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Postcard Session: Experiential Learning as a High-Impact Student Experience

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Madhumi Mitra Ph.D., University of Maryland, Eastern Shore; Blake Prout, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Mohsin Mehmood; Kalah A. Cross, Morgan State University; Matt Collinge, Johns Hopkins University; Hafeez Temitope Shittu; Habilou Ouro-Koura, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

sensing and precision agriculture, and,(iii) biofuels and renewable energy. He has published more than 70 refereed articles in journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Nagchaudhuri received his baccalaureate degree from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India with honors in Mechanical Engineering. Thereafter, he worked in a multinational industry for a little over three years before joining Tulane University as a graduate student in the fall of 1987. He received master’s degree from Tulane University in 1989 and doctoral degree from Duke University 1992.Dr. Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Dr. Lei Zhang received his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical Engineering on 2011 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Conference Session

FPD 7: Beyond Course Content

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder; Nathan E. Canney PE, Seattle University

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First-Year Programs

courses Page 24.1089.10contributed to their SR, and 12% left the question blank. This seems to indicate that courses mayhave a positive impact on SR.Within the cohort of 26 students with an increase in SR, a more detailed exploration of thecontent of the course responses was conducted. Of the 15 students who indicated that a coursehad an impact, 47% were required engineering courses, 40% were non-engineering courses, and13% were elective engineering courses. Key themes in these courses described by the 15students with increased SR were: international (40%), community (33%), ethics (27%), servicelearning projects (20%), and development (20%). An

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Actively Engaging Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel J. Dickerson, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Anita Jain

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New Engineering Educators

has been working as an undergraduate researcher at the EERC since 2014 and plans to pursue a Master of Engineering degree in Engineering Management at Cornell University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 No Excuses: Use of Simple Active Learning in Electrical and Computer EngineeringAbstractStudent-centered active learning, in which students are called upon to “do” something duringclass beyond listening and note taking, should be used to some degree in STEM courses. Activelearning has a significant positive impact on learning, understanding, and retention ofinformation. Fortunately, active learning can be incorporated into a course in many ways

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Nimir Elbashir, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Hamid R. Parsaei P.E., Texas A&M University at Qatar; Elfatih E Elmalik, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Student and Curriculum Development

group has been able to work in accordance with the goals of Education Page 21.4.5 City, to provide teaching, research and community service. It has also acted in accordance with the overarching guidelines of the Qatar National Vision, aiding in both Human and Economic Development. Therefore, according to all criteria, the project has been a great success to prepare the university graduates for industry and graduate programs. The model of engaging undergraduate students in advancing GTL technologies and participate in the Fuel Characterization Lab confirm this outcome as almost 95% of the participated students (out

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The Role of Peers in Promoting Learning and Persistence

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joseph A. Lyon, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Viranga Perera, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alejandra J. Magana, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ellen Gundlach, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark Daniel Ward, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

. Thelong-term goal of this research is to understand the impact of situated learning and engaging incommunities of practice (e.g., the DMLC) on novice learners. We further intend to understandhow these novice learners develop their identities as data scientists as they progress through theDMLC. Additionally, evaluating students for a year will help us to understand changingperceptions of students in a situated learning environment. The next steps for this study are toconsider a larger sample size to extend and validate our initial coding categories. This will be doneto create more connections of student experiences through situated learning and communities ofpractice frameworks and to develop design principles for learning communities.Impact of

Conference Session

Motivation and Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John T. Solomon, Tuskegee University; Vimal Kumar Viswanathan, San Jose State University; Eric Hamilton, Pepperdine University; Chitra R. Nayak, Tuskegee University

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Educational Research and Methods

. 9[7] Skinner, E.A., and Belmont, M.J.," Motivation in the classroom: Reciprocal effects of teacher behavior and student engagement across the school year", Journal of educational psychology Vol. 85, No. 4, 1993, pp. 571.[8] Connell, J.P., and Wellborn, J.G.," Competence, autonomy, and relatedness: A motivational analysis of self-system processes", 1991.[9] Weiner, B.," An attribution theory of motivation and emotion", Series in Clinical & Community Psychology: Achievement, Stress, & Anxiety, 1982.[10] Schunk, D.H.," Introduction to the special section on motivation and efficacy", Journal of Educational Psychology Vol. 82, No. 1, 1990, pp. 3.[11] Mac Iver, D.J., Stipek, D.J., and Daniels

