Conference Session

Proven Strategies in Classroom Engagement Part II: Activities for Creative Pedagogy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Michelle Reynolds P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Raul N. Tackie, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

during lecture are large and bold; supporting details, case studies, anecdotes, and supporting derivations that are to be reviewed by students after class are very small and bubbled in the margins.The second case study is a set of skeleton notes developed by an undergraduate student whocompleted this Mechanics of Materials course and emulated the instructor’s skeleton noteapproach in a workshop he taught at Red Rocks Community College.The resulting data from both case studies suggests that this teaching technique results in better-engaged students who have a better conceptual understanding of the technical material at theconclusion of the course. On student course evaluations, the handouts are overwhelmingly citedas an

Conference Session

Re-Imagining the Higher Ed Classroom -- Tablet PCs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dewey Spangler, Virginia Western Community College; Kimberly Filer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Whenthe session is open an active list of team participants appears in a live session pane. Participantscan leave a shared note-taking session at any time.In a shared note-taking session, team members work in real time. As team members sketch orannotate on their Tablet PCs the other members can see their work and make additional edits tothe sketch. Team members can be on or off campus and still engage in the creative process ofconcept generation and product development. This is an added benefit to students living far offcampus. See Appendix A for a procedure using OneNote for team collaboration.Students often use Microsoft Groove to share files electronically when real-timecollaboration is not necessary. Groove allows a team member to archive all

Conference Session

Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osman Yasar, State University of New York, Brockport; Jose Maliekal, State University of New York, Brockport; Peter Veronesi, State University of New York, Brockport; Leigh J. Little, State University of New York, Brockport

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

practices and crosscutting concepts todeepen understanding of content as well as cognitive processes that permeate the fields ofboth science and engineering. These recommended practices are listed below.27 1. Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering) 2. Developing and using models 3. Planning and carrying out investigations 4. Analyzing and interpreting data 5. Using mathematics and computational thinking 6. Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering) 7. Engaging in argument from evidence 8. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating informationClearly, one of the principals of science and engineering education is to cultivate

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Susan Bobbitt Nolen, University of Washington; Christopher Papadopoulos, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; James M. Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

histories, beliefs and practices; student histories and practices; and the affordances and constraints of the technological innovation itself.3. Conduct educational research on effectiveness of validated instructional practices across five diverse institutions. This research will identify ways to support engagement and conceptual learning of diverse populations of students, within the contexts of the educational systems (i.e., institutional contexts, instructor and student histories, beliefs and practices, and the innovation – the CW).4. Promote and track propagation of the enhanced CW via targeted community building in ME. This will be accomplished through workshops, implementation of an Action Research Fellows Program, collaboration

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emmanuelle Reynaud, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Ella Willard-Schmoe, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

positive comments are first report writing, followed by discussions andpresentations. It appears that engaging students in communication exercises help students toreflect on their experience. Those findings underline the importance of formal reflectionmodules in S-L practice. Page 23.767.2IntroductionService-Learning Integrated throughout a College of Engineering (SLICE) is a program in placeat the University of Massachusetts Lowell, a medium-sized university, supported by grants fromthe National Science Foundation since 2004. Its underlying principle is to integrate a service-learning (S-L) component into core credit bearing courses, with the

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #2: Global Engagement

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Agnes Nakimana; Chris Clement Igiraneza

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International Division (INTL)

center.While there are several examples of master’s level programs in sub-Saharan African universities, thereare relatively few undergraduate renewable energy programs offered at universities in this region of theworld. In a recent paper in the Cleaner Engineering and Technology journal, authors from four differentuniversities in Nigeria conducted a survey of undergraduate engineering students at two universities inNigeria – the University of Ibadan and the University of Benin - on their perceptions and awareness ofrenewable energy and the environmental and climate change impacts of burning fossil fuels [7]. Theresults of the surveys showed that 76% of respondents agreed that renewable energy was not part oftheir undergraduate course work. Furthermore

