Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 6 Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Sophie Schuyler, University of Massachusetts Boston; Jonathan S. Briseno, University of Massachusetts Boston; Madison Natarajan, University of Massachusetts Boston; Anushka Sista; Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, University of Massachusetts Boston; Amanda Arnold, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Ashley K. Randall, Arizona State University

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

situation and that I would make a good choice when selecting my advisor or that I'dproperly prepare for the upcoming exam."Theme 2: Prioritize Mental Health & Wellbeing More than half of the participants (n = 17) discussed the importance of prioritizingmental health and well-being amidst the myriad of challenges. Specifically, participantssuggested exploring and identifying the source of difficulties, assessing how a graduate degreealigns with one’s identity, values, and life goals, and obtaining mental health services as needed.Renita, a Latinx graduate student who chose to discontinue her doctoral degree, recommendedtalking with a mental health professional. She stated: I also think mental health, like even if you don't feel like

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Koopman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Robert S. Emmett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

. Her re- search focuses on internationalization of higher education, faculty engagement, and international program assessment. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Examining the Literature on Virtual Internships for Insights Applicable to Engineering EducationAbstract:Internships are undertaken by roughly half of U.S. engineering students nationally and arewidely thought to benefit students in a variety of ways, strengthening students’ academicself-concept and increasing their persistence in engineering [1]–[3]. However, the COVID-19pandemic of 2020 caused an unprecedented shift in the structure of internships

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2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

Authors

Dana Dardoon, Cal Ploy Pomona; Yongping Zhang P.E.

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Natalie Schaal, Loyola Marymount University; Meredith Jane Richter, Loyola Marymount University; Christian Tiong-Smith, Loyola Marymount University

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Diversity

Engineering. At LMU, her main research areas are divided along two avenues: (1) numerical simulations of earthquake source physics, which relates to her graduate work, and (2) developing, imple- menting, and assessing the effectiveness of educational interventions that support student persistence in STEM.Ms. Meredith Jane Richter, Loyola Marymount University Meredith Richter is a mechanical engineering undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA. She is interested in peer-mentoring research because she is a female engineer striving to change the stigma and demographic makeup of STEM disciplines. She is currently involved in her senior design project, which focuses on using additive manufacturing

Collection

Chemical Engineering Education

Authors

Jason Ganley

design requirements, is known at the break-point time received some instruction related to the theory and practice(tb). The ratio of the break-point time and the amount of effec- of industrial gas purification by adsorption.tive bed length saturated at the break-point time (Lu) will be To assist in course learning outcome assessment, studentsin proportion to the ideal time and the total length of the bed: are required to complete two concepts quizzes during the tb Lu Unit Operations Laboratory—one at the course orientation, = (2) and another on the final day of the session. To examine the

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University; Kali Furman, Oregon State University; Qwo-Li Driskill, Oregon State University; Rebecca L. Warner, Oregon State University; Susan M. Shaw, Oregon State University; H. Tuba Ozkan-Haller, Oregon State University

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Faculty

infancy, but taken together reveal a kind of “smallwins” approach to organizational change [39]. Research shows that positive short term change isoften revealed through participants claiming a greater understanding of what needs to change aswell as greater confidence to lead change. The Action Plans are situated within the participant’ssphere of influence and are currently working to assess longer term outcomes of the Plans as wellas to identify alignments and possible synergies of Plans across colleges and the institution as awhole.SummaryThe underrepresentation of women in academic STEM disciplines is a persistent fact. Whilethere have been many different approaches to addressing this challenge, most institutions ofhigher education have tried

Conference Session

Disability Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Cassandra J. Groen, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Ashley Shew, Virginia Tech

