Conference Session

Implementation of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Recent ABET Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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Civil Engineering

a trueelective for CE majors in the spring semester of the senior year (Fig 2). Figure 2: Updated CurriculumThe curriculum changes provide a broader undergraduate curriculum as envisioned by theBody of Knowledge (BOKI) and implied in Policy 465 with technical depth coverage in amasters or 30 additional post baccalaureate credit hours. Review of Program EducationalObjectives (PEO) in spring 2007 did not result in any curriculum changes since theobjectives were already broad statements of what a graduate should be able to accomplishfour to eight years after graduation (Table 2). Now that the program has alumni as ofMay 2008, surveying alumni on the accomplishment or lack there of will provideinvaluable data that

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Oliver, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laura Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

makes these lessons adaptable to other sets of institutionalcircumstances.The early evolution of the course (spring 2005)In the spring of 2005, a seminar-style class grew out of necessity, circumstance, and a desire tohave a reading and discussion course in the Technical Communication Certificate (TCC)program housed in our College of Engineering’s Engineering Professional DevelopmentDepartment. An unanticipated and significant shift in our TCC staff that semester demanded thata handful of students, all registered for independent study credits, meet as one class. At the sametime, one of this paper’s coauthors (Kyle Oliver, then an undergraduate nuclear engineeringstudent) approached our TCC director (Laura Grossenbacher, another coauthor) about

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicolas Léger, Florida International University; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Vanderbilt University; Bruk T Berhane, Florida International University

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

supported initiatives that reduce the time to degree for transfers from Maryland community colleges. The broader implications of his research are informed by his comprehensive experiences as a college administrator. His areas of scholarly interest include: 1) Broadening participation in engineering through community college pathways and 2) Experiences of first and second-generation African diasporic Americans in engineering undergraduate programs. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Teacher Perspectives of Outcomes and Challenges Resulting from Students' Interactions with MATLAB in e4usa (Fundamental)AbstractAs part of the e4usa curriculum, a MATLAB model has been developed and

Conference Session

Nontraditional Teaching Approaches

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

learning requires students to take part in“pre-planned” learning-related activities, believed to spark and stimulate their learning, whilein the classroom.(17) These activities would include: reading, writing, solving problems,answering questions, participating in a discussion, etc.; and most important, students must beengaged in thinking tasks while actively involved. It is generally understood that duringactive learning, less emphasis is placed on transmission of information and more ondeveloping students’ skills. Additionally, during an active learning cycle, emphasis is placedon students’ exploration of their own abilities, including: their thinking process, their valuesystem, their intellect, and their courage to express themselves orally and

Conference Session

But I'm a Loner! Expanding capability and creativity by examining effective alliances

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

engineering graduates. This trend has continued for decadesand has exceeded expectations. But, unfortunately, the education process in nearly allgovernment-run programs within these countries, continue to suffer from: antiquatedprograms, improper teaching methods, poor management, and lack of resources. Onthe other hand, engineering institutions in the Arab Gulf Region have, by and large,been spared. Region’s colleges (a map of the Region is shown in Figure1) have, fromthe start, “got on the right foot” and founded - what appeared to be at the time -modern engineering colleges with a decisive advantage over most of the engineeringinstitutions of the broader Arab Middle East(12,13,14) .Engineering education in the Arab Gulf Region started, in earnest

Conference Session

Assessments, Assessments, and Assessments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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New Engineering Educators

, coupledwith lack of skilled professionals in areas deemed necessary for growth anddevelopment of oil-related industries of the Region, has been pivotal in the start-up ofhigher education in general and engineering education in particular.There are today eight public colleges of engineering in the Region (Table 1) inaddition to several, recently established, private and semi private colleges and/oruniversities that offer engineering programs. These eight public colleges have, sincetheir inception, been guided by advisory boards made up largely from facultymembers and administrators drawn from US colleges. Previously, the Grinter’sReport (15) and the Goals Report (16) have been used to guide the educational process.Recently, ABET Engineering Criteria

Conference Session

Milhouse's Moment: Engineering Inclusivity, Everything's Coming Up Milhouse!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Nhu Tran, University of British Columbia; Jessica Wolf, University of British Columbia; Shouka Farrokh, University of British Columbia; Katherine Lyon, University of British Columbia; Robyn Newell, University of British Columbia; Jenna Felice Usprech, University of British Columbia; Karen C. Cheung, University of British Columbia; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. Her research focuses on equity issues in engineering education, particularly looking at the impacts of engineering outreach programs on historically marginalized groups in STEM.Shouka Farrokh, University of British Columbia Shouka Farrokh is an undergraduate student pursuing Psychology at The University of British Columbia. She contributes as a research assistant in Engineering Education projects focusing on STEM Outreach initiatives.Dr. Katherine Lyon, University of British Columbia Katherine Lyon is Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Katherine’s research merges sociology of education