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego; Yousol Bae, Scripps Ranch High School; Eugene Han Lee, Canyon Crest Academy High School; Che Nevarez, Sweetwater Union High School District; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

connections to professionals in the industry have a profound impact on students enrolled in career technical courses like Digital Electronics. The content of the communications module will be kept and implemented into the curriculum of the Digital Electronics course in the future. There is definitely room for improvement and modifications, specifically surrounding pedagogical practices to hold students accountable and better measure their growth throughout the module. With a little bit more work the content will be at a point where it can be shared with other Digital Electronics instructors within our district and help engage more students in electrical engineering and communications technology.We will continue

Conference Session

Contemporary Issues in CHE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Ekenseair, University of Texas, Austin; Carolyn Bayer, University of Texas, Austin; Margaret Phillips, University of Texas, Austin

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2009-1257: IMPACT OF INTEGRATION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSIN AN ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORY: A CASE STUDYAdam Ekenseair, University of Texas, Austin Adam Ekenseair is a doctoral student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in May 2005. Currently he is working in the laboratory of Dr. Nicholas Peppas on "A Fundamental Investigation of Non-Fickian Penetrant Transport in Glassy Polymers." Adam is a Department of Defense (NDSEG) Fellow and a National Science Foundation (NSF-GREP) Fellow. He is also active in the American Institute of Chemical Engineering, the American Physical

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Student Recruitment and Retention in ET Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Scott McCrae, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Eugenia Fernandez, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

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Engineering Technology

Factors Impacting First Year Persistence in Computer Graphics Technology Abstract The retention of students is a goal that all universities strive to achieve. With more and more emphasis placed on degree completion, retaining students becomes even more important. University faculty and staff continually try to identify what possible factors affect a student’s decision to remain in their chosen field of study. Faculty in the Computer Graphics Technology (CGT) program are concerned with what factors, if any, affect the persistence of students in the CGT program. The

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Springfield's STEM Spectacle: Evaluating Engineering Excellence, D'oh!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Collins, Non-profit; Rochelle L Williams, Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

from 2 to 5 weeks, havedemonstrated significant impacts on student achievement [5]. These brief interventions providestudents with focused learning experiences and hands-on opportunities to engage with STEMconcepts, resulting in measurable improvements in academic performance and conceptualunderstanding. Such interventions play a crucial role in supplementing traditional classroominstruction and addressing gaps in STEM education, exposure, and aspirations particularlyamong underrepresented student populations.BackgroundThis paper evaluates a summer engineering program whose aim is to ignite the interest andcuriosity in STEM disciplines, particularly among underrepresented student groups. The programaddresses the challenge of exposing students

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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First-Year Programs

© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Engaging Freshman Experience – Key to Retention?AbstractIntroducing freshmen to engineering is easy, right? Or is it? Current freshmen studywhile listening to an IPOD, texting or IMing their friends, etc. So methods used byfaculty should be effective – measuring the tolerance of washers, building a circuit on abreadboard, etc. Those students not interested in these types of lab experiences should notbe engineers, right? The University of Texas at Tyler chose to try something new whilelooking to improve retention of freshmen and provide valuable content like engineeringconstraints early in an engineer’s academic career. First the history of engineering isintroduced so that students better

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Coso Strong, Georgia Institute of Technology; Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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New Engineering Educators

teaching the core material.”Brian, on the other hand, appreciated the clear expectations and the detailed nature of hisBiochemistry II instructor’s notes: “Was taught by an experienced professor who gave extremely detailed, yet easy to follow, notes during class, and had very clear expectations of what we were supposed to learn by different points in the semester.”In Dynamics, David was impacted by the teaching approach of his instructor and how thematerial was communicated: “The instructor had a wonderful teaching method that both engaged the student, ensured retention of the material, and covered a large volume of material throughout the course.”One-third of the discussions focused on the interpersonal rapport of

