Conference Session

Support and Partnership Opportunities

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ochs

feedback number of interested alumni o Document implementation faculty/grad Identify and engage process students involved potential young R&D o Assess long-term impact on Develop in TE projects oriented faculty and the adopting programs a Lehigh graduate students entrepreneurial environment Number of individuals Develop plans for o

Conference Session

Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shaghayegh Kurzinski, Roger Williams University; Anne Anderson, Roger Williams University; Jonathan Robert Gomes, Roger Williams University

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

every lab session.Roles were switched each week. This approach aims to transfer the knowledge of a commonly used toolwhile improving their leadership abilities and communication skills.The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing Procore® into the labassignments on the students' learning, teamwork, and lab activity engagement. In order to accomplish thestudy’s main objective, a designed quasi-experiment survey was sent to the students asking for theirfeedback. The survey included questions aimed at the students’ perception of using Procore during and afterthe lab session to accomplish individual and group assignments. The results of this study support thedevelopment and implementation of practical

Conference Session

Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Robert Welling, Seattle University; Nathan E. Canney, Seattle University; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

expectations and experiences. Thismisalignment brought into question for me my fit within “the system” – the way I was trained,what I was trained for, and the larger views of the engineering profession with respect to how Ishould contribute to society.Introduction One way to look at many of the challenges facing the engineering community is to focuson the ways in which engineering systems (educational or professional) relate to the individual.From K-12 outreach for encouraging interest in engineering, to first-year undergraduateprograms for retaining incoming students through graduation, to transition work forunderstanding why some graduates pursue engineering careers and others do not – these effortsall involve discussions about how the

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K-12 Teachers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Pasha Antonenko, Oklahoma State University; Rebecca Damron, Oklahoma State University; Susan Stansberry, Oklahoma State University; Gayla Hudson, Oklahoma State University; Jean Dockers, Oklahoma State University; Alonzo Peterson, Langston University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Engineering, and Technology ExperiencesAbstractThe goal of a professional development workshop on the use of DET activities in the classroomwas to provide middle- and high-school level teachers (n=80) with the content knowledge andpedagogical skills to engage students in solving authentic, multi-disciplinary problems in arelevant context of sustainability engineering. Multi-disciplinary teams of teachers representingmathematics, science, language arts, social studies, and technology participated in a two-weeksummer workshop, follow-up sessions and an online professional learning community. Teacherteams experienced and developed cross-disciplinary, problem-based learning modules thatcorrelated with state standards (e.g

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henry Louie, Seattle University; Steve Szablya, Seattle University; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

the students’ scope of work, they nonetheless wereexposed to the critical role that it plays in maintaining the sustainability of a project.Socio-cultural ConsiderationsMost development projects have a socio-cultural impact on the community, and the Muhuru Bay Page 26.1413.9energy kiosk is no different. These aspects must be identified and planned for, otherwise thelong-term sustainability of the project will be jeopardized10. One important aspect to beconsidered is the inequality of PBK distribution. Because at most 70 families would be initiallyable to rent PBKs, determining who these families are in a transparent, equitable way isimportant

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 1: Sense of Self in Biomedical Engineering Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Jill Lunn, Florida International University; Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

. This framework guided the development of our RQs as well as the analysis andinterpretation of our findings.2.2 Cultivating EmpathyThere are a number of approaches educators have employed towards the goal of cultivatingempathy in students [3]. Engagement with community partners as part of an engineering designcourse has been described as a way to enhance empathy and students’ interpersonal interactions[25]. Moreover, application scenarios via role play have been shown to be valuable for improvingempathetic communication [26]. Role play can allow students to take on worldviews that may bedistinct from their own through consideration of alternative perspectives while craftingempathetic and non-empathetic responses.Other scholars have described

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 1: Topics Related to Engineering - Part 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Conrad Tucker, Carnegie Mellon University; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; John Jongho Park, Penn State University

