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Laboratory Courses and Programming in the Aerospace Curriculum

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Aerospace

ofengineering. Details of the minor program are discussed. Various equipment related to thediscipline are gradually acquired through internal and external funding, endowments and gifts.Additionally, other related equipment already present on campus is gathered at one centralizedlocation. As a result of the establishment of the lab several research, academic and related projectshave started and are currently in progress. Some of these projects and their implications arediscussed. Vast majority of these projects involve students. Student perspectives on the advantagesof the lab and future potentials are also discussed.Key Words: Minor, Laboratory, Equipment, Projects, Research, Education, Students 1. IntroductionA new AERO (Aerospace Engineering and

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Best Practices and Structuring for Aerospace Curricula

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ismail Orabi, University of New Haven; Corinne Lenk, Smith College

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Aerospace

2006-1370: ASSESSING STUDENT OUTCOMES OF NASA RESEARCH INTOUNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING EDUCATIONIsmail Orabi, University of New Haven ISMAIL I. ORABI, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of New Haven. He received his Ph.D. from Clarkson University, and his MS degree from the State University of New York and B.S. from Cairo Institute of Technology (now Helwan University), all in Mechanical Engineering. He has published over 25 technical articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings. His research interests include theoretical and computational investigation in the area of mechanical vibrations and dynamic systems and control. Professor Orabi has taught courses in

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Involving Undergraduates in Research

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University; Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #6383Integration of Remote Major Research Instrumentation in UndergraduateCivil Engineering EducationDr. Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University Dr. Usama El Shamy is an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Southern Methodist University. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2004. He is the Principal Investigator and Project Director of the NSF funded TUES-Type 1 project: ”A Multi-Institutional Classroom Learning Environment for Geotechnical Engineering Educa- tion.”Dr. Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteDr

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EM Skills and Concepts in the Real World

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Thompson

undergraduate courseoriginally covering theory was initially supplemented by an organizational design course, whichhad a limited life, and then by a field research methods course, paralleling the graduate course.Drawing upon the successful application at the graduate level, the field research methods coursecontinued to evolve into the present course which will now be described.After an introductory week, the course consists of lectures on methodological topics and studentpresentations. The presentations start in the third week and take up half the class time for therest of the quarter. During the course, the students are required to do two kinds of writtenassignments. First, they must find an article in the research literature on a specified topic

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Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 1

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren D. Thomas, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Educational Research and Methods

studies and adopts the “narratives asidentities” approach of Sfard and Prusack14. By telling one’s own experience there is anopportunity for reflection and attention to notable experiences without being constrainedby the researcher or their question.To analyze these narratives individual transcripts were re-read and a thematic analysis ofthe participant’s experiences was done. After the thematic analysis, the codebook for thisstudy was applied. The initial codes were directly withdrawn from the identity-trajectorytheory’s three strands. Additional and sub codes were identified based on the engineeringand physical science context of this study. Several codes apply to more than one strand,but the detailed definitions and the narrative context

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Preparing Minority Students for Undergraduate and Graduate Research

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nadir Yilmaz P.E., New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Francisco Martin Vigil, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology; Miquela Trujillo, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Isabella Acevedo-Rodriguez, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Ricardo B. Jacquez, New Mexico State University

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Minorities in Engineering

Participation (AMP), were brought to higher educationinstitutions – including NMSU and NMT – to encourage collaboration between minority studentsand faculty on research projects, in an effort to promote the pursuit of a graduate education. TheNew Mexico AMP program was initiated at NMSU, intending to tie the higher educationinstitutions together and supporting students at each of them. This paper will discuss the historyof the New Mexico AMP program in detail, discuss student experiences, and provide statisticaldata on outcomes. This post-secondary STEM program’s goal is to recruit students early in theirundergraduate careers and integrate them into a working research lab. Engaging minoritystudents in STEM research early in their academic careers

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New Faculty Issues and Concerns

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lopez; Roger Gonzalez; Paul Leiffer

Is a successful r esear ch labor ator y possible with under gr aduate students alone? Roger V. Gonzalez, J uan Lopez, and Paul Leiffer LeTour neau Univer sityAbstractDeveloping a successful research laboratory with qualified graduate students is a demandingventure. Trying to accomplish this with undergraduate students alone, given the demandingacademic load and steep research learning curve is daunting. Nevertheless, during the past eightyears the Biomedical Engineering Faculty at LeTourneau University have managed to develop asuccessful undergraduate research program and secure multiple external funding sources.Laboratory research has

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A Potpourri of Innovations in Physics

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Kithcart; Legunchim Emmanwori; G. Van Ness Burbach; Dominic Clemence; Caesar Jackson; Guoqing Tang

