Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Yong Pei, Wright State University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

customized modules from Emona Instruments. TIMS isalso pricey ($100,000 for one basic setup), especially considering that more modules will beneeded to support a series of core courses in a wireless engineering curriculum.The transition of instruction from traditional wireless transmission to software radio transmissionhas already been noticed and is being pursued by institutions of higher education. For example,Professor C. Richard Johnson of Cornell University and Professor William A. Sethares ofUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison have written a new communication textbook entitledTelecommunication Breakdown: Concepts of Communication Transmitted via Software-DefinedRadio, in which they teach communication theory via building a software radio based

Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention of Women II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

AC 2011-335: USING AN EXTENSION SERVICES MODEL TO INCREASEGENDER EQUITY IN ENGINEERINGElizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering Elizabeth T. Cady is a Program Officer at the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education of the National Academy of Engineering in Washington, DC.Norman L. Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering (Washington) Dr. Norman L. Fortenberry is the founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). CASEE facilitates research on and deployment of, innovative policies, practices, and tools designed to enhance the effective- ness and efficiency of systems for the formal

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Yudelson; Latifur Khan; I-Ling Yen; Evgeny Panteleev

build hypertext pages of the course and are not actively Page 8.47.2“Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference &Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”involved in personalization. While properties and structure of the multimedia objects can helpmake adaptation more efficient.In this paper we will present a framework for adaptive on-line education systems that featuresadvanced knowledge design capabilities and integrated solution to tightly couple knowledgestructures with adaptation methods and user model. The goal of our approach is to:• provide advanced knowledge

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Supporting Students at Multiple Levels

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder; Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

eye towards ourselves, acknowledging our deficitmindsets as administrators and faculty and examining how these limiting assumptions becomeembedded into our programs meant to support our diverse students, has revealed areas to targetfor change and improvement. The deficit mindsets of administrators and faculty are also passedalong to many engineering students who then appropriate these assumptions and beliefs ontodiverse students.Educational researchers have examined the origins of deficit thinking in educational systems(Valencia, 1997), issued calls to action for teachers to challenge deficit-thinking models (Weiner,2006) and specifically investigated the impact of deficit thinking in higher education (McKay &Devlin, 2016; Smit, 2012). In

Conference Session

Virtual Mentoring Program, Listening to Those That Matter, Moving Beyond Research, and Career Outcomes Tracking

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Paper ID #37863Work in Progress: Moving Beyond Research: Supporting Engineering andComputing Identity Development for Latina StudentsDr. Sarah Rodriguez, Virginia Tech Sarah L. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member with the Higher Education Program at Virginia Tech. In her research, she concentrates on identifying and asking urgent questions about systemic inequities such as racism, sexism, and classism that marginal- ized communities experience as they transition to and through their engineering and computing higher education experiences

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William A Kline, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Ashley Bernal, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

engineer at Boeing on the Joint Un- manned Combat Air Systems (JUCAS) program. Her research areas of interest include piezoelectrics, nanomanufacturing, optical measuring techniques, and intercultural design.Dr. Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mario Simoni is Department Head and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Development of Enhanced Value, Feature, and Stakeholder Views for a Model-Based Design ApproachThe increasing complexity of the workplace that engineering students find upon graduationsuggests that they must be not only technical problem solvers

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Baibak, Kettering University; Rajeev Agrawal, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

, Data Mining, eGovernment and Personal Data Privacy. Page 12.1191.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Programming Games to Learn AlgorithmsAbstractThis paper discusses using the creation of computer games as a Computer Science coursecurriculum. It illustrates the benefits of such a curriculum, being that it would be a fun andengaging learning environment, it would attract new Computer Science students, and it wouldprovide a solid foundation for the understanding of how to create algorithms. It goes on tosuggest different kinds of games that could be assigned in a course, as well as the kinds ofalgorithms

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeleine C Brannon, George Washington University ; Zoe Szajnfarber; Thomas Andrew Mazzuchi, George Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

Conference, Vol. 6, ASME, 2010, pp. 647-659. 6. M. Frank and D. Elata, Developing the capacity for Engineering Systems thinking (CEST) of freshman engineering students, Systems Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2005, pp. 187-195. 7. M. Gorman, Turning students in to professionals, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 91, No. 3, 2002, pp. 327-331. 8. International Council on Systems Engineering, INCOSE List of SE Programs July 2013, https://www.incose.org/educationcareers/academicprogramdirectory.aspx. 9. C. Jalain - D. Lafore, J. Chevalier and S. Banguet, Teaching systems engineering: a multidisciplinary project based feed-back on a pedagogic experiment: "EasyKawa 2004" project, 2005 European

