Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Martin, University of Texas, Austin; Tom Benton, University of Texas, Austin; William McKenna, University of Texas, Austin; Pat Ko, University of Texas at Austin

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

engineering educational methods succeed wellat developing either efficiency (e.g., traditional lecture-based instruction) or innovation(e.g., problem-based instruction, or PBI).Our prior research demonstrated that a semester of challenge-based instruction (CBI)develops both innovation and efficiency in students (Martin et al., 2006). However, thepositive results shown for developing innovation and efficiency must transfer beyond theclassroom to have lasting impact.Do CBI learning experiences place learners on a trajectory towards demonstratingadaptive expertise in the workplace, after they have left the classroom? We are examiningthis question in the context of the UTeach Engineering National Science FoundationMath and Science Partnership (MSP) in

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael James Deigert P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Pamalee A. Brady, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural Engineering, Construction Engineering

Paper ID #29779Implementing Bluebeam Software in Architectural Engineering Design CoursesMichael James Deigert P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoDr. Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Anahid Behrouzi is an assistant professor of architectural engineering at California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo. She has been involved with STEM education beginning in 2003 as a volunteer and summer instructor with the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science. She has been engaged with undergraduate/graduate course delivery in the topic areas of engineering

Conference Session

Computing in the classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan R. Goyings, Civil & Mechanical Engineering Department at The United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy, West Point; Bobby G Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

students to apply engineering science and the engineering design process to ahands-on project. The course is divided up into four blocks: Introductory concepts, pipe flow anda water car case study, a steam plant case study, and a total air conditioning case study. Onewritten in-class exam was given after each block and a comprehensive final exam was given toall students. Each student was allowed to use their issued iPad for out-of-class reading assignments,homework assignments, engineering design problems, and lab exercises. During the exams, thestudents in this study were required to use the following references loaded onto their iPad: thetextbook, the course reference manual, the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam ReferenceManual, and the

Conference Session

Public Engineering of Engineering, K12 Standards, and Overview

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Welty, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Linda Katehi, University of Illinois; Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Michael Feder, National Research Council

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

ofscience and engineering to design, create, and improve solutions.” Design and Discovery“engages students in hands-on engineering and design activities intended to foster knowledge,skill development, and problem solving in the areas of science and engineering.”In many cases, the primary reason for including engineering was to enhance the study of scienceand mathematics. For example, the mission of the Materials World Modules was to improvescience education by engaging students in the intellectual processes of inquiry and design.Consistent with this mission, the modules were designed to enhance the teaching of traditionalscience curricula by facilitating greater student awareness of the relationships between scientificand technological concepts and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Diversity 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stacey L. Vaziri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jacob R. Grohs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Liesl M. Baum, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marlena McGlothlin Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Phyllis Leary Newbill, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication, design, and identity in engineering. Drawing on theories of situated learning and identity development, her work includes studies on the teaching and learning of communication, effective teaching practices in design education, the effects of differing design pedagogies on retention and motivation, the

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 1: Engineering Librarianship

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Janssen, California State University, Maritime Academy; Mindy F. Thuna, University of Toronto

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

investigated.Applying the inclusion and exclusion criteriaAfter combining and deduplicating the results of the original searches in Zotero, records wereexported to an Excel spreadsheet. Each paper was independently reviewed using only the titleand abstract as the basis for determining if they would be included dependent on the followingcriteria: • Is it a research article? • Is it related to library and information science? • Is it related to engineering? • Is it written in English? • Was it published between 2015 and 2019?Any articles that were not agreed upon were discussed until consensus was reached. There were425 resulting articles that matched all criteria for inclusion.An Excel spreadsheet was created and each included article was

