Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Mir M. Atiqullah

. Albeit new inour Mechanical Engineering Technology department, two students were selected to participate in aresearch involving defects in composite materials. These students did have minimal background incomposites from the general Engineering Materials course. These minority students were supported bysummer scholarships from Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PSLSAMP).The issue of defects and their effect on the mechanical properties of composites is of great concern amonghigh end users. A limited set of experimental investigation with defective composite flat panels wasselected for investigation. One of our adjunct faculty offered access to his fabrication facility andguidance to the students for fabricating these

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Mir M. Atiqullah

. Albeit new inour Mechanical Engineering Technology department, two students were selected to participate in aresearch involving defects in composite materials. These students did have minimal background incomposites from the general Engineering Materials course. These minority students were supported bysummer scholarships from Peach State Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PSLSAMP).The issue of defects and their effect on the mechanical properties of composites is of great concern amonghigh end users. A limited set of experimental investigation with defective composite flat panels wasselected for investigation. One of our adjunct faculty offered access to his fabrication facility andguidance to the students for fabricating these

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado Boulder

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Graduate Studies, Student

for training though sessions offered before the start ofthe spring semester and program kickoff, as well as “lunch-and-learn” type social gatheringswith other mentors during the duration of the program.During the first year of the program’s implementation, graduate student mentors were solicitedprimarily by asking faculty members to nominate graduate students for the program, resulting in9 graduate mentor participants. In the second year, graduate students were recruited directly viatargeted emails from the program directors and graduate advisors, flyers posted in engineeringbuildings, and word of mouth from past mentors, program directors and administrators, resultingin 13 graduate mentor participants. As the program continues to grow and

Conference Session

Curriculum Topics: Industrial ET/Industrial Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Abe Harris

the academy, as well as for training in industry. In this case study, graphicsstudents were challenged on how to create organic chemistry molecular structures using Flashanimation. The challenge to the professor was to examine alternative shifts in attitude as to howlearning should take place, and how the presentations should be used in visual and verbalformats for optimal learning.I. What is Learner-Centered Education?There is a quiet revolution occurring in higher education –– a change of philosophy on how oneteaches, how one learns, how a classroom is structured, how faculty and college students relate toeach other, as well as in the nature of the curriculum. Learner-centered education and thephilosophy of learning, encompass issues from

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers and Counselors

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. M. Kendall, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Susan Beth D'Amico, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

. Duringcamp, staff are encouraged to communicate through short person to person contact (either withineach room or room to room), walkie-talkies, and Google Doc activity sheets. The end of daymeeting is essential for communicating issues and concerns to all and making decisions on howto proceed. This is especially important during week one of a two-week camp (two weeks of aspecific grade level that are identically structured and have two different enrollments). Just as thecamp teaches about the Engineering Design Process, the camp also uses a design methodology tofacilitate its own improvements. Teachers are typically involved in more than one week of camp;in the last five years the mean participation has been two weeks per summer.At the end of each

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole M Yates, National Society of Black Engineers; Barry Nagle, Evaluation and Action Research Associates

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

study to focus on chapter activities in the collegiate demographic. Participants in thisstudy, which utilized surveys and existing NSBE data, included student chapter leaders as well asadvisors (minority engineering program directors, engineering college faculty). Four majorquestions guided the survey design: 1. What are the characteristics of each chapter? 2. What activities do the chapters engage in, by type? 3. What assessment methods do the chapters employ to track success? 4. What outcomes are the chapters achieving, by type?The outcomes of interest directly align with NSBE’s 2025 strategic goal to graduate 10,000black engineers annually and include GPA, engineering program retention, graduation rate

Conference Session

Curriculum and Program Developments, Exchanges, Collaborations, and Partnerships

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University

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International

Engineering and Sciencecertificate program, to an NSF-funded exploration of a comprehensive college-wideinternationalization concept [5, 6]. Although these efforts enjoyed some modest success, studentinterest and participation was always limited by a variety of logistical and practical obstacles,including: • Curricular issues. It was difficult to find space for study or internship abroad (much less language study) in already packed engineering curricular plans; many students were reluctant to extend their undergraduate studies without a clear and tangible benefit. Worried about ABET accreditation, many engineering chairs expressed concern about crediting coursework taken abroad and required students to collect extensive

Conference Session

Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura-Ann Shaa Ling Chin, Villanova University; Justinus Agus Budi Satrio, Villanova University; Kenneth A. Kroos, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

: the production process of liquid transportationfuels from biorenewables and the sustainability issues surrounding biofuel production andutilization. Specifically, the goals of this mini-project are to challenge freshmen to utilize basicengineering and chemistry principles in synthesizing and characterizing biodiesel made from arenewable resource such as waste cooking oil, to interpret and analyze experimental data inscaling up to a biodiesel processing facility and finally to assess the overall sustainability of thebiodiesel production process. In the past several years, the concept of sustainability has becomean important issue, driven by societal attention to environmental concerns. As a result,sustainability principles have been

