Conference Session

NSF Funding for Educational Scholarship

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Carriere

, assessing and disseminatingcomprehensive plans to reformulate, streamline and update engineering degree programs, indeveloping, implementing, assessing department wide transformational change of studentlearning experiences, in incorporating Service Learning opportunities into engineeringprograms, in meeting the emerging workforce and educational needs of U.S. industry, and inincorporating methods for integration of research and teaching.3. Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) - supports the active involvement of K-12teachers and community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge ofengineering and technological innovation into their classrooms. This announcement featurestwo mechanisms for support of in-service and pre

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Alejandro Teran, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM); Hoa Thi Pham, International University - Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City

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International

agraduate program, and eventually the ability to become a licensed engineer. Both purposes alsosupport the public goals of having high quality programs and making information about qualityavailable.The website accreditation.org “is intended to be the preferred resource for all information on Page 24.972.2Engineering, Technology and Computing (ETC) accreditation globally.”1 It contains informationon accrediting bodies by country and information on accords involving mutual recognitionagreements, as well as information on why accreditation is important and information onengineering and engineering careers. It also has a search engine allowing search for

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manuel Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Ana Nieves, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Cristina Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez; Nayda Santiago Santiago, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; José Vega, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Vilma Lopez, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Educational Research and Methods

behavior and the impact of technology in the generation of studentspopulating the classrooms of today’s engineering programs have created contradicting viewsamong those who advocate for new patterns in the teaching-learning process and those whosupport traditional methods. This paper presents an analysis of the learning styles and behavioralpatterns of a segment of computer engineering students and professors where the pervasivenessof information and communications technologies have begun to reshape the student behavior,creating questions on its implications in the teaching-learning process of engineering disciplines.Introduction“Generation Y” is a term frequently used to designate the cohort of people born from the late1980s through the end of

Conference Session

Core Concepts, Standards, and Policy in K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenny L. Daugherty, Purdue University; Rodney L. Custer, Illinois State University; Raymond A. Dixon, Illinois State University, CeMaST

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Secondary Level Engineering Education Numerous K-12 engineering initiatives have emerged across the U.S.1 These initiativeshave generated considerable interest within the science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) education community and beyond. Potential positive outcomes includeenhanced student achievement, increased awareness of engineering, and increased levels oftechnological literacy.2 However, a recent study of engineering-oriented teacher professionaldevelopment projects detected some significant concerns.3 One disturbing finding was the lackof a well-defined concept base. In the absence of a conceptual foundation, pre-collegeengineering tends to focus on engaging design-based activities without an appropriate

Conference Session

WiP: Interdisciplinary Connections

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin Vento, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

career choice isbased on the interplay of social, cultural, and economic factors, and that many students often lackcareer development training [2]. Since engineering curriculums are often demanding, careerdevelopment opportunities can be difficult to pursue outside of the classroom. Technicalelectives can help fill this gap by offering career development within the classroom, includingintroducing students to career opportunities within emerging fields. Here, utilizing guest speakerscan be an effective modality to provide up-to-date information and diverse perspectives on everadvancing engineering industries.Courses that utilize guest speakers have been shown to induce higher-order thinking andincreased participation [3]. Furthermore, recent

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samarth Gupta, Purdue University; Greg J. Strimel, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

beneficial impacts has led to a shift from innovation-diffusion based research knowledge transfer to an active intervention based knowledgetranslation. Three models have been identified for this purpose: end-of-grant, integrated andprior-to-grant. It is encouraged that researchers conduct a prior-to-grant assessment ofknowledge to be transferred after the grant using a proof-of-concept prototype 9.Breznitz and Ram 10 identified technology commercialization as an emerging third role thatuniversities are expected to play, the first two traditionally being teaching and research. Theyexamined legislative, financial, and cultural settings in which each university operates. Legal andfinancial constraints defined as external factors were found to affect

