Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kaitlyn Anne Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Page 1Double Standard: How Women of Color must Navigate in theEngineering EnvironmentIntroductionEngineering is in need of new ideas and innovations to keep up with the growing demands ofinfrastructure and technology of today’s world. Diversity of thought and experience is necessaryfor this need in engineering to be met. Women of color (WOC) offer a source of underutilizedintellectual capital in engineering. However, despite efforts in engineering education, WOCremain underrepresented and underserved (Green, 2006) in engineering and the student body ofmost engineering programs in universities in the United States (Cross et al., 2017). Research hasshown that a possible reason for WOC leaving the engineering field may be from experiences

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Design Methodologies 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Andrew Olewnik, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #32964The Educative Design Problem Framework: Relevance, SociotechnicalComplexity, Accessibility, and Nondeterministic High CeilingsDr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and associate professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information and Learning Sciences program and in the Chemical and Biological En- gineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutionizing Engineering Departments

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I: Innovative Models for Curriculum and Assessment

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Lisa McNair, Virginia Tech; Diana George, Virginia Tech; kelly belanger, Virginia Tech; Lisa Norris, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

individualhas the information needed to make subsequent decisions, calculations, or modifications. Theyalso mediate the relationship between the engineers and the manager responsible for keeping theproject on track (often the course instructor in academic settings), and between the designers andthe client to insure that the emerging design is meeting the clients’ specifications. Documents are“good” when the audiences involved can accurately and quickly extract the information theyneed for subsequent tasks.This understanding of writing quality informs the analytical approach advocated by Boiarsky andothers, where students learn an analytical framework for approaching communication tasks;standard reporting structures, grammatical correctness, transitions

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Stephanie Laughton, The Citadel; Timothy A Wood, The Citadel

. 4, pp. 346–352, Sep. 2013, doi: 10.1177/0092055X13490752.[63] S. Tewari, “Utility of reading assignments in environmental engineering education for effective learning and greater student engagement in an era of innovative pedagogy and emerging technologies,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., 2019, doi: 10.18260/1-2--33524.[64] V. J. Chandra, “Making the connection: Encouraging technology-specific reading skills through structured readings of texts,” ASEE Annu. Conf. Expo. Conf. Proc., vol. 2020-June, 2020, doi: 10.18260/1-2--34945.[65] M. M. Kerr and K. M. Frese, “Reading to Learn or Learning to Read? Engaging College Students in Course Readings,” Coll. Teach., vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 28–31, 2017, doi

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bushra Tawfiq Chowdhury, Virginia Tech; Stephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Akshay Sharma, Virginia Tech, Industrial Design

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Design in Engineering Education

at Virginia Tech looking into informal learning and the application of computational thinkingStephanie Marie Kusano, Virginia Tech Stephanie Kusano is a Ph.D. candidate from the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2010 and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering in 2012, both from Virginia Tech. Her research interests include informal learning, design education, and assessment. Her teaching experience has primarily been with first-year engineering workshops.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Information Technology in the Volge- nau School of Engineering, George Mason University

Conference Session

New Teaching Pedagogies: Methods and Assessments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Eric Nauman, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Charles Morton Krousgrill, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics

, internalized and use them to illustrate specific technical concepts. Everyday examples utilized to date include technical scenarios arising in roller coasters, popular movies and sports.  Using thematic case-based instruction to enable the simultaneous teaching of technical and soft engineering skills. Thematic Case-Based Instruction (TCBI) is an emerging technique designed to enable the simultaneous instruction of technical and so-called soft engineering skills through the coordinated application of international case studies13. Efforts have been made in Basic Mechanics I to utilize TCBI in such a way that students can not only assimilate technical information, but can also develop an

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack P.Eng., Grand Valley State University

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Manufacturing

include industry, academia, and others. Questions includeoverall opinions about the state of industry and education, as well as topical preferences.Respondent comments are provided as an appendix and provide some insights into themanufacturing community.1. IntroductionManufacturing engineering continues to be one of the most dynamic disciplines with constantchange driven by global competition and new technologies. Obviously education is a key forpreparing manufacturing professionals who have knowledge and skills that can supportcontemporary and emerging issues 8, 9. In the face of ongoing change it is necessary to assesswhat has been done, the current status, and a direction for the future. This work focuses onmanufacturing education in general

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Yen-Lin Han, Seattle University; Teodora Shuman, Seattle University; Gregory Mason, Seattle University; Kathleen Cook, Seattle University

NEF RED grant titled “IUSE/PFE:RED: Revolutionizing Engineering Education through Industry Immersion and a Focus on Identity.” Her research also includes NOx formation in lean-premixed combustion and electro- mechanical systems for sustainable processing of microalgae. Her work is published in venues including the Journal of Engineering Education, IEEE Transactions on Education, International Journal of Engineering Education, Transactions of ASME, Chemical Engineering Journal, Bioresource Technology, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, and Combustion and Flame. She is a member of the ASEE, ASME, and the Algae Biomass Organization. Dr. Shuman served as Chair for the ASEE Energy Conversion and Conservation Division

