Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mohammad Alam

. Page 9.832.1 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition 1 Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationIn this paper, we discuss the evolution of modern Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculadesigned to, among other things, satisfy objectives consistent with ABET accreditation as well asthe needs of major constituencies. In the process of curriculum development, it is of criticalimportance to develop close ties with industrial partners. Specifics here include such things asrequirements of software packages, laptops, and so on. The particular ways by which this can becarried out effectively, including integrated industry-academe annual

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Palmer, Louisiana Tech University; Hisham Hegab, Louisiana Tech University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

goal of this course is primarily to enhance the engineering design process(ABET 3c), however other educational goals include the development of: critical thinkingskills/problem solving (ABET 3b); written/oral communication of results (ABET 3g);economics, safety and environmental considerations (ABET 3h); literature search approaches(ABET 3j); teamwork (ABET 3d); and analytical techniques (ABET 3k).This course presented in this paper is very different than the majority of nanotechnologylaboratory courses that expose or demonstrate a wide variety of nanotechnology techniques. Thejunior level laboratory course focuses on a single process: requiring students to improve theprocess to manufacture CdSe nanoparticles. Students have performance

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Murphy; Vincent Capece; John Baker

simple structure using Pro/ENGINEERsolid modeling software, and included production of a stereo-lithography (SLA)prototype of their design as a souvenir.The students were graded on their efforts. Initial assessment of the success of theprogram was done through surveys of the participating students. Page 8.1249.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education”I. IntroductionWhile engineering is a generally well-known profession among high school students, fewactually know what engineers do in the various

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Kelso; John D. Enderle; Kristina Ropella

, safety, liability, impact of economic constraints, environmental considerations,manufacturing and marketing. Design II requires students to implement their design bycompleting a working model of the final product. Prototype testing of the paper design typicallyrequires modification to meet specifications.Some of the work presented in this report was funded by the National Science Foundation under grantnumber BES-9812042. Page 6.239.1The major milestones in Design I are: select project, draft specifications, prepare projectproposal, create a time- line, select an optimal solution, carry out a feasibility study, specifycomponents, conduct a cost

Conference Session

CIP Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Geoffrey L Price, University of Tulsa; Geoffrey D. Silcox, University of Utah; Michael Newton, University of Utah, Chemical Engineering Department; Terry L Phipps

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College Industry Partnerships

; Exposition, pp. 495-502.11. W.W. Massie, Bringing practitioners (and practice) into the curriculum, proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, pp. 1303-1311.12. D.J. Fournier and C. Gaudet, Creating relationships with industry to advance new programs, proceedings of the 1999 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, pp. 1405-1410.  Page 23.873.11 13. Z.O. Keil and M. Basantis, An industrial internship program to enhance student learning and marketability, proceedings of the 2000 American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Capstone Showcase

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Wambeke, United States Air Force Academy

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, and engineering education. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Research-Focused Design Capstone Project: Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (Case Study)ABET Inc. requires the curriculum within an engineering program to include a culminatingmajor engineering design experience that incorporates appropriate engineering standards andmultiple constraints and is based on the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work.Many programs use a capstone design project or experience to fulfill this requirement. Thepaper outlines a case study on how the civil engineering program at the United States Air ForceAcademy uses a research centric project to serve as a valid

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Nicholas Krouglicof

(IVDS), the Robotics Club, the SAE Walking MachineChallenge as well as several capstone design projects each year. Page 7.417.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ã 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliographical Information 1. Crynes, B.L., “Universal Student Computer Access – Requiring Engineering Students to Own Computers,” Journal of Engineering Education, October 1997, pp. 301-304. 2. Murray, W.R., and Garbini, J.L., Embedded Computing in the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: A Course

Conference Session

Approaches to Active Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Austin Talley, University of Texas at Austin; Kristin Wood, University of Texas at Austin; Daniel Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin

