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Session 8 - Track 2: Resistance to advocacy around hidden curriculum in engineering

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Victoria Beth Sellers, University of Florida; R. Jamaal Downey; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

educator, engineering educational re- searcher, and professional development mentor for underrepresented populations has aided her in the design and integration of educational and physiological technologies to research ’best practices’ for stu- dent professional development and training. In addition, she has developed unique methodologies around hidden curriculum, academic emotions and physiology, and engineering makerspaces. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Resistance to advocacy around hidden curriculum in engineeringIntroduction We analyzed participants’ experiences with hidden curriculum (HC) in engineering, orthe unacknowledged, unwritten, and often

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haley Williams, University of California, Berkeley; Denia Djokic, University of Michigan

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

context of nuclear engineering. With the goal of rapid deployment of advanced nuclear energy to combat energy crises inthe coming decade, there follows a need for a well-trained and abundant workforce. As theindustry is developing and growing [3], now is an auspicious moment to re-envision what itmeans to be a nuclear engineer, so as to learn from historical failures and successes, disasters andpolitical climates and think critically about the formation of engineers. This work explores howbeliefs about knowledge and the role of the engineer shape the field and practice of nuclearengineering, from its birth out of 20th century physics and World War II to present-dayapplications. By looking at what nuclear engineers should know and how they

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Inci Ruzybayev, York College of Pennsylvania; Ashley J. Earle, York College of Pennsylvania

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First-Year Programs

developing pedagogy that encourages students in reflective learning and personal self reflection in engineering classes in addition to her passion for engineering ethics and conceptual learning. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work in Progress: Leveraging Curriculum to Mitigate Engineering Killer Courses Historically Engineering curriculums dropout rates have hovered around 50% over thepast 60 years despite attempts to mediate the losses. Most students don’t enjoy Calculus,Differential Equations, or Physics. Moreover, given the heavy course load at typicallyengineering schools it is very difficult for some students to

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education Initiatives

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashanth Jayaraman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Garrett Bradley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Odis Griffin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; John Dooley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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International

. A summary of data collected for last 3 years has also been presented.2. Hands-on Activities with International Flavor in EngE1024Examples of hands-on activities that directly expose freshmen to international engineering andeducation issues include: i) World map activity and ii) Sustainable energy design project(SEDP). Following sections provide relevant details.2.1 World Map ActivityThis activity was developed to introduce students to an international perspective on globalenergy issues. Students work in small groups in a workshop (90-min long) part of EngE1024.They are provided with a world map, Lego blocks, and data for several countries, and, are askedto construct three dimensional models of population, oil supply and oil demand (see

Conference Session

Enhancing the Statics Classroom

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology; Jennifer Schlegel, Florida Institute of Technology; Matthew J Jensen, Florida Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

Paper ID #22303Standardizing the Statics Curriculum Across Multiple InstructorsDr. Kimberly B. Demoret P.E., Florida Institute of Technology Kimberly B. Demoret, Ph.D., P.E., teaches Statics and Aerospace Engineering Capstone Design at the Florida Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Florida Tech in 2015, she worked for eight years at Kennedy Space Center on development of launch systems in support of NASA’s space exploration goals. Before that she was a US Air Force officer for 20 years, supporting several aerospace programs as a developmental engineer and manager.Dr. Jennifer Schlegel, Florida Institute of

Conference Session

Building BIM into Construction Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin R. Miller, Brigham Young University; Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Justin Earl Weidman, Brigham Young University

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Construction

reflect industry needs. Management skills required of a BIM manager withinthe industry that can be developed within higher education include teamwork, communication,and analytical thinking. Technical skills include “understanding BIM tools, standards,workflows, BIM-enabled coordination practices and project management, development ofconstruction drawings, making estimates and schedules with BIM applications, and a knowledgeof parametric object-based design concepts.”20 Both management and technical related skillsshould be integrated into BIM curriculum. According to the AIA, “the level of expertise requiredto intelligently design with BIM is significant, and serious consideration must be given to how itcan be taught… The competent BIM operator

