Collection

2018 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Miriam Quintal; Otto Katt

FoundationOutlook• NSF has been mostly flat for several years, growth far under paces other research agencies – Maintaining commitment to core programs, education and workforce investments, but new initiatives and funding rates are squeezed• Strong congressional protectors, but few champions make it a top priority – Exception: Senator Shaheen Amendment during markup – 5% growth for FY 2018 assuming budget deal• Focus on Big Ideas for Future Investment – still no widespread attention to these on Hill – Harnessing Data Revolution, Rules of Life, Quantum Leap and othersWhy it Matters for Tomorrow• Need more champions, especially members on appropriations committees• Big Ideas are potential pathway for increased investment – Note potential to transform

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Paula Alvarez Pino; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Talat Salama, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

research experience exclusively in Egypt;however, when opportunities arose to expand the program to Europe we carefully considered thepotential benefits. There are many ongoing sustainability initiatives in Europe and programs topromote sustainability are probably more mature there than anywhere in the world. Providing aresearch experience in Europe as well as Egypt would give the students a much broader view ofwhat sustainability and sustainable construction mean in different parts of the world. Thestudents would also benefit from experiencing and contrasting sustainability efforts taking placein a developed country with those in a developing country. They would have the opportunity tointeract with researchers and mentors from European countries

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Crossdisciplinary Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2009-1704: OPERATING A CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH ANDTECHNOLOGY (CART)Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College Page 14.935.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009Operating the Center for Applied Research & Technology (CART, Inc.)AbstractThe paper describes the continuing development of the Center for Applied Research andTechnology (CART, Inc.) at a small college as a vehicle for entrepreneurial success. It discussesour Unmanned Systems Laboratory (USL) to provide teams of engineering technology studentsfor our School of Engineering Technology and Computer Science (SET) with in-house internshipexperience and the School with a source of increased funding through CART

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Students for the Future

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Andrés Esteban Acero, Universidad de los Andes

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

, havingmoved from the College of Arts and Sciences in 2016. In Fall 2017 there were approximately750 engineering and computer science majors; 105 of those were declared as ISyE majors.The ISyE program offers a broad, general exposure to the field with no concentrations. After twoyears of general science and engineering classes students have required coursework in workanalysis, manufacturing, quality, systems, and operations research. The OR componentcomprises separate deterministic and stochastic courses, discrete event simulation, and a coursein operations/supply chain.Developing Changemaking EngineersIn 2014, the National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated the IUSE/PFE: REvolutionizingengineering and computer science Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jack Bergquist, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

identifies relevant photographs and assigns damage tags to thoseimages. The research team is predominantly comprised of undergraduate students and is led by astructural engineering and a computer science faculty. While machine-learning algorithms havebeen successfully used for image tagging in a variety of fields (health care, manufacturing, etc.),the extension of this approach for earthquake reconnaissance is only just beginning. As such, thecreation and development of this tool is a new and dynamic project-based learning experience forboth the students and faculty involved.This collaborative project emphasizes student initiative and innovation where they are active inall development stages of the tool ranging from collection and tagging of

Conference Session

A Challenge to Engineering Educators

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isolde Adriana Parker, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Seetha Veeraghanta, University of Utah

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, “Information-seeking behavior in Generation Y students: Motivation, critical thinking, and learningtheory,” Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 31, no. 1, 2004, pp. 46-53. [Online]. Available: SciVerse,http://www.hub.sciverse.com [Accessed: 8 Mar. 2013].[6] J. Buschman and D.A. Warner, “Researching and shaping information literacy initiatives in relation to the Web: Someframework problems and needs,” Journal of Academic Librarianship, vol. 31, no. 1, 2005, pp. 12-18. [Online]. Available:SciVerse, http://www.hub.sciverse.com [Accessed: 8 Mar. 2013].[7] P. Warnken, “Managing technology: The impact of technology on information literacy education in libraries,” Journalof Academic Librarianship, vol. 30, no. 2, 2004, pp. 151-156. [Online]. Available

