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Works in Progress: Curricula and Pathways

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marcia Pool, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; P. Scott Carney, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dipanjan Pan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andrew Michael Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Scientific Report (Nature Publishing) and also serve as in editorial advisory board member for Molecular Pharmaceutics (ACS).Prof. Andrew Michael Smith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Andrew M. Smith, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign (UIUC). Dr. Smith received a B.S. in Chemistry in 2002 and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering in 2008, both from the Georgia Institute of Technology. As a graduate student he was a Whitaker Foundation Fellow. He continued his postdoctoral studies at Emory University as a Distinguished CCNE Fellow and NIH K99 Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Smith’s research interests include nanomaterial engineering, single- molecule imaging, and

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Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Amy Banzaert, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John Duffy, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; David Wallace, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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theAppendix. Page 11.1150.10AcknowledgementsWe would like to gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National ScienceFoundation, under NSF Grant No. EEC-0431784, which made portions of the MIT researchpossible, and NSF Grant No. EEC-0431925, which made portions of the UML research possible.In addition, the authors would like to thank Sumedha G. Ariely, the Research and AssessmentCoordinator for the MIT Public Service Center, Manuel Heredia, a graduate student at UML, andthe professors of the classes studied in this paper.Bibliographyi. Tsang, E. (Ed.). (2000). Projects that matter: Concepts and models for service learning in

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Cognitive and Motivational Issues in Student Performance II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Joel Townsend, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Harvey Wolfe, University of Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh Joel Townsend is a graduate student in Industrial Engineering Department of University of Pittsburgh. His research interests are engineering assessment, engineering ethics and public policy. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering (University of Pittsburgh.Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh Mary Besterfield-Sacre is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering and the Fulton C. Noss Faculty Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests are in engineering education evaluation, in empirical mod-eling applications, and K12 district system improvements. In the area of assessment, Dr. Sacre has written numerous conference and journal papers and has

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Design: Content and Context

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Mieke Schuurman, Pennsylvania State University; Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University; Samuel T Hunter, Pennsylvania State University

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Engineering Education, the Journal of Language and Social Psychology, the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, the European Journal of Social Psychology, and the European Review of Social Psychology.Gül Okudan, Pennsylvania State University Gül E. Okudan is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Design and Industrial Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. She received her Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Rolla. Her research interests include product design and product design teams. Her published work appears in journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Design Studies, Journal of Engineering Design, Journal of Engineering Education, European Journal of Engineering Education and

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Curricular Innovations 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aidsa I. Santiago-Roman, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Jairo Andres Agudelo, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez; Arturo Ponce P.E., University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez

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) proposeeffective solutions (reflect on an abstraction, define strategies, follow a process, apply amethodology, decompose in sub-problems), (3) manage languages in order to express a solution(do, understand, and respect syntax), (4) use tools to understand the languages (program,compile, execute, debug), (5) test valid solutions (understanding the concept of correction andtesting), and (6) justify decisions (measuring, increasing), among others. We propose toincorporate the design process into the course as a tool for students to solve real-life problemsrelated to programming concepts. Therefore, the research question guiding this study is: What isthe effect of incorporating the engineering design process in students’ performance in anintroductory

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Student Approaches to Problem Solving: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Catherine D. McGough, Clemson University; Adam Kirn, Univeristy of Nevada, Reno; Courtney June Faber, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

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Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in Engineer- ing and Science Education from Clemson University.Courtney June Faber, Clemson University Courtney Faber is a graduate student in the Department of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Muhittin Yilmaz, Texas A&M University, Kingsville (TAMUK); Selahattin Ozcelik, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Nuri Yilmazer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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at Syracuse University from 2006 to 2007. He is currently working as an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at Texas A&M University at Kingsville. His current research interests include adaptive array processing, signal processing, and smart antennas.Prof. Reza Nekovei, Texas A&M University, Kingsville Dr. Reza Nekovei is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Texas A&M University- Kingsville. He has many years of experience in developing graduate and undergraduate programs. Prof. Nekovei is currently co-PI for two NSF projects related in teaching by design research and development, one in Nanotechnology (NSF-NUE) and another in Robotics

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Innovations in Mechanical Engineering Experiments and Labs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Afshin Goharzadeh, The Petroleum Institute; Peter Rodgers, The Petroleum Institute; Christian Mandel, The Petroleum Institute

