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Engineering Education for Modern Needs Part II: Novel Curriculum Development and Project-based Courses

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Shadle, Boise State University; Louis Nadelson, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University

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Continuing Professional Development

adoption of research-based best practice in their pedagogy. A significantcomponent of participant development involved promoting faculty reflection on both new ideasand on their teaching practice. We undertook to document and study the type of reflectionundertaken by faculty in the group. Our analysis of participants’ teaching logs shows that theexperience expanded the reflective practice of participants and that from the participants’perspectives, their reflective work was linked to their exploration of new pedagogicalapproaches.Introduction Most university faculty members are more effective when they engage in high quality,best practices teaching, and yet, many have formally studied neither how people learn nor thepedagogies that best

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MECH - Technical Session 10: Special Topics and Innovative Methods in Mechanical Engineering

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sean Lyle Gestson, University of Portland; Matthew Stephen Barner, University of Portland; Rhianna Fitzgerald; Jordan Farina, University of Portland

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

same institution of the PI.Convenience sampling was used to recruit the engineering practitioner with design experiencerelated to heat and mass transfer, and an undergraduate student enrolled to take the heat and masstransfer course[17]. This course was chosen based on the interest of the faculty participant todevelop a new LI.Pseudonyms are used for each participant in this study. The engineering faculty member,Sullivan, is a professor at a medium sized university in the Pacific Northwest and has over 9years of teaching experience in mechanical engineering having taught the heat and mass transfercourse several times. The engineering practitioner, Templeton, has a doctorate in mechanicalengineering and has been practicing mechanical

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ERM Potpourri

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK; Dennie L. Smith, Texas A&M University; Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

- book…I shared my experiences about how I created one book online and similarly…others shared their experiences if they had any…The technical issues were about formatting, text availability, content, figure, and formulaillustrations. The professors agreed that coherence and consistency should be the criteria. Thetechnical aspects of the e-book publishing were negotiated with the faculty members and thetechnology expert. Possible ideas, suggestions, and comments were shared with the technologyexpert in order to proceed.One concern that was not considered before the project was initiated was the need to address thecopyright issues of the images used in the book. Professors discussed the means to secure thecopyrights of the images in their

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Track 2: Technical Session 9: Establishing and Sustaining Inclusive Learning Communities for Supporting Faculty Creating More Inclusive Engineering Classrooms

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Dianne Delima, University of California, Irvine; Pheather R Harris, University of California, Irvine

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

with their responses”[2: 562]. Ultimately the degree completion disparity between minoritized and non-minoritized students is a social justice issue. [2] C.A. Lundberg and L.A. Schreiner, “Quality and frequency of faculty-student interaction as predictors of learning: An analysis by student race/ethnicity.” J. of Col. Stu. Dev., vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 549-565, Sept./Oct. 2004, doi: 10.1353/csd.2004.0061The interactions between faculty and minoritized is an important in STEM classroomsand research labs (the amount of interactions versus impact and how it problematic)Organizational Change and Conceptual Framework An Enhanced Organizational

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Multimedia and Distance Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie M. Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Linda L. Naimi, Purdue University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1264: AN EXAMINATION OF FACULTY PERCEPTIONS ANDUSE OF BLACKBOARD LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJulie M Little-Wiles, Purdue University, West Lafayette Doctoral Student, College of Technology, Purdue UniversityLinda L Naimi, Purdue University Dr. Naimi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University and an attorney at law. Her research interests focus on leadership and innovation, in which she examines ethical, legal and global issues in leadership and explores the unintended consequences of technology innovation on culture and the quality of life. Page

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Maureen S. Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); DeLois Kijana Crawford, Rochester Institute of Technology (GCCIS)

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Series and provided informal mentoringand guidance to new and/or inexperienced AALANA faculty in a number of areas, includingmentoring and sponsorship, research and writing productivity, teaching effectiveness, timemanagement, and work/life balance by engaging them with experienced faculty with the primarygoal of helping them develop successful careers. The process leading to promotion and tenure atan academic institution is sometimes fraught with tension and uncertainty. The only requirementfor joining P&T Smarts was to commit one to two hours a month to reading and otherassignments. Experienced faculty members and administrators used their deep understanding ofthe unique issues and challenges that AALANA female faculty face to facilitate

