Conference Session

Tools, Identities, and Personality in Engineering Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Elizabeth Nortz, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

in Engineering Education: A (Mini) Meta-Analysis,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 223–229, 2001.[7]​ J. L. Hess and G. Fore, “A Systematic Literature Review of US Engineering Ethics Interventions,” Sci. Eng. Ethics, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 551–583, 2018.[8]​ S. Niles, S. Contreras, S. Roudbari, J. Kaminsky, and J. L. Harrison, “Resisting and Assisting Engagement with Public Welfare in Engineering Education,” J. Eng. Educ., vol. 109, no. 3, pp. 491–507, 2020.[9]​ E. A. Conlon, “The New Engineer: Between Employability and Social Responsibility,” Eur. J. Eng. Educ., vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 151–159, 2008.[10]​ J. Erickson, S. Claussen, J. A. Leydens, K. E. Johnson, and J. Y. Tsai, “Real-world Examples and Sociotechnical

Conference Session

Honoring the Legacy of Lisa Bullard: A View of the Present and Future

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Taryn Melkus Bayles, University of Pittsburgh; Emily R Kerr, University of Pittsburgh

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

University of Pittsburgh is structured differently frommost programs, in that our students take their core six-credit ChE classes in a ‘block-schedule’which immerses them in four ~two-hour classes each week, with the fifth class each week spent ina one-credit experimental laboratory. Importantly, for the student, it provides larger blocks of timeto actively engage in learning in the classroom with the support of the instructor. The ‘lectures’are split into 5–10-minute blocks and the students engage in doing – with think, pair, share;brainstorming; starting a problem solution or derivation; thinking of a real-world application;connecting to their laboratory experiment; predicting an outcome; critiquing a computer code;summarizing what was covered

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ingrid Buckley, Florida Gulf Coast University; Bogdan Carbunar, Florida International University; Juan P Sotomayor, Florida International University; Peter J Clarke, Florida International University

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

the Cyber Florida project are to create new cybersecurity learning materialsand develop faculty expertise to significantly increase the number of students who are exposed tocybersecurity attacks and defensive techniques and tools to protect ICT. The project’s first objec-tive is to create new cybersecurity digital learning objects, referred to simply as learning objects(LOs), and tool tutorials to be hosted in SEP-CyLE that improve the students (i) conceptual un-derstanding of cybersecurity concepts and (ii) practical skills in applying cybersecurity techniquesto real applications. The second objective is to conduct a workshop for Florida college facultyto develop faculty expertise in cybersecurity and form a learning community that can

Conference Session

Evaluation and Assessment for Engineering Leadership Programs

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Estelle Oliva-Fisher, University of Toronto; Emily Moore, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

experience pushed me to look beyond traditional leadership paradigms, emphasizing adaptability, self-reflection, and the power of collective action through our "Change Projects." I particularly valued the blend of structured sessions and more personalized, off-cycle coaching, which not only helped me refine my role…but also challenged me to integrate innovative strategies into real-world challenges. (Fellow, post Survey II)Learning is the degree to which participants acquired the intended knowledge, skills, attitude,confidence and commitment based on their participation [10]. In the pre-survey, the learningoutcomes that were self-assessed lowest by the Fellows were those that required some degree ofknowledge of

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 3: Design of Novel Energy-Related Courses and Course Materials

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amanda Simson, The Cooper Union; Benjamin Davis

.[18] N. R. Weber, J. Strobel, M. A. Dyehouse, C. Harris, R. David, J. Fang, and I. Hua, “First-year students' environmental awareness and understanding of environmental sustainabilitythrough a life cycle assessment module,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 103, no. 1, pp.154–181, 2014.[19] H. Mälkki and K. Alanne, “An overview of life cycle assessment (LCA) and research-basedteaching in renewable and Sustainable Energy Education,” Renewable and Sustainable EnergyReviews, vol. 69, pp. 218–231, 2017.[20] S. M. Remington‐Doucette, K. Y. Hiller Connell, C. M. Armstrong, and S. L. Musgrove,“Assessing Sustainability Education in a transdisciplinary undergraduate course focused on real‐world problem solving,” International Journal of

