Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sakhi Aggrawal, Purdue University ; Paul J. Thomas

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Diversity

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Engineering Management Division (EMD)

evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has opened up numerous avenuesfor automating various tasks in diverse industries. Project management, a crucial element inengineering education, can greatly benefit from AI tools, such as chatbots and virtual assistants.ChatGPT, a variant of the GPT series known for its conversational capabilities, exemplifies thegrowing prominence of AI in everyday applications, becoming almost synonymous withaccessible AI. As the boundaries of what AI can achieve are continually pushed, engineeringeducation must also evolve alongside these advancements. Through this research, we aim toalign the current industry usage of AI in project management with academic approaches.Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; John D. Lynch, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

about lab reports? 2Three electrical engineering (two full-time and one part-time) and one mechanical engineering(full-time) instructors who taught lab courses participated in the email survey, which was givenin the Fall semester of 2018. All four instructors’ responses identified the main job of theU/GTAs is to grade lab reports. Two instructors assigned them to instruct the labs. The labcourse instructors expect the U/GTAs to 1) have a deep understanding of concepts andknowledge of lab topics, even beyond the lab results (or the required contents); 2) provide clearexplanation for the deduction of any points; 3) assess how the lab report organizes and conveysthe knowledge that students acquired

Conference Session

Learning Styles

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Pavelich; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller

ceiling to thecorrelation of P&P instruments to interviews and where P&P instruments might be used incollege level assessment.The RJ and Perry Models of Intellectual Development The Reflective Judgment 3 and Perry 2 Models of Intellectual Development describe animportant aspect of the intellectual maturation we would wish all students to go through beforeentering their professions. Thus the models speak directly to a universal goal in higher education:to improve students' higher level thinking abilities. These models also allow assessment of thatgoal. The models, portions of which are summarized in Table 1, describe the stages peoplepass through as they mature in their understanding of the nature of knowledge, use of evidence

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Nelson; Bernd Schroder

-99 that allowed us to maintain and increase support on all levels.The description for the expansion phase 1999-today can be found in the section on transition tointegrated curricula.IIa. Design phase.Systemic change can neither be mandated by administration, nor can it come about solely on theinitiative of single, isolated individuals. The former will lack the needed broad support in thefaculty, the latter will remain isolated with little impact beyond their own classrooms. Yet everyinstitution has a number of faculty that are interested and actively involved in improvingclassroom instruction. These are the individuals that were targeted at Louisiana Tech Universityin early 1997. A core group of nine individuals was formed and charged with

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Johanna Milord, University of Missouri - Columbia; Fan Yu, University of Missouri - Columbia; Sarah Lynn Orton P.E., University of Missouri - Columbia; Lisa Y. Flores, University of Missouri - Columbia; Rose M. Marra, University of Missouri - Columbia

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

expectations are the key mechanisms through which individuals engage in and persist inbehaviors. This theory is central to Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) [4], which consistsof three interlocking models that explain the development of career-related interests, choicegoals, actions and performance, as shown in Figure 1. SCCTs core components include thevariables of self-efficacy (i.e., confidence in one’s ability to successfully perform a domain-specific task), outcome expectations (i.e., anticipated outcomes of a particular behavior),interests (i.e., patterns of likes and dislikes for career activities), and goals (i.e., determination fora particular activity or outcome). SCCT assumes that the four learning experiences (i.e.,performance

Conference Session

Pedagogy in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura Ford, The University of Tulsa; Janie Brennan, Washington University in St. Louis; Kevin Dahm, Rowan University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Lucas Landherr, Northeastern University; Christy West, University of South Alabama; Jennifer Cole, Northwestern University; Stephen Thiel, University of Cincinnati; Bruce Vaughen, American Institute of Chemical Engineers; Marnie Jamieson, University of Alberta

have pre-announced quizzes, and team homework is used in 45% ofthe courses. In a majority of the courses (67%), twenty percent or fewer of the assignments arecompleted with a computer. The Felder, Rousseau, and Bullard textbook is used in nearly 80%of the courses. Textbook topics through energy balances on reactive systems are covered in over70% of courses. Only the topics of computer-aided balance calculations and transient balancesreceive low coverage, in under 50% of the courses. Second courses in MEB tend to emphasizeenergy balances. In professional skills, only formal problem-solving strategies are covered inover half of the courses. Lecture section sizes are 40 students or smaller for over half of thereporting courses.Introduction and

