Conference Session

Engineering Education; An International Perspective

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Melany Ciampi; Claudio Brito

materials that are manufactured into useful products and Agriculture createsvalue and sustains life. However, the manufacturing component of the food industry adds the Page 8.768.3 Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Educationgreatest value to products and generates highest prices which include canning, freezing, cutting,storing, drying, blending, baking, cooking, packaging and distribution. Manufacturing providesthe tools, equipment & supplies to enhance the productivity of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division GIFTS: Great Ideas For Teaching Students

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Kimberlyn Gray, West Virginia University Institute of Technology; Abigail Clark, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #42089GIFTS: Using Storybooks and Storytelling to Prompt Discussion and Reflectionof Growth MindsetDr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University Dr. Stephany Coffman-Wolph is an Assistant Professor at Ohio Northern University in the Department of Electrical, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science (ECCS). Previously, she worked at The University of Texas at Austin and West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech). She is actively involved in community outreach with a goal of increasing the number of women in STEM and creating effective methods for introducing young children to CS concepts and

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Kubicki, The Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership; Laura Lynn Lynch, Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #9309Bringing Healthcare to Rural Ghana: The Impact on EngineerinANDREA KUBICKI, The Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership As a senior pre-medicine student at Michigan Technological University, I traveled to Ghana this summer through the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership. Before traveling, I worked with a team from the International Business Venture Enterprise and engineering senior design team to create a mobile health clinic. While in Ghana, my team introduced the mobile health clinic and went into the field to collect data on the use of the vehicle and ideas for improvement in

Conference Session

Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aditya Akundi, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Hamid Eisazadeh; Mona Torabizadeh, Old Dominion University

outstanding junior faculty award from the ASEE Manufacturing division in 2017 and 2018 and currently serves as the program chair of the ASEE manufacturing division. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Augmented Reality Integrated Welder Training for Mechanical Engineering Technology The shortage of welders is well documented and projected to become more severe forvarious industries such as shipbuilding in coming years. It is mainly because welding training is acritical and often costly endeavor. This study examines the training potential using augmentedreality technology as a critical part of welder training for mechanical

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Watkins, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Nan Byars, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Deborah Sharer, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

in numerous mentoring and educational roles for undergraduates, high school and middle school students. Page 12.282.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Assessment Methods for a Mechanical Engineering Technology ProgramAbstractThe Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program at the University of North Carolina atCharlotte recently underwent reaccreditation with the Technology Accreditation CommissionABET (TAC of ABET). This was the program's first reaccreditation activity under the outcomesbased criteria, known informally as TC2K.MET programs must demonstrate

Conference Session

Main Plenary 3 - Opportunities for collaboration with engineering educators in India (ISTE)

Collection

2012 ASEE International Forum

Authors

R. Murugesan, Anna University of Technology Madurai

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ASEE International Forum

GC 2012-5659: ISTE ACTIVITIES FOR PROMOTING INTERNATIONALCOLLABORATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATIONDr. R. Murugesan Page 17.34.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 ISTE Activities forPromoting International Collaboration inEngineering Education Dr. R. Murugesan President, Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi Vice Chancellor, Anna University of Technology, Madurai, TamilNadu 1 Page 17.34.2 OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION ABOUT ISTE STUDENT DEVELOPMENT

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators: Tricks of the Trade I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2007-1126: TIPS FOR NEW FACULTY: ENGAGING YOUR GRADUATESTUDENTS IN INDEPENDENT THOUGHTAdrienne Minerick, Mississippi State UniversityJason Keith, Michigan Technological UniversityDonald Visco, Tennessee Technological University Page 12.1493.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Tips for New Faculty: Engaging Your Graduate Students in Independent Thought Adrienne R. Minerick1, Jason M. Keith2, Donald Visco3 1 Dave C. Swalm School of Chemical Engineering Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Susan Kowalski; Adam Kowalski; Frank Kowalski

technologyfacilitates the dual advantages of actively engaging students in constructivist learning andproviding real-time formative assessment for both the instructor and the students.Our successful use of this technology on campus is the foundation for an outreach program opento all Colorado educators, but targeting science and mathematics teachers. K-14 teachers cometo campus to learn both technical and pedagogical aspects of using classroom communicators.They return to their own classrooms with all necessary equipment. Three weeks later, theyreturn the equipment to campus and complete this professional development activity with sharedreflection and summative assessment. They are eligible for subsequent checkout of theequipment. We discuss the mutual