Conference Session

Assessment of Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Esteban Rodriguez-Marek, Eastern Washington University; Min-Sung Koh, Eastern Washington University; Claudio Talarico, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

whole.ABET requires class assessment to start with collecting samples of student work, i.e. keepingcopies of all graded assignments of three students in every core and supporting course in thecurriculum. These copies must extend through the six years prior to the visit from the ABETteam. However this is only the beginning. Classes need to demonstrate a holistic coverage ofthe program educational outcomes, which in turn must be connected to the ABET criteria. Thisbecomes overly complicated by the fact that no standards have been set by ABET. As anecessary first step the ABET criteria were matched to the already existing program educationalobjectives and outcomes for Computer Engineering Technology. For the sake or readability, theoutcomes are not

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Technical Session 7: Advanced CS courses

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Kevin Kulda, Baylor University; Gennie Mansi, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

systems design, development, and consultation firm. She joined the faculty of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Baylor University in 1997, where she teaches a variety of engineering and computer science classes, she is the Faculty Advisor for the Women in Computer Science (WiCS), the Director of the Computer Science Fellows program, and is a KEEN Fellow. She has authored and co- authored over fifty peer-reviewed papers.Kevin Kulda, Baylor University Kevin is a Senior at Baylor University studying Computer Science and Information Systems. He is simul- taneously a Baylor Honors Student and a Baylor Business Fellow. Kevin’s senior thesis will investigate the intersection of machine learning and

Conference Session

Software and Programming

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priya Manohar, Robert Morris University; Sushil Acharya, Robert Morris University; Peter Y. Wu, Robert Morris University; Ali A. Ansari, Virginia State University; Walter W. Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. His teaching involvement and research interest are in the area of Software Engineering education, Software Verification & Validation, Data Mining, Neural Networks, and Enterprise Resource Planning. He also has interest in Learning Objectives based Education Material Design and Development. Acharya is a co-author of ”Discrete Mathematics Applications for Information Systems Professionals- 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall”. He is a member of Nepal Engineering Association and is also a member of ASEE, and ACM. Acharya was the Principal Investigator of the 2007 HP grant for Higher Education at RMU. In 2013 Acharya received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant for developing course materials through an industry-academia

Conference Session

Women Faculty Issues and NSF's ADVANCE program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

2006-979: REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE LIMITEDPOWER OF TITLE IX TO TRANSFORM STEM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMSCatherine Pieronek, University of Notre Dame Catherine Pieronek, J.D., is Assistant Director of Academic Programs and Director of the Women’s Engineering Program at the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering. She has worked as a senior systems engineer on NASA spacecraft projects at TRW Space & Defense Sector, and as Director of External Relations for the Notre Dame Law School. She serves as a faculty advisor and editorial referee for the Journal of College of University Law, a student-edited legal journal published by the Notre Dame Law School and the National

Conference Session

IE Program Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wu, University of Missouri, Columbia; Cerry Klein, University of Missouri; Michael Hosokawa, University of Missouri; Karen Cox, University of Missouri; Beilei Zhang, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

, which logically relate to the main study areas that need to beconsidered.The paper also reports how this framework is providing a logical basis for a number of currentinitiatives in the University of Missouri-Columbia, involving faculty from the MU College ofEngineering (Industrial Engineering), MU School of Medicine - Health Management andInformatics, MU University Hospitals and Clinics, and MU College of Education. In particular,with the support from the National Science Foundation (CCLI Program), MU College ofEngineering is developing and pilot implementing a HSE program for engineering undergraduatestudents at the university. The coursework included in this program will prepare futureengineers who are capable of applying structured and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University; Jessica Dolores Menold, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

Paper ID #38718Imperfect Interventions for Speaking Up and Supporting Women in STEMDr. Kristen Moore, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Kristen R. Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Education at University at Buffalo. Her research focuses primarily on technical communication and issues of equity, inclusion, and social justice.Dr. Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University Meg Handley is an Associate Teaching professor and Director Undergraduate Programs for Engineering Leadership. Meg completed her PhD in Workforce Education at Penn State, where she focused on inter

Conference Session

Technical Session T2

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Sheldon Levias, University of Washington; Lynne Spencer Ph.D., College of Engineering, University of Washington; Kelsey F Gabel, University of Washington Engineering Academic Center

Tagged Topics

Diversity, GIFTS

EngineeringThe COVID-19 virus pandemic spanning the last two years has profoundly affected all aspects oflife, particularly for students and educators. Our university’s engineering college communityquickly responded to this pandemic by adapting courses to a remote learning format. Our staff, ateam within the broader engineering college, adapted to this tectonic shift, creatively adjustingour practices in order to maintain a reasonable approximation of the in-person systems we havebeen utilizing for many years to support students furthest from educational equity.Providing engineering academic support in a manner that is accessible and effective forengineering students who identify as women, first-generation, and/or students of color can bechallenging in

