Conference Session

Problem- and Project-based Learning in Engineering Mechanics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Hasz, Carthage College

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

provide a potential use for it.This work-in-progress paper describes the motivation and development process of these labs, aswell as preliminary lab examples and planned assessment.There is substantial discussion in the engineering community about the importance of includingill-structured problems into curriculum within engineering education, as these problems betterrepresent the experiences post-graduation [1]–[7]. However, past work has found that textbookproblems are rarely ill-structured in form and that students may be rarely exposed to ill-structured problems within their engineering curriculum [1], [2], [5]. One area in which ill-structured problems are easier to incorporate are within lab experiences. Student laboratoryexperiences are

Conference Session

Corporate Member Council Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared V. Berrett, Utah State University; Cedale Sage Armstrong, Utah State University; Curtis G Frazier, Utah State University Eastern

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council, Diversity

involved to some degree though some of those were simply to coordinatea field trip, housing, or to meet for instance with an admissions counselor for a 30 minuteorientation. The core groups were the mentors in the labs and facilitators.Laboratory experiences were available to students in Bioengineering, Biology, Wild LandResources, Assistive Technology, Plant Soils and Climate, Watershed Science, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, Veterinarian Medicine Genome Lab, Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering, Teacher Education and Leadership, Nutrition Dietetics and Food Nutrition,Audiology, Biochemistry, Psychology, Natural Resources, Mathematics, and InorganicChemistry. Not all professors and Labs were available for the entire four weeks. Some couldonly

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Buffardi, California State University, Chico; William Zamora, Califonia State University, Chico; Colleen Robb, California State University, Chico; David Rahn, California State University, Chico

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and consulting startups and specialized in new product and market development. Following his successful industry career Mr. Rahn transitioned to teaching strategy and entrepreneurship at Chico State. Over the past 16 years Mr. Rahn has developed the e-Incubator at Chico State, as well as created a course called Web-based entrepreneurship which focuses on helping students launch the on- line portion of their businesses using the Lean Startup approach. In 2016 he published ”e-Business for Entrepreneurs,” an online course for entrepreneurs building e-businesses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Implementing the Tech Startup Model: A Retrospective on Year OneIntroduction

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Loren Limberis, East Carolina University; Paul Kauffmann, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

]. Mission: Our program provides a theory based, application oriented general engineering education that serves as a basis for career success and lifelong learning. Our graduates possess and demonstrate the engineering and scientific knowledge required for analysis, design, improvement, and evaluation of integrated technology based systems. Our program equips graduates to be applied problem solvers who develop solutions that consider system interrelationships and meet or exceed customer needs. Program Objectives Graduates of the BS Engineering program are: 1. Prepared for professional practice as licensed engineers with a broad knowledge of general systems and problem solving

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Graves, United States Military Academy; Gary A Jordan, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Equation Sheets: Are We Helping or Hurting our Students?A common dilemma when administering significant graded events is whether to allow studentsto use a self-generated equation sheet, especially for closed-book examinations. While muchresearch has evaluated the efficacy of these equation sheets on student performance, thereremains a gap in understanding the effects of the quality of the equation sheets on examperformance. This study analyzes the relationship between and quantitative evaluation of studentgenerated equations sheets and exam performance on a particular graded event in a course in acivil engineering program of study.Students at the United

Conference Session

Getting Into Graduate School

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

Paper ID #18996Applying to Graduate School in Engineering: A Practical GuideDr. Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University Katy Luchini-Colbry is the Director for Graduate Initiatives at the College of Engineering at Michigan State University, where she completed degrees in political theory and computer science. A recipient of a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, she earned Ph.D. and M.S.E. in computer science and engi- neering from the University of Michigan. She has published more than two dozen peer-reviewed works related to her interests in educational technology and enhancing undergraduate education through hands

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haluk M. Aktan, Western Michigan University; John Stephen Polasek P.E., Western Michigan University; Kevin James Phillips

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

industry participates in the students‟ education to help produce highly-qualified civil and construction engineers. This is accomplished through the integration ofdesign, construction, and business realities in an active learning environment. Students work onreal-world projects sponsored by the industry using state-of-the -art modeling, analysis, anddesign tools in a modern facility. This will give the student‟s experience that directly preparesthem for careers in civil and construction engineering, with general problem solving abilities.Industry sponsored projects is an essential component of the Capstone Design Factory. In fact, Page 22.867.5this

Conference Session

Best. Class. Ever.

