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Work in Progress: Assessment, Evaluation and Hands-on Activities

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lucas James Landherr, Northeastern University; Nicole Joy Sweeney, Complexly

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

collaborators are needed to fully evaluate all the videosproduced. The videos can also be utilized by tutoring groups in informal learning environments.Student tutors in engineering at Northeastern University have been provided with links to thesevideos to help distribute them as appropriate, depending which undergraduate students seekassistance and on what topics. Obtaining feedback and tracking any students who utilize thesevideos are one possibility for further analysis, which need to be taken into account with the scopeof the videos.References1) Hammond, T. C.; Lee, J. Learning & Leading with Technology, 2009, 36, 32–33.2) Haase, D. The Physics Teacher, 2009, 47, 272–273.3) Mayora, C. TESL Reporter, 2009, 42, 1–12.4) Jones, T.; Cuthrell

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SE Capstone Design Projects, Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Radu F. Babiceanu, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Daniel Rucker, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Hussain M Al-Rizzo, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Multidisciplinary Engineering, Systems Engineering

, patents, and papers in re- ferred journals and conference proceedings. He has co-authored the textbook Source and Channel Cod- ing: An Algorithmic Approach. He has contributed to several books, including Mobile Communications Handbook and The Communications Handbook (both CRC Press). He holds several patents in the area of wireless location management and authentication strategies. He received the SAIC 1997 Publication Page 22.613.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011Prize for Information and Communication Technology. He has served on the Editorial Boards of IEEEPersonal

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FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Margaret Phillips, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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ASEE Headquarters

Paper ID #28115Board 7: Engineering Libraries Division: Effective Methods of EngineeringInformation Literacy: Initial Steps of a Systematic Literature Review andObservations About the LiteratureProf. Margaret Phillips, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Margaret Phillips is an Assistant Professor of Library Science and Engineering Information Specialist in the Purdue University Libraries. Her research areas include technical standards and engineering and technology information literacy. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Amari T. Simpson, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Lara Hebert, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Luisa-maria Rosu, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Meagan C. Pollock, Engineer Inclusion; Lynford Goddard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Revelations: The challenges and promises of implementing informal STEM experiences in K-12 school settings (Work in Progress, Diversity)AbstractCatalyzing Inclusive STEM Experiences All Year Round (CISTEME365) is a multi-year,multi-pronged project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). We worked with K-12school educators to improve their understanding and promote practices that purposely influencestudents’ science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) interests and careertrajectory. We also supported creating and implementing out-of-school STEM clubs that offerstudents inquiry-driven engineering design and other hands-on STEM experiences throughoutthe school year. As part of our larger project goals

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 5

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy S. Van Epps, Harvard University; Nastasha E. Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David A. Zwicky, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #22551Effective Methods of Engineering Information Literacy: Initial Steps of aSystematic Literature Review and Observations About the LiteratureMargaret Phillips, Purdue University, West Lafayette Margaret Phillips is an Assistant Professor of Library Science and Engineering Information Specialist in the Purdue University Libraries. Her research interests include technical standards and engineering and technology information literacy.Amy S. Van Epps, Harvard University Amy S. Van Epps is Director of Sciences and Engineering Services in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Li- braries at Harvard University. She was

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Lessons learned

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Jessica E. S. Swenson, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-3792: SYSTEMIC INTERVENTION: CONNECTING FORMALAND INFORMAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCES FOR ENGAGING FE-MALE STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN ENGINEERINGDr. Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University Merredith Portsmore is a Research Assistant Professor in education at Tufts University, as well as the Director of Outreach Programs for Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach. Portsmore has the unique honor of being a ”Quadruple Jumbo,” having received all her four of her degrees from Tufts (B.A. English, B.S. mechanical engineering, M.A. education, and Ph.D. in engineering educa- tion). Her research interests focus on how children engage in constructing solutions to engineering design problems. Her

