Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Holistic Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat, P.E., The Citadel; Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel; Nandan Hara Shetty, The Citadel; Dena Garner; M. Kristen Hefner, The Citadel; Mostafa Batouli, The Citadel; Thad Le-Vasicek, The Citadel; Todd Wittman

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

. Different example methods can be seen in the faculty narratives. (2) Mentors should listen to the ideas and concerns of their mentees. This was uniformly important throughout the faculty narratives. All faculty mentioned methods to increase student interest in the project/field and support their self-efficacy as researchers. Further, the student survey, regardless of student gender, emphasized the importance of mentor “personal consideration.” (3) Mentors should provide career support, particularly for female mentees. While all undergraduate students should receive some level of career support, the female students surveyed indicated this as the most important role of the faculty research mentor

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

Page 11.1033.3language skills, and North American business and cultural norms.Structural and Delivery FeaturesAlthough foreign credentials recognition falls outside of the university’s mandate, the IEEQprogram is delivered by the Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba. New funding hasadded a designated program coordinator and administrative assistant to the Faculty ofEngineering. Program participants fit into existing student spaces in the various departments andare served by the existing faculty contingent.IEEQ is a 12-month program of academic coursework (eight months) and a paid engineeringwork term in industry (four months), in that order. Academic courses are chosen to address thegeneral areas of the APEGM-assigned examination

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer T. Ross

theory, Project experience from start to finish. Process/ Product design cycle, Device physics, Technology tradeoffs, Process modules (diffusion/ implant, Manufacturing Transistor operation (beyond a switch), dry & wet etching, deposition, lithography), Fluid Fabrication process, CMOS cross dynamics, Material science, Fabrication, equipment, sections, Parasitics, Charge sharing, On- Contact issues, Exposure to new technologies (SOI, new chip inductance, Design margins, Power memory structures, optoelectronic interconnects) dissipation, Project experience. Operations management (plant optimization), Yield

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Boshra Karimi, Northern Kentucky University; Mahdi Yazdanpour, Northern Kentucky University; Sean Foley, Northern Kentucky University

include workflow and supply chain disruption, new policy issues, and positiveimpacts including modern procurement planning, virtual working, and unique designconsiderations [12].Although the literature highlights some challenges that construction industry faces due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, there are still plenty of issues that need to be addressed. This paper focuseson these issues and investigates how the industry was affected by the pandemic from professionals’standpoint, and how the future of industry will embrace the changes.MethodologyAlthough construction has been deemed as an essential business during the pandemic, it has beenshut down from weeks to months in different states and at different times. The outbreak impact onthe industry may

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Charlene Yauch, Oklahoma State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Technologyat Oklahoma State University, Stillwater. A Chemical Engineering/IndustrialEngineering six-hour module was a part of this academy. During this module, thestudents worked on product and process design concepts related to the manufacturing ofslime. The students also generated new products that used slime as a base.In the fall of 2005, a freshman-level engineering orientation class worked on the projectin a multi-week venue. The orientation course was focused on chemical engineering, butcomparisons to industrial engineering were made. The paper will compare studentsurveys and outcomes for the slime project for high school students versus collegefreshmen.Introduction and BackgroundRecruitment and retention of engineering students have become

Conference Session

Learning from Industry

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Panther, Oregon State University; Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University; Zachary Pirtle, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #19033How Engineers Negotiate Domain Boundaries in a Complex, InterdisciplinaryEngineering ProjectGrace Panther, Oregon State University Grace Panther is a doctoral student conducting research in engineering education. She has experience conducting workshops at engineering education conferences and is currently a guest editor for a special issue of European Journal of Engineering Education on inclusive learning environments. Her research includes material development, faculty discourses on gender, and defining knowledge domains of students and engineers.Dr. Devlin Montfort, Oregon State University Dr. Montfort is

