Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

YunJeong Chang, University of Virginia; Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

technological change, engineers cannotdesign the technology that will create the future in which their children will live.” (coursesyllabus, p 1.). The course is structured in two parts with a large lecture and smaller discussionsections. Each semester there are lecture sessions that each occur once per week with over 150students enrolled in the lecture. The lead-instructor offers content and then encouragesdiscussion in pairs and in plenary. The students are evaluated on the lecture and reading-basedportion on the course in two multiple choice exams that account for 40% of their course grade,which is an individual measure of success in the course. The lecture sessions are complimented by nine Discussion Sections with 15-40 students enrolledin each

Conference Session

Liberal Education and Leadership

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

session was conducted during the afternoon and lasted roughly 5 hours.For the second Academy class, begun in the fall of the 2008-09 academic year, the sessions meton three Saturdays—in October, in January, and in March. These sessions lasted from 9:00 AMto 4:00 PM.The goals of the Academy are as follows:Leadership Academy is a hands-on experience designed to build each participant's: ≠ Confidence in their ability to lead; ≠ Consciousness of various leadership approaches; ≠ Connection with leadership resources & mentors; and ≠ Civic awareness.CurriculumThe curriculum of the Leadership Academy is as follows: Page 14.458.4Session 1

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Macy Reynolds; Joseph Untener

Session 1574 A Systemic Approach to Integrating Technical Writing in the Curriculum Joseph Untener, Macy Reynolds University of DaytonAbstractThis paper presents an approach to writing education recently implemented in the EngineeringTechnology Department at the University of Dayton. The approach began with an overallcurricular review. One of the department’s concerns was employers’ reports that many graduateslacked sufficient technical writing expertise. The department generally agreed that requiring aseparate technical writing course and then

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay K. Arora

Session 3261 Integration of Liberal Arts, Management, and Technical Skills for Professional Development Vijay K. Arora Wilkes UniversityIntroductionIn the global era of planet Earth moving into trade blocks and multinational organizations, thereis a need for Renaissance Engineers—able to integrate science, humanities, and managementconcepts. This need is creating a paradigm shift to teach design process to solve any problem—engineering or non-engineering—as opposed to learning specific solutions to a specific set ofproblems. Design is a process

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Pradeep K. Agrawal

Session 1213 Integration of Critical Thinking and Technical Communication into Undergraduate Laboratory Courses Pradeep K. Agrawal School of Chemical Engineering Georgia Institute of TechnologyThe ability to communicate technical concepts well distinguishes an outstanding engineer from amerely competent one. Widespread consensus holds that writing should form an integral part ofan engineering education, but there is considerable debate over how best to achieve this goal.Most engineering programs require courses in technical

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #33809Internet of Things Education Project (IoTEP)Prof. Gary J. Mullett, Springfield Technical Community College Gary J. Mullett, a Professor of Electronics Technology and Department Chair, presently teaches in the Applied Engineering Technology Group at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) located in Springfield, MA. A long time faculty member and consultant to local business and industry, Mullett has provided leadership and initiated numerous curriculum reforms as either the Chair or Co-Department Chair of the four technology degree programs that constituted the former Electronics Group. Since the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Phillip Farrington; Mel Adams; Mary Spann; Dawn R. Utley

Session number: 2242 ASSESSING THE TRAINING OF TECHNICAL PROFESSIONALS MOVING INTO MANAGEMENT Dawn R. Utley, Mel Adams, Mary S. Spann, Phillip A. Farrington University of Alabama in HuntsvilleIntroduction Even undergraduate engineering students want to become managers. In fact,statistics indicate that the career aspirations of 50% of all engineering students includemoving into a management position within 5 years of their graduation 1. Moving from atechnical professional to a tech-manager requires a different skills set. Technicalprofessionals are required to be task-centered specialists while managers are asked to

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Corneliu Berbente

Session 1160The Development of the Managerial Education in a Technical University Corneliu Berbente Politehnica University of Bucharest Romania AbstractThe needs of developing the managerial education system in the“POLITEHNICA” University of Bucharest, Romania, in transitionconditions to the market economy are discussed. A cooperativeprogram with the Washington State University, USA, starting witha Center set up to offer consultancy to small and medium sizeenterprises, was then developed as a Center for BusinessExcellence (CBE) with a direct influence on the engineeringmanagement in the “POLITEHNICA”. Moreover, this

