Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Ramseyer, University of Oklahoma

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Civil Engineering

not aware that their research program isfunding this undergraduate research program and are only interested in solutions to their researchproblem. Assessment methods for the undergraduate research include the standard methods usedfor graduate level research. This includes evaluation of the projects outcome by the sponsors,presentation and discussion at national conventions & peer reviewed journal articles. Theprogram is analyzed and the students experience and its possible impact on their personal andprofessional life is discussed and evaluated in this paper. These aspects of the program areassessed through the use of a survey.OverviewTo summarize Ramseyer1, Camp Concrete developed in response to the unique constraints andopportunities

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Corey Kiassat, Quinnipiac University; Ruby ElKharboutly, Quinnipiac University

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First-Year Programs

academic year.1.2. MotivationGiven the fact that Quinnipiac University is private, one of the aspects of the business modelis to have small class sizes. As such, the School of Engineering only has about 400 studentsacross the majors and cohorts. Each year, the incoming class is about 125. Almost all of thefirst-year students live on campus, with two-thirds spread across multiple dormitories, and thefinal third living in an Engineering Living-Learning Community.Student retention in universities is a major concern in general [4]. It is more of a concern inundergraduate engineering programs [5, 6, 7, 8]. Retention rate of first year students at theSchool of Engineering at University X was 76.32% and 76.47% in 2018 and 2019,respectively. This rate

Conference Session

Assessment and Evaluation of K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracey Louise Collins, North Carolina State University; Eric N. Wiebe, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

teacher data from state-wide publicinstruction databases. The goal will be to track students and teachers across multiple years,through multiple STEM outreach experiences and, for students, eventual matriculation tocolleges and universities (including NCSU).The new data-driven assessment tools will be used for MISO project research and will beavailable to any STEM outreach campus program. In this way, any STEM outreach projectaffiliated with NCSU, big or small, will have access to a valid analytic tool to evaluate theimpact of their project, as well as MISO research results. In order to support the campus-widecommunity of practice, projects will have the opportunity to work collaboratively during twice

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 12: Teaching and Advising Students in that Critical First Year

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Iryna Ashby, Purdue University; Marisa Exter, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

University Marisa Exter is an Assistant Professor of Learning Design and Technology in the College of Education at Purdue University. Dr. Exter’s research aims to provide recommendations to improve or enhance university-level design and technology programs (such as Instructional Design, Computer Science, and Engineering). Some of her previous research has focused on software designers’ formal and non-formal educational experiences and use of precedent materials, and experienced instructional designers’ beliefs about design character. These studies have highlighted the importance of cross-disciplinary skills and student engagement in large-scale, real-world projects. Dr. Exter currently leads an effort to evaluate a

Conference Session

FPD9 -- Teaching Methods & Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, SUSAN FREEMAN, and BEVERLY JAEGER are members of; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-686: TOWER OF STRAWS: REACHING NEW HEIGHTS WITH ACTIVELEARNING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR THE FIRST-YEAR CURRICULUMJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University JOHN K. ESTELL is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi

Conference Session

Goal Specific First-Year Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin; Mitchell Pryor; Cameron Booth, University of Texas, Austin

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First-Year Programs

AC 2009-2077: CUSTOMIZED INSTRUCTION IN A WEB-BASED, FIRST-YEARCLASS: MAINTAINING PRESENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSITIONUSING CONTENT-MANAGEMENT TOOLSSrikanth Tadepalli, University of Texas, Austin Srikanth Tadepalli is a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas. After recieving his BS in Mechanical Engineering from India, he moved to UT where obtained his MSE in Manufacturing Systems Engineering specializing in Design for Manufacturing. He has worked as a Teaching Assistant and as an Assistant Instructor for the Computers and Programming course over a period of 3 years at The University of Texas at Austin and was awarded "The H. Grady Rylander Longhorn Mechanical

