Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

David E. Hailey; Christine E. Hailey

outcomeswhen computer based teaching (CBT) is used in place of or in conjunction with a traditionallecture. Bengu and Swart1 and Sears and Watkins2 have described learning modules developedfor use on the World-Wide Web (WWW). Cobourn and Lindauer,3 Mosterman et al.,4 Harger5and Dobson, et al.6 have described additional learning modules for a variety of engineeringprograms developed with various authoring software. The authors of References 3 through 6distributed questionnaires to their students in order to assess student receptivity to the modules.All noted favorable responses from students. Page 3.268.1

Conference Session

Fifty Shades of Grey Literature

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J White, Queen's University

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Engineering Libraries

databases such as Google Scholar, Scopus, andWeb of Science facilitate citation searching by indexing hundreds of millions of references froma vast body of journal and conference literature. In recent years, many other discipline-specificdatabases have added citation indexing and search tools. Academic researchers also use citationmetrics such as the Impact Factor (IF) and h-index in order to assess the value and impact oftheir publications. The techniques used in citation searching and the calculation of citationmetrics can also be applied, with appropriate care, to the patent literature.Searching citations in patents and cited patents can retrieve new and relevant information on aninfinite number of engineering topics. It can also reveal

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Diana Schwerha; Chang Liu; Sertac Ozercan; Tripura Vadlamani; Lev Neiman

Earl found that studying worked examples and engaging in self-explanation weregood strategies to promote learning.1 Worked examples have been linked to skill acquisition strategiesbecause they are thought to lessen the working memory load.Other research has demonstrated the role of feedback in student learning. Worked examples are a form offeedback, but feedback is also possible through web-based programs that provide the student withinstructor feedback in-between class sessions.2Statistics as a discipline also poses unique challenges.3 Conners, McCown and Roskos-Ewoldson havelisted the challenges for teaching undergraduate statistics as: motivating the student to learn material thatthey think is uninteresting, handling math anxiety, dealing

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Diana Schwerha; Chang Liu; Sertac Ozercan; Tripura Vadlamani; Lev Neiman

Earl found that studying worked examples and engaging in self-explanation weregood strategies to promote learning.1 Worked examples have been linked to skill acquisition strategiesbecause they are thought to lessen the working memory load.Other research has demonstrated the role of feedback in student learning. Worked examples are a form offeedback, but feedback is also possible through web-based programs that provide the student withinstructor feedback in-between class sessions.2Statistics as a discipline also poses unique challenges.3 Conners, McCown and Roskos-Ewoldson havelisted the challenges for teaching undergraduate statistics as: motivating the student to learn material thatthey think is uninteresting, handling math anxiety, dealing

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Yanbing Wang, Purdue University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-ranked programs (top 10 percentiles), mid-ranked programs (11th - 100thpercentiles), and not ranked programs—for each engineering discipline.1 To assess the role of postdoc training in engineering PhDs’ long-term career trajectory,we gather employment outcome information from the 1993-2013 National Science FoundationSurvey of Doctorate Recipients. The SDR is conducted every two to three years and providesdemographic, education, and career history information of a sample of U.S.-trained doctoralscientists and engineers. In many cases, survey respondents completed the SDR survey acrossmultiple time points from when they received their PhD until they reached the age of 75.Therefore, for a subset of the survey respondents, we have

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Martha Nanette Harrell, Arkansas Tech University

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Computing and Information Technology

to the executives to fix the vulnerability but was told it was too expensive. Not longafter, a security incident occurred. The executive leaders of the university needed to understandthe risk. They needed tools or methods to assess the situation and to determine if the securityofficer’s solutions were the best choice for the situation and the organization.The information security threat is real and the need for understanding is great in thistechnological age. Hence, these skills appear to fall outside of the limits or bounds of the CEO,CFO, CRO, and even the CSO, thus, reporting lines have become blurred. Welcome to the rise ofthe Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).Work experience and requirementsThese incidents are just a small