Conference Session

ETD Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behbood Ben Zoghi, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

) enrollment for the first five years of the program. (Include majors only and consider attrition and graduation.) YEAR 1 2 3 4 5 Headcount 12 22 25 33 42 FTSE 10 18.3 20.8 27.5 35d. Students General recruitment efforts, including plans to recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups can be categorized as follows: Industry Professionals: As a professional master’s program, the main recruitment efforts will be focused on recruiting industry professionals from technical fields such as oil & gas, energy, construction, manufacturing, electrical

Conference Session

Sustainability

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Caroline Carvill, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Richard A. House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Jessica Livingston, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Multidisciplinary Engineering

increasedcollaboration between faculty in both disciplines. In survey research conducted in the earlyyears of ABET Engineering Criteria implementation, House et al (2007) gathered responsesfrom engineering faculty in a variety of institutional settings and academic disciplines regardingtheir willingness to incorporate communication into their technical courses. They were generallyinterested in such a curricular change (or in some cases, were already engaged in these changes),but many lacked good models for such incorporation.1 Subsequent research along similar linesreflected increasing practices among engineers that blended technical communication andengineering.2-4 Dyke and Riley, for example, provide insight into the strategies engineeringfaculty use to blend

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

and Assessing ABET “Soft Skills” in the Technical CurriculumAbstractTAC-ABET accreditation requires that each program develop program outcomes that embraceABET criteria 2a to k. Several of those, such as diversity, internationalization, and ethics, areoften referred to as the soft skills. Generally students exposure to these items is through theirelective (or required) courses in the humanities and social sciences. However, ABETaccreditation also requires that the achievement of the outcomes be assessed and evaluated.Obtaining direct evidence of achievement of the outcomes by the students can be problematicalas the other departments may not be doing assessment. Even if they are, the technology studentsin a humanities

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

James J. Alpigini

Session 2793 Computer Architecture Instruction for Students from Technically Diverse Backgrounds James J. Alpigini Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional StudiesAbstractThe Master of Science in Information Science degree program at the Penn State Great ValleySchool of Graduate Professional Studies offers a blend of computer engineering, softwareengineering and management courses. These courses balance information science andmanagement theories and allow a student to develop technical competence, leadership skills, andbusiness expertise. A required foundation course in this

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2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Lisa Shatz

Incorporating design into a class teaching technical communication skills Lisa Shatz Suffolk University Session 8: Other topics relevant to engineering education AbstractA technical writing class is a perfect vehicle for giving students the opportunity to be creativedesigners and to learn more about the engineering profession as well.In order for our students to have more experience in brainstorming, teamwork, and productdevelopment, we have incorporated into our technical communication class participation inSuffolk University’s Business School’s New Product

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey A. Donnell

Session 3561 TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION IN A LARGE COURSE: PRACTICAL GUIDELINES FOR INSTRUCTORS Jeffrey Donnell, The Georgia Institute of TechnologyIntroduction The integration of technical communication into a large technical course requiresinstructors to develop simple and practical answers to three very complicated questions:• What language structures are of most importance in conveying technical information?• Can we evaluate writing and technical substance together?• How are informational graphics to be used in technical documents?These questions come to the fore each time we deliver

Conference Session

Curriculum Issues in Graphics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alice Scales

Session 1338 Profile of Students Who Enroll in a Technical Graphics Program Alice Y. Scales North Carolina State UniversityAbstractFor several years the Graphic Communications Program at North Carolina State University hasenrolled students into an informal major through the Technology Education Program. Becausethe major is now in the process of being formalized, determining the needs of the students hasbecome a priority. With this information, course offerings can be tailored more closely to theneeds of the students. Along with the needs of industry, a profile of

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Abdel Mazher

and well defined,polices to achieve these goals can be established, curriculum and education technology can bedeveloped. Also, methods of instructions are selected and methods for evaluation and assessmentare adopted.The goals of technical dimension of engineering education as outlined above are general andqualitative. It describes the qualities of the end product, i.e. the future engineer of the systemshown in figure 1. These general goals must go through transformation process that transformgoals into abilities, skills, characters, and knowledge bases that can be observed and measured.This process will produce, for the technical dimension, the necessary skills and engineeringknowledge. The main underlying hypothesis is that the above

