Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University; Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University; Weslene Tallmadge, Gannon University

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #15207Making Changes: Application of an NSF-ADVANCE PAID Grant at a Pre-dominantly Undergraduate Institution (PUI)Dr. Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University Theresa M. Vitolo is an Associate Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department, Gan- non University (Erie, PA). Teaching in systems-related fields since 1986, she joined the Computer and Information Science Department at Gannon University in 1999. In addition to teaching, she has worked as a systems analyst / programmer on a variety of systems development projects. Her academic background includes a B.S.E. in industrial engineering and a Ph.D. in

Conference Session

Design Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

Manufacturing. Page 15.352.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Design Experience in a Manufacturing Engineering ProgramAbstract:Manufacturing engineering students develop skills for the various elements of the design processthroughout the curriculum, culminating in a design implementation course during the senior year.Inspection of our curriculum shows that over 17 credit hours in the manufacturing engineeringprogram involve engineering design components.The program offers at least six courses in which engineering design is included. These coursesare: Engineering Graphics, CAD/CAM, Manufacturing Automation, Simulation

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Barnes, University of Colorado-Boulder

power plants, retrofitting of power plants or theirimpact on the environment. The Civil Engineering portion of the program has a similarcore of courses related to water resources or transportation and includes courses on lifecycle engineering and civil infrastructure systems. The InterdisciplinaryTelecommunications Program has a core of communications courses center on datacommunications, wireless, and security. A unique feature of the proposed program isbringing students with these three diverse areas of interest together to share experiencesand different approaches to common problems.It is expected that candidates for this MS Program or ME will have a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in engineering or science and many will be

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum in ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Jaeger; Richard Chapman; Victor Nelson

programs within the Collegeof Engineering to address the education of engineers to work in the wirelesstelecommunications industry.The current undergraduate Electrical Engineering (EE) and Software Engineering (SWE)curricula at Auburn University are designed to prepare students to work in a wide rangeof industries, giving them a broad base upon which they can build, with subsequenteducation and training, to meet industry-specific needs. The rapidly-growing wirelesstelecommunications and related industries require engineers with knowledge of RF (radiofrequency) electronics, wireless communication theory, telecommunications networks,and wireless system and application software. While these topics may be covered intraditional EE and SWE curricula, in

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sluss

, and/or Upper-division Electrical & Computer Engineering Lab. In lieu of taking these leveling courses,students may opt to demonstrate their proficiency in these subject matters by taking therespective final examination and scoring a minimum grade of B.5. Expected OutcomesWe expect to produce engineering graduates that are highly sought after for their ability to workat the confluence of telecommunications, computing and business. Early graduation results pointto initial success as all of our graduates, approximately 40, have found employment intelecommunications-related fields or have chosen to continue their graduate education bypursuing a doctoral degree. Another expected outcome of this program is that, by virtue of theresearch

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Doug Ramers

systemsmanufactured by real processes with real materials.This paper describes some approaches undertaken to help students develop the competencieslisted above within a traditional Mechanical Engineering program at Gonzaga University. Theapproaches involve adding hands-on projects to existing manufacturing related courses,enhancing non-manufacturing courses with manufacturing issues and projects, and usingmanufacturing problems as senior capstone design projects.Enhancing Manufacturing Related CoursesIn many traditional Mechanical Engineering programs, the only exposure students have to Page 7.695.1manufacturing is to one manufacturing processes course. This

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

David M. Woodall

the US has declined from about 40 tenyears ago to about 20 today. Of those that are currently accredited, only one is accredited at anadvanced level, that at the Air Force Institute of Technology, a graduate degree institution.University Working ConferencesThe American Nuclear Society (ANS) has co-sponsored with the ASEE Nuclear andRadiological Engineering Division two University Working Conferences (UWC) during the pasttwo years. The first UWC was held in Philadelphia during 1995 and the second in Reno, Nevadaduring 1996. The goal of those meetings was the continuing exploration of issues related to thefuture success of nuclear engineering academic programs. An especially compelling issue is theability of NE programs to obtain and retain

Conference Session

Personnel Development & Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devayan D. Bir, Loras College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

year with the gap showingincreasing trends from 2013 onwards (figure 2). To aggravate the situation further, thepercentage of women graduates in engineering have steadily increased over the past decade(more than 3 %) but has remained effectively same for AE (at 14%) which is lower than thatof engineering. The trends give an important insight into how minorities are affected in AE.The initiatives by government and universities have increased the percentage of womengraduates in engineering but not in AE. The trends for AE fall behind those of engineering atevery measure discussed above. The discussion while quantitative in nature reveals thatwhile institutional and governmental actions are working for engineering programs, AEprograms and

