Conference Session

Redefining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Akundi, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Md Fashiar Rahman, The University of Texas at El Paso; Amit J. Lopes; Sergio Luna

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

Computer Engineering, with a concentration in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) in 2016. His research is focused on understanding Complex Technical and Socio-Technical Systems from an Information Theoretic approach. He has worked on a number of projects in the field of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Additive Manufacturing and Green Energy Manufacturing. His research interests are in Systems Engineering & Architecture, Complex systems, Systems testing and Application of Entropy to Complex Systems.Dr. Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Immanuel A. Edinbarough received his B.Sc. (Applied Sciences) degree from PSG College of Technol- ogy, University

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany - SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie PhD, Evaluation Consortium University at Albany - SUNY; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University; John Okyere Attia P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Lisa D. Hobson, Prairie View A&M University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

and university levels related to the areas of teacher recruitment and re- tention, language arts, mathematics, science, and technology. Her research areas include: leadership and organizational development, teacher leadership, mentoring, student retention, and student engagement. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 AbstractIt is known that a large percentage of students in engineering programs switch their majors in thefirst two years, due to teaching methodology that is not suitable to the current population ofstudents9. Integrating hands-on based learning is one of the key approaches that has been provento be effective in improving retention by

Conference Session

Social Responsibility and Social Justice II: From Classroom to Community

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Virginia Tech; Jonathan Grunert, Virginia Tech; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998. She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. She is a Fellow of the American So- ciety of Engineering Education, holds membership in a number of organizations and presently serves on the National Advisory Board of the National Society of Black Engineers. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Citizen Engineering: Disrupting Expertise in Classroom and CommunityAbstractA new engineering course at a large land-grant university seeks to introduce non

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Christina Anlynette Alston, Rice University; Carolyn Nichol, Rice University; Robert Wimpelberg, University of Houston; Jean S. Larson, Arizona State University; Alison Cook-Davis, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

K-12 engineering programs emerged, which span from in-the-classroom standards-based curriculum to after-school or independent programming [6]. Somegenerated curriculum and programs shared stand-alone lessons or units aligned to the NextGeneration Science Standards[7], which provided a framework for engineering, but is still notadopted but all states. While other teaching materials focused on supporting the teacher’smindset. Described below are a few examples of K-12 engineering programs: The Increasing Student Participation, Interest, and Recruitment in Engineering andScience (INSPIRES) Project is a set of five modules employing inquiry-based learning designfor high school students. The INSPIRES curriculum focuses on integrating

Conference Session

Curriculum Exchange II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of Saint Thomas; Colton Thomas Altobell, Camp Olson YMCA

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3740: ENGINEERING IN SUMMER CAMPS: TAPPING THEPOTENTIALDr. Thomas Shepard, University of Saint ThomasMr. Colton Thomas Altobell, Camp Olson YMCA Page 25.550.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Exchange - Engineering in Summer Camps: Tapping the PotentialAbstract: The traditional summer camp provides a rich learning environment in which hands-onlearning activities may be easily incorporated. This paper describes one such activity involvinghand-powered electricity generation which allows users to see, and more importantly feel thedifferences between incandescent, compact fluorescent and LED lights. A

Conference Session

Programs in Support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Roger V. Gonzalez P.E., The University of Texas at El Paso; Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding, University of Texas, El Paso; Joseph A Ramos, The University of Texas at El Paso

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Systems Engineering

students will focus on a particular engineeringdiscipline or on a specialized combination of discipline specific courses. Students can choosefrom a wide variety of courses in mechanical, electrical, civil, metallurgical & materials, Page 23.982.10industrial, and computer science. Students who choose this track will likely proceed into eitherconventional engineering employment or into graduate school to obtain an M.S. or a Ph.D. inengineering.Education (8-12 Teaching Certification): The education track students will have the opportunityto become state certified. Engineering students enrolled in this track must take 12 core credithours in

Conference Session

Design for Community and Environment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Serdar Tumkor, Istanbul Technical University; Karl Haapala, Michigan Technological University; Vishesh Kumar, Michigan Technological University; John Sutherland, Michigan Technological University

