Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McWhirter, Virginia Tech; Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Choice,” The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 99–118, 1955.[18] N. Hamilton, “Rethinking the RFP,” News, Aug-2011. .[19] H. C. M. van Trijp, Ed., Encouraging Sustainable Behavior: Psychology and the Environment, 1 edition. New York, NY: Psychology Press, 2013.[20] E. R. Frederiks, K. Stenner, and E. V. Hobman, “Household energy use: Applying behavioural economics to understand consumer decision-making and behaviour,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 41, pp. 1385–1394, 2015.[21] E. Johnson et al., “Beyond nudges: Tools of a choice architecture,” Marketing Letters, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 487–504, Jul. 2012.

Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; TAHAR MESSADI, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS; John Henry Kester III, University of Arkansas

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

, create a vision forchange, and ultimately provide a solution to address such a challenge. Academic rigor andproper student preparation are primary motives for developing these abilities to initiatetransformational strategies towards sustainability issues. From our academic experience andliterature review, it is apparent an opportunity exists to tailor current methods of inquiry tosustainability, or emerge with new ones that are more fitting. The ability to conduct research islearned through initiation with continued practice and builds from a foundation of understandingthe different approaches that are available. This paper shares the process engaged in this coursedesign and development aimed at preparing undergraduate students, including

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division ASCE Liaison Committee - Accreditation and Curriculums - What Changes Are Occurring?

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Aldrich, American Society of Civil Engineers; Norma Mattei, University of New Orleans; Kleio Avrithi, Mercer University; Jennifer Hofmann, American Society of Civil Engineers; Anthony Kulesa

, the CEBOK3Committee abandoned this focus. The third edition of The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge(CEBOK3) [7], published in 2019, still deems licensure as a vital component of a civil engineer’spreparation for responsible charge, and the CEBOK3 still identifies the need for civil engineersto pursue post-graduate education. However, the CEBOK3 recognizes that formal education isonly one of the essential steps to prepare a civil engineer for responsible charge. Structuredmentorship and self-development (life-long learning), gained through work experience, are alsocritically important to prepare civil engineers for responsible change. Engineering employers areresponsible for teaching the practical application and practice of civil

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Candace Rose Wiwel, University of Michigan; Jessica E. S. Swenson, University of Michigan; Magel P. Su, University of Michigan; Max William Blackburn, University of Michigan; Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Student

. As a result, many spaces are utilized for multiple purposes, and classrooms are oftenused outside of class time. When not in use, classrooms can host student organization events,project team meetings, and students simply doing homework.The increase in student centered pedagogies has encouraged universities to renovate traditionallecture style classrooms to studio or flexible classrooms [1]. Increases in the number of flexibleand studio classrooms raise the question of how universities can design these spaces to alsosupport student informal learning beyond their intended use as classrooms.Studies have been conducted on the benefits of informal learning settings, but there are fewstudies on how the physical space itself can support the

Conference Session

Evolving Engineering Libraries: Services, Spaces, and Collections

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Sapp Nelson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries

before the research project with a plan.Involvement in data requires a librarian’s subject expertise to move upstream in the researchproject, just as our involvement in research is moving upstream in the research/publicationcycle.1Familiarity with the needs and common practices of engineering researchThe most useful reading time spent for truly understanding the reality and scope of data issuesfor researchers is reading reports by LIS researchers who interviewed scientists and engineersabout their data management practices and problems. It is invaluable to be introduced to thelifecycle of specific data sets through the eyes of the researcher, as they reflect on how theyproduce the data, how they manage the data, and their own expectation for the

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amanda Marie Singer, Michigan Technological University; Michelle E. Jarvie-Eggart, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Student

. Advice from 67 student teams was collected through an in-class assignment. Student responses were anonymized and coded using analytic induction andconvergent coding methods within a grounded theory framework. An initial codebook wasdeveloped using codes from research previously conducted by the authors, with additional codesbeing added as a consensus in response coding was reached amongst researchers.Results indicated that time management was the top concern for online students, followed byreadiness to learn online, which included managing distractions to online learning and learning indedicated spaces. Self-care also emerged as a more significant concern for online first yearengineering students than in person first year engineering students