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Leadership

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

B. Michael Aucoin P.E., Texas A&M University; Zhendi Zhang, Texas A&M University; Miles O. Dodd, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS), Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

from Gen AI Engineering UG programs should prepare students to address ethical 2 6.50 0.53 6, 7 considerations about applying Gen AITable 2. Industry Likert-scale questions on responsibilities of engineering undergraduate programs.DiscussionRecall the Gen AI application that recommends actions to managers based on levels of employeeengagement from surveys. In lecture, we adapt and bring such an application into the classroom fordiscussion. What if the instructor has a dashboard that provides real-time assessments of studentengagement, and recommended next-step actions to the instructor to adapt? Even when presented asa benefit for the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2: Understanding Our Users

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Parker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

sharing and data reuse in the field of food science and technology,” Learned Publishing, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 163–179, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.1002/leap.1287.[15] Y. Zhu, “Open-access policy and data-sharing practice in UK academia,” Journal of Information Science, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 41–52, Feb. 2020, doi: 10.1177/0165551518823174.[16] K. Hart, S. An, A. M. Edwards, R. Mahadevan, E. R. Master, and E. A. Edwards, “Could open science stimulate industry partnerships in chemical engineering university research?,” Canadian journal of chemical engineering, vol. 99, no. 10, pp. 2186–2194, 2021, doi: 10.1002/cjce.24077.[17] C. Tenopir et al., “Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions,” PLoS ONE, vol

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Youngmi Kim, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

essential in the design and operation of food processing systems. Among the variousengineering concepts and unit operations in food processing, the course mainly focuses onmaterial and energy balances, liquid and solid mass flow systems (pumps, pipes, fittings), andheat transfer and preservation processes (pasteurization, canning, dehydration), which areubiquitous in various industrial food and bio-processing operations. Subsequently, the studentsinterested in food processing as a career track are advised to take Food and Process EngineeringII and Food Bioprocess Technology to broaden their knowledge base concerning other unitoperations in food processing systems. The topics taught in AGEN 352 and the course outline aresummarized in Table 1.Table 1

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #29528Drawn together: Integrating words with visuals while annotatingtextbooks and articles for strengthening competencies in computernetworking technologyDr. Vigyan Jackson Chandra, Eastern Kentucky University Vigyan (Vigs) J. Chandra, Ph.D., serves as professor and coordinator of the Cyber Systems Technology related programs offered within the Department of Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) at Eastern Kentucky University. He received his master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Kentucky in Electrical Engineering, and holds certifications in several computer/networking areas. He teaches courses

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel C. Jones

publications of international engineering education are critical in providinginformation and stimulation to educators who cannot participate in person. Theparticipants in this Congress recommended that the output from such conferences shouldbe made available in both printed hard copy and via the World Wide Web. The lattershould make the material available more broadly, and at more reasonable cost, to those indeveloping countries.Some discussion at the Congress focussed on the articulation between advancedengineering education programs and lower level feeder schools that helped to preparestudents to succeed in the engineering institutions. Feeder systems often operate within agiven country, but there are good examples of feeder schools in developing

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine McComas, Cornell University; Nancy Healy, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

activities, we also sponsorapproximately 80 participants per year in the Research Experience for Undergraduates programwhich includes SEI in two ways. First, all sites are required to have their interns readNanotechnology & Society: Ideas for Education and Public Engagement1 and discuss thematerial. This activity also takes place in preparation for the NNIN REU Convocation, a three-day meeting where REUs present their research. At this meeting, we have a panel session on SEIissues and interns present results on SEI-related research. This talk will provide an overview ofthe results from this aspect of our program. Finally, based on the REU project, we havedeveloped a series of posters - Responsible Research in Action – that are available to all

Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Mostafa Batouli, The Citadel; Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Nahid Vesali P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity, Professional Papers

, cross-disciplinary frameworks inengineering education that emphasize societal engagement and innovation [18], [19]. This paperbuilds upon these foundations by analyzing recent KEEN Fellowship trends, offering insightsinto how faculty from diverse disciplines contribute to EML’s integration and broader adoption.MethodologyThis study analyzed the KEEN Fellowship program from its inception in 2020 to 2024, focusingon fellows’ projects and workshops attended to assess trends in program participation, thematicfocus areas, and disciplinary representation. Data were collected from the official KEENFellowship and Engineering Unleashed websites, where detailed information on fellowshipawardees, including academic rank, discipline, institutional

Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Jeff Jackson

called “nuggets”.Also, do not neglect to consider how a STEM educational grant may lead to research grantdevelopment. Educational grants have the ability to stimulate growth in infrastructure. Oneexample would be an undergraduate who participates in or is a beneficiary of a STEM effort andis subsequently motivated to pursue graduate work in the same area. Finally, acquaint yourselfwith the NSF review process. This can be accomplished, in part, by attending NSF grant-orientedconferences. However, the best mechanism for learning about the review process is to serve on areview panel. No other experience will educate you about the dynamics of review panels andprogram directors as much. And, NSF program directors are always seeking qualified

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Brecca Berman; Gordon Kingsley; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

the individual Georgia Tech colleges and academic departments. STEP and its partner schools and teachers have been included on many faculty research grants, in initiatives that address the broader educational impacts of the research. These grants have included plans to create and implement curriculum units based on faculty research, plans to mentor minority high school students and provide research internships, and plans to develop additional pipeline programs from STEP feeder schools. Plans have been developed for an institutionalized Teaching Interns program that includes graduate and undergraduate students and that is supported by the university administration. The Office of Admission has actively participated in

Collection

2014 ERC

Authors

Pramod Khargonekar

Integrative $4M for Graduate Education and Research Traineeships NRT (IGERT) programs $6M for – Exploring new approaches to address engineering IUSE education challenges, in connection with Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) – Broadening participation at all levels 14ENG will continue its support for Emerging Frontiersof Research and Innovation• The ENG investment in EFRI provides strategic support for fundamental research that may overcome $31M for scientific and/or national

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Krishna Vedula

Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) CISE/EIA CISE Educational Innovation (EI) CISE/EIA CISE Minority Institutions Infrastructure Program CISE/EIA Information Technology Workforce (ITWF) EHR/HRD Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) EHR/HRD Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) EHR/HRD Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) EHR/HRD Research on Gender in Science and Engineering (GSE) EHR/HRD Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) EHR/REC Evaluative Research and Evaluation

Conference Session

K-12 and Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lichtenstein, Quality Evaluation Designs; Martin L. Tombari, University of Texas, Austin; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University; Kaye Storm, Stanford University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teachers, and a survey taken by high schoolseniors nationally who planned on attending college within a year of graduation. Although thefocus on this work was on assessing the extent to which RET experiences influence the studentsof RET teachers to pursue engineering and other STEM majors and careers, the researchaddresses broader questions regarding what motivates students to study STEM and in what waysteachers can stimulate and sustain such interest.Literature Review RET programs have been evaluated extensively.1 Yet scant research exists related to theassumption that providing K-14 teachers summer internships in research labs and industrysettings translates into greater interest in STEM subjects and fields among their students. JayDubner

Conference Session

Assessing Perceptions of Engineers and Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Pavlos Vlachos, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

path, thus resulting in more graduate students who may also be more open to workingwith undergraduates because of the benefits they earned. A second broader impact is that theproof-of-concept course will have underrepresented groups in engineering make up at least fortypercent of the participants. Yet a third broader impact is that the experience should serve toinform and promote other undergraduates about the value and opportunity of undergraduateresearch experiences. Finally, a fourth broader impact is that should this course prove successfulat enriching and promoting undergraduate research, the structure of this course should readilytransfer to other schools. In other words, the technical communication courses at many schoolswould have a

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin H. Lovgren; Michael J. Racer; Anna P. Phillips

effort. In the last section, we provide someconclusions and identify our directions for the future.II. INSE - A Historical PerspectiveThis section discusses the evolution of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (INSE) Programat The University of Memphis from a graduate program to a combined undergraduate/graduateprogram. INSE began as a graduate program. In the early 1970’s, a group of industryrepresentatives approached the university expressing the need for a program to teach systemsengineering skills to people in industry who possessed technical knowledge in other areas.These local industries provided the first students as well as the adjunct faculty to teach thecourses. Thus, the connection to the "real world" was established at INSE’s

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Integrated Engineering and Interdisciplinary Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Emanuela Tilley; Jenna Carpenter, Campbell University

butenacts integration in their program implementation. Rather than describing all benefits andchallenges of these programs, citations allow interested readers to discover more about theprograms and their specific implementations. This paper then presents various related topicsincluding reflections from faculty at other programs who have participated in earlierconversations, key points from earlier discussions, and a starting point for the engineeringeducation community to use for future consideration.Four Perspectives on Integrated EngineeringIntegrated Engineering is used as the name of a cross-department programme at UniversityCollege London (UCL), the name of an undergraduate major at Minnesota State University,Mankato (MSU) and University of

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama; Roger K. Seals, Louisiana State University; Stephanie M. Beard, Louisiana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3716: INTERACTIVE, WEB-BASED WORKSHOPS ON EDUCA-TIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AND PROJECTSDr. Russ Pimmel, University of Alabama Russell Pimmel retired from the NSF after serving as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education for eight years. Before that, he was a faculty member at the University of Alabama, the Uni- versity of Missouri, University of North Carolina, and Ohio State University. He also has held industrial positions with Emerson Electric Co., McDonald-Douglas Co., and Battelle Research Labs.Dr. Roger K. Seals, Louisiana State University Roger K. Seals is Professor Emeritus of civil and environmental engineering, Louisiana State Univer- sity, 2005-present. He was Program