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julia Armstrong, Ohio State University; Meris Mandernach Longmeier, Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

showcasingevent, ShowOHI/O in 2016, to encourage students to continue working on their event-specificprojects and invited local technology leaders to recruit summer interns or fund promisingprojects.Around this time the event planners began rethinking event specific planning and startedaddressing fundraising, alumni engagement, and student planning efforts with a full programapproach in an annual cadence. The program is built around workshops and experientiallearning, community involvement, educational research, seed grants, scholarships, andpromotion of other similar events. In recent years, the program has blossomed to include thelargest hackathon in the state (HackOHI/O), a hardware focused event (MakeOHI/O), anoutreach spin-off event that takes the

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Tim A Handy, University of Central Oklahoma; Scott L Murphy, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

mentors focused on the individual technical mentorship through leadinga lab section during each of the three terms in the freshman year. The mentor program also focused 2,3on students’ self-efficacy among the incoming freshman class by using all four sources of efficacy .At the University of Nebraska, a pod-based mentoring program was utilized. They used an off-campus retreat, student support communities called pods, a graduate student Counseling Assistant, 4and more immediate feedback.The University of Tennessee employed a mentor program called “Engage.” This programcombined five basic engineering courses into two team

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Teaching Mode Active-ated

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Casper Harteveld, Northeastern University; Victoria Bennett, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yevgeniya V. Zastavker, Olin College of Engineering; Usama El Shamy, P.E., Southern Methodist University; Binod Tiwari, University of Michigan; Anirban De, P.E., Manhattan College; Xenia Wirth; Kejun Wen, Jackson State University; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Beena Ajmera, Iowa State University; Scott Brandenberg, University of California, Los Angeles; Alison Rose Kennicutt, York College of Pennsylvania; Surya Sarat Chandra Congress; Anthony Tessari; Mehdi Omidvar; Ashly Cabas

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

find that students are engaged, especiallywomen and students from historically marginalized communities, increase their knowledge andconfidence in the subject matter, and find the module valuable to gain much-needed (field)experience. More recently, we find that the game-based learning intervention seems resilient and,in fact, a solid solution to the disturbances caused by the pandemic, with many studentsproviding positive remarks about being able to experience hands-on learning, which is key toquality engineering education and difficult to achieve through online education. Opportunitiesfor improvement exist regarding access to technology, as well as the instructional design. Whilewe demonstrate the scalability of this approach across multiple

Conference Session

Marketing Engineering to Minority Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Barrington, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

. Lowell--a disturbing phenomenon that begs further study. The second relevant Howardfinding is one of the major reasons their engineering students cite for leaving engineering: “lackof civic engagement.”244. Service-Learning as a Preferred Method for Underrepresented GroupsSince women students respond to applied knowledge and helping people, and underrepresentedminorities to community connections, there are many ways in which service-learning is a goodfit.4.1 Service-Learning as an Attractive Teaching MethodologyAlthough service-learning has been around for many years, there can still be confusion of terms.Based on the definition of Jacoby et al. (1996),25 service-learning is defined here as theintegration of academic subject matter with service

Conference Session

Software Applications in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omer Farook, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Jai P Agrawal, Purdue University, Calumet (College of Technology); Ashfaq Ahmed, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology); Athula Kulatunga, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Naveen Kumar Koyi, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hassan Abdullah Alibrahim, Purdue University Calumet; Mohammad Almenaies, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

line environment. Paper discusses all the different tools employed likePutty and WinSCP and Eclipse IDE that will be needed in the execution of software Design onPC. Laboratory exercises covered the interfacing, controlling, and communicating with thephysical environment.Through this course the students in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology programdevelop the design template that they utilize in a Capstone Senior Design two course sequenceand become proficient system designers for tackling challenges of the industry. The pedagogy ofthe course delivery is based on “Interactive Learning model”, utilizing the methodology ofOutcome Based Education. Outcome Based Education’s end result is the students’ designprojects performed at the

Conference Session

Track 8: Technical Session 3: Exploring Engineering Faculty Views on their Role in Broadening Participation in Engineering

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Gerica Brown, University of Dayton

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

relationshipsas a way to create an environment where students would seek help when needed. This was notonly in relation to academic support, but was discussed in relation to personal and professionalguidance as well. Faculty who held the belief that building relationships was important seemedto acknowledge students as whole people who have lives which could impact their academics.Faculty saw their relationships with students as a catalyst to open communication andappropriately guiding and supporting students during their times of need and otherwise.Much of the literature which discusses the positive impact that faculty can have on studentpersistence in STEM disciplines often discusses the importance of faculty-initiated positiverelationships and student

