Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily E Liptow, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine C. Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dylan Henson, California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

initiatives.Dr. Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Dr. Katherine C. Chen is Professor and Chair of the Materials Engineering department at the California Polytechnic (Cal Poly) State University, San Luis Obispo. Her degrees in Materials Science are from Michigan State University and MIT. She teaches a wide variety of different engineering courses and her research interests include diversity in STEM, lifelong learning, and informal education.Dr. Robin Parent, California Polytechnic State University Dr. Parent is the Inclusive Excellence Specialist in the Center for Teaching, Learning & Technology at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. She draws upon an interdisciplinary background in Anthropology

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi T. Shankar, Florida Atlantic University; Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University; Alka Sapat, Florida Atlantic University; David J. Terrell, Florida Atlantic University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

years. He has 7 US patents, of which 3 have been commercialized by the university. This research work is a collaboration with the Children’s Services Council of Broward county in FL.Dr. Diana Mitsova, Florida Atlantic University Diana Mitsova has a background in research design, statistical and spatial analysis, as well as environ- mental planning and modeling using geographic information systems, and interactive computer simula- tion. Her primary area of research involves the impact of urban development on ecosystems and other environmentally sensitive areas.Her recent publications focus on the impact of climate-related stressors on coastal communities and the implementation of planning approaches related to

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie P Martin, Clemson University; Renata A Revelo , University of Illinois at Chicago; Shannon K Stefl, Clemson University; Stacey D Garrett, Clemson University; Stephanie G. Adams, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

(AAAS) Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in 2012-2013, with a placement at the National Science Foundation.Dr. Renata A Revelo , University of Illinois at Chicago Renata A. Revelo is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engi- neering at the University of Illinois at Chicago.Ms. Shannon Kristine Stefl, Clemson University Shannon Stefl is a doctoral research assistant in the Engineering & Science Education department at Clemson University. She received her B.S. degree in physics from Kent State University and her M.S. degree in physics from Clemson University. sstefl@clemson.eduMiss Stacey D Garrett, Clemson University Stacey D. Garrett is a PhD student in the School of

Conference Session

The BEST InDEED

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington

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Design in Engineering Education

notebook is a tool for the student’s use as they document andmake visible the cognitive process of design work, but also a way to share ideas with others.However, researchers and educators have discovered that there is a reluctance amongengineering students to see the value in careful documentation of their design processes [5], [14].Study Design & Methods This qualitative research study presents a case study of one team, consisting of threecollege students, in an engineering studio design course. Case study, while a long-establishedmethodology of the social sciences [15], is considered as an “emerging methodology” inengineering education research that is “not yet well represented” [16]. Quantitative methodsdominant in a research

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

introductorystructural analysis with and without the project component. On the average the former scoredfive points higher than the latter [29]. In a communication elective course at Rochester Institute of Technology, one of theassignments required students to prepare a trouble shooting documentation for a technologicalsystem or an equipment. Trouble shooting documents could take multiple forms: tables, step-by-step instructions, flow charts or narrative. Students learned that they needed a thoroughunderstanding of the process or equipment, had to gather all necessary information, and considervarious visual aids to clearly come up with a document that could meet the skills and knowledgeof the audience to quickly and accurately diagnose the problem [30

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Elizabeth Long Lingo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jeanine Lee McHugh Skorinko, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

of the university in orderto achieve enduring institutional transformation.Literature ReviewTo inform this case study, we draw upon two related bodies of literature. First, we review changeinitiatives that address gender inequity in advancement of STEM faculty. We then turn topromotion reform efforts that center on valuing multiple forms of scholarship, which is onemeans of addressing gender inequities.Change in promotion systems for gender equity in STEMFeminist scholars have made links between the differential valuing of research, teaching, andservice, gendered division of labor, and gendered institutions [4] [17]. Studies have shown that incomparison to men, women academics spend more time on teaching, mentoring, and service andless time

Conference Session

Engineering Management: Project Management and Partnerships

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne Paul Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John S Nelson PE, University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Civil & Environmental Enginieering

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

has held these dual responsibilities since 2011. Jeff is currently leading a campus-wide strategic planning process focused on creating more transforma- tive educational experiences for lifelong learners. Jeff first joined UW-Madison’s faculty in 1989 as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he co-founded the Construction Engineering and Management Pro- gram and developed the construction curriculum. In addition, he has authored and co-authored papers on the subject of educating civil engineers. His body of work demonstrates his commitment to using emerging technology in the classroom to prepare the next generation of engineers and other students for the

Conference Session

Engineering Physics & Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Greenberg Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award 2013. Dr. Larkin can be reached at tlarkin@american.edu. Page 26.1481.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Teaching Outside the Discipline: A STEM-Related Course in a Non-STEM Curricular AreaAbstractMost of us who teach within the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)curricular areas expect to have teaching assignments that directly align with these disciplines. Ateaching assignment in a curricular area outside of STEM is much less common. One focus ofthis paper is to describe a