Conference Session

Looking at the ChE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Jacobson, Carnegie Mellon University; Rosemary Frollini, Carnegie Mellon University; Susana Steppan, Carnegie Mellon University

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2008-2010: UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAM INNANOMATERIALS, MACROMOLECULES AND INTERFACESAnnette Jacobson, Carnegie Mellon UniversityRosemary Frollini, Carnegie Mellon UniversitySusana Steppan, Carnegie Mellon University Page 13.1303.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Undergraduate Engineering Program in Nanoparticles, Macromolecules and InterfacesAbstractA coursework sequence for chemical engineering undergraduates is offered by the Colloids,Polymers and Surfaces (CPS) Program at Carnegie Mellon University to provide education abouttechnology applications in nanomaterials, macromolecules and interfaces. This program

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Seering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Karen Willcox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Luwen Huang, MIT

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Aerospace

particularly relevant in a professional major such as engineering, where manystudents enter industry after graduation. While these outcomes are distinct from outcomes tied toframeworks such as CDIO or ABET, much of the underlying intent is the same.3,4 A broadperspective on the curriculum can be gained by looking at the integrated set of outcomes thatwere collected. Students will take different paths (e.g., different technical electives), but in eachcase the subject-level outcomes will in aggregate fulfill higher-level program objectives.An interesting area of future work would be to augment this subject-based outcome mappingwith a higher-level aggregated mapping to ABET or CDIO outcomes. While the majority ofoutcomes captured in this framework fall

Conference Session

Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

. The information presented can start aconversation on how to measure the effectiveness of PhD programs in ENGE and its impact inthe engineering field.Program Evaluation Page 26.368.3The term evaluation is defined as “the identification, clarification, and application of defensiblecriteria to determine an evaluation object’s value (worth or merit) in relation to those criteria”[6]. The process of evaluation requires identification of evaluation criteria and standards,collection of relevant data and application of the defined evaluation criteria to measure the value,performance or effectiveness [6]. Particularly for evaluation of an academic

Conference Session

Educating Graduates in Engineering for a Flat World

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

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International

sciences such as philosophy,psychology, and, especially, economics, and thus deals with theories concerning the basic lawsof humans and society. The goals of the Social Engineering Program are to educate advancedresearchers and administers who work in areas related to policy, design and planning in nationalterritory socio-economic systems and to develop the integrated theories and methods of theseareas. It has been designed in a way to satisfy the education law of the country. The design andimplementation of this program comes to add to the efforts of the different sectors of thecommunity to solve the social problems that are perpetuated by decades such as environmentalissues, overpopulation, and the urban problem.1. IntroductionThe Social

Conference Session

Integration of Manufacturing and Society

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

. Since then, the Programhas enjoyed excellent support and grown to over 1,000 students on three campuses.There are three campuses for the governor’s scholars programs and they are housed in thevarious Universities (Public and Private Universities) in Kentucky.There are many engineering schools in the nation that conduct summer school for students sothat it provides a pre-college experience that challenges and promotes STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) experience. Many schools use this as a recruitmenttool to get the students from all around to experience the taste of campus life, experience handson projects, and with related experience. Valencia Community College offers a more specializedAssociate degree in pre-engineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rufus Carter; Tim Anderson; Marc Hoit

Session 2793 Factors Influencing Freshmen Retention in Engineering Programs Rufus L. Carter, Marc Hoit, and Tim Anderson Educational Psychology Department, University of Florida / College of Engineering, University of Florida / Department of Chemical Engineering, University of FloridaAbstract Student retention in engineering has long been an important issue for engineeringeducators. Despite improved recruiting practices and expanded first year programs , students areleaving the engineering disciplines and choosing other college majors. This study examinesfreshmen responses to 51 questions designed to assess

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melany Ciampi, Organization of Researches in Environment, Health and Safety; Claudio da Rocha Brito, Council of Researches in Education and Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

advisorto devise a study plan that matches the student's background, experience and interests while alsosatisfying the formal coursework requirements for the master's degree.9. Admission RequirementsThe basic candidate requirement for admission is [13]:To have a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, however the program encourages applicantsfrom diverse backgrounds, including (but not limited to) engineering, ocean sciences,environmental science, and management. Applicants may need to complete prerequisite courses.A faculty advisor will determine the specific requirements on an individual basis depending onthe student's educational background and work experience.10. Candidate Profile≠ Taste for related themes to the sciences of mathematics and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