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Design in Engineering Education

design, process planning and manufacturing, gear and continuously variable transmission manufacturing, design for optimum cost, online design catalogs, and web-based collaboration.Karl Haapala, Michigan Technological University Karl R. Haapala is an NSF IGERT Doctoral Trainee and Graduate Scholar in the Sustainable Futures Institute at Michigan Technological University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics focusing on predictive manufacturing process models for improving product environmental performance. He received his B.S. (2001) and M.S. (2003) in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.Vishesh Kumar, Michigan Technological

Collection

2010 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

David W. Dinehart; Timothy Harrington; Matthew Bandelt; Adam Beckmann

inthe fields of engineering and science. To this end a group of 14 active members and the facultyadvisor initiated and ran an engineering club for sixth grade students at an inner city, Catholic,elementary school. The club met on a monthly basis at their school. The engineering topicscovered included stability, brittle and ductile behavior, connections, earthquakes and energy,bridges, foundations, and structural materials. Activities included a newspaper cross, gum-dropdome, popsicle stick bridge, ginger bread house subjected to an earthquake simulation, egg-dropcompetition, timber bridge construction, concrete batching, and testing of concrete and steelspecimens. The year ended with a field trip to Villanova University’s campus and

Conference Session

ChE: Bioengineering, nanotechnology, and systems engineering in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Danielle Amatore, Oregon State University; Shoichi Kimura, Oregon State University; Alexandre Yokochi, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

features to promoteactive learning, including (1) hands-on activities and demonstrations, (2) the integrated use ofwireless laptops through an in-house developed web-based learning tool to promotemetacognition and assessment of student learning, and (3) a capstone ethics project wherestudents complete a risk assessment of the impact of nanotechnology on society. Additionally,this course will focus on synthesizing fundamental concepts in science and engineering towardsapplications in nanotechnology. The other new sophomore course, Material and Energy Balancesin Nanotechnology (ChE 214), is a ChE specific laboratory-based course, emphasizing how thefundamental skills students have just learned couple to nanotechnology. For ChE students, theapproach

Conference Session

Software Engineering Curricula

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Reichlmayr, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael J. Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

minimum, the use of Rails armed our students about to begin co-op with at leastbasic knowledge of how web or database applications work. It also turned out that this briefintroduction to Rails sparked the beginning of a number of individual student projects both insideand outside of the department.BackgroundThe students enrolled in our Personal Software Engineering course are in their second year andhave already completed one year of a typical introductory computer science sequence (CS1-CS3)using Java. Prior to the creation of SE350, our Software Engineering students would take anadditional Computer Science course (CS4) which dealt exclusively with C++. We found that ourstudents emerged from this introductory programming sequence as knowledgeable

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Nima Lotfi, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Monique Jethwani; Vikram Kapila, NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

operationof physical systems” [1], generally emphasizing electromechanical control systems, oftentimesincluding computer engineering. Robotics is the integration of perception and action throughcomputing [2], placing at least equal emphasis on computer science, and increasingly includingartificial intelligence [3]. However, Mechatronics and Robotics appear to be rapidly converging,with computing playing an increasingly important role in the former and physical embodiment inthe latter. In this paper, Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (MRE) refers to the design ofsystems that could be considered either Mechatronic, Robotic, or both. The question of whetherMechatronics and Robotics should be considered distinct degrees is addressed in subsection

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Retention and Bridge Programs #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sonia M. Bartolomei-Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Manuel A. Jimenez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Luisa Guillemard, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nayda G. Santiago, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Carla Lopez Del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Pedro O. Quintero, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Nelson Cardona-Martínez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Anidza Valentin, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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First-Year Programs

). Both projects are funded by NSF.Prof. Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus Professor Oscar Marcelo Suarez joined the University of Puerto Rico - Mayag¨uez in 2000. A Fellow of ASM International, he is the Coordinator of the Materials Science and Engineering graduate program, the first of its kind in Puerto Rico. He is also the director of the university’s Nanotechnology Center Phase II, which is supported by the National Science Foundation. Currently, his work focuses on aluminum alloys, metal matrix composites, and concrete modified with nanoparticles as well as biocomposites for bioci- dal applications. Important components of his interests are education and outreach to underrepresented

