Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bethany Oberst; Russel Jones

company – creating early bonds between the practice of engineering and theindustries that employ engineers. The bad news is that connections between researchersand industry are increasingly being scrutinized more carefully by government agenciesand watchdogs that act in the name of public health and security, as well as transparency.Actions are being taken and policies written in several countries to prevent conflicts ofinterest in product development and in the peer review of research.Take-away for engineering educators: Changing the engineering curriculum to introduceexciting design skills early on is a successful way of retaining students in a program

Conference Session

Developments in Chem Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Oliver Sitton; Neil Book

withcalculators. Of course, it is important that each student understands the assumptions andprocesses contained in each routine. Class time must be devoted to training the students to usethe routines and this requires special classroom facilities, however, the training exercises are anopportunity to switch to active learning mode. Development of routines across the curriculum isthe most effective means of providing the suite. Both MathCAD and Matlab have been used todevelop a suite of routines. In both cases, a considerable portion of a summer was devoted toadapting a number of existing routines and creating additional ones to form a suite of consistent,integrated routines.Individualized exams are a necessity when students have networked computers. Also

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaping Li, University of Michigan; Maartje E. D. Van Den Bogaard, Iowa State University; Lea Marlor, University of Michigan; Laura Carroll, University of Michigan; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan

.[9] G. E. Hall, and S. M. Hord, Change in schools: Facilitating the process. State University ofNew York Press, 1987.[10] S. E. Anderson, "Understanding teacher change: Revisiting the concerns based adoptionmodel," Curriculum inquiry, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 331-367, 1997.[11] H. Kayaduman, and T. Demirel. "Investigating the concerns of first-time distance educationinstructors," International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, vol. 20, no. 5,pp. 85-103, 2019.[12] J. E. Golden, and V. Brown, "A holistic professional development model: A case study tosupport faculty transition to online teaching," In Teacher Training and ProfessionalDevelopment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 212-236.[13

Conference Session

Int. Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, and Implementations

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sebastian M. Pfotenhauer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joshua Jacobs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Julio A. Pertuze, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Daniel T. Roos P.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dava J. Newman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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International

-week lab rotations all over Portugal. This mobilitygives students access to the best teachers in the country, helps them build critical researchnetworks among otherwise rather isolated groups and department, and contributes to theformation of knowledge integration communities 18. One highlight of the curriculum is the „Bio-Innovation Teams‟ course, which is an adaptation of the popular „i-teams‟ at MIT 33. In thisclass, students assess the market potential and develop business plans for emerging technologiesin cooperation with companies. A recent study by Dori and Silva evaluated the learningoutcomes of the MPP modular course structure, concluding that it has raised student learningcompared to regular term structure, and has been instrumental

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Catherine Spence, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rob Sleezer, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jodi Nelson, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ryan Walerius, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Rachael Johnson, Minnesota State University, Mankato

students areadvised in their early transition into their careers. These theoretical foundations will be discussedin the next sections.Whole Student ModelIn IE, everything is designed with the whole student in mind, which includes the “Trilogy ofStudent Success” as defined by Jolly et al. [1] as Engagement, Capacity, and Continuity. Thefocus on the whole student arises from understanding that improvements to simply improvestandards, curriculum, and teaching practices are not going to be sufficient in recruiting,retaining, and developing a diverse population of engineers [1]. The Institute for BroadeningParticipation [2] emphasizes the need for intentional design in various aspects of education tohelp students participate and succeed in engineering

Conference Session

Mentoring and Development of New Faculty

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Millman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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New Engineering Educators

? With what backgrounds (including demographics where possible). ≠ What: What content and/or skills is your initiative going to deliver? Again, be as specific as you can and include how this relates to your research project, and how it fits into existing curriculum and programs at your institution or in the school system. ≠ Where: Where will your work be carried out? Will it be on your campus? In your department? At a school or museum? ≠ When: Give a timeline of design, development, implementation, assessment, and improvements. ≠ Why: Include a literature review that shows the need for this work. What gaps are you filling with this initiative? Show that you know what others have done and whether

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsty Mills, University of New Mexico

