Conference Session

Engineering and Sustainability

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Lucena, Colorado School of Mines; Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines; Jon Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Junko Munakata-Marr, Colorado School of Mines; Jay Straker, Colorado School of Mines; Marcelo Simoes, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Ethics

andcurriculum development: the role of engineers in humanitarian activities. Additionally, reforminitiatives in science and engineering (S&E) graduate education have yet to realize their potentialfor integrating ethics into curricula. Addressing such challenges, this paper will describeactivities to date of an interdisciplinary faculty team at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM)working on the development of graduate-level curriculum in humanitarian engineering ethics(HEE). The HEE faculty team has 1) reviewed and critically assessed relations betweenhumanitarianism and engineering in order to develop an applicable concept of humanitarianethics (HE) in engineering education and practice; 2) researched barriers and opportunities in thedevelopment and

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Marla E. Hacker; Thomas M. West

admitted to the program. Since completion of theprogram requires approximately four years of part-time study, we have just recently reached apoint of having a critical mass of graduates from this program. Twelve students representingeight companies have received their Manufacturing Engineering Masters Degrees through thisdistance learning program.III. Graduate Level Distance Education LearningsFrom the Perspective of the Graduates- A survey was recently administered to the graduates ofthis program in order to gather data for continuous improvement. The graduates of this programare engineers and/or managers at Boeing, Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix, Intel, Wacker Siltronics,Sun, Sequent Computers and S.E.H. America. The survey requested information

Conference Session

Epistemic Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jamon W. Opgenorth; Carrie Beth Reardan, Epistemic Games; Nathan Patrick Haggerty, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Clayton Guy Lepak

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Educational Research and Methods

engineering enrollment (23%) occurs between the freshmen andsophomore year [5].Once they pass this point, however, women who do commit to a major inengineering are as likely as men to graduate as engineers [6]. Moreover, those women whochoose to leave after the first year perform as well or better than their peers in their freshmenclasses [5]. In other words, competent women are disproportionately opting out of engineeringcareers during their first year.First year undergraduate courses thus play a pivotal role in a student’s decision to major inengineering. But current first year programs do not motivate enough women to becomeengineers.Recent studies show that women are generally more interested in science and engineering whenit involves teamwork

Conference Session

Diversity, Inclusion, and Representation in STEM

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Sophie Stine, University of Colorado Boulder; Tiera Tanksley, University of Colorado Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

] - significant challenges persist. Programs continue to struggle withrecruiting and retaining students from LMICs [7], and those who do enroll report encounteringembedded structural racism within both educational and professional contexts [3].Despite growing recognition of these challenges, little research has examined how a deficitmindset manifests within humanitarian engineering education, particularly given these programs'explicit commitments to diversity and social justice. Drawing from interviews with studentsacross US graduate programs in humanitarian engineering, this study examines how institutionalpractices, programmatic approaches, and field assumptions can perpetuate deficit-based thinking,even as programs strive to address global inequities

Collection

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

Shantanu Gupta, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Mary E. Johnson Ph.D., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Jiansen Wang, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

project, the instructorintentionally assembles student teams that have similar project interests, but also from diverseeducation, experience, and cultural backgrounds. By advocating inclusion and diversity in studentteams, the instructor aims to simulate a realistic working environment in industry and allowstudents to bring their perspectives from various backgrounds. Research to understand the valueof diverse student teams may inform educators as to the pedagogical value and provide support forincluding such teams in graduate courses. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36126In this paper, the authors explore the reasons of intentionally

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

" to 7"Even the instructor could not have done better". The categories of course-content relatedquality indicators are listed in Table 2.Concurrent Studies NI ELVIS was invented by physics professors Paul Dixon and Tim Usher in collaborationwith National Instruments4. The two professors and NI are working closely to promote thedevelopment of educational curricula to bring the new technology to undergraduate and graduate Page 9.468.4institutions. This effort has been endorsed and will be supported by a grant of approximately Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Supporting Transfer Pathways

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Radha Aravamudhan, San Jose State University; Maria Chierichetti, San Jose State University

Tagged Topics

Conference Submission, Diversity

studentsfrom graduating in 2-3 years. The most recent data from Fall 2021 Aerospace Engineering transferstudents’ data reveals that though transfer students (from approximately 25 different communitycolleges) admitted to the program are typically expected to have earned enough units to reachjunior standing, only 10% of the students have completed the Math and science requirements and3% have all the required engineering core courses even though many of the community collegesoffer these courses. In order to support the transfer students and URM students in particular, it isimportant to understand the underlying causes for challenges that students face in their transferpathway. In this study, the researchers will use surveys, interviews and student

