Conference Session

Research on Engineering Design Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; Kirstin Collette Busch, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

information noviceengineering students apply to their decision making processes as they engage in an engineeringdesign challenge. As such, this study answers the question: How do novice engineering studentsnegotiate and apply their various epistemic commitments to their collaborative decision making?Study ContextThe professional development program studied, a collaboration between the colleges of scienceand engineering and a teaching preparation program at our university, offers several programsfor pre-service and in-service teachers to support their use of innovative engineering curriculum.The specific course examined in this paper provides an in-depth, hands-on six-week summerworkshop for in-service teachers. Fifteen in-service teachers

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Pimpida Punnakanta; Craig D. Lewis; Cynthia Atman

criteria, reread problem statement or information sheets, and question the problem statement. GATH Gathering Information Searching for and collecting needed information. GEN Generating Ideas Develop possible ideas for a solution, brainstorm, and list different alternatives. MOD Modeling Describing how to build an idea, how to make it, measurements, dimensions, and calculations. FEAS Feasibility Analysis Determining workability, verification of workability, does it meet constraints, criteria, etc

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa M Frehill, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

AC 2011-2430: MOVING BEYOND THE DOUBLE-BIND: WIE AND MEPPROGRAMS AND SERVING THE NEEDS OF WOMEN OF COLOR INENGINEERINGLisa M Frehill, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Lisa Frehill is the Director of Research, Evaluation and Policy at the National Action Council for Mi- norities in Engineering (NACME), a Senior Program Officer with the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine at the National Research Council, and a senior analyst at Energetics Technol- ogy Center. Since earning her doctoral degree Dr. Frehill has developed expertise in the science and engineering workforce with a focus on how gender and ethnicity impact access to careers in these fields. While she was an

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tirupalavanam Ganesh, Arizona State University; John Thieken, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

project facilitatorsfor each site. Criteria for selection included expressed interest in the project curricula, curiosityand enthusiasm to explore new ideas and content, and availability for the duration of the year-round project. Teachers received a $3,000 stipend and seven professional development dayswhere the district paid for a substitute teacher to work in the teacher’s regular classroom.Project TeamThe project team included nine university researchers and faculty with expertise in the areas ofengineering (Materials Science and Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science andEngineering), sustainability, science education, mathematics education, earth and space science,geology, counseling psychology, instructional technology, and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Megan O. Conrad, University of Detroit Mercy; Alexa Rihana Abdallah, University of Detroit Mercy; Lauren Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

detail the ways in which academia can tailor their efforts to better supportand retain these students. Upon exploration of this topic, we will look at whether the challengesfaced and support needed by women in STEM careers are consistent with those faced by studentsin the classroom. Whether or not this is affected by the environment of “work” or “school” willprovide academic institutions and faculty persons with a clearer idea of how to support studentsin STEM majors, while also preparing students for the challenges they will likely face in theirfuture careers.Survey Methodology. The data collected and discussed in this article was drawn from arelatively small sample of respondents who participate in online or company driven supportsystems

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Samuel Enrique Blair, Texas A&M University; Henry David Banks, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

toolsintroducing students to the makerspace and to different tools. The orders that students learnedtools provides a view to the process students follow as they enter the space. Tracking thisprogress with class schedules in the future, as well as demographic data, could greatly improveunderstanding of the makerspace. Future work for this research includes expanding the surveypool to different years as well as using data from the makerspace in other universities to get awider view of two different makerspaces, one being the current student-led makerspace and theother a faculty-led makerspace. Additionally, utilizing modularity analysis to determine “roles”for each of the tools in the space could greatly aid the research breakdown.AcknowledgmentsThe authors

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ziliang Zhou, California Baptist University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Engineering, the preliminary results and the impact of this community engagement toboth local middle school students and our own engineering students, the lessons learned, theexpansion of hosting high school math competitions (AMC10 and AMC12), and the futureresearch plan associated with this engagement.Organizing MATHCOUNTS in the College of EngineeringAt the start of fall semester, the MATHCOUNTS chapter Coordinator (also a faculty member atthe College of Engineering) worked with the university facility office to book all needed roomsfor the competitions. Then, an email was sent to all chapter school MATHCOUNTS coaches toinvite them to register. The Coordinator kept monitoring the registration status, answeringcoaches’ questions and special

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Rajaei, Bowling Green State University; Mohammad Dadfar, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

providing continuity for the future students. The incrementaldevelopment method was particularly beneficial both for the students and the faculty. Studentswere well aware that their work would be used by others, and as a result, paid extra attention tothe viability of their work which contributed to a great learning outcome. Integrating smallprojects into larger ones has twofold benefits for faculty: achieving the research objectives, andsharing the obtained results in the classroom. These studies encapsulated challenging HPC-related components such as parallel computing, load balancing, and distributed simulation.Scheduling of parallel applications on distributed-memory parallel system often occurs bygranting each job the requested number of

