Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rafic Bachnak, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Jack Esparza, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Zack lopez, Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiTexas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Allen Anton, Texas A&M-Corpus ChristiTexas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Marc Mendez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Minorities in Engineering

engineering technology programs have used research for a variety ofpurposes, including student recruitment [1, 2], student retention [3], outreach programsthat target minority students [4], and exposure to engineering research throughmultidisciplinary projects [5]. Similarly, the engineering technology programs at TexasA&M University-Corpus Christi (A&M-CC) have used applied research projects to help“Recruit, Retain and Graduate a Diverse and Highly Qualified Student Body.” Thispaper describes a research project in which a good number of minority students havebeen involved. The project involves the development of a remotely operated vessel usedas a supplemental tool for our studies of South Texas Coastal waters. An importantapplication is

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2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Jikai Du

discussed.IntroductionResearch experience can benefit undergraduate education in many ways [1-5], and literature hassuggested that the earlier students can be exposed to such research experience, the better chancesthey can succeed in their future professional career or graduate study, especially for STEM majorstudents. First, undergraduate research is an efficient approach to motivate students to applyclassroom knowledge to real world. For engineering major students, such hands-on experience iscritical and may include how in reality to design a model, fabricate a product, set up anexperiment, analyze experimental data, etc. Second, undergraduate research can help students toimprove their communication skills through discussions with advisors and colleagues, to learn

Conference Session

Efforts to Understand and Support Students' Socioemotional Factors

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #32878Work in Progress: Longitudinal Study of Identity-based Motivation ofStudents Participating in Chemical Engineering Research Center ProgramsDr. Joana Marques Melo, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joana Marques Melo, PhD is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Dr. Marques Melo graduated from Penn State University with a Ph.D. in Architectural Engineering. She also earned her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from ISEP in Portugal, and her master’s degree in Energy for Sustainable Development from UPC in Spain. Her research interests include quantitative and qualitative

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkataramanan Mandakolathur; Malur Srinivasan

graduate research carried out by the second author under thesupervision of the primary author. Two undergraduate students observed the research work atregular intervals and gained valuable information on nanostructured ceramics and theirprocessing for the preservation of the fine-scale structure. The primary author teaches bothsenior-level undergraduate and graduate courses in materials science and plans to include thetopic of this research in the updated versions of the courses.Bibliographic Information: 1. G.E. Korth and R.L. Williams, “Dynamic consolidation of metastable nanocrystalline powders”, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, vol. 26A, 1995, p.2571 2. M. Greneche, “Interfaces, surfaces and grain boundaries in

Conference Session

Engineering Education: An International Perspective

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

David J. Bettez; G. Lineberry

2 3 1 professional development and to improving life skills.12. Study abroad will help me in my search 4 2 for my first job after graduation.13. Study abroad will enhance my lifelong 2 2 1 1 career opportunities.14. Study abroad increased my interest in 5 1 history and geography.15. Study abroad made me more self-reliant 3 3 and independent.16. Study abroad helped improve my research 1 5 skills.17. Study abroad increased my self-confidence. 1 4 118. Study abroad helped me focus better on 1 1

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Brett Ross, East Tennessee State University; Keith V. Johnson, East Tennessee State University; Kevin Wade Varney, East Tennessee State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

program and the research presented will deal with an entrepreneurial andmultidisciplinary way to create and grow an engineering technology-based study abroadprogram. Most universities face the same challenges with curriculum, funding, recruitment,partnerships, along with many other issues. How does one initiate a study abroad program thatwill attract students to enroll, attain funding, provide a curriculum that will meet variousdisciplines, and grow with success? We have documented our successes and plans for futuregrowth for this engineering technology-driven study abroad program.VisionTo many students, studying abroad has been a life-changing experience. A study conducted byMary Dwyer, Ph.D. and Courtney Peters, from IES Abroad, evaluated the

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Irina Nicoleta Ciobanescu Husanu, Drexel University (Tech.); Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.); Patrick Lee Kirby, Drexel University (Eng.); Justin Bryan Gillander

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Engineering Technology (ET) program - Drexel Uni- versity, Philadelphia, USA. He is holding the second position as Research Assistant Professor at Desert Research Institute – Renewable Energy Center, Reno, Nevada. Before joining to the Drexel University Dr. Belu hold faculty and research positions at universities and research institutes in Romania, Canada and United States. He also worked for several years in industry as a project manager and senior con- sultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Lisa Wipplinger

Providing Safe Housing through Independent Study Dr. Lisa A. Wipplinger United States Military AcademyAbstractThe Civil and Mechanical Engineering department at the United States Military Academy hasteamed up with The Center for Earthquake Resistant Housing to work toward affordable, easilyconstructed earthquake resistant housing in developing countries. A series of independent studyprojects involving design, analysis and research are being developed as courses for small teamsof cadets. Each course will focus on a specific piece of the large project, helping to move italong more quickly. These projects will provide opportunities for life-long learning