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

AC 2010-1447: AN EXPERIENCE WITH CLOUD COMPUTING IN THECLASSROOMSusan Miertschin, University of Houston Susan L. Miertschin is an Associate Professor in Computer Information Systems at the University of Houston. She began her career in higher education teaching applied mathematics for engineering technology students. She demonstrated consistent interest in the application of information and communication technologies to instruction. This interest plus demonstrated depth of knowledge of computer applications and systems caused her to change her teaching focus to computer information systems in 2000. Recently, she has completed graduate course work in the area of Medical Informatics in order

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division Poster Session: Works in Progress

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Technological University; Mo Rastgaar, Michigan Technological University; Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Michigan Technological University; Amy Joy Patterson, Michigan Technological University; Jacob Bailey, Nonlinear Autonomous Systems Laboratory

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Ziaeefard is a PhD student and research assistant with Nonlinear and Autonomous Systems Laboratory (NASLab) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics at Michigan Technological University. Her research interests include engineering education, control and navigation of autonomous underwater vehicles.Amy Joy Patterson, Michigan Technological University I am an undergraduate student at Michigan Technological University studying Psychology. I work as a research assistant for a number of departments at my university.Jacob Bailey, Nonlinear Autonomous Systems Laboratory c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Adding Meaningful Context to Robotics Program (Work in

Conference Session

Educating Students for Professional Success

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

engineering doctoral students in the United States.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation’s Innovations inEngineering Education, Curriculum, and Infrastructure program, under Grant No. 0935039. Anyopinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those ofthe authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Table 1: Skills Included on the Survey of Potential Ph.D. Candidates Learn independently Create proposals Work in teams Follow safety regulations Communicate in writing Provide technical support Communicate orally Optimize products/processes Solve problems

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl White, Morgan State University; Clifton Sean Martin, Innovative STEM Foundation and Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy; Givon Forbes, Innovative STEM Foundation; Charles Lamont Clark, Academic Training Management Organization; Joseph White, Innovative STEM Foundation; Albert Edward Sweets Jr., iSTEMS

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

degree and master’s of science degree in electrical engi- neering from Morgan State University and is presently working on his doctorate degree in STEM educa- tion. Martin has worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as a Power System Engineer. He has taught high school mathematics in the Baltimore City Public School System as well as mathematics at several colleges and universities. Just before coming to BDJ, Martin worked for the Maryland State Department of Education as a Regional Coordinator for Career and Technology Education, where he assisted many local school systems with their implementation and management of pre-engineering and technology programs. Martin is also

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum, Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ertunga C. Ozelkan, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

sustainability education at thesystems engineering degree programs in US. The list of systems engineering academic programshas been obtained from the International Council on Systems Engineers[20]. Table 1 belowsummarizes our findings about these programs and the current state of their sustainability-relatedcoverage based on the program and university web pages.As seen in this table, out of the 47 programs 13 of them offer a BS degree in SystemsEngineering, 41 of them offer an MS and 14 of them offer PhD degrees in Systems Engineering.The web research showed that sustainability coverage is relatively rare in systems engineeringprograms: It seems that none of the systems engineering undergraduate programs offersustainability-related courses. There are

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 1: Student Success Boot Camps, Summer Bridge Programs, and Living Learning Communities

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Griggs, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Carmen Vanderhoof, Pennsylvania State University; Aaron Mattingly, Pennsylvania State University; Tonya Peeples, Pennsylvania State University

Professor) Assistant Research Professor: My current responsibilities are managing National Science Foundation-funded engineering education projects. The focus is on graduating more underrepresented students and low-income students in Engineering.Aaron Mattingly Dr. Aaron Mattingly is currently the Assistant Director of the Multicultural Engineering Program at The Pennsylvania State University. He obtained his undergraduate degree at Vriginia Tech and Ph.D. at the University of California, San Francisco. He is passionate about equity and inclusion in STEM and supporting those underrepresented in the field.Tonya L. Peeples Tonya L. Peeples is the Penn State College of Engineering Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion and a

Conference Session

Educational Opportunities in Engr. Abroad

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lucey

bedrooms, kitchenette, living/dini ng area andprivate bath. Each is furnished with cooking utensils, incoming telephone and color television. The flats aremanaged and maintained by Vienna Hotels who provide a weekly cleaning and change of bed linen.Administration Page 7.1041.2Two tenured professors jointly administer the program, with offices in the Notre Dame Centre. The Centre'sexisting administrative/secretarial staff provides programmatic support. Two Resident Assistants, chosen because Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Naveen Nattam, Purdue University; Kermin Martinez-Hernandez, Purdue University; Doug Danforth, Purdue University; Steve Emberton, Purdue University; Ryan Pedela, Purdue University; Eugene Elkin, Purdue University; Carlos Morales, Purdue University; Kellen Maicher, Purdue University; Gabriela Weaver, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

