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Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Classrooms

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xi Wang, Drexel University; Hans M. Tritico, University of Mount Union; Kathleen M. Short; Vahraz Honary

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Paper ID #38740Service Learning Capstone Projects to Enhance Civil Engineering EducationDr. Xi Wang, Drexel University Xi Wang is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Construction Management program at Drexel University. She received her Ph.D. and M.Eng both in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky and Auburn University. Her research interests include technology adoption in building trades, learning motivation, and engineering student success.Dr. Hans M. Tritico, University of Mount UnionKathleen M. ShortVahraz Honary ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Service Learning

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Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Paper ID #18352Exploring the Use of the Competing Values Framework in Engineering Edu-cationRebecca Komarek, University of Colorado Boulder Rebecca Komarek is the Assistant Director of the Idea Forge and Managing Director of Catalyze CU at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has taught in the areas of educational research and leadership development and served as a design team adviser. She is earning her PhD in engineering education with a focus on leadership development.Dr. Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder Daniel W. Knight is the Program Assessment and Research Associate at Design Center (DC) Colorado

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #12218Recruitment & Retention Efforts in Engineering Education: A Proposed Strat-egy for BenchmarkingMr. Walter Curtis Lee Jr., Virginia Tech Walter Lee is a PhD candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where he also serves as a program assistant for the Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity. His re- search interests include student retention & recruitment, diversity, motivation and first-year experiences in engineering. Mr. Lee received an NSF-GRFP award in Spring 2012 focusing on how student support centers impact the experience of undergraduate engineering

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Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Priyadarshan A Manohar P.E., Robert Morris University; Peter Y Wu, Robert Morris University

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Diversity

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Software Engineering Division

Paper ID #21837Measuring Broader Impact of NSF-funded Project on Software EngineeringEducationDr. Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University Sushil Acharya, D.Eng. (Asian Institute of Technology) is the Assistant Provost for Research and Gradu- ate Studies. A Professor of Software Engineering, Dr. Acharya joined Robert Morris University in Spring 2005 after serving 15 years in the Software Industry. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Software Security, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also

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2020 Mid-Atlantic Spring Conference

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Dimitrios Bolkas, Pennsylvania State University, Lehman; Jeffrey Daniel Chiampi II, The Pennsylvania State University; Jason Robert Kepner, The Pennsylvania State University ; Luke Jacob Kepner; David Neilson

some students hesitate to ask questions while others willmake an assumption without consulting the instructor first. These can lead to mistakes that oftenwill necessitate the repetition of some tasks or even worse starting the lab from the beginning.These challenges can create unpleasant lab experiences for students and hinder their academicsuccess and continuation in surveying programs.ObjectivesTo address the above challenges in surveying engineering education, we developed immersivetraining 360-videos through multi-disciplinary collaboration of students and faculty fromengineering, communications, and computer science. The 360-videos are used in surveyingcourses to demonstrate the use of instruments and replicate laboratory procedures, thus

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Materials Division Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nitin Sukhija, Mississippi State University (Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems and Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering); Tomasz A. Haupt, Mississippi State University; Mark Fredrick Horstemeyer, Mississippi State University

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Materials

, damage evolution, fracture, nanoindention, composites, electromigration- stress voiding, fatigue, penetration, and impact; numerical modeling of nano- and microstructural me- chanics; atomistic modeling; finite element analyses of manufacturing methods such as forming, forging, and other metal processing methods. He has published numerous journal articles on the deformation, failure, and fatigue of lightweight cast materials for vehicular applications. Page 24.521.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Enhancing and Supporting Integrated Computational

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Dale Ross; Bill Taylor

Session 2470 An Integrated Approach to Engineering Education in a Minority Community Bill Taylor, Dale Ross New Mexico Highlands UniversitySummary: Northeastern New Mexico epitomizes regions which are economically depressed,rural, and predominantly Hispanic. New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU), with a studentpopulation of approximately 2900, offers a familiar environment attracting students who mightotherwise not attend college.An outreach computer network of minority schools was created in northeastern New Mexico withNASA funding. These

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Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dewey Spangler, Virginia Tech; Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

participate in an intercession period and do not attend classes. Duringintercession they conduct research using experimental facilities available at RVGS and interactwith engineering researchers and practitioners via mentorship opportunities. Intercession endswith an event called Project Forum where projects and presentations are judged by variousprofessionals in the field. All incoming students take an introductory lab course in physics.Students spend one-half of the academic day at RVGS and the other half at their home highschool.The engineering education department at RVGS incorporates coursework, a roboticscompetition, mentoring, and research opportunities via collaborations with research universityfaculty and with new state of the art computer

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Classroom Practice III: Student-Centered Instruction