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Mechanical Engineering

Review of the Research,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 93, No. 3, 2004, pp. 223-231.[2] Carlson, L.E., “First Year Engineering Projects: An Interdisciplinary, Hands-on Introduction to Engineering,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, pp. 2039-2043, 1995.[3] Aglan, H.A. and Ali, S.F., “Hands-on Experiences: An Integral Part of Engineering Curriculum Reform,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 327-330, Oct., 1996.[4] Regan, M. and Sheppard, S., “Interactive Multimedia Courseware and the Hands-on Learning Experience: An Assessment,” Journal of Engineering Education, pp. 123-131, April, 1996.[5] Catalano, G.D. and Tonso, K.L., “The Sunrayce ‘95 Idea: Adding Hands-on Design to an

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; William Joseph Stuart P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Arizona State University; Bethany B. Smith, Arizona State University

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Materials

: American Society of Engineering Education, Life time member Society of Manufacturing Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers PUBLICATIONS (i)Most Closely Related [1] W.J. Stuart ’Problem Based Case Learning - Composite Materials Course De- velopment – Examples and classroom reflections’ NEW Conference, Oct 2011 [2] W.J. Stuart and Bedard R. (EPRI) ’Ocean Renewable Energy Course Evolution and Status’ presented at Energy Ocean Pacific & Oregon Wave Energy Trust Conference, Sept. 2010. [3] W.J. Stuart, Wave energy 101, presented at Ore- gon Wave Energy Symposium, Newport, OR, Sept. 2009. [4] W.J. Stuart, Corrosion considerations when c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

James Burns, Western Michigan University; Enas Aref, Western Michigan University; Mohammad Majd, Western Michigan University

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Industrial Engineering

, "Predicting Student Academic Performance in aan Engineering Dynamic Course: A Comparison of Four Types of Predictive Mathematical Models," Computers& Education, vol. 61, pp. 133-145, 2013.[5] J. Guardia, M. Freixa, M. Pero, J. Turbany, A. Cosculluela, M. Barrios and X. Rifa, "Factors Related to the Academic Performace of Students in the Statistics Course in Psychology," Quality & Quantity, vol. 40, pp. 661-674, 2006.[6] P. Suanpang, P. Petocz and W. Kalceff, "Student Attitudes to Learning Business Statistics: Comparison of Online and Traditional Methods," Educational Technology & Society, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 9-20, 2004.[7] N. Tawil, N. Ismail, I. Asshaari, H. Osman, Z. Nopiah and A. Zaharim

Conference Session

Full Papers IV

Collection

FYEE 2025 Conference

Authors

Rumeysa Tekin Baturalp, Texas Tech University; Nurcan Bac, Texas Tech University

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FYEE 2025

feedback loop between research,practice, and curriculum design can help create more responsive and inclusive engineeringeducation.AcknowledgmentThe authors thank the students who participated in the survey and the department chairs of theWhitacre College of Engineering for their contributions to the ENGR 1110 seminar.References[1] R. M. Felder and R. Brent, “Understanding student differences,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 57–72, Jan. 2005.[2] G. Lichtenstein, H. G. Loshbaugh, B. Claar, H. L. Chen, K. A. Jackson, and S. D. Sheppard, “An engineering major does not (necessarily) an engineer make: Career decision making among undergraduate engineering majors,” in Proc. ASEE Annu. Conf., 2007.[3] L. H. Jamieson and J. R

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Chitra N. Javdekar

curriculumdemands, have been noted.Characteristics of current typical Engineering curricula:One of the major characteristics of engineering curriculum as it was pointed out in a 2008 CarnegieMellon report (Shepard et al, 2008)on engineering education, unlike fields such as the Law andMedicine, an undergraduate Engineering degree is the first professional degree for engineers who areexpected to work in their profession immediately after graduation thus requiring to have built the set ofskills and knowledge required for the profession during their four years within engineering schools.This usually results in a packed curriculum that hopes to prepare students for their profession in thefour undergraduate years and in a first year curriculum that is often

