Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Rose-Margaret Itua; Sharnnia Artis

between science and everyday lives.13,14,15 The context selected for this RET program was technology applications that offer societalbenefits and have employment opportunity potential. The premise is that using such context will Proceedings of the 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2015, American Society for Engineering Education 572increase community college student engagement in STEM studies, thereby contributing tostudent persistence and eventually, improved retention rates of students in STEM.RET NSF-UC Berkeley Funded Collaboration on Context-Based

Conference Session

WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malinda Zarske, University of Colorado Boulder; Evan Wetzel, University of Colorado Boulder; Christina Lacerenza, University of Colorado Boulder

ofproject interest and previous experience with prototyping and manufacturing skills, such asComputer Aided Design (CAD), programing, 3D printing, electronics, and machining. Faculty areinstructed to form teams by diversifying the majors and skills of students on each team. Studentsalso engage in a short communications style workshop during the first week of the semester toinitiate discussion around team communication. Students do not receive pre-assigned roles orrequired training on the types of team roles prior or during team development, so selection of teamroles occurs naturally over the duration of the semester.Data CollectionThe majority of data for this research has been collected from first-year projects course sections inthe form of course

Conference Session

Service - Learning Projects

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Wright, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University; James Mihelcic, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

professionaland ethical responsibilities; (h) appreciating the impact of engineering solutions in a global andsocietal context; (i) engaging in life-long learning; and (j) understanding contemporary issues.These criteria, particularly 3h and 3j, were selected because of evidence from the Michigan Tech2006 graduating civil and environmental engineering student exit interviews that “ISD studentknowledge and recognition of these issues [Criteria 3h and 3j] far out-paced those of their peersin conventional senior design courses.” 9This paper only provides information on the first phase of the assessment program. Morerigorous assessment will begin in summer 2008. Survey data will be organized and analyzedusing SPSS, a statistical analysis and data management

Conference Session

Faculty Development Medley!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cassondra Wallwey, Ohio State University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

assignments, exams, or a final course grade. Feedback has been shown in multipleeducational settings to be important and impactful to student learning through deeper contentunderstanding, improved retention, and better student experiences [1]. By giving studentsfeedback, a communication line is opened between the instructor and the student. Students arebetter able to adjust and correct misconceptions, recognize their strengths and weaknesses, andset personal learning goals [2]. Feedback has been identified as beneficial and having a positiveimpact on student learning in many educational environments through a variety of meta-analysisstudies that are compared and contrasted in a paper by Hattie and Timperley [1]. This meta-analysis paper aimed to

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lesley Strawderman, Mississippi State University; Bill Elmore, Mississippi State University; Arash Salehi, Mississippi State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

impact on course design is clearly defining course objectives and workload. Increasingthe clarity of information initially communicated about the course to allow students to align theirperceptions and expectations. During the spring 2009 semester, during week four, the instructornoticed that students were beginning to appear somewhat distracted and unfocused given thegeneral freedom of the class environment. By increasing the team-to-instructor interaction,individual focus seemed to improve, anecdotally. Whether or not this will be observed byimprovements in self-efficacy awaits final analysis of that semester’s data.Finally, the project results present implications specifically for first year students and freshmencourses. The development of

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Mohamed Tayseer; Fouad Zoghieb; Ismail Alcheikh; Mohammad N.S. Awadallah

ASEE 2014 Zone I Conference, April 3-5, 2014, University of Bridgeport, Bridgpeort, CT, USA. Social Network: Academic and Social Impact on College Students Mohamed Tayseer, Fouad Zoghieb, Ismail Alcheikh and Mohammad N.S. Awadallah Arts and Science Department The Petroleum Institute Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. motahmed@pi.ac.aeAbstract – Social network sites have spread widely all students. As students lead nomadic lives, they haveover the world and are used by various

