Conference Session

An International Perspective

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hasmik Gharibyan, California Polytechnic State University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2007-751: GENDER GAP IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: STUDYING ITSABSENCE IN ONE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICHasmik Gharibyan, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Hasmik Gharibyan is a Full Professor in the Computer Science department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. The first 15 years of her career (1981-1996) she held faculty positions in the Applied Mathematics and Informatics department at Yerevan State University, Republic of Armenia (USSR). Then she moved to San Luis Obispo, USA, and in 1998 joined the faculty of the Computer Science department at Cal Poly. Dr. Gharibyan teaches undergrad and grad courses, including such courses as Theory of Computing, Data

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rick Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

AC 2009-1225: CALCULUS AT A DISTANCE: BRINGING ADVANCEDMATHEMATICS TO HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH DISTANCELEARNINGNelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Nelson C. Baker is the Vice Provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE) and a faculty member in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Nelson received his B.S. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon. His work focuses on educational learning tools and student learning, faculty usage, and assessment of these techniques for instruction and

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Lynn Mann, Kettering University ; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Rebecca Marie Reck, Kettering University

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Diversity

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Student

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. Dr. Peters is the Faculty Advisor to the SWE collegiate sections at Kettering University.Dr. Rebecca Reck, Kettering University Rebecca M. Reck is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. She completed her Ph.D. in systems engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign and her master’s degree in electrical engineering at Iowa State University during her eight years at Rockwell Collins and her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a mathematics mi- nor, from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2005. Her research interests include controls, signal processing, and engineering

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Berizohar Padilla Cerezo; Maria Manzano, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Engineering ranging from student support programs, faculty bias awareness trainings, and inclusive cultural change. Prior to her work at Cal Poly, received a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Ohio State University, where she was also very involved with social justice initiatives.Dr. Katherine Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dr. Katherine C. Chen is the Executive Director of the STEM Education Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Her degrees in Materials Science and Engineering are from Michigan State University and MIT. Her research interests include pre-college engineering education and equity in education.Berizohar Padilla CerezoMaria Manzano, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Northwest; Anan Ismail Ayyad

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Instrumentation

, including faculty and staff members, have beengenerous in their support and assistance, club members have had to raise more than $25,000 tocover manufacturing and parts costs. Purdue University Northwest competed in its first FormulaSAE competition in the past year [1]. The goal of the team has since been to make significantimprovements on its systems and designs. One such improvement has been the implementation ofa telemetry and data acquisition system. A telemetry and data acquisition system allows for thecollection and interpretation of data from sensors on the car, which enables the team to not onlydiagnose and solve issues with the other systems of the car, but to fine-tune and optimize thegeometry of the mechanical systems as well as making

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinmyun Jo, Virginia State University; Xiaoyu Zhang, Old Dominion University; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Pamela Leigh-Mack, Virginia State University; James Irvin Cooke Jr., Virginia State University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

tomotivate and encourage undergraduate students, especially those from underrepresented groups,to pursue advanced degrees and/or careers in STEM10.The teams of faculty and students from the VSU and ODU conducted research on fabrication ofa light weight fuel cell stack with polymer bipolar plates and end plates based on the Horizonfuel cell stack. Two faculty members from ODU and one from VSU provided mentoring serviceto the participating student researchers in three phases. Phase I included REU internships atODU for two VSU students and one student from University of Puerto Rico during summer of2017. Phase II was a Senior Design Project that involved three students during 2017-2018academic year at VSU, and phase III was finalizing the project by a

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sevile Mannickarottu, University of Pennsylvania

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

), molecular biology equipment, and two chemical fume hoods Figure 3: Other side of the lab’s “Projects Room”. This side houses 3D printers, a cell culture hood, a CO2 incubator, and microscopes Moreover, as with many engineering programs, the department wanted to have more hands-on laboratory classes. Existing lab classes also needed to cover a broader range ofBioengineering topics. This was to help students see how the disparate topics for which theywould have taken classes, come together in its application to biology and the human system. Thebiggest challenge, however, was that the department also wanted to move the senior design classout of the research labs where it was tied to faculty

Conference Session

Best Paper Presentations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia; Robert M. Weikle II, University of Virginia; Maite Brandt-Pearce, University of Virginia

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

areas. Returning to academia, he earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2011 at the University of Virginia. His current research interests include machine learning, embedded systems, electrical power systems, and engineering education.Prof. Ronald D. Williams P.E., University of Virginia Ronald Williams is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. His teaching responsibilities have typically been in the area of digital systems, embedded computing, and computer design. He has recently been actively involved in the redesign of the undergraduate electrical engineering curriculum. His research interests have focused on embedded computing for

Conference Session

Innovations in Advanced Fabrication Technologies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