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Godwin, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Clemson University; Zahra Hazari, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods

solve problems similarlyto engineers, but their goal is usually to explain, model or understand how the world worksaround them. Engineers, on the other hand, may solve problems with a pragmatic picture inmind. Their perceived value of discovery and information is encoded in the systems they buildrather than in scientific laws or facts.21 Engineering students frequently solve large systems withthe “big picture” in mind. Many young students in science deal with small-scale, detailedexperiments and may not be able to translate their findings into a solution with far-reachingimplications. Or, these science students may be more skeptical of what science can do for theworld than their engineering peers. These ideas may explain our measurement that

Conference Session

Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hayden William Fennell, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Genisson Silva Coutinho, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Bahia; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; David Restrepo, Purdue University; Pablo D. Zavattieri, Purdue University

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Civil Engineering

knowledge of MATLAB. Therefore, the assignment was offered asoptional extra credit, and the grading rubric focused largely on successful completion of theassignment and structuring of the project report, rather than on assessing deep understanding ofthe concepts. This makes investigation into connections between students’ experiences and theirperformance on the project difficult, as there were no true “low performers” from the samplegroup. However, our results do provide a framework for data collection in future studies in twoways: (1) by providing insight into areas for improvement of the modeling task and (2) byproviding evidence that while students did face challenges during the assignment, the addition ofMATLAB coding requirements did not

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tamaike Brown, State University of New York at Oswego; Bastian Tenbergen, State University of New York at Oswego

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Software Engineering Division

technology over the past decade, the ever-changing need oflearners in the 21st century and rapid response to challenges such as COVID-19, instructors areincorporating the innovative teaching strategies that facilitates a more safe and effective learningenvironment for students. Instructors have been using HyFlex teaching model and a variety ofresults have been recorded [1, 6, 7, 8, 9]. In a study conducted by Binnewies et al., two instructors designed and delivered a second-yearundergraduate information technology course across two campuses using Hyflex teaching model.The model involved students having the option to complete any learning activity and assessmentonline or F2F. The learning activities and assessment were organized in four different

Conference Session

Projects,Teams & Cooperative Learning

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Samuel Daniels; Bouzid Aliane; Jean Nocito-Gobel; Michael Collura

:‚ Provide an insightful introduction to computer programming‚ Promote a good understanding of technology‚ Promote logical and deductive reasoning‚ Identify multiple applications for a device‚ Document the proper operation of a mechanical device‚ Write logic programs to control devices & make them respond to sensors‚ An ability to link together the separate parts of the system through a computer program‚ Understand how software algorithms control the function of modern systems‚ To support student discovery, enterprise and innovationFischertechnik allows students to explore their ideas and innovations that cannot beachieved in the real laboratory because of concerns for cost and safety. It can also beused to provide a pre-laboratory experience

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tobias Rossmann, Lafayette College; Martin Johnson

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

startup performance. [17]Integrating multi-disciplinary entrepreneurship into engineering activities succeeds throughinterdisciplinary collaboration and student fellowship programs. Programs at Caltech [18] andMichigan [19] have shown that developing a culture of innovation in getting students from STEMbackgrounds to “think like an entrepreneur” is possible by combining extensive mentorship,educational resources, and experiential project work. While these efforts were undertaken for post-graduate STEM students looking to commercialize research innovations, the same ideas andstructures apply to undergraduate engineers in a co-curricular setting.This paper describes and assesses the impact of an entrepreneurial fellows program organized bythe Dyer

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin Donahue Wylie, University of Virginia; Ian Linville, University of Virginia; Angielyn Campo, University of Virginia; Suk Jun Kim, University of Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

graduate school to continue his studies and aims to continue expanding his skills and knowledge in data analysis and engineering.Mrs. Angielyn Campo, University of Virginia I am a recent graduate from the University of Virginia with a major in Nanomedicine Engineering. In my last year of undergraduate I worked with Dr. Wylie in coding and transcribing interviews as a means of evaluating data on the research of learning how graduate and undergraduate students learn research skills from one another. I am currently working in California where I am working on using a small molecule approach to treat atherosclerosis. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019