Conference Session

Tips and Tricks for Actively Engaging Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth, Brigham Young University; Donna Harp Ziegenfuss, University of Utah; Matthew W. Roberts, Southern Utah University

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

presentation strategies forvisual communication, including recommending an increased use of in-class board work (i.e.using the whiteboard or chalkboard) and appropriately using other types of teaching technologies(e.g. presentation software). Participants were also provided an overview of effective classroompresentation strategies for verbal communication, including maintaining a strong vocal presenceand using questioning techniques to enhance student engagement and learning. Similarly,participants were provided a session focusing on understanding the importance of effectivelyusing and reading nonverbal behavior.Another session introduced participants to Lowman’s 2D model of teaching, which suggests thatfaculty can become better teachers by increasing

Conference Session

Design Across the Curriculum

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen L. Bollenbach, University of Virginia; Erika D. Powell, University of Virginia; Stephanie L. Moore, University of Virginia; James F. Groves, University of Virginia

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Design in Engineering Education

conversationswith one another and their instructor. As a result of these interactions, the students’ sense ofcommunity increases, their motivation grows, and their respect for peers deepens, leading to agreater sense of academic engagement and satisfaction.6, 7 Students feel engaged, and theirperformance and persistence increases.6For online students, the limited student-to-student contact and narrow, text-based form ofcommunication typical in many online (particularly asynchronous) programs make communitybuilding more difficult.8 If community is not carefully crafted in these environments, learning isnegatively impacted, and students focus less on learning and more on seeking out the communitythat they desire.6, 9 If the need for community is not met

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International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qunqun Liu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Bo Yang

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International

Collaborative Engineering Education upon the Epistemological Development of Chinese Engineering StudentsAbstractInternational collaborative engineering education facilitates the efforts of launching multiplecross-cultural cooperative programs and has enhanced the international learning experiencesof engineering students. Intense effort has been geared towards understanding students’academic performance or extracurricular experience as a result of these internationalcollaborative activities. Considering the impact of students’ epistemic thinking on theiracademic performance, this study applied modified Perry’s theory to examine the impact ofinternational collaborative engineering education upon the epistemological development ofengineering

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Track 4 - Session II - Student and Curriculum Development II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Qin Zhu, Purdue University; Julia D Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Andrea Mazzurco, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sang Eun Woo, Purdue University

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Student and Curriculum Development

Global Engineering Competencies and CasesWhether working on multi-national project teams, navigating geographically dispersed supplychains, or engaging customers and clients abroad, engineering graduates encounter worlds ofprofessional practice that are increasingly global in character. This new reality poses challengesfor engineering educators and employers, who are faced with the formidable task of preparingengineers to be more effective in diverse global contexts. In response, more global learningopportunities are being made available to engineering students, as reflected in gradual yet steadyincreases in the number of global engineering programs and participating students.1 Manycompanies are also offering professional development

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George Roesch Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Engineering Professional Development

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First-Year Programs

broader sense of a learning community. In order toquickly engage the students, and encourage them to think like “experts,” the composition classfirst focused on the students’ use of social media and games. Introducing the contemporarytopics of social media and game-based learning immediately drew students into the course asthey monitored their computer use, or played and evaluated different educational games. In classthey became the experts as they discussed their findings, and this feeling of ownership continuedinto the semester as they explored parallel themes that over lapped with the Grand Challengescourse. Class discussion flourished because students were required to write a three partstructured reaction paper for each assigned reading that

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Active Learning and Undergraduate Research in ET

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Mirim Kim, Texas A&M University; Jyhwen Wang, Texas A&M University; Myeongsun Yoon, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology

. Inaddition to better incentivizing students to participate and try their best, additional data will becollected to expand the sample population. These additional data will allow for the moreparticipants with strong or moderate preferences to be analyzed. This would improve the findingsand help determine the role of learning style preference on the impact of experiential learningactivities. Additional statistical analyses will also attempt to better examine the interaction ofexperiential learning exercise timing and learning style. Given the growing interest in the widerengineering education community for experiential learning and the ET community’s long historywith this topic, this will likely be an interesting and fruitful future research

Conference Session

Course Structuring for Effective Student Engagement

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Conrad, Portland State University; Kenneth Lamb, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Timothy James Pfeiffer P.E., Foundation Engineering, Inc.