R. Radharamanan, Mercer University

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Diversity

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Manufacturing

, and Research Director of CAM and Robotics Center at San Diego State University. His primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, robotics and automation, innovation and entrepreneurship, quality engineering, and product and process development. He has organized and chaired five international conferences, co-chaired two, and organized and chaired three regional conferences. He has received two teaching awards, several research and service awards in the United States and in Brazil. His present and past professional affiliations include ASEE, IIE, ASQ, SME, ASME, and ISPE. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

That's a Great Idea! Learning-focused Methods to Revitalize Your Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vishwas Narayan Bedekar, Middle Tennessee State University; Ahad S. Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University; Walter W. Boles, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

- ally circulated journals related to materials science and mechanical engineering. He has also served on several NSF panels as a reviewer. He is currently teaching fundamental courses in materials science and mechatronics engineering at MTSU.Dr. Ahad S. Nasab, Middle Tennessee State University Dr. Ahad Nasab received his PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1987. He then worked as a research scientist at the Center for Laser Applications of Physics Research Group of University of Tennessee Space Institute. In 1991 he joined the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University where he is currently the coordinator of the Mechatronics Engineering degree program.Dr. Walter W. Boles, Middle Tennessee State University

Conference Session

FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Northwest

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ASEE Headquarters

610 cc motorcycle engine in accordance with FormulaSAE Michigan regulations, and it is among the competition’s 120 registered vehicles. But thecompetition is more than auto racing. Crafted by college students from across the globe, thecompeting vehicles will be tested for endurance, speed, handling and acceleration. Before anycar’s rubber hits the track, each team will compete in static categories based on design, cost andfuel efficiency. Though Purdue Northwest’s College of Engineering and Sciences, College ofTechnology and a wide range of local sponsors, including faculty and staff members, have beengenerous in their support and assistance, club members have had to raise more than $25,000 tocover manufacturing and parts costs. Purdue

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Shuvra Das

this problem. A fairly well-known approach, first proposed by faculty from Wright StateUniversity, involves teaching an Engineering Mathematics class to freshmen engineeringstudents. This class, typically taught by engineers (and not mathematicians), covers only thosetopics from the entire Calculus curriculum that are actually used in early engineering courses suchas Physics, Statics, Dynamics, Circuit Theory, etc. Passing this course allows students to continueinto freshmen and sophomore level engineering classes while they are still continuing to finishthe traditional sequence of Calculus courses. This class was recently added to the engineeringcurriculum at University of Detroit Mercy. In this paper the author will present the course

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2008-93: "THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOOK" OR "WHY MY STUDENTSWANT TO BE CALLED BIG DRIPS"Amy Miller, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown Amy Miller is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She earned a M.S. degree from University of Pittsburgh, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She joined the faculty at UPJ in 1992 after 10 years with a leading manufacturer of railroad freight cars. During her time in industry, she served as a Design Engineer, Manager of Design Engineering, and Manager of Engineering

Conference Session

Dynamics - Wow! They accelerate

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, University of Mount Union; Pattabhi Sitaram, Baker College, Flint, MI

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Mechanics

development engineer in crashworthiness. He hast taught extensively at both undergraduate and graduate levels in civil and mechanical engineering disciplines. Page 23.356.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 CURRICULUM DESIGN OF STATICS AND DYNAMICS: AN INTEGRATED SCAFFOLDING AND HANDS-ON APPROACHABSTRACT Statics and Dynamics are necessary fundamental components of the engineeringcurriculum for Mechanical Engineering (ME), Civil Engineering (CE), and some otherengineering disciplines. Students typically take these courses at the beginning of their second

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Lundy-Wagner, Teachers College, Columbia University

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Two Year College Division

completing developmentaleducation, faculty may tend to underestimate developmental math student’s abilities, motivation,and goals . Thus, understanding the dissonance between student, faculty, and even policy-makerexpectations regarding developmental math may be an important step toward improving the Page 24.432.10policies and pathways related to community college STEM programs.Finally, although this paper does not address community college STEM non-completers,understanding what happens to students who are diverted away from these programs, especiallyby way of developmental math courses, may be helpful for understanding the effect that suchcourses

Conference Session

Integrating Materials and Manufacturing

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry

onlearning, and there is a common mismatch between teachers and students in this area.7,10 Themajority of engineering faculty tend to be Intuitors, focusing on theory, concepts and principles,while more students tend to be Sensors, perceiving information more readily from practicalexperience and observation of concrete events. TJ types—methodical, logical, organized— arelikely to be attracted and retained well in engineering education, while we are more likely to losethose with F and P preferences— those who tend to weigh human, subjective factors first andthose who prefer to be flexible and spontaneous.4,6,9Rather than being overwhelmed by the notion of providing an ideal learning environment for all16 possible types, teachers have been advised to

