Conference Session

The Best in DEED

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaryn Studer, Iowa State University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Jaclyn Kuspiel Murray, University of Michigan; Seda McKilligan, Iowa State University; Colleen M. Seifert, University of Michigan

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #18282Case Studies of Problem Exploration Processes in Engineering DesignMs. Jaryn Studer, Iowa State University Jaryn Studer is a Graduate Research Assistant at Iowa State University pursuing her M.S. in Human Computer Interaction. She received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering at West Virginia University. Her research interests include design and strategies to develop creative thinking.Dr. Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan Shanna Daly is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She has a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton (2003) and a Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hofacker PE, US Army

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Minorities in Engineering

development10. SCCT integrates career-related interest, career choice, andperformance10 through the use of three models representing these elements. SCCT has beenstudied in computer career fields88; in areas outside of math and science such as art, socialscience, and English89; and in students’ career choice90,91.Five Subscales of Career Self-efficacyHackett and Betz’s career self-efficacy subscales are based on Crites’s Career MaturityInventory (CMI)1. In its form at the time of Hackett and Betz’s career self-efficacy work, CMIwas composed of four dimensions92,93: consistency of career choices, realism of career choice,career choice competencies, and career choice attitudes. Crites hypothesized in the careerchoice competencies portion of the inventory

Conference Session

Around the Water Cooler: Ideas and Issues in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kenneth Stewart, Angelo State University; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Azadeh Bolhari P.E., Angelo State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

authors found that thecitizen scientists’ perceptions toward engineering as a process were greatly influenced by theirparticipation in the project. However, their perceptions of engineers as persons did not change.Interestingly, the citizen scientists volunteered their own “funds of knowledge” aboutengineering skillsets and “habits of mind” but did not connect their personal traits and skills toengineering or engineers. Since the rainwater harvesting project of the citizen scientists wassimilar to the open-ended, project-based learning experiences of many engineering students, weposit that student perceptions of the engineering process are strongly influenced by project-basedlearning, but the impact on their engineering identity is limited. We

Conference Session

Panel: Effecting Change in Higher Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priscilla Nelson, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Theresa Hunt, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Cherrice Traver, Union College; Pamela Eibeck, Texas Tech; Zulma Toro-Ramos, Wichita State University; Cheryl Schrader, Boise State University; Mary Roth, Lafayette College; delcie durham, University of South Florida

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Women in Engineering

“Changing the Conversation,” 2008, National Academy Press, Committee on Public Understanding of EngineeringMessages, http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12187Create a culture in engineering colleges that welcomes women. Successful female engineeringmajors have typically “fit in with the guys”. Until faculty and student peers welcome womenalong with their femininity, symbolized by the sorority girl wearing pink, capable young womenwill continue to reject engineering rather than redefine or reject their sense of self.Integrate successful retention models. Some retention efforts were identified as having positiveimpacts including cohort registration, mentoring, living-learning communities, high-qualityacademic advising services, undergraduate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Alycia Jensen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Lisa Carlson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Molly Moore, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jesse Herrera, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

year. Uponacceptance, the students had the following majors: • 2 Biomedical Engineering, • 1 Business Management in Technology, • 3 Chemical Engineering, • 2 Civil and Environmental Engineering, • 1 Computer Engineering, • 3 Computer Science, • 1 Electrical Engineering, • 1 undecided (later switched to Mechanical Engineering), • 1 Industrial Engineering, • 7 Mechanical Engineering, • 1 Metallurgical Engineering, and • 2 Pre-Professional Health Science majors.Students in the cohort had hometowns across several states (South Dakota, North Dakota,Nebraska, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Florida) and had an averageunmet financial need of