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qing Li, IEEE

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Engineering Libraries

thetraditional information literacy course. Attendees can interact with the instructor andpeers before, during and after the course. The metrics reveal the positive relationshipbetween the use of social media and course turnout, and as well as attendeeengagement.The ACRL report states the library’s research and study space fosters social andacademic community among students [10]. While in our cases, social media createsan online research and study space (e.g. multiple target groups) which evolvespersonal learning into group learning and fosters the emergence of self-sustaininglearning communities. Self-directed learning and peer-to-peer assistance arefrequently observed in user groups without the involvement of the host/instructor.Social media tools are

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First-Year Programs: Unique Projects & Pedagogies

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Paul R. Hottinger, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

paper.Introduction:The field of engineering is constantly changing and the millennial engineering studentapproaches technology and information in a completely different manner [5]. Students often feelthat they have a high level of IL as they enter college, but when asked about the instruction givento them many students report being self-taught [6]. This study looks at multiple methods of ILinstruction in a first-year experience course for engineering students and other students seekingto complete their general education requirements.IL skills are often looked upon as assumed knowledge in college students. It is unfortunate thatmany students, and instructors, realize this gap in knowledge during a senior design project.Many engineering programs assume that it is

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Student Empathy and Human-Centered Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Dringenberg, Ohio State University; Annie Abell, Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

thoughthey flowed from a logical and rational process, their actual design process was much messierand full of informal reasoning. In their emergent framework for informal reasoning in makingcomplex sociotechnical decisions, Zeidler & Sadler (2005) showed the presence of threedifferent types of reasoning: 1) rational reasoning, which is primarily cognitive and utilizesreason and logic to formulate position on a decision, 2) intuitive reasoning, which relies insteadon affect and shows up as immediate feelings or reactions, and 3) emotive reasoning, whichincludes a combination of cognition and affect and comes through as means of understanding theexperience of a person (either real or imagined) such as empathy or sympathy. Each of thesedistinct

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Persistence and Retention

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George D. Ricco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James F. Ryan III, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Educational Research and Methods

finds that the mutualinformation measure performs best at the task of student classification in his testing simulation. Though we have not exactly arrived at looking at larger patterns of student movements, aclear pattern of application has emerged. A few of the papers[3-5] in the field have shown thatusing mutual information as an underlying measure of variable relevance vastly improvesclassification models. Incorporating such a framework into education analytics would provide asolid baseline for any mathematical model being considered.Theory Let , denote two random variables. A pertinent question regarding said variables ismeasuring their dependence upon each other. One way to describe this measure of dependence isby exploiting

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Human-Centered Engineering

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taylor Parks, University of Illinois Urbana - Champaign; Brock Craft, University of Washington; Alexander Pagano, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

principles within select courses across the Grainger College of Engineering.Dr. Brock Craft, University of Washington Brock Craft is a Teaching Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in the department of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. His areas of specialization include Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction, and Instructional Design.Mr. Alexander Pagano, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alex Pagano is a PhD student studying engineering design. His work is focused on the early phases of design and the use of human-centered design or design thinking as a teaching tool. Alex holds a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from University ofMr

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 4

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadear Ibrahim Hassan, Texas A&M University; Luis Angel Rodriguez; Abheek Chatterjee; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Student Award: Excellence in Teaching.Luis Angel RodriguezAbheek ChatterjeeDr. Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University Astrid Layton is an assistant professor at Texas A&M University in the Mechanical Engineering depart- ment and received her Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. She is interested in bio-inspired system design problems and is currently working at the intersection of ecology and engi- neering for the design of complex human networks and systems. She is also a member of the Institute for Engineering Education & Innovation at Texas A&M. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Bio-Inspired Engineering Design: The Impact of Information

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Poster Session

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheila Anne Gobes-Ryan, University of South Florida; Theresa Burress, University of South Florida; Aana Farhana Ahsan, University of South Florida

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

fields.Academic libraries have long offered information literacy services for academic disciplinesacross the curriculum. While the information literacy standards cited in Schield’s 2004 paperhave since evolved [16], the challenges of people being faced with “a flood of information in theform of statistics” and related visualizations have held true and are arguably more urgent todaywith the advent of social media algorithms together with the increasing complexity of dataanalysis and visualization tools as well as the explosion of AI-based technologies. Library facultyprimarily teach information seeking and other research skills as guest lecturers for credit-bearingcourses; they also develop a variety of instructional material available through library web

