Conference Session

They need more than technical skills!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Prewitt Penno P.E., University of Dayton; Roger J. Crum, University of Dayton; Eddy M. Rojas, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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International

an optimum use of renewable and sustainable resources?In view of these questions, the UD program addresses technical problems confronting cities.Florence, Italy is large enough to qualify as an urban environment, but it is culturally distinct andsmall enough to afford students the opportunity to assimilate the impact of the challengesmentioned above within the duration of the program.Program StructureThe UD program is organized into three segments: pre-departure preparation, onsiteinvestigation and reporting, and debriefing once back in the United States at the home campus.Pre-departure PreparationStudents meet in late winter in a classroom setting on the UD campus in a required orientationcourse. Over a seven-week period, students

Conference Session

LEES 1: Critical Humanities and Serious Play

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Laugelli, University of Virginia

to develop a similar constructivist classroommodel that would engage students in real-world design challenges whose requirements wouldinclude embodying the socially responsible values of the LEGO Group in product design.A Framework for Adding Value to Student ExperiencesAccording to Susan A. Ambrose, et al., in their book How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching, instructors can increase the value students place on coursematerials and projects by connecting them to student interests and involving the class inauthentic tasks related to real-world contexts and challenges. They argue that connecting coursematerials to “issues that are important to students” and to the needs of “an actual client” can helpmotivate

Conference Session

Undergraduate Career Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tara Esfahani, University of California, Irvine; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

'] confidence level towards scientific research, improving their attitude towards [theirchosen] topics, and their written and oral communication skills. They also gained experience in“obtaining information from manufacturers and ordering research equipment” [14]. Most of theparticipants in the aforementioned study even went on to attend graduate school. Thecombination of research skills and an advanced degree resulted in higher wages, with the Bureauof Labor Statistics indicating that the weekly salary of people with master’s degrees is onaverage $244 higher than those with bachelor’s degrees [15]. Undergraduate research can evenreach an international scale, such as in a 2017 study that allowed students to perform testing ondifferent species of African

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Canino, Purdue University; Steve France, Purdue University; Ruth Wertz, Purdue University

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Clinical/Professional (C/P)faculty face unique challenges in adjusting to and defining a new role. This paper presents thepersonal experience, collaboration, analysis, and lessons learned developed by three suchindividuals. It is intended to provide insights for communities concerned with the professionaldevelopment of those in similar transitions.For clarity, we use non-tenure track (NTT) as an umbrella term to describe faculty with full-timestatus, who are on limited-term contracts, are promotion-eligible, but differ from their tenure-track/tenured (TT/T) counterparts in that they are not eligible for tenure. For the purpose of ournarrative, we use “NTT faculty” when the generalized umbrella term is more appropriate, butotherwise we use “C/P

Conference Session

Issues and Directions in ET Education & Administration: Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Brian Thorn, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

total graduate student FTE that will be required tosupport the research. These distributions are shown in Figures 2, 3, and 4. Figure 2Department leadership may be upset to find that Figure 2 indicates that even with quite a fewfaculty members involved in sponsored research proposals, the most likely single outcome is no Page 15.225.6additional faculty will be working on projects. However, it is interesting to note that becausesome of the proposals involve multiple faculty members, it is conceivable to have multiplefaculty members engaged in sponsored research, even if a small number of proposals

Conference Session

Best Practices in Aerospace Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hannigan, Mississippi State University; Keith Koenig, Mississippi State University; Lorenzo Coley, Mississippi State University; Christopher Hamm, Mississippi State University

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Aerospace

criteria and constituent needs. Computers and softwaretools in the hands of lower division students are typically different, often much more capable,than the tools in the hands of the students in the upper division. This occurs as incoming studentsare required to purchase computers that are intended to meet their undergraduate educationalneeds according to specifications which climb higher for entering freshmen with each successiveyear. In the introductory sequence, the students will receive the latest licensed software versionsavailable to match the computer specifications, and instructors in the introductory sequence mustwork hard to insure that not only do the students receive the latest instruction, but thatinformation on software capabilities