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

studied an innovative learning system 4-6. Central to the learningsystem are two virtual reactors, the Virtual Bioreactor and the Virtual Chemical VaporDeposition (CVD) Reactor that provide a context for teams of students to practice engineeringdesign. This study is a subset of a larger investigation of student learning industrially-situated,ill-structured engineering tasks and took place at a large public university. The task described inthis paper, the Virtual Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Process Development Task, was thesecond of three tasks in a capstone laboratory course, typically taken by students in their finalyear of an undergraduate chemical, biological or environmental engineering program. Studentsin the course were organized into

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abigail E. Heinz, Rowan University; Matthew Strauss; Mary Staehle, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #33395The Impact of Brief, Detached, Mandated Verbal Participation Activitieson Student Learning Habits in an Introductory CourseAbigail E. Heinz, Rowan University Abigail Heinz is an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student at Rowan University.Matthew Strauss, I am a recent graduate from Rowan University with a degree in Entrepreneurship Engineering, with a focus on mechanical engineering.Dr. Mary Staehle, Rowan University Dr. Mary Staehle is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Rowan University. Before joining the faculty at Rowan, Dr. Staehle worked at the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Metacognition, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation #2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Woo J. Kim, Miami University; Brielle Nikole Johnson, Miami University; Jennifer Blue, Miami University; Amy Summerville, Miami University; Brian P. Kirkmeyer, Miami University

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #30430Why motivation matters: The relationship between motivation to go tocollege, effort, and academic performance in early engineering coursesWoo J. Kim, Miami University Woo J. Kim is a doctorate student in the Social Psychology program at Miami University. His research explores how ”if only” thoughts affect motivation and behavior and how people respond to ostracism.Ms. Brielle Nikole Johnson, Miami University Brielle Johnson is a graduate student in the Social Psychology program of the Department of Psychology at Miami University. She earned her B.S. from Grand Valley State University with a double major in

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Cunningham, Museum of Science, Boston; Cathy Lachapelle, Museum of Science, Boston

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

number of research and evaluation projects related to K-16 engineering education. Cathy received her S.B. in cognitive science from MIT, and her Ph.D. in Psychological Studies in Education from Stanford University. Page 12.640.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Engineering is Elementary: Children’s Changing Understandings of Science and EngineeringAbstractFindings are presented from a research program conducted by the Engineering is Elementarycurriculum development project. Students participating in testing of the EiE curriculum materialswere given pre-assessments

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the First Year

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Melissa Lynn Morris, University of Nevada - Las Vegas; Joseph Dygert, West Virginia University; Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Education, 2021Exploring the Evolution of Engineering Students’ Feelings of Inclusion in Their Collegeand the Broader Scientific Community.AbstractThis complete research paper discusses how students’ feelings of inclusion change throughouttheir undergraduate career. Student responses acquired through focus groups and one-on-oneinterviews were examined to determine how included the students felt in their engineeringcollege and also the broader scientific community.A small group of non-calculus ready engineering students enrolled in a large land grantinstitution in the Mid-Atlantic region consented to participate in the study. The student cohortparticipated in an NSF S-STEM funded program aimed at fostering a sense of inclusion inengineering by

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday 5-Minute Work-in-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Tevaarwerk DeCosta, Northwestern University; J. Alex Birdwell, Northwestern University; Ken Gentry, Northwestern University; Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., Northwestern University; Alan R. Wolff, Northwestern University

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First-Year Programs

advisers to betteradvise minimally prepared students using data easily available to freshmen advisers.Robinson (2003) found that there was a strong correlation between advanced math and sciencecourses in high school and success in university engineering courses. Mathematics itself hasbeen the subject of much study related to first-year student outcomes. Researchers haveattempted to model students’ readiness for engineering programs by looking at high school mathcoursework and standardized test scores (Tyson 2011, Strayhorn 2014, Veenstra 2009). Calculusis present in the first or second year of most engineering curricula and success in these courses ispositively correlated with retention in engineering and higher grades in engineering courses(Brown