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foudation

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Educational Research and Methods

-24.2 IEEE, Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. ed. by James W. Moore Alain Abran, Pierre Bourque, Robert Dupuis (Los Alamitos, California: IEEE Computer Society, 2004).3 Bourque Pierre 'The Maturation of Software Engineering as a Discipline and Recognized Profession'2009) .4 Mary Shaw, 'Software Engineering Education: A Roadmap', in Proceedings of the conference on The future of Software Engineering (ACM, 2000), pp. 371-80.5 Coimbatore Krishna Prahalad, and Mayuram S Krishnan, The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value through Global Networks. Vol. 1 (McGraw-Hill New York, 2008).6 Jesűs Favela, and Feniosky Peńa-Mora, 'An Experience in Collaborative Software Engineering Education

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Classroom Practice II: Technology - and Game-Based Learning

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abigail Christine Perkins, Texas A&M University; Gary T. Fry Ph.D., P.E., Texas A&M University; Carol L. Stuessy, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

inform stakeholders in engineering education about the role of educationalgaming in supporting successful 21st century learning as related to critical thinking, scientificargumentation, metacognition, and engineering design.We iteratively designed, tested, and improved an engineering game while simultaneouslyincorporating an R&D process that allowed us to unobtrusively chronicle students’ play of thegame. We chose earthquake engineering as the game context because of the complexities,systems thinking, collaborative discourse, and real-life relevancy of the domain of earthquakeengineering. The game, called Earthquake, provided players opportunities to practice andimprove critical thinking, scientific argumentation, and metacognitive abilities

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Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hector E. Medina, Liberty University; Jonathan Tristan Polk, Liberty University

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

. After graduation, he will be moving to New Jersey to work at Lockheed Martin as a Combat Systems Engineer Associate. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Re-purposing of a Nuclear Integrated System Test Facility for Engineering EducationAbstractNuclear energy (NE) represents more than 60% of the clean energy in the United States. Due to the greatadvantage that NE offers, it is important that more education that includes practical experience be madeavailable to both undergraduate as well as graduate students. Furthermore, with the arrival of SmallModular Reactors (SMR) as a commercially available product, it is imperative that educationalprograms provide hands

Conference Session

Developing International Engineering Research, Course Enhancement, Leadership of, and Online Engineering Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Mehrabian, Daytona State College; Walter W. Buchanan, Texas A&M University; Alireza Rahrooh, Daytona State College

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International

. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Univ. of Akron, in 1979, 1986, and 1990, respectively. His research interests include digital simulation, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, control theory, system identification and adaptive control. He is a member of ASEE, IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, and Tau Beta Pi. Page 22.726.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Free Access to Technology for Online Engineering EducationAbstract  Open source technology plays a vital role in a cost-effective and robustly accessible onlineengineering education

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Trends in Mechanical Engineering: Curricula and Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allan T. Kirkpatrick P.E., Colorado State University; Scott Danielson P.E., Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Thomas Perry P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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Mechanical Engineering

rapid technological innovation. Dominant engineeringorganizations in 2030 will be those successful at working collaboratively and fostering globalpartnerships. Successful mechanical engineers in these organizations will be individuals who, inaddition to technical knowledge, have depth and skill in communication, management, globalteam collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving. In addition to being skilled in workingcollaboratively and in virtual design teams, mechanical engineering practitioners need innovationskills that encompass practical understanding of how things are designed, produced andsupported in a global marketplace.In July 2008, the ASME Center for Education formed an engineering education task force,Vision 2030

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Qiuli Sun; Kevin Stubblefield; Kurt Gramoll

information if available. If the user has no previously saved datathe simulation will use the default data set of information.A key aspect of this Virtual City is that each student builds and maintains his or her ownworld. There is not just one Virtual City, but also one for each student. Only the ownerof the world can change and add to the city, but others can view them on the web. In themanner, students can collaborate with other students and with the instructor. At the endof the four years, the student can also use the Virtual City as a visual portfolio of theirdesign work during their engineering education career. Fig. 7 An overview of the Virtual City

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Ryan Wicker, UTEP; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Carolyn Awalt, The University of Texas at El Paso

Engineering Education, 2010 Enhancement of Internet Based Layer Manufacturing for Engineering Education AbstractThe objective of the paper is to design, implement, and further enhance an Internet BasedManufacturing (IBM) course on the topics of rapid prototyping and advancedmanufacturing within the established programs of Industrial Engineering (ManufacturingSpecialization) and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas as El Paso(UTEP). The aforementioned course constitute the foundation of what is commonlyknown as e-manufacturing systems, in which the remote monitoring, diagnosis andcontrol of distributed manufacturing operations are the key characteristics. This