Conference Session

Convergence of Quality Assurance Systems Around the Globe

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba; Myron (Ron) Britton, University of Manitoba

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International

the field.The employment is monitored by IEEQ staff. The employer commits to providing a minimum of16 weeks of engineering work, supervised by a licensed P.Eng., and to pay a salary or wagewithin the recommended range of $16 - $24 per hour depending on qualifications. Ideally, theparticipant is able to translate the four-month employment term into a longer-term or permanentemployment opportunity with the employer or through connections developed while with theemployer.Supports: Like MEPs and Access programs, IEEQ has integrated a number of support structuresinto the immigrants’ experience, including social supports in the form of regular advisor sessionswith program staff, informal social events, a dedicated weekly group meeting time

Conference Session

Community Engagement Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Julee Farley, Montgomery County Public Schools and Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #30450Engagement in Practice: Exploring Boundary Spanning in aSchool-University PartnershipDr. Julee Farley, Montgomery County Public Schools and Virginia TechDr. Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include

Conference Session

Curricular Advancements in ECE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Brandi Geisinger, Iowa State University; Arlene de la Mora, Iowa State University; Cori J. Hyde; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

, social media forums, and department newsletters to includerelevant program information related to departmental change efforts, research results, andprogram goals.DiscussionUsing a change model approach allowed an evaluation of the ECE department’s efforts to createsustainable, comprehensive change. This was necessary to ensure that the department was usinga variety of evidence-based change strategies to avoid the pitfalls of independent change efforts.Change efforts are often unsustainable because they fail to encompass the necessary scopesranging from prescribed final conditions to emergent final conditions and a focus on changingindividuals to a focus on changing environments. Using the change model allowed an evaluationof the extent to which

Conference Session

Trend in Construction Engineering Education II

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Chinowsky, University of Colorado-Boulder; Hyman Brown, University of Colorado-Boulder

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Construction

ofcontext, scope and multiple intelligences in construction engineering education.IntroductionEngineering achievements accomplished throughout history are examples of individuals strivingto solve problems that are often considered untenable at the time. These problems mayencompass the achievement of great heights in structures, or the ability to span great divides withnew bridge technology, or the ability to enhance transportation modes with multimodaltransportation. In each scenario, it is the engineer with the vision to integrate conflictingdemands into an elegant solution that is pivotal to the final outcome. The continued importanceof this ability to integrate multiple demands is the basis for the position in this paper thatengineering

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

environmentalengineering course required for all Civil Engineering students. Course projects previous to 2004involved a variety of term papers on technical topics sometimes focusing on case studies.Assessment data and informal feedback seemed to indicate that students were not inspired bythese “paper studies” and that there was also a need to enhance student contact with practitionersin the field and to better prepare them for the open-ended, client driven team projects they wouldencounter in their senior capstone design experience. When the staff at the City of GrotonWastewater Treatment Plant approached the Environmental Engineering II teacher aboutdeveloping an educational brochure for the plant, service-learning was eagerly incorporated intothe course. These

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

environmentalengineering course required for all Civil Engineering students. Course projects previous to 2004involved a variety of term papers on technical topics sometimes focusing on case studies.Assessment data and informal feedback seemed to indicate that students were not inspired bythese “paper studies” and that there was also a need to enhance student contact with practitionersin the field and to better prepare them for the open-ended, client driven team projects they wouldencounter in their senior capstone design experience. When the staff at the City of GrotonWastewater Treatment Plant approached the Environmental Engineering II teacher aboutdeveloping an educational brochure for the plant, service-learning was eagerly incorporated intothe course. These

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED): Models, Methods & Frameworks for Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin C Willis, University of Maine, Advanced Structures and Composites Center.

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

specialized and directed than most collegiate content,allowing for more input from industrial employers of students [4] [5]. A stated need of the agencyfunding this effort was to improve the employability of graduating students on “day one,”providing skill training that would allow the new students to contribute meaningfully and quicklyupon hire, minimizing onboarding training needed. As practices and theories used in engineeringand industry change rapidly as new manufacturing technologies develop, micro-credentialpathways are set to emerge as an agile and rapid way to address these skill gaps as they emergefor graduating and mature workers. [4] While several undergraduate programs in engineering andtechnology at the University of Maine provide