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Bannerot, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

design class can more subjective than mostengineering students (and sometimes faculty) are comfortable with. Students, and facultyalike, may be more comfortable with a more quantitative grading scheme. Such anapproach has been developed for use in an introductory design class in which the processof design is emphasized over the product of design. This paper presents the summarizedversions of the assignments in the class offered in the fall of 2007 and completed by 68students. Twenty-five per cent of the course grade was determined from teamperformances on a two-month long, design, fabricate and test project. Seventy per centof the team project grade was based on quantifiable components such as test results andreporting requirements leaving only

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silveira, California State University, Chico

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #25405Integrating Theory and Hands-On Implementation in RF Distributed-ElementFilter DesignMr. David Silveira, California State University, Chico Mr. David Silveira received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering special- izing in Power Systems, and his Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering both from California State University, Chico in 2014/2018. His research interests include high-speed optical wireless communications systems, automotive systems and applications, and radio-frequency hardware design. Mr. Silveira has been a faculty member in the Department of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maher Shehadi, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

theactivities’ impact on students.Research QuestionsThe questions that this study tried to answer were: - How to retain students’ interests during the class while covering the curriculum as required by the college and department? - How does the overall performance of the students change when taking the course in a format or style that is different than traditional learning?Methodology - Development and use of hands-on active learning exercisesFluid power class is a traditionally taught course in the School of Engineering Technology atPurdue University. Students enrolled in this class are usually sophomores or juniors. The courselearning outcomes (CLOs) are as follows:1. Design fluid power systems with off the shelf

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Fraley, Michigan Technological University; Amber Kemppainen, Michigan Technological University; Amy J. Hamlin, Michigan Technological University; Gretchen L. Hein, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

the future.Currently, we have in-class activities, individual and team homework assignments, andindividual assessments. In general, it was observed that as students work through the coursematerial, both their confidence and competence increased. This is part of “the masteryexperience” described by Bandura.1 When students are confident in a given skill, they mayperceive activities as busy work. On the other hand, faculty perceive them as meaningful skillbuilding activities. By better understanding our students’ incoming skill set and confidence, wecan tailor in-class activities and homework for individual class sections. In future work, we willinvestigate which aspects of the course have the greatest impact on student confidence

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; David W Dinehart, Villanova University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

learning strategy allows the focus of faculty-student interactions in class to be on theapplication and higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy that are usually targeted in engineering andsimilar technical courses.While these pre-recorded lecture videos are an essential component of an inverted coursestructure, little data has been made available on how students actually watch these recordedvideos. This paper presents the results of a study of student viewing behaviors for pre-recordedvideo content in an inverted introductory sophomore mechanics course. Data is presented forboth theory-based lectures intended to be viewed prior to class, and for recorded exampleproblem solution videos that review problems solved during class meetings.Data from the video

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Awatif Amin, Johnson C. Smith University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

the attention ofhigher education leaders throughout the country, including HBCU institutions [17]. Faculty andadministrators of HBCUs should make every effort to continue to retain their STEM studentswho can do satisfactory academic work despite obstacles such as lack of resources and funding.Despite the important contributions of HBCUs to U.S. economic growth, these institutionsreceive insufficient support. Suitts [18] wrote, “during the 1990s, for instance, HBCUs receivedless than 2% of the total amount of $140 billion in federal grants awarded to America’sinstitutions of higher education for science and engineering programs” (p. 205).Research is sparse and the body of knowledge small regarding the effectiveness of data miningalgorithms

Conference Session

TIME 3: Thermal Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen McClain

internal combustion enginescourse are presented. The CHON functions for MathCAD are available for download athttp://www.eng.uab.edu/me/faculty/smcclain/me448/CHONdata.mcd, and may bereferenced by any other MathCAD worksheet.IntroductionAn introduction to combustion is an important component of a first course in internalcombustion engines. The current manufacturers’ emphasis on lowering emissionsrequires that student engineers wanting a position in engine design and developmentunderstand the basics of combustion and equilibrium. Since combustion fundamentalsmay not be covered in their applied thermodynamics course, this material must becovered in an internal combustion (IC) engine fundamentals course.The combustion material covered in an internal

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan J.S. Lasser; Ronnie Chrestman; Matthew Ohland

beneficialfor minority student development. In addition to the value of adding to the base of evidencesupporting the use of this model, the result of this study is significant because of the breadth ofoutcomes and the length of the period studied. The study compares the performance of programparticipants to a control group of minority students from the same cohorts and with a similarmatriculation profile in terms of age and of a predicted grade point ratio based on SAT / ACTscores, high school rank in class, and quality of high school.Black student retention and the Treisman approach to improving itHigh failure rates in introductory college mathematics courses, notably among underrepresentedstudents, have been of concern for many years.1,2 Table 1