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yuyi Lin, University of Missouri-Columbia; Donald Harby, University of Missouri-Columbia; Dong Y. Jang; Wei Zheng, Xiamen Unviersity, China

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International

developed and under-developing web-based teaching tools, which can be also used in realworld engineering design, are searchable design case libraries located on different computers atdifferent schools, and optimization tool box that can be executed using web browser fromdifferent part of the world. More practically useful tools will be described and presented, such asthe computing tool to obtain the preferred fits and tolerance, and the unit conversion tool forconverting Imperial units to metric units. A major concern for current and future development ofweb-based tools is the copyright or intellectual property right issue. Currently, unless these toolsare developed by collaborating faculty members or students, commercial software are not sharedby

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Steele; B.K. Hodge

,” Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Southeastern Section Meeting,Gatlinburg, TN, April.B. K. HODGEB. K. Hodge is a Grisham Master Teacher, a Giles Distinguished Professor, a Hearin Professor of Engineering, andProfessor of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU). He received degrees in aerospaceengineering from MSU (BS and MS) and in mechanical engineering from the University of Alabama (MS andPh.D.) and has industrial experience with Thiokol and Sverdrup (AEDC). Since joining the MSU faculty in 1978 hehas written two textbooks and has developed six new courses. Dr. Hodge has conducted research in a diverse rangeof thermal and fluid sciences subjects including enhanced heat transfer, thermal systems simulation, uncertainty inthermal

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

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First-Year Programs

the Uni- versity of Toronto. In addition, she is currently the Vice Dean, Undergraduate for the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering. She received her B.Sc. from Cornell University (1985), and M.S. (1989) and Ph.D. (1992) degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in mechanical engineering. Page 25.337.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Computational Method for Identifying Inaccessible Vocabulary in Engineering Educational MaterialsIntroductionInstructors often face the challenge of making students feel more included in the classroom

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Light, Lewis-Clark State College

students remaining in engineering,3 many professionalassociations and governmental agencies are concerned about the state of engineering education.Factors causing students to switch from engineering4, 5 include: institutional factors (i.e., thecollege “chilly” climate versus a more nurturing high school experience and lack of personal Page 10.595.2contact with faculty), differing high school and college faculty expectations as well as student Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Educationexpectations, and

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Architectural Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jill Nelson P.E., California Polytechnic State University; John W. Lawson, Architectural Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Architectural

Page 23.1137.2be equally difficult for the instructor to simply draw the rigid body and corresponding x, y, and zaxes on the two-dimensional board. Here, the method of delivery is a very important factor forsuccessful student learning of this subject matter. Complicating this issue further, at the authors’institution both engineering majors and non-engineering majors share some of the same rigorousengineering coursework.In the Cal Poly College of Architecture and Environmental Design, programs in Architecture(ARCH), Architectural Engineering (ARCE) and Construction Management (CM) are fairlyintegrated in the first two years of coursework. The Cal Poly ARCE major is an intensivestructures-based engineering program designed to train future

Conference Session

Technical Sessions 4

Collection

2024 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Shashi S. Marikunte, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Professional Papers

class, then it is necessary to develop activitiesthat keep them occupied during the instruction. This may take up valuable time from coveringthe critical course material. This becomes even more challenging with teaching an engineeringcourse or when students are outside of their institution living in different time-zones. To alleviatethis concern, some instructors and universities are offering the course in a hybrid format.However, this also has its limitations. The hybrid format requires students to commute to thecampus on a regular basis. This may affect the enrollment in the class. Thus, synchronous andhybrid format have its limitations. This leads to the development of web-based asynchronousinstruction as the best choice to improve

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

(TLBGC) team in Ghana through EPICS, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales through NSF funding as Co-PI. [Email: buzzanel@purdue.edu]Dr. William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and Professor at Purdue University. He is one of the founding faculty members in the School of Engineering Education with courtesy appointments in Mechanical, Environmental and Ecological Engineering as well as Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. He has received numerous awards for his efforts at Purdue including being elected as a fellow of the Teaching Academy and listed in the Book of Great Teachers. He was the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 5: Exploring and Re-Examining Ideas in Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alanna Epstein, University of Michigan; Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

; Fleisher & Marquez, 2020). However, programs and datasets are rare with sufficient sizeand diversity to allow researchers to examine group differences across key variables that impactparticipation and outcomes. The I-Corps program affords a unique opportunity to exploreintersectionality and group differences among faculty and graduate students participating inacademic entrepreneurship training. Future research related to the topics of broadeningparticipation in academic entrepreneurship, or examining the effectiveness of entrepreneurshiptraining targeting academic researchers, must include careful attention to the development andvalidation of measures able to detect potential bias, and account for issues of self-selection whenmaking