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhuwei Qin, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; David Quintero, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University; Yiyi Wang, San Francisco State University; Jenna Wong P.E., San Francisco State University; Robert Petrulis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Wong P.E., San Francisco State University Dr. Wong is a structural engineer broadly focused on seismic design of critical facilities. Her doctorate research at UC Berkeley investigated the applicability of seismic isolation and supplemental viscous damping to nuclear power plants with focus on seDr. Robert Petrulis Dr. Petrulis is an independent consultant specializing in education-related project evaluation and research. He is based in Columbia, South Carolina. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Engaging Community College Students in Artificial Intelligence Research through an NSF-Funded Summer Research Internship ProgramAbstractSupported by the National Science

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Casey Thelenwood, Grand Valley State University; Paul D. Plotkowski, Grand Valley State University; Brent Michael Nowak, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

to the undergraduate and graduatestudents they employ.The first R&D Center established, the Design, Optimization, Evaluation, and Redesign (DOER)Center, was founded in 2006 to foster engagement in the community and benefit local industryby matching industry partners with a team of engineering faculty and students who apply theirknowledge to solve industrial problems. This model has proven mutually beneficial for theparties involved. Industry clients receive high-quality service at minimal cost and retain all of theintellectual property affiliated with the projects. Student researchers gain experience in appliedresearch and product development. Faculty have the opportunity to work on high-impact projectsand to engage with industry. The

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stuart Bernstein

subjectivity of the information, it can sometimes be difficult to engage engineeringstudents who tend to expect to find the answer in a digital readout to two decimal places. It isalso difficult to convince a college senior that managing contractors on a construction site is askill which can be taught and not just ingrained or experienced.Three of the methods which make the most impact on the students, are open discussions, roleplaying exercises, and inclusion of a service learning project. Open discussions engage all of thestudents in class and encourage them to come prepared. Role playing exercises give the studentsthe opportunity to interact with their peers and attempt to resolve common situations they willencounter in the work force. Of most

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 16: Faculty Development and Teaching Contexts

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, Rice University; Samuel Garcia Jr., Texas State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

that educational productivity is dependent on the psychosocialenvironment of the classroom [7], [8], [9]. However, a healthy psychosocial environment isconstantly affected in higher education due to the level of intimidation instructors exert on studentsgiven their notable academic status. Such discomfort, in numerous instances, precludes studentengagement during lectures, regardless on the recurring emphasis of fostering participation. Theauthors in this study have identified that establishing a consistent communication, or rapport, withthe students can alleviate discomfort, eradicate intimidation barriers, and create a classroomclimate that impacts learning, engagement, and success.The communication strategy is proposed to eliminate the

Conference Session

Engineering & Our Global Society

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #10651Developing curriculum to prepare student engineers to engage with problemsfaced by underserved communities globallyDr. Bhavna Hariharan, Stanford University Bhavna Hariharan is a Social Science Research Associate at the Kozmetsky Global Collaboratory in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. Her field of inquiry is Engineering Education Research (EER) with a focus on engineering design for and with underserved communities around the world. For the last nine years, she has worked on designing, implementing and managing environments for interdisciplinary, geographically distributed

Conference Session

Middle School Students' Engineering Identity, Efficacy, Attitudes, and Perceptions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College; Isabel Huff, Springfield Technical Community College; Al Rudnitsky, Smith College; Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Sonia K. Ellis, Smith College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

design. IEuses narrative to engage learners’ imaginations; helps them master the cognitive tools necessaryfor progressing to higher levels of understanding; and helps them structure what they learn inmeaningful ways. Included in the paper is an introduction to IE pedagogy and the use oftransmedia in education; an overview of the online learning environment called Through MyWindow (TMW) that we have developed for middle school children; and a detailed look at alearning adventure on engineering design called Trapped in Time. Assessment data collected byexternal evaluators shows that TMW positively impacted student interest in engineering andincreased STEM identity. Preliminary results for the Trapped in Time learning adventureindicate improved

