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Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Aura Gimm

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for Engineering Educationpotential, the workforce needs to be literate in nanoscale science and technology.4 For thisreason, there is a large effort underway to incorporate nanoscale science and technology intoexisting undergraduate and graduate, and precollege curricula.5 Collaborators in theInterdisciplinary Education Group of the MRSEC on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces atthe University of Wisconsin – Madison6 have developed a suite of hands-on and video-basedtools for teaching nanoscale science and engineering in the undergraduate and precollege (bothmiddle and high school levels) curricula. Here we summarize the resources available

Conference Session

Comparing National Styles of Engr. Educ.

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Thibault; Rene Hivon; Danielle L'Heureux; Noel Boutin

.... isone of the most exciting and powerful educational options that has appeared in the last 30years.» Forms of PBL that have been used include research, Case Studies, Guided Design,engineering design projects and the McMaster Medical School model of PBL. Some forms canbe used for large classes, some for small groups and some for intermediate sizes.Finally, there is the case of the NSF coalitions. A broad consensus between employers,educators, government and ABET has developed with respect to the need to bring changes toengineering education. Various initiatives have allowed the emergence of a new vision of theengineer and of the way to train him or her. NSF has fostered the creation of many coalitions ofuniversity campuses and institutes called

Conference Session

Thinking About the Engineering Curriculum

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Judith A. Sunderman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Raymond L. Price, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3904: CURRICULUM INCUBATION: DATA-DRIVEN INNOVA-TIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNDr. Judith A. Sunderman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Judith Sunderman is a consultant focusing on program and curriculum development, research, and eval- uation in education. She has recently served with the Illinois Foundry for Innovation in Engineering Education (iFoundry) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, providing technical assistance for curriculum development. As evaluator with the I-STEM Education Initiative at the University of Illinois, Sunderman focused on small-scale evaluation using short-cycle, coached-change to increase academic performance. Other work has included evaluation of faculty training

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Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Forance Barry, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alfred A. Donatelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, Bethlehem, PA. with Professor Mohammed El- Aasser in the Emulsion Polymers Institute in the Department of Chemical Engineering as part of the Poly- mer Science and Engineering program. I received my Ph.D in 2000 for a dissertation entitled: ”Grafting Reactions in the Emulsion Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate using Poly(vinyl alcohol) as Emulsifier”. Upon graduation, I was hired into the Ph.D Career Development Program at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA. where I conducted three one-year rotations in each of the three divisions: Polymer Chemicals Technology, Corporate R&D Science & Technology Center (CSTC) and Gases and Electronics Advanced Technology. I gained experience developing photoresist polymers for

Conference Session

Considerations for the Collection Conscious Librarian

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Zuber, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2012-4644: WEEDING THE COLLECTION: AN ANALYSIS OF MO-TIVATIONSPeter Zuber, Brigham Young University Peter Zuber is the Engineering Librarian at Brigham Young University. Apart from liaison and collection responsibilities, he has evaluated and implemented virtual reference services and helped in the redesign of the library’s website as well as the integration of a new federated search engine. As Chair of the library’s Research Behavior Group and User Studies and Assessment Team, he worked with librarians to discover user preferences and habits and how they impact current library services and tools. Published papers include topics such as search engine constraints, open access, institutional repositories, and

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2023 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Dylan Marcus Tobey, University of Pittsburgh; Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh; Veronica Roth; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh

way. In an effort to reach all students, he has consistently deployed a host of teaching strategies into his classes, including videos, example problems, quizzes, hands-on laboratories, demonstrations, and group work. Dr. Kerzmann is enthusiastic in the continued pursuit of his educational goals, research endeavors, and engagement of mechanical engineering students.Veronica RothDr. David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh David V.P. Sanchez is an Associate Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Civil & Envi- ronmental Engineering department and the Associate Director for the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation at the University of Pittsburgh. He serves as the Program Director for the

Conference Session

Alternative Energy Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Oxana S. Pantchenko, University of California, Santa Cruz; Daniel Scott Tate, University of California, Santa Cruz; Daniel O'Leary, University of California, Santa Cruz; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz; Ali DUPE Shakouri