Conference Session

Enrollment, Instruction and Pedagogy - Focus on Design-Based Projects

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Alistair Cook, Colorado State University; Mona Hemmati, Colorado State University; Thomas J. Siller, Colorado State University

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Diversity, FYEE Division - Paper Submission

37.76 37.67 t (117) = 2.17, p = .12, d = .20. The average difference, although statistically significant is small using Cohen’s [25]After determining the four subscales to be valid within this guidelines, it varies to a maximum of d = 0.51, a mediumdata, Cronbach’s alpha’s were computed to assess if the data effect size, on some of the significant items within thefrom the items in each subscale is reliable. The alpha for the subscale.twenty-five items included in the Engineering Efficacysubscale was an average across the three tests of 0.89.Similarly, across the three tests, the average alpha score

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability and Social Responsibility into the Curriculum

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Dodson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; David DiBiasio, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John Andrew Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; John M. Sullivan Jr, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Glenn Gaudette, WPI; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Education. He served as 2004 chair of the ASEE ChE Division, has served as an ABET program evaluator and on the AIChE/ABET Education & Accreditation Committee. He has also served as Assessment Coordinator in WPI’s Interdis- ciplinary and Global Studies Division and as Director of WPI’s Washington DC Project Center. He was secretary/treasurer of the new Education Division of AIChE. In 2009 he was awarded the rank of Fellow in the ASEE, and in 2013 was awarded the rank of Fellow in AIChE.Dr. John Andrew Bergendahl, Worcester Polytechnic Institute John Bergendahl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He has six years experience as a

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Mayo P.E., RePicture Engineering, PBC; Carolyn Voter, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

level staff. As more companies with job openings areadded to the App, it can give students a better sense of the types of jobs that will be available tothem. Companies (large or small) have the option to pay a small fee to include their logo andadditional information about the company.Example Classroom UsesThe RePicture App was designed to be flexible in its use in classes. Some examples of how theApp could be used in an introduction to civil engineering class are discussed in this section.Entering Data into the App: Introduction to civil engineering courses may involve studentsresearching projects, attending presentations by professional engineers, and writing. TheRePicture App can be used by having students enter their final product into the

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alina Kononov, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Pascal Bellon, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Bretl, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Andrew L. Ferguson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Geoffrey L Herman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kristopher Alan Kilian, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jessica A. Krogstad, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Cecilia Leal, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Robert Maass, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Andre Schleife, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Jian Ku Shang, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Dallas R. Trinkle , University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Materials

tests,students in MSE 440 use MATLAB to apply the analysis methods described in 6 and determinethe Johnson-Cook parameters for a Ti-Al-V alloy. Using these parameters, they then predict theyield strength of the alloy for a different set of experimental conditions.5. Impact of Curriculum ChangesSurveys administered in each course assessed students’ attitudes toward and reflections on thecomputational curriculum. Preliminary results derived from these surveys and an evaluation ofimpact on exam-based performance are discussed in 15;16 . Here, we describe new results obtainedfrom studying students’ perspectives on the computational curriculum and their owncomputational competency as they progressed through the undergraduate program.5.1. Students

Conference Session

M2C: Learning by Design 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

Senior Lecturer and is the recipient of the Fulton Outstanding Lecturer Award. She focuses on designing the curriculum and teaching in the freshman engineering program. She is also involved in the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, the ASU ProMod project, the Engi- neering Projects in Community Service program, the Engineering Futures program, the Global Freshman Academy, and the ASU Kern Project. Dr. Zhu also designs and teaches courses in mechanical engineer- ing at ASU, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Design, Mechanism Analysis and Design, Finite Element Analysis, etc. She was part of a team that designed a largely team and activity based online Introduction to Engineering course, as well as a team

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Maxwell; John Janecek; Jerry Kucirka; Jamal Ghorieshi

seventeenyears – in which one of the authors has had almost continuous experience with this introductory,one-semester course. We also detail certain circumstances leading up to the latest incarnations ofthis course in the Fall of 2001 and the Fall of 2002.The course evolved significantly during this time. Yet much of the material, many of the coursegoals, and perhaps the central theme of the course – problem solving – has remained relativelyconstant. What has not remained constant is the way the course was delivered. The volume ofcourse material is quite large and varied, so much so that we cannot treat most topics in depth. Inspite of this we believe that we have developed a strategy to keep the material both challengingand interesting, and yet not