Conference Session

Improving ME education: Broad Topics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daria Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Reamon, University of Colorado; Lawrence Carlson, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

by the PER group includesassessment (conceptual, belief-oriented and epistemological), examination of successfuleducational reforms and replication studies, social and contextual foundations of studentlearning, and student problem-solving and technology in physics.9Engineering Concept InventoriesInspired by the physics Force Concept Inventory, the Foundation Coalition — a partnership ofsix universities funded by the National Science Foundation — has collaborated to developconcept inventories (CIs) for specific engineering disciplines, including: Strength of Materials,Dynamics, Circuits, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics and Materials.10-15The primary objectives of the Foundation Coalition CIs are to assess student knowledge

Conference Session

Fundamental: Home, Parents, and Other Out-of-School Issues Related to K-12 and Pre-college Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Christine Andrews Paulsen, Concord Evaluation Group; Marisa Wolsky, WGBH Educational Foundation

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #13327Informal Pathways to Engineering: Middle-School-Aged Homeschool Stu-dents’ Experiences with Engineering (Fundamental)Tamecia R Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette Tamecia Jones is currently a doctoral student in the Engineering Education department at Purdue Uni- versity with a research focus on K-12 engineering education, assessment, and informal and formal learn- ing environments. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and Stanford University. Originally trained as a biomedical engineer, she spent years in the middle school classroom, teaching math and science, and consulting with nonprofits, museums

Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

and progress. Of the three traditionalareas of IP, copyright is the most difficult to quantify as anyone can copyright his or her originalwork themselves. Searching using the Google™ search engine on “engineering” yielded 125million hits! Even if most, perhaps 95%, are duplicated sites, that still would be 6.25 millionunique sites, which is a vast amount of possible copyrighted information. Unfortunately, thisdoes not give an indication as to the growth, only the current status. Copyrights do give anindication as to the positive trend of the field; since the amount of copyrighted material is large,the interest in engineering is huge!A trademark search, on the other hand, yields viable growth information for a given field. Asearch of the USPTO

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Mariano Savelski, Rowan University; Robert Hesketh, Rowan University; C. Stewart Slater, Rowan University

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

principles are applied in the design and productionof drug delivery systems. They discover how the drug and material properties and the processingvariables affect the release of a drug from a system. They acquire hands-on experience withcharacterization techniques and physical property testing of the delivery system, and becomepracticed in the analysis of the drug release data. Students gain experience with modernindustrial techniques for the production, testing, and analysis of drug delivery systems. Throughthe seven modules, a variety of drug delivery systems are explored: tablets, ointments,membrane systems, microcapsules, osmotic pumps, and supercritical fluid-processed particles.Acknowledgment This work was funded through a grant from the

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students III

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Kimarie Engerman, Howard University; Dawn Williams, Howard University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

reasons forstudents’ departure from their engineering programs and then developing intervention programsto specifically address these reasons. To the extent that this research might contribute to the bodyof knowledge about engineering student retention, it will fulfill a useful purpose.AcknowledgementsThis material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.ESI-0227558, which funds the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE).We would like to thank Marcus Jones and Karen Bland for their contribution to the work.References1. Loftus, M. (2005). Lending a hand. ASEE Prism, 14(5), 24-29.2. McClelland, D. (1985). Human motivation. New York: Scott, Foresman.3. Murray, H. (1943

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 3: Technology

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul McMonigle, Pennsylvania State University

graduate students. [18]The Library system at Penn State is one of the largest in North America, with several millionvolumes of books and materials along with several thousand journal subscriptions. TheEngineering Library works as a partner with the College to provide learning services and supportto students, faculty, and researchers. These services consist of information literacy instruction,research guidance, access to the Libraries' collections, student and faculty engagement, andlibrary outreach.The previous instructional model for teaching information literacy to the students at the Collegewas primarily via a 50-minute "one shot" class embedded in an engineering course. Itimmediately became apparent that the engineering librarian needs to make

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afrin Naz, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech.