Conference Session

IFEES: The Globalization of Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Claudio Borri, Universita' di Firenze; Sarah Rajala, Mississippi State University; Bruno Laporte, World Bank; Maria M. Larrondo Petrie; Seeram Ramakrishna, National University of Singapore; Xavier Fouger, Dassault Systemes; Jose Carlos Quadrado; Adriana Garboan, Politechnica University of Bucharest; Duncan Fraser, University of Cape Town; Hans Hoyer, American Society for Engineering Education

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ASEE Global Programs

Biological Engineering (FAIMBE), USA. He received several awards and honors including Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship, NUS Outstanding University Researcher Award, JSPS, ASME Best Paper Award, IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Award, and ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Award.Xavier Fouger, Dassault Systemes Xavier Fouger, Director, Dassault Systemes Global Learning leads the PLM Academy, an organization supporting skills in Product Lifecycle Management and 3D technologies through global education and certification programs. He promotes lifelong learning through a network of 140 partners providing education services and thousands of academic institutions. He led scientific and technological co

Conference Session

Improving Student Outcomes in Mechanics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ahmad Ghasemloonia P.Eng., University of Calgary; Meera N.K. Singh, University of Calgary

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Mechanics

engineering education and has taught a vast array of under- graduate and graduate courses in applied mechanics. Apart from her academic experience she has worked in numerous industries as an Engineering Consultant. Finally, since the beginning of her career, Dr. Singh has been very active in K-12 outreach and in promoting Women in Science and Engineering. Dr. Singh is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the province of Alberta. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Using Assessments to Improve Student Outcomes in Engineering DynamicsAbstractEngineering Dynamics has historically been one of the most challenging courses in theengineering

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Problem Solving and Hands-On Teaching (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

feel that I have learned more efficiently (in the sense that I used less time) when I learn through problem-solving in class. Figure 10. Student Perception of Mastering in Fall 2019 Would you be willing to pay for Mastering, if a future course were offered with a complete integration with Mastering? 0% 29% 71% Yes, it's worth it. I'd love to, but I doubt that I can afford it. No, it's not worth it

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research and Assessment III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ozgur Eris; Tori Bailey; Helen L. Chen

decisions about further participation in engineering after graduation? • EDUCATION: What elements of students’ engineering educations contribute to the changes observed in questions one and two? What do students find difficult and how do they deal with the difficulties they face? • WORKPLACE: What skills do early-career engineers need as they enter the workplace? Where did they obtain these skills? Are there any missing skills? How are people’s identities transformed in moving from school to work?The APS consists of four cohorts. Cohort 1 is a longitudinal study of student participants at fouracademic institutions. The same individuals are being studied from their first through third yearsin college

Conference Session

New Research on Retention of URM Groups in STEM

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Anna Wong Lowe, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

pattern of downplaying discrimination against Asians. This is particularly poignant sincethe lack of English language fluency is often used to imply a lack of U.S. cultural fluency. Thismay be a factor that causes difficulty for Asian Americans to break through the glass ceiling andtake on leadership roles.13Another participant links the perception of Asians Americans’ English speaking ability to howAsian Americans are portrayed in the media, a topic that Chung discusses at length 14. My parents came and visited over the summer and my friend, she is [a member of another racial group], she told me she was surprised at how well my dad spoke... which I took to mean she was surprised [he doesn’t] have an accent… [My Dad] graduated

Conference Session

ET Design Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Zbigniew Prusak

Results of the ‘Gaps Analysis in Undergraduate Engineering Education’ by the Industrial Advisory Board to the Realization Consortium: An Analysis, ASEE Conference on Manufacturing Education, June 1996, Washington, DC.2 Todd, R.H., Sorensen, C.D., Magleby, S.P., Designing a Senior Capstone Course to Satisfy Industrial Customers, Journal of Engineering Education, vol.82, no.2, April 1993, pp.92-100.3 Prusak, Z., Challenges to Future Engineering Professionals – How to Prepare Students to Face Them, Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, June 28- July 1, 1998, Seattle, WA.4 Rantanen, K., Levels of solutions, URL: http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/97dec/dec-article4.htm , viewed on 8/20/20005 Zlotin, B., Zusman, A