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

V.M.S. Sathya Dev; Raghu Echempati

stamped part thusexperiences three-dimensional strain, known as major strain, minor strain and thicknessstrain. Prior work done by many researchers and industrial establishments reveal thatoptimum set of stamping process parameters exists for parts made of steel. The goal ofthis research is to determine the optimum stamping conditions for a simple part made ofaluminum material using the DOE. Future research aims at extending this single DOE toa series of experiments using the response surface methodology (RSM).IntroductionFormability study on aluminum is gaining more and more importance in the last decadeas aluminum stampings are extensively used in automobiles in order to gain in both costand weight reduction of the vehicle. In metal forming

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shari Weaver, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Gretchen Fougere, STEM Leadership Advisors

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Pre-College Engineering Education

University and was elected to Sigma Xi. Her research was conducted at the Argonne and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. She received bachelor’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. She holds three US patents. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 An Engineering Design Approach to Study and Strengthen a Teacher Preparation Program in STEM at the Secondary Level (Work in Progress)Introduction A study about the Teacher Preparation Program (TPP) at Worcester Polytechnic Institute(WPI) was conducted to examine the barriers of its graduates from entering the classroom

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics III

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, Oswego State University College

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Engineering Physics & Physics

front of Physics faculty and open audience.Another key idea of the course was to dispel the usual student impression that can easily developduring undergraduate studies that almost everything is already known. If traditional coursesemphasize the learning of known concepts, this research course, on the contrary, focused onunveiling the unknown. Students were thrilled to work on something not yet discovered, but theyalso might have had doubts that they could do such a thing and they needed help, asundergraduates have significantly less time for research than graduate students do. Page 25.729.4 Fig. 2 Setup using an electromagnet

Conference Session

Undergraduate Space Design and Project Courses

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Kuhlman, West Virginia University; Donald Gray, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

Abstract Over the past eight years at West Virginia University a “hands-on” aerospaceengineering experimental Microgravity Research Team (MRT) two-semester project coursesequence has been developed and offered. During the first semester, the team of four to eightundergraduate students develops an experimental concept and hypothesis to be studied undermicrogravity conditions, and then submits a detailed technical proposal for their experimentfor review by the NASA Reduced Gravity Student Flight Opportunities Program (RGSFOP).Six successful experiments have been selected and flown on microgravity research aircraft inthe past eight years, with a seventh team selected to fly their experiment during the summerof 2008. The student teams also

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2013 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ali Daneshmandnia

Moodle, logging on, joininga course, and submitting a text file into an online assignment. Melton maintained that althoughsubjects who were graduate students of the University of Kumamoto were not native Englishspeakers, they all had taken an English course with the evaluator of the research, three yearsprior to the research. Additionally, Melton argued that since the size of the group of subjects wasnot adequate to use for quantitative research, qualitative research was conducted, and theparticipants were observed while performing a series of tasks designed to simulate the onlineassignment submission in Moodle. The research was conducted through observation of subjectswhile submitting tasks on Moodle, videotaping the activities, and audio

Conference Session

AERO 2: Innovative Pedagogy and Hands-on Learning 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Stein, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University; Bonnie Swan, University of Central Florida (Program Evaluation and Educational Research); Seetha Raghavan, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

Paper ID #39125A Case Study Assessing Program Outcomes of an International ResearchCollaboration between the US and Germany: Developing Students as GlobalEngineersMr. Zachary Stein, University of Central Florida Zachary Stein is a graduate student currently pursuing a PhD in Aerospace Engineering under Dr. Seetha Raghavan with an interest in aerospace materials research focusing on sand degradation of high tempera- ture ceramic coatings from sand and volcanic ash infiltration.Dr. Bonnie Swan, University of Central Florida (Program Evaluation and Educational Research)Prof. Seetha Raghavan, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Dr

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2020 ASEE North Central Section conference

Authors

Raghu Echempati P.E., Kettering University

Learning(Stanford University) [1], many capstone courses require students to not only apply the conceptsand principles learned in theory classes but also to fabricate a device that satisfies the originalrequirements set forth in the project proposal. However, from the students’ perspectivecompleting an applied research project without having to fabricate the device will give more timeto carry out high quality theoretical project that may give competitive advantage in gainingadmission to a graduate school or demonstrating discipline-related skills for the job market.There are numerous papers available in the literature and published in ASEE and other technicaland educational journals of repute. Funding agencies such as NSF also encourage inter

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 4 – K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamad Musavi, University of Maine; Cary Edward James, Bangor High School