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

multimediaand web-based learning modules 53–56, technology support for gifted children 57, andmathematical development 58. There has also been significant design-based research work donein physics education 59.Research MethodsThis study will be conducted in two parts: Phase 1 will use phenomenography to explore RQ1,which will inform Phase 2’s design-based research focus on RQ2.Phase 1 / RQ1: Phenomenography (Year 1)  Phase 1 of this study will be focused on research on practice to understand the ways in whichNavajo students and Navajo professionals experience engineering design in the context of their Page 26.329.7culture. Phase 1 (see process, Figure

Conference Session

Energy Conversion, Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hua Chai, University of New South Wales ; Jayashri Ravishankar, University of New South Wales; Inmaculada Tomeo-Reyes, University of New South Wales

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Conservation and Nuclear Engineering Division (ECCNE), Energy Conversion

that facilitate the integration andalignment of the “3P” components toward achieving an adaptable, industry-relevantengineering curriculum. Enablers help overcome obstacles during curriculum development andpromote effective communication and collaboration responsive to industry needs and policychanges. For example, in the dynamic interplay between Policy and Pedagogy, “Policy-informed curriculum design” emerges as one of the crucial enablers. This concept refers to thedeliberate shaping of the curriculum to incorporate competencies, skills, and knowledge areasemphasized within the latest energy policies. If national energy policies increasingly prioritizethe role of energy storage in renewable energy integration, a policy-informed curriculum

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cecilia La Place, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University; Steven Weiner, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Design in Engineering Education

constrained events technological invention sprints whereprogrammers and engineers dive deeply into solving design challenges. Part of the experience isto learn as much as you can in a short amount of time, usually 24-36 hours consecutively. Amajority of participants enter hackathons not knowing the direction of their intended projectbeforehand, and not knowing what specific additional information they will need to completetheir project beyond their own technical abilities. These hackathons are not related to breakinginto systems for the sake of exploitation, a popular but outmoded notion associated with“hacking.”This study explores how participants learn just enough to be able to “hack” together (design) afeasible solution. The concentrated and

Conference Session

TYCD 2004 Lower Division Initatives

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Mullett

the reader.Vision:The NCTT organization will be a key national resource to all industry sectors for thedevelopment of and as a source for appropriately-skilled ICT (Information and CommunicationTechnologies) technicians and technologists.Mission:Provide appropriately skilled technicians and technologists with a primary focus on ConnectingTechnologies1 as workforce for ICT business, industry and ICT users.1 “Connecting Technologies” as used by NCTT refers to all the network mediums, the hardware that interconnectsthese network mediums, the software that enables and manages the flow of all forms of traffic over theseinterconnected networks utilized by ICT-enabled industries, traditional and emerging, to conduct their core businessand mission

Conference Session

WORKSHOP I: Designing Active Learning Activities with Ethics in Mind, and Body (no matter if this is a fundamental principles class or an ethics-as-a-stand alone class, or any class in-between)

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Timothy Duane Reedy, University of Maryland, College Park

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FYEE 2025

thinking. We asked for input from people in advising, career services, counseling,facilities management, information technology, and technical operations. As professional-trackfaculty (PTK) we have more focus on teaching and strategic development among faculty andstaff than we might have in tenure track positions. So if you are involved in the first yearexperience in any way, we welcome you to this workshop – even if we occasionally mess up andrefer to this work being done by faculty, in classrooms.This workshop will be an iteration of a well-attended and well-received workshop that two of theauthors presented at the IEEE Ethics 2024 conference at Purdue University. In that workshop,participants were mostly either engineering professors curious

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Price

engineering programs for the same dwindling supply ofstudents. To more effectively identify and target graduating high school students interested inpursuing higher education in an associates program in Electronics and Computer Technology(ECT) or bachelor programs in Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) or ComputerEngineering Technology (CET), DeVry University, Pomona campus has evaluated the use ofgeographic information systems (GIS) to synthesize, analyze, and display relationships betweenspatial data and database attributes to reveal hidden patterns and trends that are not readilyapparent using basic spreadsheets or statistical packages. This paper is an exploratory study ofthe early use of GIS at DeVry University, Pomona, to data mine using