Conference Session

Internship, Co-Op, and Professional Development Programs

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Barnes, Institute for Scientist and Engineer Educators; Tamara Ball, University of California, Santa Cruz; Christine R. Starr, University of California, Santa Cruz; Scott Seagroves, The College of Saint Scholastica; Kauahi Perez, University of Hawaii, Manoa; Lisa Hunter, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

science and engineering process skills such as scientific argumentation. Her work is largely informed by the principles and perspectives on human development and cognition articulated by Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Putting theory into practice, she teaches a service-learning course at UCSC wherein interdisciplinary teams of students work in an layered appren- ticeship model with community mentors to design and implement sustainable solutions to water, energy, waste, transportation and social challenges using ”green technology”. Dr. Ball has worked as a research fellow with two NSF Centers for Learning and Teaching and most recently on several NSF projects that focus the integration of engineering and social

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerry A Pedraza, Texas A&M University; Sunay Palsole, Texas A&M University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

qualityonline learning, leading to a focus on emergency instruction rather than thoughtful course design[12]. Additionally, the time demands of developing an innovative online course are substantial,and faculty may not have the necessary expertise in educational technology to effectively designand deliver online courses [13]. Furthermore, the design of an online learning environment isinherently challenging, and faculty may struggle to make online learning authentic, especially inengineering education [14].In this context, AI tools that assist faculty in shaping their content and course design would behighly beneficial. These tools could alleviate the burden on faculty members and instructionaldesigners, enabling them to create high-quality online

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kavitha Murthi, New York University; Ariana Riccio Arista, Education Development Center; Wendy B Martin; Kristie K Patten, New York University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of children with developmental disabilities in Mumbai and Edinburgh. I have also contributed to various national and international research projects, the most notable being the Global Co-operation on Assistive Technology with the World Health Organization through my nomination with the World Federation of Occupational Therapists in 2019.Dr. Ariana Riccio Arista, Education Development Center Dr. Ariana Riccio Arista leads research to mitigate the gap in services that autistic individuals experience in postsecondary settings. Her studies seek to improve curricula, transition supports, and pre-employment campus programming for autistic youth by using participatory research design, which employs the autistic

Conference Session

Broadening Perspectives in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muritala Hassan Ayinla Mr., University of Central Missouri; MariEtta Joleen Watson, University of Central Missouri

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

Paper ID #41867Building Collapse: Tackling the Construction Quality Gap in NigeriaMr. Muritala Hassan Ayinla Mr., University of Central Missouri Muritala Ayinla is a second-year graduate student at the University of Central Missouri. He is pursuing a master’s degree in technology management. He is a seasoned storyteller, researcher, communication scholar, writer, content creator, and award-winning journalist. While practicing journalism, Muritala has embarked on an array of investigative reporting and human interest stories, especially the recurrent incidences of building collapses in Nigeria. He won the Nigerian

Conference Session

Mobile Robotics in Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Steve Richards; Daniel Pack; David Ahlgren; Igor Verner

share ideas with competitors from other schools who have been engaged in solving thesame design problem. Engaging students in competitions has emerged as a best practice.• Adopt robot design as the medium for an entry-level engineering course.Since 2000, the Trinity Engineering Department has offered an entry-level course ENGR 120(Introduction to Engineering Design—Mobile Robotics, aimed at first-year students who areinterested in the engineering major. ENGR 120 introduces students to the engineering field,informs them about the discipline and philosophy of design, and engages teams in a semester-long design project—development of an autonomous Lego-based fire-fighting robot (Fig. 1).Desired educational outcomes are 1) development of an

Conference Session

GSD 8: Industry and Professional Skills

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zilong Pan, Lehigh University; Volkmar Dierolf, Lehigh University; Anand Jagota, Lehigh University; Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Paper ID #45707Role of industry-university partnership in STEM graduate training: industrymentors’ perspectiveZilong Pan, Lehigh University Zilong Pan is an assistant professor of teaching, learning and technology, his research focuses on emerging educational technologies and innovative methodological approaches in educational practices and studies in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) disciplines.Volkmar Dierolf, Lehigh University Volkmar Dierolf is a Professor of Physics a Distinguished University Professor of Physics and Materials Science & Engineering at Lehigh University, where he has

Conference Session

The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University; Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

thenumber of people in the space, which group study rooms, furniture and technology were beingused, whether people were studying alone or in groups, and what personal technology they wereusing. Data was collected on a paper map of the space and then entered into Microsoft Excel foranalysis and reporting.The second observational study took place in the fall of 2013 but instead of taking place over oneweek, observations were taken every Monday throughout the semester. The research questionsand methodology remained the same and again, this study was solely focused on the GraduateStudent Commons in Hunt Library.InterviewsSemi-structured interviews are useful for gathering information about users’ current behaviors,preferences, needs and aspirations

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, Univ of Southern California; Yun Dai; James R. Morrison, KAIST, ISysE; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

on how to leverage information and communication technology to connect students from different social, cultural and academic background.Prof. James R. Morrison, KAIST, ISysE James R. Morrison (S’97-M’00) received the B.S. in Mathematics and the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park, USA. He received the M.S. and Ph.D., both in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. From 2000 to 2005, he was with the Fab Operations Engineering Department, IBM Corporation, Burling- ton, VT, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems En- gineering at KAIST, South Korea. His research interests