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Tonya L. Peeples, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine L. Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University; Cynthia Howard-Reed, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

Barriers in Launching an S-STEM focused onLow-Income Graduate Students. Through the initial years of the S-STEM program focused ongraduate students, we have identified two main barriers. It is our goal through this paper thatarticulating these barriers will start conversations, or accelerate conversations and solutions, forother institutions planning similar interventions.Barrier 1: Identification of “Low Income” Graduate Student Status. While decipheringundergraduate calculation of need is relatively easy, with FAFSA being a typical way ofdocumenting parental income, graduate admissions do not require FAFSA such that there is not acentralized tracking of graduate student need. Further, definitions of FAFSA-based need rely onparent dependency

Conference Session

Accountability and Stewardship

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University, Chicago; Matt Miller, Loyola University, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

casestudies are taught as situative learning experiences, and consider professional practice throughanalysis of an engineering standard/regulation. During a situative learning experience, learningoccurs through a collaborative activity, with knowledge presented within an authentic context [2,3]. Second, Keenan’s Model of Conscience Formation provides students with a framework forevaluating inequities in each case study. Finally, the social justice case studies facilitate criticalconsciousness regarding engineering practices. This provides students an opportunity to reflect onthe inequity perpetuated through engineering irresponsibility and take critical action to identifyunethical practices and articulate a socially responsible engineering approach

Conference Session

Technical Session 12 - Paper 2: DEI Student Ambassadors Program

Collection

2022 CoNECD (Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity)

Authors

J. McLean Sloughter, Seattle University; Brooke I Wynalda; Agnieszka Miguel, Seattle University

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

the final groupof ambassadors. These five ambassadors worked through spring quarter of academic year 2019-20. Fourof them continued through the academic year 2020-21 (one decided to leave the group due to othercommitments). Because three out of the four ambassadors were graduating in spring of 2021, we had to select oursecond cohort of DEI Student Ambassadors at the end of the academic year. The process was very similarto how we selected the first cohort with one difference: current student ambassadors were involved ininterviews of the candidates alongside faculty/staff members of the DEI Committee. As a result, weselected 8 students to be ambassadors during the academic year 2021-22. One of these students is acontinuing ambassador from

Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa, Independent Consultant

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

higher education institutions with an expectation that they will benefitfrom knowledge acquisition and develop an expertise in a designated discipline1 (Tsui, 2003). Inthat vein, the major goals of higher education are to cultivate critical thinkers 2, 3, 1 (Tsui, 1998,1999, 2003). The role of higher education is becoming increasingly demanding, given thecriticism that K-12 educational systems are not preparing students to think beyond rotememorization4 (Darling-Hammond, 2000). Learning in higher education institutions, however, isthought to be qualitatively different from learning at earlier levels of education5 (Dubuc, 2000). Developing critical thinking skills among young African American students, especiallythose entering college for

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Alice F. Squires, Washington State University; Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Systems & Enterprises); Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

International Forum

systems will be used, and thechallenges faced by the development, production, deployment, and support teams involved intheir creation and sustainment. To build a pathway to systems focused education, thefoundations of systems knowledge and skills should be instilled in engineering students early intheir education, starting with systems thinking in K-12 and building on more advanced systemconcepts through undergraduate education and beyond. This paper describes how societal needscombined with global trends produce systems challenges that must be addressed by engineerswho are systems thinkers. After analyzing three separate undergraduate engineering educationresearch efforts in process, the authors propose a pathway to support engineering education

Conference Session

New Endeavors

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Ollis

and take-apart current technologies. Beyond this broadencounter with ten or more technologies, via context, content, and contraption, thestudents follow their individual interests through reading and analyzing three bookswhich focus individually on a device, a company and a technology hero, but broadlydescribed so as to include, again, “context, content and contraption”. This novel, multi-dimensional approach to technology literacy is a new format fordelivery of this topic. As no consensus format appears to yet exist for technology literacycourses, our form provides another choice of delivery mode for this educational challengefor the general college populace with interest, but not expertise, in technology.Defining the topics

