Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steve Macho, Buffalo State College

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Conceptually, this is necessary for a frameworkto adequately define the body of knowledge it can encompass. Tactically, documentssuch the ITEA’s Standards for Technological Literacy (STL) serve as an excellentinterim guide for determining content. The developing National Assessment ofEducational Progress (NAEP) Technological Literacy exam may also be a potentinfluence in determining curricular content for technological literacy. It is likely that thediversity of design problems posed by learners would easily exceed any set ofbenchmarks or standards, yet this schema would contain it. From the standpoint of aconceptual framework for teaching technological literacy, the potential content is literallyeverything.Implications There are many positive

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Maria Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, ​ Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics National Zoological Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), atop public university in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The faculty from our cohort included womenminorities from different institutions.We wanted this experience to be documented on-site via a blog. We developed the“International Engagement & Broadening Participation in STEM Blog” that would includeconversations on topics related to career-life balance and overcoming barriers to globalcollaborations. In order to assess the experiences of our cohort, we required that all theparticipants publish their impressions on the following “International Engagement” blog thatwas developed for this project: https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/promise/collaborative-projects/international-engagement- and-broadening

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Ben Groenewald; Christina L. Carmen, University of Alabama, Huntsville

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

designtool was an evaluation matrix. The matrix development is described within NASA’s SystemsEngineering (SE) handbook8 which is used within the UAH design class to guide the engineeringstudents through the design process. The matrices allow for comparison of various designconcepts via the specification of weighted design criteria that enable each concept to receive afinal “score”-with the highest scoring concept, typically, being the best option. A lecture used atUAH that provides details regarding the importance, creation, and use of evaluation matrices wasprovided to the CPUT instructor to present to the students. The CPUT students were asked tocomplete a survey before and after the lecture in order to assess the learning outcome and impactof

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Student Development

, activities, and assessments that translate the themes of diversity,sustainability and global engagement into the applied language and practices of various specificdisciplines. Most institutions also have some sort of international office that encourages studentsto engage in some sort of study or internship abroad. Although such broad efforts are certainlyimportant, they fall well short of providing focused, specific preparation for STEM practice in aglobal economy; nearly all U.S. engineering graduates still leave college with little or no Page 21.29.2significant international exposure.A small but growing handful of institutions have begun responding

Conference Session

Innovative Topics in ChE Curriculum

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Ward; Robert Busch; Abhaya Datye; David Kauffman

adopts this somewhat radicalapproach remains to be seen.Identifying characteristics of a chemical engineerTwo organizations, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and theNational Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), have defined subjectmatter areas for undergraduate chemical engineering programs, though with quite differentpurposes in mind.ABET’s requirements include the well-known “A through K” outcomes criteria for allengineering programs and the requirement for an assessment program with documented results3.In addition, ABET requires a minimum of one year of college level mathematics and basicsciences, appropriate to the discipline; a minimum of one and one-half years of engineeringtopics; and a

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Solt; Ashbjorn Osland; Anuradha Basu

to write business plansto assess the feasibility of commercializing some of those ideas. Based on the experience gained over the last two academic years, we plan to separatesubmissions made by undergraduate teams from those made by graduate (or alumni) teams. Thisis because of obvious differences in the quality and level of sophistication of plans submitted bythese two sets of participants. Since we wish to encourage participation from both sets of student,it is appropriate to design slightly different criteria for judging their business plans. Our hope isthat by doing so, we will encourage even greater participation in the SVBPC and make itaccessible and open to as many SJSU students, alumni, faculty and staff, as possible. Weconsider