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Stephanie Jaros, University of Washington; Suzanne Brainard, University of Washington; Susan Metz, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, Hispanics, Whites and men and women. Analyses confirm that students across thesedemographic groups have very different experiences. The findings provide additional evidencefor the importance of looking at the intersection of gender and race and for separating racial andethnic groups in analyses instead of grouping them into one under-represented minority category.The intersection of gender and race showcases the diversity of engineering student experiencesand point to ways educators could re-think their programs and practices to improve the studentlearning environment and retention rates.IntroductionThis paper asks the questions: How do gender and race/ethnicity jointly impact students’perceptions of their experiences and their abilities? What is

Conference Session

Hands-On Learning in ET I

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gang Sun, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

interrupts, task and state management, task switching, and timer operations,etc. They also demonstrate their ability in using RTOS features such as semaphores, mailboxes,deadlocks, and message queues. Figure 3 shows NKU and TAMU students engaged in their labsand final projects using the MISL-ASE embedded system development boards. Due to limited class time, only 40% of assignments and projects can be completed by studentsduring classes. The remaining 60% of labs and projects cover topics such as ZigBee andBluetooth, Ethernet, Digital-to-Analog Conversions (DACs), PWM, Flash memory, 16-bit, 8-channel external ADC, USB, Wi-Fi CC3000, 3-axis accelerometer, motor drive, remote control,low-power management, and one-wire communication, among others. The

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Barr, University of Michigan; Taylor Ashley Dotto, University of Michigan; Joseph Gilbert Restivo, University of Michigan; Christina Said, University of Michigan; Rinrada Watchara, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan; Elaine C Wisniewski, University of Michigan; Xiaoxia Nina Lin, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

in this design course to be tasked withcreating an educational learning module, our team did not have the benefit of seeing examples ofour type of product in past years. Initially, we were discouraged during ideation due to the lackof previous examples. Many academic papers discuss the issues in engineering education withoutimplementing change. However, our team was excited to set a precedent for other departments tocreate hands-on ways to teach chemical engineering.Another challenge was creating an educational module that fit in the time constraints of a typicallecture or discussion section. Most laboratory experiments would take much longer than wecould be allotted. Choosing an engaging and intriguing topic to present to students was not

Conference Session

Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Annie Abell, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

. What engineers design, howthey design, and who they include in the design process all involve decision-making. How thosedecisions are made ultimately impact our quality of life as a society. Over twenty years ago,Nair (Dane & Pratt, 2007) explicitly called for engineering education to utilize teachingapproaches that consider the formation of engineering students as key decision makers in societyrather than approaches with a strict focus on the development of their technical or analyticalskills. It is well-established that real-world engineering problems are ill-structured and involvedecisions with respect to many non-engineering constraints and standards for success (Jonassen,2000; Jonassen, Strobel, & Lee, 2006). Inherent to the

Conference Session

The Care and Keeping of Graduate Students - GSD Tech Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators

higher education that employs Community ofPractice/Landscapes of Practice theory include studies in distance and online learning,8 inpromoting active learning pedagogies and pedagogies of engagement,9,10 and in studying themechanisms for success in adult and traditional learners at the college level.11,12 In engineeringeducation in particular, community of practice theory has been used as the theoretical frameworkby which to study the development of disciplinary communities.13-15 One way to study thedevelopment of students is by studying the ways in which people develop “discursiveidentity”16,17 and situated cognition—the idea that learning happens in authentic “situated”settings.18 The structure of many research groups help to “ease” students

Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javarro Russell, James Madison University; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Megan France, James Madison University; Ronald Kander, James Madison University; Robin Anderson, James Madison University; Heather Watson, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. This latter project is funded through her recent NSF CAREER award. Her other research interests lie in cardiovascular fluid mechanics, sustainability research, and K-12 engineering outreach.Megan France, James Madison University MEGAN FRANCE is a doctoral student in the Assessment and Measurement program at James Madison University. As a Graduate Assistant for the Center for Assessment and Research Studies, she serves as an assessment consultant to academic programs and serves as a graduate research assistant on engineering education related research.Ronald Kander, James Madison University Ronald Kander is professor and Director of the School of Engineering at James Madison University