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #16617Embedding ABET’s Outcomes in a Software Engineering CourseDr. Afrin NAZ, West Virginia University Inst. of Tech. Dr. Afrin Naz is an assistant professor at the Computer Science and Information Systems department at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. She is working with high school teachers to inspire the K-12 students to the STEM fields. In last four years Dr. Naz and her team launched six workshops for high school teachers. Currently her team is training the high school teachers to offer online materials to supplement their face-to-face classroom. c American

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 3

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Octavio Mattasoglio Neto, Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia; Thiago de Assis Augusto, Maua Institute of Technology; Fabio Sadao Sato

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

encouragesreflection on practical implications such as the influence of the CG position on the car's operation(maximum acceleration without wheelie, maximum slope the vehicle can navigate, etc.). Studentsmust also determine how the presence of a driver alters the system's CG position.Project 2 – Tensile machine at the Materials Laboratory (Figure 6b): Physics I students are usuallyintroduced to Hooke's law during the study of elastic force, but they do not have the opportunityto appreciate the importance of this law in Materials Science and Engineering. This projectintroduces students to a tensile machine, used to test different gymnastic elastic bands. A forceversus displacement graph will be generated, and from this result the group must determine

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

dedicated to the coordination ofgroundbreaking research in the development of biomimetic devices. The ERC brings physicians,biologists, engineers and educators together to develop microelectronic systems that interact withliving, human tissues. The resulting technology enables implantable and portable devices thatcan treat presently incurable diseases such as blindness, loss of neuromuscular control, paralysis,and the loss of cognitive function. The researchers focus on mixed signal systems on chip, powerand data management, intelligent analog circuits, interface technology at the nano- and micro-scales to integrate microelectronic systems with neurons, and new materials designed to preventrejection. The ERC has a significantly reformed engineering

Conference Session

ETD Projects

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faruk Yildiz, Sam Houston State University; Keith L. Coogler, Sam Houston State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in Design & Development and holds a MA in Industrial Education and Ed.D. in Higher Education from Texas A&M University – Commerce. His primary teaching area is Construction Manage- ment. Research interests include: automation, electronics, alternative energy, and ”green” construction. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 An Interdisciplinary Experimental Engineering Project Course DevelopmentAbstractThe Engineering Technology (ET) program is one of several unique programs at Sam HoustonState University. The program offers six Bachelor of Science (BS) Major degrees and a varietyof courses for a BS Minor. The BS degrees offered in the program are: (a) EngineeringTechnology

Conference Session

ERM: Conceptualizations of Engineering and Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikita Dawe, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Amy Bilton; Kimia Moozeh, University of Toronto

outcomes in alumni careertrajectories. Engineering graduates need a lifelong learning mentality and skillset that will enablethem to address complex sociotechnical challenges (some of which have yet to be predicted) andnavigate a changing labour system. Fostering these lifelong learning competencies throughcurriculum design has been a challenge in engineering programs. While scholars havedocumented curriculum and pedagogy intended to develop lifelong learning skills in students,assessment methods are typically short-term. On the other hand, studies of alumni have providedsome insight into career trajectories and workplace learning, but rarely connect these outcomesback to undergraduate experiences.To span these broad and complex concepts, we are

Conference Session

Social Justice and the Curriculum: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sydney Turner, University of Virginia; Bethany Gordon, University of Virginia; Tomeka Carroll; Katelyn Stenger, University of Virginia; Patrick Hancock, University of Virginia

. Ultimately, her work aims to build bridges between those designing and those being designed for.Patrick Hancock Patrick I. Hancock is a Doctoral Fellow at the University of Virginia in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment (ESE). His research focuses on developing collaborative engineering practices that facilitate processes and generate outcomes that meet community definitions of social justice. Patrick’s work has appeared in Nature Sustainability, American Psychologist and iScience.Bethany Gordon (PhD Candidate) (University of Virginia) Bethany Gordon is an incoming assistant professor at the University of Washington (Fall 2022). Her research is focused on applications of behavioral science to improve the

Conference Session

COED: EE Topics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Southern University; Lucian Ionel Cioca, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu; Richard Chiou, Drexel University (Eng. & Eng. Tech.)