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics II

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Demei Shen, University of Missouri; David Jonassen, University of Missouri; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Engineering Ethics

AC 2008-150: FOSTERING ENGINEERING ETHICS PROBLEM SOLVINGTHROUGH COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY HYPERTEXT: AN APPLICATION OFMULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES, MAKING CONNECTIONS AND CRISSCROSSINGRose Marra, University of Missouri ROSE M. MARRA is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. She is PI of the NSF-funded Assessing Women and Men in Engineering (AWE) and Assessing Women In Student Environments (AWISE) projects. Her research interests include gender equity issues, the epistemological development of college students, and promoting meaningful learning in web-based environments.Demei Shen, University of Missouri DEMEI SHEN is a doctoral

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University; Mo Zhang, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Patrick D. Pedrow, Washington State University; Edwin R. Schmeckpeper, Norwich University

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NSF Grantees

and at different points in a program’s curriculum?2) Do EPS Rubric scores reliably provide information about students’ engineering professional skills proficiency levels?3) What is the correlation coefficient between the EPS Rubric’s scores and scores from other established instruments that measure the same or similar skills?Research processThe project’s leadership team will use Assessing Performance: Designing, Scoring andValidating Performance Tasks14 to guide the validation process framework we undertake. Priorto embarking on a focused validity study, it is crucial to complete a set of performanceassessment design, construction and implementation processes and procedures. Therefore, year 1of this project is devoted to a

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa A Dagley, University of Central Florida; Nirmala Ramlakhan, Nee-Moh, Inc; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

students who participated in the mentoring program andremained engaged in the intervention over a two-year period had significantly higher grades thanthose students who received no active intervention (non-mentored students)17.BackgroundThe National Science Foundation funded a STEP project at the University of Central Florida(UCF) titled “UCF-STEP Pathways to STEM: From Promise to Prominence”. The NSF STEPprogram seeks to increase the number of students (U.S. citizens or permanent residents)receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The STEP project at UCF, called theEXCEL program, was a 5-year program funded in 2006 which has since been

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Improving Assessment in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jun Chew, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #47374Research Brief: Fundamental Engineering Course Instructors’ Beliefs onTest Question DesignKai Jun Chew, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Kai Jun ”KJ” Chew is an assistant professor in the Engineering Fundamentals department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is passionate about teaching and research, and he strives to produce knowledge that informs better teaching. His research intersects assessment and evaluation, motivation, and equity. His research goal is to promote engineering as a way to advance social justice causes.Dr. Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and

Conference Session

Design in K-12 Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Molly H Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Corey T. Schimpf, Concord Consortium

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

of the National Science Foundation.References[1] Shaked , H., Schechter, C., Ganon-Shilon, S., & Goldratt, M. Systems Thinking for SchoolLeaders. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2018.[2] Senge, P. The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. NewYork, NY: Doubleday, 1990.[3] Checkland, P. “Systems thinking” in Rethinking Information Systems, Ed. Currie, W &Galliers, B. Ed. Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 318.[4] Sterman, J. Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World.McGrawHill, 2000, pp.4.[5] Davidz, H. L. Enabling Systems Thinking to Accelerate the Development of Senior SystemsEngineers (Doctoral dissertation). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, 2006, pp.119.[6

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Jorge A. Gonzalez-Mendivil, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Israel Zamora-Hernandez; Martha Elena Nunez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

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Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

going virtual or are taking better advantage of thelatest technologies, such as Building Information Modeling (BIM). These courses are moreattractive to students of these programs [7-8]. The new trend in universities in our country is tohave educational models based on the developing of competences. In our university we arealso incorporating this methodology using Challenge-based courses in some StructuralEngineering courses [9].In the following sections, results of a survey applied to nearly 300 students will be shown. Theperceptions of students on the preferred activities and the use of new material such asvideo/documentaries will also be discussed.MethodologyDuring the last four years, several innovations were made in the way the

Conference Session

Innovations in ECE Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati; Ali Asgar Bhagat, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

across the country have recentlyrecruited faculty in the field of micro and nanotechnologies, specifically focusing onmicro/nanofluidics and biomedical microtechnologies (or BioMEMS). These initiatives havebrought the excitement of BioMEMS research to graduate studies and research programs inElectrical Engineering. While BioMEMS technologies have dramatically altered biomedical,pharmaceutical, and environmental research, they are yet to be successfully transferred to theundergraduate curricula.Since microsystem technologies often employ techniques developed for the microelectronicsindustry, microfluidic devices were first fabricated in silicon, and later in glass, using standardphotolithography and wet etching processes to produce planar