Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula in ECE I

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

MaryPat Beaufait; Duyun Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Carl B Dietrich P.E., Virginia Tech; Cecile Dietrich; Garrett Michael Vanhoy, University of Arizona

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Electrical and Computer

theseexperiences are discussed further in Section 5, in the context of related educational research.Section 6 presents conclusions.2. BackgroundThe design of the program is described. Then, a brief overview of the technical area thatprovided the focus of the REU is followed by a summary of related literature on undergraduateresearch experiences in science and engineering, collaborative and cooperative learning, the zoneof proximal development, and related concepts relevant to the REU context, and communities ofpractice.2.1 Design of the programThe program in which the student authors participated was intended to introduce undergraduatestudents to engineering research and orient them to graduate education and professional practicethrough study and research

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

point toward other possible, heretofore unknown,elements of the role concept of STEM researchers.In this paper, we describe the design of our instrument and examine the results of our pilot study Page 15.204.4among a multi-national body of STEM graduate students. We also discuss possible applicationsof our instrument to the study of research integrity and for the assessment of pedagogicalapproaches to responsible conduct of research.II. MethodInventory DevelopmentOur multidisciplinary team of researchers utilized a modified Delphi approach to identifystatements that could be used to measure the constructs of authority, responsibility, autonomy

Conference Session

Faculty and Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations and Interactions

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Voice, Michigan State University; Volodymyr Tarabara, Michigan State University; Mark Wiesner, Duke University; Merlin Bruening, Michigan State University

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International

AC 2009-2496: INTERNATIONALIZING TOMORROW’S RESEARCHERS –STRATEGIES AND EXPERIENCES FROM THE PARTNERSHIP FOREDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN MEMBRANE NANOTECHNOLOGIESThomas Voice, Michigan State University Thomas C. Voice is Professor and Director of the Environmental Engineering Program at Michigan State University, and Co-Director of the PERMEANT project described in this presentation. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental chemistry and environmental systems and processes. His research interests focus on the fate and transport of contaminants in environmental systems, environmental health, and physical-chemical processes and technologies. Much of this work has a significant

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1: Student Experiences and Support

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorna Treffert, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Student Division (STDT)

methods that allow for deep investigations of constructs such as epistemic thinking, identity, and agency. Dr. Faber has a B.S. in Bioengineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson University and a M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. Among other awards for her research, she was awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2022 to study epistemic negotiations on interdisciplinary engineering education research teams.Ms. Isabel Anne Boyd, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Isabel recently graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville earning her Bachelor’s of Science in Biomedical Engineering with Honors. She has assisted with several qualitative and mixed

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 9

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Fazelpour, University of Maryland College Park; Benjamin Treadwell Landon, University of Maryland College Park; Jeffrey W. Herrmann, University of Maryland, College Park; Patrick Killion, University of Maryland College Park

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

first-year students in undergraduate research opportunities which increases studentretention and graduation rate among STEM majors. A new initiative at the University ofMaryland, the First-Year Innovation & Research Experience Program (FIRE), provides authenticresearch experience to first-year students. This paper introduces a new program, the DesigningInnovations Research Stream, that engages first-year students in design research. The goal is thatstudents will learn about design by investigating how teams solve complex design problems andthen apply this knowledge to a real-world situation. The Designing Innovations Research Streamconsisted of two semesters and a 10-week summer research fellowship. In the first semester ofDesigning

Collection

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Diversity

(STEM) field. Involvingundergraduate students in research will make them take more interest in studies and motivate them topursue graduate degrees. The undergraduate students at Pennsylvania State University where I teach getinvolved in research usually conducted in the summer period for an 8-week or 10-week duration. Thename of the program is “Multi-campus Research Experience for Undergraduates” (MC-REU) and it isadministered by the College of Engineering at Penn State.Similarly, there are many academic institutions in the United States that got involved with researchundertaken by undergraduate students. The goals of the undergraduate research programs are (1) topromote undergraduate students participating in research early in their academic