Session 3480 On the Development of an Undergraduate Research Training Program in Geophysics1 Guoqing Tang*, Caesar R. Jackson*, G. Van Ness Burbach*, Dominic P. Clemence**, Legunchim Emmanwori** and Mark Kithcart*** *Department of Physics/**Department of Mathematics/ ***Department of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 274111. IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to present an ongoing effort to develop an undergraduate

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Sima Parisay

Session 2257 Multimedia and Assessment Techniques in an Operations Research Course Sima Parisay California State Polytechnic University, PomonaAbstractThis paper discusses the implementation of multimedia, and its effect on the learning process, inan Operations Research course. WebCT, a World Wide Web course tool, was used for thecourse web site. Web technology was applied extensively in the form of video lectures (thatwere streaming), course web pages, discussion board, email, and Internet search. Students wererequired to prepare an extensive

Conference Session

Integration of Research and Education in ECE

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tali Moreshet, Swarthmore College; Uzi Vishkin, University of Maryland, College Park; Fuat Keceli, Intel Corporation

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Electrical and Computer

AC 2012-3055: PARALLEL SIMULATION OF MANY-CORE PROCES-SORS: INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONProf. Tali Moreshet, Swarthmore College Tali Moreshet is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering at Swarthmore College. Her research interests are in computer architecture, energy-efficient multiprocessor, many-core, and embedded systems. Her research is funded by NSF. Moreshet earned a B.Sc in computer science from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in computer engineering from Brown University.Prof. Uzi Vishkin, University of Maryland, College Park Uzi Vishkin has been professor of electrical and computer engineering and permanent of the University of Maryland Institute for

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Victor F. Medina; Valarie Akerson; Nina Wang

Session 3551 Using Research Projects to Enhance Environmental Engineering Laboratory Course Victor F. Medina, Valarie Akerson Washington State University, Tri-Cities Nina Wang Merrimac SystemsAbstractThe current paper describes a qualitative research study of an Environmental EngineeringLaboratory Course taught to a group of graduate students in the Spring of 1999. Thecourse structure was changed from a traditional mode of instruction to a project-basedcourse that allowed students to design and carry out a

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert L. Powell; Michael J. McCarthy; Michael H. Buonocore

, and MRI is treated as a scientific discipline to be critically studied. MRI isalready being regarded as a sub-discipline and professional focus within Engineering, just asNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has reached that stature in Chemistry.The Web site described in this paper is largely supported by the National Science FoundationCombined Research Curriculum Development (NSF-CRCD) program. The NSF-CRCD Programis a joint initiative of the NSF Directorates in Engineering (ENG) and in Computer &Information Science & Engineering (CISE). The program supports development of curricula innew emerging technologies, and development of new ways of teaching that utilize the newcommunication technology. MRI is believed to be an important area of

Conference Session

Discipline Specific Topics and Techniques

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University; Korine Steinke Wawrzynski, Michigan State University; Megan A. Shannahan, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies

experience. These data alsoindicate that undergraduate researchers can make substantial, positive contributions to facultyresearch agendas, sufficient to encourage mentors to continue working with undergraduatestudents.Based on the results of these initial mentor surveys, we are planning additional studies and focusgroups to refine some of the “best practices” of successful research mentors at Michigan StateUniversity and determine what types of support, information or training would be helpful tothese mentors. Although the survey participants were largely experienced mentors who were not Page 24.1234.9seeking formal mentor training, the expertise of

Conference Session

Transfer issues between 2-year colleges and 4-year Engineering and Engineering Technology programs 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Dillon, University of Washington; EC Cline, University of Washington Tacoma; Emese Hadnagy, University of Washington Tacoma ; Sarah L Rodriguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Amanda K Sesko, University of Washington Tacoma; Rebecca N Sliger, Tacoma Community College; Noelle Wilson

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

majors. Preliminary results reinforce prior STEM literature which emphasizes theimportant connections between the development of identity and elements of sense of belonging [23].RQ2: How do activities focused on research identity support transfer students in STEM fields?Our preliminary results indicate the artifact activity was a wonderful way to help students develop aresearch identity in the class. Sharing the artifacts with other students empowered some students to adoptspecific roles in the class over time. The student insights are consistent with prior findings by Rodriguezet al about STEM identity [26].Based on our work in progress results with a small initial offering we plan to continue offering this coursein the future as a bridge for

Conference Session

Engineering Equity: Challenging Paradigms and Cultivating Inclusion in Technical Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University; Yash Ajay Garje, Purdue University; Siddhant Sanjay Joshi, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

our study. We initially plan to recruit between 6 and 10 focus groups, each with4 to 6 participants. This number is typical in many qualitative studies that use focus groups [47].Our focus group will be semi-structured, with five prompts (discussed below) and a discussionfor each prompt. This focus group will follow a two-stage approach where participants firstexplore metaphors used in research individually, followed by a discussion with a partner in theirgroup. Our participants will consist of EER researchers from academia who have diversebackgrounds, genders, and ethnicities. We will advertise our study via email to universitiesglobally that have EER clusters and recruit participants from these clusters. We will ask participants the