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

M. Christopher Cotting, United States Air Force Test Pilot School

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Diversity

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Aerospace

, which proposes a challenge in educating the entire class to the samelevel of technical ability. To illustrate this challenge the USAF TPS has in the past admitted flighttest engineers with technical backgrounds in biochemistry, operations research, and solid statephysics.Traditionally most engineering students fall into the Myers-Briggs category of sensors 6 . This isespecially true for USAF TPS students, since they have spent a considerable amount of their timebefore coming to USAF TPS in an operational military environment. They have been trained tolearn information quickly that is useful to their current task, and to filter out everything else. Thisstudent mindset requires a very specific type of instructor that has significant practical

Conference Session

Broadening Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn F. Sullivan Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado Boulder ; Frederick A. Peck; Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nick A. Stites, Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado at Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Julie Cafarella, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

converted to evidence-basedinformation that helped the curriculum decision-makers quickly implement changes with a highdegree of confidence that the changes were program improvements.Several major outcomes emerged from this work that have already been put in practice in ourcollege. Implementing a “research  practice  research more” evidence-driven cycle allowsus to test program “improvements” real-time to see if they really are. Page 26.405.4Results and DiscussionThe research team met regularly to review and interpret the extensive qualitative and quantitativedata to find patterns to inform our thinking on recommendations for future changes to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Effects on Student Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Ortegon, Universidad Icesi

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

complex information; think systematically and critically; ask meaningfulquestions; be adaptable, flexible, and solve real problems8. The Research Agenda for the NewDiscipline of Engineering Education (2006), states that “Engineering and Society are inter-related, each one shapes the other, ” which is part of a new research area related to EngineeringDiversity and Inclusiveness.12 This emerging research encourages faculty to find innovativeways to design curricula, learning experiences, and mechanisms aligned with diverse cultural andinterdisciplinary backgrounds. It is paramount to change our learning systems in order to equipengineering students with a better understanding of their impact on society and create moreequitable, inclusive and

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Engineering Libraries

Paper ID #7106How do Engineering Students and Faculty use Library Resources?Ms. Janet Fransen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Janet Fransen is a liaison librarian at the University of Minnesota, working primarily with students and faculty in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and History of Science and Technology. Fransen often acts as a voice for user communities on library groups developing new services and technology tools. Her interests include analyzing the types of literature used by researchers in engineering and computer science, and finding ways to education new researchers on

Conference Session

DEED Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein

. The second axiom is that among the independent design solutions the design with theleast information content will be the best. Information in this sense is numerically equal to thelog of the inverse of the probability of success, such that minimizing the information content isequivalent to maximizing the probability of success. Applying axiom one, the independenceaxiom, requires that the design have a hierarchical structure in two domains, the functional andphysical. To apply axiom one, interaction matrices between the functional and physical domainsare generated at each level and for each branch in the hierarchy. Alternative design solutions areexamined based on how they influence coupling between different design parameters1.Like

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

Oman) share common heritage, history, and language. Oil is the Region’s mostvaluable natural asset and production and revenues have increased dramatically in recent years,most notably since OPEC price rise in 1973.Great strides since the early 1970s have been made in the provision of human services (health,education, and welfare) and in building infrastructures and urban sprawls, which are comparablein many ways, to those in North America. People’s lives have greatly changed in the Region, andmodernization and western technologies have found their way to every village, town and citywithin the six States. The educational arena has also been greatly impacted at all levels.University education has also had its ample share of growth, expansion

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Beyerlein; Robert Drew; Matthew Walker; Karl Rink; Dan Gerbus; Dan Cordon; Edwin Odom

Page 7.645.1desired skills1 for entry-level engineers. Table 1 lists the top ten skills for entry-level engineers Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering Educationidentified by academia and industry. The professional skills listed are both technical and non-technical skills. Those non-technical skills include teams/teamwork, communication,professional ethics, and creative thinking. Table 1: Professional Skills of Emerging Engineers Rank Skill Industry Academia 1 Teams/Teamwork

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Education and Workforce Development Challenges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris R. Rehmann, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Mark Laingen, Iowa State University; Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Thomas J. Brumm, Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

. His research involves the study of outcomes assessment of student competencies in relation to continuous improvement in higher education.Mark’s undergraduate work concentrated on the study of integrated manufacturing systems and holds a B.S. in Industrial Technologies, and a M.S. in Technology with a focus in Training and Development, and in Project Management.Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University Associate Chair, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Director, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching Co-Director, Iowa State University Learning CommunitiesThomas J Brumm, Iowa State University Dr. Tom Brumm is associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Micah S. Stohlmann, University of Minnesota; Tamara J. Moore, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Young Rae Kim, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Mi Sun Park, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Gillian Roehrig, University of Minnesota