Conference Session

Faculty Reward System Reform

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

J.W. Bardo; Gary Bertoline; Eugene DeLoatch; Duane Dunlap; Albert McHenry; T.G. Stanford; S.J. Tricamo; P.Y. Lee; H.J. Palmer; Michael Dyrenfurth; Dennis Depew; Donald Keating

creation, development & innovation of technology. Four actionitems are presented based upon the urgency for reform in U.S. engineering education and the unifyingthemes, common to other professions, in advancing professional education for practice.1. IntroductionSince the end of World War II, the United States has invested heavily, and quite successfully, in fosteringresearch-driven graduate education for the development of the U.S. scientific workforce, which performsdiscovery-oriented basic scientific research at the universities.Subsequently, in the last half of the last century, faculty reward systems that assess productive facultyscholarship at the nation’s colleges of engineering and technology have focused largely on the linearresearch

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Diversity: Women & Minorities in ET

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Joan Begolly; Jennifer Gilley

technological courses. Women in Engineering Conference; 1998 Jun 14-16; Seattle, Wash.: Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network; 1998. p. 257-262.20 Tenenbaum HR, Leaper C. Parent-child conversations about science: the socialization of gender inequities? Developmental Psychology 2003;39(1):34-47.21 Cosgrove CR, Blaisdell S, Anderson MR. A climate survey and needs assessment. Women in Engineering Conference; 1994 Jun 5-7; Washington, D.C.: Women in Engineering Program Advocates Network; 1994.22 Thom M, Pickering M, Thompson RE. Understanding the barriers to recruiting women in engineering and technology programs; 2002 Nov 6-9; Boston, Mass.: Frontiers in Education; 2002. p. F4C1-6.23

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Global Issues in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Renato Pacheco; Lucia Helena Martins-Pacheco

situation/issue or problem. However, once it isexpressed, it is easier to reflect about the subject, to see its multi-facets, imbrications, andlimitations of the proposed model (concepts and links), and even to use common sense thoughtsto interpret what the numbers are showing to us. Possible incoherencies in the outcomes could besucceeded of an incomplete model (lack of some concept(s)) or ambiguous definition ofconcepts. The meaning of concepts is often associated to context or concerning the direction ofan action, for example “imperialism” could be a big thing to those who impose it but a bad one tothose who are subdued. So, a critical assessment of each map is necessary to mirror better realityand to reflect about our own beliefs.A CM is a very

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Eck Doerry

Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.6. Dourish, P., and Bellotti, V. (1992). "Awareness and Coordination in Shared Workspaces." Proceedings of ACM CSCW'92 Conference in Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Toronto, Canada.7. Ercolano, V. (1995). "Globalizing Engineering Education." ASEE Prism, pp. 21-25.8. Gray, K., Murdock, G., and Stebbins, C. (2002). "Assessing Study Abroad's Effect on an International Mission." Change, 34(3), p. 44.9. Gutwin, C., Greenberg, S., and Roseman, M. (1996). "Staying Aware in Groupware Workspaces." Proceedings of the ACM CSCW'96 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Boston, MA.10. Hatfield, J., Collier

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

newsletters and magazines; spelling out in some 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

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Melnyk; Grant Crawford; David Stringer; Steven Braddom

-alone course, the focus isnot on simply conducting laboratories to verify theory, but on the formulation of the entire flighttest. This includes the identification the key performance parameters to be measured, anunderstanding of the instrumentation available to accomplish the measurements, anunderstanding of the capabilities and limitations of the sensors, integrating the selected sensorsinto an instrumentation package that is suitable for use or integration on the aircraft, formulationof the flight testing procedures, assessment of the test results, and reduction of the risk factorsinvolved in the flight test. Only after these processes are completed is the flight test briefed to thetest pilot, conducted and then debriefed. Again, the focus

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yann-Hang Lee; Sethuraman Panchanathan; Gerald Gannod; Forouzan Golshani; David Pheanis; Ben Huey

and hardware components and production tools. • The students will be able to assess the cost effectiveness of various design alternatives.From the research perspective, the course will examine the micro-kernel design for spatial andtemporal partitioning in order to eliminate any interference across partition boundaries [6]. Thescheduling approach for partitioned systems [4,5] and under energy constraints [7] will beaddressed accordingly in the course. Software engineering topics to be covered includecomponent-based modeling, integration and mediation of object interactions via softwareframeworks, verification and validation approaches for timing constraints, and support forapplication infrastructures using middleware.The classroom