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Diversity

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

IEEE-USA STEM Literacy Educator-Engineer Award. He has over 125 scientific publications and 45 federal and industry grants, and has trained 47 graduate and over 50 undergraduate students on research projects.Mr. Cary Edward James, Bangor High School Mr. Cary James has a BS in chemistry and an MS in Plant Pathology. He has received numerous teaching awards including the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement Teacher of the Year for Maine 2009, Pulp and Paper Foundation Maine Teacher Award 2009, New England Institute of Chemistry Maine State Teacher Award 2011, New England Water Environmental Association Public Educator Award 2013, and has received the Francis Crowe Society Honorary Engineering Degree from the

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas V. Mecca; Sara Cushing Smith; Lynn G. Mack

curriculum for engineering technology graduates. The SCATE Workplace Research Model includes administrative and industry guidelines, researchdirections, and common reporting forms for gathering data and information on the roles andresponsibilities of technicians in the workplace. Information gathered and the knowledge gainedduring the industry visits give interdisciplinary teams and college administrators invaluableinsight as they author and adopt a new engineering technology curriculum for techniciansentering the 21st century workplace.Introduction:In 1993, the Gaining the Competitive Edge1 report disclosed a new picture of what "educationalpreparation" was required of technicians in order to succeed in today's workplace. This picturepresented a

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen N. Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania

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Materials

Co-op 2 (junior) Materials Science lecture and lab 7th academic term (senior) 8th academic term (senior)4th year Co-op 3 1st ME elective course 2nd ME elective courseAs a teaching-focused institution without engineering graduate programs, faculty at YorkCollege of PA often use independent study semesters to pursue small research projects. The maindifficulties with this are (1) faculty usually only get student help for one semester, and (2) it isusually the senior summer which is only 12 weeks and during the students’ last semester. Studentinterest in academics is often lighter due to the combination of

Conference Session

Design Across Disciplines

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Alan Gow, Alan Gow and Associates; EunSook Kwon, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

the class as a pre-proposal and a report halfway through the semester. The pre- proposals are reviewed and evaluated. Students continue to do in-depth research using technology tools on their chosen research problem. A successful final proposal presentation and report completes the proposal phase. In the implementation phase, students work towards development of a working prototype. ID: A sequence of industrial design studios is selected and reconstructed to match with a sequence of two courses in CETE. Students in both disciplines are grouped from the beginning of research phase, and explore research problems collaboratively. Students will investigate diverse issues in 12 study areas

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics and Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ranjith Munasinghe

the material in the sequel to theclass? Undergraduate projects are for the capable students interested in penetrating thisunfortunate boundary.3. Many upper classmen, specially the students we would select for research projects, entertainthe idea of going to graduate school. Introduction to research by an undergraduate project canhelp them make this important career decision.4. Obviously, research projects promote team work and writing project reports and presentationsimprove communication skills.5. We must not forget the most fundamental goal of any research project. We conduct research tofind new ideas and invent new things. In fact, undergraduate researchers have a uniqueadvantage that sometimes could help them invent revolutionary

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sierra Lynn Repp, University of Portland; Sean Lyle Gestson, University of Portland; Jacob P. Kimball, University of Portland

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Student Division (STDT)

the secretary for Tau Beta Pi Oregon Gamma Chapter, the school’s engineering honors society.Dr. Sean Lyle Gestson, University of Portland Sean Gestson graduated from the University of Portland (UP) in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and received his M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering with a research emphasis in engineering education from Oregon State University (OSU). His engineering education research aims to understand more about the gap in student preparedness for the engineering workplace. He has worked closely with engineering practitioners, faculty, and students to understand more about their problem-solving behavior, beliefs around engineering knowledge, and learning more about what it

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research & New Directions

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Aranggan Venkataratnam; Ashok Goel

supervision of graduate students (AV and others) and faculty(AG).The semiconductor industry has been constantly working on shrinking the size of theMOSFET to increase the device density and data transfer rate for the integrated circuit.The cur rent trend of MOSFET scaling may fall apart when the transistor sizes are shrunkto a few nanometers. At the nanometer scale, quantum behaviors come into effect andcause undesirable effects such as subthreshold leakage, gate oxide leakage, increasedtransistor parameter variability and interconnect density and performance. In order toovercome these hurdles for producing high density chips with low power consumption,some of the devices in the nanometer scale that are being studied by research groups aspossible

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session II

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

Authors

Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Chanel Beebe, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Holly Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kayla Renee Maxey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