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Tech Session 2: Course-level strategies to positively impact student learning and experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lu, Texas A&M University; Behbood Zoghi, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

Paper ID #37390Design of a Unique Industry-Oriented Project-Based Capstone Course forEngineering Technical ManagersDr. Wei Lu, Texas A&M University Dr. Wei Lu is the Assistant Director of Curriculum in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on Higher Education, instruc- tional design, community engagement & service-learning, eLearning & distance learning technology, K-12 (STEM) Education, Communications, Marketing, and Social Economics. She has been involved in several projects that collaborate with non-profit organizations like

Conference Session

ETD Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

B. Sridhara

Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”I. Introduction Undergraduate research should be an important part of our Engineering Technology (ET)curriculum because it better prepares our students for the graduate school. This additionalexperience also helps our majors in their career regardless of the job type because they learn towork independently as undergraduate researchers. However, it has been our observation that ETstudents are far less motivated to do research and report writing than those in other fields such asBiology, Chemistry and Physics. This is more apparent at Middle Tennessee State University(MTSU) since we have a large number

Conference Session

Life Sciences and ChE

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vyas Harinath; Pfumai Kuzviwanza; Jianzhong Lou; Leonard Uitenham; Keith Schimmel

in the chemical Page 9.256.1manufacturing industry is expected to decline. Among manufacturing industries, specialty Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationchemicals, plastics materials, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and electronics may provide thebest opportunities.6 Thus, exposure to a laboratory unit on biodegradable polymers is ofparticular value to chemical engineering students.Polymers are used widely in modern society because they are light in weight, low in cost, andeasy to

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua Gargac, Ohio Northern University

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Engineering Design Graphics Division (EDGD)

://engineeringunleashed.com. [Accessed 23 February 2023].[2] J. B. Hylton, D. Mikesell, J-D. Yoder and H. Leblanc, "Working to Instill the Entrepreneurial Mindset Across the Curriculum," Entrepreneruship Educ. and Pedagogy, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 86-106, 2019.[3] C. Kim, R. A. Cheville, E. & Jablonski, M. J. Prince, K. E. K. Nottis, N. P. & Siegel, M. A. Vigeant and J. Tranquillo, "Instilling an Entrepreneurial Mindset through IDEAS Studio Courses," in Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, June 2016.[4] S. Ardakanai, "Implementing Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning (EML) in a Timber Design Course," in Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference, Virtual On line, 2020.[5] C. Wang, "Teaching

Conference Session

Student Learning and Teamwork

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

programs also face other difficulties. Students in theseprograms typically have lower SAT scores, and many of them were originally engineeringapplicants who did not meet the entrance requirements. In other cases, well-qualified ET studentsopt to either transfer to an engineering program within the College or leave to attend anotherinstitution. Since ET programs and their engineering counterparts are administered by the sameset of departments and are closely related, there is a constant need to maintain distinctiveness.We discovered that one way of doing this was to use the curriculum flexibility inherent in the PEand TS course bundles resident within all ET programs.Improving the Educational Outcomes of GraduatesUntil recently, the systematic use

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1: In the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deanna H. Matthews, Carnegie Mellon University

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Engineering and Public Policy

since its inception in 1969. Between 6%-10% of theengineering students at the university complete the undergraduate degree.Engineering and Public Policy CoursesThe EPP curriculum has had to adapt over the years as the college has changed general educationrequirements, and as traditional engineering programs have changed their math, science, andengineering requirements. The EPP program has always been designed to be completed withinthe traditional 8-semester timeframe of undergraduate engineering education. Some additionalunits are necessary, but the program has avoided requiring additional courses above thoserequired for the traditional majors. Table 1 lists the general curriculum for the EPP undergraduateprogram over the past 40 years.Table 1

Conference Session

Committee on Effective Teaching Presents: Models, Models, & More Models

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulina Robles, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Gabrielle Rose Favro, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Abby Lentz