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

William Jemison; James Schaffer; William Hornfeck

EXCEL Scholars Program of undergraduate research at Lafayette College.Potential modifications and enhancements will be presented which are proposed to enablethe program to meet the changing needs of the students and graduate schools. Theinformation contained in this paper will serve to inform other institutions considering theinitiation or expansion of a program of undergraduate research.I. IntroductionMany factors affect an undergraduate engineering student’s decision of whether to jointhe workforce or pursue graduate studies and a research oriented career upon graduationfrom college. For example, the strong economy in recent years has created a hugedemand for graduating engineers. This in turn has resulted in enhanced

Collection

2020 ERC

Authors

Chris Brace; Bill Dunne

1993; McGee and Keller, 2007; Sambunjak et al, 2010; Williams et al, 2015; Bordes-Edgar et al., 2011; Campbell and Campbell, 1997Career satisfaction Schapira et al, 1992; Beech et al, 2013Recruitment of URMs Hathaway et al, 2002; Nagda et al, 1998Research productivity Steiner et al, 2002, 2007; Wingard et al, 2004National Visibility National Academies of Science Report on Mentored Undergraduate Research Experiences Revitalizing Graduate Education for the 21st Century The Next Generation of Biomedical and Behavioral Researchers: Breaking Through Consensus Study: The Science of Effective Mentoring In STEMM

Conference Session

Mentoring, Case Study of Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Identity Dilemmas, Cultural Homelessness and Intersectionality, and Transfer Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Paper ID #39575Identity Dilemmas, Cultural Homelessness and Intersectionality: ADiscourse Analysis of the Experiences of a Female UndergraduateInternational and Transracial Adoptee in Engineering (Research)Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University Maimuna Begum Kali is a Ph.D. candidate in the Engineering and Computing Education program at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida Inter- national University (FIU). She earned her B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Kali’s research interests

Conference Session

Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lori Houghtalen, University of Texas at El Paso; Meagan R. Kendall, University of Texas at El Paso

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division (FDD)

more depth the patterns and insightsinitially revealed in the interview data and early coding analysis.Case DescriptionThe individual studied in this case will be referred to throughout the paper as Dr. Suzy or theautoethnographer. Dr. Suzy is a white, non-Hispanic cisgender female with an undergraduatedegree in a traditional engineering discipline from an R1 land grant institution in the southeasternregion of the US. Her master’s and PhD are in the same traditional engineering discipline andwere obtained from a large urban R1 institution with top-ranked programs nationally in herdiscipline. While a graduate student, Dr. Suzy received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowshipand her research won international recognition. Dr. Suzy secured a tenure

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Lovitts, National Academy of Engineering; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Educational Research and Methods

2006-124: DOCUMENTING THE RESEARCH BASE UNDERLYINGEDUCATIONAL PRACTICESBarbara Lovitts, National Academy of Engineering Dr. Barbara Lovitts is a senior program officer of the National Academy of Engineering and works within the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE). Dr. Lovitts is the author (2001) of "Leaving the Ivory Tower: The Causes and Consequences of Departure from Doctoral Study." Prior to assuming her current position in 2004, Lovitts served as a research associate in the sociology department at the University of Maryland, and as a senior research analyst at the American Institutes for Research. Lovitts earned her doctorate in sociology at the