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Kasi Jackson, West Virginia University ; Joel Alejandro Mejia, Angelo State University; Maja Husar Holmes, West Virginia University; Rachel R. Stoiko, West Virginia University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

negotiate articulating departmental desires within institutionalconstraints, became the bedrock of the planning efforts.Acker’s second contradiction concerns examples where change agents occupy different roles andmay hold less power within an organization than those they are trying to encourage to adoptchange practices. Rather than being a static method, Dialogues is a process that is continuallyadjusted to the implementation context and the needs of new participants. Further, like thetargeted participants, the development and implementation teams consisted of faculty members,who were advised, trained, and (rarely) replaced by external consultants. The externalconsultants were used after the funding agency requested that the ADVANCE team speed up

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Interdisciplinary Integration at the Program Level

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth A. Reddy, Colorado School of Mines; Courtney Van Kirk; Marie Stettler Kleine, Colorado School of Mines; Emily York, James Madison University; Shannon Conley; David Tomblin, University of Maryland, College Park; Nicole Farkas Mogul, University of Maryland, College Park; Marisa Renee Brandt, Michigan State University; Kathryn Peck

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

thought would support student learning,most raised concerns about time and value. One Faculty Fellow thought that he could make timefor additional interdisciplinary elements that had impact for students and the way they mightappreciate the topics he taught. “You know, we all say we don't have time to add new things. Ifeel like I do have time to add new things. It just has to be worth it.”The single STEM-trained Faculty Fellow who was already teaching material borrowed from thehumanities before the workshop was doing so in an honors program, not in a STEM program.Other Faculty Fellows had less experience with this kind of work. One described how she haddeveloped curiosity through collaboration with colleagues trained in social sciences: “ I

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Track 2: Technical Session 8: Establishing and Sustaining Inclusive Learning Communities for Supporting Faculty Creating More Inclusive Engineering Classrooms

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jessica Moriah Vaden, University of Pittsburgh; April Dukes, University of Pittsburgh; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Colorado School of Mines; Melissa M. Bilec, University of Pittsburgh; Amy L Brooks, University of Pittsburgh

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

collectively develop new Henderson, Beach Environments conceptions and/or practices. environmental features that encourage new conceptions Task: Intended for future proposal and/or practices. and Finkelstein Task: Recruit faculty; develop and pilot inclusive classroom learning

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Carr, San Jose State University; Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Maureen Smith

). Valerie currently teaches the first course in the ACBSS minor series, which covers the application of Python to current social science topics, as well as the use of programming in careers such as data analysis, user experience research, and econometrics.Belle Wei © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Faculty Perspectives on Developing Interdisciplinary Computing Programs: Benefits, Necessary Supports, and RecommendationAbstractGraduates of computer science programs continue to be predominantly male and White or Asian[3], and the need to diversify the workforce is well recognized [4]. To address these issues

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

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2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity, International Forum

Paper ID #14260Programmatic Interventions for Developing Diverse Global Eminent FacultyScholars Through International CollaborationsDr. Autumn Marie Reed, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Dr. Autumn M. Reed is Program Coordinator for ADVANCE Faculty Diversity Initiatives. In this role Dr. Reed develops educational-awareness programming and initiatives, maintains a clearing house of resources on faculty diversity equity issues, collects and reports data, coordinates program evaluation ef- forts, and provides support for the Executive Committee on the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Underrepresented

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert C. Martin, Texas A&M University; Cynthia Lang, Texas A&M University; Sin-Ning Cindy Liu, Texas A&M University; Carolyn L Sandoval, University of California, San Diego; Mindy Bergman, Texas A&M University; Jeffrey E. Froyd, Ohio State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

and active learning, student success, and student diversity.Motivation for the ISE-2 Faculty Development ProgramThe transition to college can be difficult for students regardless of major. Between 25% and 30%of students do not return to college after their first year [1]. Half of the students who major inscience and engineering migrate to another major within the first two years of the program;women and URM students leave science and engineering at even higher rates [2], [3]. Thesetrends are especially concerning when contrasted with the expected job growth in engineeringand other STEM fields compared to other professions [4]. Yet the responsiveness within the fieldof engineering to increasing diversity and inclusion is noticeably slower than