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

bundle and sawn lumber to demonstrate difference in behavior due to grain direction and under different types of forces, • Kit consisting of manufactured lumber (I-joists and laminated-veneer lumber) and hardware samples (shear wall hold-down and joist hanger) sourced from various suppliers to expose students to commercial products available for timber design, • Laterally braced column model that examines the effects of column section dimensions relative to the unbraced length on buckling load, • Physical and digital diaphragm models that demonstrate the variations of sheathing layouts, per SDPWS Section 4.2.8, and allows students to investigate the appropriate application of layouts under

Conference Session

ET Pedagogy II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc, University of Toledo; Richard Arthur Springman, University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in ENGT 1000The data gathered from this new classroom experience was used to satisfy the ABET criterion 3,student outcomes (i) for the ENGT 1000 course and this exercise will continue to be used tosatisfy the new ABET criterion 5, curriculum content E.MET 3100 - Applied ThermodynamicsA similar educational experience was introduced in fall 2018 in the MET 3100 - AppliedThermodynamics course. Before discussing the power cycles, including the Diesel cycle, thestudents were introduced to the aforementioned Volkswagen Emission Scandal case study. Thestudents were briefed on the case study, then permitted to discuss the VW case in small groups,answer a questionnaire similar to the one given in the ENGT 1000 course, and finally debatetheir answers

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bob Brennan, University of Calgary; Simon Li P.Eng., University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

mechanical engineering students. In Concordia University, he has offered courses in Quality and Systems Engineer- ing for graduate students with different engineering backgrounds. In University of Calgary, Dr. Li is one instructor of the final-year design course and offers a new technical elective ”Design for Sustainabil- ity”. Currently, he is the capstone design instructor in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Assessing the Efficacy of Supplemental Online Lecture Modules in a Core Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate CourseAbstractIn this paper, we report on a study performed in a core, 2nd year mechanical

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - Case Studies

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Michael Kim, Duke University

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

foundations for developing a biomedical engineering (BME)discipline-specific ethics course taught as an elective at Duke University that promotesprofessional ethics along with modern cases in engineering technologies, including human genomeediting, brain-computer interfaces, machine learning (ML)/artificial intelligence (AI), and stemcell organoid technologies. Leveraging ethical foresight methods such as design fiction embeddedwithin a writing-based and focused ethics course, I present one option to teaching engineeringethics beyond general engineering ethics courses, capstone or design-based training in ethics, andeven an integrated or embedded ethics education model used at some universities and presentedpreviously by the author [13-15].Emergent

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacy Gleixner, San Jose State University; Patricia Ryaby Backer, San Jose State University; Elena Klaw, Ph.D., San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 22.1283.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Service Learning in a Multi-Disciplinary Renewable Energy Engineering CourseOne of the most significant challenges facing this coming generation of engineers is how to fightthe complex issues of climate change and increasing energy demands. One solution that ishaving an increasingly important role is alternative and renewable energy technologies.Emerging applications such as solar cells, wind energy conversion devices, and fuel cells involvesignificant contributions across a range of traditional engineering disciplines. Therefore, forcompanies to be successful in researching, designing, and manufacturing these

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

G. Glenn Lipscomb

at $70,000 each;the extra $30,000 would be used to make the experiment Internet accessible and purchase higherquality equipment. The total expenditure would be $1.26 million and students would have accessto 18 new experiments. The cost of renovation is cut by $1 million (~50%) and students haveaccess to 12 more new experiments (~ 3 times more!). Use of the equipment would requireefficient scheduling but with the equipment available 24 hours a day significant flexibility exists.Such savings could be realized across the curriculum at all educational levels.To realize the benefits of Internet delivery, however, the educational experience must beequivalent to or better than that of a hands-on experiment. The project described here seeks