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FPD VII: Innovative Curriculum Elements of Successful First-Year Courses

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Plouff, Grand Valley State University; Deborah Morrow, Grand Valley State University

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First-Year Programs

. The goal of IL instruction for Page 22.555.6engineering students must be, in her view, the production of information-savvy professionals,rather than “little librarians” (p. 459), and that the circular production/consumption model“embeds the scientific and technical literature firmly in the community that produces it” (p. 463).Palmer and Tucker[17] describe a project to design and integrate a semester-long sequence ofactivities into a first-year engineering and technology course, targeted for the first semester as apart of transitioning students into university-level study; they discuss assessment of their initialresults. The University of

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PCEE Technical Session 5: STEM Teacher Instructional Moves

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Jamie Mikeska

Paper ID #37136Simulated Engineering Teaching Experiences: PreserviceTeachers Learning to Facilitate Discussions to Help StudentsBecome Informed Designers (RTP)Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue (Professor of Science & Engineering Education) Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Ph.D., is Professor of Science and Engineering Education in the Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University. She has integrated engineering into courses for PreK-8 teacher candidates, developed and directed a graduate STEM program for PreK-6 teachers, and partnered with teachers to implement PreK-8 science-integrated engineering

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Innovative Pathways in K–12 STEM: Bridging Emerging Technologies and Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Alejandro Gonzalez, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Science and Technology Studies; Emily Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; James Olson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

about SNF disposal. These learning modules are based on a previously developednovel scientific framework, Small-To-Big Physics (S2BP) [1], to enable students to acquire sufficientknowledge of NSE concepts to have informed dialogues regarding the interdependency of technicaland social factors of nuclear technology. These learning modules use tactile methods to establish abaseline of NSE prior knowledge, that can be later converted to understanding through guideddialogue, without reliance on math or complex scientific theory.In summer 2024, twenty-four junior and senior high school students from the United States andAustralia attended the RPI Pre-freshman and Cooperative Education (PREFACE) program, a two-week in-residence Science, Technology

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Instructional Technology

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Cramer; Nancy Ciezki; Hussain Bahia

Session 2215 Using Technology to Enhance Learning About Construction Materials Hussain Bahia, Steven Cramer and Nancy Ciezki The University of Wisconsin-MadisonAbstractEducators are faced with new challenges in teaching, due to the expanding and dynamic methodsby which information and data are conveyed. Computers, internet, digital cameras, instantmessages, communication software, and distance learning are some of the examples of our newage. These developments have raised the expectations of engineering students.Part of the new culture being formed, that affects us as educators, is the fact that our

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Innovative Pathways in K–12 STEM: Bridging Emerging Technologies and Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Dang, Purdue Engineering Education; Zeynep Gonca Akdemir-Beveridge, University of Connecticut; Muhsin Menekse, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Information Science and Engineering (QISE) concepts intoK-12 education offers a valuable opportunity to introduce students to cutting-edge scientificadvancements and technologies shaping the future. As quantum technologies increasinglyinfluence fields such as computing, communications, and materials science, there is a growinginterest in exploring how foundational quantum concepts can be meaningfully introduced to pre-college students. National initiatives, including those supported by the Department of Defenseand the National Science Foundation, emphasize the importance of raising awareness of QISEamong students and educators. These efforts align with the National Quantum CoordinationOffice’s recommendation to expand pathways for QISE education by

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Innovative Pathways in K–12 STEM: Bridging Emerging Technologies and Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, University of Indianapolis; Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University; Stacy S Klein-Gardner, Engineering for US All

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

” (e4usa) project to develop a high school engineering course ”for all”. He is active in engineering within K-12, (Technology Student Association Board of Directors) and has written multiple texts in Engineering, Mathematics and Digital Electronics. He earned a PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University, is a Senior Member of IEEE, on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society, and a Member of Tau Beta Pi.Dr. Cheryl Beauchamp, Regent University Cheryl Beauchamp serves as the Director for Regent University’s Institute for Cybersecurity and chair of Regent’s Engineering and Computer Science Department. She earned a Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, a M.S. in Computer Science from George