Conference Session

Programmatic Curriculum Developments

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Marlee Walton

Session 2615 The Integrated Civil Engineering Curriculum: The Gap Between the Blackboard and Business Marlee A. Walton Iowa State UniversityAbstract:Civil Engineering curricula have been criticized for not effectively preparing engineering studentsfor the workplace. Industry wants technically competent students who also can work as part ofteams, manage projects, communicate well and understand the economic, social and politicalcontext of their professional activities. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET), with

Conference Session

College/University Engineering Students K-12 Outreach

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Malinda Zarske; Jacquelyn Sullivan

. Page 10.1304.8 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationStudent Recruitment — Finding a five-hour scheduling block that fits into the schedule ofupper-class students from various college disciplines is challenging. At our college, we foundthat all times when K-12 schools are in session conflict with required junior-level courses inseveral of our disciplines. Students are frustrated by this, as are the instructors.College Buy-In — The course was approved by the college-wide curriculum review committeeas a 4000-level, general engineering technical elective after its pilot offering. And, the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shamita V, Nanyang Technological University; Ibrahim H. Yeter, Nanyang Technological University; Eileen Fong, Nanyang Technological University

college students to address the different challenges andexperiences they have had in order to better understand and develop a better method to teachengineering. Research Questions This study focuses on the following two research questions; (1) What are thepsychometric properties of the instrument employed in terms of reliability and correlationamong the latent factors in the context of Singapore? And (2) is there any significantdifference between subgroups (e.g., genders, first-generation vs continuing-generationcollege students) with respect to the seven latent factors of the instrument employed? Methodology Instrument The instrument measured six of the 10 latent constructs developed in Verdin’s study(2021): (1

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Aws AlShalash

project and research students.Aws AlShalash American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Improve Technical Communication using Scaffolding Method in Mechanical Engineering CoursesAbstractOne of the most effective and well documented ways, throughout literary sources, to educate anddevelop capable and independent professionals such as engineers combines lecture sessions withstep-by-step synergistic activities (experiments and reports). Therefore, many engineeringeducators are seeking experiential learning techniques and implementations that are innovative toassist students understand, exercise, and communicate engineering concepts they

Conference Session

Innovation in Continuing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hengzhong Wen; Kurt Gramoll

Session 2222 Tinker Air Force Base Technical Online Training System Development Hengzhong Wen and Kurt Gramoll School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering The University of OklahomaAbstractIncreased Internet connection speeds and new web development tools have greatly improved thepossibilities for interactive online training. This paper discusses an online learning system(www.tinker.ou.edu) that has been developed and implemented for Tinker Air Force Base to helpinstruct base personnel in both environmental

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Paula Ford

Session 2548 Teaching Technical Communications to Engineering Technology Students: A Case Study Approach Paula Ford, Sohail Anwar The Pennsylvania State University—Altoona CollegeAbstractOne alternative to a long term-paper assignment in a technical writing course is the short memo.Engineering technology students enrolled in Ms. Ford’s sections of Technical Writing, English202C, at Penn State University—Altoona College are required to write a number of memos andshort reports in response to case studies. These case studies are designed to approximate thetypes of writing

Conference Session

Technology, Communication, & Ethics

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Ross

consensus of opinion seemed to be thattechnical leadership was something different and much more interesting overall toprofessional engineers. For one thing, mny engineers have studied management as abusiness specialty and are aware that it is a huge subject; additionally, it is not what manyengineers wanted to discuss. Note that MEPP is offered as a technical alternative to anMBA; participants in MEPP have self-selected themselves away from businessmanagement at least for the purposes of this program.Technical leadership is no less a large topic, but it is not in general well discussed inspecific detail. In the responses to question #1, there is recognition that business needsboth management and technical leadership and that they depend on each

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Albert Koller

andmarketing; developing a national industry alliance ( e.g., an expanded ATAC); promotingdistance learning options; developing articulation agreements; generating criteria andoperating a national skills certification system; hosting a national professional associationand implementing a national certification program for aerospace technicians.In addition to the many organizations listed in sections 1 and 2, this initiative requiresexpansion to the national level and the inclusion of several other groups: · The National Skills Standards Board (NSSB): This government-chartered and -funded organization oversees the designation of national skills standards for workers in technical/vocational occupations. BCC staff visited the national

Conference Session

Assessment-Driven Practices in ECE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Garrison, Portland State University; Yuchen Huang, Portland State University; Branimir Pejcinovic, Portland State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