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yingying Qiao; Guangpei Chen

organization[7-8]. Among the newly-built AOUs in past decades,many have the problems of unclear positioning, vague characteristics, and instability.For example, in the process of transformation and development, colleges anduniversities lack clear cognition and correct guidance, face the dislocation of the school-running goal of "emphasizing learning and ignoring skills" and path dependenceproblems. There are also problems such as high homogeneity with less prominentcharacteristics[9].2. The unique role of AOUs in the transfer and transformation of scientific andtechnological achievements China clearly proposes to establish a technological innovation system with deepintegration of production, education and research to promote the transformation

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jon J Kellar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Michael West, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jesse Herrera

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

bring the SD-FIRST scholars well-balanced exposure to various campus resources,STEM-confidence, and social aspects of college life to guide their success. These events aredescribed in more detail below.2021-2022 Cohort DemographicsThe initial Fall 2021 cohort of SD-FIRST students was comprised of 25 students (14 male, 11female), who each received a $5,000 scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year. Uponacceptance, the students had the following majors: • 2 Biomedical Engineering, • 1 Business Management in Technology, • 3 Chemical Engineering, • 2 Civil and Environmental Engineering, • 1 Computer Engineering, • 3 Computer Science, • 1 Electrical Engineering, • 1 undecided (later switched

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Weiss, University of Maryland- College Park

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Paper ID #37989Board 94: Developing Support for Critical Citation Requirements forCivil and Environmental Engineering Graduate ResearchSarah Weiss, University of Maryland- College Park Sarah Weiss is a STEM and Open Science librarian at the University of Maryland - College Park. Her work includes liasonship to the Computer Science and Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies departments as well as departments in the College of Engineering. In addition she is involved the promotion of open science practices on campus. She has a MLIS as well as a bachelors of science in education from the University of Wisconsin - Madison

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 5: Motivation and Support for Success

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sepehr Khorshid, University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, University of Alabama

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering with a focus in construction engineering and management from UA. Her research interests include occupational safety and health, workforce training and development, engineering educa- tion, Building Information Modeling, machine learning and AI in construction, and construction progress monitoring and simulation. Dr. Song is leading research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and NSF to advance worker safety training and workforce development. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023WIP: Assessing the Need for Mental Health Curricula for Civil, Architecture, and Construction Engineering: A Preliminary StudyAbstractThe mental health

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meaghan Pearson, University of Michigan; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jacqueline Handley, University of Michigan; Joi-Lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Paper ID #37659Choosing Self-Care and Preservation: Examining Black Women STEMFaculty’s Decision to Pursue Entrepreneurship and EntrepreneurshipEducation ProgrammingMeaghan Pearson, University of Michigan Meaghan Pearson is a PhD candidate in the Combined Program in Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan. She received her BA in Statistics and Sociology at the University of Missouri- Columbia. Her research interests center around using Black feminist frameworks to explore how STEM learning environments shape the experiences of individuals who are historically excluded and minoritized.Dr. Prateek Shekhar, New

Conference Session

Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea MacGregor, James Madison University; Shraddha Joshi, James Madison University

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Design in Engineering Education

study was conducted in the department of engineering at an undergraduate focused teaching-institution located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United states. This engineering departmentoffers a singular Bachelor of Science degree (BS) and is ABET accredited. The capstoneprogram at this department is four semester long with each semester lasting 15 weeks. Theparticipants were third year engineering students in a second semester capstone design class.These students were chosen for the study because while these students have experiencedgenerating concepts for design problems, they have not learned about creativity in a classroomsetting. Participation in the study was completely voluntary, and the participants could decide notto complete the study

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tuncay Aktosun, University of Texas at Arlington; Yolanda Parker, Tarrant County College; Jianzhong Su, University of Texas at Arlington

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Hans Weinberger and he has been in higher education for over 30 years. He is an applied mathematician with research areas in partial differential equations and dynamical systems, with a particular interest in problems from computational neuroscience. He is an experienced researcher, educator, and administrator. He has served as PI/co-PI on over $10 million federal research, education and training funding from National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Education, US Department of Agriculture and other agencies, published over 70 peer-reviewed journal papers and been invited to over 70 seminars and conferences, and advised over 10 math students who attained their Ph.D. degree. He is