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Design in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela L. Dickrell, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

: a human-centered design topicthat students can research and document the impact on society, multidisciplinary in nature,representable by a physical prototype that can fit within a desktop workspace, and a functionalprototype that can be designed and built by student teams using a combination of solid-modeling,3D printing, microcontroller-based electronics, and a limited number or purchased or recycledmaterials [1]. The engagement in the societal aspect of the engineering design is documented inboth the final design reports and presentations to tell the full narrative of how each team’s builtprototype is created for specific users to serve a societal need. An example of the pilot semesternarrative for the final group human-centered project

Conference Session

Fostering Diversity and Innovation in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Madiha Qasim, North Carolina State University; Destiny M Washington, Florida International University; Lesia Crumpton-Young, Texas Southern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Paper ID #41082President and Chancellor Turnover in the United States: Impact and Implicationsfor STEM Broadening Participation and Research Capacity BuildingDr. Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University Dr. Trina Fletcher is an Assistant Professor of Engineering and Computing Education at Florida International University and the founder of m3i Journey, a start-up focused on research-based, personalized, holistic, innovative, relevant, and engaging (PHIRE) financial literacy education. She serves as the Director of the READi Lab (readilab.com) where her research portfolio consists of equity, access, and inclusion

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Onboarding and Community Building in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ifeoma Nwanua, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

academic institutions by bringing diverseknowledge, skill sets, and multicultural perspectives. According to the National Science Board(NSB) [1], they constitute a significant proportion of STEM doctoral degree holders, contributingapproximately 30% to the US STEM workforce. However, the experiences of internationalstudents, especially those of color, differ from their US national and green card counterparts, oftenencountering marginalization due to racial and ethnic biases. These negative experiences canadversely impact their success and retention in academic settings [12]. Within the broader contextof international students of color in engineering, Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly West Africa,represents one of the fastest-growing populations [15

Conference Session

COED: Mechanical Engineering-related Topics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven F. Barrett, University of Wyoming; Tonia A. Dousay, University of Idaho; Tyler J. Kerr, University of Wyoming; Larry Schmidt, University of Wyoming; Brandon Seth Gellis, University of Wyoming; Jesse Ballard, University of Wyoming

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, established within the College of Education in Fall 2014, and the UW 3-DArtScience and STEM Maker Laboratory, established in the Department of Art and Art Historyin Fall 2015.To help maintain this momentum, the SIC planning committee agreed that an intermediate andmore centrally located facility might assist with broader campus goals, build anticipation for thenew facility, and launch a network of makerspaces on campus to maximize impact and use.Committee meeting discussions took into consideration guidance and advice learned fromopening the other spaces, including an absolute need for a facility to be easily accessible andvisible to students.When innovation and maker labs are not directly in the flow of typical student traffic, theybecome

Conference Session

WIED: Curricular Undergraduate Student Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University (Eng.); Alisa Morss Clyne, Drexel University (Eng.)

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #9152Summer Diversity Program enhances female and underrepresented minoritystudent academic performance and retention in the Drexel University Collegeof EngineeringMs. Alistar Erickson-Ludwig, Drexel University (Eng.) Ms. Alistar Erickson-Ludwig serves as the STEM Program Coordinator in the College of Engineering at Drexel University. She focuses on outreach and education related programs for current undergraduates, k-12 students, and the community. She concentrates on the Greater Philadelphia Sea Perch Underwater Robotics Competition, Summer Diversity Program, Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, and Engineering

Conference Session

PCEE Session 4: Resource / Curriculum Exchange

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruben Lopez-Parra, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Barbara Fagundes; Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Diallo Wallace, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Maeve Drummond Oakes, Purdue University College of Engineering; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Tamara Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

students develop engineering thinking and professional skills through diverse learning environments. He aims to apply his research to the design of better educational experiences.Barbara Fagundes (PHD Engineering Education) PhD in Engineering Education at Purdue UniversityDiallo Wallace (Mr. )Nrupaja BhideJoana Marques Melo (Doctor) Joana Marques Melo, PhD worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Marques Melo graduated from Penn State University with a Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering, and B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Her research interests rely on understanding how different languages and cultures impact students' learning engineering in the US.Tamara J Moore