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

students generated innovative solutions using asystematic problem solving methodology. The methodology has been taught as part of a coursetitled: “Introduction to Inventive Problem Solving in Engineering” (please see syllabus at:http://www.ee.fau.edu/faculty/raviv/EGN4040_SP2003_Syllabus.htm). The main goal of thecourse is to enhance inventive and innovative thinking abilities of undergraduate students. In thiscourse there is no “right or wrong”, and the emphasis is on “out-of-the-box” inventive thinking,imagination, intuition, common sense and elements of communication/teamwork. The courseuses hands-on problem-based learning for introducing undergraduate engineering students toconcepts and principles of inventive/innovative problem solving. The

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assuranc in Engr Ed

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Reynolds; Macy Reynolds

technologycourses for all Engineering Technology majors. She has developed the technical writing web site for the School ofEngineering. Macy graduated from the Ohio State University and holds advanced degrees from Wright StateUniversity. She also has over thirty-five years of teaching experience.ROGER REYNOLDSRoger E. Reynolds has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of Dayton since 1990. He teachesOrganizational Management and Engineering Economics for Engineering Technology students. Roger has anundergraduate degree from Ohio State University and an MBA from Wright State University. He is also anadjunct faculty member with the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shaghayegh Abbasi, University of Portland; Jordyn Wolfand, University of Portland; Kathleen Bieryla, University of Portland

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

related to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), specifically investigating treatment outcomes through a combination of FEM simulation and clinical data analysis. Sherry has worked in industry in the role of a senior system design engineer at Lumedyne Technologies, where she developed a software model for a time-based MEMS accelerometer. She then gained significant academic experience through six years of teaching as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego. Sherry has been collaborating on a bioengineering research project with the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego since 2016. In addition to technical research, she conducts engineering education research related to project based

Conference Session

Reimagining Pathways: Nurturing Diversity and Identity in STEM Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robyn Mae Paul, University of Calgary

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Diversity

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

into all my messiness, emotionality, and uncertainty thatmade me an amazing engineering researcher.When my heart and soul were ready to write again, I initially started with following thetraditional structures. By now, I had developed more confidence in my paradigm, so I recognizedthat these structured and “masculine styles of writing were marginalising other ways of being”(Weatherall, 2019, p. 105). My writing style and flow had to align with the paradigm of myresearch, so I slowly broke free of the traditional structure and embraced what Pullen and Rhodes(2008) call ‘dirty writing.’ In their description of dirty writing, they emphasize the boundariesand dualisms that structure our thinking and writing (including self/other, script

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dale E. Schinstock

the motor and by changing the controlledvariable between position and velocity. Furthermore the electrical dynamics can also be studiedand must be considered when attempting to get high performance from the system.In putting the software together for the laboratory the philosophy was to make the software aseasy as possible for the students to use while incorporating common control structures fromindustrial applications. We developed the software in house. This allowed us to developsoftware that incorporated industrial control structures and hardware while providing the abilityto experiment. It is not possible to experiment significantly in the software available for Proceedings of the 2005 Midwest Section Conference of the American Society

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Eric Musselman P.E.; Shawn Gross

enrollment of all sections e Three-year average (2009 to 2011) Spring 2015 Mid-Atlantic ASEE Conference, April 10-11, 2015 Villanova UniversityTransition to the Inverted Classroom FormatThe decision to shift from a more classical course structure to an inverted classroom format inthe Structural Design course discussed in this paper was motivated by a number of factors.Foremost was the recognition that it makes little sense to focus most of the precious class time,where faculty and students are able to interact, on the lowest two levels of Bloom’s taxonomy(knowledge and comprehension), while using primarily problems related to the third level of thetaxonomy (application) for evaluation of student performance on exams. The inverted

Conference Session

Student Engagement in ECE

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergey Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Reinhold Ludwig, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Stephen Bitar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2010-240: ROLE AND PLACE OF INTERACTIVE LEARNING MATERIALSIN AN UNDERGRADUATE INTRODUCTORY ECE CLASS FOR NON-MAJORSSergey Makarov, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Sergey N. Makarov (M’98–SM’06) earned his B.S./M.S./Ph.D./Dr. Sci. degrees at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) State University, Russian Federation – Department of Mathematics and Mechanics where he became a professor in 1996 – the youngest full professor of the Faculty. In 2000 he joined the Faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA where he became a professor and director of the Center for Electromagnetic Modeling and Design at WPI in 2008. His current areas of interest

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. D. Wilson, Purdue University; Michele Summers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tatiana V. Goris, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Allen Gordon, Indiana Institute of Technology

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College Industry Partnerships