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University; Aashish Priye, Texas A&M University ; Yassin A. Hassan, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

PCR technology when I first heardabout it. If it was so advantageous, why was it not already in the market?”; “It did not occur tome that convection currents could be used for PCR. The major question in my mind is why hasthis technology not been commercialized yet?”; and “It was tough to imagine that PCR can bedone in such less time.”After completing the lab, the students’ impressions focused on the simplicity of operating thedevice. It should be noted, however, that these perspectives were shaped by the student’s priorhands-on knowledge of performing PCR in a molecular biology lab setting. Comments alongthese lines included “This is a great lab to take, but you have to know and understand to takeaway this lab’s implications. If you have

Conference Session

FPD 5: Course Delivery Methods and Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

of Teacher Professional Development for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE) and a member of the educational team for the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN).Dr. Johannes Strobel, Texas A&M Dr. Johannes Strobel is Director, Educational Outreach Programs and Associate Professor, Engineering and Education at Texas A&M. After studying philosophy and information science at three universities in Germany, he received his M.Ed. and Ph.D. in Learning Technologies from the University of Missouri- Columbia. He worked at Concordia University, Montreal and has been the director of the Institute of P-12 Engineering Research and Learning at Purdue University. NSF and several

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianyu Dong, California State University, Los Angeles; Huiping Guo, California State University, Los Angeles

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

skills as expected from their project experience. Since our students have very different background skills, multi-tier resources should be available to meet the educational needs of different students. For students lacking computer skills, tutorial videos with step-by-step instruction are provided to help them use OPNET; for fast learners or students with advanced knowledge from their previous work experience, the project worksheets come with extra problems or exercises that allow them to do more in- depth analysis or to explore for better solutions to improve the existing design.Besides the positive findings above, the project assessment also identified challenges that need tobe addressed. So far the

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Fahmida Masoom; Abulkhair Masoom

subsequent courses.The objectives of the course include:$ Introducing students to the engineering profession, and to show them that it is interesting, rewarding, worthwhile, and people oriented.$ Helping students choose their major within engineering.$ Helping students to develop basic computer literacy and learn tools which will be useful in future courses.$ Introducing engineering and computational concepts such as statistics, error analysis, curve fitting, graphing, etc. Page 7.1311.2 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 8 2002

Conference Session

Technical Session 9 - Paper 1: The New Normal: Student Perspectives on Supportive University Policies during COVID and Beyond

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

trustingrelationship with the FGPs. The second author is a cisgender White man who works as aprofessor of engineering and computing education and centers his research on equity andinclusion [44]. His familiarity with the university system and US universities, in general,helped contextualize some of the findings in conversation with the first author.5. FindingsThis section includes students’ perspectives on some of the most pressing issues, as well astheir predictions for how university support for student wellbeing will evolve in the future.5.1 An overview of student challenges and perspectives on supportFGPs provided different sets of challenges in response to questions about how COVID hasimpacted them personally, academically, and financially. Figure 2

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Woo J. Kim, Miami University; Brielle Nikole Johnson, Miami University; Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Professor in the Department of Psychology at Miami University. She earned her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Summerville is a social psychologist whose research examines how thoughts of ”what might have been” affect emotion, motivation, and behavior. She was the PI of a grant from NSF’s EEC division investigating new interventions in engineering education that utilize social cognitive psychology.Dr. Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University Brian Kirkmeyer is the Karen Buchwald Wright Senior Assistant Dean for Student Success and Instructor in the College of Engineering and Computing at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His background includes BS, MS and PhD degrees in Materials

Conference Session

ENT-7: Approaches to Fostering Self-Efficacy and Data-Driven Decision Making

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catalina Cortazar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Gabriel Astudillo, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Isabel Hilliger P.E., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Paper ID #49062How a Cornerstone Course Impacts Self-Efficacy and Entrepreneurial SkillsProf. Catalina Cortazar, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Catalina Cort´azar is a Faculty member in the engineering design area DILAB at the School of Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile (PUC). Catalina holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science with a focus on Engineering Education from PUC, an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons The New School for Desing, an MA in Media Studies from The New School, and a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, with a concentration in Structural Design.Gabriel

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lucia Riderer; Harmonie A. Hawley

research is how to get more women interestedin Engineering majors. Women in junior, or 2-year colleges, are often overlooked as potentialmembers of the engineering community; however there are many women interested inengineering at junior colleges.Community colleges can be institutions of high significance in bridging students to baccalaureateinstitutions to pursue a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)disciplines. The results of a study conducted by Tsapogas3 showed that about 44 percent of Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference  Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Virginia Tech (primary) and Universidad EAFIT (secondary); Matthew James, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Catherine Twyman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Benjamin Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tahsin Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

. Eng. Educ., vol. 95, no. 2, pp. 123–138, 2006.[2] M. Mosgaard and C. M. Spliid, “Evaluating the impact of a PBL-course for first-year engineering students learning through PBL-projects,” in 2011 2nd International Conference on Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace Electronic Systems Technology (Wireless VITAE), Feb. 2011, pp. 1–6. doi: 10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2011.5940927.[3] K. M. Yusof, A. N. Sadikin, F. A. Phang, and A. A. Aziz, “Instilling professional skills and sustainable development through Problem-Based Learning (PBL) among first year engineering students,” Int. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 333–347, 2016.[4] C. S. Simmons, “Using CATME team-maker to form student groups in a