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Education II

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Tebbe

Session: 2677 Evaluation of a Flexible Simulator Structure for Nuclear Engineering Education Patrick A. Tebbe, Ph.D. Department of Engineering The College of Engineering Ewing, NJ 08628AbstractThis paper will explore the design and structure of a distributed, multi-code, simulation programdesigned specifically for educational purposes. A brief review of current nuclear plantsimulators will be covered. This will be followed by an examination of research aimed

Conference Session

Preparing Future Educators

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Prateek Shekhar, Virginia Tech; Timothy Kinoshita, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christina Seimetz Wade, Virginia Tech; Richard M. Goff, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

further information by reading articles and booksabout various empirically tested teaching methodologies.For these reasons, it is important to expose prospective engineering faculty toconstructive discussions of effective engineering education pedagogy and theory. In thepracticum course discussed in this paper, discussions about active learning approacheswere supplemented by relevant literature reading assignments. In addition, the GTAsreflected on their teaching practices and experiences to improve student learning. Thisallowed the GTAs to collaboratively analyze their implemented teaching methodologieswith their peers. This form of formative assessment further facilitated modification ofvarious active learning approaches to best fit in

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Lisa's Legacy: Guiding Students Toward Engineering Careers, Excellent!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jialing Wu, Vanderbilt University; Medha Dalal, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

intentions between 9th and 11th grade [5].Engineering for US All (e4usa), launched in 2018 with National Science Foundation funding,aims to make engineering education more accessible in high schools. It introduces an innovativecurriculum that focuses on engineering literacy and essential professional skills through practicaldesign experiences. The e4usa objectives include introducing the engineering design process toall students, fostering interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration, providing a pathway toengineering majors, and promoting inclusivity [6].As part of the larger e4usa initiative, this study aimed to investigate high school students’perspectives on engineering education courses and their impact on career choices. Weinvestigated two

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bowa George Tucker, UMass Lowell; David O Kazmer, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Olga Pierrakos, James Madison University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kurt Paterson P.E., Michigan Technological University; Annie Soisson, Tufts University

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #6469Faculty Perspectives on Service-Learning in Engineering Education: Chal-lenges and OpportunitiesDr. Bowa George Tucker, UMass Lowell Dr. Bowa George Tucker is a research fellow for the National Science Foundation-funded Engineering Faculty Engagement in Learning through Service and Engineering for the Common Good in the College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts-Boston in Higher Education Administration in 2010. Dr. Tucker has extensive experience in program management and evaluation of multi-year, multimillion dollar

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session _Monday June 26, 11:00 - 12:30

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alice Fox, Stanford; Benjamin C. Beiter, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

, abled masculinity, and smother iterativeprocesses, collaboration, and belonging in engineering. These intersections, at least partially,can further contextualize the generally poor retention rates– especially for students with dis-abilities, LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) students, students of color–and add to the chorus of voices pointing at systemic issues in engineers’ education as primaryfactors in students leaving engineering, rather than personal failings [40], [41], [42]. Accord-ingly, one potential avenue to address these issues in engineering is by flipping the script,and putting the pedagogy and structure of engineering education back into dialogue with thepurported value of failure in engineering.VI. R

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Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1277: WHAT IS GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR?: THEMAKING OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORSGary Downey, Virginia Tech Gary Downey is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Affiliated Professor of Engineering Education, Women and Gender Studies, and Sociology at Virginia Tech. He teaches the undergraduate course Engineering Cultures, an approach to international education for engineers at home. It is designed to help engineering students learn to work more effectively with people who define problems differently than they do, including non-engineers, by critically examining their own identities and predispositions. Current Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2: Understanding Our Users

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kurr, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Jimmy A. Landmesser Jr., UT-Battelle

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

engineering educational curriculumitself is still lagging due to one or more factors. With so many resources it is tough for educatorsto decipher how much and what technical standards content students require or would mostbenefit from before graduation. There is no uniform timeline stating when undergraduatestudents should first be introduced to standards, and there are no uniform learning objectivesinforming educators of what technical standards content to include in their curriculums. Yet,academic institutions realize they are logically the best-suited entity to provide basic technicalstandards education for undergraduate engineers. They also recognize that collaborations withoutside organizations, companies, and technical societies will allow them

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2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

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Steven Kent Dobbs, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Joel Lee, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Justin Ilagan; Barys Khmel; Melody Loi, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nicholas Papp; Eduardo Garcia Rogel; Connor McGarry; Chandler Duncan; Phillip Frem; Kevin Maldonado; Corey McGinnis; Hang Yong; Salma Bustos; Qiang Gong; Mumen Abbas; Sophoandara Ry; Kaiqi Luo; Peter Ayad; Martin O'Connell