David Silverstein

specific computing-relatedrequirements of their employer as rapidly as possible. When combined with a large projectedshortfall in qualified personnel to fill computer related jobs over the next ten years, chemicalengineers may find themselves required to fulfill some computer based duties previously delegatedto MIS and other support personnel.One approach to preparing students for the wide variety of computer related issues that may arisein their engineering duties is to take a template-based approach to developing engineeringsoftware. This method provides students with a software infrastructure, or template, that handlesbasic tasks, such as input and output, and requires them to utilize the basic programming skillslearned in an introduction to

Conference Session

Computer Tools for Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vinod Lohani, Virginia Tech; Ricky Castles, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech; Odis Griffin, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

paper describes integration of Tablet PCs into a required first semester freshman yearengineering course called EngE 1024, "Engineering Exploration." Assessment results from in-class clicker-based responses and online course exit surveys are presented to assess theeffectiveness of Tablet PC-based instruction. Problems encountered and plans for futureenhancements are also briefly discussed. A summary table showing Tablet PC related instructionactivities in various other academic programs is also presented.2. EngE 1024, Engineering Exploration – BackgroundEngineering freshmen at COE are required to pass two freshman engineering courses duringtheir 1-year long freshman engineering (also called General Engineering (GE)) program. Thefirst course is

Conference Session

Technical Session: Student Experience & Perspectives

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Jannette McFalls, Mississippi State University; Carla Danielle Grimes, Mississippi State University; M. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University; Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; James Warnock, Mississippi State University

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Student

Program Assessment Workshops, IDEAL and the assessment webinar series. He also directs activities related to the workshop facilitator training and professional development. Page 26.1615.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Undergraduate Facilitators’ Perspectives of   Engineering Summer Programs  1. Introduction  Summer programs are often used by universities to recruit students into engineering by educating and inspiring them.  Programs have various target audiences and objectives.  For example, some programs are targeted at

Conference Session

Continuous Improvement & Assessment of ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Chin, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

AC 2008-552: CHARACTERIZING THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGISTS:IMPLICATIONS FOR PROGRAM ASSESSMENTRobert Chin, East Carolina University Robert A. Chin is a faculty member in the Department of Technology Systems, College of Technology and Computer Science at East Carolina University, where he’s taught since 1986. In addition, he is a full member of the East Carolina University and Indiana State University graduate faculties. Chin received his PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park; MAE from Ball State University; BA from the University of Northern Colorado, and AAS from the Community College of the Air Force. Before joining the ECU faculty, he was on the College of Education faculty at

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Susan Magliaro; Michael Alley; Hassan Aref, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alex Aning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hayden Griffin; Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

engineering education and lead to fundamental reforms of engineering programs and how they are designed and presented to learners (formerly referred to as “students”). This is both a challenge and an opportunity, which must be approached with creativity, willingness to take risks, respect, and determination.Challenges• Vocabulary. Two major issues related to vocabulary have emerged. o One issue is obvious – the vocabulary inherent in our relative disciplinary knowledge bases. Engineers have a vast vocabulary related to the science, mathematics, and culture of engineering. Educators’ vocabulary is deeply connected to theories of

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

E. Hirleman

, American Society for Engineering Education ‚ Increased study and work abroad participation by students. ‚ Increased exchange of first-rate US, Chinese, and German engineering students. ‚ Graduates of engineering programs at all partner schools who are better prepared to: - function in a global technical environment and relate productively to the challenges of a global marketplace - transcend cultural issues to collaborate effectively in diverse, international teams - incorporate best practices from global technical experience and a range of engineering and company cultures ‚ Development and demonstration of the GEARE model that can be adopted by other engineering

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogical Strategies I

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Lucas, Purdue University; Bhavana Kotla, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs; Katey Shirey, EduKatey; Lisa Bosman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

load primarily consists of courses related to advanced embedded digital systems, IoT, and smart devices.Bhavana Kotla, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Technology, Leadership & Innovation, Purdue Polytechnic, Purdue University, Indiana, USADr. Katey Shirey, EduKatey As the founder of eduKatey, Dr. Katey Shirey supports science and math educators worldwide to bridge their content areas and bring engineering design and creativity to their students. Dr. Shirey earned her BA in physics, BA in studio arts, and MT in secondary science education at the University of Virginia, followed by her PhD in science teaching, learning, policy, and leadership at the University of Maryland