Conference Session

Communication Skills in Aerospace Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Crossley; Melanie Thom; James Thom

students graduate. The effortswere found to be hampered by a lack of precision in the terms, a lack of metrics with which tomeasure student performance, and a lack of specific goals and requirements perceived asnecessary for successful design activities. Numerous studies reviewed during the research havehad stated goals and objectives; however, the goals lacked sufficient specificity to facilitatemeasuring success or failure.The purpose of the study was to first identify a set of specific skills perceived as important byindustry practitioners and to then compare this set of skills to those perceived by engineeringeducators as industry-desired. This would determine if the sets of skills given by thepractitioners and the educators intersected. A

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University; Timothy J. Pettit, National University

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #26260Assimilating Sustainability Concepts in Engineering Management GraduateProgram Capstone ProjectsMr. Ben D Radhakrishnan, National University Prof. Ben D Radhakrishnan is currently a full time Faculty in the School of Engineering, Technology and Media (SETM), National University, San Diego, California, USA. He develops and teaches Engineering and Sustainability Management graduate level courses. Ben has taught Sustainability workshops in Los Angeles (Army) and San Diego (SDGE). His special interests and research include promoting Leadership in Sustainability Practices, energy management of Data Centers and to

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Dale N. Buechler

Investigating the Mathematical Background of Engineering Graduates to Improve Student Retention Dale N. Buechler Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeAbstract – We have found through the use of pretests that a significant number of the studentsentering into our core engineering classes do not have the proper mathematics background tosucceed, requiring significant review of key concepts from prerequisite classes. The poormathematical background of students is also a major contributing factor in the retention ofstudents in our engineering programs. In an attempt to sort out the factors that contribute to thisproblem, this study

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Two-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Chitra N. Javdekar, Massachusetts Bay Community College; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

counterparts.Many industries, including Advanced Manufacturing lack sufficient skilled labor to meet theirlabor needs.This paper presents an innovative program (TRANSFORM) which seeks to address these twoproblems: lack of meaningful employment for BA graduates and the lack of a sufficient numberof graduates with the essential technical skills to fill advanced manufacturing positions.TRANSFORM has been developed to equip BA graduates with skills essential for a financiallystable career in advanced manufacturing. The central research question is how to accomplish thisvision? The paper discusses a project currently funded by NSF that aims to answer this researchquestion.This paper presents the elements of the program: targeted advanced manufacturing positions

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

Khosrow Behbehani; Kevin D. Nelson; Robert C. Eberhart

requireddidactic or research credit hours. . However, the research findings associated with the industrialproject may qualify as a non-thesis master’s project, a master’s thesis, or even a Ph.D.dissertation, depending on the scientific merit of the findings. Thus far, 25 students havesuccessfully completed the internship program. All participants have successfully completed theinternship program. Upon graduation, over 10% of the interns have been hired as full timeemployees by the company where they interned. The rest of the interns after graduation havebecome employed as engineers at other industrial firms or research laboratories. IntroductionThe majority of biomedical engineering (BME) graduates take employment

Collection

2019 CIEC

Authors

Saeed Foroudastan; Carey Snowden

statistics course would benefit all students andprovide the necessary skills and background to easily pick up other programming languages.This change in curriculum will begin in the fall of 2018.ConclusionIn order to prepare STEM graduate students interested in pursuing industry careers rather thanacademic and research careers, the Council of Graduate studies recently recommended thatgraduate programs create expanded partnerships with employers to better the professionaldevelopment needed by these students.4 PSM degree programs are ideally suited to meet thisgrowing need, as they focus on developing STEM and business management skills in students.The MSPS Advisory Board is a great example of how such expanded partnerships can benefitboth students

Conference Session

Nanomaterials for Learners of All Ages!

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jacqueline Isaacs

the basis for interdisciplinary, industry-sponsored projects in nanomanufacturing. Graduate Page 10.1365.1students at all three universities could also enroll in a common graduate-level nanomanufacturing course,which would provide the foundations for students to pursue advanced research in nanomanufacturing. “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”Finally, a nanomanufacturing course would be offered for non-science and non-engineering students tosatisfy part of their liberal arts core

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Ann Stagner P.Eng., University of Windsor; Jennifer L Johrendt, University of Windsor

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

career in automotive research as a product development engineer at the University of Windsor/Chrysler Canada Automotive Research and Development Centre (ARDC), conducting vehi- cle durability studies and associated research activities in the Road Test Simulation (RTS) laboratory. In 2005, she joined the University of Windsor as an Experiential Learning Specialist, focusing on teaching and educational research in hands-on learning and cooperative education as it relates to undergraduate engineering. She has developed neural network models for automotive rubber bushings for incorporation in durability simulations with the goal of accelerating product development. Additional work related to the field of composites