) and technical papers (formerly whitepapers). • Verbal – Verbal updates include 1:1’s, brainstorm sessions, daily stand-up meetings, SCRUM meetings, staff meeting opens, ad-hoc phone discussions, etc. These updates do not have prepared materials such as slides or documents and are NOT significant decision meetings. They are typically direction-checking and/or educational in nature. • Presentations – There is an audience of more than one person (typically >4-5). These are typically longer in duration than an update, such as a topic in a staff meeting, and are accompanied by slides and/or documents. The objective can be for decision-making or education.They were then asked to rate the importance of

Conference Session

Industrial Technology/Industrial Engineering Technology Forum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Stier, Illinois State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

the student to indicatehow much they learned and how much they liked each activity by using a rating scale from one toten (1 means the student did not like it and a 10 means they really enjoyed it). They are alsoasked to comment on what they liked most about the class and what they liked least about theclass. The activities in the example in table one have been written generically for the most partto respect the privacy of companies and people involved.Table 1.Assessment Form to Evaluate Course Activities.______________________________________________________________________________ TEC370 Activity Assessment Please respond to each of the activities that were completed this semester. In the first

Conference Session

Innovative Learning, Comparative Learning Analysis, and Lessons Learned

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmundo Tovar, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Mercedes de la Cámara, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Javier Saenz, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

Tagged Divisions

International

interaction is more collaborative than cooperative, but a higher degree of learning, is reached. Work with the teacher is stressed, as well as the extent of feedback from evaluations.Participation and collaborative learning are the keys of the model: participation is present inall activities carried out by the student. It is extremely importance to determine the value oflabor from each of these activities. The interaction takes the form of the extent ofcollaboration and cooperation generated by the communication process.Motivation is the engine that drives teachers and students to participate actively adding valueto the resources used and developed. It covers the following aspects: (1) the teachermotivation influences the student

Conference Session

Technical Session 3 - Paper 2: Inequities in “Stuckness”: Exploring mobility patterns to higher ranked institutions from undergraduate to graduate school based on students’ race/ethnicity and first generation in college status

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Dustin Michael Grote, Weber State University; Abdulrahman M Alsharif, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Anita Patrick, Spelman College; Maya Denton, University of Texas at Austin; Gabriella Coloyan Fleming, University of Texas at Austin; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI). He holds degrees in Industrial Engineering (BS, MS) from the National Experimental University of T´achira, Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Temple University, and Engineering Education (PhD) from Virginia Tech. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022In this session we will think about engineering and computer doctoral students’ movement through the education system over time‐‐disaggregating by race/ethnicity as well as doctoral students’ first generation status. We would like the session to be interactive, so we’ve built in places to generate some group conversation.The project is a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aliya Mahmud, Georgia Institute of Technology: IDREEM Lab; Timothy Sawchuk; Ethan Hilton, Louisiana Tech University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

systematic methods and tools for innovative design with a particular focus on concept generation and design-by-analogy. Her research seeks to understand designers’ cognitive processes with the goal of creating better tools and approaches to enhance engineering design. She has authored over 150 technical publications including over forty journal papers, and ten book chapters. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Impact  of  Makerspaces  on  Student  Idea  Generation,  Self‐Efficacy  and  More:  Results  of  a  Five‐year Longitudinal Study Introduction  Makerspaces  are  community  learning  spaces  for  students  and  faculty  to  solve  engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn H Maison, Central Michigan University and Bangor Township Schools; Adam J. P. Bauer, CMU; Steven Shapardanis, Central Michigan University; Thomas Stuart White; Ze Zhang; Bingbing Li, Department of Chemistry, Science of Advanced Materials Doctoral Program, Central Michigan University ; Qin Hu, Central Michigan University; Tolga Kaya, Central Michigan University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

23.277.2will provide detailed project description and resulting classroom activities that were developed asa result of the RET project.IntroductionOsteoblasts of a mammalian organism (mouse) are used in this experiment. The cell line ofosteoblasts are roughly 15-30 µm. in diameter and, if not scaffolding, are generally spherical inshape. This allows for a symmetrical shape to observe rotation accurately in an E-Field insolution. These cells are cultured, and then subcultured, with an optimal 1-2 day incubationbetween cultures. This insures scaffolding does not take place (If scaffolding begins cells are nolonger spherical/symmetrical for measuring rotation). Cell population must also be kept to aminimum to insure cells do not clump together and form