Conference Session

Professional Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Rebekah L Martin, Virginia Military Institute; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute; Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Tanjina Afrin, Virginia Military Institute

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Professional Papers

, cost engineering, and leadership. The major focus of the course will be providing practical civil engineering design experience. Projects will address appropriate constraints and engineering standards" First Course: "This course is the first course in a two-course sequence in the Civil Engineering Program. Students will be working on civil engineering projects, integrate their acquired George fundamental engineering knowledge and incorporate input from practitioner engineers from Mason industry."University Second Course: “Students form multidisciplinary design teams, select real-world civil [11

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Andreasen, University of Delaware; Heather Doty, University of Delaware; Shawna Vican, University of Delaware

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

these grants…” [R3]Another subject whose research is interdisciplinary reflects on his difficult experience withtenure review: “The complication for me was that my research spans two fundamental fields of study... [S]o I had to seek feedback on both sides…in terms of the [first field of study] world, how am I doing? in terms of [second field of study], how am I doing?.. [T]he issues I had [with P&T] were related to that. How you’re reviewed when you’re …. interdisciplinary is a headache.” [R7]As R7 illustrates, faculty with interdisciplinary research are often evaluated by faculty across twodepartments and must uncover the hidden curriculum in both. In other cases, faculty are expectedto meet tenure expectations that may be

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Beyond the University

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz; Bryan M. Jenkins, University of California, Davis, Dept. of Biological and Agricultural Engineering; Martin Lehmann, Aalborg University, Denmark; Chresten Træholt, Center for Electric Power and Energy, DTU Department of Electrical Engineering; Ronnie D. Lipschutz, University of California, Santa Cruz; Kurt Lawrence Kornbluth, University of California, Davis; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

frommultidisciplinary and diverse backgrounds to effectively communicate and contribute.Early in the workshop, the lectures and activities serve to establish a common knowledge baseand problem solving tools. While this is not possible for all disciplines, fundamental knowledgeof electricity and energy is required to succeed in this course. For example, many participantsinitially cannot articulate the difference between power and energy (kW vs kWh). Though thistopic is assigned during the online session, the inclusion of a hands-on workshop where we useKill-a-Watt (P3) energy usage monitors to disaggregate household energy consumption whilemeasuring both power and energy helps to cement this knowledge and prevent confusion later inthe course.Figure 3: The first

Conference Session

Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonte Bernhard, Linköping University, Sweden

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Educational Research and Methods

something is seen in a particular way. Peoplediscern certain aspects of their environment by experiencing variation. When one aspect of aphenomenon or an event varies, while one or more aspects remain the same, the one that changesis the one that will be discerned. One of the main themes of variation theory is that the pattern ofvariation inherent in the learning situation is fundamental to the development of certaincapabilities. It should be noted that ‘discerning’ is not the same as being ‘being told’.Experiencing variation amounts to experiencing different instances simultaneously. Thissimultaneity can be either diachronic (experiencing, at the same time, instances that we haveencountered at different points in time) or synchronic (experiencing

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Global Roles and Societal Responsibilities of Engineers

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

YiXiang Shawn Sun, National Taiwan University; Sharon Tsai-hsuan Ku, University of Virginia; Jongmin Lee, University of Science and Technology; Sean Michael Ferguson, CSUCI

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

, examiningpotential factors that may have contributed to it.On pedagogiesBased on feedback gathered through the student course evaluation surveys from both NYCUand UST, it was found that classroom discussions and the final project were the two mostfavored methods, while prompt-based interviews the least.Drawing on our past experience with virtual global classrooms, we began our course bygathering feedback from participants on different aspects of the course. The results of thesurvey (shown in figure below) revealed clear patterns among this group. One of the keycomponents of our course, the prompt interview, which is fundamental to our dialogue-basedteaching approach, received low ratings from students. We discussed this issue and developedseveral possible

Conference Session

Promoting Scientific and Technological Literacy

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to Clarkson (where these were made available), and interacting withthe Clarkson students in the classroom. Students have also commented that they enjoyed“learning how to save energy,” and appreciated the fact that the Clarkson students were “actually Page 11.738.12studying [energy topics] in the field.” Another clear thread that emerges is a general dislikeamong participants for aspects of the program that align with more traditional pedagogicalapproaches, including paperwork, homework, desk work and report writing, listening to lecturesand taking notes. Several students also reported a specific dislike for