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 4

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kleio Avrithi, Marian University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #46558Active Learning: Does It Really Matter?Dr. Kleio Avrithi, Marian University Dr. Avrithi is an assistant professor at Marian University. She earned a BS in Civil Engineering, an MS in Structural Engineering both from the National Technical University of Athens, an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests include uncertainty and risk quantification for design, optimization, resilience, systems design, and engineering education. She is member of ASCE, ASEE, ASME

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment in SE Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nan Niu, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University; Kui Xie, Mississippi State University; Chris Smith, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Page 22.1254.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Reuse a “Software Reuse” CourseAbstractSoftware reuse is the use of existing software artifacts and knowledge to construct new software.Systematic reuse has always been a major goal in software engineering since it promises largegains in productivity, quality, and time-to-market reduction. One of the main reasons softwarereuse has not been systematically practiced is due to the lack of education: In a survey collectedfrom 113 respondents from 29 organizations, primarily in the US, only 13% said they hadlearned about reuse in school1.This paper presents the creation of a graduate-level seminar course on software reuse in a

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Nannan He; Gale Allen; Cameron Johnson

our ElectricalEngineering Technology and Computer Engineering Technology students in component-levelindustrial automation at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The financial support for buildingthe laboratory came from several sources. The primary support was provided by the MinnesotaCenter for Excellence in Manufacturing & Engineering (MNCEME). Significant funding wasprovided by the College of Science, Engineering and Technology and by the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering and Technology. Industry also provided strong support, forexample, the equipment from Rockwell Automation, National Instruments, etc., was giventhrough their education discount program. The courses take two semesters in sequence. Theycover the details

Conference Session

New ECE laboratories

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Joseph Ebel Sr., Saint Louis University; Chris Carroll, Saint Louis University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Louis University Dr. Carroll is an Assistant Professor and the Civil Engineering Program Coordinator in Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology at Saint Louis University. His experimental research interests focus on reinforced and prestressed concrete, while his engineering education research interests focus on experiential learning at both the university and K-12 levels. Dr. Carroll is the chair of ACI Com- mittee S802 - Teaching Methods and Educational Materials and he has been formally engaged in K-12 engineering education for nearly ten years. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 A Speech Recognition Linear Systems LabIntroductionThis

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 3

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Arzu Susoglu, SUNY Farmingdale

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Professional Papers

Paper ID #45320Integrate the iPad, Apple Pencil, and Goodnotes, to enhance teaching effectiveness.Prof. Arzu Susoglu, SUNY Farmingdale Arzu Susoglu is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering at Bridgeport University, with an expected completion in 2025. She earned her master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology in 2010. After several years in the IT field, Arzu transitioned to academia in 2016, driven by her passion for teaching. She now serves as an Assistant Professor in the Computer Security Department at Farmingdale State College, where she teaches

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Doepker

Apply Engineering Science in Design”, Journal of Engineering Education, ASEE, July 1998.8. “Integrating the Product Realization Process (PRP) into the Undergraduate Curriculum”, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, December 1995.9. National Conference on Outcomes Assessment for Engineering Assessment, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology and the American Society for Engineering Education, September 1997.10. Doepker, P.E., “Integrating the Product Realization Process into the Design Curriculum”, American Society for Engineering Education, Annual Meeting, June 1999.PHILIP E. DOEPKERPhilip E. Doepker is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Coordinator of the Designand Manufacturing Clinic at the

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa Morris, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

a BS in Electrical Engineering from Florida Atlantic University. She has industry experience with the Ford Motor Company of Europe and the Sensormatic Corporation. She also has experience at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Florida Polytechnic University, and automotive and robotic companies in the Detroit area. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Engagement in Practice: A Second-Year Project-Based Learning SequenceIntroductionSophomore year can be a challenge for many undergraduate engineering students. Introductorycourses from the freshman year transition into the core science- and math-based foundationcourses that will lead to more specialized courses in later years

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Edward Z Moore, Central Connecticut State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

because of constraints on timeand technology access, and because not all students require it. At CCSU, student participation ina voluntary online screening test paired with an optional, ten-hour, non-credit seminar wasdisappointing, with only a small fraction of the students deemed eligible for the seminarselecting to participate. In the Fall of 2020 the students in an Introduction to Engineering course(ENGR 150), were screened for weakness in spatial visualization using the Purdue SpatialVisualization Test: Rotations (PSVT:R). Those students in need of remediation were providedinstruction during break-out sessions during regular class time over the course of ten classmeetings. The breakout sessions lasted about ten minutes each, resulting in two