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Michael P. Hennessey

regional level, and for some, continuation as another course project. Student teams participated in all steps of the design process: requirements analysis, conceptual design and trade-off, detailed design, manufacture, and performance testing. Usage of the ASME Student Design Contest was a great success. General pedagogical issues are examined and suggestions for application to future Machine Design course offerings are presented. A major conclusion is that one should not feel obligated to insist that the course design project is exactly the same as the national collegiate design contest. Rather, key aspects of the design contest (defined as a requirements subset) can be emphasized. For example, concerns over

Conference Session

Transformative Learning in STEM: Accessibility, Social Impact, and Inclusivity in Higher Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ingrid Scheel, Oregon State University; Rachael E Cate, Oregon State University; Natasha Mallette, Oregon State University; Ean H Ng, Oregon State University; Stella Collier, Oregon State University; Christina Bianca Southwick, Oregon State University; Carly Hudson

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Diversity

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

place and must bedocumented in the larger body of knowledge around creating inclusive spaces in engineeringeducation. The authors believe dissemination of these strategies may create a cornerstone fromwhich to build praxis and make it easier for faculty to engage students while satisfyingaccreditation metrics. The strategies identified in previous efforts are: 1) modeling the limits ofexpertise, 2) positioning humans over technology, and 3) application exploration/storytelling arerhetorical tools that can strategically be used to increase inclusivity in classrooms. The authorsshow in this paper more strategies that may be used to positively impact student perception oftechnical courses as culturally separate from social issues [7] and position

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics: Using Case Studies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Didier Valdes, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Erika Jaramillo Giraldo, University of Puerto Rico; Jorge Ferrer, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; William Frey, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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Engineering Ethics

exemplify the profoundsocial consequences and impacts of research misconduct and dramatize the urgency ofincorporating ethics into and throughout the science and engineering curriculum. Because theyare high profile cases, they help to engage science and engineering faculty as well as students.They also dramatize to these constituents the importance of integrating research ethics into thegraduate student curriculum.A double axis framework that classifies research ethics problems in terms of their impact on thepursuit of truth and their implications for social responsibility arises out of consideration of theseclassic research ethics cases. Objectivity, accuracy, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism areexamples of issues that pertain to the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odete Lopes, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Vinhas, Politecnico de Viseu; Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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International

strategy is conducive to the possibility of individual progress instudy. Each student can establish his own way to develop the required skills.Despite the new educational context, there is some teaching experience at this level, becausedeveloping different strategies to promote success has always been a primary concern(Marques and Paiva, 2000).13 These are usually difficult subjects and the students have to bemotivated and accompanied closely. It has been possible to identify students’ major difficulties and misconceptions. Oneimportant gap is related to Newtonian mechanics, mainly in kinematics and dynamics. Thesedifficulties arise when students have their first contact with physics at the age of 13 or 14.They manage to pass through all of the

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Professional Practice 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Jalil Al-Bayati, Lawrence Technological University; Elin Jensen, Lawrence Technological University; Karim Bazzi

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

PtD. The two obstacles are the lack ofknowledge among practitioners and the absence of training materials. Thus, it is recommendedthat these obstacles be overcome strategically. Following the survey recommendations, the nextstep in enhancing PtD utilization involves developing educational modules in collaboration withcivil engineering design faculty and other stakeholders. Hence, these modules will meet therequirements of diverse civil engineering disciplines and address potential concerns. Additionally,they will fulfill industry requirements by incorporating the perspectives and input of practitionerswho are potential implementers of PtD in their planning, design, or construction processes. Thus,the modules should address the target

Conference Session

Design Tools and Methodology I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Kathryn Thompson, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Beunguk Ahn, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

by the course faculty and staff that thesystem has room for improvement and are likely skewed by the fact that a higher percentage ofthe survey respondents are new to the course. As the pages improve, it is likely that the ratingswill as well.ConclusionsEnsuring the fairness and consistency of grading is challenging in large project-based designcourses. Jury-based evaluation and grading rubrics can be helpful in addressing these challenges,but scalability becomes an issue as the class size grows. Online grading systems, such as the onepresented in this paper, have a number of advantages over analog grading methods, includingscalability, real-time feedback on the status of grading, the reduced potential for human error incompiling grades, the