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

trajectory. The major population he primarily focuses on is STEM undergradu- ate and graduate students. He has received extensive qualitative and quantitative methodological training in the area of educational psychology. He acquired a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Resources Man- agement and a Masters of Educational Technology from California State University, Long Beach, and a Master’s of Program Evaluation and a Doctorate of Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining the Penn State University, he worked as a research fellow and program evaluator at Univer- sity of Michigan. Also he taught an ”individual learning skills” as an assistant instructor in the University of Texas at Austin for five

Collection

2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez; Arturo Fuentes; Stephen Crown

create a self-innovation community or As explained in the previous subsection, when talkingecosystem, which has to be nourished by the institution. about innovation skill in engineering education, theThese successful students will continue their transformation reviewed literature focuses on the skill needed to prepareinto professional innovators to tackle critical needs in their students as innovators and entrepreneurs for theirrespective regions. This transformation of self, community professional life; in other words, for success after their(as a student), and region (as a professional) can become a graduation [18]. Understandably, this should be sufficientmodel that can be transferred to other institutions

Conference Session

Informal Education and Outreach Programs for Women Engineering Students

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elyse K. Zurawski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Mayari I. Serrano, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Lavanya Swaminathan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

for undegraduate women in engineering.References[1] D. J. Wu, K. C. Thiem, and N. Dasgupta, “Female peer mentors early in college have last- ing positive impacts on female engineering students that persist beyond graduation,” Nature Communications, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 6837, 2022. Publisher: Nature Publishing Group.[2] S. Moghe, K. Baumgart, J. J. Shaffer, and K. A. Carlson, “Female mentors positively contribute to undergraduate STEM research experiences,” PLOS ONE, vol. 16, p. e0260646, Dec. 2021. Publisher: Public Library of Science.[3] A. Byars-Winston and M. L. Dahlberg, eds., The Science of Effective Mentorship in STEMM. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, Dec. 2019.[4] A. E. Preston, Leaving Science. Russell Sage

Conference Session

Studies of Shifting In-person Courses to Online and Students' Online Behavior

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Morgan Elizabeth Anderson, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Ziyan Bai, University of Washington; Neha Kardam, University of Washington; Shruti Misra, University of Washington

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Educational Research and Methods

anonline environment. To reflect the differences between online teaching during the pandemic andtraditional online teaching, remote instruction has been labelled emergency remote teaching(ERT) [2]. The abrupt and emergency nature of the transition to ERT (hereafter called remotelearning) has led to the notion that the quality of higher education decreased as a result of thepandemic. But, at the present time, insufficient evidence is available to assess to what degreehigher education and learning may have been compromised by the shift to remote learning. Earlyresearch assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education in China andSouth Korea has found that students engaged in increased and proactive communication withpeers and

Conference Session

K-12 Outreach and Out-of-School Time Engineering Programming and Research

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

.“I am ( very confident; confident; not very confident; not at all confident) in my potential tosolve engineering problems.” An encouraging 94% reported that they were confident or very confident in their potential to solve engineering problems.And, importantly, 97% of respondents indicated that they would recommend Engineering Campto a friend.SummaryEngineering Camp is designed to be a high-impact opportunity for pre-college students to learnabout engineering disciplines and better prepare for an undergraduate major in a technical field;engage traditionally under-represented groups in STEM-related activities through targetedrecruitment efforts; and foster meaningful connections between the College of Engineering andthe local K-12 community

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 8: Survey and Instrument Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Jessica Mary Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Juan C. Lucena, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

] … discovering standardized rules ofbehavior” to those that take a processual approach that focuses on the everyday lived experiencesof students [20, p. 40]. More specifically, a processual approach focuses on the processes of dailyactivities, experiences of students and their lived practices at home, and interactions withcommunity. “These daily activities are a manifestation of particular historically accumulated‘funds of knowledge’” [22, p. 237].We take the funds of knowledge framework, which was originally intended to offer a way forprimary and secondary teachers to research their students’ communities in order to recognizeculturally relevant pedagogical practices and focus on students seeking post-secondary education.An earlier systematic review of