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael A. Gennert, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Taskin Padir, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Design in Engineering Education

CurriculumAbstractWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) recently started a new undergraduate degree program inrobotics engineering (RBE). As of the fall semester of 2011, the program is the seventh largestdiscipline at WPI in terms of undergraduate enrollment. At the core of the curriculum are foursignature courses called Unified Robotics I-IV. The goal of these courses is to introduce studentsto the multidisciplinary theory and practice of robotics engineering, integrating the fields ofcomputer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. The sophomore levelcourses, RBE 2001 and RBE 2002, introduce students to the foundational concepts of roboticssuch as kinematics, pneumatics, circuits, electric motors, sensors, signal processing andembedded system

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jose Roesset; James Yao

Session 2315 Suggested Topics for a Civil Engineering Curriculum Jose M. Roësset, James T. P. Yao Texas A&M University at College StationAbstractAs continued developments in computer hardware and software provide us with moreefficient means to carry out cumbersome computations and with enhanced means ofcommunication and information transfer, the role of civil engineers must change. Thecurrent civil engineering curricula at most universities are no longer appropriate to produceleaders of our society in the 21st century. If engineers want to maintain a prominentposition in society a new

Conference Session

Product and Venture Creation Curriculum

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Steven Krumholz; Steve Schiffman; Sean Munson; John Bourne; James Krejcarek; Dan Lindquist; Susan Fredholm

exercise in our curriculum development, we asked many practicingentrepreneurs about why engineers should learn the skills of entrepreneurship. Oneof these entrepreneurs, George Berbeco, upon being asked about why engineersshould learn the skills of an entrepreneur said, “If an engineer is not an entrepreneur,he is just a tool.” This statement made an impression upon our study group! We feltthat Berbeco’s statement meant that if an engineer does not go out and actively usethe tools he has been given to innovate or to solve problems, he will only be used as aresource for engineering skills and left out of the larger decision making processes.Referring to the Olin Vision, it is evident that the founders of Olin College saw thesetrends in the business

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Capstone and Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jamie Szwalek, University of Illinois at Chicago; Yeow Siow, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jaqueline Oxmara Rojas Robles, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering curriculum atUniversity of Illinois at Chicago since Fall 2018. In particular, "electrification" of studentprojects and learning outcomes has been front and center in the department's latest strategicplanning. Leveraging recent literature and faculty expertise, an increasingly deeper integration ofArduino has since taken place, while attempting to maintain the core of team-based mechanicaldesign using morphological methods. The focus of this paper is to identify the challenges andpitfalls in such an endeavor by reflecting on the process of change over three semesters ofimplementation, including the deployment of both top-down and bottom-up approaches. Inparticular, this paper will examine course content development, teaching staff

Conference Session

Ethical Design

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Scott A. Civjan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nicholas Tooker, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Engineering Ethics

consistent responses in case studies presented in an end of year survey. Thestudent perception of the integrated topics were that it was a more enjoyable and thoughtprovoking method, but this could be due to the traditional method being addressed elsewhere inthe curriculum. It is likely most effective to include a combination of these approaches,highlighting ethics specific to course content and also presenting more traditional ethics contentas in the capstone seminar. Ideally, similar topics would be developed within a series ofindividual design courses and ethics assignments such as these integrated throughout thecurriculum.References[1] Harding, T., Finelli, C. and Carpenter, D. (2006). Cheating in college and its influence onethical behavior in

Conference Session

Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John J. Burke P.E., Western New England University