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

P. K. Mallick

characteristics. There is a great need foremphasizing interaction between material science, design and processing. Application-orientedcourses and research, such as the ones described here, seem to be more appropriate for theautomotive industry of the future.This paper describes first the graduate degree program in automotive systems engineering,followed by the curriculum in automotive materials and how it is integrated in the graduateprogram on automotive systems engineering. The automotive materials program is part of theCenter for Lightweight Automotive Materials and Proceessing, which was established in 1998with funding from the US Department of Energy under the auspices of the Graduate AutomotiveTechnology Education (GATE) initiative

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

investigation into a subject in order to discover facts or principles, and increase the sum of knowledge, enhance design, or enrich artistic ability24.Fundamentally, the objective of the undergraduate research initiative or Discovery-Based Page 15.519.3Learning Initiative was to incorporate and/or emphasize research activities and skills inthe undergraduate curriculum. Figure 1 presents the specific goals delineated by thereport24.  Undergraduate research should be a signature program from UH, one that makes the university more attractive to potential students with records of strong academic achievement.  Undergraduate

Conference Session

Practice/Industry Partnership

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Badger; Geraldine Peten; Anil Sawhney

© Page 7.907.4 2002, American Society for Engineering Education Figure 1.1. Orientation Workshop: The initial task of the REU staff at ASU was to acclimate the out-of-statestudents to Arizona and its hot and dry climate with a cool and refreshing welcome. The first dayof the program was designated as a travel day, whereby students were greeted at the airport, treatedto lunch and given a brief tour of the ASU campus before being escorted to their dorms to unpackand prepare for the first formal days of the REU program orientation. May 30 th and 31 st consistedof two full days of the summer research program orientation, which included all meals. Studentparticipants were

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 7: Retention & Success

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Elaine Benzel, Colorado State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

path to“promoting independence, collaboration, and innovation” [6]. This ability to leverage a key,defining strength for a research university to attract and retain potential students who previouslyhad not considered higher education, offers a unique opportunity to research universities thatother institutions cannot easily emulate.This paper will provide information on the importance of finding unique ways to retain students,then take a detailed look at the Scott Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program putin place at the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering (WSCOE) at Colorado State University(CSU). The initial creation and justification of this program will be explained, as well as someongoing considerations. Most significantly

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #4: Global DEI

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael D. Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC; John Albert Avila Sr., Texas A&M University; Karen L. Butler-Purry, P.E., Texas A&M University; Shannon Walton, Texas A&M University; Ahmarlay Myint, Texas A&M University; Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; John Walewski, Texas A&M University; Zenon Medina Cetina; Kim Withers; Keisha D. Bahr, Texas A&M University; Sasha Sentz; Barbara Szczerbinska, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

confidence in personal ability, expanding conceptions ofresearch, science and culture while increasing openness to employment outside the United States,and ability to relate to peers and professional scientists. These outcomes were present for bothcohorts, IRAP and R2R, with some instances of statistically significant increases pre- to post-participation despite the small counts of participants (IRAP = 18, R2R = 11). Several of theoutcomes parallel findings from prior support of international research experiences by TAMUSLSAMP (Preuss et al, 2020; Preuss, et al, 2021; Preuss et al, 2022). The survey findings fromsummer 2022 are presented as an initial data set that, while requiring verification throughreplication of programming in 2023 and beyond

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2: Understanding Our Users

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Matas, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

Paper ID #40281Undergraduate Students Experience Cognitive Complexity in Basic Elementsof Library ResearchErin Matas, Michigan Technological University Erin Matas is the Director of the J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library at Michigan Tech- nological University. She completed her MSI at the University of Michigan School of Information. Prior to her master’s work, she received B.A. degrees in History and Women’s Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before her selection as Library Director in 2020, she served as Michigan Tech’s faculty engagement and research support librarian since 2014. Her