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session: Neuroethics and Secondary STEM Classrooms

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington ; Sara Goering, University of Washington; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

variety of pedagogical approaches. As a model for other engineering centersto explore, this paper also describes the cases of two high school science teachers who wereembedded in a neuroethics research group for their summer research experience. Finally,program evaluation findings show that RET participants reported increases in knowledge relatedto ethical and responsible conduct in research and knowledge of core concepts in neuroethics.Some teachers in particular reflected that learning about neuroethics was impactful to their ownprofessional learning and their students’ learning. Integrating the study of ethics into scientificresearch, as well as into science and engineering education across all levels, is imperative fordeveloping a citizenry

Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Krishnanand Kaipa, Old Dominion University; Karina Arcaute, Old Dominion University; Anthony W. Dean, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

outreach activities and projects led by both industry andacademia, for diverse groups of prospective students, mostly K-12 students. There is however avery limited offering of outreach programs targeting adult populations, one of the reasons beingthe fact that it is not an easy task to convince adults to volunteer for workshop activities.Scheduling issues, conflicting with work or personal schedule, are most of the time the mainreasons to turn adults away from programs that would otherwise interest and benefit them. A lotof times various incentives may help in convincing potential participants to rearrange theirschedule and participate in educational programs. The project presented in this paperencountered in part this problem in recruiting

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P.K. Raju, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

STEM topics and how they are actually applied in real-world situations • Integrate technical, engineering, and managerial issues • Improve written and oral communications skills • Foster a change in learning environment that encourages female and minority students to persevere and succeed in engineering programs • Offer a method that has a lasting impact on student learning, as measured by improved grades in subsequent semesters In addition to the benefits to students, LITEE multimedia case studies offer significantinstitutional benefits in that they satisfy the majority of the 11 outcomes specified in the ABETaccreditation criteria exceptionally well, improving ties to industry, breaking downdepartmental

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; Barbara E. Smith, North Carolina State University; Louis A. Martin-Vega, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

research and teaching interests are in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, scheduling and logistics and engineering educa- tion.Dr. Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University Matthew Stimpson is the Director of Assessment in the Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs at NC State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Executing COE Faculty Development at the Intersection of a Strategic Plan and Faculty Well-BeingMany colleges of engineering have strategic plans that capture the key aspects of their mission topromote excellence in the college. Often, the college’s strategic plan is based loosely on theuniversity level plan

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jose F. Oliden, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria; Patrick Tunno, Pennsylvania State University; Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University; Juan Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria ; Miguel Luis Estrada P.E., Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria ; Esther Obonyo, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Fernando Fonseca Pacheco, Lycoming College

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Diversity

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International

to Lima, Peru from May through the middleof June, annually. Up to 15 students from UNI can also participate in this program as part of theGlobal Engineering Culture and Society course. Students from both institutions will grapple withopen-ended projects that stimulate intercultural competence, interaction, and collaboration. Inaddition to providing undergraduate students with a cross cultural engagement and STEM-related study abroad opportunity, the program also: 1) Expose them to the use of scientificmethods in developing a problem statement revolving around identified global challenges; 2)Give them an experience-based understanding of the value of multidisciplinary teams, and; 3)Require them to investigate contemporary issues in a broader

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Omar H Albalawi, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center , University of Tabuk; Ali Alhawiti, Western Michigan University

ASEE North Central Section Conference 1Copyright © 2024, American Society for Engineering Educationintroduction: Innovation in the context of undergraduate education has transformed significantly overtime. This transformation has led to the creation of various programs aimed at improving humanlife through innovation. The landscape of engineering education faces the challenge of keepingpace with rapid technological advancements and the expanding scope of engineering roles.Traditional educational models, often classified and discipline-specific, fall short in equippingstudents with the necessary blend of technical, managerial, and entrepreneurial skills. This studyintroduces a transformative educational

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramanitharan Kandiah P.E., Central State University; Subramania Iyer Sritharan, Central State University; Gorgui S. Ndao, Central State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

industry. The program targets students in grades 9-11 and provides an excellent opportunity for CSU to utilize the talents and experience of itsfaculty and in cultivating a secondary school population, mainly from Ohio, that has the potentialto become future undergraduates, especially in the Science Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) areas.The STI consists of an academic program, a learning skills enhancement program, an eveningprogram and a sports/recreation program. Participants in the STI are exposed to all forms oftransportation and introduced to the transportation related mathematics, physics and engineering.Academic activities include building and testing of model scale bridges, airplanes and boats. Theacademic curriculum includes