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 2: Teaching and Learning

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eddie Davis, SUNY Farmingdale

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

ClassroomResponse System on Student Engagement and Performance”, Journal of EducationalComputing Research, vol. 44, no. 1, pp.25-33, 2011[5] I. Beatty and W. Gerace, “Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment: A Research-Based Pedagogy for Teaching Science with Classroom Response Technology”, Journalof Science Education & Technology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp.146-162, 2009[6] Shorter, Nichole, and Cynthia Young. “Comparing Assessment Methods as Predictorsof Student Learning in an Undergraduate Mathematics Course.” International Journal ofMathematical Education in Science and Technology, vol. 42, no. 8, Taylor & Francis Ltd.,Dec. 2011, pp. 1061–67[7] Shan, Siqing, et al. “Impact of Effective Communication, Achievement Sharing andPositive Classroom

Conference Session

Engaging Upper Level Classes

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sue McNeil; Adjo Amekudzi; Kristen Sanford Bernhardt

Engaging Students in Civil Infrastructure Management Adjo Amekudzi, Sue McNeil, Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt Georgia Institute of Technology / University of Illinois at Chicago / Lafayette CollegeIntroductionMost civil engineering courses focus on design of new facilities rather than on management ofexisting facilities. However, existing facilities need the attention of civil engineers who aretrained with lifecycle concepts and techniques for managing infrastructure, as evidenced in partby the D+ grade awarded to U.S. infrastructure by the American Society of Civil Engineers’2003 Report Card on America’s Infrastructure1. Interest in infrastructure management

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 1 - STEM Outreach

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Smits, The University of Texas at Arlington; Michelle Schwartz, The University of Texas at Arlington; Nathaniel Steadman, The University of Texas at Arlington

images showing women in these professions, resulting in 15%increase of female students recruited for the computer networking and information technologyprogram at the City College of San Francisco which has been attributed to the change inmarketing media [32]. Numerous formal and informal education programs have been developed to increasegirl’s interest in STEM through hand-on STEM focused activities, mentoring programs, and rolemodels [9], [10], [39], [40], [11], [22], [33]–[38]. The current literature is well established on thepositive impacts that such efforts have on girls’ STEM attitudes, as inferred by participation infollow on actions and involvement in STEM activities [42]. Susana Gonzalez-Perez et al.evaluated a role model

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan J Ely, Ivy Tech Community College

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Teaching the teachers: Expanding impact of technical education through Secondary SchoolsAbstractSecondary schools are in a prime position to introduce students into careers in Supply ChainManagement and Logistics. However, these teachers often lack any practical experience in thefield and lack the understanding to communicate the latest trends, technologies, and careeropportunities to their students. The teachers also lack understanding in how to connect thesehigh-demand careers to their current course offerings in technology or business management.The NSF Award “Technology-Based Logistics: Leveraging Indiana’s Role as the Crossroads ofAmerica” (Awards 1304619

Conference Session

Service Learning and Societal Issues in the First Year

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Savilonis, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David Spanagel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Wobbe, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

the earliest stage of a collegestudent’s education.Focus on the importance of the first year is not limited to engineering education. Many collegeshave developed new first-year programs designed to smooth the transition from high school tocollege. Some focus on study skills and transition issues, others use learning communities tobuild a network of social support for the academic mission, and yet others build first-yearseminars connecting students with faculty research interests.6 Among engineering educationprograms, however, freshmen seminars typically focus on bringing engineering and design intothe curriculum earlier, largely to spur student motivation, retention, and assistance in choosing amajor.7,8,9 These first year engineering

Collection

2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Eleazar Marquez; Samuel Garcia Jr.