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Educational Research and Methods

Analysis was used to create a task modelthat details the subtasks necessary to complete the MEA successfully. The task model canidentify the knowledge, thought processes, and goals that underlie a task. High school students’work from an MEA was coded on each of the subtasks based on three categories of naïve,routine, or sophisticated.  The development of the task model and its subsequent use for theanalysis of student work on the MEA provides information relevant for researchers and teachers.Benefits of developing a task model for an MEA for teachers include having a tool for assessingstudent work, as well as being able to provide timely feedback to students when they are workingon the MEA. The benefits for researchers include having a better

Conference Session

Social Identities and STEM Experiences: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kaufman-Ortiz, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Hector Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education

, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) STEM PractitionersIntroduction Where are the gays in engineering? LGBTQ+ people have always existed, but ourvisibility in society has ebbed and flowed across civilizations. Our presence has not changed inthe U.S.’s recent history, but our visibility has increased over time [1]. Some pridefully exclaimtheir presence in English and Spanish: “I’m here, I’m queer, get over it!”; “¡Estoy aquí, soy de lacomunidad, y no vas a definir quién seré!” Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) withincorporations, groups such as the National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists andTechnical Professionals (NOGLSTP), Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics (oSTEM), and Out for Undergrad (O4U

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session - GenAI in ethics education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tori N. Wagner, University of Connecticut; Daniel D. Burkey, University of Connecticut

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

chemical engineering from Lehigh University in 1998, his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and his M.A.Ed. In Educational Psychology with a specialization in Research Methods, Measurement, and Evaluation in 2023. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Leveraging NLP for Classifying Student Ethical Responses in an Engineering Narrative GameThis work-in-progress explores the application of pre-trained, open-source transformer modelsdesigned to run efficiently on local hardware for natural language processing (NLP) inclassifying student short-answer responses within the context of the

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

John Ciezki; Steve Watkins

system; m. Arrange for the capstone team to receive emergency training so they understand what needs to be done and who needs to be contacted if there is an accident or injury; n. Label systems to make future users aware of areas that may pose shock, pinching, cutting, or piercing hazards; o. Require clear and complete documentation of mechanical layout and electrical circuitry to ensure accurate information for users to trouble-shoot or decommission the system.Where possible, the above list should be incorporated into existing capstone technicaldeliverables to avoid both project over-load and the perception by students that safetyconsiderations are somehow separate and distinct of the design process. Mentors should be

Conference Session

ECE Division Technical Session 8: Effective Teaching and Learning in Post-Pandemic Classrooms and Other Curricular Innovations

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tyler Gamvrelis, University of Toronto; Hamid Timorabadi, University of Toronto

Section II. Remarkably, gaugingwhether peers are struggling, hearing questions from students, and visually experiencing thepresence of the professor and other students are all phenomena that are independent of thematerial and of the learner’s own participation. These sources of sensory information wouldtherefore appear to be ancillary to the learning at hand and are certainly lost when a classroom isvirtualized using current technology. To this end, the warning from [14] rings true:“technological changes in our modes of communication…change [a culture’s] cognitive habits,its social relations, its notions of community”. The second most frequent reason that studentschose to attend in-person lectures was that it improved their ability to keep on

Conference Session

Survey and Assessment Development

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David L. Little II, Oregon State University; Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

study to characterize practicing engineers’ understand- ings of core engineering concepts.Dr. Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University Milo Koretsky is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from UC San Diego and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, all in Chemical Engineering. He currently has research activity in areas related engineering education and is interested in integrating technology into effective educational practices and in promoting the use of higher-level cognitive skills in engineering problem solving. His research interests particularly focus on what prevents students from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific

Conference Session

BME Laboratory and Project Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamie Lynn Brugnano, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Kevin Andrew Richards, Purdue University; Marcia A. Pool, Purdue University; Allison L. Sieving, Purdue University; Juan Diego Velasquez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ann E. Rundell, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Biomedical

feedback during the studio session, and in written feedback on assignments.The students would subsequently complete related assignments for their associated lab courseemploying a fading strategy. Student assessment was achieved through graded weeklyassignments, while course assessment and effectiveness was determined through Internal ReviewBoard-approved analysis of student grades and student surveys. Student written feedback wasanalyzed using inductive analysis and the constant comparative method by an expert inqualitative data analysis who was external to the course. Assignments were evaluated accordingto Bloom’s Taxonomy and mapped to Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology(ABET) criteria.The course format ensured that students had

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 15: Engineering Education Research and Reviews

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim Nihad Awartani, University of Cincinnati; Iman Shayegani, University of Cincinnati; David Allen Evenhouse, University of Cincinnati; So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

