Conference Session

Technical Session M1

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Xinyu Zhang, West Virginia University; Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Stefanie Paige Hines, West Virginia University

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Diversity, Works In Progress

[2].However, a limited number of projects have evaluated the effectiveness of different recruitmentmethods on recruiting underrepresented students [3]. Gender-fair languages and changes onrecruitment materials have been suggested to reduce male bias in recruitment [4]. Other studiessuggested the importance of family influences such as family socioeconomic status (SES) andparental involvement in the recruitment [5]. Alston et.al assessed student recruitment practicesemployed by Agriculture colleges in the U. S. and identified effective methods [6]. However,they did not identify which methods are more effective in recruiting underrepresented students.At a large land-grant university in the Appalachian region, a program named the Academy

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael J. Caylor; Bruce Chesley

Session 2302 Developing an Integrated Curriculum for Small Satellite Engineering Bruce C. Chesley, Michael J. Caylor U.S. Air Force Academy, ColoradoAn ongoing challenge in undergraduate engineering education is creating a meaningful designcurriculum that integrates disciplines and provides hands-on experience for students to learnabout science, engineering, and organization management. The U.S. Air Force Academy(USAFA) has attempted to address this challenge by developing a multi-disciplinary program forundergraduate students to “learn space by

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Christine E King, University of California Irvine

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

, where she focused on wireless health monitoring for stroke and pediatric asthma. Her current research is on engineering education, specializing in pedagogy strategies to promote learning in design-build-test courses, including senior design, computer programming, and computer-aided-design courses. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Assessing Effectiveness of a Ground Rule System for Group Work in Large Engineering CoursesAbstract:Group work has become common practice in engineering education, as it allows students to learnteamwork skills while applying them to the course material. In particular, group work allowsstudents to develop relationships among

Conference Session

FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly C. Huett, University of West Georgia; Barbara B. Kawulich, University of West Georgia; P.K. Raju, Mechanical Engineering Dept, Auburn University,Al; Chetan S Sankar, Auburn University

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First-Year Programs

engineering culture: “Education innovationdeserves the same discipline, imagination, and effort that we are willing to put into othercomplex engineered systems.7”To effect such broad-based changes, an interdisciplinary team of engineering and businessfaculty, teaching assistants, and educational researchers was established 8 to addressimprovements to introductory engineering courses at two universities in the southeastern UnitedStates (a large public research-focused institution and a small, private teaching institution).Course improvements initiated by the team included curriculum changes, such as incorporatingmultimedia case studies which provided the potential for cost-effectiveness and broader appeal.1This paper discusses the key qualitative

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Phy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Kohlmyer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Schatz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marcus Marr, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

course write programs in the VPython computer language which apply a discrete form of the momentum principle iteratively through simple Euler integration. In this way, freshman and sophomores can study systems that would be too complex or impossible to do so analytically. Computer modeling also reinforces the theme that the same small number of principles can be used to predict a wide variety of behaviors. The VPython models also produce 3D graphics that enable visualization of complex phenomena.Matter & Interactions is currently used at several large U.S. institutions. The efforts toimplement M&I at Georgia Tech are part of a larger collaborative project with researchers atNorth Carolina State

Collection

2016 ERC

Authors

Keith Roper

Winning Large NSF Proposals D. Keith Roper Engineering Research Centers Program Leader Network for Computational Nanotechnology Program Leader Engineering Education and Centers Division, Engineering Directorate National Science Foundation ASEE Engineering Research Council Annual Conference Bethesda, MD Mon Mar 7 - Wed Mar 9, 2016Disclaimer: The comments in this presentation are of the author, and do not necessary reflect those ofthe National Science Foundation (NSF)Thanks to: D. Brzakovic, R. Gupta, C. Hemingway, P. Kharghonekar, S. Lim M. Molnar

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade for Teaching II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Chris Smaill, University of Auckland

Sociological Association: Washington, DC.7. Wulff, D.H., J.D. Nyquist, and R.D. Abbott, Students' perceptions of large classes, in Teaching large classes well, M.G. Weimar, Editor. 1987, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA. p. 17-30.8. Gibbs, G. and L. Lucas, Coursework assessment, class size and student performance 1984-94. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 1997. 21(2): p. 183.9. Williams, D.D., et al., University class size: is small better? Research in Higher Education, 1985. 23(3): p. 307-318.10. Berry, F.C., P.S. DiPiazza, and S.L. Sauer, The future of electrical and computer engineering education. IEEE Transactions on Education, 2003. 46(4): p. 467-476.11. Soderstand, M.A., The new electrical and