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 8: International Perspectives in Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Appiah-Kubi, University of Dayton; Khalid Zouhri, University of Dayton

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

international students for diverse career paths help to make their academic journey morerewarding. To thrive, one must embrace these multifaceted transformative experiences with anopen mind, a willingness to learn, and resilience that will enrich the academic experience andprepare them for future success beyond the classroom. Finally, after creating a welcomingclassroom environment, if faculty members desire to enhance international students' experienceand their ability to thrive, there must be intentional relationship building to help the studentsbecome more comfortable asking for help when needed.LimitationsThis study utilized a limited sample size in a non-randomized survey; hence, the findings maynot be generalized.References 1. S. K. Gardner

Conference Session

FPD 8: Teaching Design in the First Year

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann Saterbak, Rice University; Tracy Volz, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering design process and use it tosolve meaningful problems drawn from local hospitals, industry, local community partners, RiceUniversity, and international partners.The objectives for the course are to (a) have students learn and practice the engineering designprocess early in their engineering education, and (b) increase undergraduate retention inengineering at Rice University by 10 percentage points. These two objectives align withimportant themes and goals published elsewhere. For this first-year design course, three specificlearning outcomes have been defined: students design a product that meets user-defined needsand realistic constraints; students communicate effectively through written reports andoral/visual presentations; and students

Conference Session

PCEE Session 9: Virtual Summer Programs

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Geary, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tawni Paradise, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Kim Lester, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hannah Glisson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

experiences? In addressing this question, the following paper first discusses the processin which the camp shifted to the online format, followed by a description of the summer campand its key components in 2019 - 2021 with specific attention to the shifts from in person (2019),to online (2020), to the second summer online (2021). The paper concludes by describingchanges that the team is keeping moving forward into in-person camp (2022) and beyond, aswell as an evaluation of the online camp across the three years.A. COVID Pandemic in 2020In response to the COVID pandemic, the full-time staff coordinator and the graduate coordinatormet and decided on alternatives to stay aligned with the safety restrictions accompanying thepandemic. Once the in-person

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering (ME) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steffen Peuker, University of Alaska Anchorage

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

development of educational equipment for the Thermal Systems Laboratory at theUniversity of Alaska Anchorage the replies were that "it is extremely important that MechanicalEngineering students have the basic HVAC concepts and the opportunity to learn firsthand, byutilizing hands on equipment" and that "these simulators and labs allow students to train onrelevant equipment they will interface with if they enter the HVAC industry. This helps getstudents beyond theory and shows them real life examples. One of the difficulties in hiring newengineers are they have been taught in college the right answer is in a book. Outside of schoolthere are often many answers to a question and often there is no book on the subject. They mustlearn through labs and well

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Frederick Orthlieb

learned what extraordinary amounts of time and effort a project can absorb in crashmode as a critical deadline approaches, and what immense joint satisfaction results from havingmet such a deadline.3. What Students Think about E-TeamsCourse evaluation feedback was strongly positive about the effectiveness of the E-Teamprojects and about having funds for project hardware, supplies and operations as factorscontributing to strong engagement with course content and high levels of satisfaction withproject and course outcomes. The leader of the space-heating team was sufficiently motivatedto write and submit a Level III proposal to NCIIA to continue the project through thesucceeding spring and summer, constituting her senior design project. That

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Joy Arbor, Kettering University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

: There isn’t really that many big ideas in Statics not (sic) that I’m looking back. Most everything comes from the Newton equations and the idea that the sum of the forces are equal to zero in the x and y direction. Of course you need to know how to add and subtract vectors in i j k form and how to find the moment of something, but from those ideas you can apply them to different beams, trusses, frames, machines, etc.In the work required to write the essay, he clearly was able to integrate the course material andsummarize it in just a few words. Other students also indicated that they had gained anunderstanding of the material through their reflections, although some of them focused more onhow the simple concepts could