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lecturer, keynote speaker, panelist, and session chair at international conferences. Dr. Rodgers received the 1999 Harvey Rosten Memorial Award for his publications on the application of computational fluid dynamics analysis to electronics thermal design. He is a member of several international conference program committees, and is program co-chair for EuroSimE 2007.Christian Mandel, The Petroleum Institute CHRISTIAN MANDEL received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Germany, in April 2006. He is presently working as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Petroleum Institute, with his master’s thesis work focused on the

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Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Harry Courtney Powell, University of Virginia; Joanne Bechta Dugan, University of Virginia

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Major Design Experience. Joanne Bechta Dugan was awarded the B.A. degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA in 1980, and the M.S. and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Duke University, Durham, NC in 1982 and 1984, respectively. She has performed and directed research on the development and application of techniques for the analysis of computer systems which are designed to tolerate hardware and software faults. Dr. Dugan is an IEEE Fellow. She was Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Reliability for 10 years, and is currently Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. She served on the National Research Council Committee on

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Student Success I: Interventions and Programs

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joanna Perry Weaver, University of Louisville; Marci S. Decaro, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville

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teacher (7-12) and taught in public schools and museums from 2003-2013.Dr. Marci S. DeCaro, University of Louisville Marci DeCaro is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. Her research focuses on the role of cognitive factors such as working memory in learning and performance situations. She studies these topics with adults and children in laboratory and educational contexts.Dr. Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville Jeffrey L. Hieb is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the Univer- sity of Louisville. He graduated from Furman University in 1992 with degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy

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ERM Technical Session 5: Assessment

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan M. Hicks, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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-quality learning opportunities. Additionally, she studies techniques to validate findings from machine-generated educational data.Prof. Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is a Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and her Ph.D. in Food Process Engineering from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. She was an inaugural faculty member of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and assessment of modeling and design activities with authentic

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Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Matthew J. Ford, Cornell University; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Cornell University; Elizabeth Mills Fisher, Cornell University; Hadas Ritz, Cornell University

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inattitudes and motivation across cohorts, and deployed end-of-term surveys in each participatingcourse to track within-subject variation across course contexts.Fall 2019 was designated as the control group, in which assessment instruments were developedand deployed, but no direct effort by project personnel was invested in developing orimplementing new instructional strategies. Fall 2020 was intended to be the first treatment cohort.Although many of the original research and intervention plans were disrupted by COVID-19,project personnel instead invested resources into facilitating and improving (primarily) remoteinstruction. The same survey and assessment instruments were still deployed in Fall 2020,offering a unique opportunity to study student

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Works in Progress: Faculty Perspectives and Training

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeremi S London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Farrah Fayyaz, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology; Tamecia R. Jones, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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processing, analog circuits and microelectronics in Pakistan for more than eight years. Her research area is investigating students’ under- standing of various concepts in signals and systems courses.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, and summer programs

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SPECIAL SESSION: Describing the Engineering Student Learning Experience Based on CAEE Findings: Part 2

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Holly Matusovich; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University; Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara Olds, Colorado School of Mines

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primary and secondary schoolchildren 10, and 4) expectancies predict career aspirations although gender differences aremediated by gender-role stereotyping. 6, 11The expectancies that this study focuses on are students’ beliefs about their ability to be Page 13.1403.3successful in their chosen fields of engineering. Case study methodology is used to qualitativelyand inductively examine longitudinal interviews collected over four years with four students(two male and two female) to address the following research questions: How do studentscharacterize success in their given engineering field? How do these characterizations developand change with

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ERM Technical Session 22: Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lori C. Bland, George Mason University; Margret Hjalmarson, George Mason University; Anastasia P. Samaras, George Mason University; Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University

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differ- entiated learning in college-level engineering education. Her research centers on facilitating and studying her role in faculty development self-study collaboratives.Prof. Jill K. Nelson, George Mason University Jill Nelson is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University. She earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Rice Uni- versity in 1998. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for graduate study, earning an MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering in 2001 and 2005, respectively. Dr. Nelson’s research focus is in statistical signal processing, specifically detection and estimation for applications in

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Classroom Practice III: Student-Centered Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jonathan C. Hilpert, Georgia Southern University

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underlying network structures. His research findings have been disseminated in national and international engineering edu- cation and psychological journals (including Journal of Engineering Education, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Educational Psychology, Psychological Inquiry, and Motivation and Emotion) as well as presented at national and internal conferences (including American Education Research Association, American Society for Engineering Education; European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction; and various symposiums organized by the National Science Foundation). Dr. Hilpert teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the COE, including topics such as learning

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Engineering Faculty: Interactions, Influences and Issues