Communicating Academic Success: Shaping an Inclusive Learning Environment to Promote Student Engagement in Engineering Education Eleazar Marquez, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Samuel Garcia Jr., Ph.D. College of Education Texas State University AbstractClassroom environments that involve and encourage active student participation havedemonstrated positive impact on student learning, engagement, and overall academic success.Studies reveal

Conference Session

Research on The First Year II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

understanding.Vincent Tinto44 believed that a student’s commitment to the institution and commitment tograduation led to departure decisions. This commitment impacted the social and academicintegration of the student into the institution’s community. Tinto suggested formal and informalareas such as academic performance, peer groups, faculty-student interaction, and extracurricularactivities as places in which social and academic integration, also known as student involvementor engagement, would take place in an institution. In his revised work, Tinto41 later suggestedthat community membership and the membership’s associated sense of belonging may play ascritical a role in persistence as academic and social integration. In an attempt to provide morestructure to

Conference Session

K-12 and Precollege Engineering Curriculum and Programming Resources, Part 2 of 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pramod Rajan, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); P.K. Raju, Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education (LITEE); John Timothy Gill, Lee-Scott Academy

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

developed in order to utilize information technology more effectively in classrooms. The greater the level of student involvement or engagement in academic work or academic experience in school, the greater his or her level of knowledge acquisition and general cognitive development13. Both researchers stress the need for new studies on innovative learning practices and instructional methodologies to identify their impact on students' learning and to determine whether they could help address issues like student engagement and retention. Serious games are games, or game-like interactive systems, developed with game technology and design principles for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. As Prensky14 pointed out, games are good for two

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division 5 - Nurturing Well-Being and Promoting Awareness

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kay Nagel, James Madison University; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

arts universitiesstarted in-department wellness programs. The wellness programming attempts to provideengineering students, faculty and staff with a short break from their routine, formallyacknowledge that tending to mental health and wellness is good practice, and model positivebehavior and habits for and with students. It is one of several non-academic programs that areoffered to students that seek to build community and encourage students to engage in abroader range of activities. By a department officially sponsoring these types of activities, thegoal is to not only indicate to students that wellness is important and valued, but give studentspermission to take time off from studying to participate.At these institutions, the undergraduate

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Teresa Restivo, University of Porto

Tagged Topics

Invited - Student Development

lecturing week students have to face subjects as: • Specific training on professional of non-technical skills: Writing in engineering Effective Communication Visual Communication Specific topics include ethics, plagiarism, quotation styles, etc. • Additionally, special initial training is also conveyed on: Campus' Information System Effective Learning The course also includes team work about a specific topic within the scope of the program the student was accepted in. Page 21.51.5 Fig 1 --- Students in theoretical classesThe communication is

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Perry Samson, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

from course material, such as communication channels totheir peers and social networks that are often difficult to resist. One need only sit in the back of alarge class that is not deliberately engaging laptops to see their potential to distract students totasks unrelated to the course. The challenge addressed here is to what degree the deliberateengagement of laptops in class can provide pedagogical benefits that outweigh the potentialdistractions inherent to the introduction of free communication devices in the classroom. Evidence exists that “deliberate” use of laptops in lecture classes, i.e. where laptops aredeliberately engaged in the conduct of the course, can increase constructive discourse betweenstudents and between students and

Conference Session

Impacts on Engineering Education Through Collaborative Learning, Project-based, and Service-learning

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brett Quentin Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Samuel T. Lopez, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

International

the chronicproblem of inclusion and retention of underrepresented minority (URM) groups. One grouprequiring unique retention efforts is students who are making satisfactory grades when theydecide to withdraw. Many of these students have a difficult time connecting the work ofintroductory engineering classes with the local, national and international societal issues thatthey value. Service learning has been integrated into many non-engineering curricula withsuccess in developing skills and promoting social engagement. In engineering settings it canalso be used to highlight the link between engineering and society at moments when studentsseek such a connection. The authors have established an international service club with activities

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Andrew Petersen, University of Toronto Mississauga