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

as a high priority.Reaction #3: Aerospace Engineers working in industry – generally, the enthusiasm level fromthis important segment of the community has been low, unless their particular corporate entity isinvolved, and the project has a short-term horizon.Reaction #4: Space Resources Utilization Community. This community provides strong supportfor each of the component businesses discussed here, but is engaged in a debate on whether it isappropriate to focus on the Moon or on asteroids as the initial sources of extra -terrestrialresources.Reaction #5: College students at the NMB competition came from universities all over the US,and in one case from France. These students were for the most part quite inspired by the idea of aSpace-based

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen L. Webber, University of Georgia; Amy Stich, University of Georgia; Matthew Grandstaff, University of Georgia; Collin Case, University of Georgia

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

as internships, jobshadows, or cooperative education (often called “co-ops”), have been suggested as one tool tosupport students in developing the kinds of skills needed for employment and career success.Gaining technical and professional knowledge along with written and oral communication skillsare essential to employment for today’s engineering students. These skills develop throughclassroom learning, but students also advance them through experiential education related topost-baccalaureate employment. College officials and students themselves want degreecompleters to be ready for post-college employment, and as such, the National Association ofColleges and Employers’ (NACE) career readiness competencies provide a helpfulunderstanding of

Conference Session

Technical Session 7 - Paper 3: Forming and Fulfilling Expectations: Perspectives of Underrepresented Computer Science Doctoral Students

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

Vidushi Ojha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Raul Enrique Platero, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Beleicia B Bullock, Stanford University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

throughout their graduate school career. We also note that students’ expectations of themselves are likely to be interwoven with theirown perception of what it means to be successful in graduate school. For this reason, we have cho-sen here to focus primarily on expectations that relate to requirements set by either the departmentor the advisor, as these connect directly to degree completion. However, it is difficult to separatewhich expectations stem from the advisor, and which of them are impacted by the student’s ownsense of what they need or ought to accomplish. In the same vein, it is conceivable that students’expectations of themselves are affected by their background and their social identities. Futurework studying this question can engage

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Musiak

outside of the classroom in the process of learning the material of their chosen fields and the context inwhich that material is relevant. In the school of engineering we are using the changes taken place on campus toenhance our own programs and in some cases are part of the driving force for campus change. We continue to lookfor ways that will make our students better engineers upon graduation. Critical to the learning process is the learningenvironment that supports that process. What follows is a presentation of what we consider to be important areasaffecting student learning and the environments we have created in those areas to facilitate learning.II. Living and Learning SpacesThe learning community[1] concept has been around for about

Conference Session

Advancing Thermal Science Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Jeruzal; Brenda Henderson; Ahmad Pourmovahed

and conduct experiments, as well as, to analyze and interpret data.c. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.d. An ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams.e. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.f. An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.g. An ability to communicate effectively.h. The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal environment.i. A recognition of the need for an ability to engage in life-long learning.j. A knowledge of contemporary issues.k. An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.Kettering

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Porche, Wellesley Centers for Women; Corinne McKamey, Wellesley Centers for Women; Peter Wong, Museum of Science

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

a dichotomous variable reflecting being on anengineering track if all three types of courses had been or were currently being taken (1)or otherwise coded as (0) if less than all three types taken. Because a number of studentsmay reasonably enroll in community colleges rather than 4-year institutions to attain anengineering specialty or to later transfer into a 4-year college, we included algebracourses as counting toward pre-calculus.Science Identity Salience. A single item was constructed for this study; students wereasked how much they agreed or disagreed with the item: “My interest in science is animportant part of how I see myself” (1 = disagree a lot, 4 = agree a lot).Self Concept of Ability in Math. Three items are a subset of the

Conference Session

Mechanics Division (MECHS) Technical Session 6

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibukunoluwa Eunice Salami, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Logan Andrew Perry, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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Mechanics Division (MECHS)