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Engineering Ethics

of 2005, it is a corecourse on a new Nanoscience and Microsystems Curriculum, and attracts students from both theSchool of Engineering and the College of Arts and Science.B. GoalsThis course is designed to help students to develop an awareness of the multiple issues they will Page 11.48.2meet in their careers, and a capacity for critical analysis of ethical and societal dilemmas. Itshould prepare them to exercise the flexibility and insight that are necessary to take an ethicallyresponsible position when faced with unprecedented circumstances. Finally, they should acquirean understanding of the scientist’s responsibility toward and

Conference Session

Attracting, Developing and Retaining Talented ME Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Ella R. Sargent, University of the Pacific; Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; John J Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Christopher Allen Wejmar, University of the Pacific; Paul Henry Schimpf, Eastern Washington University; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Mechanical Engineering

has worked as a practicing engineer for Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs and MSC Software Corp., as well as various consulting and expert witness positions. He also held a faculty position at University of the Pacific and is an adjunct faculty member at University of Texas, Austin. He has received numerous professional awards including a NASA Post-Doctorial Fellowship, ASEE Best Paper Awards, the ASME Most Innovative Curriculum Award, the Ernest L. Boyer - International Award for Excellence in Teach- ing, the US Air Force Academy Seiler Award for Excellence in Engineering Research and the Outstanding Academy Educator Award. He has published over 100 technical articles and

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

communicationabilities, and strengthening intellectual curiosity in areas related to thermodynamics andmechanical engineering, in general. The focus of this paper is on the framework development tomeasure certain effects that project participation may have had on student participants. In 2001,the projects were introduced and over the past nine years, each project has been refined throughassessment in order to improve student learning while achieving intended learning outcomes.The two projects which were designed to prolong and strengthen students’ interest in areasrelated to thermodynamics. The first project is an individual project within Thermodynamicswhich requires students to critically read a technical book related to Thermodynamics,technically review the

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morgan Broberg, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Baishakhi Bose, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Raul Pineda-Mendez, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Rachel Gehr, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Camila Garcia Jange, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jacqueline McDermott, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Michael Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jessica Eisma, The University of Texas at Arlington; David Devine, Cleveland State University

application. Currently, she serves as a Teaching Scholar for the K-12 STEM Education Program at Berkeley Lab and is involved with curriculum development of K-12 outreach at LBNL.Raul Andres Pineda-Mendez (Postdoctoral Research Associate) (PurdueUniversity at West Lafayette (COE))David Devine Purdue University, PhD student, Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management)Rachel Elisabeth Gehr (PhD Student) (Purdue University at West Lafayette(PPI))Camila Garcia Jange (Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE))Jacqueline E McDermott (Associate Director of Graduate Diversity andInclusion) (Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)) Dr. Jackie McDermott joined the College of Engineering at Purdue University as the Assistant

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Srinivasa, Texas A&M University; Rujun Gao, Texas A&M University; M Cynthia Hipwell, Texas A&M University; David Seets, Texas A&M University; Andreas Polycarpou, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson, Precise Advanced Technologies and Health Systems for Underserved Populations; Mindy Bergman

team structure where the faculty embrace an innovativemindset and extend an iterative build-test-learn method of the maker culture [3] that wasformalized by the Lean Startup [4] approach. Faculty already have investigative andexperimentation-driven processes in place for research and a keen understanding of data tosupport their hypotheses. We aim to leverage this preexisting strength and knowledge byextending it to the faculty-led, small-scale, iterative improvement of curriculum and pedagogy.2. ActivitiesAs a first iteration for the development of this culture and to initiate communities of practice, weinvited faculty to form teams to identify a student outcome that they needed to address and tohypothesize what incremental innovation has the

Conference Session

Supporting Biomedical Engineering Students in Holistic Development

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, University of Michigan; Annie AnMeng Wang, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Biomedical Engineering

continuum and studies the impact of developed front-end design tools on design success.Dr. Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan Lisa Lattuca, Professor of Higher Education and member of the Core Faculty in the Engineering Education Research Program at the University of Michigan. She studies curriculum, teaching, and learning in college and university settings, particularly how faculty attitudes, beliefs, and cultures influence curricular and instructional practices and how these in turn affect student learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Biomedical Engineering Career Exploration: Examining Students