Conference Session

Learning by Doing

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Melin, United States Military Academy; Richard Hallon, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

effective practice in thedeployed environment. Though there are challenges associated with preparing engineers intraining to take on such large tasks, there are advantages as well. Having knowledge of thespecific jobs that our graduates will assume brings with it the potential to focus the “application”portion of the civil engineering curriculum and communicate with our customer, the Corps ofEngineers, on what professional tasks a civil engineer must accomplish in a deployedenvironment.This paper will discuss the development of the Introduction to Transportation Engineeringcourse, from modeling the course structure based on a successful Construction ManagementCourse to the specific development of experienced-based learning lessons. Underpinning

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap

programs, principal stakeholders  faculty, students, and Page 8.613.3 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education” administrators  invest in five separate clusters of program attributes, each of which contributes to enriching learning experiences for students that positively affect students’ growth and development.”Although concise in statement, the concept of engagement has profound impact on new ways of thinkingabout professional engineering education itself. Implementing this

Conference Session

ME Division Technical Session 2 - Harnessing AI and Machine Learning to Transform ME Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessica Lofton, University of Evansville

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

investigating the use of generative AI tools to improve educational outcomesby offering personalized feedback, facilitating adaptive learning environments, and providing ondemand resources to assist with student learning [2, 5, 6]. Other studies focus on the potential tostreamline the course development process and align course materials, assignments, andassessment schemes with course objectives [6]. There is also particular interest the potential ofgenerative AI tools to support innovative teaching practices and improve student engagement [7].Institutions of higher education and centers for teaching are publishing guidelines and bestpractices for AI use to help students, faculty, staff, and administration navigate this new frontier[8].Literature

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Karen M. Bursic, University of Pittsburgh; Natasa S. Vidic, University of Pittsburgh; Nora Siewiorek, University of Pittsburgh

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

focused on introducing an ethical dimension. We have accomplished this by embedding anethical dilemma in many of the MEAs that we have developed. By introducing the ethical rea-soning domain, we have created what we call ethical MEAs or E-MEAs. Our objective has beento encourage students to consider how the engineering decisions that they make potentially influ-ence the public, environment, other stakeholders, their firm and/or themselves. In addition, thisallows us to better understand the various strategies student teams use to resolve complex ethicaldilemmas [16].Assessing the Impact of MEAs - In addition to extending MEAs to upper level industrial engi-neering courses and introducing an ethical component, a third focus of our research has

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Peter Dominick, Stevens Institute of Technology; Edward Blicharz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

relatively recently that we see this area being addressed in the engineering educationliterature as the profession seeks to understand and implement appropriate means to developteam skills in engineering students. While engineering educators can certainly learn from thebody of knowledge associated with teaming in the business world, they also have to respond tothe fact that students are not subject to the same contextual issues that teams and team membersexperience in business. Students are engaged in smaller projects of shorter duration, withsignificantly less at stake in the success of the team than will typically be the case aftergraduation. To put it more bluntly, students do not have their livelihood on the line. The maturityand experience of

Conference Session

Faculty Development Technical Paper Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heidi M Sherick, University of Michigan

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

impacted their leadership development and careeradvancement. Through data collection and analysis, the researcher will identify emergentdevelopmental relationship functions specific to engineering faculty. Researcher field notesreveal anticipated findings such as the power of observation and the significance of rolemodeling experienced by the participants. The anticipated findings support new functionsidentified in previous research specific to the population of higher education leaders. Theimportance of peer relationships and the existence of multiple developers are also consistent withprevious findings. Results from this study will inform a mentoring model being developed bythe author which will help faculty focus on being intentional about

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trina L. Fletcher, Florida International University; Simone Nicholson, Florida International University; Christopher Alexander Carr, George Mason University; Tina Fletcher; Brittany Boyd