Conference Session

Engineering Management Pedagogy: Teaching for Real-World Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Paulus, University of Arkansas

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management Division (EMD)

support options. This research provides valuable insights foruniversities seeking to design graduate programs that align with student expectations and careergoals.BackgroundThe University of Arkansas (UARK) has launched an innovative accelerated Master of Science inEngineering Management (MSEM) program tailored for undergraduate students pursuing ABET-accredited degrees. This program enables eligible students to transfer up to twelve departmentallyapproved graduate credit hours of 5000-level courses into their undergraduate curriculum,facilitating a seamless transition to graduate studies. Offered fully online, it caters to graduatingseniors entering the workforce full-time.To ensure alignment with student needs, the authors conducted a

Conference Session

EMD Program Design

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Muzaffar Shaikh, Florida Tech; Wade Shaw, Florida Tech

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

themselves provide further insights and educational materials fordissemination in the classroom.15,16, 17 Studies by Wolfe, Adkins and Sherman,18 have shown thatuniversities serve as sources of new technologies that might be commercialized by incubatorclient firms and other regional start-ups. Universities can also provide other valuable servicesand unique resources to both the incubator, its clients and other regional start-ups such as (1)Faculty / technologist managerial or technical consulting on a pro bono or fee basis (2) Studentinterns and employees (3) Access to technical labs, facilities and equipment (4) Access todatabases and researchers (5) Access to research and development financing through programssuch as SBIR – federal grant funding

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Ann Marie Blasick, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Women in Engineering

canunderreport the persistence of women to graduation. In general, it is shown that paths ofpersistence are nonlinear, gendered and racialized, so that it’s important to use multiple measuresto assess retention when dealing with diverse populations of engineering students.The research on retention of women in engineering can be contradictory – in part because, toachieve adequate statistical meaning, many researchers look at STEM (Science, Technology, Page 23.976.2Engineering and Mathematics) majors as a whole, and/or at multiple institutions together. Still, ithas long been known that women studying engineering often suffer from a lack of peer support

Conference Session

Faculty Development Round Table

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan; Stephanie Marie Kusano, University of Michigan; Tershia A. Pinder-Grover, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Constituent Committee

Paper ID #26182Assessing Inclusive Teaching Training of Graduate Student Instructors in En-gineeringDr. Grenmarie Agresar, University of Michigan Grenmarie Agresar is an instructional consultant at the Center for Research on Learning in Teaching in Engineering at the University of Michigan (U-M). She earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and Scientific Computation, a M.S. in Bioengineering, a M.A. in Education, and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, all from U-M. She is an experienced instructor (over 7 years to multiple age groups), and her interests include improving curriculum, and assessing student-instructor

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Patricia Stubblefield; Elisabeth Alford

, the formatallowed for faculty participation from all departments and a number of research projects,and the commitment required a minimum of faculty time.The staff of the Professional Communications Center found the workshops especiallyhelpful in improving consultation to graduate students writing theses, dissertations,articles, and career communications. The discussions among all the participants—facultyand students alike—provided insight into communications situations and audiences inengineering that no case study or textbook can convey. Being a part of this dialogueamong professionals is essential for communications faculty in designing effective waysto support the communications efforts of engineering researchers. The graduate

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rosati

, or maybe retain, those students whose personalitypreferences would dispose them to be good communicators, outgoing, creative and naturally Page 4.279.1attuned to consider the human aspects of any situation.A longitudinal study of a seven-year cohort of entry engineering students at the University ofWestern Ontario (UWO) is investigating the academic performance, the choice of engineeringdiscipline and, eventually, the job satisfaction after graduation as a professional engineer interms of personality type as recorded by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Thecomparison of the personality types of male and female engineering students

Conference Session

Integrating Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alison M. Knight, Mayo Clinic; Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville; Paul J. Componation, University of Alabama, Huntsville

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Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

AC 2012-4700: MEASURING THE EFFECT OF ONLINE HOMEWORKPROCEDURES ON STUDENT EXAM PERFORMANCEAlison M. Knight, Mayo Clinic Alison M. Knight received her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Tennessee Technological University. She worked for three years for TranSystems as a simulation analyst. She then received her MSE in Systems Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. During her graduate studies, she was a teaching assistant and later instructor for undergraduate Engineering Economy courses. She is currently working as a Health Systems Engineering Analyst at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.Dr. Gillian M. Nicholls, University of Alabama, Huntsville Gillian Nicholls is an Assistant Professor of

Conference Session

Post Graduate Experiential Programs and Insights

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Marie Coolen, Dalhousie University