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adia Radecka, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Alyssa Bradshaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Javi Cardenas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sara Xochilt Lamer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ilalee Harrison James, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

from the three cohorts of the Academic Redshirt in Science and Engineering(ARISE) program at UIUC participated in research. Based on student initiative to gain researchexposure, a group of students, faculty, and staff co-developed an undergraduate researchmentorship program focused on work in the field of soft robotics. The program is aimed atproviding exposure to research within the first undergraduate years. The goal is to involvestudents in the culture of research - publishing papers, attending conferences, and mentoringother students, all shown to have positive outcomes for undergraduate students and promotefurther exploration of research opportunities. To do so, we created a cohort-based, fundedresearch opportunity for students from the

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University

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New Engineering Educators

thestudent will usually initiate contact. However, because faculty have more research experience, itis more likely that they can suggest topics that will get the students excited about research.Consider your options for building an effective research program. You can start with researchassistants (RAs), which are often funded as part of a faculty “startup package.” But how do youknow who would make the best RA? You can go by performance in courses, but often grades donot correlate well with success in research. (This may come as a surprise, but it is true!) You canmake a more informed decision if you actually supervise the candidate on a project; only then do

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nihad Dukhan, University of Detroit Mercy; Michael Jenkins, University of Detroit Mercy

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Graduate Studies

initiation, direction intensity andpersistence of efforts. Undergraduate engineering research has gained significant popularity in many engineeringschools in the past few years. Engineering research includes the aspect of pursuing a scientifictopic, a hypothesis or an idea in a systematic rigorous fashion. This requires critical thinking inorder to answer questions and to produce new and original knowledge. Another aspect ofresearch is describing the intellectual activity and communicating the new knowledge both orallyand in writing. This paper describes a research program that was conducted by fourteen undergraduatemechanical engineering students during the past three and a half years; and it also assesses themotivation of the students toward

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kindschi, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Patrick Eagan, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Paul Ross, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Engineering Libraries

to be job related; reporting on the use and relative success of the project “on the job” is required.“Engagement theory” effectively draws IRRAE participants into their projects and ensures an“applied” result within a rigorous “academic” program.Course Scheduling/Project ManagementTime is short, and participants in IRRAE are warned to control the scope of their projects. Toprovide a more practical schedule, initial IRRAE work is integrated with the precedingCommunicating Technical Information course. See Appendix B: Integrated Schedule for Workin IRRAE.The milestones in the course reflect the overall management of research projects; deliverablesinclude a formal proposal with a reading plan, a literature review, a draft, and a final

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phillip Wankat, Purdue University

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Chemical Engineering

, and theresulting research may be conducted at the level of the old paradigm6. These graduates will beunprepared to compete at the level of the new paradigm. At least initially, either co-advisorswith appropriate training in educational research or an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program inengineering education will be required to provide quality control.Schools instituting engineering education as a research specialty will need to include engineeringeducation research grants and papers in their promotion and tenure decisions, and thesecontributions must not be undervalued compared to technical research. Hopefully, these schoolswill also reward the other scholarships outlined by Boyer10 – the scholarships of application,integration and scholarly

Conference Session

Pedagogical Developments in BME

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Cawthorne, Purdue University; Osman Cekic, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University; Melissa Stacer, Purdue University

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Biomedical

AC 2009-1215: ASSESSMENT OF THE VANTH ENGINEERING RESEARCHCENTER ON GRADUATE STUDENTSJames Cawthorne, Purdue UniversityOsman Cekic, Purdue UniversityMonica Cox, Purdue UniversityMelissa Stacer, Purdue University Page 14.262.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Assessment of the VaNTH Engineering Research Center Experience on Graduate StudentsAbstract The Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT (VaNTH) Engineering ResearchCenter, started in 1999, has focused on improving bioengineering education through theapplications of learning science, learning technology, and assessment and evaluation within thedomain of

