course using instructors from the Page

Conference Session

Innovation in the Civil Engineering Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

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Civil Engineering

. Microsoft Office PowerPoint. 2007. Computer Presentation Software.8. Parker, Philip J. Effective Engineering Writing. Unpublished Student Handout.9. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Wikipedia. [Online] http://www.wikipedia.com/.10. Hamilton, Scott, et al. Peer Review in Engineering Courses as a Learning Tool. Proceedings of the2006 ASEE Annual Conference. 2006.11. National Research Council. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington,DC : National Academy Press, 2000. Page 14.1140.12 Appendix A: Famous Structural Engineer Project Instructions CEE 3100 – Structural Mechanics – FallOverviewThe

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ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Alejandro Figueroa, The College of New Jersey; Diane C. Bates, The College of New Jersey; J. Lynn Gazley, The College of New Jersey; Christopher Wagner, The College of New Jersey; Steven Schreiner P.E., The College of New Jersey; Bijan Sepahpour P.E., The College of New Jersey

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering [10].Historically, attrition in engineering programs is greater for women and students fromunderrepresented racial and ethnic groups when compared to white males. There is someevidence that the implementation of design courses and hands on learning can increaseretention of women and students of color [11, 12]. According to an NSF 2017 report on degreesearned in the science and engineering fields, the percentage of white women earning abachelor’s degree in engineering modestly increased from 17.3% to 19.8% from 1995 to 2014.During the same time period, the percentage of African American engineering graduatesdecreased from 4.49% to 3.83% while Hispanics engineering graduates increased from 5.76% to9.56% [13].Beyond formal experiences within

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Student Reflection, Self-Perception, Misconceptions, and Uncertainty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Jackson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Dawn Laux; David Sears; Paul Asunda, Purdue University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

-efficacy, creativity, and decision making.Prof. Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Nathan Mentzer is an assistant professor in the College of Technology with a joint appointment in the College of Education at Purdue University. Hired as a part of the strategic P12 STEM initiative, he prepares Engineering/Technology candidates for teacher licensure. Dr. Mentzer’s educational efforts in pedagogical content knowledge are guided by a research theme centered in student learning of engineer- ing design thinking on the secondary level. Nathan was a former middle and high school technology educator in Montana prior to pursuing a doctoral degree. He was a National Center for Engineering and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama - Huntsville; Ben Groenewald, Cape Peninsula University of Technology; Rhyme Kagiso Setshedi, Cape Peninsula University of Technology ; Aysha Abrahams, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

. Mr. Groenewald was the CPUT capstone design class coordinator for many years. His main interest, apart from managing his department, is the promotion of STEM education in South Africa and developing sustainable off-grid electricity supply micro-grid models for rural towns in South Africa.Mr. Rhyme Kagiso Setshedi, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Rhyme Setshedi is a physics Phd Candidate and a qualified educator/lecturer in the Department of Elec- trical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (DEECE) at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town South Africa. He has over a decade of teaching experience at tertiary levels and a deep pas- sion for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). His

Conference Session

Assessing, Expanding, and Innovating Information Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erin Rowley, University at Buffalo; Lauren Kuryloski, University at Buffalo; Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo

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Engineering Libraries

learning. Students who received explicit training inASTM standards were also asked 1) to participate in a mid-semester assessment survey abouttheir training by the librarian and 2) to provide their ASTM standards reports for analysis. Thepre-test, post-test (Appendix A), and assessment survey (Appendix B) were anonymous; thestudent ASTM standards reports were collected and de-identified, per UB IRB protocol#STUDY00003053. The population included 500 engineering students, and of those, 473participated in the pre-test, 371 participated in the post-test, and 104 agreed to allow us toanalyze their standards report.Although this paper does not aim to address the findings of all these methods as the primaryargument, the authors move into the results of

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Greg Rulifson P.E., U.S. Agency for International Development; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

-learning community where students learned about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Health Stress and Support System Narratives of Engineering StudentsAbstractAcross the country and the world, health of college students is gaining more deserved attention.In particular, mental and physical health shocks and stresses weigh heavily on engineeringstudents. This work highlights, in their own words, the ways that undergraduate engineeringstudents managed physical

Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Kaupp, Queen's University; Brian M Frank P.Eng., Queen's University; Ann Shih-yi Chen, Queen's University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #6432Investigating the Impact of Model Eliciting Activities on Development of Crit-ical ThinkingDr. James A. Kaupp, Queen’s University Researcher and Adjunct Professor (Msc ’06, PhD ’12) at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Educational research interests include engineering education development, critical thinking & problem solving, outcomes based assessment and interactive learning through technology. Scientific interests include regenerative medicine, tissue and biomedical engineering and human biomechanics.Dr. Brian M Frank P.Eng., Queen’s

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Browder, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Andrew J. Czuchry, East Tennessee State University; Leslie Boughers, Bristol Tennessee Essential Services; Caroline Deutsch, East Tennessee State University; Nina Muehl, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Management

: “our [engineering] students should learn tothink strategically about systems design and management.” 2 Perhaps the framework given in Page 24.109.3Figure 1 of our article makes a contribution by providing guideposts for achieving this importantobjective. The article also gives three management process benchmarks that could be embeddedin a systems engineering course to underscore the importance of addressing combined businessand engineering challenges systematically. These processes are: 1) listening to the voice of thecustomer to address marketing issues; 2) a “check-act-plan-do” process for piloting and provinginnovations without disrupting the

Conference Session

Engineering Management Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Ronna Turner; Greg Salamo

other behaviors is even better thanthe other set. What it does indicate is that the reward system for professionals in the academicenvironment is significantly different than that in industry, and the professional behaviors in bothenvironments have evolved to follow the reward system priorities.But for a student to leave the academic environment and be successful immediately in a non-academic workplace (which is the probable path of most of the graduates of our science andengineering graduate programs), it became necessary to create a method by which the studentscould learn, observe, and practice the behaviors that would generate rewards in that workenvironment. The method created and implemented at the startup of the microEP graduateprogram is

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Richards

balance should I use, the one fromphysics, dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, or thermodynamics.”aa My thanks to Lynn Bellamy and Don Evans for sharing the stories underlying these quotations. Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2001, American Society for Engineering Education Page 6.619.1Out of this frustration, faculty members continually seek ways to help our students understand thematerial, especially to see the connections between what students perceive as unrelated material.Transfer of learning from one

Conference Session

Rethinking PowerPoint and Other Acts of Communication

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

of working engineers involves much more than presenting thefacts. The traditional slide design of fragmented text-heavy information is ubiquitous inindustry; busy technical professionals looking for better communication modes not onlyhave to first learn new methods, but also battle existing expectations and extremely tighttime constraints to begin to incorporate better practices into their presentations. However,for professionals who are able to overcome these barriers and use improved slide designin their presentation techniques, the payoff can be great.With an eye specifically towards slide design as an integral part of the communicationstrategies that engineers use to push information within their organizations, this paperfirst reports on

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Special Session: Engineering Leadership—The Courage to Change

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marnie Jamieson, University of Alberta; John R. Donald P.Eng., University of Guelph

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

attributes and their intersection with sustainability, learning culture, diversity, equity and inclusion, and continuous course and program improvement.Dr. John R. Donald P.Eng., University of Guelph John R. Donald is a professor at the University of Guelph with over 25 years of leadership experience in post-secondary education and engineering consulting. John is a past president (2017–18) and fellow (2020) of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACEG), ´ and founder of the Guelph Engineering Leadership Program. His current research focuses on engineering leadership and development of professional skills in the engineering design curriculum. ©American Society for Engineering

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Joaquin Rodriguez, University of Pittsburgh

and computational courses, chemistrycourses (i.e. organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry), and two product-designcourses. There are also requirements for a few elective courses (i.e. polymer engineering,petroleum engineering, or craft brewing) that can also be taken at other engineering departments,as our department have been presenting very limited options. There is also a requirement of sixfree-choice elective courses in the humanities and social sciences. Additionally, the mostcommon track for students is to participate in three alternating semesters of cooperativeexperience with industry through internships. Surveys from senior students approachinggraduation reveal reduced appreciation for non-technical courses (i.e

Conference Session

Research Methods I: Developing Research Tools and Methods

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Roberts, University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

graduates.20 Validatingpsychographic measures that can assess these values is important to evaluating how well thegeneral university education is molding a next generation of consumers and professionalscommitted to more sustainable practices. However, within engineering, such psychographicmeasures also allow us to understand how well instruction in the ABET student outcome relatedto sustainable practice is likely to be internalized and pursued by engineering students throughlifelong learning: “an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.” 21The National Academy of