Conference Session

Best in DEED

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Megan Hammond, University of Indianapolis; Joan Martinez, University of Indianapolis; Elizabeth Ziff, University of Indianapolis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

past few decades, there has been a push for engineering curriculum to better engagewith the global, ethical, and societal impacts of the field and to prepare students to engage in amulticultural and diverse workspace and world. In an effort to introduce diversity in design andto troubleshoot the concept of the universal user, we adapted the display compatibilityquestionnaire from Smith’s study of display-control stereotype designs, and presented the samedesign questions to 21st century first-year engineering students, non-engineering students, andnon-engineering professionals. This work explores current societal impacts such as gender, age,and occupation on the user expectation of a control’s display and user-interface design.Additionally, the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erica Haugtvedt, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Duane Lewis Abata, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

is an important role model for women in Science and Engineering.Her contribution to calculate Bernoulli numbers with the Analytical Engine has since beensuccessfully translated, with minor changes, to the C programming language. As a Victoriancomputer programmer, it is crucial to remember that she achieved her insights throughtranslating between languages, people, disciplines, and between the imaginary and the real. Indoing so, Lovelace was a woman of her time, demonstrating that the intersections of her socio-economic and gender identity allowed her to be successful despite the dominant patriarchalscientific culture in which she worked. She is thus a valuable historical example for womentoday, showing that women have long made valuable

Conference Session

Preparation for Graduate Research

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bala Ram P.E., North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Tobin N. Walton, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephanie Teixeira-Poit

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

to persist and succeed. In theexample given here, such dissonance could result from the Female engineering student’s real or perceivedinability to quickly and successfully execute engineering tasks, but also from the lack of correspondencebetween the student’s identity as a female and the traditional stereotypes about engineering as anormatively masculine and predominantly White field (Godwin, et al., 2016; Jorgenson, 2002). The research presented in this paper is grounded in a novel integration of a broad range ofidentity theories. This integrative framework centers on three distinct elements found in a wide-range ofidentity theories and embodied in recent work in social psychology. Walton and Jones (2018) integratedkey aspects of

Conference Session

Curricular Developments in Energy Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Ian Gravagne, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

(“senior design”) course, as well as technical electives in solar energy, robotics and engineering mathematics. His principal research interests are the engineering applications of dynamic equations on time scales and energy education. He can be contacted at Ian_Gravagne@baylor.edu. Page 13.491.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Energy Awareness Efforts at Baylor UniversityAbstractUnderstanding energy, where it comes from, and how it is used, will become increasinglyimportant in the future. At Baylor University, the authors have undertaken two efforts to helpthe public and students

Conference Session

International Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fazil Najafi, University of Florida; Kirandeep Kaur, University of Florida; Sarah Jayasekaran, University of Florida

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International

at its widest inthe northern entrance which is almost 253.176 miles and at its narrowest point of barely 9.2064miles at the southern end. The Straits of Malacca is recognized world-wide as one of the busiestwaterway in the world. It is strategically located for movements of vessels to the east and west ofthe globe. On average about 200 vessels of various types ply the route daily.The Malaysia and Qatar oil spill contingency plans area have tiered response system, whichdefines a clear responsibility and authority for any tier in the tiered response. Of late the Straitsof Malacca is facing an increasing threat of serious oil pollution from ships. Oil is beingdeliberately discharged or spilled as a result of collision. A few major incidents

Conference Session

Installation, Integration, and Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Kremer, Ohio University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Energy Conversion and Conservation

companies 6. Examples of work experience, and other meaningful activities with some type of real world connection are important differentiators 7. Responses to behavioral interviewing questions that examine things like change management, time priorities, managing through conflict, diversity, humility (can they ask a dumb question) etc. 8. Positive attitude, passion and enthusiasm - assessed at the interview 9. Critical thinking and problem solving, or the ability to think their way through a problem and defend an answer when there is no right answer - assessed at the interview. this is seen as more important than technical knowledge because it's easier to train employees in that than in the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Learning Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ellen M. Swartz, North Dakota State University; Mary Pearson, North Dakota State University; Lauren Singelmann, North Dakota State University; Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

students in the Fargo-Moorhead area.Ryan Striker P.E., North Dakota State University Ryan Striker is a life-long learner. Ryan has over a decade of professional experience designing embed- ded electronic hardware for industrial, military, medical, and automotive applications. Ryan is currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. He previously earned his MS in Systems Engineering from the University of Saint Thomas and his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.Mr. Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, North Dakota State University Experienced Systems Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the electrical and electronic manufacturing field. Highly