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Electrical and Computer

Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Introducing a Business Acumen into an Engineering CurriculumAbstractThe Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department at the Western NewEngland University began an effort to integrate business acumen into the ECEcurriculum. The effort started in academic year 2011 – 2012 with two required lab-basedECE courses and one lecture-based design elective course. For academic year 2012 –2013 the effort has been expanded to include four additional lecture-based courses.Students enrolled in the Junior EE Lab sequence, EE Lab I (EE 319) and EE Lab IIa (EE323), are required to develop a budget for each lab experiment. The budget is an estimateon the costs associated with performing the lab experiment. Students

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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First-Year Programs

developed a required first-year engineering course which contains some of the themescommonly found in traditional first-year engineering curriculum, while also significantlyinfusing engineering ethics, social justice, professional responsibility, and global awareness [9],[10]. This course was intended to lay the groundwork for further study of these topics bothwithin the engineering core curriculum and through the general education curriculum, helping tomeet the program education objectives for one of the engineering programs served by the course[11, p. 207]. The study presented here spans three semesters of the course where we surveyed allof the students completing the course (n=231) at both the beginning and conclusion of eachsemester. The survey

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald E. Musiak; Richard A. Grabiec; Eric W. Haffner; Steve Schreiner; Alan K. Karplus; Mary Vollaro

educational experience. Our ultimate goal is that theconcepts being developed to redesign the Freshman curriculum will be used to redesign theentire curricula of the engineering programs (ME, EE, IE, and BME). The term, integrated, inthis case refers to the integration of engineering courses only and not math, physics, and Englishcourses referred to by other authors such as [1, 2]. In the next phase of our curriculum redesignthese other academic areas will be considered as well (through an interschool curriculumcommittee).II. New Curriculum StructureThe redesign process of the Freshman curriculum is evolutionary. Two new core courses havebeen introduced into the Fall 2000 semester of the engineering curriculum – a new four credit-hour course

Conference Session

Course and Curriculum Innovations in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Erik Peterson; Ian Papautsky

Introducing Biomedical Microsystems into the Electrical Engineering Curriculum Ian Papautsky and Erik T. K. Peterson Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science Univerrsity of CincinnatiAbstractMicromachining or microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technologies are considered anenabling technology with revolutionary impact on many areas of science and engineering.MEMS technologies are now being applied to health monitoring, diagnosis and therapeuticapplications, which is frequently referred to as BioMEMS or Biomedical Microsystems.Biomedical microsystems research includes biological, biomedical

Conference Session

TYCD 2002 Lower Division Initiatives

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Cecere

. What significant differences exist between the types of constructors relating to aconstruction curriculum?6. What modifications do the constructor feel are needed in a construction curriculum?The results of this study were used to update AGC's educational goals and establish arecommended two-year college construction curriculum for the construction industry. Thisstudy also provided another resource for evaluating individual construction curricula. METHOD AND PROCEDUREThe study employed a questionnaire that was developed to review the 1986 AGC “Two YearCollege Construction Curricula” and AGC’s 1998 “Four Year Construction Curricula”survey. The compiled data for each question from the previously submitted

Conference Session

Innovative Lab and Hands-on Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Matthew Obenchain; Keith Bearden; Dan Diaz; Brian Self

Section 2168 A Senior Research Project Applied Across the Curriculum Brian P. Self, Keith Bearden, Matthew Obenchain and Daniel Diaz US Air Force Academy, ColoradoABSTRACTIn most Engineering curricula, the courses are somewhat disjointed with very few projects orconcepts tying classes together. In the Engineering Mechanics Department at the US Air ForceAcademy, we have the opportunity to create a common thread through at least a few of thecadets’ senior level classes. At the same time, it is possible to involve the students in someresearch at the undergraduate level. Example projects that are

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna C.S. Summers

Session 3248 An Industrial Engineering Technology Curriculum for the Millennium Donna C.S. Summers University of DaytonAbstractThe Industrial Engineering Technology program at the University of Dayton has completed amajor effort to study our existing curriculum and courses as the means to improve thecoordination and dissemination of knowledge. While courses within our program have been andwill continue to be updated each time a course is taught, this improvement effort was more far-reaching. We sought insight into future curriculum structure as well as future courseconfiguration. The