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session 3

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hank D Voss, Taylor University; Jeff F Dailey; William A Bauson, Taylor University; Bill Chapman, Taylor University

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Aerospace

Paper ID #13398Nano-satellites and HARP for Student Learning and ResearchDr. Hank D Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss, Taylor University Dr. Hank D. Voss received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois in 1977. He then worked for Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratories prior to coming to Taylor University in 1994. He is currently a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Taylor University. Some of the courses that he regularly has taught include Principles of Engineering, Intro to Electronics, Statics, Advanced Electronics, Jr. Engineering Projects, FE Review, Control Systems

Conference Session

Research in Assessment

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Chong, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto

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Educational Research and Methods

from common research areas, to bothtest and encourage the development of inter-rater reliability within disciplinary contexts.Draft versions of the rubric were circulated to select members of two groups of end users,supervisors and administrators. Questions about applicability to specific types of projects, criteriaand performance categories, rubric design and usability, as well as expected numericalequivalents were addressed, and resulted in the documents shown in Figures 1: Initial FinalThesis Document Rubric, 2: Current Final Thesis Document Rubric and 3: Thesis Rubric Guideto Performance Categories. Major changes from the initial rubric involved the addition ofnumerical equivalent for the categories (though not for each of the criteria as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie Philipp, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Olfa Nasraoui, University of Louisville; Jason Immekus, University of Louisville; Jody Zhong, University of Louisville

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

futureoutreach activities.The RET experience began for teacher participants each summer with a two-week “boot camp,”where teachers were immersed each morning in learning the programming skills and computerscience principles, they would need to participate meaningfully in their chosen research groups.After completion of the first cohort in Year 1, we asked teachers for feedback on this intenselearning experience. Teachers indicated that there was too much content, it was too fast paced,and that some of them preferred more boot camp material that was directly relevant to theirspecific research projects in their hosting lab. Based on results from the year 1 evaluation, wemade the following changes to the initial training structure and content: ● Reduce

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Matthew M Johnson, Penn State University; Tiffany M. Lewis, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools; Christine M Cunningham, Pennsylvania State University; Chantal Giroux Balesdent, Penn State University

Paper ID #35269A methodological approach for researching online teacher professionaldevelopmentDr. Matthew M Johnson, Penn State University Matt is an Assistant Professor with the Center for Science and the Schools in the College of Education at Penn State University. His research interests focus on how teachers learn about epistemic practices of en- gineers through in-service teacher professional development programs and how they provide opportunities for students to engage in them to learn disciplinary content.Mrs. Tiffany M. Lewis, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools Tiffany is a STEM Education Outreach

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2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

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Niklas Cyril Bitters, Gannon University; Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University

Paper ID #35069Integrated Project Platform for Student Research and CurriculumDevelopmentMr. Niklas Cyril BittersDr. Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University Dr. Sundaram is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Gannon Univer- sity. His areas of research include computational architectures for signal and image processing as well as novel methods to improve/enhance engineering education pedagogy. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Work-in-Progress: Integrated Project Platform for Student Research and

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1122: RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS: A DUAL TRACK PATHTO TENURE THAT WORKSAllen Estes, California Polytechnic State University Allen C. Estes is a Professor and Head for the Architectural Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Until January 2007, Dr. Estes was the Director of the Civil Engineering Program at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia. Al Estes received a B.S. degree from USMA in 1978, M.S. degrees in Structural Engineering and in Construction Management from Stanford University in 1987 and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at

Conference Session

Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Michael Khoo, University of Southern California; Ellis Meng, University of Southern California; Joseph Cocozza, University of Southern California

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2008-2625: ENGINEERING OUTREACH: CONNECTING BIOMIMETICRESEARCH TO URBAN K-12 CLASSROOMSGisele Ragusa, University of Southern CaliforniaMichael Khoo, University of Southern CaliforniaEllis Meng, University of Southern CaliforniaJoseph Cocozza, University of Southern California Page 13.517.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Engineering Outreach: Connecting Biomimetic Research to Urban K-12 ClassroomsAbstract In 2003, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a large private researchuniversity with funds to create a Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems EngineeringResearch Center (BMES ERC)- a center dedicated to the

Conference Session

Professional Development Programs for Teachers

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati; Suzanne Soled, University of Cincinnati; Kelly Obarski, University of Cincinnati; Mingming Lu, University of Cincinnati; Richard Miller, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati; Heng Wei, University of Cincinnati; Thaddeus Fowler, University of Cincinnati