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Progress Reports: Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Donald Richter, Eastern Washington University; Danny Teachman, Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. This paperdescribes the results of the first year's pilot project that was developed to teach students theUniversal Design concepts within the confines of a senior design project for engineers andengineering technology undergraduate students. The students designed and developed a productthat would be used by both the university's Disability Support Services (DSS) Office and theCenter for Disability Studies and Universal (CDS) Access. This project included a servicelearning component while studying and incorporating the precepts of Universal Design. It alsodemonstrated how these types of projects could develop a whole new generation of engineerstrained to better serve our entire population through the precepts of Universal Design. Theoutcomes

Conference Session

Technology Integration in the Classroom

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susana Lai-Yuen, University of South Florida; Maria Herrera, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

project promoted interdisciplinary collaborative work andmotivated students to learn on their own beyond the classroom about surgeries, medical devices,and human anatomy. Benefits for the students consisted in: (1) increased knowledge and hands-on experiences in design and manufacturing concepts, software and equipment; (2) increasedawareness and exposure to real challenges in the medical device industry; and (3) increasedproblem solving, teamwork, written and oral communication skills. The integration of real-world medical device projects into manufacturing education can benefit the medical deviceindustry through new product ideas from students with related experience in a medicalenvironment. At the same time, real engineering projects

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Iowa State University; Rachel E. Friedensen, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

students often differed in their ways ofexperiencing innovation, i.e., categories were often comprised mostly of male participants ormostly of female participants. However, one unexpected finding was that female students weremore likely to align with the most comprehensive ways of experiencing innovation, which hadnot yet been suggested by the literature.This paper seeks to more thoroughly understand this finding through abductive analysis8, a novelanalytical framework that supports sense-making and theory development based on unexpectedfindings. Unlike deductive analysis, which focuses on generating and testing hypotheses basedon extant theory, and inductive analysis, which focuses on meaning within the data and connectsfindings to theory post

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Assessment and Integrating Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sridhar Condoor, Saint Louis University; Mark McQuilling, Saint Louis University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

less innovative. Designers must leave the prototype far behind to achieveinnovation. While such movement may be difficult, it is essential. Consciousness of one’sthought process can help in easily exploring other options and reducing the fixating effects of thecognitive prototypes.The same recognition process differentiates an innovative product from others. To differentiate aproduct, besides superior performance, the product should look, feel, and/or function differently.This differentiation often creates resistance to acceptance in certain consumer segment.However, as long as the lead customers recognize the product innovation, the market shifts to thenew product concept over a period of time.2.3. Concept Development – Go beyond the initial

Conference Session

Retention of Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Claire Lynne McCullough

no one approach, however excellent, can hope to be effective in havingsignificant impact on a problem of this magnitude. In addition, the question of at what point, orpoints, intervention is most effective does not have a single answer. Programs exist whichemploy formal education at elementary school, middle school, high school, undergraduate, andgraduate institutions. Informal education programs make use of such collaborators as museums,Girl and Boy Scouts, and industry to impact both attitudes and access. Mentoring programs, bothin person and virtual, have been used at all levels, from K-12 up through professional practice intechnical fields. A recent study has indicated that the programs which provide a variety ofmethods of intervention

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Byron G. Garry, South Dakota State University; Suzette R Burckhard, South Dakota State University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

. Journal of Engineering Education 99(4):121-13415. Boice, R. 2000. Advice for new faculty members: Nihil nimus. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.16. Felder, R.M. Brent, R. & Prince, M.J. 2011. Engineering Instructional Development: Programs, Best Practices, and Recommendations. Journal of Engineering Education 100(1): 89–12217. Besterfield-Sacre, M., Cox, M.F., Borrego, M., Beddoes, K. & Zhu, J. 2014. Changing Engineering Page 26.551.12 Education: Views of U.S. Faculty, Chairs, and Deans. Journal of Engineering Education 103(2): 193- 21918. Henderson, C., Finkelstein, N., & Beach, A. 2010. Beyond dissemination in college