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhidipta Mallik, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Pre-College Engineering Education

courses have better entrepreneurial self-efficacy [17]. Hence, students who took entrepreneurship courses showed more interest in startingtheir own business than others. Motivated by the aforementioned reasons, and by furtherconsidering [18],[19], entrepreneurship was included as an integral component of the roboticseducation workshop for high school participants conducted at the NYU Tandon School ofEngineering in summer 2018.To effectively and seamlessly integrate robotics and entrepreneurship in our curriculum, theproject team brainstormed and envisioned real-world projects (discussed in later sections) asdesign challenges for summer workshop participants. Moreover, to enable the participants learnbusiness development and product design

Conference Session

Technology for Faculty Development and Classroom Management

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaela M Martin, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Dina M. Battaglia, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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New Engineering Educators

studentscomplete assessments with video responses. This study aimed to gain a greater understanding ofthe benefit on learning when students use video responses for assignment assessments.MethodsBecause we know students often learn when talking through problems, this research investigateda new video response tool (Recap) to assess student favor for using this new technology.The study began in fall 2016 with a class size of 31. Students enrolled in a required junior-levelengineering class (orbital mechanics) at a small private college in the west participated in thisstudy. A required junior-level course was chosen since students have had previous opportunitiesto work on open-ended questions in the curriculum. The junior year is also an important yearwhen

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Professional Skill Development

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

María del Carmen Garcia-Higuera, Universidad Panamericana; Rocio Chavez-Telleria, Universidad Panamericana; Armando Alemán-Juárez, Universidad Panamericana ; Isabel Joaquina Niembro García P.E., Universidad Panamericana

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First-Year Programs

. Professors’ understandings of course objectives and evaluationThe objective of the course was not clear to all participants. For some professors, it was evidentthat the academic curriculum need to be covered while giving space to develop soft skills,Professor 1 explains, No, because in the end the activities are designed to work with both objectives, soft skills, and Physics. We cannot lean towards one side; we need to find the middle ground. No porque al final las actividades son para que funcionen en los dos objetivos, tanto soft skills como los que tengan conocimientos de física, no podemos irnos solo a un lado, debemos encontrar el punto de medio. [FP1]However, professors also discussed how they were uncertain

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Skills Development

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Mahmoud Abdulwahed, Qatar University

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International Forum

Economy/Society (KBEs), etc. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016The Attributes of Future 2030 Engineers in Qatar for Innovation andKnowledge Based Economy Abstract:Recent studies emphasize the needs of a wider set of skills engineers require than everthought. These studies continue to emphasize that technical content knowledge andcompetencies are essential for any engineer; however, in addition to being well-grounded inmathematics and science, 21st century engineers should be well-shaped in broaderknowledge-base and diverse personal/ interpersonal key-skills.Qatar is increasingly investing in knowledge development within its boundary, eitherthrough home grown manpower or through collaborative

Conference Session

M1C: WIP - Readiness and Professional Development

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Abigail Clark, Ohio State University; Jane Petrie

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

include engineering identity development in K12 students, engineering education in informal settings, and women’s experiences in the engineering field. Prior to coming to Ohio State, Abigail worked as a researcher at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, OH. She holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio Northern University.Jane Petrie 2019 FYEE Conference : Penn State University , Pennsylvania Jul 28 Work-in-Progress: Examining Engineering Community and Identity in FYE Pathways: Case Study of Two Veterans’ ExperiencesAbstractThis Work-in-Progress (WIP) paper is a case study of two veteran students in differentengineering programs who just completed a first-year engineering (FYE