Conference Session

Mentoring & Development:Creating Successful NEEs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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New Engineering Educators

graduates’ needed knowledgeand professional-skills when entering the workforce. For the past two years, the Journal ofEngineering Education (JEE) has trumpeted the need to establish engineering education as arigorous-based field of science in which systematic studies build upon one another in order togenerate progress in the field. Thus, there is a call for engineering faculty to develop theirunderstanding of teaching and learning theory along with its applicable practices while alsodeveloping as educational researchers. In order for such developments to occur, many of thechanges in engineering educators’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices will stem from not onlychanges in classroom and research practices, but also in their understanding of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University; Dennis M. Lee, Clemson University; Anne Marguerite McAlister, Ohio State University; Teresa Porter, Ohio State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #23194Engineering Student Perspectives on Research and What It Means to Be aResearcherDr. Lisa Benson, Clemson University Lisa Benson is a Professor of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson University, with a joint appointment in Bioengineering. Her research focuses on the interactions between student motivation and their learning experiences. Her projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers and scientists, and their problem solving processes. Other projects in the Benson group include effects of student-centered active learning, self-regulated learning

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Elizabeth Zanin Flanagan, Clemson University; Kassidy Y. Maron, Clemson University; Angelina Cotto, Clemson University; Isha Vishal Raj, Clemson University; Ben S. Fields, Clemson University; Elijah Austin Wilbanks, Clemson University; Karen A High, Clemson University

ofnovice educational researchers among undergraduate students.Positionality and MethodsThis study takes place at a public research university located in the Southeast UnitedStates. The university has over 22,000 undergraduate students and 5,000 graduate students. As aR1 university, students are encouraged to partake in research opportunities throughout theireducation through the Creative Inquiry (CI) Program. CI is a program in which faculty membersand graduate student lead and mentor undergraduate students through research and collaboration.This CI has 9 people, including professors, graduate students, and undergraduate students withvarying backgrounds in fields such as engineering, psychology, biology, mathematics, andeducation. For a lot of

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy K. Dunford, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rohit Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Mechanics

Paper ID #27284Bringing Research to Practice: Exploring Applications of Resource UsageResearch in Undergraduate Mechanics EducationDavid Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette David Evenhouse is a dual degree Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Purdue School of Engi- neering Education. He graduated from Calvin College in the Spring of 2015 with a B.S.E. concentrating in Mechanical Engineering. Experiences during his undergraduate years included a semester in Spain, taking classes at the Universidad de Oviedo and the Escuela Polit´ecnica de Ingenieria de Gij´on, as well as multiple internships in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy Ernst, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide; Brenda Brand, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Xiao Zhu, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

development in STEM education to provide evidence-based models that promote engagement, development of cognitive competency sets, and performance-based application abilities of students at-risk.Brenda R. Brand (Professor)Xiao Zhu PhD candidate for Educational Research and Evaluation in the School of Education at Virginia Tech. Graduate research assistant and Project coordinator of HI Bridge to Academia Fellowship Program. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Professional Socialization to Enhance Research and Faculty ReadinessAbstractThe AGEP Alliance Model for Advancing the Faculty Careers of Underrepresented MinoritySTEM

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundamental: K-12 Student Beliefs, Motivation, and Self Efficacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer B. Listman, New York University ; Vikram Kapila, New York University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division

books, 1 book review, 55 journal articles, and 126 conference papers. He has mentored 1 B.S., 17 M.S., and 4 Ph.D. thesis students; 31 undergraduate research students and 11 undergraduate senior design project teams; over 300 K-12 teachers and 100 high school student researchers; and 18 undergraduate GK-12 Fellows and 60 graduate GK-12 Fellows. Moreover, he di- rects K-12 education, training, mentoring, and outreach programs that enrich the STEM education of over 1,500 students annually. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Gender-Specific Effects of A Summer Research Program on STEM Research Self-Efficacy1. BackgroundThe concept of self

Conference Session

IE Applications and Systems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Forgie, University of Southern Indiana; Marco Lara Gracia, University of Southern Indiana; MT Morris, University of Southern Indiana

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Industrial Engineering

municipalgovernment was feeling the strain of economic conditions.In the early spring of 2008, the University of Southern Indiana’s (USI) Center forApplied Research was approached by the mayor’s office to complete anefficiency study of METS. A research team comprised of faculty members from Page 15.88.2the Political Science, Engineering, English and Computing and InformationSciences Departments was assembled to design and implement the METS study.Since no financial support was available, the study was formulated as a servicelearning project, which utilized upper level and graduate students to assist withthe data collection and analysis effort.Service learning has been