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2023 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Alexis Capitano; John Cook; Kathryn Johnson

. This is concerning sincethe demand for engineers continues to rise as the baby boomer generation retires, and withstudents leaving engineering some companies struggle to fill the positions left behind [3].In this paper, we seek to understand one aspect of how an academic engineering programprepares students for their careers. We do so by analyzing responses to one question from a set ofinterviews conducted with faculty from the School of Education and School of Engineering at apublic university in Western Canada. Broadly, the interviews were conducted to learn moreabout perceptions of macroethics and social justice among faculty and postdocs at this university.Macroethics has been defined by Joseph Herkert in the engineering context as

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IED Technical Session: Preparing Students for the Future

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Kovalchuk, Montana State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

. Therefore, the performance of meaningful writing inengineering curricula has the potential to help address chronic representation issues, to improvethe writing competencies of graduates, and to help encourage the growth of future engineers.How faculty in the Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering (NACOE) at Montana StateUniversity (MSU) conceptualize writing influences the way that it is taught, and thus studentoutcomes and student perception of its meaning. This examination of faculty perceptions onwriting is a first step in identifying and cataloguing whether meaningful writing is occurring. Howinstructors think about writing, and then teach and structure writing assignments (or do not assignwriting) influences engineering students’ mechanical

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2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Ibukunoluwa E. Salami; Segun S. Oladipo; Logan A. Perry

teaching students enrolled in this course. Theinterviews were structured to understand the instructors’ personal experiences teaching thecourse, including strategies they have employed to help students be successful. The studyseeks to answer the research question: What perceptions do the instructors (faculty and TAs)involved in engineering statics hold concerning the high DFW rates? The research revealedthat a perceived inadequate foundation in prerequisite courses and challenges in providingindividualized attention to students due to large class sizes contribute to the failure rate in thecourse. Faculty members and TAs also discussed the need for students to take advantage ofthe resources that were designed for the course. The findings from this

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Design with External Clients

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University; Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University

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Design in Engineering Education

, biomethane refining units, and small displacement V-8 engines. Prior to teaching he worked at DaimlerChrysler and EDS. Eric.leonhardt@wwu.edu Page 15.137.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 An Alternative Ride - Undergraduate Students and Faculty at Western Washington University Design a Hybrid Electric BusAbstract Students and faculty at Western Washington University's (WWU) Vehicle ResearchInstitute (VRI) are designing a hybrid electric bus for public transit operators in WashingtonState, with potential national appeal. The initial focus of the bus design is to serve communitiesthat

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2018 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia N. Savoy; Mia K. Markey; H. Grady Rylander III

want [11]. Given these contextual shifts,development. Students desired enhanced career mentoring effective, ongoing communication between students andbut were uncomfortable approaching their supervisors with their supervisors is more important than ever.these concerns. Faculty advisors reported willingness to This paper draws on a larger study of a biomedicalsupport students’ career development, yet expected engineering (BME) department at a large researchstudents to initiate those conversations. Responding to this university. In the first section, we briefly describe resultscommunication disconnect, we developed a brief from an initial student survey and interviews

Conference Session

Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi Neck, Babson College; John Bourne, Olin College; Stephen Schiffman, Olin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

infusedthroughout the curriculum. One of the interviewees expressed concern over that lack of progresson teaching design effectively and stated: “I don’t see [changes in teaching design]. I think we’re still to the stone’s edge of the traditional with very little emphasis on design only because faculty do not understand design. I think we can look forward to the time that will change. I don’t know how long a time we’re talking about, because obviously it takes academia a while to make those changes.”14 The need for a “new” engineer is gaining widespread acceptance15-17 and details ofinnovative experiments in engineering entrepreneurship education have been published.18-22Organizations such as the

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Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Understanding and Improving Female Faculty Experiences in STEM

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Ilana Karpman, University of California San Diego