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Civil Engineering

advises engineers to use active voice [11].Technical writers sometimes refer to a study that found administrators prefer active voice andsubjects that are human agents (the "doers" of the action, e.g., "we evaluated the design") whileengineers prefer agentless passives (e.g., "the design was evaluated") [12]; they suggest toengineering students that they use active voice when writing for administrators and passiveswhen writing to other engineers [13]. However, this finding came from one survey withdecontextualized examples. Even if it were generalizable, the distinction would be difficult toapply in civil engineering since civil engineers often have mixed audiences: regulators who havean administrative function but are also engineers, immediate

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Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Mental Frameworks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Heather S. Lewis, Texas A&M University; Astrid Layton, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

is different,resulting in a different senior design experience; however, the goal of the program is to graduatemechanical engineers with high design self-efficacy. This study collected 491 student exit surveyresponses over the course of five semesters to investigate the impact of student projectexperience on four design self-efficacy self-concepts (confidence, motivation, success, andanxiety). Seven factors were used to determine differences between student experiences: gender,project sponsor type, project validation method used, average weekly effort expended outside ofclass, project satisfaction, project sponsor satisfaction, and sponsor guidance provided. Theanalysis found that student effort and overall project satisfaction were related

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FPD V: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-year Students

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carrie Robinson, Arizona State University; James Collofello, Arizona State University

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First-Year Programs

faculty members in their major. For example, one studentexplained: I loved being an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant and am extremely glad that I applied for this position. I have already applied for next semester, and plan on applying every semester until I am unable to anymore. It was the most positive experience I have had at [University] so far. I have made friends through the program that are in the major and can relate to the courses I am taking, and have a [University] professor know me personally.This meaningful contact with the engineering community appeared to consequently have apositively impact the UGTAs’ success as engineering students. Feedback shows that theexperience of serving as a UGTA

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Innovative Adult and Technology Enhanced Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne M. Kresta, University of Alberta; Uttandaraman Sundararaj, University of Calgary; John A. Nychka, University of Alberta

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Continuing Professional Development

visualization of materials concepts through demonstrations and experiential learning through hands on exercises. Page 22.301.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Building an Engaged, Collaborative, and Inspired Teaching CultureIn the early 1990’s, the University of Alberta was already using teaching awards, peerconsultation, and student course evaluations to motivate better teaching. While the culture waspositive, it was not informed or intentional. Over the last twenty years, the faculty has growndramatically, many new instructors have been hired, class sizes have increased, and the

Collection

ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Charlotte Gottilla, University of Delaware

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Diversity

, hascompleted projects in Guatemala, Cameroon, the Philippines, and Bolivia. As the chapter’slongest-running project, the ongoing program in Malawi offers a case study of a student-ledengineering project that has endured for ten years, impacting the quality of life of over 7000community members in Malawi and the professional development of dozens of undergraduatestudents. In this paper, the author outlines the model used at UD and highlights key factors in theprogram’s success in facilitating student learning and producing community benefits for partnersin Malawi. The paper examines the impact of project ownership and accountability, effectiveonboarding, and annual travel on student engagement and learning. Additionally, an emphasis onsustainability, a

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ChE Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Krantz, National University of Singapore

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Chemical Engineering

AC 2008-74: ORAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS WORKSHOP FOR STUDENTSIN ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCEWilliam Krantz, National University of Singapore Page 13.955.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Oral Communication Skills Workshop for Students in Engineering and Applied ScienceAbstractThis paper provides an overview of a two-week non-credit workshop that focuses on the skillsneeded for effective formal oral and poster technical presentations. It is required for all graduatestudents in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the NationalUniversity of Singapore. Special considerations are a relatively large number of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Students' Development of Computational and Programming Skills