Conference Session

Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matilde Luz Sanchez-Pena, University at Buffalo; Nichole Ramirez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Xinrui (rose) Xu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Douglas B. Samuel, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

healthThere is limited formal study of engineering culture and its impact on student well-being.However, it is widely known that stress is a trigger for individuals living with a mental illness,often precipitating episodes of anxiety and depression [8]. In addition, it is recognized that stresstends to be the norm rather than the exception in the field of engineering. Living in constantstress and learning to live with it become a rite of passage for aspiring engineers measuring up tocurrent standards in highly demanding majors. In this environment, a lack of sleep, anddeprivation from social and leisure time become badges of honor that subconsciously measurebelonginess. It has been argued that a stressful college culture is a contributing factor in

Conference Session

Improved Pathways to Graduate Studies

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Manuel D. Rossetti P.E., University of Arkansas; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Edgar C. Clausen, University of Arkansas; Wenjuo Lo, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

the rate for each group in the College of Engineering. Of those SIIRE graduatescontinuing on to graduate school, 29% are minority and 36% are female. SIIRE had successwith students participating in internships (48%) and undergraduate research (74%), and 39%have both internship and research experience.This paper will provide details about the SIIRE program and activities, share a programevaluation, discuss lessons learned and examine the future of the program.IntroductionThe Student Integrated Intern Research Experience (SIIRE) program at the University ofArkansas is funded via the NSF S-STEM program. The NSF S-STEM program provides studentscholarship funds to encourage and enable academically talented but financially needy studentsto complete

Conference Session

Solid and Structural Mechanics in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Fleming, Florida Institute of Technology

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

. The quasistatic failure part of this experiment is intended toalleviate this misconception. Survey results shown in a following section evaluate their retentionof the relevant concept following the experiment.If this sequence of experiments ended following quasistatic testing, these aerospace studentswould have ‘learned’ a dangerous lesson. They have just seen a demonstration that stressconcentration effects do not matter. Failure load is unaffected by stress concentrations.However, there are two important caveats. First, the result depends on the nature of the materialin use. If a similar experiment were repeated with brittle materials in place of the ductilealuminum alloy, the quasistatic failure load would in fact be reduced in proportion

Conference Session

Development of Collaborative Skills in Construction Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa K. Thevenin, Colorado State University; Jonathan Weston Elliott, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction

as a self-efficacy source for women in non-traditional fields, such as STEM11, 30.Mentors, role models, and other supportive relationships generally fall into the followingcategories: family member, significant other (e.g., friend, partner), educational (e.g., teacher,advisor), career (e.g., co-worker, supervisor), and others (e.g., acquaintances, public figures,media personalities). Kram and Isabella14 described a mentor as someone who “offers rolemodeling, counseling, confirmation, and friendship, which can help the young adult to develop asense of professional identity and competence” (p. 111). According to Gibson10, role modelrelationships influence self-concept and provide learning, motivation and inspiration. Mertz19defined role models

Conference Session

Making in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim J Manner, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Frank E Pfefferkorn, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #12282An Examination of ME449 Redesign and Prototype Fabrication: A New Se-nior/Grad Design and Fabrication Course at the University of Wisconsin –Madi-sonMr. Kim J Manner, University of Wisconsin, Madison Kim Manner is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has been an instructor in the UW- Madison College of Engineering since 1988. He holds both BS and MS degrees from the UW- Madison in Engineering Mechanics. He has taught undergraduate classes in Capstone Design, Geometric Modeling, Computer-Aided Design, Product Dissection, Product Redesign and

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leslie R Brunell P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Accreditation Criteria (EAC) and the Civil Engineering Body ofKnowledge (CEBOK3) emphasize the importance of sustainability in design. Realistic designsolutions need to consider risk assessment, societal and environmental impacts, relevant codes,standards and regulations, sustainability and resilience. The design teams developed innovativedesign solutions while gaining an understanding of the impact the solutions have in global,economic, environmental and societal contexts. Students learned to consider the increasingdemands for improved transportation systems, resilient and sustainable cities and renewableenergy.This paper focuses on how using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) along with the ASCE Envision Rating System increases