Conference Session

Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, & Self-efficacy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebekah J. Hammack, Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

the completion of her fellowship. She has spent the past 12 years teaching secondary science and engineering in Oklahoma, and is a 2014 recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 K-5 Teachers’ Perceptions of Engineering Education and Perceived Barriers to Teaching Engineering (Fundamental)AbstractThe Next Generation Science Standards call for the infusion of engineering content and practiceswithin elementary science curriculum. This mixed methods study explored elementary teachers’perceptions about incorporating engineering within K-5 classrooms as

Collection

2025 ASEE North Central Section (NCS) Annual Conference

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., The University of Toledo

electricians would be allowed to program them. Any otherprogramming would come from outside vendors, not GM, Ford or Chrysler engineers. This wasthe compromise that allowed PLCs into the big three1. With this predicate in place, textbookswere written that emphasized practices commonly required of electricians, not engineers. Thisincluded changing timer presets, downloading programs and not much more. This was notsufficient to train most engineers in the use of PLCs and cast an image on PLC training that hasyet to be fully recognized as not acceptable.The programming of PLCs is fundamental in the understanding of automation of the factory.Robotics has entered as a required element in training of engineers responsible for automationbut the programming

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siavash Farzan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

and is considered a fundamental sub-ject in an undergraduate and postgraduate robotics curriculum. Furthermore, project-based learninghas shown significant benefits in engineering domains, specifically in interdisciplinary fields such asrobotics which require hands-on experience to master the discipline adequately. However, designinga project-based learning experience to teach control theory in a hands-on setting can be challenging,due to the rigor of mathematical concepts involved in the subject. Moreover, access to reliable hard-ware required for a robotics control lab, including the robots, sensors, interfaces, and measurementinstruments, may not be feasible in developing countries and even many academic institutions in theUS. The current

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Panagiotis Skrimponis, New York University; Nikos Makris, University of Thessaly; Karen Cheng, Columbia University; Jonatan Ostrometzky, Columbia University; Zoran Kostic, Columbia University; Gil Zussman, Columbia University; Thanasis Korakis, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

materials based on wireless networking concepts. The fundamental research question thatthis paper tries to address is “How could engineers and educators collaborate to create a wirelesscommunications teacher PD program in order to develop NGSS lessons with STEM teachers?”.Towards strengthening the aforementioned pedagogical shift, an accompanying ‘COSMOSEducation Toolkit’ [16] (described in detail in Section 3) has been developed, that allows tonaturally integrate a real-world application of context within STEM subject areas while alsodemonstrating the importance of engineering and technology on communities and stakeholders[17 – 18].2. Program OverviewThe program aims to introduce new ways of teaching STEM concepts assisted throughexperimental

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ERM: Mentoring for Everyone! And Let's talk about Graduate Students

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Bahnson, North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Catherine Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Monique Ross, Florida International University

engineering and computer science is fascinating, given thatcandidates pursuing both academic and specialized industry career trajectories often are expectedto undertake some postdoctoral training [1]. Postdoctoral positions across disciplines are intendedto help scholars develop deeper methodological and subject content competency, management,and other professional skills like grant writing and leadership that require significant mentorshipto accomplish [2 - 4], but literature documents postdoctoral scholars often feeling “trapped” or ona “postdoctoral treadmill” [5] governed by the whims of faculty mentors and going seeminglynowhere as they aim for very competitive faculty positions. Literature in engineering and computerscience education has not

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Professional Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ellen Zerbe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Adjo A. Amekudzi-Kennedy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Haas, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Benjamin Simon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Janece Shaffer

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

outcomes of this report are predominantlybased in the cognitive domain, but work has been done to align those knowledge outcomes withoutcomes in the affective domain, both for the second edition [12]–[14] and the third edition [15]. Education that integrates cognitive and affective outcomes is often referred to as holisticeducation [11]. There is recognition of the need to educate holistic engineers, that is, engineersthat leverage cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills [16], [17]. In 2006, ASCE’s Visionof Civil Engineering in 2025 (2006) outlined the need for future engineers to be knowledgeable inengineering fundamentals, skilled in ways that support future learning and teamwork, and holdattitudes that are necessary in the