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Science Using Innovative Methods

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; James Gardner Ryan, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering; Ram V Mohan, North Carolina A&T State University; Sachin Marotrao Shendokar, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University

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Materials

our experience, development of suchworking relationships over the years is essential for global partnerships. Initial collaborationsestablished by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between JSNN and BVDU focusedon faculty exchange and doctoral training. Three BVDUCOE faculty enrolled in Ph.D. programsat NCA&TSU. To ensure their continued contributions to BVDUCOE, these exchange facultymembers were admitted with J1 U.S. exchange visitor visas, which mandate that the facultymember returns to India after completion of their studies at NCA&TSU. The education andexperience gained in U.S. and working relationships established with faculty and administrationat NCA&TSU, and their familiarity with BVDUCOE protocols of new program

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Schinnel Kylan Small, University of South Florida; Terreonn Henry

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Design in Engineering Education

of the course.Faculty reflectionsSlack and EGN3000L are continually being improved. Two faculty provided a reflection on theuse of Slack for EGN3000L which are provided for added perspective. Here is one faculty’sreflection on using Slack in the course “In the Computer Science environment, it is typical to facilitate instruction and learning through the use of software, so I had no issues with adopting Slack as part of the course. My understanding was that Slack was to be used, primarily by students, to handle and essentially organize any and all questions concerning the projects. I was encouraged by the fact that students would be able to use a communication tool that mimicked the kind of environment that they would use for a

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard L. Goldberg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Kevin Caves, Duke University

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Biomedical

outside experts throughthis mechanism.We have addressed this issue by creating an advisory board for each project to provide studentswith independent feedback on their designs. These advisory boards supplement the ongoingfeedback that students already receive from faculty and their clinical advisors. The goal was tomake it as easy as possible for these outside experts to review the students design ideas andprovide them with comments. We accomplished this by having each individual serve on anadvisory board for only one or two projects, so that they could focus their efforts and minimizetheir time commitment. In addition, while board members could interact directly with thestudents when feasible, they could also use an online system to interact

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship, Design, and PBL

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Ports

execution and closure, a littlemarketing, and the definition and production of launch collateral materials such as articles,patent disclosures and application notes. Each team conceives a new product idea, then definesit, determines its value proposition, designs it, verifies the design, develops and builds it,validates it and prepares for a “whole product” market introduction. The culmination of thecourse sequence is the Student Design Showcase, set up in the gymnasium as a trade show, opento all faculty and students, the public, local companies, schools, team sponsors and the press, andat which each team demonstrates their project results.Course 2: Technology Commercialization Strategies - This innovative, overview coursesystematically covers the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danyelle Tauryce Ireland, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Penny Rheingans, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Lee Blaney, UMBC; Marie desJardins, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; E. F. Charles LaBerge, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Susan Martin, University of Maryland; Carolyn Seaman, UMBC; Gymama Slaughter, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Anne Marie Spence, Baylor University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in the Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering at UMBC. His research primarily focuses on (1) investigating the occurrence, fate, trans- port, and toxicity of contaminants of emerging concern and (2) developing new technologies for resource recovery. At UMBC, he teaches courses in environmental chemistry, reaction kinetics, and chemical separations.Prof. Marie desJardins, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Marie desJardins is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Infor- mation Technology, and Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Prior to joining the faculty in

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Kelley; Mark Talbot; Jeffrey Starke; Michael Butkus

these two courses must be well thought outand synchronized between faculty. This has been revised based on the following lessons learnedduring the first cycle of this new learning model. • The iterative nature of design must be stressed throughout the semester. (The instructor must ensure that the students have the “big picture”.) • The instructor must ensure that students communicate regularly (biweekly during the construction phase) with craftsmen and students in other courses. Page 8.691.9 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering as a Career Path to URMs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Delaine, Drexel University; Adam Fontecchio, Drexel University