Conference Session

Postgraduate Pathways and Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jacqueline Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jared France, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brianna Benedict, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. Her research earned her a National Science Foundation CAREER Award focused on characterizing latent diversity, which includes diverse attitudes, mindsets, and approaches to learning, to understand engineering stu- dents’ identity development. She has won several awards for her research including the 2016 American Society of Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Best Paper Award and the 2018 Benjamin J. Dasher Best Paper Award

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole Elise Esposito, Halliburton Energy Services; Vimal Viswanathan, Tuskegee University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

engineering design.As stated previously, a possible reason why people do not accept eco-friendly products isbecause they have psychological barriers that prevent them from even taking the first steps tousing the product. People are unaware of the problem, unsure of what to do, do not trust expertson climate change, think the problem does not apply to them, are fixed in their ways, or believetheir actions will not make a difference3. Whatever the case may be, in order for a person to leada more eco-friendly life, they must learn to break their environment damaging habits and changetheir behaviors.The motivation to change behaviors can be influenced by many psychological drivers such asneeds, wants, goals, values, ideologies, beliefs, attitudes

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Blaine Lilly; John Merrill

” • Final part drawings • Sample track design drawings, start/stop mechanism drawings • Receipts o Week 10 (Final Presentations) Timed setup & teardown Track dimension check Final coaster operational check Oral presentation, PowerPoint & poster • Description • House of Quality • Self Evaluation • Lessons learned Sample parts available Turn in project notebook Turn in final written reportVI. Evaluations / FeedbackThe designs of the ME/ISE 682 student teams in Autumn 2002 and Winter 2003 were

Conference Session

Bridging Cultures, Advancing Justice: Fostering Inclusion and Sustainability in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sage Maul, Purdue University; Rachel Figard, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Paper ID #41321Diminishing the Data Divide: Interrogating the State of Disability Data Collectionand ReportingSage Maul, Purdue University Sage Maul (they/them) is a third year PhD student in Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education. Sage’s research explores structural factors on student experiences for disabled students and in electrical and computer engineering courses. Sage graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue and worked in industry for 5 years before starting graduate school. Their experiences with accommodations in undergrad and getting diagnosed with ADHD as an adult

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Groen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Women in Engineering

traditional pairing mechanismsare, in reality, not as effective as initially perceived by program coordinators. These mechanismsinclude surveys of both the mentor and protégé and the blind pairing of a mentor and protégé. Nomatter what type of personality a mentor may have, any individual should be able to be trained asa positive mentor, learning such skills as welcoming new faculty and assisting in various aspectsof the potential protégé’s career. As long as institutions are willing to educate participants andprovide flexibility to them within mentoring programs, participants will less likely feel trappedwith one individual mentor and are more likely to benefit from the mentoring relationship. In the past, institutions have been under the impression

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University

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Engineering Technology

, 2011 To Weld…or not to Weld - Evaluation of an Undergraduate Engineering Technology Welding and Fabrication CourseBackground At a time when technology continues to accelerate toward computer driven activitieswhich seek to remove the element of human error from tasks such as machining operations,micro-surgery, and vehicle stability control, the question arises as to whether degree grantinginstitutions in the engineering technology and engineering science fields should continue to offercourses of study in the area of welding and hand fabrication. This field of study often conjures upimages of soot-faced blacksmiths hand forging tools and weapons during the medieval ages, orhigh altitude tightrope walkers welding I-beams