Conference Session

New Faculty Issues and Concerns

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Heidi Diefes-Dux; Robert Montgomery; William Oakes; Deborah Follman

promote student learning while maintainingyour sanity. We will show that despite lecture size you can still strive for assurance of studentpreparation for lecture, engagement of students during lecture, and creation of an overallenvironment conducive to learning and mutual respect. In the fall, we teach ENGR 106 -Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving and Computer Tools - to as many as 1500 studentsspread over only four lecture divisions. We will share the techniques we have found successfulboth in this class and in other large classes within our department. These techniques addressstudent accountability and engagement while maintaining control (i.e. avoiding mob-behavior) andinclude: “readiness assessment tests” to ensure that students read

Collection

2007 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Justin Reginato

Introducing Entrepreneurial Education in a Small Traditionally Non-Entrepreneurial Engineering School Justin Reginato, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Engineering Management Program School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton CAAbstractMany engineering programs within universities, such as Stanford University, the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, and the University of Maryland, have had great success in creatingentrepreneurial programs for their students. These programs have benefited from faculty, staff,and student interest in the entrepreneurial process. But how do you effectively developentrepreneurial education at

Conference Session

Teaching Courses in Renewable Energy Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Hay, University of Northern Iowa; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

billion (ppb), contrasted to 290,000 ppb 100 years ago. The generation ofelectricity by fossil fuels is not, of course, the only cause of record levels of CO2 and othergreenhouse gases in the atmosphere, but it does represent a large share.Generating electricity from the wind could replace coal for a much larger portion than iscurrently being realized. Unlike coal or nuclear sources, wind power can be generated at manydifferent scales of size. In the case of small-scale generation – it can be produced near to its’point of use, thus reducing transmission line losses.The success of a wind-electric generating system depends on several factors. These wouldinclude: the available sites, choice of a site from those possibilities, well defined goals

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Amer H. Daggag

1 Greening Information Communication Technologies in Small-Medium Sized Companies Amer H. DaggagAbstract— Information Communication Technologies (ICT) I. INTRODUCTIONimply the convergence of the audiovisual, telephone networksand computer networks through a cabling link system for the Information Communication Technologies (ICT) means thepurpose of sharing information. This research analyzes the convergence of the audiovisual, telephone networks andpossible

Conference Session

Innovations in Manufacturing Laboratories

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Hung, Texas A&M University; Adam Farmer

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

large classes without compromising class standards.This paper presents an integrated approach to teach a large manufacturing class that combineshands-on group cell laboratory with Clicker assessment and online resources. Page 26.580.2II. Literature ReviewII.1. Group CellHands-on laboratory practice is the key to effective learning. "I hear and I forget. I see and Iremember. I do and I understand" was preached by the famous teacher and philosopherConfucius (551–479 BC) during Spring-Autumn period of Chinese history. Leighbody and Kiddalso concluded "learning requires active experiences" in their survey1.Nowak2 ranked teaching strategies and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justeen Olinger; Michael Hutton; Christopher Gretsch Covington; Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech; Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community College; Branden McKagen, Virginia Tech; John Harris, Virginia Tech

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

AC 2012-3442: LAB-IN-A-BOX: TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIESTO MANAGE LARGE AND NOT SO LARGE LABORATORY COURSESMs. Justeen OlingerMichael HuttonMr. Christopher Gretsch CovingtonDr. Kathleen Meehan, Virginia Tech Kathleen Meehan is an Associate Professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at Virginia Tech. She joined Virginia Tech in 2002 after having taught at the University of Denver (1997-1999) and West Virginia University (1999-2002). Her areas of research include optoelectronic materials and devices, optical spectroscopy, packaging for power electronic applications, and electrical engineering pedagogy.Dr. Richard Lee Clark Jr., Virginia Western Community CollegeMr. Branden McKagen

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 4: Projects

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Jeunnette, University of Auckland; Enrique del Rey Castillo

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #40298Work in Progress: A Case Study on Large-Course First-Year EngineeringDesign ProjectsDr. Mark Jeunnette, University of Auckland Dr. Jeunnette is the Director of Engineering Design at the University of Auckland. His early career included engineering work in the automotive industry, engineering education, design consulting, and international development before completing his PhD in remote sensing for small-plot agriculture. His interests include engineering design education, aerial remote sensing for agriculture and the environment, image processing, and international development.Enrique del Rey Castillo

Conference Session

Innovations in Freshman Engineering

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Lamont; John Merrill; Richard Freuler

Session 3553 The Potential & Pitfalls of Online Course Management: Experiences in a Large-Scale Freshman Program John A. Merrill, Mary Lamont, and Richard J. Freuler The Ohio State UniversityIntroductionIn the past two academic years, the Freshman Programs at The Ohio State University's Collegeof Engineering have incorporated an online course management system to help with theimplementation of a curriculum for over 1,000 first-year students. The instructional teamconsists of faculty, graduate teaching assistants, undergraduate peer mentors, lab supervisors,and a