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Minorities in Engineering

in 2007,123 went to African Americans4. In academia, the engineering faculty with Ph.D.s at four-yearinstitutions is 4% African American, with a large percentage of this population coming fromhistorically black colleges and universities (HBCU’s)4.These issues are all interrelated, and there is strong motivation for a sufficient remedy. Thebenefits of diversity and expansion of the skilled workforce have been well documented5. TheUnited States, as well as most of the countries around the world, view engineering as an area ofnational need. The aging engineering workforce could potentially have devastating impacts onindividual economies as well as the global economy. The NSF estimates the US will need 20%more engineers by 2010. If things remain

Conference Session

Investigating Fuel Cells and Alternative Fuels in the Classroom and Lab

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Pieri, North Dakota State University; Alan Kallmeyer, NDSU; Michael Stewart, North Dakota State University; Leslie Backer, North Dakota State University

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2008-1569: ALTERNATIVE FUELS RESEARCH WITHIN AMULTIDISCIPLINARY CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTRobert Pieri, North Dakota State UniversityAlan Kallmeyer, NDSUMichael Stewart, North Dakota State UniversityLeslie Backer, North Dakota State University Page 13.167.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Alternative Fuels Research within a Multidisciplinary Capstone Design ProjectAbstractThis paper will describe the results of recent activities concerning the development of ahydrogen-diesel farm tractor test bed used within a capstone design project. The project, part ofa "Wind to Hydrogen" program funded by the Department of Energy, received

Conference Session

Multidisiplinary Student Research Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natacha Depaola, Illinois Institute of Technology; Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology; Paul R. Anderson, Illinois Institute of Technology; Roberto Cammino, Illinois Institute of Technology; Bonnie Haferkamp, Illinois Institute of Technology; Jamshid Mohammadi, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

support. Fifty percent of the awards went to students who were new to the program and 50%to returning students. The returning students typically participated for 2 semesters, but someparticipated for as much as four semesters. Third year (37%) and fourth year (41%)undergraduates received the majority of the awards, but funding was also provided to first year(4%), 2nd year (8%) and 5th year (8%) undergraduates. Visiting students (4%) and transfer (4%students) were also supported. The college consists of 1,452 students and 86 faculty members.Overall, 49 faculty members (57%) have submitted proposals to the R&D program. Projects were supported across a broad range of engineering topics as shown in Table 1.Undergraduates representing all

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly Brumbelow, Texas A&M University; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; James R. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Whitney L. Anthony, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Civil Engineering

] -- there to compare ABET, BOK1, and BOK2 -- but the CTT’sstep of explicitly modifying that work to include the specific program’s curriculum was crucial.Other authors have discussed the tension between an increased number of program-leveloutcomes in the BOK2 and constrained or decreasing numbers of credit hours in baccalaureateengineering degrees2, especially if faculty view new outcomes as being “practitioner-driven”from a viewpoint of the B.S. degree of 30 years ago with more available credit hours. In the caseof Texas A&M’s effort, this tension was managed in two ways. First, surveys were conducted todetermine perceptions for each of the 24 BOK2 outcomes of comparative importance andpreparedness of new graduates. The surveys were given to

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Muge Mukaddes Darwish; Ali Nejat

about 9% of engineering jobs (NationalScience Foundation, 2000). Gender balance in engineering is a hot-topic issue in the US andmany other countries. The cause of the imbalance has been extensively studied and primarilyviewed as a result of the historical patterns of institutionalized gender discrimination, whichplays a key role on issues of gender balance in Engineering 11, 12. However, there is evidence thatachievement-related beliefs are also involved13. Texas Tech University College of Engineeringshares this gender imbalance in student enrollment as well as the faculty male to female ratio. InTexas Tech University College of Engineering, as seen in Tables 3, 4 and 5 by graduation, menoutnumbered women over the last three years. The