Conference Session

Cultivating Professional Responsibility

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ford; Nancy White

unsafe constructionpractices used on the Bonfire project when he became a professional engineer? This issue will beaddressed by first comparing the specific practices used on the Bonfire in 1999 with standardpractices of professional construction projects to assess the nature and degree of deviations andseverity of ethical concerns. Professional engineering codes of ethics are then used to evaluateJoe's responsibilities with regard to the Bonfire. A Comparison of Construction Standards and Bonfire Practices Innumerable practices are required or are standard on construction projects as large as theBonfire. Many of these practices are not relevant to this study. Six relevant construction practicesthat deviated on the Bonfire project

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sheldon Jeter

it surely contributes. In addition to the instructor’squalitative evaluation, a quantitative assessment can be based on the data in Table 1. Table 1. Statistical Data and Analysis P-S V-P term number average SSD average SSD ESE ttest P* summer 2000 47 93.3 2.96 96.2 2.66 0.580 4.910 0.000 fall 2000 A 58 92.9 3.76 94.6 4.07 0.728 2.337 0.012 fall 2000 B 60 92.9 4.04 95.0 3.87 0.722 2.908 0.003 spring 2001 A 51 93.0

Conference Session

Inquiring MINDs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Freya Toledo; Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo; Didier Valdes-Diaz

professionals in NASA were part of the presentation. The use of satellite technology in multiple applications ranging from space traveling to sea temperature assessment was discussed. NASA material was distributed to the participants Astronomy: How to get to the Stars - As a complement to the NASA presentation, the presenter explained the interaction between the human race and the science of space. The participants enjoyed this conference due to the neatness on presenting complex concepts in a simple way easy to understand by high school students. Personal and Professional Experience in Transportation: Teaching and Consulting - The purpose of this topic was to present a live testimony of a professional that has dedicated his life working on

Conference Session

Innovative Laboratory Instruction

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Martin Morris; David Zietlow

, the requirements for the project are bigger than one individual can accomplish inone semester. The activities are comprehensive enough to allow for specialization. The rocketfabrication required manual dexterity; some students are better than others. The computer modelrequired someone with better analytical skills capable of concentrating on the programming anddata analysis. The reporting requirements required someone with good communication skills.Finally, the aesthetic component of the competition required someone with artistic skill capableof producing a visually appealing rocket. We survey the students at the beginning of thesemester to assess their strengths and assign balanced teams. We have tried to prevent friendsfrom participating on

Conference Session

Current Issues in Computing

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lonnie Welch

Society for Engineering Education” Support for the warrant is referred to as backing. Rebuttals are counter arguments, counter examples, conflicting information, flaws, and other reasons for not accepting the claim, grounds, warrant and/or backing. Read the accompanying article (“A usage-model-based approach to test therac-25,” by P. Hsia and others, 1995) and identify the claim(s), grounds for each claim, warrant and backing. Produce your own rebuttals. In addition, if the author has presented rebuttals, identify those.Writing-To-Learn Activity 3: Minute Paper A minute paper is sometimes used to assess student learning. At the end of a classsession, students are asked to summarize what they learned. To limit the lengths

Conference Session

Retention: Keeping the Women Students

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Miller; Mara Wasburn

case with all student-run organizations, the turnover of the membership each year, asstudents graduate and new students join, threatens the continuity of initiatives, limiting thegroup’s effectiveness.A continual effort that seeks to understand the student issues and address their needs is anecessary first step. As faculty advisors, we will continue to gather data and information in orderto assess the progress that has been made and to target areas that still need to be improved.Above all, we will continue to listen to the voices of our women students and to involve them inall of our efforts. The problems identified above are, in the final analysis, their problem and theyneed to be at the center of any solution.Bibliography1. Mervis, J

