Conference Session

Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut; Michael F. Young, University of Connecticut

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #18520Work-in-Progress: A ’Cards Against Humanity’-style Card Game for In-creasing Engineering Students’ Awareness of Ethical Issues in the ProfessionProf. Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut Daniel Burkey is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He re- ceived his B.S. in chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 1998, and his M.S.C.E.P and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and 2003, respectively. His primary

Conference Session

Instructional Strategies in AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Megri, University of Wyoming

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Architectural

heat transfer principles, fire fluid mechanic fundamentals, Page 14.1157.2fundamentals and requirements of the burning of materials (gases, liquids, and solids), firephenomena in enclosures such as pre-flashover and post-flashover.Fire Protection and Life Safety in Building Design (CAE 425 & CAE 511): fundamentals ofbuilding design for fire and life safety. This course emphasize on a systematic design approach,basic considerations of building codes, fire loading, fire resistance, exit design, protectivesystems, and other fire protection systems.Computer Fire Modeling Theory and Applications (CAE 426 & CAE 512): introduction to fireheat

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raheem Taiwo Ariwoola, East Tennessee State University; Mohammad Moin Uddin P.E., East Tennessee State University; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University

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Engineering Technology

Professionals Organi- zation of Nigeria (ISPON). This shows how Raheem Ariwoola is multi-talented. At his leisure periods, Raheem enjoys spending his time writing basic computer programs, researching and surfing internet. In few years, he will be able to fulfill his life ambition by earning a Ph.D degree in the field of renewable energy in Electrical Engineering.Dr. Mohammad Moin Uddin P.E., East Tennessee State University Dr. Mohammad Moin Uddin is an assistant professor at the Department of Engineering Technology, Surveying and Digital Media at East Tennessee State University. His current research interest focuses on data integration and development of energy models for campus building structures for knowledge based

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sven Hvid Nielsen

the university. It should also be mentioned that the battle for placing a university in Aalborg was“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Education”seen as a local national movement which had and still has a very important meaning for therelations to the surrounding society with the common goals and task: To strength the link betweenthe academic and professional worlds.The four main university goals of the project-based systems are:• EFFICIENCY: To make the program requirement such that most students graduate on schedule without loosing professional competence:• QUALITY: To increase student’s self

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

learning.Despite the diversity and number of articles, most tend to fall into one of the themes explainedbelow: enhanced learning, course applications, group formation, interpersonal skilldevelopment, and assessment.Enhanced LearningMost of the articles that detail positive experiences with group work note an important sidebenefit: students tend to learn more in groups because the members develop what Johnson andJohnson have dubbed a “positive interdependence,”22 resulting in enhanced “short-term memory,long-term retention, understanding of course material, critical thinking, and problem solvingskills.”34A 1996 study by Jones and Brickner compared two sections of a sophomore basic mechanicscourse, one traditional lecture and the other cooperative learning

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martin S. High, Oklahoma State University; Steve Harrist, Oklahoma State University; Scott D. Gelfand, Oklahoma State University, Department of Philosophy

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Engineering Ethics

value (Taylor, 1992) Awareness of the desire to be Page 22.1534.8oriented to the good can motivate people to act ethically. In addition, this drive to be oriented tothe good explains why people might try to justify in their own minds unethical behavior, therebyconvincing themselves that this behavior is, in fact, ethical.)VII. Future Efforts and Applications to the Ethics Classroom In the coming semesters, we will be designing, administering and testing theeffectiveness of an ethics program for engineers and scientists that, unlike traditional ethicsclasses, focusing to a considerable extent on why people violate ethical codes or act

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K.S.A. Dinesh Kumar, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai, India; Janardhanan Gangathulasi, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai, India; Shanmuganeethi Velu, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai, India

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

graduated with Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from University from Illinois, USA.Dr. Shanmuganeethi Velu, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai, India Dr. V.Shanmuganeethi, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering working in the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Chennai India. He has around 20 years of experience in the domain of information Technology training and Engineering education research. He has obtained his doctorate in the area of Web Application Security. His area of expertise includes Education Learning Analytics, web technologies, programming Paradigm, Instructional technologies, and Teaching Learning Practices. He has been

Conference Session

Student Division Technical 4: Student Experience & Competencies

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Vaughn, Texas Tech University; Roman Taraban, Texas Tech University; Sheima Khatib, Texas Tech University

solving program [1]. Sincethe development of the McMaster program, engineering educators have continued to exploredifferent methods to employ to both make their teaching more effective and facilitate studentlearning. There are many different approaches and models to aid educators [1]-[5]. This studyidentifies problem-solving strategies that students proposed to change in future problem-solving,after completion of problem-solving review activities in a course that prepared them for theFundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. This research was carried out by qualitatively codingstudent replies to weekly survey questions asking them if and how they would change theirstrategies for the next week and complementing those data with Likert-type responses