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Cherbaka, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

collaborative research between departments. Education/Alumni/Outreach/Students – The need for EM is growing nationally as most engineers spend time in management and the overall national workforce is shifting from Page 14.526.13 manufacturing to service and management. The EM program will attract engineers who are currently in management positions and likely candidates for future leaders in their fields; therefore, educating this demographic enhances the NCSU image of producing alumni who are leaders in industry. Additionally, an EM program administered through engineering online will improve the distance education offerings.4. Curricular

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darryl Morrell, Arizona State University; Robert Hinks, Arizona State University; Mark Henderson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

/index.html.[4] Flemming K. Fink. Integration of engineering practice into curriculum - 25 years of experience with problem based learning. In 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, pages 11a2–7 – 11a2–12, November 10-13 1999. Available from: http://fie.engrng.pitt.edu/fie99/ papers/1229.pdf [cited March 11, 2005].[5] Anette Kolmos, Flemming K. Fink, and Lone Krogh, editors. The Aalborg PBL Model: Progess, Diversity and Challenges. Aalborg Press, 2004.[6] Karl A. Smith, Sheri D. Sheppard, David W. Johnson, and Roger T. Johnson. Pedagogies of engagement: Classroom-based practices. Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1):87–101, Jan- uary 2005. Available from: http://www.asee.org/about/publications/jee/upload

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Endeavors: Mechatronics, Robotics, and Technology

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vetria L. Byrd Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, pp. 215-239, 1999.6) I. J. Sistermans, “Integrating competency-based education with a case-based or problem- based learning approach in online health sciences,” Asia Pacific Educ. Rev. 21, 683–696 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-020-09658-67) B. S. Bloom, M. D. Engelhart, E. J. Furst, W. H. Hill, and D. R. Krathwohl, D.R. (1956), Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, David McKay Company, New York, NY.8) P. K. Agarwal, “Retrieval practice & Bloom’s taxonomy: Do students need fact knowledge before higher order learning?” Journal of Educational Psychology, 111(2), 189–209. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000282APPENDICESActivity Worksheets (from students’ submissions

Conference Session

FPD1 -- Implementing a First-Year Engineering Course

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Hagenberger, Valparaiso University; Barbara Engerer, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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First-Year Programs

mandate of EC2000 is that students be able to workeffectively in multidisciplinary teams, which has led preeminent universities such as Purdue tocreate courses that explicitly build interdisciplinary connections in their students’ minds.13Many emerging philosophies in first-year engineering education have grown out of fundamentalpedagogical research that supports a holistic approach to engineering education. For example, agreat deal of work has been done to investigate and confirm the usefulness of learningcommunities, which are being implemented at several universities.5,14 Other universities, such asTexas A&M and the Air Force Academy, are working very hard to provide their students with anintegrated curriculum that combines engineering

Conference Session

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

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint; Pattabhi Sitaram, Baker College, Flint; Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9683Stimulating an Interest in Engineering Through an ”Explore Engineeringand Technology” Summer Camp for High School StudentsDr. Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint Dr. Anca L. Sala is Professor and Dean of Engineering and Computer Technology at Baker College of Flint. In addition to her administrative role she continues to be involved with development of new engineering curriculum, improving teaching and assessment of student learning, assessment of program outcomes and objectives, and ABET accreditation. She is a founding member of Mi-Light Michigan Photonics Cluster, and is active in the ASEE, ASME, and OSA

Collection

2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Stacy Gleixner; Elena Klaw PhD; Patricia Backer

is facing a drastic increase in energydemand with a shrinking supply of accessible fossil fuel reservoirs. This is increasing theinterest in renewable energy engineering. Proceedings of the 2011 PSW American Society for Engineering Education Zone IV Conference  Copyright © 2011, American Society for Engineering Education  141 Research and manufacturing in renewable energy engineering requires a team of engineers fromvarying disciplines. Each must be trained in the details of their engineering major but have skillsto understand the complex societal, environmental, economic, and engineering aspects unique torenewable energy