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

within education for historically excluded individuals, with a particular focus on women in engineering and computing and STEM education at HBCUs. Additionally, Dr. Fletcher is researching economic equity, and the impact of finances on students’ success and academic persistence. She is a 2022 recipient of the NSF Early CAREER award and has received several awards at the institutional and national levels. Prior to academia, Dr. Fletcher served as the Director of Pre-college for the National Society of Black Engineers and worked for two Fortune 500 companies. You can follow Dr. Fletcher on Twitter @trinalfletcher and LinkedIn.Simone Nicholson, Florida International University I am a second year doctoral student at

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Yost, University of Detroit Mercy

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Electrical and Computer

that the Electrical Engineering program faculty began toexperiment with course and program assessment activities. While these ad hocexperiments did not provide the department with much useful assessment data, thisperiod of experimentation was vitally important in getting faculty members to beginthinking about how they might assess student achievement of program outcomes. Asmany in the engineering and technology education community maintain, faculty buy-in isessential to the success of any ongoing assessment process that tracks continuousimprovement.2-5 The time of experimenting with different processes allowed faculty totake ownership of processes they designed themselves rather than to resist compliancewith processes foisted on them from

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Michael Anthony Crespo, Granby High School, Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA; Drew E. Brown, Old Dominion University; Deborah Marshall, Norfolk Public Schools Career & Technical Ed. Dept.; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

" (listed in 3.9% of jobs), "Security+" (listed in 2.9% of jobs), and"Information Assurance Technical IAT" (listed in 2.4% of jobs), amongst others [7].Other researchers have identified mentoring as an important component for development offuture cybersecurity professionals by embedding career guidance, academic advising, as well asguidance and mentoring in research, certifications, service learning, ethics, professional skills,and extracurricular activities [8]. Therefore, engaging students in competitions like CyberPatriots and exposing them early on to project-based cybersecurity activities might have a hugeimpact on their future cybersecurity careers.BackgroundThe Commonwealth of Virginia is trying to address the growing need for

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isil Anakok, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Justin L Hess, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrew Katz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

focuses on ethical and empathic formation in engineering education. He received his PhD from Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, as well as a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science from Purdue University’s School of Civil Engineering. He is the editorial board chair for the Online Ethics Center, deputy director of research for the National Institute of Engineering Ethics, and past-division chair for the ASEE Liberal Education/Engineering and Society division.Sowmya Panuganti, Purdue Engineering Education Sowmya Panuganti is a graduate student at Purdue University in the Engineering Education department. She is passionate about understanding engineering culture and the effects it has on engineers’ mental

Conference Session

K-12 Activities

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leilah Lyons, University of Michigan; Zbigniew Pasek, University of Windsor

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Educational Research and Methods

(self-reported) demographics ofthe online visitor population, (2) determine which portions of the game are problematicfrom a game-play perspective (and may require redesign to become more engaging), and(3) assess how successfully the target concepts were being communicated by the exhibit– i.e. its educational impact.2.1. Demographic DataIn both the museum and online environments, it is impractical or impossible to trulyestablish the demographics of the visiting population. In the case of the physical exhibit,museum attendance figures can be used to get a picture of the proportion of adult andchild attendees, but there is no way to know which of these visitors actually stop by theexhibit itself without carrying out an observational study. In the

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development: Theories, Models, Frameworks, and Tools

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Klassen, University of Toronto; Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Paper ID #19462Leading from the Bottom Up: Leadership Conceptions and Practices AmongEarly Career EngineersMr. Mike Klassen, University of Toronto Mike Klassen is the Assistant Director, Community of Practice on Engineering Leadership at the Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead) at the University of Toronto. He designs and facilitates leadership programs for engineering students - with a range of focus from tangible skill development to organizational leadership to complex social problems. Mike is a candidate for the Master of Arts in Higher Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Poster Session: Neuroethics and Secondary STEM Classrooms