Conference Session

Developing Young Minds in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Porsche Amanda Williams; Cameron Michael McGhee, Purdue University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2012-4806: LSAMP INDIANA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DIVER-SITY PROGRAM SERVING UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STU-DENTSDr. Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West LafayetteMrs. Jeremi S. London, Purdue University, West Lafayette Jeremi London is a graduate student at Purdue University. She is pursuing a M.S. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering education.Mr. Benjamin Ahn, Purdue University, West Lafayette Benjamin Ahn is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests relate to higher education reform, graduate teaching assistants’ roles in engineering classes, undergraduate engineering syllabus and curriculum development, and professional engineering

Conference Session

Capacity Building: Engineering for Development & Megatrends

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Russel Jones

promulgation of educational materials at all levels: primary and secondary, tertiary, and continuing education • Training materials, and programs to train trainers for developing countries • Workshops for educators (e.g., on curriculum development, best practices, quality assurance, etc.) • Conferences for decision makers from developing countries (e.g., on resources and methods for capacity building) • Collaborations with industry (e.g., pursuit of the agreements recently signed with Microsoft and Intel)As an example, mechanisms to promote human and institutional capacity building inengineering might include: • Strengthen engineering education, training and continued professional development

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Panther, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Heidi Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Lucy Atkinson, Swarthmore College

Education on inclusive learning environments. Her research areas include spatial visualization, material development, faculty discourses on gender, and defining knowledge domains of students and practicing engineers.Heidi A. Diefes-dux (Professor) Heidi A. Diefes-Dux is a Professor in Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL). 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 and now leads the Discipline-Based Education Research Initiative in the

Conference Session

Student Success & Development - Focus on Mentoring

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University; Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

interested inrecognized as an effective active learning tool in their education and professional life. Consequently, aengineering education. The College of Engineering at different methodology has been introduced to assist studentsColorado State University has developed a new program staying passionate about their studies. Service learning is oneentitled the Graduate Teaching Fellowship for ten of them. Service Learning (SL) is defined as: “course-based,graduate students to provide additional assistance in First credit-bearing educational experience in which students (a)Year Engineering courses and to do research about participate in an organized service activity that meetsretention

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; John Bugado, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University; Albert Cruz, National University

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Engineering Technology

technical professionals, evaluation of a wide range of possible industrycertification programs, an assessment of other university and community college curricula, andso forth.To meet the expectations set by our advisory group and program lead faculty (each degreeprogram at NU has a ‘lead faculty’ who has responsibility for ensuring the relevance andappropriateness of curriculum content), we are challenged to ensure that any program curriculumthat is developed must facilitate the accomplishment of the following: 1. Comprehend real world needs and applications. 2. Identify all relating components of the selected technologies and their relation to each other and to the real business world. 3. Help improve students

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development for K12 Teachers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Brophy, Purdue University; Gemma Mann, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-2535: TEACHERS’ NOTICING ENGINEERING IN EVERYDAYOBJECTS AND PROCESSESSean Brophy, Purdue University Sean P. Brophy, PhD. is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Brophy is a learning scientist and engineer; his research focuses on the development of learners’ ability to solve complex problems in engineering, mathematics and science contexts. As a research scholar with INSPIRE he has been investigating teacher and students cognition of engineering problem solving and perceptions of engineering.Gemma Mann, Purdue University Gemma E. Mann is a research associate with INSPIRE in Purdue University’s department of Engineering Education. She received her

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Measurements: Innovative Course Development

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Muff, Iowa State University; Theodore Heindel, Iowa State University; Sriram Sundararajan, Iowa State University

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Instrumentation

2006-863: DEMONSTRATING ELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE IN ANUNDERGRADUATE MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION COURSEDavid Muff, Iowa State University At the time of this laboratory development, David J. Muff was a graduate student in Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. He graduated with an MS degree in May 2005 and is current employed as a Design Engineer with Vemeer Manufacturing in Pella, Iowa.Theodore Heindel, Iowa State University Ted Heindel is the William and Virginia Binger Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University. He taught ME 370 at ISU from spring 2003 through spring 2005 and was responsible for major course modifications, including development of several new

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron W. Coates, Armstrong State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