Conference Session

Engineering Courses for Non-engineers

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Blake, Austin Peay State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

developing courses on engineering and technology for students who are notengineering majors.12The author teaches a course on engineering and technological literacy, which is offered primarilyfor students who are not majors in the author’s department. Most students have come from anonline degree program in professional studies. Use of this course in the online degree program Page 14.1328.3has ensured sufficient enrollment to offer the course. Students in the author’s department maytake the course in place of an introductory course for first year students, and this is useful fortransfer students who must meet that course requirement but no longer need a

Conference Session

Practice II: Curricular Innovations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhi Fang, Beihang University; Shuiting Ding, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University; Dandan Hou, Beihang University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

developmentalevaluation in this research. In combination of numerous approaches, this paper aims to designan overall quality evaluation system for engineering undergraduates at X University based onstudies of literature review, Chinese education policies, the survey data about the qualitiesvalued most by employers in “White Paper on the Employment of Undergraduates at XUniversity in 2011”, and questionnaires from teaching experts at X University. Meanwhile,based on the guidance, diagnosis and nurturing functions of developmental evaluation, wedeveloped operation program, i.e., taking the first three years of undergraduate stage as anevaluation cycle, and conducting an assessment for each semester. After each stage evaluation,the head teacher and counselor will

Conference Session

Aerospace Teaching and Learning II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Praveen Shankar, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University; Valana L. Wells, Arizona State University; Wen-Ting Chung, Arizona State University

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Aerospace

aircraft design characteristics on stability. Students will describe aircraft dynamic modes in terms of their application frequency, damping and stability. Students will calculate and describe aircraft response to deflection comprehension of control surfaces. Students will design simple closed-loop aircraft controllers comprehensionSoftwareThe United States Air Force Stability and Control Digital DATCOM is a computer program thatcan be used to compute the static and dynamic stability and control derivatives of fixed-wingaircraft using empirical data compiled from several

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth (elisha) Mh Garcia, U.S. Coast Guard Academy; Deanna L Bergondo, United States Coast Guard Academy

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

seminar, the majority of the course content was similar in nature,with three seminars almost identical to a presentation from the first offering, while all otherseminars were new, conveying the same content differently than in 2009. In the end-of-coursesurvey of students, 75% of respondents replied that they had researched the issues discussed inclass on their own after presentations or discussions, and 100% recognized the need for lifelonglearning to stay current in the field. In 2009, 7% of students (2 respondents) found the libraryuseful in success in the course, while 100% found the internet useful. In 2012, 12.5% (1respondent) found the library useful, while 100% found the internet useful, so the way in whichstudents are finding information

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Franny Howes, Oregon Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #38622Board 216: Areas of Improvement and Difficulty with Lab Report Writingin the Lower-Division Engineering Laboratory Courses across ThreeUniversitiesDr. Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave Kim is Professor and Mechanical Engineering Program Coordinator in the School of Engineer- ing and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. His teaching and research have been in the areas of engineering materials, fracture mechanics, and manufacturing processes. In par- ticular, he has been very active in pedagogical research in the area of writing pedagogy in engineering laboratory

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle Almetria Smalls, Engineering Education Department at Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Educational Research and Methods

, student recruitment into and retention within engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Rachel McCord, Virginia Tech Page 24.1365.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Wanna Take a Survey? Exploring Tools to Increase Undergraduate Student Response Rates to Real-Time Experience SurveysAbstractOur study explores the student perspective on approaches to real-time data collection surveysintended to be completed during classes. Real-time data collection means in the moment, whilelearning is happening. In

Conference Session

Approaches to Teaching Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Minnie Patel, San Jose State University; Anuradha Basu, San Jose State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

joining San Jose State University. She chaired the IME Department at UWM from 2001-2002. She also held a faculty position in the Management Science Program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville from 1987-1990. Her principal research interests lie in the areas of operations research applications and applied statistics. She has published numerous technical papers in these areas in a variety of refereed technical journals. She is a senior member of the Institute for Industrial Engineers (IIE), a full member of the Institute for the Operations Research and Management Science, and a member of the American Society of Engineering Education. She has served IIE in various professional

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 8: Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Learning

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deepika Ganesh, University of Michigan; Carissa Yim, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #43071Sustainability-focused Digital Case Studies: Enhancing Engineering EducationDeepika Ganesh, University of Michigan Deepika is a second year Ph.D. student at the University of Michigan, School for the Environment and Sustainability. She specializes in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and is curious about informal education spaces, especially outdoor and digital spaces, and their role in contextual learning environments. Her most recent projects include program evaluation for the Next-Gen Scholars program aimed at first generation and underrepresented masters students in her department, and studying