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Clapper Bergsman, University of Washington ; Sara Goering, University of Washington; Eric H. Chudler, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

considering the impacts ofneurotechnologies on end-users.The Center for Neurotechnology (CNT) at the University of Washington is recognized as aglobal leader in the field of neuroethics, with one of its major areas of focus being the integrationof ethics into neural engineering research, development, and education. A partnership betweenfaculty and students from the Department of Philosophy and multiple scientific and engineeringdisciplines focuses on identifying salient ethical issues, developing frameworks forunderstanding them, and integrating those frameworks into the scientific discovery andengineering design processes. An understanding of neuroethics is a critical element of ascientifically literate population that is thoughtful about and

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katherine Dornian, University of Calgary; Mohammad Moshirpour, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary

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Pre-College Engineering Education

data. Five of the papers reviewed did not state any achieved outcomes, whileother papers made anecdotal or generalized statements about results. Furthermore, achievedoutcomes often did not map to the proposed outcomes.It is still worthwhile to look at the outcome statements collected (shown in Table 1). Proposedoutcomes ranged from "provide a place to host the classes for the cyber classroom" [23] to "usedigital technologies to advance [youth's] educational, occupational, and civic engagement aims[by] create[ing] a community-based geographic information system" [24]. As regions andschools vary on their access to technology and needs from it, so do the programs. Furthermore,the progress towards developing digital skills programs varies

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Best Papers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jordan Orion James, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Chen Qiu M.Sc., University of New Mexico; Christopher Riley

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

like ours benefit from earlydesign experiences that connect to their experiences, support them to build on their existingstrengths, and build their professional identities.Students in both classes completed a design challenge focused on providing a rural communitywith access to safe water in the event of contamination from acid mine drainage. In chemical &biological engineering, water filtration was foregrounded, whereas in community & regionalplanning, community engagement was foregrounded, but in both classes, their solutions had toinclude both aspects. We collected student work on the challenge, including students’presentations of their solutions. We developed a coding scheme to compare student work on thedesign challenges across

Conference Session

WIED Olio

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna P. Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; D. Patrick O'Neal, Louisiana Tech University; Lori L. Bakken, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Women in Engineering

enhancingon-campus early childhood education has been successful in engaging enthusiastic participationfrom a wide spectrum of campus partners and has good prospects for external funding. Futurefaculty Lunches and Career Development Workshops will focus on time management andnetworking. Plans are underway to investigate the feasibility of providing staff support for grantpreparation and submission.Aspects that Can be Adapted by Other InstitutionsThere are aspects of this and other ADVANCE projects that can be adopted and adapted by awide variety of institutions interesting in addressing similar issues on their campus. Lowcost/high impact projects are always good candidates for adaptation. Given the abundance ofexcellent mentoring materials developed

Conference Session

Track 2 - Session 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

R. Natarajan, Indian Institute of Technology

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Track 2 - Curriculum and Laboratory Development

programs for studentsthrough Student Exchange Agreements withpartner institutions.To interface with other internal entities to facilitatethe visits of delegations and students coming to IITB. 25 Page 17.29.26 To co-ordinate with Dean, Academic Programs andDean, Students Affairs in deciding policy mattersaffecting both outbound and inbound studentsparticipating in Exchange programs To interface with the Ministry of Human ResourcesDevelopment, Ministry of External Affairs, andMinistry of Home Affairs, Government of India, andState Government Offices on all matters pertaining tointernationalization efforts of IITB.To interface

Conference Session

Innovations and Inclusion in Pre-Service and Pre-College STEM Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael M. Malschützky, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, University of Applied Sciences, Germany; Gesche Neusel, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences; Steven McAlpine, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Jamie R Gurganus, University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

and in terms ofqualification for a PhD-program.Public universities are tuition-free, only comparatively low social and student body contributions(approx. 350 Euro per semester) are to be paid typically including public transport, student unionand student body contributions offering social, economic, and cultural support and participationopportunities. Additionally, governmental student financial aids in the form of loans and grantsare offered depending on the parents’ income.In result, the selective school system, tuition fees, regional availability of programs, and numerusclausus do not appear to have a strong negative impact on the choice of degree program.1.3. Personal factors in the choice of degree programAccording to Bandura [5], self