Conference Session

Managing and Funding Design Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Barry Davidson; Anthony Ingraffea; Alan Zehnder

features of virtual, collaborative engineering environments, state-of-the-artsimulation tools, and advanced learning management systems. An integral part of this projectinvolves the development and teaching of a new, two-semester senior level design course that isoffered synchronously at both institutions and which emphasizes teamwork, collaboration at adistance and multidisciplinary activities. One long-term goal of the project is that the courseprovides the context for feedback on the nature of virtual interactions, and therefore on how toimprove the AIDE. In addition, we aim to study whether multifaceted instructional methods thatleverage emerging information technologies can enhance student learning on fundamentaltechnologies, systems-level

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - Expanding horizons

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Justin L Hess, Purdue University – West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nael Barakat, The University of Texas at Tyler; Sara E Wilson, The University of Kansas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

, and outlooks(e.g., across disciplines, sectors, etc.) that could inform future initiatives. We expect this paperwill be of interest to engineering ethics scholars and educators who want to explore leading-edgedirections for ethics R&D in engineering and related fields. The survey items presented in thepaper may also be useful for those undertaking similar research and/or training efforts.IntroductionAdvancements in engineering and technology have always driven changes in human life andsocial behavior. These interactions continue to bring to light many questions related to socialnorms and human values, especially when their outcomes fall outside what is considered morallyright, or in grey areas of what is viewed as ethical. Now more than

Conference Session

Assessment of Graphics Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris; Judy Birchman; Mary Sadowski

An Assessment of Graphics Faculty and Student Learning Styles M A. Sadowski, Ph.D. School of Technology Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 J. A. Birchman, M.A. Computer Graphics Technology Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 L. V. Harris, Ph.D. Information and Management Technology Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212AbstractIt is generally accepted that the ability to visualize is an important tool for engineers andtechnologists

Conference Session

Design Tools & Methodology II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kendra Crider, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Design in Engineering Education

abilities as possible. The team came up with 26 different ideas using this method.The process was not only a lot of fun for all but was quite productive in breaking down inherentbarriers that would constrain normal systems (as opposed to superheroes).Popular Science/Popular Mechanics Based Concept GenerationOur development and implementation of the Popular Mechanics/Popular Science (PM/PS)technique was based on two assumptions: 1- The belief that the students are not familiar with emerging technologies that might be directly applicable to their design and 2- The belief that exposing the students to emerging, innovative technologies will spawn creativity in the concept generation phase of their design.This new concept generation technique

Conference Session

Research Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Malinda Faber, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation; Jeni Corn, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, NC State University; Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Alana Unfried, North Carolina State University; LaTricia Townsend

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Press.3. National Research Council. Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Committee on Highly Successful Science Programs for K-12 Science Education, 2011, Board on Science Education and Board on Testing and Assessment, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Washington, DC.4. President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology: Panel on Educational Technology, Prepare and Inspire: K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for America’s Future, 2010, Executive Office of the President: Washington, DC.5. National Research Council, Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 3 - Professional and Faculty Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiawei Gong, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Debalina Maitra, Kennesaw State University

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

literature, managing references, criticallyanalyzing and evaluating, synthesizing information, and culminating in writing the review(Dundalk Institute of Technology, 2025). Identify Review Questions (Define Research Scope):The questions explored in a literature review depend significantly on its purpose. For a reviewwithin a thesis or technical report, the primary focus is on relevance to the specific project. Incontrast, a review intended for publication emphasizes making a meaningful contribution to thebroader scientific field. These goals often diverge. For example, original research typicallyhighlights claims of novelty, where similar work is limited or insufficient to warrant anindependent publication. In such cases, the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - Student understanding

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eman Hammad, Texas A&M University; Celeste Arden Riley, Texas A&M University - Kingsville; Virginia Pederson; Pierre Atieh