Conference Session

Engineering/Education Collaborators

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Zsuzsanna Szabo; Darrell Sabers; Reid Bailey

students’ experience and the pedagogicalapproaches used in the class. At the end of the term, the preservice teachers provided writtenfeedback covering many areas including how they would change the assessment strategy, theengineering course, and how they thought their experiences with engineering had changed theirattitudes toward teaching math, science, and problem solving. The students stated that now theyhave a deeper understanding of what they have learned in the education courses because they hada chance to put their knowledge into practice, and the practice helped them better understandtheir role as teachers. The timing of this hands-on practice was reported to be very well related tothe knowledge they get through the two Ed P 310 and 357

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech ; Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

(pp.6-20). New York: Routledge.Lynch, W.T. (1997/1998). Teaching engineering ethics in the United States. IEEE Technologyand Society Magazine, 16, 4, 27-36.Lynch, W.T., & Kline, R. (2000). Engineering practice and engineering ethics. Science,Technology, & Human Values, 25, 2, 195-222.Marcuse, H. (1969). An essay on liberation. Boston: Beacon.Nagel, T. (1974). What is it like to be a bat? The Philosophical Review, 83, 4, 435-450.Pitchard, M.S. (2001). Responsible engineering: the importance of character and imagination.Science and Engineering Ethics, 7, 391-402.Riley, D.M., & Lambrinidou, Y. (2015). Canons against cannons? Social justice and theengineering ethics imaginary. Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference &

Conference Session

New Trends in CHE Education II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Ted Lee, University of Southern California

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Chemical Engineering

add a nanotechnologycourse-work emphasis to the existing emphases within the Chemical Engineering Departmentand (2) to develop degree projects consisting of emphasis-specific laboratory modules associatedwith each core Chemical Engineering course, culminating with an independent senior thesis.Each of these efforts are discussed below. Nanotechnology Emphasis. In order to graduate with a Chemical Engineering-Nanotechnology degree, students take five carefully selected courses in the nano area, whichrange from fundamental (theoretical) to technical (hands-on) to engineering science (a mixtureof fundamental and technical). These courses, and particularly the “signature” course for thisemphasis (CHE 487), have been selected with the

Conference Session

Distance Learning in ET

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Akram Hossain, Purdue University Calumet; Niaz Latif, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

, laboratoryassignments, and projects. One student of the distance class room received a better grade than theoverall class average. This showed that students were able to learn the course materials andsuccessfully completed their assignments from (through a SDD course) a remote location. Twoother students who attended the course from remote location had received grade that was same asthe class average. Also, all 21 students (both at home campus and remote location) stronglyagreed (3.56 on a scale of 4) that, the stated learning objectives were met for the course.References[1] La Verne Abe Harris, Richard Newman, Streaming Media Collaboration: Benefits and Challenges of Higher Education Technology Start-up, American Society for Engineering Education, 2006

Conference Session

Evaluation: Exploring the Impact of Programs for K-12 Teachers.

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati; Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. Page 26.762.5 The teaching method to integrate the engineering design process in math and science contentis the challenge-based learning pedagogy, which is very student-centric. Within a challenge-based environment, students learn specific content as they solve engineering design challenges.Scaffolding structures guide student progress through the challenge.14, 15 Challenge-basedenvironments can mimic design or provide motivating reasons for students to solve problems toaddress a societal issue and in the process learn science and math content. In the challenge-based learning pedagogical approach, student groups, under a teacher’sguidance, solve real world issues using technology and a hands-on approach. Grounded instudent learning