Collection

Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Ross A. Lee, Villanova University; Giles Wozniak, Villanova University; Alicia Piscitelli, Villanova University; Anitha Devi Kannan, Villanova University; Andrew Jester, Villanova University, Sustainable Engineering Program

and innovative packaging systems. He has authored or coauthored over 35 patents and publications. He has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Michigan State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Rochester.Giles Wozniak, Villanova University Giles Wozniak is a Graduate Assistant in Villanova University’s Sustainable Engineering Program. His background is in civil and architectural engineering from Drexel University and he has spent a number of years in the field before beginning his master’s full-time. At Villanova he has worked with companies such as Bala Consulting Engineers and The Boeing Company to advance their sustainability initiatives. In 2019 he presented his work with Boeing on

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Nan Byars, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in numerous mentoring and educational roles for undergraduates, high school and middle school students. Page 12.282.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessment Methods for a Mechanical Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program at the University of North Carolina atCharlotte recently underwent reaccreditation with the Technology Accreditation CommissionABET (TAC of ABET). This was the program's first reaccreditation activity under the outcomesbased criteria, known informally as TC2K.MET programs must demonstrate

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dileepan Joseph P.Eng., University of Alberta

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #6968From Robots to Gorillas: Computer Programming for EngineersDr. Dileepan Joseph P.Eng., University of Alberta Dileepan Joseph received the Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 1997 and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, in 2003. Since 2004, Dr. Joseph has been with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, where he has specialized in the team teaching of computer programming and where he has developed a research program in electronic imaging

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Katehi; Kamyar Haghighi; Heidi Diefes-Dux; Katherine Banks; John Gaunt; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; P.K. Imbrie; Deborah Follman; Phillip Wankat

Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Educationdirectly require the scholarship of teaching, its adoption has led to a substantial increase in thenumber of engineering faculty members engaged in this form of scholarship, which has in turnled the engineering education journals to increase their sizes to accommodate dramatic increasesin the number of papers submitted.4The National Science Foundation has supported educational scholarship in engineering since thelate 1980's through the Division of Undergraduate Education and the Engineering EducationCoalitions program. Today, NSF support for engineering related education reform is in excess of$200M per year. Such support "has increased the status of educational research in

Conference Session

Building a Community in Materials

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Craig Johnson, Central Washington University; Joe Fuerte, Central Washington University; James Protzeller, Central Washington University

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Materials

specific lab,and the related MET program outcomes. Students were able to include and demonstratemodeling skills that were not available previously. The MET program was able to utilizeexisting ‘extra-program’ numerical analysis tools to satisfy outcomes.AcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to the late Dr. Walt Kaminski for his inspiration and mentoring. He created thisheat transfer lab as well as many others. We also thank Central Washington University, theCollege of Education and Professional Studies, and the Industrial and Engineering TechnologyDepartment for continued support of efforts in engineering education.Bibliography1. Feisel, L., and Rosa, A., “The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education”, ASEE, Journal ofEngineering

Conference Session

Learning and Assessment III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Spendlove, Baker College, Flint; Anca L. Sala, Baker College, Flint; James Riddell, Baker College, Flint

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

one project from a first or secondyear class and one from a third, fourth or fifth year class that demonstrates we are meeting theoutcome. This also fits in well with our learning centered instruction initiative at the college sowe can not only show the school what we’re doing but show them how it fits into the confines ofour accrediting body. Page 25.880.5The Program Educational Objectives are to prepare graduates who: 1. demonstrate competencein engineering practice in local and global industry environments, or in related careers ingovernment or academia. 2. exhibit effective communication, team work, and readiness forleadership while

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Pat Leelani; Hector Estrada

issomething other than conducting trains. In this paper, we present materials developed for asummer engineering program to educate high school students about the academic andprofessional opportunities engineering has to offer. The educational materials have been used thelast three summers and 49 high school students have participated. The students are selected fromseveral area high schools based on their academic interest, with the highest priority given tothose interested in mathematics and science. They are brought to Kingsville to experiencecollege life (including college admission and other college related activities) and to participate inseveral educational activities designed to familiarize them with civil engineering, includingconstruction

Conference Session

Transgression, Conflict, and Altruism

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joey Valle, Purdue University; Lazlo Stepback, Purdue University; Polly Parkinson, Utah State University; Fawn Groves, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

electrician described how he sought engineering as a means of making moremoney than he thought he could make as an electrician, despite always wanting to be anelectrician. It is a truism that students often enter into engineering programs to obtain high salaryemployment upon graduation, as this unionized electrician sought. Upon completing a year ofhigher education in an electrical engineering program, he found that he didn’t like it and that theprospect of higher pay with an electrical engineering degree was not significant enough tosustain his enrollment in the program. Instead, he transitioned to related associate degreeprograms at a community college before enrolling in the electricians’ union apprenticeshipprogram. His choice to obtain three