Paper ID #35202Hybrid senior project courses in engineering education during thepandemic challengeDr. Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Jenny Zhen Yu is an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She has expertise in the areas of Nanotechnology with application in nanomaterial synthesis, electronics devices fabrication and characterization, low cost and robust manufac- turing processes, 3D printing of energy storage device for UAVs and water contamination treatment. Her research has resulted in several patent applications

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2003 GSW

Authors

David L. Cocke; John L. Gossage; Emrah Alicli; Beytullah Misirli; Kuyen Li

The Convergent Classroom for Best Practice Pedagogy in Chemical Engineering Education David L. Cocke, John L. Gossage, Emrah Alicli, Beytullah Misirli and Kuyen Li Department of Chemical Engineering Lamar University Beaumont, TX 77710 AbstractEvolving from an NSF supported activity to combine problem-based learning with moderncomputer based modeling and simulation is the convergent classroom that optimizes convergenttechnologies, content and best practice pedagogy. Convergent technologies involve computerbased hardware and software, wireless networking

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Freya Willicks, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Kathrin Schoenefeld, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University; Frank Hees, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

), robotics and automation (e.g. heterogeneous and cooperative robotics, cooperative agents, web services for robotics), traffic and mobility (autonomous and semi-autonomous traffic systems, inter- national logistics, car2car & car2X models) and virtual worlds for research alliances (e.g. virtual and c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #18873 remote laboratories, intelligent assistants, semantic coding of specialised information). Sabina Jeschke is vice dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the RWTH Aachen University, chairwoman of the board of management of the VDI

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Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Angolia, East Carolina University; Leslie Pagliari, East Carolina University

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #15568Enhancing Industrial and Systems Engineering Education through Academic-Industry AlliancesDr. Mark Angolia, East Carolina University Mark Angolia, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator for the Industrial Distribution and Logistics degree program in the College of Engineering and Technology at East Carolina University (ECU). Prior to entering academia in 2005, he held industrial positions in engineering, manufacturing, quality, materials, and operations management for manufacturing companies within the automotive sup- ply chain. Dr. Angolia’s teaching focuses on Enterprise Resource Planning

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Computer Education Innovations II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Carlson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Ryan Smith, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

self-scrutiny over the recent years as engineering. Government commissions,accreditation agencies, and professional organizations – to name just a few stakeholders – haveworked hard to identify needed competencies and to translate these needs into curricula,pedagogies, and learning activities. The explosion of journal articles on reform-drivenengineering education over the past decade attests to the heightened awareness. In the UnitedStates alone, several influential policy studies offer cogent views of how engineers will work inthe not-too-distant future. A common theme is the call for increasing collaboration amongindustry and academia in the reinvention of engineering education.1-4.Digital Literacy and Engineering Competencies for the 21st

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Managing and Funding Design Projects

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David W. Miller; Doris Brodeur

well as stronger collaboration with faculty, staff and graduate students. An important benefitof strong collaboration with research activities and working with graduate students is thatundergraduates better appreciate the context of their work and can make more informed decisions Page 7.1128.10with respect to pursuing advanced degrees and prospective employers. Faculty satisfy not onlytheir teaching requirement but also advance their experimental research program while subsidizing Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society

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2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

Authors

Shohana Iffat, Farmingdale State College (SUNY), NY, USA

Engineering Department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 AN INNOVATIVE ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACH IN CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATIONAbstract Active learning is an essential tool in STEM education to enhance in-depth knowledge.However, most civil engineering students learn reflectively. These students show lack ofinterests in lecture and remain less interactive. Hence, they neglect many fundamental conceptswhich are difficult to learn effectively through self-study. In this paper, a step-by-step effectiveactive learning method will be introduced which will encourage active learners to become moreattentive as well as will

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2023 Fall Mid Atlantic Conference: Meeting our students where they are and getting them where they need to be

Authors

Chenchen Huang, Rowan University; Weiling Cai; LuoBin Cui, Rowan University; Cheng Zhu, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University

Paper ID #40817Enhancing Geotechnical Engineering Education Based on MultiphysicsEnriched Mixed Reality GameMr. Chenchen Huang, Rowan University I’m a Research Assistant of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Rowan University now. I mainly research rock mechanism problems and pavement design issues by numerical simulation.Weiling Cai Mr. Weiling Cai is a PhD student in Civil Engineering at Rowan University. His research interest involves multi-scale characterization of geomaterials, geotechnology, and constitutive modelling.LuoBin Cui, Rowan University programProf. Cheng Zhu, Rowan University Dr. Cheng Zhu