Conference Session

Issues of Outreach and Interest in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meagan C Pollock, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

and most diverse representation of STEM professionals to students. InAugust of 2012, the inaugural training workshops were conducted as an effort to "Equip anArmy" of volunteers to go forth and: 1) Share with students why they love working in STEMcareers, 2) Explain to students the impact they can have on the world by working in STEM, and3) Show students the diversity of real-life women and men in STEM. Using guided, inquirybased instruction and learning, participants/volunteers reflected on their personal stories, anddeveloped strategies for how to talk to students about STEM careers using correct and positivemessaging[11].Two workshops were conducted, and evaluations and reflections from the first, informed thesecond. Each workshop was

Conference Session

Outreach Along the K-12 Pathways to Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet L. Yowell, University of Colorado Boulder; Malinda S Zarske, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provides female engineers with the real-world connectionthat many have reported helps retain women in technical fields. In addition, their data suggest ahigher confidence level regarding engineering content, another factor linked to retaining womenin engineering.”12 This supports the idea that female students are more positively impacted byeducation-related service activities than male students.With regard to the value of engineering education on K-12 students, there is agreement amongresearchers that early exposure to engineering does increase the pipeline of students who enterthe engineering field as well contribute in some fashion to the self-efficacy of those who pursueengineering later on as a career.Research GoalsWe find that, supporting the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Norine Meyer; Deborah Fisher; Cynthia Villanueva; Amy Strobel

for girls. The classoffered entry-level and sophomore students a head start in team collaboration under the directionof advanced undergraduate female students in a project management environment.Course PurposeThe course had a multi-purpose agenda – addressing both retention of women engineers in theschool and offering the students basic engineering skills while raising awareness on the need torecruit girls into engineering. Tasked with designing a recruitment video, the students weredirected to: 1) address issues of female pre-college attrition in the math and science realm; 2)portray challenges and opportunities for women at the university level and in the work world;and 3) create a strategy (story) that would encourage young girls to view

Conference Session

Sustainability and Student Health in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sepehr Khorshid, The University of Alabama; Raissa Seichi Marchiori, The University of Alabama; Siyuan Song, The University of Alabama

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

thecurriculum. For personal stress, initiatives like mindfulness sessions and emotional intelligenceworkshops can enhance students’ resilience. Academically, offering time management coursesand stress reduction techniques helps manage workload pressures. Enhancing soft skills, crucialfor both academic success and career readiness, involves communication and teamworkworkshops, coupled with real-world project experiences. To mitigate work-related stress, careercounseling, industry engagement through webinars, and practical advice on navigating jobmarkets are key. These strategies collectively aim to prepare students not just for professionalchallenges but also to enhance their personal development and academic performance, creating awell-rounded

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Franny Howes, Oregon Institute of Technology; Wendy Michelle Olson, Washington State University, Vancouver; Dave Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

SM Lab Report How and in what ways does obesity affect the For this lab we explored how binary addition human population? This affects nations and subtraction works and how to set this up. worldwide and poses a constant health threat We were able to see and display how one and to civilizations itself…. Obesity is affecting two’s complement is applied in a real world children in the country and around the world setting with the use of an LED strip. If the whether they live in rural or urban areas and LED was lit it would be interpreted as 1 and if some reasons for obesity are the lack of a part of the LED was off it would be healthy fresh foods, and huge food producers

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session II - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Eck Doerry, Northern Arizona University; Harvey Charles, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Student Development

available, and internship providers are eager to accept interns able to contribute real work. 2. Longer internships. In most of the engineering world outside the U.S., employers expect interns to commit at least four months to a practical experience; it is very difficult to find U.S.-style 8-12 week summer internships abroad. The six-month internships planned into the GSEP model accommodate this expectation, opening many more internship opportunities while also providing GSEP scholars with a truly meaningful professional Page 21.29.10 immersion experience. 3. Built-in lead time. GSEP policy requires students to be