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franz J. Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

collaborative, project-based learningat all levels [3]. Included those efforts are joint projects by our Sciences and Design departments[4].WIT hosts strong programs in both Industrial and Interior Design. On the job, the goal of adesigner can best be summarized as the realization of an idea. Toward that end, Design majorsare well trained in composition, visualization, and modeling and therefor spend extensive time in Page 26.615.2studio. While clearly focused on the creative aspects of production, in a professional setting thesespecialists will work closely with engineers, architects, and builders. A familiarity with scientificvocabulary and the

Conference Session

Biology in Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Rosentrater, USDA-ARS; Kasiviswanathan Muthukumarappan

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Biological & Agricultural

Plant Science/Biology6 Microbiology7 Biorefining/Bioprocessing Page 11.278.12Currently, one of the only collegiate biorefinery courses is under development at the Universityof Idaho, in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering(http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~bhe/biorefinery/index.html). Even though the coursestructure differs from that discussed in Table 2 somewhat, it does appear to cover very similartopics, especially the fundamental concepts discussed here.Understandably, not all academic programs will be able to accommodate this addition with allother programmatic

Conference Session

Building New Communities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Yifat Kolikant; Bugrahan Yalvac; Ann McKenna

negotiate the meaning of HPL as a very interactive lesson (lecturesare ok if they support a challenge posed before), assessment first to enable learner centeredness,and so forth. For example, often faculty state that there is a lot of material to cover and too littletime. This time constraint often led faculty to conclude that “lecture first and challenge after” is asuitable way to cover all factual knowledge and incorporate challenge problems. “I was a resource in terms of interpreting what the HPL framework meant. What do thoseterms mean? So I was an interpreter for the learning science [HPL terms] as well as someonewho could offer suggestions on classroom techniques, classroom strategies in making itconcrete, giving sort of, here’s an example of

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Engineering a Humanities Education: Learning like an Engineer in a Theatre ClassroomIntroductionRepresenting Science on Stage, an elective course for engineers at the University of Toronto,provides students in this faculty with an opportunity to create and engage in theatre. Over onesemester, students read, analyze and perform scenes from three plays about science, as well ascreating their own original work. Their engagement with course content is supported throughactivity-based seminars and studio classes focusing on the development of practical performanceskills.This course is one of multiple courses created at the University of Toronto to fulfill

Conference Session

Understanding Engineering Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Penny Hirsch; Ann McKenna

Evaluating Student Confidence in Engineering Design, Teamwork and Communication Ann F. McKenna1, Penny Hirsch2Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science1/The Writing Program2, Northwestern UniversityAbstractMany researchers have focused on the role of confidence and motivation on learning and havesuggested that students be encouraged to engage in reflection about the role of their self-perceptions in achievement. In this paper we explore how students’ confidence levels changeduring our freshman engineering design program. During the 2003-2004 academic year weimplemented a survey designed to measure students’ confidence

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Roy C. Shelton

and procedures for increasing the production yields of semiconductor devices through thereduction of defects the enhancement of manufacturing controls. Prerequisite: MSYET 4XXX Failure AnalysisTechniques taken concurrently.MEET XXXX Thermal Science ApplicationsTo introduce the engineering technology undergraduate not majoring in mechanical engineering technology to thebasic concepts of thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer.MFET 4XXX Fusion Joining &Adhesive BondingPrinciples of brazing, soldering and adhesive bonding are studied. Relationships between processing conditions,filler materials and adhesives, base materials, joint geometry, and their influence on joint integrity are discussed.Applications to microelectronics

Collection

2009 GSW

Authors

Dr. Lynn Peterson; Dr. Carter Tiernan; Lynard Broussard

hands-on activity, or a lab visit. Thepresentations were from aerospace, bioengineering, civil, computer science, electrical, industrial,mechanical, and materials science engineering. There were also presentations about chemistryand physics as well. The presentations were from an hour to an hour and a half in length. Mostpresentations covered a particular professor’s interest in their field rather than covering the entirediscipline. Therefore the civil engineering presentation focused on air quality assessment whenone professor spoke and then on water resources and use when a different professor spoke inanother camp week. The electrical engineering presentation introduced concepts of RFID andhow that technology affects the students daily. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Ramirez-Salgado, University of Florida; Tanvir Hossain, The University of Kansas; Swarup Bhunia; Pavlo Antonenko