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

major. In more detail, our assessment showedthat the students learned the most during the Flywheel laboratory experiment. When results weregrouped by the class level, the most advanced class level, or forth year students, showed the mostimprovement. Overall, both genders showed significant improvement. Finally, when resultswere grouped by major discipline, our assessment showed that the students with social sciencemajors showed the most improvement. A total of 140 students from the University of California,at Santa Cruz participated and as a whole, the class showed a significant increase in theirknowledge at the end of the term.IntroductionAt the University of California, Santa Cruz, the Renewable Energy Sources course is offered toall

Conference Session

Engineering Design for Elementary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ruben Dario Lopez-Parra, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Barbara Fagundes, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Pre-College Engineering Education

assessed his performance to design better learning environments that pro- mote students’ conceptual understanding. In 2015, Ruben earned the M.S in Chemical Engineering at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia where he also received the title of Chemical Engineer in 2012. His research interests include students’ cognition and metacognition in the engineering curriculum.Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University Kristina M. Tank is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the School of Education at Iowa State University. She currently teaches undergraduate courses in science education for elementary education majors. As a former elementary teacher, her research and teaching interests are centered around improv

Conference Session

Engineering Design for Elementary Students

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Miel, Tufts University; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Emily Fuller, Tufts University; Kelli Paul, Indiana University; Euisuk Sung, Indiana University; Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

for Engineering Education and Outreach (www.ceeo.tufts.edu). Merredith received all four of her degrees from Tufts (B.A. English, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.A. Education, PhD in Engineering Education). Her research interests focus on how children engage in de- signing and constructing solutions to engineering design problems and evaluating students’ design arti- facts. Her outreach work focuses on creating resources for K-12 educators to support engineering edu- cation in the classroom. She is also the founder of STOMP (stompnetwork.org), LEGOengineering.com (legoengineering.com), and the online Teacher Engineering Education Program (teep.tufts.edu).Ms. Emily Fuller, Tufts University Emily Fuller is a second

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

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Civil Engineering

moving Sidewalks Possible state cracking fencing legislation Costs could Assessments go up could increaseFigure 5. Preparing this mind map enabled group to define a problem.To get started, state and show the topic which, as indicated in Figure 5, was “Pondproblem” Then ask each participant, “what does this make us think of?” or “what comesto mind?” Whatever “pops” into anyone’s mind, and is shared, is added to the mind mapusing ovals and connecting them with arrows. My experience in using mind mapping isthat, once I or a group gets started, a flood of ideas quickly appears. And soon, very soon,a large mind map or cluster appears. While doing

Conference Session

Teamwork: Priming, Empathy, and Metacognition

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrea L. Schuman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; David Gray, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Desen Sevi Özkan, Tufts University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

2002 and 2010, respectively. Much of his graduate education focused on semiconductor devices physics and ma- terials processing. However, his actual Ph.D. dissertation was on thermal modeling and process control of a friction stir fabrication method of additive manufacturing. Dr. Gray followed up his Ph.D. with a position as a post-doctoral associate under the guidance of Dr. Dwight Veihland working with composite magnetic field sensors. After his education, Dr. Gray continued his research in small-business environ- ments, developing technologies and products across a wide range of fields including magnetic materials, sensors, and devices, energy harvesting technologies, harsh environment sensing, additive

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 1: Course Design & SE Competencies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachana Ashok Gupta, North Carolina State University; Greg A. Dunko, NantHealth

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Systems Engineering

Assistant Professor in 2012. Dr. Gupta’s current research projects focus on sensor systems and engineering design education. Dr. Gupta likes to tinker with new technology and work on small hobby projects in her basement lab. Her other hobbies include reading, classical dancing, and traveling.Mr. Greg A. Dunko, NantHealth Greg is the Senior Vice President of the Product and Program Management Office (PPMO) at NantHealth, where he leads strategic product planning and program business operations. Prior to joining NantHealth, he served as Global Head of Product Development at BlackBerry, leading all mobile phone hardware development. Prior to this, Greg led the Electrical and Computer Engineering senior design program at