Conference Session

Abroad Educational Opportunities in Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

retain quality in educationvs. the perceived monopoly that traditional institutions have on the delivery of higherlearning in the US. This tension arises whenever another country contemplates expansionof educational opportunities offered by anyone other than traditional institutions. Sinceresolution of this issue requires some complex evolution of social expectations placed onnational governments, should developing countries defer decisions on creating increasededucational opportunities for their young by rejecting what may prove to be somequestionable initiatives from abroad? Is there a need for new academic credentials to aidin this challenge? Can we grasp the urgency of the problem just by looking at China,where only about 11% of its young

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

husband and wife to see how itreflected or “revealed” psychological constructs such as jealousy, attraction, or hints ofinfidelity, he examined the way each participant created their unique social reality andpsychological and emotional states by how they described each other and themselves, and howthey handled their issues through various discursive practices such as countering negative imagesof themselves, or positioning each other as unfaithful or untrustworthy. Through this approach,Edwards was able to illuminate how the couple socially created their marital tensions anddiscursively managed their own concerns and suspicions.This approach is a useful way to examine the engineering education design context because itilluminates the way students

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory W. Davis, Kettering University; Craig J. Hoff, Kettering University; William J. Riffe, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

”Engineering Creativity” that was designed to bring out the creative side of engineering and business students. Well over 1000 students passed through this course. Because of this background, he was selected to be part of a team to teach the ”Innovations and New Ventures” class on entrepreneurship that began in the summer of 2006, with him concentrating on the innovation side of the course. To date, over one hundred and eighty students have learned how to develop a product and put together a basic business plan. He led a team to develop ”Entrepreneurship Across the Curriculum” at Kettering University where faculty members attended workshops designed to help put innovation projects into their classrooms. This effort resulted

Conference Session

Industry-Based Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Philip Rufe; Tracy Tillman; Bob Lahidji

subsequent classes from reinventing thewheel.Another important issue to be addressed is intellectual property. When students helpdevelop a prototype do they have any rights connected to the product? Can students beinventors? Who owns the intellectual property? Are students required to keep their workconfidential? When working with industrial sponsors those are all key questions. SomeUniversities have technology transfer centers to manage IP issues while otheruniversities, such as Eastern Michigan, are developing IP policies.When students are developing a new product or prototype with a sponsor the studentsmust sign a confidentiality agreement. They are not permitted to disclose anyinformation regarding their project outside the class. If the

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session III: Collaboration

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

tremendous inertia of the educationalsystems of the Region. (2, 3)The paper sheds light on the seemingly complex issues that have curtailed proper “connectivity”between academia and industry in the Arab Gulf States, and argues for the urgent need to worktogether towards developing mutually beneficial and long-lasting relations, at the grass rootlevel, so that the interests of people on both sides (students, graduates, faculty members,industrial staff, industry managers, research proponents, etc) will be properly served. Perhaps thegreatest achievement in such an endeavor is to improve the “relevancy” of engineeringeducation, by bringing the college closer to the “realities” on the ground. There is a tremendousneed for faculty and students to be

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

evidence little kindness as new faculty navigate the demands forresearch productivity, grant writing, teaching, and service – some while facing their own arraypersonal issues, harassment, and/or racism. As noted by Oades et al. [69, p. 436],“implementation of a kindness strategy may be best addressed at the organizational level,through the adoption of values and agreed practices that increase the probability of kindnesstowards other people.” If faculty perceive that they are treated with kindness and care from theirinstitutions, they may be more likely to display and promote kindness in their interactions withstudents. While the reflections in this paper were catalyzed during a global pandemic that causedunusual stress on students and faculty

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park

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Undergraduate Education

” 8URMs in STEM within the community college context. Rather than presume that all URMs havesimilar interactions with campus leaders across multiple types of institutions, this work attemptsto unpack the role of administrators and instructors as it concerns Black students in communitycollege. Furthermore, as the research question will reveal, this work attempts to illuminate therole of faculty and staff as it relates to diverse Black students, including collegians majoring inengineering from sub-Saharan African countries. 2. Community College Enrollment and Preparation Trends among Minorities in STEM As stated in the Introduction, there has been an increased emphasis at the national levelon community colleges, and with it a greater push for