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marie H. Magnell, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Lars Allan Geschwind, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Lena B. Gumaelius, KTH, Department of Learning; Anette Jepsen Kolmos, Aalborg University

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engineering profession. The most common ways to integrate working life issues are touse examples from their own work experience, guest lectures or case studies, while programswith more extensive connections to industry offer more integrated activities, e.g. projects withindustry. Programs with more extensive connections to industry also seem to use professionalcontacts established through research in their teaching.IntroductionMany research intensive higher education institutions are balancing demands and expectationsfrom internal and external stakeholders. Governmental bodies, accreditations institutions,engineering professional organizations, students and industry demand an increase ofconnections to industry and the world of work in engineering

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Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Laboratories

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rainer Bartz, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Daniel Cox, University of North Florida

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AC 2011-2057: DESIGN ASPECTS OF A DATABASE FOR REMOTE LAB-ORATORY MANAGEMENTRainer Bartz, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Germany Rainer Bartz studied electrical engineering at RWTH Aachen, Germany, and received his PhD degree for research on the application of pattern recognition mechanisms to problems in the automotive engineering domain. He worked in automotive industry for 13 years, focusing on control and data analysis tasks. In 1997 he became full professor at Cologne University of Applied Sciences. His main areas of interest are signals & systems, industrial communication, and computational intelligence. Rainer Bartz is actively involved in the ASAM e.V. (Association for Standardization of

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Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Melissa Ann Gallagher, University of Houston; Jenny Byrd, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Emad Habib P.E., University of Louisiana at Lafayette; David Tarboton, Utah State University; Clinton S. Willson, Louisiana State University

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American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Improving Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Technical Skills in a Civil Engineering Senior Design CourseEngineering graduates need a deep understanding of key concepts in addition to technical skillsto be successful in the workforce. However, traditional methods of instruction (e.g., lecture) aresometimes not effective in fostering deep conceptual understanding and make it challenging forstudents to learn the technical skills, (e.g., professional modeling software), that they need toknow. Research indicates that engaging students in authentic tasks can help them makeconnections to deepen their conceptual understanding as they practice

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ERM Potpourri I

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah Henrickson, Harvard University; Rumi Chunara, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Iahn Cajigas, HST Division, Harvard and MIT; Heather Gunter, HST Division, Harvard and MIT; Joseph Bonventre, HST Division, Harvard and MIT

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thesoftware, preference to be able to study at leisure or desire not be actively tested on something in atemporally continuous manner. textbook 100% computer 80% Learning Tool Preference 60% 40% 20% 0% MD MDPhD PhD Current Degree Program Figure 6: Effect of Graduate Program on Learning Tool

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Knowing Our Students I

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Heidi Loshbaugh, Colorado School of Mines; Tawni Hoeglund, Colorado School of Mines; Ruth Streveler, Colorado School of Mines; Kimberley Breaux

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prescribed path.The high credit loads per term often range from sixteen to twenty-two hours, and course contentis both technical and challenging. This paper explores the question: What is the role of lifebalance in satisfaction and persistence of engineering students?The Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) seeks to understandundergraduate engineering students’ experiences as they navigate curricula, institutions, and pre-professional expectations. The Academic Pathways Study (APS) component of CAEE focuseson the research goals of understanding and enhancing the engineering student’s learningexperience. [2] APS explores four areas: Skills, Identity, Education, and Workplace; this paperfocuses on Education. The research

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Design of Lab Experiments II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ahmad Pourmovahed, Kettering University

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AC 2007-27: THE ENERGY SYSTEMS LABORATORY AT KETTERINGUNIVERSITYAhmad Pourmovahed, Kettering University Ahmad Pourmovahed is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1985) and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1979) both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After graduation, he worked at General Motors Research Laboratories and Lawrence Technological University. In 1990, he joined Kettering University where he teaches courses in thermal sciences, mechanics, and engineering design and serves as the Director of Energy Systems Laboratory

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Remote and Network-based Laboratories

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael E. Auer, Carinthia Tech Institute, Austria; Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences

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elected as President of the International Society of Engineering Education (IGIP). Furthermore, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Learning Industry Group (ELIG).Mr. Danilo Garbi Zutin P.E., Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Danilo Garbi Zutin has graduated in electrical engineering at the State University of Sao Paulo (UNESP), Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and obtained his master’s degree in systems design (specialization in remote systems) at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences in Villach, Austria. His research interests are in the field of remote engineering, online labs, remote control of devices and software development for online labs. Zutin is currently a Senior Researcher and team