Conference Session

Intro to Biomedical Engineering and Vertically Integrated Curriculum (Works in Progress) - June 23rd

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rosalyn Delia Abbott, Carnegie Mellon University; Conrad M. Zapanta, Carnegie Mellon University; Michael Cameron Melville, Carnegie Mellon University; Steven Moore, Carnegie Mellon University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering

to insert the DNA called?3. How will you know if your gene is transfected correctly?4. To stop the reading of your plasmid, what would you add in?5. How do you selectively target which cells have taken up your plasmid?6. Definition of restriction enzymes?7. Definition of enhancer sequences?8. Definition of ORI?9. Definition of multicloning sites?10. You want to use recombinant DNA technology to create large quantities of insulin. After you have replicated your plasmid in bacteria, what is the next step in obtaining a purified protein?Results: Prior to the cell culture game the assessment average was 62% (Figure 3). After thegame, the post-module assessment improved significantly to 88%. For the plasmid google form,the pre-module

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: The Transition from High School to College

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Green, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University

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First-Year Programs

., & Anderson, R. (2009). Preliminary findings on freshman engineering students' professional identity: Implications for recruitment and retention. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference. Austin, TX.5. Tate, E., & Linn, M. (2005). How does identity shape the experiences of women of color engineering students? Journal of Science Education & Technology, 14(5-6), 483-493.6. Tonso, K. L. (2006). Teams that work: Campus culture, engineer identity, and social interactions. Journal of Engineering Education, 95(1), 25-37.7. http://futurecity.org/8. http://www.pechakucha.org/9. Courtney Klentzin, J., Bounds Paladino, E., Johnston, B., & Devine, C. (2010). Pecha Kucha: using “lightning talk” in

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; Margot Kally McDonald AIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; Gregory F. Starzyk JD, Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

,Structural Engineers, and Construction Managers” Paper 2012-3497. 2012 ASEE Annual Conference andExposition Proceedings, ASEE, San Antonio, June 10-13, 2012.5 ABET Inc. “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, “Effective for Evaluations During the 2012-2013 Accreditation Cycle. Engineering Accreditation Commission, Accreditation Board for Engineeringand Technology . ABET Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 2011.http://www.abet.org/uploadedFiles/Accreditation/Accreditation Process/AccreditationDocuments/Current/eac-criteria-2012-2013.pdf accessed December 26, 20116 Michaelsen, L.K. Getting started with team-based learning. In Michaelsen, L.K., Knight, A.B. & Fink.L.D. (Eds.). (2002). Team-based learning: a transformative use of small groups

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Ann Maloney, Texas Tech University; Bingbing Li, California State University, Northridge; Meng Zhang, Kansas State University; Weilong Cong, Texas Tech University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

techniques and assessment tools will be utilized toassess and improve engineering education at both the undergraduate and K-12 levels throughvaried techniques: i) undergraduate module lesson plans that are scalable to K-12 levels, ii) shortinformational video lessons created by undergraduates for K-12 students with accompanying in-person mentorship activities at local high schools and MakerSpaces, iii) pre- and post-testassessments of undergraduates’ and K-12 participating students’ AM knowledge, skills, andperceptions of self-efficacy, and iv) focus groups to learn about student concerns/learningchallenges. We will also track students institutionally and into their early careers to learn abouttheir use of AM technology

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2011 North Midwest Section

Authors

Waddah Akili

, 1999, pp.21-52.14. Wa a , P.H., Re ec e A a S de Lea aS eE ee C e, Journal of Engineering Education, vol.88, no.2, April, 1999, pp.195-20315. McLe d, A., D c e a d Fac a Dee Lea S a e , National Teaching and Learning Forum, Vol.5, no.6, 1996, pp.1-7Waddah AkiliWaddah is an academician and a geotechnical & materials consultant in Ames, Iowa. He has been in the academic arena for over38 years and has taught, researched, and consulted in the US and abroad. He has published extensively in various fieldsincluding: geotechnical engineering, foundations, and pavement materials & design. He has been involved with contemporaryengineering education issues, and has

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Breid, Saint Vincent College; Stephen Jodis, Saint Vincent College; Stacy Birmingham, Saint Vincent College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

arts school and two years of focused engineering courses at theuniversity, receiving bachelor’s degrees from each institution. These programs are generallyreferred to as 3+2 programs.[2]However, as competition for students becomes more intense, many more colleges are seeking toadd engineering to attract students who might not otherwise consider a liberal arts education.[3],[4], [5], [6] While instituting any new degree program is challenging, founding an engineeringprogram at a small liberal arts college presents some unique challenges: - Defining the program’s mission to be in concert with that of the institution o Overcoming resistance to engineering as having a place in the liberal arts o Using institutional values