Conference Session

Computers in Education 11 - Modulus 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Brown, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Erfan Al-Hossami, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Daniel Janies; Samira Shaikh, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Zhuo Cheng, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

speech detection, legal documents analysis and conversational AI. Zhuo is also interested in the application of NLP in the industry.Samira Shaikh Samira Shaikh is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her expertise is in Computational Sociolinguistics, Dialogue Systems and Natural Language Generation.Daniel Janies In 2012, Daniel Janies joined the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as The Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Bioinformatics and Genomics. Dr. Janies received a Bachelor of Sciences in Biology from the University of Michigan in 1988 and a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Florida in 1995. Dr. Janies was a tenured faculty

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kairys Grasty, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Shivani Sakri, Arizona State University; Amanda C. Arnold, Idaho State University; Jennifer M Bekki, Arizona State University; Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Madison Natarajan, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Ashley K. Randall, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

effective learning environments for graduate education.She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science and has won a number of awards for her work on equity, inclusiveness and mentoring of students and faculty. Dr. Bernstein holds a bachelor’s in psy- chology from the University of California at Berkeley and graduate degrees in Counseling Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.Dr. Ashley K. Randall, Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Benefits of Utilizing Counseling Services among

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Tooley; Melissa S. Tooley

Session 3675 Dual Careers vs. Dueling Careers: Engineering the Two-Profession Household Melissa S. Tooley, Michael D. Tooley University of Arkansas/ Lucent TechnologiesAbstractBalancing professional and personal obligations is a continuing challenge for today’s educators.Two-income families are particularly common among new faculty, where partners are requiredto share all the duties of family life. This paper presents the methods used by one professionalcouple to share the responsibilities of raising children, maintain a home for the family, andbalance the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Nana Ofori-Boadu, North Carolina A&T State University; Dongyang Deng, North Carolina A&T State University; Cheryl Monique Stevens, North Carolina A&T State University; Kayla Gore; Iyshea Borders-Taylor, North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

development in architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) students. In February 2019, Andrea received the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to re- search professional identity development processes in undergraduate AEC women. She has also received grants from East Coast Construction Services, Engineering Information Foundation, and the National Association of Home Builders. Dr. Ofori-Boadu was selected to participate in the 2019 QEM-NSF INCLUDES summit. In 2018, she was selected as a 2018 National Science Foundation - NC A & T ADVANCE IT Faculty Scholar. She also received the 2018 CoST Teaching Excellence Merit Award. Dr. Ofori-Boadu received both the 2017 NC A & T - CoST Rookie

Conference Session

Successful K-12 Programs for Girls & Minorities

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Regina Middleton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Shelly Perdomo, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

. FIGURE 3 2005 & 2006 APPRAISAL OF ACTIVITIESFigure 4 presents data pertaining to the program structure of 2007 WEP Career Day. Responsesshowed that 95% of female participants felt that the keynote speaker and student alumni panelwas excellent. It is evident that this was the most useful segment of the WEP Career Day 2007.Although a number of students’ agreed that hands on breakout sessions were excellent in 2005and 2006, in the 2007 conference program breakout sessions were changed to include researchbased presentations by current engineering faculty and industry members to provide participants with reallife situations/issues that engineers tackle. Poster Sessions were removed to provide ample time for

Conference Session

IE Enrollment/Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

). Although the courses are similar, the emphasis in Work Design was on thetraditional basics of IE involving Work Measurement, Methods Improvement and WorkplaceDesign [6]. As the course was taught, some labs were developed concerning time study, andusing software to learn about Predetermined Time Systems. Early on, labs were added onOccurrence Sampling, Workplace Design and Ergonomics. As the change to semestersapproached, the IE faculty proposed that the course be broadened to truly introduce sophomoreIE’s to the many areas in the broad discipline of Industrial Engineering. At about the same time,the IE faculty proposed the creation of a minor in Industrial Engineering. One part of that minorwas an overview course, which is the Introduction to IE

Conference Session

Increasing Enrollment in IE/IET Programs Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Freeman

). Although the courses are similar, the emphasis in Work Design was on thetraditional basics of IE involving Work Measurement, Methods Improvement and WorkplaceDesign [6]. As the course was taught, some labs were developed concerning time study, andusing software to learn about Predetermined Time Systems. Early on, labs were added onOccurrence Sampling, Workplace Design and Ergonomics. As the change to semestersapproached, the IE faculty proposed that the course be broadened to truly introduce sophomoreIE’s to the many areas in the broad discipline of Industrial Engineering. At about the same time,the IE faculty proposed the creation of a minor in Industrial Engineering. One part of that minorwas an overview course, which is the Introduction to IE

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard James Choquette, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University