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Roobini Vijayabalan; Athira Suresh Kumar Nair

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Award for Innovation in Engineering Education. He also has worked on several research projects, programs, and initiatives to help students bridge the gap between high school and college as well as preparing students for the rigors of mathematics. His research interests include engineering education, integration of novel technologies into the engineering classroom, excellence in instruction, water, and wastewater treatment, civil engineering infrastructure, and transportation engineering.Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Jaskirat Sodhi is interested in first-year engineering curriculum design and recruitment, retention and success of engineering students. He is the coordinator of ENGR101, an

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Doina Bein, California State University, Fullerton; Jidong Huang, California State University, Fullerton; Yu Bai, California State University, Fullerton; Sudarshan T. Kurwadkar, California State University, Fullerton; Paulina Reina, California State University, Fullerton

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

connections with fellow students inside our major • I like the concept of the program a lot. Unfortunately, the events never lined up with my schedule • Overall, I think they do a lot, it’s just the scheduling that would help it all come together, e.g. maybe holding three small workshops instead of one big one • Balancing family and school is a challenge; I help out with driving my brother and cousin because my mom doesn’t really drive, so attending ASSURE events is a challenge • The mentorship program at Fullerton helps me a lot • I haven’t been able to participate in as many activities as I had hoped; really liked the social event I attended • I’d suggest having workshops you have to register for so

Conference Session

Design Across Curriculum 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Michael S. Thompson, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

department’s introductory course, and freeing up six credit-hour equivalents, oneand a half courses, in the curriculum. The paper discusses how the ABET process enabled thesediscussions to occur; how other curricular changes needed to enable the design thread to beimplemented were accomplished; and the methods used to enable the two degree programs toalign faculty motivation, distribute the workload, and understand the impact the curricularchanges had on student learning. This case study provides an in-depth analysis of a curricularchange process that could be informative for other programs hoping to make such changes.Introduction and Institutional ContextThis paper describes the ongoing evolution of a small electrical and computer engineering (ECE

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Breanna Michelle Weir Bailey P.E., Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Rajashekar Reddy Mogiligidda, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Mahesh Hosur, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David Hicks, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; Michael Preuss, Exquiri Consulting, LLC

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #33235WIP: Hands-On Learning in a Summer Bridge Program TargetingUnderclassmen and Transfer Students at an HSIDr. Matthew Lucian Alexander P.E., Texas A&M University-Kingsville Dr. Alexander graduated with a BS in Engineering Science from Trinity University, a MS in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University. He worked for 25 years in environmental engineering consulting before joining the faculty at Texas A&M University- Kingsville in 2015.Dr. Breanna Michelle Weir Bailey P.E., Texas A&M University-Kingsville I am a licensed Professional Engineer

Conference Session

Redefining Manufacturing Education Practices

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University

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Manufacturing Division (MFG)

advantagesincluding improved accuracy and consistency, greater efficiency, less waste, and the capability toproduce complex parts that would be challenging or impossible to produce manually.2.3. ABETABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) is a non-profit, non-governmentorganization responsible for accrediting college and university programs in the areas of appliedscience, computing, engineering, and engineering technology. ABET accreditation is considereda symbol of quality and assurance that the program has met strict standards set by theengineering and technology industry [15][16].ABET assesses programs based on curriculum, faculty, facilities, and other resources, as well asstudents' outcomes and achievements. The accreditation process

Conference Session

Communication in Design

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Schmidt, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Nabila (Nan) BouSaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Daniel Hoch, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Bruce Gehrig, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Steve Patterson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Design in Engineering Education

whendealing with documentation. This is especially true of any technical professional who isinvolved with projects that must be designed for a competitive bidding process.The simple structure must also be flexible. Just as projects undertaken by practicingengineers can differ in scope and focus, multidisciplinary capstone projects vary indiscipline specific content. The system must be able to accommodate projects withdeliverables that are real and full size, to models of large systems and even softwarebased simulations of control system design.The basic document list required in the subject capstone program also allows projects toexpand their documentation where necessary or desirable. For example, a project thatdelivers a prototype mechanical device