Conference Session

Integration of Liberal Education into Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald Arthur Brown, Penn State University ; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, this program is important because if students mistake “factual” claims as“value-neutral” claims then they will not be able to reflect upon the value-laden nature ofthe claims.However, the goal of the program in another way is quite modest because it does notpresume to teach students to evaluate ethical questions in depth. Developing in-depthskills to evaluate ethical questions raised by environmental controversies is beyond thescope of this program because there is not usually enough time in the courses that thisprogram targets to devote to teaching deep ethical reflection about environmentalproblems.The program also seeks to develop a teaching module that will allow transferability tofaculty colleagues, who are not trained in ethics, to teach

Conference Session

Awareness, Expectations, and Recognition of Ethics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabel Hilliger, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Andrés Strello, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Francisca Castro, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Mar Pérez-Sanagustín, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

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Engineering Ethics

is evaluating policy efforts that acknowledge learner diversity, and understand their effects in students per- formance. Isabel received her professional degree in biological engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile and her MA in policy, organizations and leadership studies at Stanford Graduate School of Education.Mr. Andr´es Strello, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Andr´es Strello is Licenciated in Sociology, currently Master in Sociology graduate student in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.Miss Francisca Castro, Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de Chile Francisca Castro is a master’ student in the Institute of Sociology at Pontificia Universidad Cat´olica de

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Katrin Terstegen, Cal Poly Pomona

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

fellow; her teaching pedagogy focuses on adopting active learning techniques in her classes, to increase student attainment and motivation beyond the classroom.Ms. Katrin Terstegen, Cal Poly Pomona Katrin Terstegen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at California State Polytech- nic University, Pomona, where she teaches architectural design studios, as well as seminars with focus on materials. She was a Senior Associate for JOHNSTONMARKLEE in Los Angeles for ten years and now has her own practice, KATRINTERSTEGEN. She also worked for various international architecture firms, including Decq & Cornette in Paris, M3H in Amsterdam, and Pugh+Scarpa in Santa Monica. Katrin received her

Conference Session

How are We Faring with EC2000?

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daina Briedis

, we can test their awareness of coverage of anoutcome in a particular course, but beyond that, this type of subjective data can only play a roleas secondary evidence of achievement of outcomes.We cannot expect true assessment and measurement of student achievement in the programoutcomes unless we, the faculty, directly and objectively evaluate student work. Unfortunately,this is not something most faculty members feel they have the time to do, and so subjectiveassessment methods have become popular. In a recent study of the initial effect of EC2000implementation in mechanical engineering programs,4 the five assessment methods mentionedmost frequently included 1. Advisory board feedback 2. Graduate exit interview/survey

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Raman Unnikrishnan; Victor H. Delgado; Hye Sun Moon; Edward Sullivan

1009 583 (58%) 419 (42%)d. Freshman ProgramsAt CSUF “Freshman Programs” is an entity on campus that promotes college success byproviding learning communities designed to ensure first-year students' successful transition fromhigh school to higher education. Its curriculum and services create a foundation for academic Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 286achievement, campus involvement and community engagement. Freshman Programs promotesstudent retention through academic

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lalita G. Oka, California State University, Fresno; Kimberly Stillmaker P.E., California State University, Fresno; Constance Jones, California State University, Fresno; Arezoo Sadrinezhad, California State University, Fresno; Maryam Nazari, California State University, Fresno

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

provides a safeplatform for women faculty to discuss their specific concerns with female colleagues, such as howto maintain balance between family and work responsibilities. Through networking, early careerwomen are empowered to meet senior role models and mentors for successful career development(Barthauer, et al. [11]). As a result of an increased professional networking, women can enhancetheir opportunities in writing stronger grant proposals, possible collaborative publications, andsupport for earning promotion and tenure (Barthauer et al. [11]).In the current study, the participants were asked their opinion on how important it is for them tocollaborate with others, with men or women in particular, and to have professional networks thatare