University in 2020 and 2021, respectively, and graduated from Calvin College in 2015 with a B.S.E. concentrating in Mechanical Engineering. Beyond instruction, he continues to pursue research on workforce development, student outcomes, and student experience in context with innovative instructional technologies and practices.Dr. So Yoon Yoon, University of Cincinnati Dr. So Yoon Yoon is an assistant professor in the Department of Engineering and Computing Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. Dr. Yoon received her Ph.D. in Gifted Education, and an M.S.Ed. in Research Methods and Measurement with a specialization in Educational Psychology, both from Purdue

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 8: Communication and Liberal Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shazib Z Vijlee, University of Portland; Stephanie Anne Salomone, University of Portland; Andrew Guest, University of Portland

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Research Labs). Dr. Vijlee has been at the University of Portland since 2014. He was an Assistant Professor of Engineering from 2014 to 2020. He directed the First Year Engineering Experience from 2016 to 2020. He was Associate Dean of Academics from 2020 to 2024.Prof. Stephanie Anne Salomone, University of PortlandAndrew Guest, University of Portland ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Mixed-Methods Analysis of First-Year Engineering Student Curiosity in the Context of a Liberal Arts Core CurriculumIntroduction and BackgroundAfter several years of informally noticing that engineering students appear less inclined to appreciatethe value of a liberal arts core curriculum

Conference Session

Capstone Courses

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blair T. Allison, Grove City College; Stephen Ludwick, Aerotech, Inc., and University of Pittsburgh; William P. Birmingham, Grove City College

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Mechanical Engineering

capabilities, features, and operational characteristics of the sponsor’s physical contributions to the project. o The industrial partner plays a key role in design reviews – from the early stages as design concepts emerge to the final stages of detailed design. Industry representatives should be kept informed of all major project decisions. o Communication should take place through face-to-face meetings if the industrial partner is located close to the educational institution. Another excellent method of communicating is through web based conferencing (e.g. WebExTM). Regular phone calls and E-mail messages complement the aforementioned methods of keeping in

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Student-Centered Approaches in Design Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noel Hennessey, The University of Arizona; Dean Papajohn; Tyler Jean Le Peau, The University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #43359”Fail a little, succeed a lot”: How Experiential Learning Influenced CivilEngineering Students’ Approach to CourseworkDr. Noel Hennessey, The University of Arizona Noel Hennessey is the Director of ENGineering Access, Greater Equity, and Diversity at the University of Arizona College of Engineering. She oversees a suite of research informed and evidence based initiatives designed to improve underserved students’ sense of belonging and engineering identity development.Dean PapajohnTyler Jean Le Peau, The University of Arizona ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 “Fail a little

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

E. Tyler Young, The Ohio State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

of such practice [7] [21]. Figure 1 illustrates these three tenetsof culturally relevant pedagogy and how they can inform the development of CBL models. Fig. 1. Connections across culturally relevant pedagogy and CBL.For engineering educators, critical consciousness has relevance in the emerging scholarshipsurrounding the unequal benefits of new technology (or, in extreme cases, its harmful effects)across social strata [22]. Recently, scholars have proposed models of CBL that directly addresssuch engineering “blind spots” through partnering with community stakeholders across theengineering design process, from needs-identification to implementation of solutions [23]. Thismodel can be translated into homework assignments that

Collection

ASEE Zone 1 Conference - Spring 2023

Authors

Mohsen Mosleh, Howard University; Preethi Chandran, Howard University; Arlene P Maclin; John Harkless; Courtney J. Robinson, Howard University; Hassan Salmani; Sonya T Smith, Howard University; Gloria Washington, Howard University; Hessam Yazdani, University of Missouri

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Diversity

, and attaining summer internships. The learned bestpractices that emerged and were exercised in the project are presented.KeywordsUndergraduate Research Experience, Mentoring, STEM, InternshipIntroductionUndergraduate research experiences (UREs) are mentored co-curricular research opportunities widelyrecognized for having high educational impacts on improving persistence in science and enhancingacademic performance [1-4]. UREs are associated with positive outcomes such as learning research andtechnical skills, learning soft skills such as teamwork, communication, and presentation, boostingconfidence, heightened interest in the pursuit of a graduate degree, choosing careers in science, engineering,technology, and mathematics (STEM), and

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Assessment Tools and Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Siddharthsinh Jadeja, Rowan University; Elise Barrella P.E., Wake Forest University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

’ personalizedviews of EM depicted in their own concept maps. Review of these maps led to identificationof key themes relevant to EM that were then reviewed against frameworks available in theliterature to identify any missing elements. This master EM concept map is the first steptowards the development of a direct assessment tool that can be used to measure students’learning and development of EM.BackgroundThe 21st century has seen a wealth of information and technological advances thatdemonstrate a need for development of innovation and problem solving skills amongengineering graduates [2]. One method through which this can be developed is theintegration of activities that assist with EM development. EM, a term yet to be well-defined,broadly includes