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Disability

(both academic and non-academic) during their undergraduate careers, they negotiate various aspects of these definitions.Assessments of balance are also iteratively conducted as individuals apply, practice, and self-assess their knowledge in their courses, extra-curricular activities, internships, and interpersonalrelationships. According to the AOI Model, definitions of self and profession are balanced whenthe individual is able to “live as” or simultaneously enact aspects of both definitions of self andprofession and advance from an outsider to an insider.From the AOI Model, professional identity formation is not separated from the individuals inwhom it is occurring nor is it constrained to students’ experiences in academia. Rather, the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Elisabeth (Lisa) Stoddard, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Geoff Pfeifer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

beneficial in the work for the class (both in relation to teamworkand in relation to course content and assignments). We also recommend having studentscomplete the team based asset charts right at the beginning of any team based assignments andthen have them periodically check back over these to be sure both that they are making use of theidentified assets and also so that they can assess growth in areas that individual team membersdesired more experience with. These are just some of the ways that we employ asset mapping inour classes (For a more complete breakdown of how we make use of these, see Pfeifer andStoddard, 2018). 13ConclusionWe have found

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Jayson Paul Mercurio, Canada College; Kevin Yamada; Jose L. Guzman, Canada College; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Alexander Choi, Canada College; Ayesha R Iqbal

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Diversity

issues of inverted colors, specific camera angles, lighting conditions, and so forth.The idea of switching to a more powerful NN architecture, such as a convolution neural network(CNN), may fix many of these issues but at a large cost of training time.V. Assessment of the Research Internship ProgramTo evaluate the effectiveness of the ten-week engineering research internship, pre-and post-internship surveys were given to the all the student interns, including two civil engineeringteams, two electrical engineering teams, one mechanical engineering team, and one computerengineering team. The survey was designed to measure the student interns’ motivations andperception for cutting edge student research, academic goals, and skills needed for

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Vladislav Valeryevich Miftakhov, ASPIRES; Cody Del Prato; Søren Anders Tornøe, Cañada College; Kwan M Lim, San Francisco State University; ali attaran, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University

distractions and can be effectively engaged in a focused research activity. The research internship is planned over 10 weeks of summer, and the student interns are assigned a graduate student mentor and a faculty advisor. This paper presents the details of this project, research and educational objectives, results obtained, and the student surveys assessing the outcomes. The planned research project is related to non-volatile resistive memory technologies, which are promising nano-scale technologies for information storage. In such technologies, the information is stored in a resistive form which is a state of a material that is non- volatile and also much more scalable as compared to the existing charge based storage technologies such

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Tevaarwerk DeCosta, Northwestern University; J. Alex Birdwell, Northwestern University; Ken Gentry, Northwestern University; Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., Northwestern University; Alan R. Wolff, Northwestern University

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First-Year Programs

exam has tripled in the last 10 years (The College Board, 2016).There is no physics placement exam administered by the first-year advising office, and AP/IBcredit has typically not yet been processed prior to the start of summer advising. As such,advisers use self-reported AP and IB scores (and ask students to report them even if they did notscore high enough to receive credit) over the summer in order to assess the student’s level ofphysics preparation. Post-advising, credit for algebra-based physics and calculus-based physicsare posted by the Registrar’s office. Roughly 45-50% of the incoming class self-reported takingeither Physics C (calculus based mechanics) or Physics B (algebra based mechanics) exams, orboth, in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016

Conference Session

Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (RED)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Chen, Colorado State University; Branislav M. Notaros, Colorado State University; Ali Pezeshki, Colorado State University; Sourajeet Roy, Colorado State University; Anthony A. Maciejewski, Colorado State University; Melissa D. Reese, Colorado State University

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Educational Research and Methods

among student groups enhance learning through self-explanation. This paperexplores the motivation and process for implementing and assessing the KI modules and theirassociated activities. In addition, this paper also examines challenges in implementing the KImodules and potential solutions to address these challenges.2. Knowledge Integration – A Holistic Approach to Learning a Diverse Set of Concepts in Electrical Engineering The concept of KI is guided by well-grounded pedagogy. It has been recognized in the pastas an important task in the learning process by Murray and Porter [6]. Esther Zirbel describeddeep learning as a process of making students question their inherent conceptual knowledge ofhow the world works [7]. It is well known