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session - the Best of NEE

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Emily Stratman, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

critical reflection, which ischaracterized by “a change in perspective over a fundamental belief” [9, p. 11]. In the presentstudy, it was found that while some students were able to reach high levels of metacognitivestrategies, for all metacognitive strategies (with the exception of transfer), the majority ofresponses were coded as either low or medium. Students’ struggles to reach critical reflectionlevels could be due to several factors. One possibility is that reflection prompts do not guidestudents to reach such levels. For example, in addition to asking students what actions they planto take to improve their abilities, a follow-up prompts might ask students how these actions aredifferent from what they have done in the past and why they think

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Skromme, Arizona State University; Srividya Bansal, Arizona State University; Rishabh Gupta, Arizona State University; Tariq M Nasim, Arizona State University; Caleb Redshaw; Benjamin Miller, Arizona State University; Petru Andrei, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Hector Erives, University of Texas at El Paso; Deanna Bailey, Morgan State University; Gregory Wilkins, Morgan State University; Megan O'Donnell, Arizona State University; Wendy Barnard, Arizona State University

topics include first and second-order transient problems solved using classical differentialequation approaches. Students use an interactive circuit editor to modify the circuitappropriately for each step of the analysis, followed by writing and solving equations usingmethods of their choice as appropriate. Initial work on Laplace transform-based circuit analysisis also discussed. Detailed feedback is supplied at each step along with fully worked examples,supporting introductory multiple-choice tutorials and YouTube videos, and a full record of thestudent's work is created in a PDF document for later study and review. Further, results of acomprehensive independent evaluation involving both quantitative and qualitative analysis andusers across

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3 - Humanitarian Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Siller, Colorado State University; Abigale Johnson; Samantha Fischer, Colorado State University; Matthew Lurtz

Paper ID #37659Connecting Education Abroad with an in-class EWBInternational Challenge ProjectThomas J. Siller (Associate Professor) (Colorado State University) Thomas Siller has been a faculty member at Colorado State Unversity for over 34 years.Abigale Johnson Abigale Johnson is a learning and development professional who most recently served as the Education Program Director at Engineers Without Borders USA, leading the organization's transformational educational initiatives. Through her role, Abigale served on the international steering committee of EWB organizations that were responsible for developing and

Conference Session

Engineering Workforce Track - Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Aqdas Malik, George Mason University; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Rajat Handa, George Mason University; Habib Karbasian, George Mason University; Hemant Purohit, George Mason University

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Engineering Workforce

picture.The fundamental contribution of this research is in shedding light on issues that have the potentialto impact multiple stakeholders and how they pursue STEM related efforts. For instance, forprojects looking for STEM partners in a specific geographical area, our research can provide thatinformation. There is an opportunity to aggregate information about scholarships and competitionsas they are often announced through social media. Overall this exploratory research can help builda system that will assist in raising awareness of STEM issues, better understanding of issues, betterunderstanding of sentiment regarding issues, figure out geographic distribution, provide temporalunderstanding of issues, and help understand communities and networks

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven C. Zemke, Gonzaga University; Diane L. Zemke

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

communication is a fundamental skill that professional engineers need. Theyemploy it while doing engineering, such as interacting on design teams, and whilecommunicating engineered results, such as in technical reports. Furthermore, communicationcomes in many forms, such as written reports, verbal interactions, documented calculations, andengineering drawings. Consequently, “an ability to communicate effectively,” is a requiredstudent outcome for accreditation in ABET criterion 3g.1This current study examines the verbal aspects of communicating design information. Whereastextbooks in design extensively describe graphical communication, they are fairly silent on howto verbally describe parts. For example, Technical Drawing by Giesecke et al

Conference Session

Assessment, Course, and Curricular Development

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Louise Marianne de Matos Brasil, Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande do Sul