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 1 - Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Chene Chetcuti, United States Military Academy; Brodie Hoyer, United States Military Academy; Aaron T Hill Jr. P.E., United States Military Academy; Drew Alan Curriston

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

Academy in the Department of Civil & Mechanical Engineering, responsible for teaching, scholarship, and leadership at the Academy and Department levels. He was commissioned as an Engineer Officer from the U.S. Military Academy in 1997, where he majored in Civil Engineering. He has served in a variety of assignments around the world, including Afghanistan, the Sinai Peninsula, Bosnia, and Croatia. COL Hill served in the department from 2006-2009 and from 2016 to the present. Along the way, he earned Master’s degrees in Engineering Management (Missouri S&T) and Civil Engineering (Virginia Tech) and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (The University of Texas at Austin). He has taught several courses in the civil

Conference Session

Undergraduate Research and a Force and Moment Lab

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Audrey Pang, Sandia National Laboratories; Carolyn Conner Seepersad, University of Texas, Austin; Sheldon Landsberger, University of Texas, Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

opportunities to engage inexperiential learning by applying material taught in the classroom to real-world applications andproblem solving. These experiences allow undergraduate students to take an active role in theireducation and help to expand students’ knowledge base outside of the day-to-day classroomproblem sets and exams. Undergraduate research participation and similarly aimed immersivelearning opportunities have been linked with increasing student confidence [1] and interest inSTEM based careers [2-4], as well as self-efficacy [5,6], and ultimately college and programretention rates [4,5,7,8]. Although the benefits of undergraduate research are significant, the real and perceived barriersto entry for first- and second-year students are

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Capstone Showcase

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brayden A Martinez EIT, Miyamoto International; William R Adam, Buro Happold

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

construction projects that havetaken place in Poly Canyon since 2017. These recent senior capstone projects mirror the processpractitioners follow in a design-build project and helps students develop a host of technicalengineering, construction, and management skills. The typical workflow is: 1. (a) Investigation and documentation of the structure’s as-built condition to determine necessary repairs to achieve structural/safety compliance (for restoration), or (b) Site selection, surveying, and conceptual design (for new construction); 2. Preparation of a professional structural drawing and calculation package in accordance with applicable building codes; 3. Revisions per their faculty advisor, licensed structural engineer reviewer

Conference Session

Nuclear and Radiological Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yoonjo Jo Jo Lee, University of Missouri; Matthew Paul Simones, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri; John C. Kennedy, University of Missouri; Hakan Us; Philip F. Makarewicz, University of Missouri; Janese Annetta Neher, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute-University of Missouri Columbia; Mark A. Prelas, University of Missouri, Columbia

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Nuclear and Radiological

Labs. Here, engineering students had the opportunity toconsider the real-world economics but also try to project the cost of a R&D program in the state.The students felt that preparing the economics portion of the primer well was essential to theentire primer. Until recently, thorium-based MSRs have never been fully realized as a viable reactorconcept so the economic cost projections are somewhat based on speculation and best-estimates.In 2011, the Chinese Academy of Science

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leann Dourte Segan, University of Pennsylvania; Emily R Elliott, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

Sciences from the University of California, San Fran- cisco (2012), and was an HHMI postdoctoral science teaching fellow, conducting education research, at Iowa State University from 2012 to 2014. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Group Problem Solving Coupled with Hands-on Activities: Conceptual Gains and Student Confidence in an Introductory Biomechanics CourseIntroductionIntroduction to Biomechanics is a required sophomore-level course focusing on the applicationof statics and mechanics to biologic tissue at the University of Pennsylvania. To succeed,students must have an understanding of both mathematical and applicable physical

Conference Session

Factors Affecting Student Performance

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy; Leslie Brunell, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gunnar Tamm, U.S. Military Academy; Ozer Arnas, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

application was developed at Stevens Institute ofTechnology for a fluid mechanics course.The methods and outcomes of the three studies are assessed and compared in this paper. Studentattitudes toward the process and their perceived value of peer review as a learning tool are alsoexamined, based on anonymous survey results. It was found that although apprehensive at first,students eventually took to the idea and its purpose. Surprisingly, data also indicated that peerreview grades provided by students matched well with grades provided by the instructors,evidencing that the students took the review process seriously and understood the review criteria.Finally, this paper discusses future work on this project to validate the value of peer review as