Conference Session

Design and the Liberal Arts

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Angela Patton; Richard Bannerot

thinking. The reality is that the models that they build parallel theirthought process. If the outcome is disjointed and lacks basic order and organization thenit is an indication that thinking is chaotic and muddled. Using the models as a point ofreference, we can help students identify where their “thinking” is on target or off course.Another consideration to working visually is that it reveals natural tendencies. In otherwords, are students more inclined towards details or “big pictures?” This realization isvery valuable when developing thinking skills. Once an assessment like this is made, astudent can be directed to pull back or push further. Once students see for themselves thatthey have a propensity for one way of thinking or another way

Collection

2022 CIEC

Authors

Joseph Untener; Philip Appiah-Kubi

. BackgroundABET [1] requires engineering technology baccalaureate degree programs to “provide acapstone or integrating experience that develops student competencies in applying both technicaland non-technical skills in solving problems.” In fulfilling this mandate, many institutions offer aone or two-semester culminating capstone project for seniors where they work with a projectsponsor to produce the desired deliverable. Capstone projects provide a great experientiallearning opportunity for students to own the project and their learning while applying the desiredtechnical and non-technical skills to solve problems [2]. Team capstone projects provideengineering technology programs a unique opportunity to assess the 1 – 5 student outcomes [3].For example

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey D. Radloff, SUNY Cortland; Allison Antink-Meyer, Illinois State University; Ryan Brown, Illinois State University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Dominick Fantacone

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

views of engineering knowledge. This is to position the VNOEK as a formative meansof self-assessment, as it is underpinned by the research-based nature of engineering knowledge.As engineering becomes more ubiquitous across pre-college national STEM reform, it is moreimportant than ever to support teachers’ sensemaking by enacting authentic yet accessibleengineering in their classrooms. Teachers draw upon their related pedagogical and disciplinaryknowledge when creating and adapting engineering design-based curricula to fit their students’needs. If teachers do not hold informed views of engineering, they may be unable to meet thesereform- and curriculum-based goals. However, engineering needs to be recognized in the STEMclassroom for what it is

Conference Session

Track 7: Technical Session 2: Lessons Learned from Development of an Elective Undergraduate Course on DEI in STEM

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Leigh S McCue, George Mason University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Kevin William Kuck, George Mason University; Dhiambi Otete; Violet Veronika Reges

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

, outside the context of a museum designed specifically with this intent. Thatsaid, in practice, the field trip proved to be a valuable community-building activity for the class,giving yet another opportunity to better understand each other’s perspectives and values. With newexhibits focused on infrastructure and redlining – to topics around climate change, the impact ofengineers from minoritized backgrounds was brought to the forefront for students and instructorsto experience, highlighting the value and importance of DEI in engineering.Students also participated in an assessment of intercultural development as designed by theIntercultural Development Institute. Working to build the students intercultural understanding iskey to accomplishing the

Conference Session

Track 8: Technical Session 9: On the Importance of Spatiality and Intersectionality: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Undergraduate Engineering Experiences Through Critical Collaborative Ethnographic Site Visits

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Finn Johnson M.A., Oregon State University; Michelle Kay Bothwell, Oregon State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

+ peopleconstantly assess their environment for potential stigmas associated with being visible.”Environmental surveillance “informs LGBTQ+ people whether it is safe for them to exist in aparticular environment and impacts their sense of belonging [15].” Hughes and Watson arguethat the introduction of politicized identities “spoils’ the ‘purity’ of the ‘objective’ STEMenvironment by introducing politics [16].” Students experience inhospitable STEM environmentsthat cause them to engage in environmental surveillance practices such as “hiding or coveringtheir sexual and gender identities when interacting with peers in STEM settings [16].”Identity concealment can take place for both personal safety reasons as well as adhering tocultural norms. Revealing a