Conference Session

Retaining Women Engineering Students

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Creamer, Virginia Tech; Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

. Differences in these results may be dueto different emphasis placed in the two studies on in- and out-of-class engagement.Goodman’s measures emphasized engagement in out-of-class activities, such as inactivities sponsored by a Women in Engineering Club, while most of the questionnaireitems in the engagement variable used here, involve in-class behaviors such as serving asa leader in a group project in an engineering class.The single most important message from this research is that attending to elements of theeducational experience, such as students’ perceptions about the competition for gradesand respect shown by peers, have more impact on women’s than men’s persistence, butthey play a significant role in both. Institutions that focus on altering

Conference Session

Student Attitudes and Perceptions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Johannes Strobel, Purdue University; Inez Hua, Purdue University; Jun Fang, Purdue University; Constance Harris, Purdue University; Lindsey Tracy, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

“threshold concepts” (TC). SCCT maintains that people’s interests in certain careersstem partly from their self-efficacy (beliefs about personal capabilities) and outcomeexpectations (beliefs about the out-comes of engaging in particular courses of action)19, 20, 21. TCargues that there are key concepts, once understood change the way in which students view adiscipline11. This study researches students’ change of attitudes and conceptions especially inregards to outcome expectations (as defined by SCCT), meaning: how well do studentsunderstand that their environmental/ecological impact is extremely high by choosing anengineering career and which concepts seem to be “threshold” concepts?This study will address the following questions

Conference Session

Student Teams and Teamwork

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

assignments instead. Traditionally, instructors have chosen variouscriteria like academic performance, skills, prior knowledge in the topic area, demographics, personality types,learning preferences, and even schedules to divide students into homogeneous or heterogeneous teams. Lack ofcultural competency and awareness, however, can often lead to team dysfunction in academic settings when studentsface difficulty in interacting with each other due to language and cultural differences. Some studies haveretroactively investigated the cultural competency of members in teams formed using traditional criteria. But, theliterature shows little to no evidence on the impact of using cultural competency as one of the criteria for creatingteams in engineering

Conference Session

Mechanics, Hands-on Demo - Show & Tell!

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sinead C. MacNamara, Syracuse University; Joan V. Dannenhoffer P.E., Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

students in the interest of time). The aim of the experiments was to get the students to get used to physically manipulating objects to test how they work, and to get used to translating those observations into useable knowledge.vi. Group Work in Class. Approximately one third of lecture time over the course of the semester was turned over to students working on problems in class in small groups. This presented an opportunity for the instructor and TAs to monitor student progress and to encourage students to draw bigger and more ambitious diagrams. This activity also required more active engagement in class and, because of the smaller class size, allowed the instructor to learn names/build rapport and

Conference Session

Exploring Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martina V. Svyantek, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

engineering concepts, is relatively scarce. Page 26.1608.4 Graduate students’ views on teaching are in part a result of their departmental culture,revolving around the perceived status of who teaches and who doesn’t. Even though Feldon etal.’s study on graduate student teaching presents “direct, performance-based evidence ofimprovement on specific research skills associated with teaching experiences that complementtraditional graduate research training”[16], teaching is still considered a separate role withoutpositive impacts on research or the faculty career. In many engineering departments, there is aperception that teaching is “grunt work

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice Girouard, University of Hartford; Ivana Milanovic, University of Hartford; Tom Eppes, University of Hartford

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

12.417.3One consequence of different program enrollments has been a large spread in retention.[3] Withinlarger major-specific communities, study groups and informal support groups were easily formedand sustained. On the other hand, CET/EET/MET students did not engage in such activities and,predictably, retention in these programs was lower. Strategies to increase student retention inthese smaller technology majors and improve the first-year freshmen experience are described indetail in Reference 3. To promote bonding among students, CET/EET/MET students were placedin the same set of First-Year Interest Group (FIG) courses as well as a common orientationcourse, Introduction to Engineering Technology (ET 111).These smaller engineering technology