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Garret Nicodemus, University of Colorado, Boulder; John L. Falconer, University of Colorado Boulder; Will Medlin, University of Colorado, Boulder; Janet L. de Grazia, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katherine Page McDanel, Dept Chemical & Biological Engineering University of Colorado Boulder

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Paper ID #10219Resources to Implement Flipped Chemical Engineering Classrooms: CoursePackagesDr. Garret Nicodemus, University of Colorado, Boulder Senior researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Received PhD in Chemical & Biological Engineering at CU Boulder in 2009 and B.S. in Chemical Engineering at Lafayette College in 2004. Has taught Material & Energy Balances, Fluid Mechanics, Separations and Mass Transfer, and Senior Process Design.Prof. John L. Falconer, University of Colorado Boulder John L. Falconer is the Mel and Virginia Clark Professor of

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Works in Progress: Learning and Engagement

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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research examines how engineering students approach innovation. She also studies informed design practices among college and pre-college students . She serves on the editorial boards of Science Education and the Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education (JPEER). c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Work in Progress: A Preliminary Investigation of the Ways Engineering Students Experience InnovationIntroductionThis work in progress presents an ongoing study investigating the distinct ways engineeringstudents experience innovation in their engineering projects. Innovation has been a frequentobjective of course and program reform in engineering education1. Engineering

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ERM Technical Session 8: Survey and Instrument Development

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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overcrowded curriculum, faculty with limited knowledge ortraining around ethics, difficulty in assessing ethical competency and fostering learningenvironments that effectively mirror “real world” applications 2,3,4. Additionally, research hashighlighted discrepancies between faculty perceptions of their ethics education and studentexperiences of those interventions 5. This study found that while faculty thought they werepresenting complex and nuanced ethical problems to students, students were perceiving theethics situations being studied as simplistic, with black and white or right and wrong answers.Additionally, faculty believed that they modeled ethical behavior to their students as part of theirethics education, but students did not consider

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ERM Potpourri

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard J. Aleong, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; David S Strong P.Eng., Queen's University

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professionaldevelopment opportunity. The workshops will be offered to all undergraduate engineeringstudents at one medium size university. In the workshops, participants will engage in facilitatedguided reflection exercises designed to elicit their thoughts and descriptions about who they areand their purpose in their engineering studies. Participants will be asked to write a personalstatement on how they see themselves in their studies and how they envision the person theywish to become in their future career. Page 26.742.2This paper presents the work in progress of this research study, highlighting the researchapproach, methods, and design. Future plans

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Self-efficacy and Emotion: ERM Roundtable

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Katherine C Cheng, Arizona State University; Krista Puruhito, Arizona State University; Evan J Fishman, Stanford University

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salivary cortisol to indicate students’ stress and emotional states. 13, 14 Notably, a multi-method interdisciplinary approach in engineering educational researchhas yet to be established. Interdisciplinary work, however, is crucial for incorporatingtheories with practice in education, since the inclusion of biomarkers in emotion-and-motivation-related research could provide support for current theory and its application,to enhance learning and course engagement. Using salivary cortisol as a tool in engineeringeducational research allows us to take advantage of saliva’s sampling convenience, and itsinformative nature that is not readily affected by social desirability, reactivity, and memory. Inessence, the current study aimed to address two

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Modeling and Problem-Solving

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ruth A. Streveler, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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often, are taking concurrently with their first circuits course. Researchers inphysics education, Edward Redish3 and Carl Wieman4, have found that, for the overwhelmingmajority of students, this is not the case. After a brief mention of moving charge, the averagefirst circuits course moves quickly to mathematical equations. This can have the effect ofconveying the idea that the equations actually drive electrical phenomena. When asked whysomething happens, beginning students (and sometimes even more advanced students) willanswer, “Because the equations say so.” One of the participants in this study, a senior electricalengineering (EE) major at a small western research university was asked how she understoodelectrical phenomena. She responded

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Preparing for Practice

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Huff, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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perspectives on design. We then situate this investigation in light of other well-recognized studies on engineering design and articulate the conceptual framework employed forthis investigation. Following a description of our research context, questions, and methods, wepresent the results of a thematic analysis regarding how EPICS alums perceive design. Finally,we discuss how the nature of their EPICS experience and design perceptions might translate intodoing design, and we elaborate on the implications of our findings for those who developengineering curriculum.How Students Experience Design in Engineering Curricula:A design experience, as required by ABET, typically presents itself as capstone design course1.The traditional ways of enacting