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles T. Jahren

, which is the week that the students are on spring break. Also, traditionally March is a large bid letting and the professionals are busy with their own work and have little time to assist students. The February letting is too early in the semester for students to prepare and the April letting is too late because end of semester projects compete heavily for student time. The October letting falls in the middle of the fall semester. Students have sufficient time to prepare, yet the mock letting does not compete with the end of the semester rush. Traditionally, the October letting is a small letting, so contractors have extra time to interact with students.B. October 1998The next mock bid letting was conducted in October 1998

Conference Session

Design & Development Projects and Practices

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jahangir Ansari, Virginia State University

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Manufacturing

University develop their skills for thevarious elements of the design process throughout the curriculum, culminating in their seniordesign project I and II courses during their senior year.The program offers at least six core courses in which engineering design is included. Thesecourses are: Engineering Graphics, CAD/CAM, Manufacturing Automation, Simulation, QualityControl, and Manufacturing Design Implementation. These six major courses and some othercourses distributed throughout the curriculum include elements of design that adequately definean integrated design experience for the students in the program. During their senior year,students also may gain additional design experience in their chosen ENGR/MANE electivecourses such as Special Topics

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Piliouras, Technical Consulting & Research, Inc. ; Mengqian Wu, Technical Consulting Research, Inc. ; Steffi N. Crasto, Center for Advanced and Emerging Technologies (CARET); Pui Lam (Raymond) Yu, Technical Consulting & Research, Inc.; Navarun Gupta, University of Bridgeport

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

that technology should be used to [10], [11]:• Help teachers provide targeted interventions and tailored feedback based on learner data.• Evaluate efficacy of new teaching practices and technologies based on student outcomes.• Provide personalized, active learning experiences to all students.• Build research-supported teaching practices and foster professional development.• Improve measurement of student learning against clearly mapped competencies.• Initiate small pilot technology rollouts instead of poorly planned, large-scale rollouts that fail.• Develop Information Technology systems in accordance with NIST cybersecurity standards.Broad adoption of LMS and CRM technology requires a paradigm shift towards a student-centricmodel of education

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Monson H. Hayes; Lonnie D. Harvel

1997, a masters degree program inmechanical engineering was added. Since the number of courses that must be offered fora masters degree exceeds the number of courses that can be taught by resident GTLfaculty, each term a number of courses are offered by video. These courses are taught inAtlanta by Georgia Tech faculty, and are videotaped for students at GTL. Due to the costof this method of delivery, and the long delays that often occur in mailing videotapesacross the Atlantic, in the summer of 1997, it was decided to experiment with deliveringcourses from one campus to the other using the internet.1 In the Fall of 1997, a graduatelevel course in Neural Networks was given to students at GTL, and delivered by internetto students in Atlanta

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma S Atherton, University of Florida; Elif Akcali, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

, extrinsic motivation, mathematical modeling.IntroductionThe exploration of creativity and the interworking of human creativity through a research lensbegan in the eighteenth- or the nineteenth century, and scientific research of creativity hasaccelerated since the middle of the twentieth century [1, 2]. To date, the exploration of creativityin an educational environment, and the limitations of teaching, learning, practicing, and assessingcreativity in such settings, have not been adequately assessed or understood, but the relationshipis beginning to be conceptualized in various ways [3].As an attempt to incorporate creativity training into engineering education and to enhance thecreative thinking skills in undergraduate engineering students, poetry

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy - Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Paper ID #37854Victims of Outcomes: Towards an Enactivist Model ofTechnological LiteracyAlan Cheville (T. Jefferson Miers Chair in Electrical Engineering, ProfessorDepartment Chair) Alan Cheville studied optoelectronics and ultrafast optics at Rice University before joining Oklahoma State University working on terahertz frequencies and engineering education. While at Oklahoma State he developed courses in photonics and engineering design. After serving for two and a half years as a program director in engineering education at the National Science Foundation, he became chair of the ECE Department at Bucknell