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

W. Nicholas Delgass; Phillip C. Wankat; Frank S. Oreovicz

Chemical Engineering at Purdue integrated written and oral communication moretightly into the ChE curriculum. All freshmen are required to take or test out of Englishcomposition and speech courses. ChE professional development seminars forsophomores, juniors and seniors emphasize the importance of communication.Cooperative education students write reports after each work session. Many professorsinclude written and oral project reports in technical courses.The required senior laboratory courses and the capstone senior design course place amajor emphasis on communication. Oral presentations are videotaped and critiquedindividually by a communication specialist while he and the student watch the videotape.The professor or TA grades written reports

Conference Session

Computers in Education 1 - Programming I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

AHMET ARIS, Florida International University; Luis Puche Rondon, Florida International University; Daniel Ortiz, Florida International University; Monique Ross, Florida International University; Mark Finlayson, Florida International University; A. Uluagac, Florida International University

Committee forComputing Education in Community Colleges (CCECC) published their curriculum guidelinesfor two-year associate degree programs in cybersecurity in 2020 [16, 17]. Likewise, the NISTNational Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) proposed the Workforce Framework forCybersecurity Framework [18] as a reference document to share and describe cybersecurity workin cybersecurity education, training, and workforce development. In addition to the educationalframeworks developed by these task forces and institutions, several researchers have activelyworked on cybersecurity education and provided different perspectives. These studies include butnot limited to the comprehensive survey of Švábenský et al. [19], taxonomy of curricula byMouheb

Conference Session

Approaches to Active Learning

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Yim, University of Pennsylvania; Katherine Kuchenbecker, University of Pennsylvania; Paulo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania; Vijay Kumar, University of Pennsylvania; John Bassani, University of Pennsylvania; Jonathan Fiene, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Lukes, University of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering

belief may stem from theinternal confirmation of understanding that hands-on work provides. Students seem to gainconfidence when they are able to apply class material successfully to real-world systems, rathersolving text book problems on paper. It is not yet clear where the critical learning takes place,whether in the lab or in the associated lecture, but it is obvious from our experience thatlaboratory work catalyzes student understanding and excitement about mechanical engineering.Based on student feedback and our belief in the value of project-based and experiential learning,we have developed a practice-integrated mechanical engineering curriculum that spans the fullfour-year undergraduate experience. Our goal is to ingrain theoretical

Conference Session

High School Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Stein, University of Wisconsin; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

in administrative, disciplinary, or other non-instructional tasks,management including collecting homework, etc.Non- Teacher is interacting with the students, but instruction is not happening.instructionNon- Teacher is not interacting with students and may be grading, doing preparation, conferringinteraction with colleagues, etc.Project WorkProject work codes were developed to help give us more insight as to how studentscompleted the hands-on portions of the PLTW curriculum. Since much of the projectwork done in this curriculum relies on resources available only in class, we felt that itwas important to review how time devoted to project work was spent with the student as

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Pavan Meadati, Kennesaw State University

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Construction Engineering

related to theBIM in construction education and curriculum; methodology adopted for this study, including theframework developed for collecting the data; statistical data analysis and students’ perceptionsabout the BIM applications course in the Construction Management curriculum.BackgroundThree-dimensional computer models increase student understanding of visualization on complexblueprint material [1]. The survey response of students from the construction managementprogram found that 3D visualization provides an opportunity to improve visual-spatial skills [1].As a result of inadequate visual learning environments, construction engineering and management(CEM) instructors often face challenges communicating and transferring knowledge to