Conference Session

Aerospace Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael John Hargather, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Shannon Hussan; Timothy W Jacomb-Hood, The Pennsylvania State University; Zachary Francis, Penn State University; Carly Seneca; Martha Quinlin; Raveen Fernando

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

are presented,along with student feedback and observations of the student work. Ultimately, this activityengaged students in a dimensional analysis project that they generally enjoyed and whichimproved their overall understanding of fluid dynamic scalingAssignment objectivesThe primary objective of this assignment is for students to learn more about the process ofdimensional scaling through a hands-on-learning activity. The topic of dimensional analysis andscaling is typically difficult to teach to undergraduate students, and have them develop anunderstanding beyond the basic concept of matching given dimensionless numbers betweenmodels and prototypes. This assignment allows students to explore how dimensional data isconverted into

Conference Session

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Best Papers

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahid Behrouzi, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Daniel Kuchma, Tufts University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

academic interest include the design, modeling, and analysis of structures, and how students can gain insight into structural engineering through demonstrations and hands-on experiences. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Inquiry-based Learning to Explore the Design of the Built EnvironmentAbstractTypically in introductory structural engineering courses with a lab component, the instructionalapproach is to present the underlying theory via pre-lab lecture/reading and subsequently havestudents conduct guided experiments that affirm that theory. The new Fall 2015 course offeringdescribed in this paper took the reverse approach where students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Paul Bosela, Cleveland State University; Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University; Joshua Bagaka's, Cleveland State University; William Beasley, Cleveland State University

ethical responsibility (g) an ability to communicate effectively (h) the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in aglobal, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning (j) a knowledge of contemporary issues (k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for Page 13.232.2engineering practice.”2 Case studies are particularly useful for addressing the outcomes concerned withprofessional and ethical responsibility, global and societal context, life

Conference Session

Instrument Design and Development

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zhang, Zhejiang University; Liang Wang, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University; 帅 王, the School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

conceptualresearch, Strobel et al. [30] analyzed 1058 engineering education literature related to authenticity througha systematic literature review and proposed a four dimensions concept framework based on Brab et al.’s 3research work [31], which includes context authenticity, task authenticity, impact authenticity, as well aspersonal and value authenticity.Authentic learning has a long history in engineering fields like apprenticeship [28], in which the learnerscould finish some real-world tasks and solve ill-defined problems. The features of work-place engineeringproblems, such as ill-structured, complex, conflicting goals, multiple solution methods, beyond engineeringsuccess standards or constraints

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tahsin Mahmud Chowdhury, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sreyoshi Bhaduri, McGraw Hill ; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

. Given the shift in thenature of problems and solutions, there is an opportunity within Systems Engineering fortransforming into a transdisciplinary discipline [1], [2]. Sillitto et al. [55] describes SystemsEngineering as a “transdisciplinary and integrative approach to enable the successfulrealization, use, and retirement of engineered systems, using systems principles and concepts,and scientific, technological, and management methods”. According to Rousseau [3],transdisciplinarity can be used as a powerful problem-solving technique that brings in patternsand perspectives by crossing disciplinary boundaries and creating a holistic approach. Extendingthis definition, transdisciplinarity in systems engineering would mean going beyond

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce E Dunne, Grand Valley State University; Paul Keenlance, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects (andproject sponsors). Identifying viable projects, while maintaining expected standards interms of challenging yet feasible designs, has become significantly more difficult as alarge number of new sponsors are needed. To that end, we have been looking beyond ourtraditional industry partners for other sources for project sponsorship. Fortunately, recentcollaboration with the Natural Resources Management (NRM) program in the BiologyDepartment at our own university has proven to be a fruitful source of excellentinterdisciplinary projects. It turns out that wildlife management is an area ripe for newtechnological advances with numerous applications.Many of the projects with the NRM group are based on the need to track and countpopulations of