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Zunkel, Iowa State University; Jason Pontius; Thomas J Brumm, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

alternative crops. Brumm is a member of the ASEE divisions of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Continuing Professional Development. Page 23.578.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Exploring Early College Credit Implications for EngineeringAbstractIn the past decade, increasing numbers of students are taking college credit courses while still inhigh school, through programs such as Advanced Placement or through agreements with thelocal community colleges. Recognizing this trend, an Iowa State University task forceresearched the impact that this early college

Conference Session

Understanding Students: Recruiting, Retention, Enrichment

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

covered; again one individual’s characteristics were not known and he/she may havecomplemented the known roles of the other team members. This team had one junior student;again, potentially serving a role as a team leader due to more maturity.Clearly, factors beyond cognitive diversity alone impacted the performance of the student teams.The strongest predictor of team performance on the 2008 projects was the average overall gradeof the individuals on the team. This relationship is illustrated in Figure 2, where the percentagescore on the team project is plotted against the average final grade of the students in the team(4.0 = A; 3.7 = A-; etc). Given the general trend, it may be informative to look specifically at theoutliers. 100

Conference Session

TAC/ABET-related Outcome-based Assessment Methods and Models

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristine Paradis Bastian, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Elaine M. Cooney, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

accreditationagencies to serve as the basis for creating evaluation rubrics to aid faculty is observing andassessing student learning outcomesTo meet the directives for the NCA accreditation program, IUPUI has identified six broadlydefined critical areas for campus wide assessment purposes called Principles of UndergraduateLearning (PUL). Comparatively, IUPUI’s Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology(ECET) program assesses students using eleven narrowly defined evaluative criteria, commonlyreferred to as the a-k TAC of ABET criteria (ABET-TAC, 2007)4. This paper addresses crosscomparisons for two of the six PUL objectives, labeled: 1a, and 2; and two of the eleven TAC ofABET objectives, labeled c and g, as shown in Table 1. Both sets of objectives

Conference Session

Educational and Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific; Audra N. Morse, Michigan Technological University; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Nathan M. Kathir P.E., George Mason University; Norb Delatte P.E., Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

York. Dr. Barry holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Rochester Institute of Tech- nology, a Master of Science degree from University of Colorado at Boulder, and a PhD from Purdue University. Prior to pursuing a career in academics, Dr. Barry spent 10-years as a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager on projects throughout the United States. He is a licensed professional en- gineer in multiple states. Dr. Barry’s areas of research include assessment of professional ethics, teaching and learning in engineering education, nonverbal communication in the classroom, and learning through historical engineering accomplishments. He has authored and co-authored a significant number of journal articles and

Conference Session

DEED Technical Session 11 Empathy and Human-Centered Design 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pamela Dickrell, University of Florida; Jeremy Waisome, University of Florida; Lilianny Virguez, University of Florida; Andrea Goncher, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva, University of Florida

: What design course ideation and prototyping tools helped students understand theengineering profession best?Course Description and ParticipantsEngineering Design & Society is a multidisciplinary, university-level, introductory engineeringstudent design course focused on hands-on learning through HCD principles. The course is heldin a makerspace-like classroom, where engineering students learn to use basic prototyping toolsand methods. The course begins with two weeks on HCD, then six weeks of learning variousprototyping technical skills (solid modeling, 3D printing, hand/power tools, Arduino electronics,sensors & actuators, basic programming), followed by a final six weeks of using those skillsworking in teams to research, design, and

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Sarah Dart; Edmund Pickering; Les Dawes

accustomed to passive classrooms(Vaughan 2007, Felder 2011). Furthermore, the time, persistence and skill level required to overhaula course to incorporate active learning has been cited as a major barrier for instructors (Vaughan2007). Thus, blended models that are less demanding on instructors and incorporate active learn-ing without pushing students so far out of their comfort zone that they disengage are desirable.Worked Example Videos (WEVs) Worked example style videos show promise for blended learning in the engineering context. Inthese, mathematical-based problems are worked through step-by-step while the instructor narratesthe process (Kay and Kletskin 2012). WEVs gained significant recognition through the rise of “KhanAcademy” (Khan 2016