” [1, p. 1]. Statics is a core pre-requisite course for subsequent engineeringcourses such as dynamics and mechanics of materials, the combination of which is a critical partof the engineering curriculum [2]. Simply put, an understanding of statics is crucial for successin more advanced engineering courses. However, prior research highlights that engineeringstatics can be particularly challenging for students and can hinder their progress towardgraduation [3], [4], [5]. Students with low grades often have to retake the course, which hasdirect impacts on retention in engineering programs [6].Prior research examined instructors' perceptions of the high rates of D, F, and W grades in anengineering statics course at an R1 Midwestern University [7

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 13

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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

intentional activities, along with opportunities for reflection, cangenerate the largest impact [4].Finally, students themselves are a valuable source for identifying problems and offeringrecommendations. Often the students are not aware of college or university-level initiatives andassume that nothing is being done. In one study, students took the initiative to create their ownforum and report on what they saw as diversity and inclusion-related difficulties. They perceivedpoor faculty-student relationships, biased student-student relationships, issues with advising, andpoor communication of DEI policies and initiatives. They noted that student culturalorganizations were beneficial in creating inclusive relationships, but that these organizationswere

Conference Session

Case and Scenario in Engineering Ethics Instruction

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; John R Luchini

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Engineering Ethics

enhancing undergraduate education through hands- on learning. Luchini-Colbry is also the Director of the Engineering Futures Program of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society, which provides interactive seminars on interpersonal communications and problem solving skills for engineering students across the U.S.Dr. John R Luchini Dr. John R. Luchini (1949-2013) earned his Bachelor, Master, and PhD degrees in engineering from the University of Michigan. In 2011, John retired as Senior Research Scientist and Engineer after a 34 year career with the Cooper Tire and Rubber Company in Findlay, Ohio. He was a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio; and

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Christopher Evan Nellis, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

. This is in part because so many different measures have been used to measurestudent response, including engagement and satisfaction32, attitude and motivation33,34, instructorquality26,33, and students’ perceptions of impact on their learning26,27,35,36. Other studies used end-of-course student evaluations of teaching to assess students’ response36-38. Of 18 reported studiesof the effect of active learning on student evaluations, half found positive student reactions whilethe other half found mixed or negative student reactions, as summarized below: Overall positive affective student responses (n = 9 articles)32,33,35-41 Mixed affective student responses (i.e., positive on some measures/activities, negative on others)(n = 7 articles

Conference Session

Design Spine

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Trivett, University of Prince Edward Island; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Pemberton Cyrus, Dalhousie University

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Design in Engineering Education

detriment to mechanicalengineering students in the following categories: Engineering as a Career, EngineeringMethods, Design Skills, Communication Skills, and Teamwork Skills. The work described in thispaper explores a comparison between research carried out at the University of Colorado atBoulder9 and the recent results from a survey of the Dalhousie University engineeringpopulation.Comparing Design at Dalhousie with University of Colorado at BoulderIn many engineering programs, the implementation of PBL has resulted in students encounteringa comprehensive design project in one first-year introductory course, and then waiting until asenior year capstone design courses for the next comprehensive design project.5 In betweenthese courses, an

Conference Session

Robotics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhidipta Mallik, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

of training through content-immersion, allow modeling and rehearsing of desiredskills, last for sufficient duration to handle cognitive demands of new learning, and facilitateclassroom adoption through a professional learning community (PLC). To achieve our objectives,we incorporated evidence-based strategies from research on PBL and robotics. Moreover, weintegrated lessons from prior research on robotics [19-21] in STEM education and social cognitivecareer theory [22] to examine the construct of self-efficacy.5. Project-Based Learning ModelPBL is a pedagogical approach where gains in knowledge and skills take place as students workto investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge[23]. The PBL

Conference Session

Spatial Ability and Visualization in Graphics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Sorby, Michigan Technological University; Norma Veurink, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

computer games, particularly those with 3-D simulations,have been examined for their impact on the development of spatial skills. Terlecki andNewcombe2 conducted a study with students enrolled in an undergraduate psychologycourse. They administered a Survey of Spatial Representation and Activities (SRRA) to1300 students of diverse ethnicities and majors (engineering students made up less that Page 15.190.21% of those tested). Those students who scored high on the SRRA, signifying that theyhad a high level of engagement in computer use and video game playing, and those whohad a low score on the SRRA were invited to take the Mental Rotation Test3 (MRT