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

Survey of Undergraduate Engineering MajorsAbstractAs evident from several products recently analyzed in research and legal hearings, ethicalconsiderations of products’ influence on user behavior, choice, and well-being may be eclipsedin favor of business outcomes. Persuasive design, a unidirectional process through mobile appsand other digital-enabled products, may translate to consumer risk or inadvertent outcomes. Inthis study, we examine utilization of ethical safeguards and psychological competencies inundergraduate engineering capstone courses, to inform innovative product design with studentconsideration of user well-being. To this end, we propose a research collaboration betweenengineering technology and psychology to promote

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John J. Classen, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Alison V. Deviney, Biological and Agricultural Department, North Carolina State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Engineering Education, 2021Systems Thinking Tools in a Graduate Biological Engineering Class - A Work in Progress Author and AffiliationsAbstractWhen technological challenges involve complex systems that include interactions with othercomponents or agents, the system can exhibit unexpected and counterintuitive behavior. Systemsthinking is useful in such cases but is rarely taught in engineering courses that do not explicitlyinclude ‘systems’ or ‘systems dynamics’ in the syllabus. This work-in-progress describes anapplication of systems thinking concepts in an undergraduate and a graduate course inAgricultural Waste Management at North Carolina State University. Two specific systemsthinking tools were introduced to help

Conference Session

Design Pedagogy 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Imane Aboutajedyne, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez (Morocco); Yassine Salih Alj, Al Akhawayn University; Ahmed Aboutajeddine, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez (Morocco).

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Design in Engineering Education

faculty of science and technology, Fes, Morocco. He is involved in many projects for improving engineering education in Morocco. He holds a PhD from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 A CONTEXT-CENTERED VISUAL TOOL FOR THE DESIGN OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION SOLUTIONSAbstractIn a rapidly changing world, it is crucial to empower engineering students with 21st century skills.This can be achieved by the design of effective educational solutions that equip students with thesesought-after skills. However, since the delivery of education cannot be isolated from theenvironment in which it takes place, the design of

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Y. Lee; Jiang Li

and examsto students in order to enhance student’s understanding of their learning and to obtain importantfeedback information from students at the same time. During a lecture, students take class notesand ask questions. Such a pattern obviously has some problems. For instance, the one-hourlecture may be too short to solve student’s problems or to answer student’s questions. Theavailability or accessibility of an instructor after lecture hours is one of important key issues inteaching of engineering courses. Today, with help of high technology of telecommunication, theteaching of engineering courses can be improved greatly with many ways. Teachingengineering courses through the Internet is one of them (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6).The Internet is a

Conference Session

Professionally Oriented Graduate Program

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo

systemic change that will couple theresources of research universities and industry in a cooperative effort to produce thetechnological innovation that supports the continued growth of the economy.IntroductionIn June 1999, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan appeared before the Joint EconomicCommittee of Congress and stated that “something special has happened to the Americaneconomy in recent years. An economy that twenty years ago seemed to have seen its better days,is displaying a remarkable run of economic growth that appears to have its roots in ongoingadvances in technology.”Just several days before Mr. Greenspan’s appearance, the U.S. Department of Commerce issueda statement noting that although the information technology industry

Conference Session

Broader Approaches to Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bono Po-Jen Shih, Pennsylvania State University; Benjamin Daniel Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Matthew James P.E., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

their courses. In the research-to-practice cycle, instructors would informthemselves about innovative practices emerging from others’ research, improve teaching plansdrawing on new information, and assess student outcomes and feed back successful practices(and lessons learned) to the research community. This paradigm has a historical root in modelingengineering education after traditional sciences that have greater consensus on theories andmethods, with the goal of elevating engineering education practice to “research” that isgeneralizable and transferable [1]. Research in the wider institutional context, such as in themandate for institutional review boards (IRBs) in the US, is further understood as “a systematicinvestigation […] to develop or

Conference Session

Standards Based Approaches to K -12 Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kazem Kazerounian, University of Connecticut; David M. Moss, University of Connecticut; David Giblin, University of Connecticut; Elias Faraclas, University of Connecticut; Cathi Koehler, University of Connecticut