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University; Pablo Moreno Romani, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología UTEC; Phillip Albert Sanger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

Paper ID #14960Cross-Cultural Learning Motivations for Engineering StudentsDr. Inna Mikhailovna Gorodetskaya, Kazan National Research Technological University Inna M. Gorodetskaya is associate professor at the Department of Engineering Education and Psychology of the Kazan National Research Technological University (Russia). She has Ph.D. in Social Psychology and also works as head of the minor degree program in Psychology at the university. Scientific interests: motivation, value system of a person, self-development, diversity issues.Prof. Pablo Moreno Romani, Universidad de Ingenier´ıa y Tecnolog´ıa UTEC Extensive

Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Michael Cross, Norwich University; David M. Feinauer P.E., Virginia Military Institute

PhD and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kentucky. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Full Paper: Integrating the iPad Into the Engineering ClassroomAbstractBeginning in 2016, Norwich University (NU) embarked on the Digital Citizen Initiative with thegoal of including an Apple iPad as standard issue for all students and faculty. From 2016 to2019, pilot programs were conducted to test the use of the iPad in both classroom and laboratorysettings. In the Fall of 2019, all incoming first-year students at NU were issued an iPad alongwith an Apple Pencil. The authors performed a pilot study on the use of the iPad in multipleECE courses

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Ledlow

get them involved. Like I say, I’m a real believer now, and ten minutes [of lecturing] is a long time, twenty minutes is a real long time, and fifty minutes is beyond infinity. 1Implementing A/CLJust as planning A/CL lessons is different than planning for a lecture, so is the management ofA/CL classes. Our faculty stressed that they had to learn classroom facilitation skills, andconsider new approaches for assessing student performance. They also frankly discussed thepitfalls of managing out-of-class projects and working with large classes.Facilitating in the classroom. Faculty who are new to A/CL are often uncertain about what theyshould be doing while their students are working in teams. Don Richards’ approach is shared bymany

Conference Session

Writing and Communication I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

David Adams; William Manion

When Less is Mor e: Integr ating Technical Wr iting Instr uction in a Lar ge, Fir st-Year Engineer ing Cour se William P. Manion and David Adams Univer sity of Maine Abstr act Providing technical writing instruction within a large, first-year engineering course involves both logistical and imaginative challenges but can also yield substantive results. In the fall of 2003, the University of Maine initiated a new plan, called the Engineering Communication Project (ECP), to integrate technical writing instruction throughout the College of Engineering

Conference Session

Learning Styles

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

SangHa Lee; Stefani A. Bjorklund; John Wise; Thomas Litzinger

these are to be answered. The workpresented here is a small first step along this path. In developing the initial protocol for thework described here, literature on expertise, domain learning, and complex problem-solving wasexplored.The literature on expertise in the U.S. has focused to a large extent on defining differencesbetween experts and novices. The recent National Research Council book, “How People Learn,”[3] provides a good summary of the major findings, some of which are: Page 7.581.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects II - General

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Austin B. Asgill P.E., Kennesaw State University; Jorge Luis Portillo Rodriguez; Rebeca Feregrino Rodriguez, Kennesaw State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

;M University (FAMU), where he served as Program Area Coordinator and Interim Division Director. With over 28 years of teaching experience in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Engineering Technology, he currently teaches in the areas of networking, communication systems, biomedical instrumentation, digital signal processing, and analog and digital electronics. He has worked in industry in the areas of telephony, networking, switching and transmission systems, and RF and MMIC circuits and system design. Dr. Asgill also has an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Florida State University. He has served on the board of the Tau Alpha Pi (TAP) National ET Honors Society since 2012 (Chair 2012-2014). He is a

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Chang-Soo Kim; Steve E. Watkins