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

National Experimental University of T´achira in Venezuela. In addition, she has several years of experience in research and practice at graduate educa- tion level in the engineering field, with special focus on assess based perspectives, minoritized students’ socialization, and agency in graduate education. Her strengths include qualitative research study design and implementation. Her dissertation examined Latinx motivation to pursue Ph.D. in engineering, mi- noritized engineering doctoral students’ socialization and the impact of the engineering context in their experiences. Her research expertise lies in diversity and inclusion in graduate education, with a particu- lar interest in minoritized students’ socialization

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

John W. Brocato, University of Georgia

Tagged Topics

Diversity

comparison may be feasible; e.g., because not all CMBE students take BIOE 2100 (recall that this course is not officially required), it may be possible to evaluate the communication abilities of two groups of students — one that has taken BIOE 2100 and one that has not — to assess potential differences between the two approaches’ outcomes. Finally, one of the most significant contributions that embedded engineering-communication programs can make is to shift thinking away from the “birthday cake” model of communication training; if technical engineering curricula are the cake, then writing, speaking, and other traditionally liberal-education or humanities-based pursuits constitute the cake’s icing or, worse

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Jennifer S. Brown, Clemson University; Marshal Fasika Rice, Clemson University; Karen A High, Clemson University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

environments,poverty wages for graduate assistants, and problematic academic mindsets (e.g., viewingtraditional summative assessments as necessary and irreplaceable measures of students’performance, the “statistical impossibility” that all PhD students will pursue tenure-track positionspost-graduation). The other resistant capital that surfaced during analysis was attributed to other sourcesbeyond their primary mentor and often included co-mentors, social justice organizations, friends,and colleagues, and previous lived experiences. Three of the mentees described knowledge andskills that resembled resistant capital but attributed its accrual through negative experiences atprevious institutions. In fact, these same mentees also cited those

Conference Session

Track 8: Technical Session 8: The Role of an Artificial Intelligence Certificate in the Computing Identity Formation of Hispanic-Serving Community College Students who Work

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Sarah L Rodriguez, Virginia Tech; Taylor Y. Johnson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Paul Charles Bigby Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

about it. So, I mean, I would say yes, but I don't consider myself tech-savvy or really good at computing. I just know how to use my computer, how to use my apps, and all of that, but don't ask me to reset anything because I have no idea, yeah. Yeah. So they kind of see you as techie but you don't necessarily see yourself as techie? Right. - DoreenThis participant is already recognized as a computing person by hercoworkers. She doesn’t really think what she is doing is in-depth enough to beconsidered a computing person, but she is using the class to increase hercompetence so she will. Her own self assessment of her computing abilities islower than that of

Conference Session

Addressing the NGSS, Part 2 of 3: Supporting K-12 Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections, Part 2 of 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Baguio, University of Texas at Austin; Wallace T. Fowler P.E., University of Texas, Austin; Susana Ramirez, PSJA ISD

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engagement in theclassroom. Given that, we selected the following criteria based on guidelines provided byBuilding Engineering and Science Talent (BEST) Commission, National Science EducationStandards and National Science Resources Center:16 1. Challenging Content/Curriculum 2. An Inquiry Learning Environment 3. Defined Outcomes/Assessment 4. Sustained Commitment/SupportLiftOff allows TSGC to continue to build upon its partnership with the NASA JSC. Forparticipants, visiting a NASA Center, interacting with scientists and engineers, and gainingexpertise in areas where they previously were not comfortable teaching, are all highlights..LiftOff also enhances our partnership with Space Grant Consortia in those other states thatchoose to

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

developed undergraduate and grad- uate courses in power electronics, power systems, renewable energy technologies, smart grids, control theory, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data anal- ysis, space and atmosphere physics, and applied physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, smart micro- grids, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simulation, measurement and modeling, numerical modeling, electromagnetic com- patibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published eight