Conference Session

Micromachining in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Hung, Texas A&M University; Sujeev Chittipolu, Texas A&M University; Saurabh Kajaria, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

research data, compare techniques for microtool setting, or producemicrotooling for other research projects. Graduate students perform in-depth studies to comparemicromachining options, optimize micromachining parameters, characterize micromist, or findlimitation of fragile microcutting tools. All micromachining projects and equipment are proudlypresented to high school students and visitors who often visit our Haas Technical EducationCenter.Literature ReviewMicromilling has been considered an attractive alternative over other micromanufacturingprocesses due to its high flexibility and the ability to produce complex 3D features1. Initial worksare focused on developing microcutting tools and micromachining systems. A microtool of Ø25µm can be

Conference Session

Practice/Partnership/Program Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University

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Architectural

2006-1096: “PUTTING A FENCE AROUND” ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERINGUNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTSEdmond Saliklis, California Polytechnic State University Page 11.1464.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 “Putting a fence around” architectural engineering undergraduate research projectsBackground and Literature Review: The purpose of this paper is to provide practical suggestions of how to design andmost importantly, how to limit the scope of proposed projects such that that anarchitectural engineering student can successfully participate in undergraduate research.Throughout the paper, the pedagogical benefits of such research

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick A. Tebbe, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Bruce Allen Peterson, Minnesota State Energy Center of Excellence

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Diversity

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

level, he administers implementation of 9 research projects in renewable energy as well as serving as Executive Director of the Minnesota State Energy Center of Ex- cellence. Bruce is a leader of collaborative efforts in the Minnesota system. He has been an initiator of many efforts of statewide influence. As a charter member of the Minnesota Energy Consortium, he has served on the leadership steering committee since the inception of the group. His leadership led to establishing the Energy Technical Specialist program, a multi-college program leading to industry positions in energy production in solar, wind, bio-fuels, fossil and nuclear fields. Current focus areas of the Minnesota Energy Center include education

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Woo Hyoung Lee P.E., University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

undergraduate students has been initiated, developed and successfully conductedover 4 years through extracurricular P3 program. In this paper, three P3 awards (12th, 14th, and15th) are introduced. Since 2015, in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering atthe University of Central Florida, a new and innovative undergraduate research and projectdevelopment program was successfully initiated by integrating education and research projectsfor undergraduate students through extracurricular EPA P3 projects. For 4 years, the PI’s studentteam received three Phase I awards and one Phase II award (award pending). In 2015, the PI’sstudent team won a 12th P3 award with a research title of “Algae Biofuel Osmosis Dewatering(ABODE): A

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dennis Rogalsky, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #29221Design-Based Research: Students seeking co-op in new educational modelDr. Dennis Rogalsky, Minnesota State University, MankatoDr. Bart M Johnson, Itasca Community College Bart Johnson is the Provost of Itasca Community College. He is active in engineering education research and is a former engineering instructor and program coordinator at Itasca. Dr. Johnson is a co-founder of the ABET Innovation Award recognized Iron Range Engineering program. Prior to Itasca, he was a design engineer in John Deere’s Construction and Forestry Division.Dr. Ronald R Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering Ron Ulseth directs and

Conference Session

ET Curriculum and Programs II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ilya Y. Grinberg, SUNY Buffalo State

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

acritical component to my success in industry and believe that other senior design projects shouldprovide as much opportunity to apply industry practices as possible”.Observations and ConclusionsThe features and outcomes of the two-semester course-based undergraduate research (CURE)and ETAC ABET student outcomes overlap and complement each other.Scholarly literature search resulted in higher quality project proposals as well as projects overalland in several cases lead to reconsidering initial plans proposed by students.Independent work in teams put students in realistic situations and allowed more efficient andcreative work on open-ended design projects. Several in-class and out of class presentations aswell as requirements for written reports and

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julianne Vernon, University of Michigan; Claude Brathwaite, City College of New York, NYC Louis Stokes Alliance

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Diversity

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International

designed to continue the development of general research skills such as, 1)connecting coursework material to laboratory results, 2) literature review, 3) research reportwriting, and 4) data analysis. The three areas of ISR program focus are, 1) research, 2) culture,and 3) language. The model starts by creating relationships at an international university. Fromthe initial relationships started we started to develop three components of the program. Theresearch projects consisted of environmental monitoring to the current university led socialprograms in the community. The Cartagena, Colombia ISR program used a cross-culturalapproach to accomplish language exchange. This consisted of pairing a Colombian Spanishspeaking student to an English speaking