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ilmi Yoon, San Francisco State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Diversity Research

impact pedagogy [22]. Cohort learning consists of a and activities and strategies were coordinated with therelatively small group of students – usually between 12 and course instructors. Beyond co-discovering effective25 start and finish their degree together. Cohort programs tutoring methodologies to resolve specific student issues, the PINC faculty emphasized the importance to the 2mentors of being role models who could inspire and Both PLTL and ARG support cooperative learning,encourage the creativity of the PINC students who were positive

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Mohammad N Amin, National University; Ronald P. Uhlig, National University; Pradip Peter Dey, National University; Bhaskar Sinha, National University; Shatha Jawad Jawad, National University

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

underway and will be used for real practical applications [13-46]. Quantumcomputers will never be a replacement of current computers, but it offers a new innovativemethod of computation to solve many large and complex problems in the areas of science,medicine, communications, business, socioeconomics, and much more [8]. This will lead to arevolutionary expansion in technology and will have significant impacts worldwide. Quantumcomputers are able to solve complex problems that are beyond the capabilities of classicalcomputers. In July 10, 2017 Forbes Magazine published an article which stated “Quantumcomputers will disrupt every industry. They will change the way we do business and the securitywe have in place to safeguard data, how we fight

Conference Session

Tree-huggers, Diggers, and Queers--Oh my!

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

accreditation rules (especially criterion h) and professional societies’ pronouncements tojustify and orient innovations around sustainability. 17 One specific example is the use ofASCE’s “Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge,” which has “embraced sustainability as anindependent technical outcome,” to guide integration of sustainability criteria into a civilengineering program. 18 Finally, others have reached beyond “engineering” to develop graduateprograms in “Sustainability” more broadly, but which extend out of engineering perspectives andare targeted to include, but not be limited to, graduates of engineering programs. One such effortextends the project-based engineering curriculum approach to an interdisciplinary, professional“Masters of

Conference Session

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Case Studies in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Paz Munoz, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

acquired in previous courses. This is particularly important in thecontext of an integrative subject, which can be effectively applied in the Final ConstructionEngineering Portfolio Course.In this approach, the teacher acts not only as an information transmitter but as a mediator,facilitating active knowledge construction through collaborative interaction between teachersand students [11,13]. Considering the study by Okere and Giroux [14] in the specific workfield of construction engineering, it establishes that the case study methodology canpositively impact the training of future engineers, as it exposes them to situations required bythe industry. Additionally, students will develop problem-solving skills, teamwork, andcritical thinking

Conference Session

GSD 7: Innovative Graduate Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yun-Han Weng, The Ohio State University; Emily T Creamer, The Ohio State University; Jeffrey M. Bielicki, The Ohio State University; Matthew Judkins Mayhew, The Ohio State University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

research question:How does Need for Cognition influence the development of Innovation Capacity among graduatestudents, and to what extent do interdisciplinary training programs moderate this relationship?2 Interdisciplinary Training Program The Ohio State EmPOWERment Program, a U.S. National Science Foundation NationalResearch Traineeship, is an interdisciplinary convergent training program designed to developPh.D. students to exercise leadership in the workforce of sustainable, decarbonized energysystems. This program was created through collaboration between faculty from six collegeswithin the university and several external stakeholders from industry, national laboratories, andnon-profit organizations. Together, they identified

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Frank Sanchez; Cheng Chen

to find the various periods at which itwill naturally resonate. To apply the modal analysis technique for RTHS reliablity analysis, theeffect of time delay and nonlinear structural behavior need to be investigated. This paperpresents preliminary studies to evaluate the modal analysis technique for RTHS involvingmultiple actuator delay.Modal Analysis for Linear Elastic StructuresFor a linear elastic MDOF structure, the equation of motion can be represented as: (1)where M, C and K are the mass, viscous damping and stiffness matrices, respectively; , andare the acceleration, velocity and displacement response, respectively; and F is the