Conference Session

Capstone Design

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Sara D. Ojard, University of Minnesota Duluth; Eshan V. Dave, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Nathan William Johnson, University of Minnesota Duluth; Eil Kwon; Rebecca Teasley, Civil Engineering University of Minnesota Duluth

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Design in Engineering Education

study utilizing semi-structured interviews to compare the two methodsof conducting a capstone design course was conducted [2]. The interview data used in this study Page 23.411.3came from three sources: senior exit interviews, IAB meeting notes, and interviews with thepracticing engineers who mentored students in both semesters.Exit interviews are conducted with every student graduating from the department. Theseinterviews are used to improve the undergraduate education and experience offered by thedepartment and gather assessment data. The interview questions were prepared by a small groupof faculty and were approved by the department as a

Conference Session

FPD10 - Freshman Engineering Introduction to Design

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Silas Bernardoni, University of Wisconsin- Madison; Amit Nimunkar, University of Wisconsin - Madison; John Murphy, University of Wisconsin- Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

and is active in summer programs that indoctrinate underrepresented student populations to various engineering disciplines.Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin - Madison Sandra Shaw Courter is Director of the Engineering Learning Center and a member of the Department of Engineering Professional Development, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison. She teaches technical communication courses to undergraduate engineering students. As a member of the management team for the NSF Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Courter is responsible with a multi-disciplinary team for developing and teaching a graduate course about teaching and learning

Conference Session

K-12 Programs for Recruiting Women

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Susan Powers, Clarkson University; Mary Graham, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

play out the role of a mentor that they themselves benefited fromknowing as a middle school or high school student.Mentoring experiences are integral to the program design, both through the classroom lessonstructure, which incorporates small group and team-based work, and the extra-curricularmentoring activities, which are largely social but usually include some directed activity that isoften engineering-related. These mentoring events are consistently well attended and havebecome particularly important for fostering relationships since the in-school component of theprogram has been moved to the mixed technology classes. When possible, stronger relationshipsare fostered each year by assigning each PIE mentor to a subset of 8th grade

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Baideme P.E., United States Military Academy; Kathryn Blair Newhart; Cristian Robbins; Michael A. Butkus P.E., United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., United States Military Academy

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

and students who attempt to help underachievers obtain ahigher grade [19]. Numerous approaches that aim to create amicable and productive groups,considering the student character traits described above, have been proposed [12]. However, aprocess that can consistently produce optimal groups and assess student work in a perceived (bystudents) unbiased approach appears to be elusive [4], [18].Our environmental engineering program offers a graded cooperative learning experience innearly every course. We hypothesized that student intragroup grades on some of theseassignments may have been awarded unevenly in cases where students’ potential andparticipation were wide-ranging. Analysis of team-based graded events and individual finalcourse grades

Conference Session

Inclusive Leadership: A Panel Discussion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Lamb P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Seth Claberon Sullivan, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Madison is a small general engineering program. Each institution has very different demographics, so we hope these three institutions will help provide sufficient data to build confidence in the results of the survey.• Expand the study to students outside of the capstone course. For example – each campus has a freshmen-year experience course specifically for engineers. These courses could assess student teamwork experiences as they enter the university to determine the psychological safety they encountered during their high school years. Students could be bringing bad teamwork experiences with them into the university. Assessing them as freshmen may also show if their engineering programs impact PS during their time at the

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Michael B. O'Connor PE P.E., New York University

experience as an instructor at New York University (five years), Howard University (four years), and California State University- San Francisco (ten years). American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 The Use of Mixed Methods in Academic Program EvaluationIntroductionThe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and Middle StatesCommission on Higher Education (MSCHE) are accreditation organizations. Together, theiraccreditation efforts assure the public that institutions and programs successfully preparegraduates to enter critical STEM fields in the global workforce.[1][2] Ongoing assessment andevaluation processes support engineering degree