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

2006-639: AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS:IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENTAnant Kukreti, University of Cincinnati ANANT R. KUKRETI, Ph.D., is a Professor and Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He joined UC on 8/15/00 and before that worked 22 years at University of Oklahoma. He teaches structural engineering, with research in experimental and finite element analysis of structures. He has won major teaching awards and is internationally recognized in his primary research field.Patricia McNerney, University of Cincinnati PATTY D. MCNERNEY, Doctoral Student in C & I Education/Technology, College of Education

Conference Session

Insights for Teaching ECE Courses - Session I

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Ramtin Zand, University of Central Florida ; Ronald F. DeMara P.E., University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

NSF Workshop on Digitally-Mediated Team Learning and the organizer of faculty development workshops on Assessment Digitization Innovation and also on Virtu- alized Active Learning. He has completed over 275 technical and educational publications, 47 funded projects as PI/Co-I, and 22 Ph.D. graduates. He serves as the founding Director of the Evaluation and Proficiency Center (EPC), is an iSTEM Fellow, and the Digital Learning Faculty Fellow at UCF. He received the UCF university-level Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award twice, Teaching Initia- tive Program Award four times, Research Initiative Award twice, Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Advisor of the Year, Distinguished Research Lecturer

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Study and Research Abroad

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A. Davis, Virginia Tech; Yousef Jalali, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Rolf Müller, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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International

edu- cation can become more effective, efficient, and inclusive.Dr. Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech Dr. Vinod K. Lohani is a Professor of Engineering Education and also serves as the Director of education and global initiatives at an interdisciplinary research institute called the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science (ICTAS) at Virginia Tech. He is the founding director of an interdisciplinary lab called Learning Enhanced Watershed Assessment System (LEWAS) at VT. He received a Ph.D. in civil engineering from VT. His research interests are in the areas of computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, engineering education, and international collaboration. He has served as a PI or

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning in Graduate Programs

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Jumoke 'Kemi' Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Gbekeloluwa B. Oguntimein, Morgan State University; Young-Jae Lee, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #13692Engaging Engineering Graduate Students in Applied Research at MorganState UniversityDr. Guangming Chen, Morgan State University Dr. Chen is a professor and the graduate program coordinator in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Morgan State University. He received a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Wayne State University in 1990, a M.S. in systems engineering in 1984 and a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1982 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Dr. Chen has collaborated on this paper with the graduate program coordinators from other three engineering departments at

Conference Session

Opening Up: Data, Open Access, and Open Educational Resources

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fred Rascoe, Georgia Institute of Technology; Lisha Li, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

requirements. A library may try to accommodate some researcher needs with an in-house repository, but the scope of what could be collected, and the resources and funding required to maintain it, may be far greater than what many research libraries could handle. Therefore, the library should be included in discussions of campus-wide research data initiatives along with multiple stakeholders from institute IT departments, academic departments and colleges, research laboratories, and campus research administration.Additionally, libraries should be aware of diversity needs at all steps of the research process. Onefinding from our interview analysis concerned diversity, and how more under-representedminorities can enter the

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 23.805.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 International Engineering Education: Past, Present and Potential Research DirectionsAbstractPast and present experiences have many times proven beneficial for future inquiries as they helpus to see the trends in many fields of activities. This manuscript summarizes the evolution ofresearch topics in a well-known international engineering educational journal and offers acondense recollection of research topics for future scientific investigations. The selected journalfor text data investigation is the European Journal of Engineering Education spanning from1978-2012. In order to confirm extracted topics, but also

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Terry Teays, Johns Hopkins University; Mary Bowden, University of Maryland at College Park; Guangming Chen, Morgan State University; Richard Henry, Johns Hopkins University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2010-1761: BROADENING STUDENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCES THROUGHSUMMER EXCHANGE PROGRAM ACROSS CAMPUSESAbhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Abhijit Nagchaudhuri is a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Prior to joining UMES he worked in Turabo University in San Juan , PR as well as Duke University in Durham North Carolina as Assistant Professor and Research Assistant Professor, respectively. Dr. Nagchaudhuri is a member of ASME and ASEE professional societies and is actively involved in teaching and research in the fields of engineering mechanics, robotics, systems and control, design of mechanical and

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alisha Waller

conversation regarding what kinds of research should be fundedwith federal and state tax dollars. The NRC report was an attempt to encourage that conversationthrough an initial discussion of scientific research which is seen to provide the most valuableevidence. Hence, having one’s work seen as “scientific” opens doors to funding sources that arenot available for “non-scientific” work. Funding, of course, is critical to the tenure and promotion process. Faculty members inSTEM disciplines who want to make education research their primary research program must beable to get funding for their projects. Furthermore, funding from federal sources, such as theNational Science Foundation, may carry more prestige than funding from small