. Page 11.1269.2Proceedings of the 2006 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2006, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1. Team Composition and ProcessAt a high level, the team is organized into 6 distinct areas. The Chemistry subject matterexperts (SME) and game designers primarily focus on the creation of educational andnon-educational conceptual content. The work from those two teams is fed to a conceptartist who is responsible for creating a visual represntation of all of the necessary mediaassets needed to implement the game. The visualizations from the concept artist are thenused by the art team, technical director, and programers to actually create

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hong Zhang, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Courtney Richmond, Rowan University; Patricia Mosto, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

afairly complex schematic diagram, convert it to a printed circuit board, solder the electriccomponents into it, and test the board for application. Meanwhile, the project was conceived and conducted as a multidisciplinary project.The device is a mechatronic system, the interface and control requires a significantamount of programming, while the application is biological and environmental. Besidestwo professors from the Biological Sciences department, one Biology student was alsoinvolved to interact with the Mechanical Engineering students in developing the system.Therefore, the students needed to not only interact with professors from their owndisciplines, but also interact with faculty and students from other majors. In fact, theengineering

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina A&T State University; Jagannathan Sankar, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

Advanced Materials and Smart Structures. He received his Ph.D. from Lehigh University. He conducts research and teaches courses related to advanced materials. Page 12.970.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Introducing Nanotechnology Education within Industrial Engineering Curriculum1. IntroductionIndustrial engineering (IE) programs are concerned with the design, improvement andinstallation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy [1]. Animportant part of industrial engineering curriculum focuses on product/process design

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael M. Malschützky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany; Christine Kawa; Marco Winzker

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #38795Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning in Higher Education: AnExperimental Analysis of Small-Group Collaboration in Web-Conferencing ¨Michael M. Malschutzky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Germany Michael M. Malsch¨utzky is a Research Associate at the Centre for Teaching Development and Innovation (ZIEL) as well as Affiliate Faculty at the Department of Management Sciences at Hochschule Bonn- Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS), Germany. He received his Diplom-Ingenieur (FH) in Mechanical Engineering from H-BRS in 2005. After working as Test & Validation Engineer and Program

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech; Robert McGahern, DDR&E; Robert Stiegler, NSWC-DD

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Systems Safety and Engineering Division. Page 14.1241.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Pre-Engineering Program Initiative of the National Defense Education Program—A Navy FocusAbstractThrough the Pre-Engineering Program (PEP) initiative, a part of the National Defense EducationProgram (NDEP), the Department of Defense (DoD) is mounting a nation-wide effort to assurethe viability of the nation’s future scientific and engineering workforce. Building on lessonslearned from the Navy-supported Virginia Demonstration Project (VDP) begun in 2001, the PEPwill grow to reach from coast to coast in 2010 when

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

subscribe to this ideology value a programmed curriculum, and the psychology underpinning it to be found in behavioural psychology, as for example that of B. F. Skinner. In engineering education it can be seen in the systems of mastery learning and personalised instruction that were experimented with in the 1960’s and 1970’s [18; [19]; [20]. While behavioural psychology was replaced by cognitive psychology it is relevant to note that there are many politicians and administrators who believe that computer assisted learning might come to be used to replace lectures which are considered to be conveyors of the same knowledge that is to be sound in textbooks. Evaluation is very important to those who hold this ideology. There are

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Keith Clutter; Alberto Arroyo; Amir Karimi

preparation for the ABET accreditation under the Engineering Criteria2000 (EC-2000)1, a set of educational objectives and outcome statements for each program wasfirst developed in 1999 and refined in 20022-4. The program objectives are in line with themissions of the department, college of engineering, and the institution. In addition theseobjectives are consistent with the requirements for ABET accreditation under the EngineeringCriteria 2000. These objectives have been reviewed and approved by the major constituencies ofeach department. A process is in place for systematic evaluation and updating of eachdepartment’s undergraduate educational objectives and outcomes and the engineering faculty aredirectly involved in the assessment process

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Salil Desai, North Carolina A&T State University; Leotis Parrish, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

semesters bridged by continuingsupport from federal programs including the NSF NC-LSAMP. In this paper we discuss theexperiences and insights drawn via qualitative assessments. Program monitoring via monthlymeetings, presentations, faculty assessment and research reports provide consistent feedback onthe progress of the students. We propose to present findings from this preliminary study withongoing evaluation using longitudinal data analysis. Introduction of undergraduate researchprograms with symbiotic support from corporate and federal agencies have positive implicationsfor student retention and continuing education.1. IntroductionRetention of undergraduate students in BS degree programs within minority engineering schoolsis important towards