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie A. Rursch, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

. Dr. Jacobson joined the faculty in 1985 after receiving a PhD degree in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University in 1985. Dr. Jacobson is currently the director the Iowa State University Information Assurance Center. Dr. Jacobson teaches network security and information warfare and has written a textbook on network security. Dr. Jacobson has received two R&D 100 awards for his security technology and has two patents in the area of computer security. Dr. Jacobson has given over 50 presentations in the area of computer security and has testified in front of the U.S. Senate committee of the Judiciary on security issues associated with peer-to-peer networking

Conference Session

Thinking Outside the Box! Innovative Curriculum Exchange for K12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blake C. Wade, University of Texas, Arlington and Kennedale High School, Kennedale ISD; Yvette Pearson Weatherton, University of Texas, Arlington; Melanie L. Sattler P.E., University of Texas, Arlington

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

utilize computer simulations inconjunction with hands-on laboratory experimentation to stimulate their understanding ofengineering concepts. Through a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Research Experiences forTeachers (RET) program at the University of Texas-Arlington (UTA), several high schoolteachers worked with engineering faculty on research problems related to hazard mitigation. Theproject used for the work presented here was entitled “Air Dispersion Modeling: Planning forAirborne Terrorism Releases in Dallas/Fort Worth.” The RET participants used AERMOD, adispersion modeling software based upon Gaussian dispersion principles, to predict the ambientconcentrations of chlorine gas that would result if released from sites near

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas J. Cortina

these results.1. INTRODUCTIONColleges and universities continue to struggle with the choice of programming language for thefirst programming course, typically denoted CS1 [1] [7]. Traditionally, the choice of languagehas been based on personal preferences of faculty members based on previous experience orinfluence from industry, high schools, and other faculty members [9]. Many papers have beenpublished describing experiences using one particular programming language to teach CS1 (e.g.[10], [11]).During the summer of 1996, an experiment was run at Polytechnic University to determine if thechoice of programming language truly affects how a student learns how to program a computer.A set of approximately 100 eligible high school students were

Conference Session

Measuring Impact: Libraries, Librarians, Instruction, and Institutions

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William H. Mischo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ivan Favila, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dana Michelle Tempel, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Elisandro Cabada, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

of first- and second-year students enrolled in the COE. CARE offers peermentoring and tutoring, study and instructional programs (including information literacyinstruction), health and wellness programs, and collaborative and formal study group activities.CARE also offers course exam reviews, TA and faculty office hours, and periodic workshops ina variety of support areas. The CARE space and programs have been available to students sincethe beginning of the Fall semester, 2011. CARE employs more than 40 students as tutors andpeer advisors that offer their tutoring/advising services for over 30 different subjects, from noonto midnight Sunday through Friday. A number of techniques are being used to assess the efficacyof the CARE program. Since

Conference Session

Spotlight on Diverse Learners

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, University of North Carolina; Debarati Basu, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education Division (COED)

must go beyond the pure scientific facts and alsoconsider if new science should be done and who is impacted by the development of newscience.In one of the early reports (1976) presenting the challenges that women from minority groupsface in science [14], Malcom et al. present the status of women in science, with a particular focuson the experiences of ‘minority women.’ This report is. sadly, still relevant today. A recentsystematic review of the literature on broadening participation in computing [15] shows that manyof the challenges highlighted in [14] still exist today in terms of representation, inclusion, andpromotion of women in computing.More than a decade ago, Scientific American [16] dedicated a special issue to “How DiversityEmpowers

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

David Dillon; Huseyin Sarper P.E.; Nebojsa Jaksic; Jude DePalma

methane production rate. I couldn’t remember so I’d appreciate that info along witha copy of your presentation and any publications on the topic that you have.”There were four faculty members and one lab coordinator who provided help to the students. Inaddition, Pioneer Astronautics of Lakewood, Colorado, a privately-held company, advised thestudents on the project’s technical matters without compensation. This created a uniquelearning environment for the students. Students worked on a real engineering/ scientificproblem with high aspirations – enable a human mission to Mars. They worked in teams withmembers from different backgrounds and different experience-levels. Although there was adegree of overlap, teams worked on specific subprojects

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

Aiman S Kuzmar, Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia

Engineers. For 10 years since 2015, Dr. Aiman Kuzmar has been an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the Islamic University in Madinah Saudi, Arabia. His industrial experience includes working as a Consultant Structural Engineer for one year in 1994 and 1995 with Stewart Engineering, Inc. in North Carolina. He worked as a Pavement, Materials, and Structures Research Staff Engineer with the Research and Development Unit of the North Carolina Department of Transportation in Raleigh, NC for five years between 1995 and 1999. He was a Bridge Engineer with the Structures Unit of the North Carolina Department of Transportation in Raleigh, NC for one year in 1999 and 2000. His other academic experience includes the