Conference Session

Computing Technology Applications-II

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Kay Dillon, Michigan State University; Michelle Slattery, Peak Research

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #22838A Flipped Active-learning Class to Support Diverse Students in a Large In-troduction to Programming ClassProf. Laura Kay Dillon, Michigan State University Laura Dillon is a professor and past Chair of Computer Science at Michigan State University (MSU); before joining MSU, she was a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research centers on formal methods in software engineering, specification, and analysis of concurrent software systems. An ACM Distinguished Scientist, Laura has served on numerous editorial boards, program committees, funding panels, and advisory committees—most

Conference Session

The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware; Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering challenge that addresses common FYElearning objectives. The effectiveness of the UDGears curriculum was evaluated retrospectivelyby comparing student performance between two consecutive years of a large-enrollment FYEcourse in which UDGears was offered in an online-only setting and a comparable mechanicaldesign project was offered F2F. The curricular structure and results of this study might provideinsight to similar programs at other institutions that are attempting to maintain hands-on learningexperiences in FYE engineering courses, particularly during mandated online instructionalperiods.MethodsUDGears CurriculumThe UDGears curriculum was designed as a multi-week, team-based design project to beembedded within a semester long (14 week

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 14: Curriculum and Course Assessment in and Outside the Classroom

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John A. Mirth, St. Cloud State University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

[24]. None of these authors, however, specifically address the use of small batchsize concepts to enhance the educational practice.The following sections develop the application of small batch ideas to the design and delivery ofengineering courses. The principles of small batch size in a manufacturing environment arepresented first to define terms and concepts. These are then imposed on a common coursestructure to examine potential differences between “large batch” and “small batch” coursedesign. A third section presents a variety of strategies and tools that can be used to facilitatesmall batch course design.Principles of Small Batch SizeA logical starting point for examining the effects of batch size in a teaching environment is tofirst

Conference Session

FPD 4: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part I: Multimedia, Large Classes, and TAs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farshid Marbouti, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Hyunyi Jung, Purdue University; Alena Moon, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Purdue Univer- sity. She is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy. Since 1999, she has been a faculty member within the First-Year Engineering Program at Purdue, the gateway for all first-year students entering the College of Engineering. She has coordinated and taught in a required first-year engineering course that engages students in open-ended problem solving and design. Her research focuses on the development, implemen- tation, and assessment of model-eliciting activities with realistic engineering contexts. She is currently the Director of Teacher Professional Development for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Research and Learning (INSPIRE

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders Programs Involving Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Johnson, Valparaiso University; Sarah DeMaris, Valparaiso University; Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University

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International

language and culture; astudy-abroad experience in Germany; a four to six-month cooperative-education placement, alsoin Germany; and residency in the university's German-language-only residence hall. Theprogram development and implementation has been successful to date with the first class ofstudents currently completing their year in Germany. By using existing institutional resources,other small comprehensive institutions like Valparaiso could emulate many if not all of thecomponents in the VIEP. If more institutions, both large and small, offered internationalengineering programs, engineering graduates in the U.S will have the technical ability and thecultural competence to be leaders in the global marketplace.References1. Website

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

systemic curricular reform.Our approach, rooted in our specific problem, can be characterized as evolutionary curricularchange as opposed to the more prevalent model that could be term revolutionary curricularchange. We seek to effect change in small steps that over time result in large-scale program shift.The core of our method to effect the change we seek is a multi-step process: • to select linked islands of opportunity (classes) within a given program, • to engage the instructors for the identified classes in a process to learn MATLAB (if necessary), and • to support the instructors as fully as possible during their initial offerings with MATLAB and on a continuing basis • to support student use of MATLAB by

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine; Mark E. Walter, University of California, Irvine

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Design in Engineering Education

observed non-uniform learningexperience, poor assessment of student work, poor project quality, and non-negligible numbersof students who do not contribute. Of increasing concern are issues of diversity andinclusiveness that can run rampant in a decentralized system such as ours, especially asstudents initiate, form, and manage their own teams.One of the unique aspects of our for-credit projects ecosystem is the fact that more thantwo-thirds of the students are involved in competition projects. The currently active studentcompetition projects are listed in the appendix. Competition projects present unique challengeswithin a capstone design program. The projects themselves are very demanding for studentswho have a large number and variety of

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Lumsdaine, Michigan Technological University; Josh Loukus, Michigan Technological University; Jason Dreyer, Michigan Technological University; Steve Chenoweth, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Monika Lumsdaine, E&M Lumsdaine Solar Consultants, Inc.