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

numerical behavior of nonlinear models. Symbolic computationaltechniques can be readily used to improve model development and testing. These tools havevarious advantages, but also some disadvantages, depending on the application environment,being particularly useful for educational and research purposes.CAS systems, such as MATHCAD, Maple or Mathematica are powerful tools for performingcalculations in a power engineering courses. The equations to be solved are written in a formatsimilar to their appearance in textbooks providing an immediate visual feedback, so studentshave better understanding of the material presented. When using a CAS in class or for preparinghomeworks, student focus shifted from learning mathematical methods to concept

Conference Session

The Role of Engineering in Public Policy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

, regulations and documentation, and computer-aided engineering graphics with added technical depth in at least one of these areas.12 • In the drafting/design engineering technology (mechanical) criteria under outcomes, “Graduates of baccalaureate degree programs … must demonstrate … Competency in the application of current codes and standards … with open-ended design experiences that integrate materials, manufacturing, design analysis, or graphics. Understanding of concepts relating to the environmental and economic impacts of design must also be demonstrated.”13 • In the instrumentation and control engineering technology program criteria under outcomes, “The program must demonstrate that graduates have the ability to: f. communicate the

Conference Session

International Engineering Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahadur Khan Khpolwak; Mohammad Saleh Keshawarz

alleviate the problem, it is proposed tocombine some courses, eliminate some, and move some to different se mesters.First SemesterNo change is proposed in the first semester.Second SemesterIn the second semester, statics is moved to third semester and Surveying II is moved to secondSemester. The rational being that students need some calculus in order to understand someconcepts in Statics and therefore it is moved to this semester where Math III is offered.Surveying II on the other hand, does not need any advanced math and therefore, it is moved tothe Second Semester.Third SemesterStrength of Materials (SOM) and Dynamics are moved from the Third Semester to FourthSemester. Again math prerequisite for these courses requires them to be offered after

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - Best Of FPD

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

selection of commentsfrom students that focused on the social justice aspects of the course.Table 5: Select Student Responses to Qualitative Survey Question Is there anything that you would like to share about your experience in this class this quarter? I didn't realize before how important it is to think about the social issues and how they affect everyone. I really enjoyed learning the material throughout this quarter. I was expecting the social and ethics view in this class to be a waste of time, but now, I realize that both of those factors play a great part and role in the engineering and design world I had a lot more fun learning about this aspect of engineering than I initially thought I would. Usually, I prefer the science and math part of

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Experience, Exchange Programs and Student Retention

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Manfred J Hampe, Technische Universität Darmstadt; Jan Helge Bøhn, Virginia Tech; David J. Dixon, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

. Beginning week three, the Audi factory tour was similar, yet astonishingly, quite different. One of the significant differences was that the BMW facility is constrained by the city of München and could only expand the factory assembly line vertically.Whereas, students discovered that Audi has a nearly 2 km long single level factory assemblyline. At both facilities the students observed the integration of automation and hand assembly ofa modern factory, the role materials science and engineering takes part in manufacturing, andhow just-in-time assembly functions to produce custom-built vehicles

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Casey; Kevin Torres

knowledgethat they can claim as their own. One way to introduce students to EET is by seeing, reading, orby word of mouth. This provides the student with information on the topic. Another way tointroduce students to this topic is by doing something with equipment, with their own hands, sothey see, hear or feel something happen. This provides the students from their own experienceswith knowledge of the topic1. And knowledge is the end goal. A paper from the ASEE 2000annual conference inspired the outreach project to kindergarten students by Professor Angie Hill-Price. In that paper2 Ms. Price shared how to introduce students to the field of material science.The concepts were then taken and applied to the field of electrical engineering technology. It