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Engineering Technology

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Pearson, National Academy of Engineering; Daniel Peter Kuehn, The Urban Institute; Walter W. Buchanan P.E., Texas A&M University; Jeffrey L. Ray, Western Carolina University; Melvin L. Roberts P.E., Camden County College

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Engineering Technology

these institutions awarded 100 or more degrees.Compared with the tally of degree-granting institutions, determining the number of ET programsoverseen by these institutions is more challenging. For one thing, as noted, there is no standardnomenclature for describing these programs. Also, IPEDS does not collect data on numbers ofprograms, only degrees. For program information, we must turn to other sources, such as theAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).3 According to ABET, in 2014there were 387 accredited 4-year ET programs at 153 institutions and 257 accredited 2-year ETprograms at 98 institutions.4 The most common program at both the 2- and the 4-year degreelevels was electrical and electronics engineering technology

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Innovative Pathways in K–12 STEM: Bridging Emerging Technologies and Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yubin Lee, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Greg J Strimel, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Tori Constantine, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Deana M. Lucas, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Emily M. Haluschak, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Tamara J Moore, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE)

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

circuits that power today’s technology. Following the passage of theCHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors) and Science Act of 2022, investments inUnited States semiconductor production have surged, highlighting the need for workforce development tosupport this expanding industry. In response, efforts have emerged to introduce semiconductor content intoK-12 education, aiming to inspire and prepare students for engineering and technology careers in thiscritical field. This work-in-progress paper explores how one K-12 workforce development initiative seeksto vertically align semiconductor education across entire school districts, ensuring that learning andexperiences progressively build in complexity from kindergarten through

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Non-Technical Skills in ET

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay Bhatt, Drexel University; Vladimir Genis, Drexel University; Joshua Roberts, Drexel University

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Engineering Technology

, electronics, biomedical engineering, and acoustics. His research interests include ultrasound wave propagation and scattering, ultrasound imaging, electronic instrumentation, piezoelectric transducers, and engineering education. He serves as a member of the Emerging Technologies and Workforce Development Advisory Committee.Joshua Roberts, Drexel University Joshua C. Roberts is a Masters Degree candidate in Library and Information Science at Drexel University. He is also the Information Services Technician for Science and Engineering at W.W. Hagerty Library. Page 11.894.1© American Society for

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Innovative Projects in Energy Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salahuddin Qazi, State University of New York, Institute of Tech.; Farhan Qazi

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

combinecourses from different disciplines of engineering, management, natural sciences and socialsciences. Federal Emergency Management Agency 7 (FEMA) has listed over 35 programsrelating to disaster & emergency management in US universities and colleges. Manyengineering institutions are also introducing courses and programs in solar (photovoltaic) energyat the undergraduate and graduate level in view of increased demand for renewable energy andconcern for clean environment.It is clear that engineering education has an important role to play in helping to educateprofessionals who can address the technological challenges of the 21st century and affect ourfuture. As a result it is critical that information about new and emerging technologies

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Emerging Areas: Biotechnology, Microtechnology, and Energy

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claire Komives, San Jose State University; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Theresa A. Good, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Laurent Simon, New Jersey Institute of Technology; John P. O'Connell, University of Virginia; Jeffrey John Chalmers, Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Erik Fernandez, University of Virginia

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Chemical Engineering

Genencor, a Danisco Division, where she developed a metabolic flux model for an enzyme production process. Additionally, after her postdoctoral research at the ETH-Zurich, she obtained a Science and Diplomacy Fellowship from the American As- sociation for the Advancement of Science to spend a year working in the U. S. Agency for International Development providing technical expertise to the Child Health Research Project which promoted research targeting the reduction of child mortality in third world countries. She has 19 publications and 2 patents, has received over $1MM in grants since joining SJSU. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the ACS Biochemical Technology Division and on the advisory board of