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2009 GSW

Authors

Dr. Farzin Heidari

Session FA4-4 Innovative CAD/CAM Curriculum for Industrial Technology Programs Dr. Farzin Heidari Industrial Technology Department, Texas A&M University--Kingsville AbstractThe CAD/CAM process integrates the geometry, toolpath and the G-code program to create apart on a milling machine. Three different steps are taken for a CAD/CAM process. First thegeometry for the part is created as a CAD file. The second step is to create a toolpath byassigning a cutting option to a section of the drawing. Each selected toolpath has its ownparameters. The result

Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 2: Enhancing Learning through Hands-On Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Andrew Wilkerson P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Ashley J Earle, York College of Pennsylvania

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

The application of Arduinos in a mechanical engineering curriculum has been verysuccessful. It has provided a platform that students use to explore different sensors and actuatorsin an instrumentation course. It has also allowed students to be able to design their ownexperiments and use the Arduinos in a design project that they develop. In addition, the Arduinoshave given faculty an opportunity to provide more hands-on activities for students in controlsand sustainability courses. Finally, because students have become comfortable with theArduinos, they have begun to choose to use them in design projects in many additional courses.As Arduino use continues to expand across the mechanical engineering curriculum, the effectson student skills and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Batson

not yet had my course in statistical quality control.Second, we saw openings for quality engineers developing nationwide in all industries and wantedto give our MSIE students the option to fill them. Students were contacting us to see if they could“major in quality” within our program. Finally, I had a personal interest in seeing the concentrationin quality succeed based on my growing participation in ASQC (now ASQ) and my extensivereadings of “the quality masters,” including W.E. Deming, J.M. Juran, A.V. Feigenbaum, P.B.Crosby, K. Ishikawa, and others.The content of the original curriculum was motivated by:& The body of knowledge for the ASQ Certified Quality Engineer and Certified Reliability Engineer Exam;& The body of

Collection

2008 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

determined by the department that a required course in RFID could prove very useful inaddressing criteria 3 (d), (f) and (h) based on our experience teaching this as an advanced electivein the spring of 2007. The specifics of how this is achieved are covered in the next section. Thecourse is being offered as an advanced elective during the spring of 2008, and then becomes partof the core required curriculum in the 08/09 academic year. Going forward the followingassessment will be carried out for this course: • Pre and post surveys filled out by the students • Points of Learning • External Evaluation of ProjectsThe pre and post survey is based on an assessment approach developed at Southern ConnecticutState University2, which directly

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

determined by the department that a required course in RFID could prove very useful inaddressing criteria 3 (d), (f) and (h) based on our experience teaching this as an advanced electivein the spring of 2007. The specifics of how this is achieved are covered in the next section. Thecourse is being offered as an advanced elective during the spring of 2008, and then becomes partof the core required curriculum in the 08/09 academic year. Going forward the followingassessment will be carried out for this course: • Pre and post surveys filled out by the students • Points of Learning • External Evaluation of ProjectsThe pre and post survey is based on an assessment approach developed at Southern ConnecticutState University2, which directly

Collection

2008 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

John Adams; Charles Kochakian

determined by the department that a required course in RFID could prove very useful inaddressing criteria 3 (d), (f) and (h) based on our experience teaching this as an advanced electivein the spring of 2007. The specifics of how this is achieved are covered in the next section. Thecourse is being offered as an advanced elective during the spring of 2008, and then becomes partof the core required curriculum in the 08/09 academic year. Going forward the followingassessment will be carried out for this course: • Pre and post surveys filled out by the students • Points of Learning • External Evaluation of ProjectsThe pre and post survey is based on an assessment approach developed at Southern ConnecticutState University2, which directly

Conference Session

M1B: WIP - Learning Experiences 2

Collection

2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Ashish D Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ludvik Alkhoury, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Tagged Topics

FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

school and college as well as preparing students for the rigors of mathematics. His research interests include engineering education, 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 a University Lecturer in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineer- ing at New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is interested in first-year engineering curriculum design and recruitment, retention and success of engineering students. He is the coordinator of ENGR101, an application-oriented engineering math course for students placed in pre-calculus courses. He has also