Conference Session

Applied Mathematics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S.K. Sen, Florida Institute of Technology; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

AC 2007-458: SCOPE OF VARIOUS RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS IN ANTSYSTEM APPROACH FOR TSPS.K. Sen, Florida Institute of Technology Syamal K Sen (sksen@fit.edu) is currently a professor in the Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology (FIT), Melbourne, Florida. He did his Ph.D. (Engg.) in Computational Science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India in 1973 and then continued as a faculty of this institute for 33 years. He was a professor of Supercomputer Computer Education and Research Centre of IISc during 1996-2004 before joining FIT in January 2004. He held a Fulbright Fellowship for senior teachers in 1991 and worked in FIT

Conference Session

WIED: Medley

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #10322When, Why, How, Who – Recruitment Lessons from First Year EngineeringStudents in the Millennial GenerationDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University Jane Lehr is Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies at California Polytech- nic State University. She is also Faculty Director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) in STEM Program at Cal Poly and Co-Director of the Liberal Arts and Engineering Studies Program. She previously served as elected co-chair of the Science & Technology Taskforce of the Na- tional Women’s Studies Association

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques in Structural Engineering Courses

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Angela Marie Jones, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael K. Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Introductory Structural Engineering CourseAbstractA new introductory structural engineering course has been developed at The University of Wis-consin-Platteville (UW-Platteville). The course follows Mechanics of Materials in the structurescurriculum, where a traditional curriculum would typically provide a structural analysis course.While this course introduces methods of structural analysis, it does so in the context of structuralmaterials (steel, reinforced concrete, masonry and timber) and design so as to remove the unnatu-ral distinction between analysis and design.In addition to the innovative design of the course, the grading of the course is also of note.Grades are not determined based on a typical “points” system. Instead, an outcomes-based

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3: Best of ELOS

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget Smyser, Northeastern University

of hybrid lab model in response to thedemands of the COVID pandemic. Recently published literature shows a variety of outcomes forthese newly developed lab courses. Several authors reported moving completely to onlinesimulations and videos in order to convey the material that could no longer be experienced in thephysical lab. These courses included mechatronics courses, dynamics and control courses, andfluid mechanics courses [13-15]. Although some authors found this to be an excellent way toimprove upon outdated physical labs [15], others reported that the students were unenthusiasticabout the simulated experiments [14]. Learning outcomes did not seem to suffer from the moveto virtual labs but student engagement was either not discussed or

Conference Session

Technical Session 13 - Paper 2: Program: A focused, 5-year effort to increase the number of African American, Hispanic/Latino(a), Native American (AHLN) 7th-grade students who are academically prepared to take algebra

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Saundra Johnson Austin, University of South Florida; Renee Serrell Gibert, Purdue University; Carol S Stwalley P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Lesley M Berhan, The University of Toledo; Tamara Markey, Purdue University, Minority Engineering Program; Cynthia Murphy-Ortega, Chevron Corporation

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Manufacturing Engineering at The University of Toledo. Her research interests are in the areas of com- posites and fibrous materials and engineering education. She received her B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad, her M.S. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She joined the faculty at the University of Toledo in 2004. As the Associate Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement she leads the development and execution of initiatives and programs to facilitate the recruitment, retention, and success of women, students from underrepresented groups

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Aditya Vora, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel Allen Henderson, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Bracken, Pennsylvania State University; Neeraj Sonalkar, Stanford University; Stephen Harris, Community College of the Air Force

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

, Community College of the Air Force Stephen Harris is an adjunct faculty member at the Pennsylvania State University’s Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies. He served in the USAF as an Electronic Warfare Officer and completed both a military and a civil service career with a total of 42 years of Federal service. In his final civil service position he served as the Dean of the Community college of the Air Force. His research and teaching interests include problem solving science and leadership with a focus on the impact of cognitive style based upon Adaption Innovation theory. Dr. Harris received his Ed.D. in Career Technology from Auburn University. c American Society for

Conference Session

Academic Success and Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Danika M. Dorris, North Carolina State University; Julie L. Swann, North Carolina State University; Julie Ivy, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She is an affiliate faculty in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at both NC State and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining NC State, Swann was the Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. There she co-founded and co-directed the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS), one of the first interdisciplinary research centers on the Georgia Tech campus. Starting with her work with CHHS, Swann has conducted research, outreach and education to improve how health and humanitarian systems operate worldwide.Julie Ivy