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

disposition of all grains at the MAC Marlette facility is to besold to external customers. As previously mentioned, minimal handling and movement of grain isdesired. Excessive grain handling movement transport can have two financial impacts. First, eachgrain movement activity can crack or fracture the grain. Such damage is undesirable because itnegatively impacts the quality of the grain and, thusly, lowers the value of the grain. Second,additional grain movement requires electric power use to energize motors for drags and legsresulting in added processing costs. Figure 3: This diagram shows the major equipment components used at the MAC Marlette facility.The fundamental challenge for energy savings for the Marlette facility operations was that

Conference Session

New and Innovative Ideas

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S. Atchison, Drexel University; Danielle Tadros, Drexel University; Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University; Paul Holt; William Andrew Stoy, North Carolina State University; Joy A. Kots, Father Judge High School; Caroline Louise Schauer, Drexel University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

science/engineering is boring and does not engage students in theactual work patterns and discourse of practicing Science Technology Engineering andMathematics (STEM) professionals. To redress this situation, students need not only toacquire the fundamental principles of nanotechnology, but participate in activitiesdesigned to encourage the habitus that will make it more likely they will pursue highereducation in STEM fields.Electrospinning was chosen as a vehicle to explore nanofabrication because it is not onlysimple, but inexpensive. The physics, chemistry, and engineering principals used inelectrospinning were attainable for high school students and the materials used to producethe nanofibers are safe for a classroom. In this project, the

Conference Session

Clearing up Student Misconceptions in Materials

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Keith Heinert, Arizona State University; Jessica Triplett, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

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Materials

sciences on misconceptions, little work has beendone on misconceptions in the context of structure-property-processing performancerelationships in materials used in engineering design. The research question in this paper is,“How can misconceptions for engineering materials be most effectively identified in order todevelop effective teaching and learning activities for repairing misconceptions?” For anintroductory materials class with 38 students, misconceptions were uncovered, categorized andmonitored over the span of a fifteen-week introductory materials science course. To do so, open-ended assessments requiring multiple modes of expressions (sketching and writing) of conceptsfor various content areas (atomic bonding, crystal structure

Conference Session

The Best of Interdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

kenneth weaver

results suggest that it is possible to start with some small initiatives andbuild upon each initiative as the momentum for entrepreneurship develops.IntroductionIn 1992, the local industrialist Henry M. Rowan made a $100 million donation to the thenGlassboro State College with the ambitious goal of establishing a high-quality engineeringschool in southern New Jersey. To achieve this goal, the university appointed a NationalAdvisory Council in 1993 chaired by Simon Ostrach of Case Western Reserve University and including prominent leaders in engineering academia such as the late C.L. Tien of University of

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eliot Nathaniel Wachtel, University of California, Santa Cruz; Qingyuan Cao, University of California, Santa Cruz; Matthew Kaltman, University of California, Santa Cruz; Khanh Tran, University of California, Santa Cruz; Miguel Robles Hernandez, University of California, Santa Cruz; Tela Favaloro, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Student Division (STDT)

Aided Design (CAD)& 3D printing. Since he had proficiency with what was being taught already prior to coming tocollege along with his professional experience in 3D modeling, he was eager to continue the legacyof the course and to push it to what it is now.Khanh Tran (Electrical Engineering, 3rd year) - As a member of the university’s rocketry team,he was introduced to and took the class under Qingyuan. He believes that the class provides a greatway to learn engineering through a casual, low pressure environment. Motivated by his positiveexperience, he opted to teach the course to help improve learners’ experience and introduce morepeople to the world of CAD and 3D printing.Course DesignBetween the five student-teachers writing this paper

Conference Session

Assessment

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University

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Design in Engineering Education

undergraduate engineering programs withmultidisciplinary teams. While these four programs share the fundamental characteristics ofbeing multi-disciplinary team-based design courses, the diversity across the institutions alsorepresents the richness of cultures found within engineering. The programs all have distinctfeatures, which are represented in the table below. Particularly important for this study are therespective orientations of each program that are detailed in that table. The programs are allmultidisciplinary, comprised of students from a range of years and majors, and vary in lengthfrom one semester to several years. While each program is distinct and has unique features, theyall offer students an opportunity to get practical experience with

Conference Session

Curricula of the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvonne Ng, College of St. Catherine; Lori Maxfield, College of St. Catherine