Conference Session

Computing Technology Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oscar Antonio Perez, University of Texas, El Paso; Mike Thomas Pitcher, University of Texas, El Paso; Herminia Hemmitt, University of Texas, El Paso; Hugo Gomez, University of Texas, El Paso; Pedro Arturo Espinoza, University of Texas, El Paso; Randy Hazael Anaya, University of Texas, El Paso; Hector Erick Lugo Nevarez, University of Texas, El Paso

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Computers in Education

division, the idea to develop, oversee and assess engaging students to expand their knowledge and creativity by innovating new technologies application for Engineering Education is currently under way to engage the university and the community. Concluding, Mr. Lugo’s ambition is to encourage students to focus in science, technology and engineer abilities in order to expand their professional potential. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 YEAR THREE: LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS OF 3D TECHNOLOGY IMPACT ON STEM BASED COURSES; SPECIFICALLY INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING COURSES.Introduction Throughout history there have been many

Conference Session

Technical Session 3b

Collection

2017 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Brandon J Leung, San Jose State University; Yuting Huang, Canada College; Fernando Lorenzo, 3D Convenience; Sergio Rodriguez-Reyes, San Jose State University; Janine Criselda L. Young, University of California, Berkeley; ali attaran; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University

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Pacific Southwest Section

City, CA/ 2School of Engineering, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CAAbstractResearch experience is enriching and inspiring for undergraduate students. Research experienceson advanced technologies are far from reach in undergraduate level studies. In this paper, wepresent an approach to address this gap via summer research opportunities for undergraduatestudents. The internship is planned over 10 weeks, and the student interns are assigned agraduate student mentor and a faculty advisor. This paper presents the details of the project,research and educational objectives, results obtained, and the student surveys assessing theoutcomes. The planned research project is related to the Spin Transfer Torque

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Nilsen, Purdue Center for Regional Development; Thema Monroe-White, SageFox Consulting Group; Edward F. Morrison, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Phil Weilerstein, VentureWell

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

engineering programs (and theirfaculty) understand what to do – they also need help and new tools to figure out how to makechange happen. Teaching administrators and faculty the strategic doing approach gives themsuch a tool, and ongoing support within the program helps them make using the tool a collectivehabit.The network as the unit of change: Most university leaders (as is true in industry) have anunderstanding of change management rooted in a “command and control” vision of the wayorganizations function. That is, positional leaders (be they presidents, provosts, deans ordepartment chairs) occupy upper levels on the organizational charts and should thus be able totell those below them what to do. However, an honest assessment is that things

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Learning and Engagement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Semmens, Stanford University

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #17322Inventing the Precedence Diagram as Preparation for Future LearningMr. Robert Semmens, Stanford University Rob Semmens should soon be a graduate of the doctoral program in Learning Sciences and Technology Design program in Stanford’s School of Education. His current research interests include the development and assessment of training techniques relevant to spatial thinking. Previously Rob worked on projects for the Army Research Institute and the Asymmetric Warfare Group. He developed instructional approaches to improve Army training, and conducted analysis of the contribution of technology to learning. Rob

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven C. Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane L. Zemke

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

). Qualitative methods used in the assessment of engineering education. Journal of Engineering Education, 93(1), 65-72.13 Glesne, C. (2006) Becoming Qualitative Researchers (3rd ed). San Francisco, CA: Pearson Education.14 Merriam (S). and associates (2002). Qualitative Research in Practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.15 Stake, R., (1995). The Art of Case Study Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.16 Krippendorff, K. (2004). Content Analysis: An Introduction to its Methodology, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.17 Elo, S. & Kyngäs,H. (2008). The qualitative content analysis process, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62(1), 7- 115.18 Hsieh. H. & Shannon, S. (2005). Three approaches to qualitative content

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Anne-marie Nickel, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Materials

has industrial experience in quality management and production problem solving at Martin Marietta Energy Systems, and later GE Superabra- sives. Cindy is active in assessment and accreditation activities at MSOE and has been exploring ways to include on-line education in her classes.Dr. Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering Katherine Wikoff is a professor in the General Studies Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where she teaches courses in communication, literature, film studies, and political science. She has a B.A in Political Science from Wright State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Dr. Anne-Marie Nickel, Milwaukee School