Graduate-level hands-on laboratory practices of microdevices for microoptic and biosensor applications Chang-Soo Kim 1,2, Steve E. Watkins 1 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering 1 Department of Biological Sciences 2 Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO, USAAbstractWe present our experience in graduate-level, small enrollment size, hands-on laboratoryinstruction of microoptic and biosensor microdevices. Inherently, instructing the twomicrodevices types can be largely benefited by linking with microfabrication laboratory practicesto design, fabricate and characterize these devices in class. Based

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 4

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ian Bermudez Rivera, University of South Carolina; Fitya Syarifa Mozar; Christian Harito; Dianing Novita Nurmala Putri; Alessandro Vittorio Zago, Oregon Institute of Technology; Mohsin Al Mufargi, Oregon Institute of Technology; Vitaliy Vasilyevich Tveritin, Oregon Institute of Technology; Keora O'Meara, Oregon Institute of Technology; Roni Jack Rountree, Lehigh University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Tim Pasang, Western Michigan University; Bens Pardamean; Feng Shi, Oregon Institute of Technology; Derrick Speaks, Arizona State University; Endang Djuana; Arief Budiman, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

/microelectronics, renewable energy, biomedicals) applications in academia and industry alike – Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Hewlett-Packard (HP), Spansion and SunPower. Dr. Budiman is currently serving as the Director of Oregon Renewable Energy Research (OREC) where he oversees a wide range of applied research/technology programs for accelerating the pace of transition to renewable energy especially in the state of Oregon (from photovoltaics, agrivoltaics, wind and energy storage all the way to hydrogen production, including the use of Artificial Intelligence/AI and Machine Learning/ML for

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bin Wang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Yong Pei, Wright State University

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Electrical and Computer

engineering, and the department ofcomputer science & engineering, which will be developed into a full-fledged wirelessengineering undergraduate program across both departments. This is a collective effort byfaculty from both departments who also have had fruitful research collaboration. Wright StateUniversity has a large population of non-traditional engineering students who are workingprofessionals with diverse background. This laboratory fits well with their work experiences andbackground by providing a learning experience with a curriculum that balances, mature withemerging technologies, theory with innovative real-work environment laboratories, andemphasizes student success and achievements.Current State of Wireless Communication Course

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 4: Sociotechnical Integration

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto; Alan Chong, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

four of their program. The course is relatively small, with typicallyaround twenty-five students registered, which helps to facilitate the seminar style discussion andmany group activities that comprise the instructional approach of the course.In the course students conduct close readings and analysis of a variety of popular media typesthat are typically explored in relation to a single story. For example, in a multiclass sequencestudents analyze how climate change is discussed by different news outlets, framed by multipledocumentarians and politicized by different parties; in another exercise they trace the history ofmisinformation tied to a particular innovation, the Gardasil vaccine, and apply lessons from thatcoverage to contemporary

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Neville Jacobs

THE MAKING OF ENGINEERS: THE ROBOT CHALLENGEBy Neville JacobsINTRODUCTION The purpose of this presentation is to describe two IEEE initiatives that we believe can raise theinterest of students in technology and engineering, counter the influence that television has exerted inglamorizing careers in other fields, such as medicine, law and high finance; and introduce students to thefun of getting involved with engineering challenges . We all know that engineering can be very excitingand rewarding, but we need to bring this to the attention of our pre-college students, so as to obtain alarger proportion of them going on to Engineering schools.TWO SYMBIOTIC PROJECTS:TISP - TEACHER IN-SERVICE PROGRAM This is an enrichment program

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Neville Jacobs

THE MAKING OF ENGINEERS: THE ROBOT CHALLENGEBy Neville JacobsINTRODUCTION The purpose of this presentation is to describe two IEEE initiatives that we believe can raise theinterest of students in technology and engineering, counter the influence that television has exerted inglamorizing careers in other fields, such as medicine, law and high finance; and introduce students to thefun of getting involved with engineering challenges . We all know that engineering can be very excitingand rewarding, but we need to bring this to the attention of our pre-college students, so as to obtain alarger proportion of them going on to Engineering schools.TWO SYMBIOTIC PROJECTS:TISP - TEACHER IN-SERVICE PROGRAM This is an enrichment program