Conference Session

Nanotechnology

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #8676First-Year Engineering Students’ Communication of Nanotechnology Size &Scale in a Design ChallengeKelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette Kelsey Rodgers is currently pursuing her PhD in engineering education at Purdue University. She is a member of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) education research team. She con- ducts research within the First-Year Engineering Program to help understand what and how students are learning about nanotechnology. Her current projects involve investigating students’ understanding of size and scale concepts, the cross-disciplinary nature of

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 9: Online Learning Environments

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tao Xing, University of Idaho; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho; John Crepeau, University of Idaho

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

. Area of Focus • Application of mathematics, science and engineering to solve problems from all levels of undergraduate engineering education. • Application of practices, concepts and methods from (i) ethics and professional practice, and (ii) engineering economics to solve engineering problems.6. Assessment Tool and Analysis of Findings Graduates of the mechanical engineering program are encouraged to take the FEexamination. The NCEES provides the College of Engineering reports each spring and fallsemester summarizing student performance on the FE exam and compares these results withnational averages. The FE exam problems are categorized into different sections, accordingto the discipline they belong. To assess this outcome, the

Conference Session

Design Communications & Cognition I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leema Kuhn Berland, University of Texas, Austin; William F. McKenna, University of Texas, Austin; Stephanie Baker Peacock, University of Texas, Austin

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Design in Engineering Education

. Page 22.1573.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Understanding students’ perceptions on the utility of engineering notebooksEngineering notebooks—also called portfolios or journals—are pervasive in college andhigh-school engineering courses1,5,6,7,8,9,10,16,17,19. In addition, they are a key component ofthe BEST robotics competition4 and the “Engineering Criteria 2000” standards created byABET for accrediting engineering programs recognize portfolios as a possible assessmenttool18. The engineering education community therefore appears to have embracedengineering notebooks. This paper is a preliminary exploration into high school teachers’and students

Conference Session

International Initiatives, Partnerships,Teaching Strategies, and Collaborative Networks

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joao Paiva, Politecnico de Viseu

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International

factors affectingthis fact.1. Introduction Higher education, or Tertiary education, as the OECD1,2 has recently introduced in its ownGlossary of Statistical Terms, including Further education, is undoubtedly a major concern ofgovernments. It has been recognized as one of the major drivers for economiccompetitiveness in a globalised world, which has been demonstrating how education isplaying an increasingly important role. Europe is engaged in improving citizens’ ability todeal with and being able to prosper in a world of ever increasing global competitiveness. TheBologna process is part of that strategy. The OECD has defined two types of programs. Type A programs that represent heavilytheory-based curricula designed to provide qualifications

Conference Session

Professional Issues in Ethics Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University; Richard A. Burgess, National Institute for Engineering Ethics

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Engineering Ethics

. The Center provides professional development training for 46 T-STEM Academies, five T-STEM Early College High Schools, and all Texas school districts, public and private. She collaborates with Whitacre College of Engineering Faculty, as well as faculty from other universities writing grant proposals. Over 10 years, Fontenot has secured more than $3.8 million for STEM education ($3,133,000 of this in the last five years). Fontenot teachers Professional Communications for Engineers: practical applications to written, oral, and internet communications, as well as an introduction to engineering ethics and service learning (2001-current).Mr. Richard A. Burgess, National Institute for Engineering Ethics Richard Burgess

Conference Session

Teaching Engineering Students and Library Staff: New Ideas and Best Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

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Engineering Libraries

following:recommendations for simplifying the process using course design templates, creating learningoutcomes based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, a list of freely available instructional design trainingvideos, and best practices.In addition to supporting colleagues interested in online training program creation, thesematerials will also provide initial supportive content for the Reference Trainers CoP aspreviously discussed. It is the author’s hope that experience gained through using the LMSsoftware in this way will expose members of this future CoP to the ways in which trainingprograms can be made more accessible and engaging for staff undergoing reference training.The author envisions this CoP framework to be a pilot that demonstrates how a LMS can beutilized for other

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Yu, Auburn University and Tsinghua University, China; Chetan S. Sankar, Auburn University

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International

Technology,Calicut, during summer 2009. This paper provides details about the TEQIP World Bankprogram, training provided, case studies used, and results of an evaluation.2 Case Studies and LITEE U.S. universities lose 40% of freshman students admitted to engineering programs by theend of their sophomore year, and employers chide schools for not providing the skills that areneeded by industries (Prados & Proctor , 2000; Engineering Student Retention, 2011). Prados& Proctor (2000) showed that the education establishment is not doing an adequate job ofeducating engineering students. Employees are required to have a variety of good skills such as decision-making,problem-solving, team-working skills and even problem-identifying and analyzing