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Monday June 26, 3:15 - 4:45

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laurie A. Pinkert, University of Central Florida; Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida; Steven Kuebler; Lakelyn E. Taylor, University of Central Florida; Eve Vazquez, University of Central Florida; Victor Milanes, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

cultures. These leaders often have the opportunity todetermine whether and to what extent certain types of content find a place in the explicit and/orimplicit instruction of their students, especially relevant in terms of ethics content that guidesindividual senses of responsibility and institutional frameworks of accountability.Faculty leaders take on this role while balancing curricular needs, professional expectations,constraints on resources, and pressures associated with time and place of the institution assituated within its community. Existing literature on disciplinary enculturation in generalemphasizes the importance of faculty members guiding students toward a perception ofbelonging and adopting disciplinary practices and norms [1], [2

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin Ingram, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Deepak Keshwani, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Conner Lunn; JORDAN BINFIELD

amazed that I get to play every day – while inviting others to join in the fun.Deepak R Keshwani (Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering) Deepak Keshwani is an Associate Professor of Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). He also holds an appointment as a Faculty Fellow for the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute. In addition to teaching and advising both undergraduate and graduate students, Deepak coordinates the Justin Smith Morrill Scholars, a campus-wide, co-curricular program focused on civic engagement and critical societal issues in food, agriculture, and natural resource systems. He also mentors the AGfutures learning community in leadership, service, and

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephanie M. Gillespie, University of New Haven; Onyinyechi Nwadiuto Agu, University of New Haven; Erica Maggiore, University of New Haven

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

either theindividual outcome or eKSO grouping level.4.4 Interview ResultsA total of four engineering students and one business student completed the interview process,providing additional qualitative data by reflecting on their experience in the 24-hour designsprint, their final project, and if applicable, their time in the makerspace. The studentsinterviewed mentioned increased abilities in communication skills, teamwork, presentationabilities, and time management. One engineering student and the business student stated thatthey felt the 24-hour design sprint was more impactful than the final course project, bothmentioning the rapid nature of the event. The design sprint encouraged the students to learn andperform quickly and to be efficient

Conference Session

Faculty Development: Tenure & Promotion

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Garrick Louis, University of Virginia

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New Engineering Educators

renewable energy projects in Central Virginia, Brazil, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Guatemala, the Philippines, Morocco, and Trinidad & Tobago. Undergraduate and graduate students are essential partners in Garrick’s work. Garrick is the founding director of the non-profit organization, Design-in Alternatives (DiA) that provides technical support and coordination to grassroots organizations involved in delivering water and sanitation services to developing communities. He is the founding faculty advisor for Engineering Students without Borders, and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) at the University of Virginia. His honors include the 2005 Best Paper Award from the American

Conference Session

Integrating Environmental Justice and Sustainability in K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer L. Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder; Nick A. Stites, University of Colorado Boulder; Jennifer Ramos-Chavez, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

community, and comparedair quality between El Paso, TX and Logan, UT. The EPLA students explored the impacts of thelargest thoroughfare in their community, Interstate-10, and local air quality. Their teacher sharedan anecdote that their students initially thought the air quality in El Paso was always good, butafter completing the StoryMap investigations the students realized the correlation between trafficproximity and particulate matter pollution on air quality. At InTech, the students in Logan werevery engaged in checking the AirNow.gov website to keep track of their local air quality. Theirteacher shared the story that one winter day Logan had the worst air quality in the nation, andafter that realization, the students continued to check their

Conference Session

Educational Issues in Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Yi-Lung Mo, University of Houston

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Civil Engineering

motivation, self-regulated learning, and creativity are synergized to cultivate desirableskills of self-regulated learning and innovative problem-solving for engineering students.The proposed Pedagogical Model has been developed from and integrated into a co-curriculardesign project in a mainstream civil engineering course through Nanotechnology UndergraduateEducation project. The implementation outcomes indicate that all students participated inProblem/Project-Based learning and communicated more with instructors for advice andfeedbacks. Most of students were motivated by the intellectual challenge of the course projectand actively engaged in their self-directed learning of emerging technology and innovation. Theygave positive comments on their