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Women in Engineering

the Policies and Programs That Support Them” explored the challenges that female engineering faculty faced in their careers, as well as the institutional policies and programs (i.e. family-friendly policies, diversity/equity programs, mentoring initiatives, etc.) that helped them to be successful in obtaining tenure. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Leaning into Engineering: Tenured Women Faculty and the Policies and Programs That Support ThemAbstractWhile researchers have documented the barriers that women in engineering programs face (i.e. genderbias, work/family conflict, “dual career” issues, limited access to information networks), few

Conference Session

Teamwork and Assessment

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Fabio Carrera; David DiBiasio; Natalie Mello

. Moto ondoso, the wall damage caused by therelentless pounding by boat wakes, is a complex problem that involves chemical and otherengineering issues, culture, and economics. It is also a political and social problem frequentlyappearing in the popular press and in public demonstrations (see Figure 1). (a) from La Nuova Venezia, July 8, 2002 (b) Figure 1. a) Article describing a protest along the Grand Canal concerning moto ondoso policies. b) Anti-wake banners posted along a Venetian canal.Yet, WPI undergraduate student teams have made contributions toward solving this real problemwhile receiving academic credit. A key element is effective teamwork at both the student andfaculty levels. That

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K-12 Engineering Outreach Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Rodriguez, Western Michigan University; Tycho Fredericks, Western Michigan University; Steven Butt, Western Michigan University; Luis Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin - Waukesha

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

what they learned and experienced through their design institute, including theclass sessions, special challenge projects, and social activities. Students reported that theyenjoyed interacting with peers, their team members, and the faculty. As a result, faculty wereconfident in their process and their ability to conduct a beneficial program that provided studentsa rich learning experience and positive exposure to engineering and technology.Other questions that concerned the more intermediate and long-term outcomes of the programbecame the focus of further evaluation. For example, the faculty wanted to know the impact ofthe institute upon students’ choice of college and major field of study. The engineeringprofessors also wanted to know the

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Sociotechnical Integration and Programmatic Reform

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynne A Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth L Thompson P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Silvana McCormick, Redwood Consulting Collective; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

transformational change. We areengaging faculty, staff, and students in a substantial process of collaborative transformation thatinvolves rejecting binaries or dualisms commonly used to create hierarchies in engineeringthought and practice (rational-emotional, male-female, social-technical, mental-manual, hard-soft, concrete-abstract, etc.) and embracing a complex coexistence [11]; developing new skills inco-creation of holistic learning experiences and inclusive cultures; and evolving personal andprofessional identities that are constantly challenged and often in flux.Our transformation is guided by the following vision. Members of the Computer Engineeringdepartment at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo co-created this vision to guide our

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Dina Battaglia; Krishna Sampigethaya; Akhan Almagambetov; Mehran Andalibi; Tyrone Groh; Kaela Martin; Matt Pavlina; Sam Siewert; Anne Boettcher

togetherin groups of 8 to 12.1 Each FLC engages in an active, collaborative, year long program with thegoal of enhancing teaching and learning. Participants in FLCs may select projects that allow forexperimenting with teaching innovations and assessing resultant student learning. FLCs increasefaculty interest in teaching and learning, and provide safety and support for faculty to investigate,attempt, assess, and adopt new (to them) teaching and learning methods. After participation in anFLC, faculty report using new pedagogies, while also seeing improvements in students’ criticalthinking and ability to synthesize and integrate information and ideas, often in an holisticmanner.1 Additionally, FLC participants in one study reported improved teaching

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Lindsley, Oregon State University; Shalini Ramachandran, Loyola Marymount University; Clara Llebot, Oregon State University; Sheree Fu, California State University, Los Angeles

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

"Desirable Characteristics of DataRepositories for Federally Funded Research" [1], outlining a set of recommended features andqualities that are considered desirable for data repositories handling research data resulting fromfederally funded research. The document establishes a set of standards and guidelines to ensurethat data resulting from federally funded projects is preserved in repositories that effectivelymanage and disseminate it.On August 25, 2022, Dr. Alondra Nelson, then Acting Director of OSTP, issued a Memorandum[2] recommending that all federal agencies formulate new plans or update existing ones,outlining their approach to ensuring public access to peer-reviewed publications and the researchdata associated with federally funded