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computing

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Tech; Tamoghna Roy, Virginia Tech

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Computing & Information Technology

Paper ID #19935Demonstrating Use of Natural Language Processing to Compare College ofEngineering Mission StatementsMiss Sreyoshi Bhaduri, Virginia Tech Sreyoshi Bhaduri is a PhD candidate at Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education. She is a proponent for use of technology in the classroom as well as education research. Sreyoshi is a Mechan- ical Engineer by training, who likes programming to ”make life easier and efficient”. For her doctoral dissertation, she is exploring ways in which machine learning algorithms can be used by instructors in engineering classrooms.Mr. Tamoghna Roy, Virginia Tech Tamoghna Roy

Conference Session

Exploring Technological Literacy and Awareness

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

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Two Year College Division

AC 2009-655: INSTRUCTOR-FRIENDLY INTRODUCTORY LABORATORYPROJECTS FOR USE IN 2 OR 4 YEAR COLLEGESJohn Krupczak, Hope College Professor of EngineeringKate Disney, Mission College Engineering Instructor Page 14.746.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Instructor-Friendly Introductory Laboratory Projects for Use in 2 or 4 Year CollegesAbstractA group of educators from engineering programs at both four and two year colleges hasdeveloped laboratory modules with an emphasis on activities and perspectives shown to besuccessful in technological literacy courses for non-engineering students. To meet the needs ofcommunity

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aikaterini Bagiati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Kathleen D Kennedy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Andrés F. Salazar-Gómez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Joshua Siegel, Michigan State University; cynthia Breazeal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

Paper ID #42341Scenario-based Emerging Technologies Workshop for Military LeadersDr. Aikaterini Bagiati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aikaterini (Katerina) Bagiati, Ph.D.: Having aquired a Diploma in Electrical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Advanced Computer and Communication Systems at the Aristotle University in Greece, and after having worked as a software engineer, and as a CS educator in both formal and informal settings for 10 years, in January 2008 I decided to leave Greece and get enrolled at the Graduate Program in the pioneer School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. In August 2011

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Curtis Carver

about cadets (all kinds of cadets) than technology. The message is anyone can succeed in engineering disciplines. In addition toProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education the large pictorial, we added motivational images that have a mix of females and minorities succeeding in the Army using technology. 2. Address Tokenism: Tokenism occurs when a individual is viewed as representative of a group because of limited members of the group within the class. For example, if there is a single female within a class, she becomes the voice of all females in the class. We addressed tokenism by

Collection

2024 ASEE North East Section

Authors

Abhishek Kumar, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Paper ID #44818Vibration Using Matlab and SimulinkProf. Abhishek Kumar, Wentworth Institute of Technology I am an Assistant Professor in Wentworth Institute of Technology. I have completed PhD from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Single Degree of Freedom Vibration Using Matlab and Simulink Abhishek Kumar Wentworth Institute of TechnologyAbstract:This work in progress paper presents an active learning approach to teach vibrations effectivelyto students without

Conference Session

The Use of Computers in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University; Brian Camp, Louisiana Tech University

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Mathematics

AC 2008-2779: USING A WEB-BASED HOMEWORK SYSTEM TO IMPROVEACCOUNTABILITY AND MASTERY IN CALCULUSJenna Carpenter, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Jenna Carpenter is Director of Chemical and Industrial Engineering at Louisiana Tech University and Wayne and Juanita Spinks Professor of Mathematics. She is interested in the use of educational technology to enhance instruction and learning, the development of integrated STEM curricula, and issues related to improving the success of women in engineering. Dr. Carpenter received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Louisiana State University in 1989.Brian Camp, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Brian Camp is a Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics at Louisiana Tech

Conference Session

Collaborations with Engineering Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

PK Raju; Chetan Sankar; Glennelle Halpin; Gerald Halpin

4 23.5 23.5 Strongly Agree 13 76.5 100.0 Total 17 100.0 That 100% of the respondents either agreed (23.5%) or strongly agreed (76.5%) that theworkshop demonstrated the use of information technologies in engineering education indicatethat this objective was met. For the qualitative aspect of the workshop the participants were asked to write theirperceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of the workshop and any suggested changes. Thequalitative responses were congruent with the quantitative responses to the rating scale given bythe participants of the

Conference Session

Advances in Materials Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Barry Dupen, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Tagged Divisions