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Cody A. Chapman, University of Tulsa

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Diversity

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International

.) She has an Ed.D. in Education Leadership and Culture Studies from the University of Houston.Ms. Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University Sarah Phillips is the Education and International Initiatives Manager for the National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education (NSF-PIRE) ”U.S.- Japan Cooperative Research and Education on Terahertz Dynamics in Nanostructures” grant at Rice University. In collaboration with the PI and Education Director, she manages all aspects of the NanoJapan: International Research Expe- rience for Undergraduates Program. Since 2006, this program has sent 130 young U.S. engineering and physics students to Japan for research, language, and cultural study. She works

Conference Session

Revitalization of Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Bimal P. Nepal, Texas A&M University; Manoj Vanajakumari, Texas A&M University; Ismail Capar, Texas A&M University

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Manufacturing

project and itsoutcomes. The faculty advisor may also include other faculty or research associates in theprogram.Students start working on their capstone project as soon as the Fall Semester begins.Their first task is to prepare a proposal draft. Typically students use the pre-proposaldeveloped during the residency week to prepare the proposal. The faculty advisorprovides the initial feedback for the draft and he/she schedule a management meeting tohave students present their capstone proposals. During this meeting, the advisorycommittee and the student determine the scope of the project and they set theexpectations about deliverables. In addition, the faculty advisor talks to the othercommittee members, clarifies expectations regarding providing

Conference Session

Engineering Physics Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James O'Brien, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gergely Sirokman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Franz J Rueckert, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics & Physics

celebrated topic incondensed matter and the current limits of our scientific knowledge. While much has beendiscovered, the full mechanism of high temperature superconductivity remains unknown, and thetopic has remained at the forefront of research efforts for more than a century [10]. Afterreviewing the techniques, the students then designed recipes for sample preparation, includingmultiple grindings and high temperature annealing. Students explored the finer points of crystalgrowth methodology by altering pressures, temperatures, firing duration, and gas environment.These were performed in partnership with our material science laboratory through theMechanical Engineering department. The initial goal is an understanding of the process toproduce a

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tak Cheung, CUNY Queensborough Community College; Dimitrios S. Kokkinos, Queensborough Community College; Michael Lawrence, Queensborough Community College; Paul J. Marchese, Queensborough Community College; Kimberly Anne Riegel, Queensborough Community College; Paul Sideris; Regina Sullivan, Queensborough Community College; Paris Svoronos, Queensborough Community College-CUNY; Rex Taibu, Queensborough Community College; Mangala D. Tawde

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

course, which consisted of lectures and hands-on activities, met twice a weekfor fifteen weeks. Each session included both a lecture and lab (hands-on) component, and wasthree hours long. The research course introduced students to current research techniques, methods, andapproaches through the lens of an astronomy-related project. Students learned about thescientific method, making observations, and drawing unbiased conclusions. Workshops includedbuilding different types of telescopes and detecting invisible electromagnetic radiation. Othertopics included laboratory safety, research integrity, literature review, analysis and interpretationof data. Students learned to use software to analyze and present data. Initially, the students

Conference Session

ECE Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Sterk, Virginia Tech; Tim Thacker, Virginia Tech; Elizabeth Tranter, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff, Virginia Tech; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Tech

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Electrical and Computer

populations in STEM fields. As multi-institutional centers with a 10-year potential NSF funding cycle, ERCs are well suited to fosterinter-institutional collaboration with core and outreach partner institutions over the course ofmany years. To encourage the development of programmatic linkages as part of each Center’sdiversity strategic plan, the NSF offered all active ERCs the opportunity to submit proposals forthe development of programs which create linkages between research centers and large-scaleNSF human resource development initiatives. For CPES, this program solicitation representedthe opportunity to expand linkages with the NSF’s Louis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation (LSAMP) program. The LSAMP program “is aimed at increasing the