Conference Session

TIME 9: Thermal Fluids/Fluid Mechanics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Hosni Abu-Mulaweh

Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. ABET Engineering Accreditation Criteria, Criterion 3: Program Outcomes and Assessment. http://www.abet.org.2. Abu-Mulaweh, H.I. (2003), “Integration a Design of Experiment in the Heat Transfer Laboratory,” Proceedings of the ASEE Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, CD-ROM, Session 1426.3. Incropera, F.P and DeWitt, D.P. (2002), Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer, John Wiley & Sons, New York.4. Özisik, M.N. (1985), Heat Transfer, McGraw-Hill, New York.5. Gerald, C. F. and Wheatly, P.O. (1999) Applied Numerical Analysis, Addison-Wesley, New York.6. Moffat, R.J. (1988), “Describing the Uncertainties in

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

. MATH 131 introduces “optimization problems, data handling, growth andsymmetry, and mathematics with applications in areas of social choice. Major emphasis is on theprocess of taking a real-world situation, converting the situation to an abstract modelingproblem, solving the problem and applying what is learned to the original situation.”2In Richmond, any of the approximately 3,000 VCUR students needing a three-credit math courseduring any given semester take MATH 131. In typical “Western” style, university professorsdeliver lectures to necessarily large classes, and graduate students conduct small group work.In contrast, VCUQatar requires all students to take MATH 131. Approximately 50 students takeit per academic year. Arab child rearing and

Conference Session

Integrity and the Problem of Cheating

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Ryan, East Carolina University; Bernd Steffensen, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

range from the massive impersonal lecture halls with hundreds ofstudents to highly personalized small group instruction. Such variation is true betweeninstitutions and can even vary widely between programs at the same institution. Both systemshave mechanisms in place for students to evaluate teaching, but weak teaching evaluations oftenhave little meaningful consequence for the professors. Particularly in the case of professors whohave been conferred permanent tenure, there is often little external leverage to influence teachingbehaviors. The incentives for professors to engage in teaching are rare. The opportunities tonegotiate salaries or to earn additional money (and even then usually only a disproportionatelysmall percentage of annual

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Emmanuel U. Enemuoh; José Carrillo; Jong Beom Lee; Scott Norr

electrical engineering program at UMD has one-year program for its capstone course. The design was decomposed into components as illustrated in Fig 3 for the teams involved in the project to allow assessment of students individually and as teams. The teams in the two engineering departments work with their senior design course instructors to accomplish their design tasks. Everyone including the instructors meet once per week to discuss overall project progress and challenges. Three design review meetings were held with AFRL personnel through teleconference over the duration of the project. During the design phases, decision matrix was used to select the best design among alternative concepts brought forward by the teams. Table 1 is a design

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2004 GSW

Authors

Roman Taraban; Arne Weigold; Edward E. Anderson; M. P. Sharma

multiple-choice and short-responsequizzes. Approximately one-third of the pages contain interactive elements. When a pagecomes up, the user first hears a narration, during which he or she cannot interact with theprogram. After the narration is over, any interactive elements on the page become usable,and several controls appear. These allow the user to jump one page forward or back,jump to any other page in the subchapter, go to the table of contents for the subchapter,and print the page. The CD program was modified for this study in order to collect time-stamped data records in which the controls the user selected, as well as performance datafor the quizzes, were logged. The CD was presented on a laptop computer running a 2.0GHz Pentium 4

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Raviv

, and experimentation strategies.b2.3) Computer Science exampleFind the general solution to the “Tower of Hanoi” problem. Write a program that will producethe solution for N disks (N< 10). In this example students experiment with a small-scale hands-on solution (segmentation and experimentation strategies), then generalize it (dimensionalitystrategy).b3) Long-term multidiscipline industry-oriented design projects for individuals and teams. Thesedesign projects include the task, materials, assumptions, constraints, rules, criteria for winning,etc. Page 7.466.12 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual

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Why Industry Says that our Engineering Students Cannot Write

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Mobrand, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Mechanical Engineering

influenceover groups of people and their environments.In this first example, the participant describes the impact of effective communication on the lifeof an individual. So, while the extent described is small, the impact is large. Page 22.1257.12 Good communication skills are necessary in all walks of life. The lack of effective communication skills has a negative impact on the personal as well as professional life of a person.In this next example, the participant discusses how her communication abilities allowed hercreate opportunities for her to impact her team members and the worked they were engaged in. Even though the

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Negar Heidari Matin, Eastern Michigan University; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University; Shinming Shyu, Eastern Michigan University; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Architectural Engineering

and international committees for many international conferences.Dr. Shinming Shyu, Eastern Michigan University Shinming Shyu is a faculty member of College of Technology at Eastern Michigan University. Earning his Ph.D. degree in Architecture from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Dr. Shyu, LEED AP BD+C, has been engaged in teaching and research activities in building performance and sustainable design. Being a registered architect since 1992, Dr. Shyu involved in numerous large-scaled projects, ranging from hospital, museum, library, church, and corporate headquarter, and is equipped with a wealth of experiences accumulated in the field of architectural design and building construction. With deep interest

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2022 ASEE - North Central Section Conference

Authors

Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University; Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University

Paper ID #36072Correlations of Student Personality Components with First-Year StudentSuccess and RetentionDr. Matthew Cavalli, Western Michigan University Dr. Cavalli is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences.Ms. Anetra Grice, Western Michigan University Anetra Grice is has served as the STEP Program Director for Western Michigan University’s College of Engineering and Applied Sciences for since 2010. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2022

Conference Session

Edifying Engineering Education through Multidisciplinary Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep B. Deshpande, University of Louisville and President, Six Sigma and Advanced Controls, Inc.

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

example of the success with meditation is the Chicago Cubs victory overthe Cleveland Indians in 2016, ending a drought of 108 years. In the Time magazinearticle [30], How the Chicago Cubs Made World Series History, columnist Sean Gregorywrote: "Epstein also set out to train his players’ brain. The Cubs have a five-personmental skills team that offers mindfulness exercises, visualization drills, and meditation toall players throughout the organization. “The overriding philosophy is better humansmake better players,” says Josh Lifrak, who runs the program. Don’t let the moment gettoo large. Catch yourself thinking bad, that’s mindfulness. Not only knowledge, butaction.”In the language of the Science of Internal and External excellence, "Catch

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ching-Kuang Shene, Michigan Technological University; Chaoli Wang, University of Notre Dame; Jun Tao, Michigan Technological University; Melissa Sue Keranen, Michigan Technological University; Jun Ma, Michigan Technological University; Jean Mayo, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Computing & Information Technology

scientific visualization, in particular on the topics of time-varying multivariate data visualization, flow visualization, and information-theoretic algorithms and graph-based techniques for big data analytics. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2014.Mr. Jun Tao, Michigan Technological UniversityDr. Melissa Sue Keranen, Michigan Technological UniversityMr. Jun Ma, Michigan Technological University Jun Ma is a PhD student of computer science at Michigan Technological University. His research interests include flow visualization, large-scale data analysis and visualization, and mesh processing. He received a BS degree in computer science from Xidian University, China, in 2006, and a MS degree in computer science from Michigan

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 27

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fanyi Zhang, Purdue University; Beth M. Holloway, Purdue University ; Eric Holloway, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

contributor to sophomore attrition, in contrast to the first year [11].Recent researchadvocates for a more nuanced understanding of the unique experiences of sophomores and urgespractitioners to develop policies and interventions based on sophomore-focused research [11]. Itwas further emphasized that these programs should be tailored to institutional needs and adaptiveand receptive to sophomores’ needs across cohorts [6], [11], [12].Institutions need a useful assessment for understanding the sophomore experiences to informstudent retention efforts in engineering programs. However, the research to inform such adecision is particularly scarce. Current literature on engineering sophomores is narrow, with afocus on educational practices at specific