Paper ID #10071SMART R Boards: Implementing Technology for InnovationProf. M. D. Wilson, Purdue University MICHAEL WILSON is an Adjunct faculty member in the College of Technology and Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University in the College of Engineering. He earned a Bachelors of Science from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters from the University of Chicago; his broad research interests include Engineering Education, Network Science, and Modeling Human Sociometrics. Professor Wilson may be reached at wilsonmd@purdue.eduMs. Michele Summers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michele Summers is an Associate

Conference Session

ME Division 15: Grading Practices and Student Performance

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick M Comiskey, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

assignments. Decent, end of chapter textbook problems are then listed next prior tothe final section, a set of custom, instructor-written problems. These custom homework problems were developed so students can become familiar withthe tone of instructor-written questions and so that expectations on problem complexity is clearlyconveyed. Constructing activities in this manner can enhance student’s feelings of competence[3] which is valuable when they’re preparing for summative assessments. Additionally, theproblems are generally ordered in difficulty from straightforward to more complex to reducelearned helplessness [3, 6], an issue that’s particularly acute because of a typical student’s priorrelationship with homework. Where possible, the

Conference Session

Understanding Concealable Stigmatized Identities (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 10)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cole Thompson, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Stephanie Masta, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Diversity

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

engineering education researchers, want to better understand the experiences ofTNBGNC students, validate their identities, and support their pursuit of engineering degrees, wemust understand the traditional pitfalls of research with the trans community and the ways bywhich trans scholars suggest we move forward. Trans studies as a field was created to fosterdiscourse within the trans community regarding the sociopolitical and cultural dimensions ofgender and identity and provides tools to critically examine systemic inequalities andepistemological biases. By engaging with these tools, we can interrogate the structural barriersthat TNBGNC students face in STEM education and develop research practices that prioritizetheir voices and lived experiences

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sydney Anne Morris, Northeastern University; Hannah Boyce, Northeastern University; Caroline Ghio, Northeastern University; Amanda Dee, Northeastern University; Alexis Pathwick-Paszyc, Northeastern University; Paul DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

been the recipient of the first Whitaker Young Investigator Award from the BMES, a Searle Scholar Award, and an Early Career De- velopment Award from the NSF as well as a three-time recipient of the Omega Chi Epsilon Outstanding Faculty Award from the Northeastern Student Affiliate of AIChE and the Dick Sioui Teaching Award from American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Paper ID #32923 Northeastern University. He also has led industrial R&D teams at Organogenesis Inc. and Polymerix Cor- poration developing tissue-engineered medical products and drug

Conference Session

Grading and Feedback Models in Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Petros Sideris, Texas A&M University; Maria Koliou, Texas A&M University

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Mechanics

-doctoral Fellow at the NIST- funded Center of Excellence for Risk-based Community Resilience Planning at Colorado State University. She received her Diploma (2008) in Civil Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece, while she holds Master’s (2010) and PhD (2014) degrees from the University at Buffalo – SUNY. Her research inter- ests span the fields of structural dynamics, earthquake engineering, and multi-hazard performance-based design for system functionality and community resilience. Through these areas, her research focuses on developing novel sustainable structural designs and systems against natural and man-made hazards and formulating fundamental mathematical frameworks to assess system functionality and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Bell, Stanford University; Mark Horowitz, Stanford University

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Electrical and Computer

circuits class. He will be joining the faculty of Tufts University in Fall 2018 as a lecturer in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department.Prof. Mark Horowitz, Stanford University Mark Horowitz is the Yahoo! Founders Professor at Stanford University and was chair of the Electrical Engineering Department from 2008 to 2012. He co-founded Rambus, Inc. in 1990 and is a fellow of the IEEE and the ACM and a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Science. Dr. Horowitz’s research interests are quite broad and span using EE and CS analysis methods to problems in molecular biology to creating new design methodologies for analog and digital VLSI circuits

Conference Session

Tools of the Trade

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy; Craig Steidle, US Naval Academy; Eric Johnson, US Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

AC 2008-539: THE LOSS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA: PORTAGINGTHE LEADERSHIP LESSONS WITH A CRITICAL THINKING MODELRobert Niewoehner, U.S. Naval Academy CAPT Rob Niewoehner, USN, PhD is Director of Aeronautics at the US Naval Academy. Prior to joining the Naval Academy faculty, he served as a fleet F-14 pilot, and then as an experimental test pilot, including Chief Test Pilot for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, throughout its development.Craig Steidle, US Naval Academy Rear Admiral Craig Steidle, USN (ret) holds the Rogers Chair of Aeronautics at the U.S. Naval Academy. In uniform, RADM Steidle served as a combat A-6 pilot, test pilot, F/A-18 Program Manager, F-35 Program Manager, and