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University; Donald Plumlee, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

universityprograms from adopting progressive instructional practices and instead:  Incorporate problem- and project-based learning using real-world engineering situations.  Leverage internships and co-ops (the “cooperative” experience alternates semesters of academic study with semesters of full-time employment).  Reduce any academic content no longer essential to future employment.  Add non-technical collaboration and communications skills throughout the engineering curriculum.  Participate in ongoing dialog with industry about engineering work opportunities.Industry. Likewise, the coalition will work with industrial partners to employ practices thatimprove ramp-up time, such as:  Performance-based training that

Conference Session

CPDD Technical Session 2 - Trends in Student and Faculty Support

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Colbry, Michigan State University; Astri Briliyanti; Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University; Julie Rojewski, Michigan State University

. Discuss facilitation strategies for responding to Anticipating Challenges questions; managing strong personalities; adjusting the agenda in real time; handling the unexpected, etc.Most of our TTT participants had some experience with facilitating non-technical content beforeparticipating in our program, and many also had more traditional experience in classroomteaching or technical training. The focus of this TTT program was on facilitating highlyinteractive materials that include a variety of small and large group activities. Participants spenttime practicing facilitation skills in different contexts, including working with case studies insmall groups and leading a large group in

Collection

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

Brooks Michael Leftwich, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

A Systematized Literature Review of Scholarship on Ethical Development and Perspective-taking in Engineering Students Brooks M. Leftwich* Purdue University bleftwic@purdue.eduAbstractThis report is a systematized literature review of published journal articles about frameworks,models, theories, and approaches that support one’s ethical development with a focus onperspective-taking as an integral part of that experience. Ethical development is essential toengineering students because the decisions they make – whether good or bad, right, or wrong –impact individuals, communities, the environment, and even the world

Conference Session

Special Topics: Conscious Considerations

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Doris J. Espiritu, Wilbur Wright College; Bridget Eileen O'Connell, Wilbur Wright College; David Potash, Wilbur Wright College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

inclusiveexcellence (the students were both “normal” Wright College students and “special” in the EP toUIUC).Although most counselors have agreed that community colleges offer cost savings and have aneasy application process, parents, students and counselors do not view the open enrollment system(100% of applicants are accepted) as positive. The lack of selectivity is often equated to lack ofacademic rigor leading to the false belief that selectivity equates with excellence. Scholars such asGina Ann Garcia have made compelling arguments that academic quality can flourish at thecommunity college level [20]. Nonetheless, students, parents, and high school partners are oftenskeptical of Wright College’s programs. All these resulted in a very small initial

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Merrill, Illinois State University; Rodney Custer, Illinois State University; Jenny Daugherty, University of Illinois,-Urbana-Champaign; Martin Westrick, University of Illinois,-Urbana-Champaign; Yong Zeng, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, application, andanalysis/synthesis). As could be anticipated, the highest net score gain occurred at thecomprehension level (2.07) and the lowest score gain was obtained at the analysis/synthesis level(.53) (see Table 3).As noted above, focus group discussion indicates that the level of students’ understanding mayexceed that suggested by the test score data. For example, a common observation of students washow the three engineering concept dimensions interact with one another in real world Page 12.443.10engineering design situations. Specifically, students commented on how optimized engineeringdesigns routinely require tradeoffs among constraints (e.g

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Hall, Louisiana Tech University; Stan Cronk, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

. Page 14.619.2Gustafson, McCaul, and Soboyejo conducted a survey of 280 alumni during the academic year2000-2001. Asked how their undergraduate experiences could have better prepared them fortheir professional careers, their top four responses included5: ≠ Changes in the content of engineering courses, including the use of current technology and software, more industry interactions, and real-world context; ≠ More involvement in professional organizations; ≠ An increased use of trade/professional publications within the curriculum; and ≠ Increased focus on professional skills, including ethics, teamwork, and communication.Several have reported the need to teach and encourage students to use library resources such astrade