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Justin L. Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

innovative solutions. Often paired with other elements to represent recognition that innovation comes in many forms.Nine elements comprised this theme (Table 2). Each of these elements provided one facet of howa participant defined innovation. Participants often, but not always, described multiple elements.These were not necessarily elements that participants regularly sought in their engineering work,but ways to assess, often post hoc, whether a project or experience was innovative. Further, thistheme demonstrated students learning that innovation may not necessarily be the creation of anengineering solution alone, but also that innovation may be defined in terms of the effects of thedevelopment and implementation has on

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Rocio C. Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education; Alexandra Longo, American Society for Engineering Education; Rossen Tsanov, American Society for Engineering Education

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

paper focuses on understanding the roles of aVirtual Community of Practice (VCP) in advancing the goals of LGBTQ equality in engineering.The VCP was established in fall 2015 consisting of 19 professionals from STEM academicdepartments in the initial cohort. During the first semester, the VCP members completed humanrelations facilitator training and developed content for Safe Zone LGBTQ inclusion traininggeared toward STEM academics. Since completion of the facilitator training, the VCP membershave actively promoted LGBTQ inclusion in their own departments and conducted Safe Zoneworkshops at their own institutions, online and at professional society meetings. A survey wasused to assess the VCP members’ perceptions of VCP design, benefits to

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Ally Kindel Martin, The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

research interests are in improving active learning environments, authentic assessment, and the development of classroom pedagogy to improve professional skills in engi- neering students. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Examining the Impacts of Academic and Community Enrichment Resources on First-Year Civil Engineering StudentsIntroductionThe Citadel School of Engineering conducted a critical internal review as part of strategicplanning in 2011, which pointed to limited retention efforts for students that are many times illprepared for college, especially engineering. Following the 2011 strategic planning efforts was aperiod of

Conference Session

Perspectives on Degree Completion and Graduate School Application

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio; Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington

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Mechanical Engineering

beliefs of students concerning their progress toward graduation, especiallytheir thoughts on impediments to their earning an engineering degree in 4 years. A survey wasconducted in the earlier study to assess the UTSA mechanical engineering students’ perception of thereasons for the delays in their graduation. The results of that study were reported earlier13. Thesurvey questionnaire was modified in this study to obtain more realistic feedback from students. Inaddition to mechanical engineering students at UTSA, students from other disciplines enrolled inboth UTSA and UTA also participated in the new survey. Questions used in the new survey arepresented in Table 3.The new survey was conducted in spring semester 2015 in capstone design courses or

Conference Session

Evaluation: Diversity in K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherina V Tarnai-Lokhorst P.Eng., FEC, Camosun College

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

prestigious as theiroriginal, science-related aspirations (e.g., lawyer)", Qing Li31 notes. Li goes on to say that mostteachers are idealistic in their educational philosophy, believing it to be a “liberating anddemocratic influence”. However, in practice, mathematics teachers in her study still reinforcetraditional behaviours and occupational pathways for their students, regardless of gender orwhere their interests or talents lie. In fact, they often “seem to actively discourage nontraditionalfemale interests.A multinational conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, attracted educators from the US,Canada and Australia interested in fostering “dialogue that would bridge the gap betweenacademic research and school practices”, assessing “how feminist

Conference Session

Computers in Education Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neelam Soundarajan, Ohio State University; Swaroop Joshi, Ohio State University; Rajiv Ramnath, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

discussion that her group memberswent through in arriving at their final positions and the evolution of her own thinking as the dis-cussion progressed, possibly in preparation for the final exam in the course; andd) Allowing the instructor to assess how effective the initial multiple-choice question was in en-abling the formation of heterogeneous groups as well as how effective the discussions in the groupswere in helping students develop deep understanding of the underlying concepts by looking at thesummaries of the discussions submitted by the various students in the class.We conclude with a mention of our plans for future work. We are currently implementing therevised version of the CONSIDER tool. Once it is complete, we plan to test it in a