Conference Session

Trends in Constr. Engr. Educ. I

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Rose

Session 1421 Exposing Students to Innovative Construction Technologies in the Undergraduate Civil Engineering Technology Curriculum Andrew T. Rose University of Pittsburgh at JohnstownAbstractIncorporating new and innovative construction technologies into the undergraduate curriculum isoften difficult due to time constraints. Field trips, seminar speakers, and multimedia provideopportunities to expose students to new and emerging technologies outside of the traditionallecture format. Each of these can be highly visual to facilitate student interest and learning

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University; Alfred Owusu-Ansah, Michigan Technological University; Shari Stockero

all of the interviewees.Faculty discussed finding digital resources and combing through them for relevant information;many acknowledging how much easier it was to find learning resources in the digital age. Futurepapers will expand on faculty use of digital resources, their need for time to adopt technologies,their use of non-digital resources, and formal training.ConclusionA better understanding of the facilitating conditions for engineering faculty technology adoptionwill aid in the design of institutional supports and policies to promote technology adoptionamong engineering faculty. Peers, Mentors, and Students emerged as the most commonlymentioned facilitating conditions for engineering faculty adopting new engineering technologies

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Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Rebecca Dobbs, Rochester Institute of Technology; Changfeng Ge, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

. Page 22.211.10Bibliography:1. “Knockoff: the Deadly trade in counterfeit goods,” Tim Phillips, Kogan Page, 20052. “Inside the Knockoff-Tennis Shoe Factory,” Nicholas Schmidle, New York Times, April 19, 20103. "Anti-counterfeiting with a Random Pattern," Chong, Cheun Ngen, Dan Jiang, Jiagang Zhang, and Long Guo. Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies, 2008. SECURWARE '08. Second International Conference, 20084. "Design and Implementation of PUF-Based 'Unclonable' RFID ICs for Anti-Counterfeiting and Security Applications." Devadas, S, E Suh, S Paral, R Sowell, T Ziola, and V Khandelwal. RFID, 2008 IEEE International Conference, 20085. "Optical Security and Counterfeit Deterrence

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Technological Literacy and K-12 Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Braden Boss, Springville High School; Daniel Bates, Brigham Young University; Ronald Terry, Brigham Young University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

technology to make informed socio-scientific and ethical decisions, to continueto guide their constituents in the forefront of using technology to meet their needs, and to preventexclusion and manipulation.3BackgroundIn 2001 and 2004, the Gallup Organization conducted surveys for the International TechnologyEducation Association (ITEA) regarding the American public’s technological literacy. 4,5 Thefollowing conclusions were drawn from these surveys: 1. “The public understands the importance of technology in our everyday lives and understands and supports the need for maximizing technological literacy. 2. There is a definitional difference in which the public thinks first of computers when technology is mentioned

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Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidar Malki, University of Houston; Michael Gibson, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

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Graduate Studies

of 1) core courses, 2) specialized tracks, 3) Practicum/Internship, and 4)thesis/project as shown in Figure 1. The proposed curriculum involves multidisciplinary programssuch as Computer Engineering Technology, Electrical Power Engineering Technology,Mechanical Engineering Technology, Construction Management, Information Systems, LogisticsTechnology, and Technology Leadership and Supervision. Thus, it allows each program to haveits own specialty while being flexible enough to grow other disciplines.IntroductionThe College of Technology (CoT) at the University of Houston offers Master’s degrees inTechnology since 1992. These programs are very focused and technical in nature. In recent years,growing interest has emerged with regard to offering

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Renewable Energy in Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Omonowo David Momoh, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

creating a course thatwill provide the knowledge of how to efficiently manage the world’s dwindling finite energyresources cannot be overemphasized. As the world is confronted with an unprecedented energycrisis, there is the need for industry drivers to have a fundamental knowledge of energy systemsoperation/management. The Master of Technology (MTECH) program at Purdue University, FortWayne regional campus is designed to meet the technological manpower needs of the industrywithin the Northeast Indiana region and beyond. The program has two tracks – IndustrialEngineering Technology and Information Technology. Students are encouraged to take an electivein renewable energy technology. This is to sharpen their knowledge/awareness on energy