Materials

Paper ID #32326Creating a Minor in Materials for Engineering Technology StudentsDr. Barry Dupen, Purdue University Fort Wayne Dr. Dupen is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). He has nine years’ experience as a metallurgist, materials engineer, and materials labora- tory manager in the automotive industry. His primary interests lie in materials engineering, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is also an experienced contra dance caller. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021

Conference Session

CoED: Embedded Systems and Robotics

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron H. G. Wright P.E., University of Wyoming; Thad B. Welch, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Lecture Award from the Computers in Education Division of ASEE (1998, 2005, and 2010), and the Brigadier General Roland E. Thomas Award for outstanding contribution to cadet education (both 1992 and 1993) at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is an active ABET evaluator and an NCEES PE exam committee member.Dr. Thad B. Welch, Boise State University Thad B. Welch, Ph.D., P.E. received the B.E.E., M.S.E.E., E.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Naval Postgraduate School, Naval Postgraduate School, and the University of Colorado in 1979, 1989, 1989, and 1997, respectively. He was commissioned in the U.S. Navy in 1979 and has been assigned to three submarines and a submarine repair tender. He has

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Willis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; James Conrad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Houston, Texas; at Ericsson/Sony Ericsson in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; and at BPM Technology in Greenville, South Carolina. Dr. Conrad is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also a member of ASEE, Eta Kappa Nu, the Project Management Institute, and the IEEE Computer Society. He is the author of numerous books, book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers in the areas of robotics, parallel processing, artificial intelligence, and engineering education. Page 13.1069.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Technology and Gender Issues: Development and Assessment of a freshman General Education course in the College of EngineeringAbstractThis class, Technology VS Women, explores the interaction of gender with technology andanswers questions such as: Is technology a “male” science? Is modern technology compatible toboth male and female users? What does history tell us about the role of women at work relatingto technology? The ideas presented in this course challenges some commonly held myths andmisconceptions about technology in our society. This course focuses on the technologicalchanges since 1900 and how they have affected both men and women. The effect

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education

AC 2010-1277: WHAT IS GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR?: THEMAKING OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORSGary Downey, Virginia Tech Gary Downey is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Affiliated Professor of Engineering Education, Women and Gender Studies, and Sociology at Virginia Tech. He teaches the undergraduate course Engineering Cultures, an approach to international education for engineers at home. It is designed to help engineering students learn to work more effectively with people who define problems differently than they do, including non-engineers, by critically examining their own identities and predispositions. Current Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Wajiha Shireen, University of Houston; Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston; William Fitzgibbon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

whattechnological and scientific breakthroughs in Electrical & Computer Engineering and other fieldsneed to happen in the next 50 years because of the energy, environmental, transportation, health,and food requirements placed by a continuously increasing population. If history serves us well,it is critically important that engineering education be one step ahead of the curve to prepare thenext generation of engineering professionals, researchers, and academicians.The National Academy of Engineering has unveiled the 14 Grand Challenges that are awaitingengineering solutions www.engineeringchallenges.org/ in energy, infrastructure & theenvironment, health & medicine, security, and in technology and tools for research and forinstruction &

Conference Session

The Best of the Computers in Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

Life.IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, Vol. 9, No. 1, January-March, pp. 18-30.Avanzato, R. (2013) Collaborative Design Using Virtual World Technology, Proceedings of the Spring2013 Mid-Atlantic Section Conference of the American Society of Engineering Education, Brooklyn,New York, April 27, 2013Callaghan, MJ. (2009) Integrating Virtual Worlds & Virtual Learning Environments for OnlineEducation, CE-GIC 2009 IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Conference Games Innovation, pp. 54-63.Considine, C. L., & Seek, M. W., & Lester, J. (2014, June), Strategies for Effective Online CourseDevelopment Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.https://peer.asee.org/23038Kinney, L., & Liu, M

Conference Session

Engineering Professional Development using Robotics Activities

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sai Prasanth Krishnamoorthy, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

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Pre-College Engineering Education

vision, and space exploration. He is a member of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society.Dr. Sheila Borges Rajguru, NYU Tandon School of Engineering Dr. Sheila Borges Rajguru is the Assistant Director of the Center for K-12 STEM Education, NYU Tan- don School of Engineering. As the Center’s STEAM educator and researcher she works with engineers and faculty to provide professional development to K-12 STEM teachers with a focus on social justice. She is currently Co-Principal Investigator on two NSF-grants that provide robotics/mechatronics PD to science, math, and technology teachers. In addition, she is the projects director of the ARISE program. This full-time, seven-week program includes: college level workshops and