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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College Industry Partnerships

details relevant information about:the position, desired qualifications, and the conditions of employment.A thorough review of candidates’ qualifications and experience is necessary, but may not besufficient in insuring quality of instruction. Candidate’s ability to deliver a lecture properlyshould be put to the test through his/ her presentation of a seminar attended and evaluated byfaculty members and students. Presentation of a technical seminar, though stressful for somecandidates, is an invaluable means for assessing candidate’s teaching skills. A scheduledpresentation is also an opportunity for regular faculty to meet adjunct candidates, before andafter the seminar, to get to know the candidate and discuss matters of mutual interest

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Sean Tavares; Shawn Banker; Christopher LeBlanc; Jonathan Ferguson

example the poster produced for the ET Undergraduate Research Conference was subsequently used in a UIC open house for industry.This project also provided much valuable insight about how the ET Program and the UIC maywork better on capstone project collaborations in the future. Much of this insight is applicable toa wide range of student projects involving collaboration with industry and research centers.Common to projects where two or more students work together, there is often a challengeinvolved in regard to equitably distributing the project tasks among students, ensuring that eachteam member is engaged, and in assessing the contribution that each student made to the aproject. In future collaborations it is planned to distribute project

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Mahler, The Boeing Company; Ann Broughton, Purdue University; Barrett Caldwell, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

include providing a communityservice as a role model and learning the organizational, project supervision, and professionaldevelopment tasks required to plan and implement a successful PFSD each year. Parents andteachers are exposed to the excitement of spaceflight through the eyes of their children andstudents, respectively. The University shares the quality of its campus and student volunteerswith the community and benefits from the future enrollment of PFSD participants as universitystudents.Assessment results received from surveys filled out by the students, parents, and volunteers areintegrated into the next PFSD program thus benefiting from lessons learned and sustaining PFSDfor the next generation. Ten years of experience, assessment, and

Conference Session

Improving ME Instructional Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Sangeorzan, Oakland University; Laila Guessous, Oakland University

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Mechanical Engineering

BombCalorimeter, ASTM Standard D240-02, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, http://www.astm.org.11. Criterion 3. Program Outcomes and Assessment, in CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITING ENGINEERING PROGRAMS, October 28, 2006, ABET Inc., Baltimore, MD, http://abet.org/index.shtml. Page 12.1045.11 Appendix – Sample Laboratory Assignment Fall 2006 Laboratory Assignment #2Measuring the Energy Content of FoodThe purpose of this laboratory exercise is to apply theFirst

Conference Session

Research Infrastructure in STEM Disciplines

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlotta Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Cordelia Brown, Purdue University; Ingrid St. Omer, University of Kentucky; Stephanie Adams, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Michael Smith, National Society of Black Engineers

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Minorities in Engineering

. Therewere also some learners who really valued in class discussion. A final comment provided by an African American female graduate student summarizedher description of an effective instructor. “Effective instruction starts with an instructor who is alife-long learner and a facilitator, comprehensive curriculum/resources, and adequateinstructional time. Frequent formative and summative assessment, along with performanceassessment (portfolios) is key. When instruction incorporates real life examples, peercollaboration, use of technology and the opportunity to reflect upon learning ... that's a greatcourse!”Conclusions and Future Work In conclusion, this paper presents a preliminary study of the learning preferences andteaching

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Jackson, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Sara Abdulla, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

relationships,if any.For this study, the variables are: the overall density of a class’s social network; the degree ofinteractions between each gender in each class; percent of students passing with an A, B, or C;percent of students failing with a D or F; percent of males and females passing with an A, B, orC; percent of males and females failing with a D or F; and the median grade of each class.To limit variability, the population for this study consisted of students enrolled in five sections ofthe same computer Freshman Engineering College course under the direction of the sameprofessor at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville in the Spring of 2006. Therefore, theteaching style, content, and assessments were the same between classes. All classes met