, generally offerssolutions that can be implemented by the secondary and higher education schools. Solutions such asmentoring, pre-college summer bridge programs, undergraduate research experiences, and high schoolinternships have been reported as generally successful. Yet the percentages of under-representedminorities who receive Bachelor’s degrees in STEM subjects as well as those who pursue careers in STEMareas continue to significantly lag their general population percentages.Many programs developed by universities and colleges have been implemented successfully at thecollegiate level. Since university resources such as human capital, computing and lab equipment,infrastructure and administrative structures are located on university campuses, it

Conference Session

Research Projects, Course Development, and Industry Issues

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Travis P, Dunn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joseph M. Sussman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Naomi E. G. Stein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; David Louis Uniman, Steer Davies Gleave

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Systems Engineering

, passenger-freight integration, multi-modal competition and cooperation, strategicsystem decision-making, and economic and land development impacts at the urban and mega-region scales.In order to serve as a useful teaching tool as well as a useful input to real policy and technicaldecisions in Portugal, these varied research efforts demanded a unifying engineering systemsframework. The CLIOS Process was chosen as the integrating engineering systems framework.The rather ambitious challenge made to the students was to design at a relatively macro-level,using the CLIOS Process as well as inputs from active research and guidance from activeresearchers, a complete HSR system for Portugal (excluding detailed design of infrastructureelements and focusing

Conference Session

The New ABET CE Criteria - Program Development

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Swenty, University of Evansville; Mark Valenzuela, University of Evansville; James Allen, University of Evansville; Immanuel Selvaraj, University of Evansville

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Civil Engineering

2001, the Civil Engineering Program at the University of Evansville began surveying alumnielectronically using a web-based system. Surveys were conducted bi-annually from 2001-2009,and response rates ranged from 67% to 78%. Survey questions were developed to assess theprogram’s educational objectives (PEO) as required by EAC-ABET. The alumni surveyprovided the program with valuable direct assessment data such as the percentage of graduatesworking in specific civil engineering specialty areas, the percentage of graduates that aremembers of ASCE, the percentage that are registered professional engineers, and the number thathave attended continuing education courses in the past 24 months, obtained a graduate degree,traveled outside the country

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce M van de Vegte, Camosun College, Victoria, Canada; Alan P. Duncan, Camosun College, Victoria, Canada

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

faculty used theirallocated development time to develop labs and curriculum for these program changes. At ourinstitution, we get one quarter of release time every two years so no additional funding wasrequired. About six months of curriculum development time were required to implement theprogram changes, with an estimated cost of approximately $50,000. Specialized lab equipmentand supplies for the renewable energy course (detailed in Table 4) cost $11,100. Thus, the totalcost for the program revision was about $61,100 of which only $11,100 had to be funded.Table 4 Lab suppliesItem Cost per unit $ Number of units Total cost $solar panel 5 15 75light

Conference Session

Descriptions of Curricular and Model Development

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keeshan Williams, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic Institute of New York University; Magued G. Iskander, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Challenges have created a new race to the space. Inspired by the ability ofchallenge-based programs to draw engineering talent to solve the “grand” problems of our age,professional societies, educators, corporations, and government entities have been offeringchallenge-based programs such as the West Point Bridge Design, FIRST Robotics, SAE Designcompetitions, etc., to engage and attract K-12 and college students in engineering education andcareers. As society continues its technological advancement at an exponential rate, maintainingcompetitiveness in the global economy requires that students at all levels develop technologyproficiency in proportion to the tempo of our changing world. In the US, advances in technologyhave pervaded our daily

Conference Session

Developing Young MINDS in Engineering, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

G. Padmanabhan, North Dakota State University; Carol Davis, North Dakota EPSCoR

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Minorities in Engineering

as an administrator at the college for sev- enteen years. She received a doctorate in 2000 from Walden University. She currently works for North Dakota EPSCoR as the Tribal College Liaison. In that position, she is helping to create a pathway for American Indian high school and tribal college students into STEM careers through STEM camps and Sunday Academies. She also supports the ND EPSCoR/Tribal College research capacity building effort at the five North Dakota Tribal Colleges. She is on the Sisseton Wahpeton College Advisory Committee for their Tribal College and University Program grant funded by NSF. She also served on the Ameri- can Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) advisory committee that developed