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela Minichiello P.E., Utah State University; Muhammad Asghar P.E., Utah State University; Ebenezer Ewumi, Washington State University; Candis S. Claiborn, Washington State University; Olusola Adesope, Washington State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

two predominantlyWhite, western land-grant institutions: Utah State University and Washington State University.This paper focuses on the characterization of E/CS student participation across five HIP (i.e.,global learning and study abroad, internships, learning communities, service and community-based learning, and undergraduate research) that have been shown to be effective for improvingstudents’ academic, personal, and practical outcomes. While opportunities to engage in these fiveactivities are supported and/or provided by the engineering colleges and/or computer sciencedepartments at both institutions, these five activities can be considered to be extracurricular (i.e.,optional or voluntary) in the context of engineering and computer

Conference Session

Fostering Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Emelina Coso, Georgia Institute of Technology; Reid Bailey, University of Virginia

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Educational Research and Methods

when discussing themajor advantages and disadvantages of interdisciplinary team projects. In addition, students‟previous experiences on team projects were shown to directly affect their responses to thequestions throughout both stages of the study.IntroductionTo address changes in the field of engineering and the challenges that engineers will face in thecoming decades, engineering education is currently experiencing a movement towardinterdisciplinary courses and curricula at universities across the country1-5. Despite this increasein interdisciplinary engineering educational opportunities, researchers are only beginning tocharacterize the impacts these interdisciplinary experiences have on engineering students5-8.Within these courses and

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karinna M. Vernaza, Gannon University; Saeed Tiari, Gannon University; Scott Steinbrink, Gannon University; Lin Zhao, Gannon University; Varun K. Kasaraneni, Gannon University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, motivation, scholarships, community service project, student successSection I: IntroductionThe “Scholars of Excellence in Engineering and Computer Sciences” (SEECS) program wasestablished in 2008 at Gannon University, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF)Scholarships in Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program [1].Since then, the grant has been funded twice more; the current award period started in 2017 andwill run until 2021. The goals of the program, the structure, and its assessment have beenpublished in several conferences [2] - [4]. One of the highlights of the program is that allstudents must participate in a community-based design project, undertaken for a non-profit entityin the local region. This project

Conference Session

FPD II: Increasing Engagement and Motivation of First-Year Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicky Wolmarans, University of Cape Town, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE); Corrinne Shaw, University of Cape Town, Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Centre for Research in Engineering Education (CREE)

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First-Year Programs

subsequent projects.Fluency in an Engineering DiscourseThrough their engagement on the course our intention is that our students will recognise civilengineering as encompassing a broad range of specialisations, certainly beyond onlydesigning and building structures. This recognition should include values such as thecentrality of people in civil engineering and to value the notion of civil engineering as sciencein the service of communities.Our second objective is to develop the generic skills needed for success as a student and aprofessional. These include: problem solving; computing; experimentation; teamwork;communication, both formal and interpersonal; and time and study management. To a largeextent the generic skills identified as important are

Conference Session

Study Abroad, International Exchange Programs, and Student Engagements

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donal McHale, Dublin Institute of Technology; Gül E. Okudan Kremer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brian Bowe, Dublin Institute of Technology

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International

focused on engineering problem solving. Theseapproaches range from “course level” technology enabled virtual international collaborationsthrough to full-student exchange programs where the experience of an adaption and totalimmersion in a different cultural setting is possible. In general, the key drivers of the choiceof approach are: (1) Availability of funds to sustain the programs, and (2) Faculty buy-in.Given the impact of global recession on many educational budgets, it is imperative tounderstand the actual benefits in total immersion programs in comparison to internationalvirtual collaboration efforts. Indeed, a review of the literature did not provide conclusiveevidence. For example, while there are several papers discussing the benefits

Conference Session

Engineering in High Schools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Carolyn Parker, George Washington University; John Raczek, University of Maryland; Bruce Jarrell, University of Maryland-School of Medicine; Taryn Bayles, University of Maryland-Baltimore County; Julia Ross, University of Maryland-Baltimore County

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2007-2273: THE INSPIRES CURRICULUM: ENGAGING FUTUREENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTSGreg Russ, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Gregory Russ graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2006 with a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is currently pursuing a MS degree in Chemical Engineering with a focus on Engineering Education, also from UMBC. He is a member of several prestigious honor societies, most notably the engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi.Jonathan Rice, University of Maryland-Baltimore County Jonathan Rice is a graduate student in the Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Department at UMBC. He received his Bachelors degree from UMBC in May 2006