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Educational Research and Methods

writing. Some programs require courses explicitly focused on these topics while othersdesign courses that exercise students in these areas. A senior engineering student is expected todefine the problem concretely, gather information, brainstorm, build prototypes to evaluate thepossible solutions, and effectively propose a reasonable solution that satisfies requirements.2.3.3 CONNECTIONS ParallelThe Curriculum of Connections provides an extension from the Core Curriculum and requiresinstructors to design courses that allow students to discover and learn from theinterconnectedness of knowledge.20, p.23 Connection curriculum allows students to applyconcepts, principles, and skills: • across disciplines; • across time and time periods

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

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Engineering Libraries

Information literacy historically has been almostnon-existent in engineering, and the gains of the last 20 years have been hard won by librariansdedicated to making the case as many times as necessary.We believe the different attitude engineers have towards libraries is cultural and starts at theundergraduate level. Packed with courses in the fundamentals needed for accreditation,engineering students spend all of their time learning theory and solving problems. In her bookon engineering education reform, Galloway describes how jammed the curricula has become: “A few decades ago, the average number of credit hours required for an engineering degree was 140; today—in more than half of American colleges and universities—the number of

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Kaycie Lane; Logan Perry

decrease in proficiency with studentoutcome 2, specifically related to global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factorsthat are influenced by design and influence a design (hereafter referred to as the “5 designfactors”). This is not a unique problem at UNL; indeed, past studies have found that studentslearning of these design factors is superficial at best, demonstrating comprehension, but not anability to critically evaluate and interpret how these factors are applied in the engineering field[9], [8]. Furthermore, while faculty members in Civil and Environmental Engineering programsacross the United States are experts in their field, many instructors did not work in theengineering industry prior to becoming an academic [10], [11]. As

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 12

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Constantine Mukasa, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #39628Cornerstone to Capstone Engineering Design: Evolving StudentPerspectives through the Academic Journey with Implementable CurricularImplicationsDr. Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University Professor Beverly Kris Jaeger-Helton (Kris), Ph.D. is on the full-time faculty in the Department of Me- chanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University (NU) teaching Simulation Modeling & Analysis, Human-Machine Systems, Facilities Planning & Material Handling, and Capstone. She has also been a faculty advisor for Capstone design projects in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineer- ing, and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Joanna Wright, University of Washington; Lauren Summers, University of Washington

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Women in Engineering

unlikely to be fundamentally more socialbeings than men with significantly greater needs for relatedness [32].A more realistic possibility is that women enter into academic positions already at adisadvantage, which makes meeting relatedness needs a greater hurdle. Studies of social identitythreat have shown that women experience a lower sense of belonging and show more cognitiveand physiological vigilance when presented with the prospect of participating in male-dominatedevents compared to more gender-balanced events [33]. Women also report a lower sense ofbelonging than their male peers throughout the undergraduate [34], [35], [36] and graduate years[37], to the detriment of their studies and well-being. As Skewes et al. [17] write in regards

Conference Session

Examining Social Ties and Networks

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

and the four moments oftranslation, describes the methods for our research study of sophomore engineers as informed byActor-Network Theory, and provides justification for the use of this novel social theory inengineering education research.Introduction and Research PurposeThe sophomore, or second year, is a critical period of development for an engineering student.The sophomore year curriculum consists of the final math and science requirements for allengineering disciplines. Students who have difficulty with or fail a fundamental class duringtheir first two years can seriously delay their graduation date or be discouraged from finishingthe degree. Such experiences are known to dissuade students and have been correlated with earlydeparture

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Valerie Vanessa Bracho Perez, Florida International University; Anilegna Nuñez Abreu, Florida International University; Ameen Anwar Khan, Florida International University; Luis Enrique Guardia, Florida International University; Indhira María Hasbún, Florida International University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

physics and chemistry. These courses may require that students take laboratorycomponents, specifically the science courses. In these laboratory courses, students must completelab reports on the experiments run in the class, which may allow students to practice and developtheir technical writing skills, possibly impacting a students’ perceived confidence in their writtencommunication skills.Students who perceived Engineering Core Courses were important during SD1, on average, hadmore perceived confidence in using programming and hands-on building in design. EngineeringCore Courses provide a range of fundamental engineering science courses that students in themechanical engineering curriculum must successfully complete before graduation