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

yet related areas: (1) the connection of scienceand technology, (2) the principles of technology itself, and (3) the connection of technology andsociety. It also defines engineering as the systematic application of scientific knowledge. Theemphasis on engineering is a pervasive theme throughout this document. In a second and an equally important chapter titled, The Designed World, technology andhuman activity is discussed and reference is made to how these influences have shaped theenvironment and our lives. This chapter outlines eight basic technological areas that canpromote scientific literacy: (1) agriculture, (2) materials, (3) manufacturing, (4) energy sources,(5) energy use, (6) communication, (7) information processing, and (8

Conference Session

Evidence-based Practices in Faculty Development

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mary Slowinski, College of the Canyons; Gabrielle P. Temple; Kenneth Walz, Madison Area Technical College

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Faculty Development Division

return, so visits were more heavily skewedto emergent technological sites. One other comment noted that "facilitated group discussions /de-brief sessions following each site visit (or group of site visits - or even every few days) tohelp process and share information, insights, and ideas among peers" might enhance learning.This suggestion may well inform future professional development activities however cautionshould be exercised, given the number of sites visited and the many hours spent together eachday, to ensure that such additions do not preclude periods of unstructured time that allow forreflection, completion of required reports, and rest.4.4 Perceived Value of Post-Travel Learning ActivitiesAs with the learning activities that took

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Strategies in Engineering Graphics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Bedward, North Carolina State University; Eric Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Lauren Madden, North Carolina State University; James Minogue, North Carolina State University; Mike Carter, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

graphics. This study providesinsight into the process of improving graphic pedagogy by leveraging semiotic analysis ofstudent notebooks, in-class observations and ongoing support, the introduction of graphic tools(e.g., graphic taxonomy and master images), and formative assessment strategies to facilitatestudent science and technology learning. It is not enough to create representations; students mustwork through and revisit their graphics in context of the inquiry and problem solving cycle.IntroductionResearch in elementary graphic literacy is an emergent area of study, just as the integration ofelementary science1 and elementary engineering education research is a relatively new area ofinvestigation. One such project is Engineering is Elementary

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bart Johnson, Itasca Community College; Ronald Ulseth; Michael Raich, Itasca Community College

the nationalengineering education as it went from an initial focus on regional student access to responding tocalls for change to becoming an internationally recognized emerging model for engineeringeducation. Of value to the broader engineering education community is not only the process ofengineering education innovation it is also the pedagogical and curricular models developed thatserve for consideration and adaptation to provide that engineering education needs to continue toincorporate to evolve to meet societal needs.Traditional engineering educational models receive initial calls for change and a ruralcommunity college program emerges (1990’s)The 1980’s and 1990’s represented an era where technology was becoming increasingly

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Irene B. Mena, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jose Mestre; Jonathan H Tomkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Page 26.419.2far, based on informational surveys completed by the CoP observation teams.BackgroundEducational change efforts can be categorized along two axes: the intended outcome of thechange effort (prescribed vs. emergent) and the aspect of the system to be change (individuals vs.environments and structures)3. Change efforts in engineering education have historically focusedon changing either individuals through dissemination, faculty development, or by changingpolicies such as through accreditation standards4. There have been few efforts to changeengineering education that are both emergent and focused on the environments and structures inwhich faculty practice engineering education4. Yet these long-term approaches that addressfaculty’s

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Nicola Ferralis; Leanne Avery; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

onset of the project provedinadequate. Therefore, as the project progressed, a more qualitative approach was used togather information about the attitudes of students with regard to science. As the projectprogressed, qualitative assessment was used to gather feedback from GK-12 teachers andstudents as to the value of the efforts, and served as a supportive feedback mechanism tothe graduate students. This paper will review the assessment tools used in this project,and will present the data collected for the phase I and phase II of the project.IntroductionThe Penn State GK-12 National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math (STEM) outreach project to middle and high schools in northeastand central Pennsylvania