Conference Session

ChE: Innovation in the Laboratory

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lefebvre, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Page 11.35.2astronomical realm.”7This study examines whether constructivism can be used effectively in a chemical engineeringsetting. Can students construct internal knowledge of chemical engineering concepts usingsimple demonstrations and experiments? Student mastery of particle settling and centrifugationtheory was monitored and compared after exposing students to material through traditionallecture and hands-on experimentation with teacher mediation formats.TheoryThe theory of particle settling is based on a force balance.8 Three forces act upon a rigid particlemoving through a fluid: gravity (acting downward), buoyant force (acting upward), drag force(acting opposite to the direction of particle motion). Developing the force balance and

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

interest of engineering freshmen . These canbe roughly classified as follows, with many combining several ideas:a) provide a visual introduction to the discipline, supplemented by tours of industrial facilities talks by experts from industry, and freshman seminars by faculty experts.b) provide basic equations in the various disciplines, then let the students solve problems related to each discipline, building some confidence.c) use hands-on construction (or disassembly) projects.d) use competitions to motivate creativity and logical decision-making.Several students in our School are motivated by ”real aerospace engineering”. A Wind TunnelTour, and a 15-minute presentation, usually produced recruits to the research team inexperimental

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Virginia Sisiopiku, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Robert W. Peters, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Ossama E. M. Ramadan, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

theundergraduate engineering curricula and provided a variety of existing course resources that caneasily be adopted or adapted by science and engineering faculty8. They concluded that corecourses required for engineering majors can be redesigned to introduce concepts of sustainabilitywithout compromising the original course objectives.The literature review offers ample evidence of the value of integrating sustainability into CivilEngineering curricula and provides several case studies demonstrating successful interventions.Building on these efforts, our institution recognized the need to expose Civil Engineeringstudents to sustainability principles and methods through the introduction of new courses into theexisting curricula. This paper discusses the

Conference Session

Globalizing Engineering Education II: Best Practices

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yating Chang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Shen, Purdue University; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Hirleman, University of California, Merced; Eckhard A. Groll, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

ASEE Global Programs

AC 2011-1975: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN EN-GINEERING (IREE) 2010 CHINA: DEVELOPING GLOBALLY COMPE-TENT ENGINEERING RESEARCHERSBrent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette Brent K. Jesiek is assistant professor in Engineering Education and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech. His research examines the social, histor- ical, global, and epistemological dimensions of engineering and computing, with particular emphasis on topics related to engineering education, computer engineering, and educational technology.Yating Chang, Purdue University

Conference Session

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Michael Kim, Duke University; Charles Wallace; Margaret Wacera Gatongi

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

that bridge the in silico to in vitro pipeline of protein engineering.Students combine their “wet” and “dry” lab experiences into a final month-longproject to design novel protein fusions or protein affinity binders with the potentialto inhibit an aberrantly expressed protein. Cellular Engineering prepares studentswith continuous engagement in mathematical modeling of cellular phenomena,mammalian cell culture, analytical techniques (fluorescence microscopy, Westernblotting, and quantitative real-time PCR), and studying morphological andcytoskeletal changes in 3D culture models.Preliminary student feedback from Cellular Engineering and MolecularEngineering emphasizes the impact of “hands-on lab experiences” that scaffoldknowledge with lecture

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Moore, Petroleum Institute; lana El Chaar, Petroleum Institute; Lisa Lamont, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

, the UAE struggles to entice its female graduates intothe workforce, especially in the fields of science, technology and engineering. This studycannot be complete until we see how many of this first year female STEPS studentsactually take up positions in ADNOC. Once there, the study will continue to evaluatetheir performance in the oil company’s CAMS system. Only then will we be able todetermine whether the ‘hands on’ education that they have received at the PetroleumInstitute has made any difference to their intrinsic motivation. It appears that at this stage,motivation and ability compares very favourably with the men. ADNOC’s brave andvisionary (and costly) decision to open its doors to female Emiratis looks as if it may wellpay dividends