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

issue, our project, funded by the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEMEducation (IUSE) program, aims to cultivate an early interest in hardware engineering tomotivate students to view it as a promising career option. We are developing a hands-on andgamified curriculum to simplify fundamental hardware concepts such as binary numbers, logicgates, and combinational and sequential circuits. These concepts serve as a stepping stone fordelving into the complexities of AI hardware and edge computing. We utilize hardwareplatforms such as low-cost Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and microcontroller andsensor-based IoT boards to facilitate this learning journey by introducing an additionalabstraction layer. This approach is particularly beneficial for

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Potpourri

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Gregory Lyman, Central Washington University; Rowdy A. Sanford, University of Idaho; Jeff R. Wilcox, Central Washington University; Timothy L. Sorey, Central Washington University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

’ self-assessments is to see a trend of highpercentages in the “Some” category for 277, a majority in the “Good” category for 377, and then477 registering as “Expert”. Although our initial quantitative data does not support this vision,our post-surveys show anecdotal evidence that our curriculum could produce this trend in thefuture.Further analysis of the pre and post survey quantitative data showed the following: ETSC 277  89% of students recognized the benefits of the hands-on approach and believed that it created a better understanding of the course material  94% of students agreed that it would be beneficial to access the internal components of the hardware and software EET 377  95% of

Conference Session

Research Informing Teaching Practice II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Flora P. McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Joseph G. Tront, Virginia Tech; Sarah Giersch, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC

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Educational Research and Methods

career paths of engineeringeducation innovators in the development use of technology in teaching and to determine how anational award might impact the appreciation of this kind of scholarship and its use by others.Analysis of the dossiers has shown that there has been a change in the types of coursewaresubmitted for consideration and that receive the award – shifting from large modular types ofcurricular materials to more tool-like applications. This shift seems to be consistent with the useof technology in engineering and science education in general. Based on the analysis of thedossiers alone, it appears that the evaluation and assessment of student learning remains achallenge for developers of courseware, even though there has been a

Conference Session

Broadening Participation of Minority Students in and with K-12 Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University; Heather Scott Smith, California Polytechnic State University; Teana Fredeen, California Polytechnic State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Minorities in Engineering

Engineering at California Polytechnic (CalPoly) State University, San Luis Obispo. Students applying to Cal Poly are required to select aspecific engineering major (out of 14 programs), and thus the most well known majors (i.e.,mechanical, civil, aero) tend to have the most applicants.EPIC students attend 8 hands-on labs throughout the week. Labs are offered in Aerospace,Architectural, Biomedical, Civil, Computer, Electrical, Environmental, Industrial, Manufacturing,Materials, Mechanical, and Software Engineering. All labs are taught by Cal Poly professors andassisted by current Cal Poly students. In addition, EPIC participants tour several engineering labs,as well as local engineering companies.The social aspects and bonding among the program

Conference Session

Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

company. (A, B, C, D)Hands-on engineering labs – The students are presented with an overview of engineering ingeneral and the disciplines commonly offered by universities across the country. The programparticipants are then required to choose a subset of the fields that they would like to furtherinvestigate. Students are asked to select experiences from the following areas of study:Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Chemical and Materials Engineering, CivilEngineering, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and MechanicalEngineering. The students have the opportunity to learn about these fields with faculty andstudents from each discipline. The hands-on activities usually begin with a discussion of the areaof interest, a

Conference Session

Improving Technical Understanding of All Americans

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Engstrom, ITEA/Cal U

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

focus on the NSF funded project entitled Invention, Innovation & Inquiry(I3). It will highlight how the project was formulated, the materials developed, results of fieldtesting and implementation, and future activities. Special attention will be given to how the I3project emphasizes the integration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in eachunit as student follow an engineering design process to solve a technological challenge. The I3program has developed 10 units of instruction that focus on the development of technologicalliteracy traits for students in grades 4-6. Page 13.811.2The study of engineering has increasingly