Conference Session

Curriculum: Ideas/Concepts in Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kofi Nyamekye; Yildirim Omurtag

surveyconducted by Deloitte Research1showed that about 2 million jobs and $356 billion in operationswould be moved to overseas within the next five years. Forrester Research1 study concurs withthe previous studies. They forecast that by 2015 about 3.3 million high-tech and service-industry jobs would be outsourced offshore. Forrester Research points out that such jobsamount to about $136 billion in wages. Meta Group Inc.2 estimates that offshore spending ininformation technology by U.S. businesses will reach about $10 billion this year and that the useof offshore information technology services will grow about 20% annually through 2008. Thetrend in outsourcing of jobs does not stop with jobs related to computer engineering alone. Arecent report by

Conference Session

Track 3: Technical Session 6: Organizational Transformation for Graduate Education: Intentionally Engaging Graduate Students as Partners in Equity Work

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Julia Machele Brisbane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Teirra K Holloman, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Natali Huggins, Virginia Tech ; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

, CivilEngineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, and Miningand Minerals Engineering. Graduate coordinators from each department were invited to providenames of students in their department who were doing equity work.Figure 3: Count of students’ primary academic departmentFigure 4: Count of students’ source of financial support for educational and living expensesThe social identities of students were diverse in terms of gender identity, race/ethnicity, sexualorientation, first-generation status, and having a disability/chronic illness. Thirteen students(59.1%) identified as being a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Eight students consideredthemselves a first-generation undergraduate student (36.4%), and twelve students

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott L. Post, Bradley University

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Aerospace

forces broke it apart. There was no chance of crew survival at thespeed (over 10,000 mph) and altitude the shuttle was travelling.1The Columbia Accident Investigation board analyzed forensic analysis of debris from Columbia,in-flight data relayed to ground, and recovered data stored on the orbiter flight recorder in theiranalysis. They also employed computer simulations to verify their hypotheses of what happenedduring Columbia’s launch and re-entry. Figure 6 shows a picture of the debris recovered from theshuttle wings. All pieces of the shuttle that were found by searchers were taken to a warehouse inTexas where the pieces were laid out in a grid, with each grid square corresponding to aparticular location on the shuttle. Workers recovered

Conference Session

Electrical Energy Courses - Labs and Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Herbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow; Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow; Clifford J. Chapman, University of Idaho

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #8953Synchronous Machine Winding Layout & Flux Animation ToolHerbert L. Hess, University of Idaho, Moscow Herbert L. (Herb) Hess is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Idaho. He received the PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1993. His has written more than 110 technical papers in electrical power systems, power electronics, analog electronics, electric machines and drives, and renewable energy systems.Dr. Brian K. Johnson, University of Idaho, Moscow Brian K. Johnson received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin- Madison

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Robinson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

research is needed to advance the STEM achievement of womenfrom a Hispanic background—an ethnicity that accounts for more than half of the populationgrowth in the U.S. since 2000 8,9. An extensive body of research has examined the perceptions,culture, curriculum, and pedagogy that impede women and underrepresented ethnic minorities inengineering and computer science (e.g., Baker, 2010; Ceci & Williams, 2007; Hall & Sandler,1982; Margolis & Fisher, 2003; Seymour & Hewitt, 1997; Tonso, 2007). However, limitedresearch has exclusively focused on Latinas in engineering. Similarly, considerable research hasfocused on the attrition of minority students, examined all students in STEM fields, orinvestigated why students leave a specific

Conference Session

Novel Teaching Methods In Engineering Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward E. Osakue, Texas Southern University; Jonathan J. Lewis, Texas Southern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

themetric system. Many of us in this community may need some retooling in the SI units in order tobe effective in helping the metrication process through teaching. Updating our notes may not beout of place, in fact, it is a good idea attending a seminar on metrication. We should learn to domeasurements in metric: acquire metric measuring devices (meter sticks, kilogram scales,Newton scales, Celsius thermometers, etc.). As instructors, we should always use and teach thelatest version of the SI units, otherwise called the metric system [8, 11]. We need to be diligent indistinguishing metric units from acceptable conventional SI units and promote the use ofstandard metric units. In problem solving, we should do all computations in metric. If