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David C. Brown, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Erfan Al-Hossami, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Zhuo Cheng; Alyssa Lasmarias Alameda; Tia Nicole Johnson; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Daniel Andrew Janies

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

://mediamanipulation.org/case-studies/cloaked-science-yan-reports (accessed Mar. 30, 2022).[33] A. Harris, “New Peer Reviews: Yan Report’s Claims that SARS-CoV-2 Was Created in a Chinese Lab Are Misleading and Unethical,” Rapid Reviews COVID-19, Oct. 2020, Accessed: Mar. 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://rapidreviewscovid19.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/r94z275c/download/pdf[34] K. L. Warmbrod, R. M. West, N. D. Connell, and A. G. K. Gronvall, “In Response: Yan et al Preprint Examinations of the Origin of SARS-CoV-2,” Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sep. 2020. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25817. Appendix AList of AbbreviationsAPI application programming interfaceDOI

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anurag Purwar, Stony Brook University; Catherine A. Scott, Stony Brook University

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Mechanical Engineering

and microphone to track students’ audio-visual presence. This browseralso disallows opening any other application during the tests. Any anomalies are recorded andflagged for the teaching team to review. Use of Respondus has allowed students to take quizzesand tests from anywhere in the world as long as they have a solid internet connection and a workingcomputer with a webcam and microphone. Students do not have to go a testing center, althoughthey are not precluded from doing so. While the quizzes can be taken over a period of time, examsare scheduled on a certain time and day. Although, the Respondus is not a synchronous proctoringsystem without a live person watching students during the exam, it has proven to be very effectivein the three

Conference Session

SPECIAL SESSION: Interdisciplinary Course Design Opportunities for Chemical Engineers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph J. Biernacki, Tennessee Technological University; Christopher D. Wilson, Tennessee Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

. Page 22.958.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Introducing Interdisciplinary Content through ElectivesAbstractThe introduction of true interdisciplinary content into the engineering curriculum has beenamong the most debated and difficult to implement requirements of the current ABETaccreditation criteria. While most programs use soft activities such as role playing scenarios incapstone courses and similar interdisciplinary simulations, it is possible to design effectivecoursework with true interdisciplinary interaction. For over ten years the authors, faculty ofChemical (CHE), Electrical and Computer (ECE) and Mechanical Engineering (ME), have beenteaching various courses including

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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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Educational Research and Methods

interpretive phenomenology.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Carla B. Zoltowski, Ph.D., is Education Administrator of the EPICS Program at Purdue University. She received her B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in engineering education, all from Purdue University. She has served as a lecturer in Purdue’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Zoltowski’s academic and research interests include human-centered design learning and assessment, service-learning, ethical reasoning assessment, leadership, and assistive technology.Dr. William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and one of the founding faculty members

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enas Aref, Western Michigan University

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

Paper ID #42497Team Dynamics And Conflict Resolution: Integrating Generative AI in Project-BasedLearning to Support Student PerformanceEnas Aref, Western Michigan University Enas Aref is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Industrial Engineering Program at Western Michigan University. Ms. Aref is a researcher and a doctoral instructor assistant in the Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engineering and Engineering Management Department at Western Michigan University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Team Dynamics And Conflict Resolution: Integrating Gen AI in Project Based Learning to

Conference Session

Teaching Methodology & Assessment 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Nolan Sunberg, University of Colorado Boulder; Kathryn Anne Wingate, University of Colorado Boulder; Lara Buri, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Aerospace

enable safe and efficient autonomous vehicle operation.Dr. Kathryn Anne Wingate, University of Colorado Boulder Dr. Kathryn Wingate is an instructor at University of Colorado Boulder, where she teaches design and mechanics courses. She holds her PhD in mechanical engineering, and worked at NGAS as a materials scientist.Lara Buri, University of Colorado, Boulder Lara Buri is a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she is working on her mas- ter’s degree in fluids, structures, and materials. She previously earned her bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering at CU Boulder and has been a teaching assistant for multiple classes in the aerospace engi- neering program

Conference Session

Learning in a Socially-Distanced Environment

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wm. Michael Butler, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

exposure while in school. One sucheffort is the Penn State University and Lockheed Martin Master Research contract. This contractis an agreement that includes research collaboration, an enhanced recruiting relationship andincreased engagement in Penn State programs [4]. Programs like this have allowed students togain industry exposure and work on industry projects. Traditionally, co-op and internshipexperiences have been a main way to provide students experience that can help in the transitionfrom student to professional while in school. But what of those without the means to acquire suchexperience? What can be done to help those individuals gain some industry exposure in additionto benefiting those who possess the ability to co-op or intern? The