Conference Session

Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elahe Vahidi, University of Cincinnati; Mark Okoth Onyango, University of Cincinnati; Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly J Cross, Georgia Institute of Technology; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

. 110, no. 2, pp. 371–392, 2021, doi: 10.1002/jee.20391.[2] H. Perkins et al., Holistic Wellbeing and Belonging: Attempting to Untangle Stress and Wellness in Their Impact on Sense of Community in Engineering, vol. 4, no. 4. Springer International Publishing, 2021.[3] M. Asghar, A. Minichiello, and S. Ahmed, “Mental health and wellbeing of undergraduate students in engineering: A systematic literature review,” J. Eng. Educ., no. November, 2023, doi: 10.1002/jee.20574.[4] K. Jensen, “The Time is Now to Build a Culture of Wellness in Engineering,” Stud. Eng. Educ., vol. 2, no. 2, p. 42, 2021, doi: 10.21061/see.67.[5] S. Folkman and R. S. Lazarus, “If it changes it must be a process: Study of emotion

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for the Global Workplace, Competency, and a Successful Career

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Shen, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yating Chang, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

International

of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges’Committee for International Education (NASULGC) listed five key characteristics for globallycompetent students, including cross-cultural sensitivity, adaptability, and communication skills.8Similar descriptions have been put forth in the realm of global engineering education. Parkinson,for one, identified thirteen attributes for globally competent engineering graduates, including theability to “appreciate other cultures,” “communicate across cultures,” work in diverse teams, andunderstand how cultural differences impact engineering practice.9 More generally, Downey et al.propose that globally competent engineering students should have the “knowledge, ability, andpredisposition to work effectively

Conference Session

First Year Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irene B Mena, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Thomas A. Litzinger, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Educational Research and Methods

, students shared their perceptions of some of the engineer of 2020 skills and attributes,specifically communication, creativity, global and multidisciplinary teamwork, and ethics.Participants agreed that all these skills were necessary to be successful engineers. There were nosignificant differences by gender, except on items related to openness to global work, wherefemale participants reported being more likely than male participants to be open to and interestedin this type of work. This is not entirely surprising. Compared to male students, female studentstend to see engineering more broadly and to be “more engaged in a wider spectrum ofeducationally productive experiences”11 (p.5), which could be factors affecting their perceptionsof global work

Conference Session

Assessing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prateek Shekhar, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, University of Michigan; Julie Libarkin, Michigan State University; Ricardo Cummings, University of Michigan; Valentina Tafurt, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

skills (such as innovativeness, creativity and communication) needed tomeet the demands of competitive global market. In addition to technical knowledge, engineeringstudents should also demonstrate the ability to identify new venture opportunities, commercializetechnologies, and exhibit an understanding of market operations. Entrepreneurship educationfocuses on instilling these skills by exposing students to business content and entrepreneurialpractice through engagement in project-based courses, pitch competitions and providingopportunities to interact with practicing entrepreneurs.Over the last several years, many undergraduate engineering programs have incorporatedentrepreneurship education into their curricula through formal coursework and

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael L Falk, Johns Hopkins University; Mike Reese, Johns Hopkins University; Camilo Vieira, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

several decades computational methods have increasingly played a central role inMaterials Science and Engineering (MSE) for characterizing structure, simulating processes andpredicting materials' response. To align with this shift, an MSE department at a researchuniversity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region launched a curricular innovation to inculcate studentswith a basic facility with computational methods and to leverage computing proficiency toincrease student comprehension of core MSE concepts. In this study we investigate the impact ofthis curricular innovation on students’ (a) perceptions regarding the utility of integratingcomputation in their studies and their future careers; (b) perceptions regarding their own abilitiesto implement