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

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

minimize risk and maximize transparency, and leaders promotediscussion and consensus. This paper demonstrates how the committee framework was able tobridge differences in perspective, address concerns, and serve as a model for sensitive workwithin the university. Related occurrences of institutional transparency, concurrent with the workof the RAC, will also be discussed.BACKGROUNDAn NSF ADVANCE institutional transformation (IT) project at a large, private university wasfunded in 2012 (NSF ADVANCE 1209115) to increase the representation, retention, andadvancement of women faculty in STEM, including social and behavioral science (SBS)disciplines. The project also focuses on adapting interventions to address the needs of women ofcolor and deaf and

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

their colleagues but still noted thata lack of ethics training and/or industry experience were barriers to effectively integratingESI into engineering courses. One interviewee who has a background outside of engineeringand teaches ethics to computer science and biomedical engineering students noted, the problem is that at least at my institution, this is an R1, most of these faculty have never been in industry so maybe the ethical issue they’ve faced is running a lab…. But by in large, most of them have no experience in industry to be able to talk about the kinds of things that most of our students are going to experience because they’re going into industry so that’s a problem from the get-go.Without experience of their own, engineering

Conference Session

Work in Progress: Hands-on Activities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katelyn Dahlke, Washington State University; Bernard J. Van Wie, Washington State University; Jacqueline Gartner Ph.D., Campbell University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University; Prashanta Dutta, Washington State University; David B. Thiessen, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

or lower (≤3) level of knowledge about learning theoriesbefore the workshop indicated that they knew more after the workshop was completed.In addition to asking about knowledge gained, we also asked questions about the workshopcontent. Participants were asked to rate the extent that certain features, including new material,engaging presentations, and useful ideas, were incorporated into the workshop on a Likert scaleof 1 (Not at all) to 7 (Very much). We saw that the average responses were all above 5 (Quite abit), indicating that faculty found that we generally incorporated engaging, novel features intothe workshop. However, a few features had some individual responses that were at level 4(Somewhat) or below which we want to address for

Conference Session

Study Abroad Experiences Intl Div Tech Session 9

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jessica D. Ventura, Endicott College

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Diversity

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International

strategictimes in the school calendar, and designed by instructors who have key learning outcomes inmind, have the potential to produce the outcomes required by ABET.The author is developing a global seminar for a new general engineering program at a liberal artscollege. The primary objective of this project was to gain a better understanding of what otherprofessors have designed for global seminars of interest to engineering student, with the goal ofgleaning knowledge from their course objectives and the international experiences they workinto the short time abroad with the student participants. A secondary objective was to develop anaccessible database for engineering faculty, students, and study abroad staff to easily search forengineering-focused

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Holsapple, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Janel Sutkus, Carnegie Mellon University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Kelley Walczak, University of Michigan; Trevor Harding, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

, enrollment prediction, modeling responses to institutional financial aid, and developing an integrated model of student persistence within Carnegie Mellon's six undergraduate colleges. She is currently a member of ASEE, the Association for Institutional Research, and the Association for the Study of Higher Education.Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan Cynthia Finelli, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Research and Learning North at U-M. In addition, she actively pursues research in engineering education and assists other faculty in their scholarly projects. She also is past Chair of the Educational Research and Methods Division of ASEE and guest co-editor for a special issue of the

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Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jin-Hwan Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology; Carla Purdy, University of Cincinnati; Ian Papautsky, University of Cincinnati

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Graduate Studies

panelbased on a proposed project in engineering education. The final course, in Autumn Quarter,explores the academic job search process and the range of academic careers available. Paneldiscussions with new faculty, hiring committees from teaching-oriented and research-orienteduniversities, and recently tenured faculty provide up-to-date information.This paper focuses on the experience of a PFF student participant during the 2006-2007academic year, as well as the experiences of and benefits to his PFF program coordinator andacademic research mentor. Overall, participating in the program helped the student to preparefor an academic career. Having two faculty mentors in the PFF program activities providedinvaluable opportunities and feedback. The