Engineering Education at Purdue Univer- sity and Director of the FACE Lab research group at Purdue. In his research, Hynes explores the use of engineering to integrate academic subjects in K-12 classrooms. Specific research interests include design metacognition among learners of all ages; the knowledge base for teaching K-12 STEM through engi- neering; the relationships among the attitudes, beliefs, motivation, cognitive skills, and engineering skills of K-16 engineering learners; and teaching engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Diverse Researchers Researching DiversityI am a black man currently studying as a fourth-year doctoral student in an

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2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Dariush H. Zadeh; Shohreh Moini

research are as successful at conducting research as theirfour-year peers [1]. Murray et al. [2] discuss historic barriers to early research activities and theyestablish substantial and insightful connections between student participation in earlyresearch, and student success. They advocate the support for early research as afoundational game-changer for STEM students. They mention that “Community collegestudents, with an average age of 29, are generally older than traditional college students.This means that community college students will bring more life experiences to their earlyresearch engagement than traditional students. This is a relevant insight for implementationof early research given that 49% of U.S. graduates earning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University; Linda Huglin, Boise State University; Drew Borresen, Boise State University

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NSF Grantees

. He is particularly interested in advocating for project-oriented engineering education. He and a research team at Boise State University is currently participating in a project focused on encouraging the adoption of project-based techniques.Linda Huglin, Boise State University Linda Huglin is an assistant professor for the Instructional and Performance Technology Department at Boise State University and holds a PhD from the University of Idaho. Her research interests include the universal design of instruction and adult cognitive development.Drew Borresen, Boise State University Drew Borresen is a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Instructional and Performance Technology at Boise State University. He is

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Wade C. Driscoll

traditional case study in which problem parameters vary from one student toanother. This ameliorates the problem of inappropriate student interactions, since each studentworks on a different problem. This advantage accrues at the cost of an additional burden on theinstructor who evaluates the students’ work. This paper reports on research that was performed toinvestigate the feasibility of having the microcomputer - the platform used to deliver the case studyto students - also serve to generate base-line solutions to the multitude of problems that result.1. IntroductionThis paper is organized as follows. The next section relates the student outcomes attendingtraditional case studies to those specified in Engineering Criteria 2000. Section 3 provides

Conference Session

PCEE Evaluation Studies

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristina D. Pomales-Garcia, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Agnes M. Padovani, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Jaquelina Ester Alvarez, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

.” In the 2016 activity, participantswere inspired to “study more about bacteria, apply the concept learned in school, learn moreabout nanotechnology and avoid contamination.”Assertions shared by undergraduate and graduate students in the annual program evaluationshow that they also benefited from engaging with middle and high school students in the pre-college program. For example: “I believe the Center has transformed the way I see things. I havelearned a whole new range of things that I think I could have never done outside of the project. Ihave become a better mentor and researcher. Also, I have learned to communicate difficulttopics to the general public and other students.”; “One of the greatest opportunities that I’veever had to give

Conference Session

Creating a Supportive and Nurturing Academic Culture

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph F. Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Allyson Jo Barlow, University of Nevada, Reno; Evan Ko, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Kelly J. Cross, University of Nevada, Reno; Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #29273Work in Progress: A Qualitative Study of Mentorship, Training Needs, andCommunity for New Engineering Education ResearchersMr. Joseph F Mirabelli, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign Joseph Mirabelli is an Educational Psychology graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign with a focus in Engineering Education. His work focuses on mentorship, mental health, and retention in STEM students and faculty. He was awarded the NAGAP Graduate Education Research Grant award to study engineering faculty perceptions of graduate student well-being and attrition. Before study- ing education

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Dynamics I

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kamyar Ghavam, University of Waterloo; Homeyra Pourmohammadali, University of Waterloo; Lucas Botelho, University of Waterloo

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Mechanical Engineering

project, there may be similarbenefits because pairing students with differing experience levels also reflects industryenvironments. It has also been demonstrated that working in a multidisciplinary group anddesigning products are essential experiences for engineering students to have prior to graduation[5-7]. A two-year study by Foster et al. investigated the cross-cohort experience of students whowere handing over their project to the next cohort. The project was carried out by 5 students intheir penultimate year as undergraduates in a computer science degree, who eventually passed ontheir project to a group of 5 students from the following year’s cohort. In this project structure, themore experienced students were taking a mentorship role

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

comments received by the students at their Undergraduate Research Opportunities posterpresentation are very revealing. The experienced viewers who came through commended the aptstrategy of using the ideal area distribution as a way to estimate minimum wave drag, and thenarguing that aircraft designers would come very close to this in the eventual design. They alsocommended the students for their success in “proving” that there is indeed a new market forsupersonic airliners, and strongly encouraged them to go forward, since they (the viewersincluding some former pilots of supersonic aircraft) were eager to see the age of supersonicairliners come alive. In sharp contrast, the “judges” who were mostly graduate students inengineering, proved to be