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Design in Engineering Education

-authoring several textbooks. She is a certified HBDI practitioner Page 14.637.1 (Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument) and conducts team building workshops in industry, business, and educational institutions. Contact info: www.InnovationToday.biz.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Forming and Managing Project Teams in Large Capstone Design CoursesAbstractABET and most companies recruiting new engineers expect graduating seniors to haveteamwork and leadership experience and skills. In capstone design, good teamwork is closelyconnected to attaining an optimal design

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Focus on Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Philip Reid Brown, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Ilene J. Rosen, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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First-Year Programs

, we assessed submissions of code. Code had to be fully commented, withdescriptions of how different programming methods worked and why they were used. Gradeswere assigned both on correctness, style, and the use of appropriate or required programmingmethods. In an effort to curb plagiarism, students were repeatedly informed of the use of anti-plagiarism software (Stanford MOSS) on project submissions. The first project of the spring2018 semester was excluded from this process due to the relatively small size and simpleimplementation of the project. However, using Stanford MOSS, the course faculty foundevidence that a large number of students were sharing code or copying code on Project 2 andProject 3 (see Table 2). Note that Table 2 only

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Jackelyn Raquel Lopez Roshwalb, University of Maryland, College Park

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First-Year Programs

, and launching a new design project by providing a practitioner’s account that details the successes, missteps, and lessons learned in transitioning to a new design project.  The reflection is supported by a survey administered to the instructional team at the end of the first semester the course was taught, the authors’ reflection and assessment of teaching the new course, and student course evaluation responses.  Introduction  Providing first­year engineering majors with an opportunity to experience engineering through a project­based design course has become an important curricular element in many engineering degree programs 1­9 .  Research on novice and expert designers 10­20  is also pointing to best practices for the instructional design

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Cook-Chennault, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

= ProbablyNot, and 5 = Definitely Not. The survey questions posed to the high school students,undergraduate students and teachers are in the Appendix. The mean values for the high schoolparticipant responses for the pre-survey are depicted in Table 7 and the post survey results maybe found in Table 8. There was a marked increase in the confidence of the high school studentsresulting from the high school summer program and interaction with the research and studentenvironments as indicated in Table 7 and Table 8. The number of high school studentsparticipating in the study is small (29 participants), but enough to calculate statistical averagesand standard deviations for the items under investigation. It is also large enough to performpaired two sample T

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

William Palm, Roger Williams University

prior studies.The study raises several new questions. Given the importance of four-year graduation rates, andthe apparent effectiveness of ELLCs in improving them, why have so many studies focused onfirst-year retention and so few on graduation? Is it too hard to track students longitudinally? Dodevelopers of novel programs such as LLCs move on to other projects once the early assessmentwork is complete? Or is assessment abandoned after grant funding expires? Regardless of thecause, opportunity exists to better understand LLCs’ long-term effects, including how and whysuch a modest and early intervention can have such a large effect. Systematic qualitativeassessment of students’ and faculty’s experience with ELLCs would provide valuable insight

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wilhelm Alex Friess, Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Brandywine; Dylan Connole

Tagged Divisions

International

displaying a greater effortto communicating interculturally. However, in addition to profiting from this propensity,which is particularly beneficial in the large grouping environment addressed here, eachspecific course should incorporate individual outcomes to reinforce the overall globalcompetencies. This naturally requires an expansion of the normal course learning outcomesto account for the development of these skills.• Able to work effectively as a part of a multinational/multicultural team12• Effective and knowledgeable in working in cross-cultural settings12These outcomes should be assessed and become an integral part of the course grade.ConclusionsStudy abroad programs offer an ideal environment not only to provide

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Matthew A. Verleger Ph.D. (He/His/Him), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Heidi M Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

feministengineering programs have implemented small incremental theory [5]. The purpose of narrative inquiry is to capturechanges that have resulted in positive lasting effects. Due to narrative knowledge or individuals’ lived and toldthe importance of context of these successes, this workshop experiences as opposed to paradigmatic knowledge [5].utilizes narrative inquiry [5] to develop a deeper Paradigmatic knowledge is traditionally a more highlyunderstanding of problems common to first-year valued knowledge that is characterized by the logical-engineering programs and viable solutions that other scientific mode [5]. While not as esteemed, narrativeinstitutions can easily adopt

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Ranalli, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton Campus; Susan E Chappell, Penn State University

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College Industry Partnerships

Engagement Coordinator, which was of great assistance in thisprocess.Though the sample size for the surveys were small, some qualitative interpretations are possible.This program has received positive feedback from students/alumni and industry participants.Most students reported that the events improved their awareness of careers in their field, andmultiple students were able to receive internship/job interviews that they attributed directly to theactivities. By offering the initiatives as part of regularly scheduled engineering courses, we wereable to engage the large number of adult learners and commuters in the program, and to provideopportunities for students at all levels. We plan to continue refining career engagementprogramming in the future