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Electrical and Computer

University Ali Eydgahi started his career in higher education as a faculty member at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1985. Since then, he has been with the State University of New York, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and Eastern Michigan University. During 2006-2010, he was Chair of the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences, Founder and Director of the Center for 3-D Visualization and Virtual Reality Applications, and Technical Director of the NASA funded MIST Space Vehicle Mission Planning Laboratory at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. In Aug. 2010, he joined Eastern Michigan University as an Associate Dean in the College of Technology and currently is a Professor in the School of

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 15

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camila Andrea Olivero-Araya, The Ohio State University; Monique S. Ross, The Ohio State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, Negotiating the complexities of qualitative research in higher education: essential elements and issues, Third edition. New York, NY: Routledge, 2022.[16] R. E. Stake, «Qualitative case studies.», en The Sage handbook of qualitative research, 3.a ed., N. K. Denzin y Y. S. Lincoln, Eds., Sage Publications Ltd., 2005, pp. 443-466.[17] S. B. Merriam, Qualitative research: a guide to design and implementation, 2. ed. San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass, 2009.[18] J. W. Creswell, Educational research: planning, conducting, and evaluating quantitative and qualitative research, 4th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2012.[19] R. K. Yin, Case study research: design and methods, 3rd ed. en Applied social research methods series, no. v. 5. Thousand Oaks

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 19

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Lu, Texas A&M University; Behbood Ben Zoghi P.E., Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Project II, two sequential courses in which students are expected to apply what theyhave learned throughout the METM program to resolve an issue or discover a newprocess/technology that could bring tangible impact to their organizations. Students mustpropose the value of their projects, gain buy-ins from their stakeholders, request resources(funds, time, manpower, etc.), create a well-rounded project plan and keep their stakeholdersupdated through the project proposal, plan, manage, and execution process. See Appendix A fordeliverables of Capstone I. This course has been proven to be one of the most rewarding experiences of the METMprogram, because of its comprehensiveness, complexity, and value-generating nature. And theCapstone faculty

Conference Session

General Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Geoffrey Brown, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Lozano, M.C. Aragon, M. Ramirez Suchard, S. Hurtado.Undergraduate Teaching Faculty: The 2013-2014 HERI Faculty Survey. Higher Education ResearchInstitute. Los Angeles, CA. 2014.[4] R. M. Bernard, E. Borokhovski, R. F. Schmid, R.M. Tamim, & P. C. Abrami. A meta-analysis ofblended learning and technology use in higher education: from the general to the applied, Journal ofComputing in Higher Education, 26(1), pp. 87-122. 2014.[5] B. Ross & K. Gage. Global perspectives on blended learning: Insight from WebCT and our customersin higher education. The handbook of blended learning: Global perspectives, local designs. New York,NY: Routledge. 2006.[6] A. Norberg, C.D. Dziuban, & P.D. Moskal. A time-based blended learning model. On theHorizon

Conference Session

Out-of-School and Informal Activities

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brittany L. Luken, Georgia Institute of Technology; Susan L. Hotle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology; Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lauren Alise Jones; Margaret-Avis Anyeley Akofio-Sowah, Georgia Institute of Technology; Stefanie Brodie, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. She has researched the effects of product debundling in the airline industry and is interested in airline competitiveness indicators.Dr. Laurie Anne Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology Laurie Garrow is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the faculty, she worked for four years as a Research Analyst with United Air Lines and one year with a management consulting firm.Mr. Christopher Cappelli, Georgia Institute of Technology Christopher Cappelli is a Research Associate at the Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathemat- ics, and Computing (CEISMC) at

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 13: Work-in-Progress Postcard Session #2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randy Brooks, Texas A&M University

. Texas College Bridge [2] has created a business modelfocused on this aspect of preparing a secondary school graduate for the jump to collegiateexpectations. UTSA (University of Texas in San Antonio) hosts a “4 week residential programfor incoming freshman to attend classes and workshops designed to help prepare them for therigor of their first year math and science courses [3].”The expectation is that the programs address more than academic deficiencies. Many of thechallenges and issues with student success lies in their acclimation to the new environment. Liu“explored the effects of a bridge program with a focus on four key aspects of readiness: self-efficacy, mathematics anxiety, epistemic beliefs, and metacognitive skills” and found that

Conference Session

Internet Delivery of Mechanics Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Boyle, Saint Mary's University

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Mechanics

course elements were electronically bundled andprovided to students at the start of the course. An objective was to remove the time constraintimposed by the familiar lecture-by-lecture information release. The instructor unified thevarious course elements with both e-lectures, and “on stage” instruction.Prince2, in a review of active learning techniques in engineering, has stressed the need for“… faculty to think about teaching and learning in nontraditional ways”. Active learning wasprevalent in the courses described here. Electronic lectures, a computational softwaresupplement and virtual experiments required students to study and self test at their convenience.Passive “sit and listen” sessions were minimized.Active learning notwithstanding