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Faik Karatas, Purdue University; Amy Micklos, Purdue University; George Bodner, Purdue University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

was chosen as the theoretical framework for this study because the main goalof this study was to investigate 6th grade students’ images of engineering that were constructed asa result of different experiences. Phenomenography allows researchers to probe others'experiences and understand what they gained from these experiences. We expected that thestudents in this study would have had different experiences that shaped their views of thephenomenon of engineering.Setting and participantsTwo middle schools from a small mid-west town were selected for this study. One school wasrunning an engineering curriculum for 7th and upper grades while study was conducting. A

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Academic Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kylie Goodell King, University of Maryland, College Park; Jessica Macklin, University of Maryland, College Park; Amanda Yard, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #14932Impact of Class Size on Student Success in a Multidisciplinary Honors Pro-gramMrs. Kylie Goodell King, University of Maryland, College Park Kylie King is Program Director of the Quality Enhancement Systems and Teams (QUEST) Honors Pro- gram. She has worked with the program since 2010 and currently teaches courses on defining and complet- ing innovation and consulting projects. She is also involved in QUEST’s learning outcomes assessment process. Kylie has a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University and a M.S. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the

Conference Session

Issues Affecting Engineering Technology Program Development

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

personal assessment calibration. In addition, use oftechnologies such as iPod instructions is explored.IntroductionCorporations have realized that the implementation of an effective EHS program has anadded advantage in the market place. The Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)profession is an integral part of every small and large corporation in the world. EHSinvolves three disciplines, which often overlap or require close coordination. Theenvironmental technician or manager works with compliance issues and the control ofpollution to prevent/minimize an adverse impact on waterways, air, and soil. The plantsafety/health officer deals with employee’s safety and health as well as with providing ahealthy environment in which to work. The hazardous

Conference Session

GSD 6: The Graduate School Experience

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Burleson, University of Colorado Boulder; Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

-intensive process. Despite the personal and institutional impactof early-stage assessments, the topic remains significantly underexplored. This gap is particularlyevident in the field of mechanical engineering, emphasizing the need for research and attention.3 MethodsThe choice of which mechanical engineering programs to include in the sample for this study ofpreliminary examination techniques was largely determined by availability of data and rankingsbased on number and percentages of doctoral degrees granted to groups of specific interest. Thepopularity of the US News and World Report rankings [7] for students choosing which schools toattend was one potential system for determining our sample, but knowing the influence ofreputation and marketing

Conference Session

Building Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaochun Jiang, North Carolina A&T State University; Jerry Watson, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Williams, North Carolina A&T State University

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Minorities in Engineering

engineering, science, technology,business, education, agriculture, and other academic areas. Basic and applied research isconducted by faculty in university centers of excellence, in interinstitutional relationships, andthrough significant involvement with several public and private agencies. The university alsoconducts major research through engineering, transportation, and its extension programs inagriculture.As part of the assessment effort, a longitudinal study is being and will continue to be conductedat NCA&T [5]. Demographic information such as age, gender, and race, and academicinformation such as SAT score, High school GPA of all students participating in the project atNC A&T since year 2003-2004 has been entered to a database

Conference Session

1st Year Retention Programs for Women Students

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Donohue, University of Virginia; Carolyn Vallas, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

and Engineering (WISE) at peer institutions (see 4, 5, 6, 7, for example) wouldbe the vehicle for co-ordinating and implementing recruitment, retention, and support activitiesfor both undergraduate and graduate female engineering students. Establishing the Initiativewould give greater visibility to these activities, and the additional CDE staff would be dedicatedresources. Organizing current and planned activities and outreach projects also provides theopportunity to capture, quantify, and assess project performance in a systematic manner. Theability to evaluate project performance quantitatively is extremely critical to establishing thesuccess of the Initiative.One popular component of WIE and WISE programs is a seminar offering educational