Conference Session

Emerging Technologies in Manufacturing Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ertunga Ozelkan, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Agnes Galambosi, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

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Manufacturing

Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2(1), 71-76.[2] Blust, R. P., Bates, J. B., 2004. Activity based learning - Wagons R us - A lean manufacturing simulation, Proceedings of 2004 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Engineering Education Researchs New Heights, Jun 20-23, Salt Lake City, UT, 195-206[3] Chaneski, W. S., 2001. Demonstrating the power of lean manufacturing, Modern Machine Shop, 74 (7).[4] Holweg, M., Bicheno, J., 2002. Supply chain simulation: a tool for education, enhancement and endeavour, Int. J. Production Economics, 78, 163-175[5] Johnson, S. A., Gerstenfeld, A. Zeng, A. Z., Ramos, B., Mishra, S., 2003. Teaching lean process design using a discovery approach, Proceedings of 2003 ASEE Annual Conference and

Conference Session

Automation Subjects in Manufacturing Education I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose Gutierrez, Oregon Institute of Technology; John Anderson, Oregon Institute of Technology; David Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

AC 2010-992: DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERIC COMMUNICATION SERVICEBETWEEN PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS AND PERSONALCOMPUTERS USING MICROSOFT ROBOTICS DEVELOPER STUDIO FORDATA COLLECTION IN AUTOMATED AND SEMI-AUTOMATEDMANUFACTURING PROCESSESJose Gutierrez, Oregon Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science in Mechatronics, ITESM, MXJohn Anderson, Oregon Institute of TechnologyDavid Culler, Oregon Institute of Technology Page 15.401.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Development of a Generic Communication Service Between Programmable Logic Controllers and Personal Computers using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio for Data Collection in

Conference Session

Social Media and In-class Technology: Creating Active Learning Environments

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

AC 2012-4395: EXPLORING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ COLLEGE EX-PERIENCES USING SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING TOOL RADIAN6Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette Xin Chen is a Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses on social media analytics in the context of engineering education and engineering education re- search, as well as web personalization.Dr. Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West LafayetteDr. Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette Page 25.615.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012

Conference Session

State of Manufacturing

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

, automation technology, manufacturing robotics, drafting and design technology, and computer programming. We focus on automation technology, but should get into higher levels of mechatronics as well.• manufacturing processes, automation, sustainability• Hands on education with labs is a must, CAD CAM Programming, Q&A, Metrology, GD&T Reading and Applying, All are very important topics to teach our Mfg Engineers• universities are using buggy whip methods to teach current and emerging technologies. They're stuck in the past and will not change. Another big issue is academic politics. Excellent educators who want to bring new ideas along with making students responsible for their behavior are being forced out of academia

Conference Session

New Course Development Concepts in ET

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William T. Evans PhD P.E., University of Toledo

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Courses in Programmable Controls for Engineering Technology William T. Evans, PhD, PE University of Toledo: Email:wevans@utnet.utoledo.eduAbstract:The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) Program at the University of Toledocontains two courses in Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). One is a fundamentalscourse taught at the sophomore level. The second course, in the senior year, is structuredto add depth of understanding and familiarize the student with problems similar to thosefaced in industry. Changes that occurred to upgrade both courses but especially thesecond course are the topic of this

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for K-12 and for Community College Students: Concepts, Assessment, and Courses

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

AC 2010-2311: TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY IN A K-5 TEACHERPREPARATION PROGRAMStephen O'Brien, The College of New Jersey Page 15.1194.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Technological literacy through a K-5 teacher preparation program IntroductionAttaining a certain level of technological literacy in our society is important for a variety ofreasons. In this extremely technologically-rich age, citizenry will need to participateeffectively in our democratic society on a variety of complex problems; such as globalwarming, energy supply, quick-paced biomedical advances, complicated healthcare reformand statistical-based arguments

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico; Pedro Covassi, National University of Cordoba (Argentina)

AC 2010-104: EXTRACTING EXPERT KNOWLEDGE ON GEOTECHNICALFAILURES FOR USE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLuis Godoy, University of Puerto Rico Prof. Luis A. Godoy graduated as a Civil Engineer at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina, and received his Ph. D. from University College London (University of London, UK) in 1979. He is Professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez since 1994. Godoy has published three books: Thin Walled Structures with Structural Imperfections (Pergamon Press, 1996), and Theory of Elastic Stability (Taylor and Francis, 2000), and Stability of Structures: A historical perspective (CIMNE, 2009). His research interests include engineering education