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

that we will have to be able to clearly demonstrate the added value that students willreceive by engaging in this type of learning experience. The costs for the design portion of theproject have been covered by the Coop Office.The last operational issue under consideration at this time is establishing employer buy-in. Weknow from our pilot, and from feedback we solicited prior to conducting the pilot, that mostemployers are amenable to students completing assignments that enhance professionaldevelopment. We also know, anecdotally, that employers are enthusiastic about the concept ofthe graduate attributes. But the pilot study revealed that there are work situations that will beproblematic for example there is the issue of confidentiality and

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Dockter; Carol Muller

effective tool for faculty and graduate students 20-24.This recognition has led many institutions to create faculty and graduate student mentoringprograms on their campus, including some programs specifically for women faculty. Someprofessional societies and associations have created mentoring programs to encourage women topursue academic careers in science and engineering; the Computer Research Association’sCommittee on the Status of Women in Computing Research’s (CRA-W) Distributed MentorProject (http://www.cra.org/Activities/craw/dmp/) is one example; this program matches womenundergraduates in the computing sciences with female mentors for a summer of research at thed In addressing the underrepresentation of women in engineering and science

Conference Session

Moral Development, Engineering Pedagogy and Ethics Instruction

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsty Mills, University of New Mexico

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

2006-640: A GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE: “SOCIETAL AND ETHICALIMPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY"Kirsty Mills, University of New Mexico Professor Kirsty Mills received her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1974, and her PhD in 1979, both from the University of Nottingham in the UK. She developed III-V devices and integrated circuits at Plessey Research (UK) from 1979 to 1980, Thomson CSF (France) from 1980 to 1986 and General Electric (Syracuse) from 1986 to 1991. A professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico, she is the Associate Director of the Center for High Technology Materials. Her research interests, originally in the area of

Conference Session

Epistemic Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Jacob Nefcy, Oregon State University; Edith Stanley Gummer, Education Northwest; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

data. The study reportedin this paper uses the same analysis framework, but at a finer grain size using “think-aloud”protocol analysis.The following research questions frame the study: 1. How do the Model Maps created using the coarser grain analysis based on work products compare to the finer grain analysis based on protocol data? 2. Do the coarser grain data give a reasonable representation of a team’s modeling process?Assessing Learning in Virtual LaboratoriesVirtual laboratories, simulations, and educational games have recently been receivingconsiderable attention as an alternative mode to university instructional laboratories to achievelearning.7,8 In engineering and science, the virtual laboratory is most commonly used as

Collection

2002 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Swaminathan Balachandran

involved before beginning the study. Audio and video supplements tolectures were not required by students, but the detailed lecture slides provided by the instructorwere appreciated by all the students. Students did not face any problem during the course and thecourse was rated excellent and outstanding in all categories by students. Some students wanted tocomplete a second project in the course, but there was not enough time to accommodateadditional work into the course. The topics covered in the course were 40% more that what isnormally taught in a course on DOE in most graduate programs. The engineering design component was covered in the course through discussions,assignments, review of journal paper, case studies, and the course

Conference Session

Track: Collegiate - Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Nicole Gutzke, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Tagged Topics

Collegiate, Diversity

Paper ID #24576CPP WE: Retaining & Graduating Women in Undergraduate EngineeringDr. Kristina Rigden, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Dr. Kristina Rigden is the Director of Outreach Programs and the Women in Engineering Program for the College of Engineering at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona). In her position, she provides several different outreach programming events to engage K-12 female students to pursue STEM majors and/or careers. Dr. Rigden holds a B.A. in Liberal Studies from Cal Poly Pomona, a TESOL certificate, a M.A. in Teaching with a multiple-subject

Conference Session

Trends in Nuclear Engineering Education II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

William Prestwich; Fiona McNeill; David Chettle

is in part because entry into level II isdemanding, with a wide range of courses required from level I. Ideally, students will havetaken 9 units of mathematics, 6 units of chemistry, 6 units of physics, 6 units of biologyand 3 units of computer science. As they choose their courses in 3 unit blocks, manystudents may not have taken the required courses, even if they are interested in pursuingthe degree. Some students who are keen to enter the programme have to take extraclasses in summer school.Enrolment in the graduate programme has fallen because of competition with our 2 yearM.Sc. in Medical Physics. This has fewer graduate courses and is research oriented.However, as a faculty we have recognised that students who enter a graduate

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

William Daughton

program by a former student. The purpose of thesurvey was to determine what had happened to our graduates after leaving the program, and itwas focused on graduates who had experienced the original curriculum. A large amount ofinformation was gathered from the 56 surveys returned out of 183 sent out. The distribution ofthe 56 respondents by year of graduation is shown in Table 2. The skewing of the responsedistribution toward more recent graduates both reflects our ability to track down more recentgraduates and the relatively low number of graduates in the early years of the program.Responses to specific questions relating to career value were extracted for this study