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

., Colbeck, C., Bigio, D., Smith, P. & Harper, L. 2003. Engineering students and training inteamwork: How effective? Proc. American Society for Engineering Education Conference.12 Smith, K.L., Sheppard, S.D., Johnson, D.W., & Johnson, R.T. 2005. Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom BasedPractices, Journal of Engineering Education, 94 (1) 87-101.13 Bruner, J. 1985. Vygotsky’s theory and the activity-oriented approach in psychology. In Culture, Communication,and Cognition: Vygotskian Perspectives, J. V. Wertsch, ed. New York: Cambridge University Press.14 McDowell, C., Werner, L., Bullock, H., Fernald, J. 2002. The effects of pair-programming on performance in anintroductory programming course. ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique S. Ross, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Susan McGrade, Indiana Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

infectiousillness. Such findings led to an expansion of the framework to look at the impacts of socialintegration on student retention at universities8 and student retention in engineering specifically6,14, 15 . Social integration is a multidimensional construct that includes both the behavioralcomponent of active engagement in a wide range of activities and/or social relationships, and thecognitive component of a sense of communality (a feeling of group solidarity) and anidentification with one’s social roles. One method of measuring social integration is to assess anindividual in three categories: role-based integration, participation-based integration, andperceived integration13. Role-based integration measures the number of different types of

Conference Session

Graduate Student Writing and Communication

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cunningham, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

content coding. Similar codes were linked together andnested under broader codes. Eventually through an iterative process, codes were grouped and keythemes were identified.4 findings Analysis showed that student responses centered gains in communication development, changes in perspective, increased motivation, and development of supportive disciplinary communities as core outcomes of their participation in the PRGs.4.1 promoting multilayered communication development The structure of the PRGs promoted multilayered communication (writing, speaking andvisual design) development amongst engineering graduate students. Group members reported notonly positive immediate impacts on their work from direct feedback but that their

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Miller, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

research exists discussing these problemsspecifically for engineering programs across the nation1,2. Departments can no longer expect thatstudents will choose a degree program based on reputation or salary potential. As departmentswithin the Montana State University (MSU) College of Engineering (COE) compete nationallyfor entering students, the ability to attract, engage and motivate new students becomes an addedrequirement for the mechanical engineering program.MSU is a land-grant institution of approximately 12,000 students located in a culturally-orientedRocky Mountain community of approximately 30,000 situated between Yellowstone and GlacierNational Parks. Roughly 2000 students are enrolled in the COE which is comprised of fivedepartments. The

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Craig O. Stewart, University of Memphis; Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Stephanie S. Ivey, University of Memphis; David J. Russomanno, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Miriam Howland Cummings, University of Colorado Denver; Gregory Edward Simon, University of Colorado Denver; William Taylor Schupbach, University of Colorado Denver; Mike S. Jacobson, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman, University of Colorado Denver; Karen D. Alfrey, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering and a Pro- fessor with the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis. She directs the U of M’s Southeast Transportation Workforce Center and the West TN STEM Hub, and is Associate Director of the Division of Transportation and Logistics in the Center for Applied Earth Sciences and Engineering Research. Her technical research includes focus on journey to school in urban areas, transportation plan- ning (particularly related to freight impacts), livability assessment in urban communities, and strategies to engage citizens in the transportation planning process. She has a strong record of STEM workforce and education research, with special emphasis on transportation workforce development

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M. Rizzo, University of Vermont

Tagged Topics

Council of Sections

consider engineering design-related issues more fully, and resist the urge to cometo a quick conclusion thus develop long-term sustainable thinking.Our SL projects are good examples of inquiry-based learning that allow students to emphasizeresearch and learning in areas of most interest to them (i.e., inquiry-based). The SL projectsaddress real-world open-ended problems and emphasize academic and intellectual development,civic engagement, and personal/interpersonal skills for the student while providing a meaningfulservice to the community partner. Examples of sustainability in the SL projects within requiredcourses at different levels are given below. Science Center Prototype Exhibits and