Conference Session

Development as Faculty and Researcher: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney June Faber, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

future academic studies.Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) provide students with the opportunity to conductauthentic research in collaboration with graduate student and faculty mentors and makeintellectual contributions to their discipline 7. There have been a number of studies that haveinvestigated the benefits of research experiences for undergraduate students; however, a limitednumber of studies have investigated students’ integration into a research community of practiceand development of an identity as a researcher (reviewed in 8). This area of investigation isimportant because it has been shown that student perceptions of their research abilities andconfidence in conducting research is an integral link between the acquisition and

Conference Session

Cross-Section of Construction Education

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Osama Abudayyeh

developed a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) summer trainingprogram for civil and construction students that focuses on construction engineering andmanagement issues and problems. The program was the first U.S. Construction REU site to befunded by National Science Foundation. The site is located at Western Michigan University(WMU). This paper will describe the structure of the REU program and the types of activitiesundertaken by the REU participants.2.0 Objectives of the REU ProgramExposing undergraduate students to research and professional experiences are among the bestways to encourage them to pursue graduate studies and research. Therefore, the objectives of theREU summer program are to: 1. provide participants with the

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky; Sarah Hodges, University of Kentucky; Alejandro Gerardo Villasante-Tezanos, University of Kentucky; Robert Theakston MS

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #25264Broadening Participation in Engineering through a Research Center-basedMentoring Program (Research)Dr. Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky Dr. Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez is the director of a mentoring program based at the University of Ken- tucky Center for Applied Energy Research (UK CAER) – and funded by the Broadening Participation in Engineering program of the National Science Foundation – designed to increase the number of African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans graduating with engineering degrees and pursuing academic careers. Originally from Mexico, Dr. Santillan-Jimenez joined

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

. Page 11.1176.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Successful Undergraduate Summer Research Experience for Minority StudentsAbstractMinority student enrollment in engineering graduate programs continues to be achallenge especially among Hispanics. A relatively small number of Hispanics inundergraduate engineering programs decide to continue their education once they receivea bachelor degree. An array of factors affects each the student decision making processand commitment to pursue advanced degrees. Fortunately, many top ranked universitiesin the US have outreach summer programs to help guide undergraduate students throughthe unpredictable world of graduate studies. Unfortunately, many minority

Conference Session

Best of Computers in Education Division

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xin Chen, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Adithya Raghavan; Ji Soo Yi, Purdue University; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Computers in Education

in industrial engineering from Seoul National University in 1998. After graduation, he worked in industry for five years as a consultant and as an embedded software engineer in Seoul and Boston, where he became interested in human-computer interaction (HCI) research. He received his Ph.D. degree from the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in Aug. 2008. His research topics include human-computer interaction, information visu- alization, and decision science, and he has focused on applying these techniques on improving healthcare services.Dr. Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Conference Session

Mentoring, Advising, and Facilitating Learning

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

literature have assessed the benefits of undergraduate research as perceivedby students themselves. These perceived benefits include accumulation of new skills,understanding of new content, gaining knowledge in research methodology, ability to workindependently, etc.1,7 It is important to note that the perceived benefits are not limited to thosestudents who pursue graduate degrees.1 One study discusses long term benefits reported bystudents involved in undergraduate research, these students also recognized the influence of afaculty mentor.8,9 Some studies even report that undergraduate research may be useful forimproving the retention rates of minority students, it may be noted that this study was limited tobiology students.10 The influence of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sirena C. Hargrove-Leak, Elon University; Stephanie Luster-Teasley, North Carolina A&T State University; Willietta Gibson, Bennett College

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

health disparities amongst African-American women, natural products as chemopreventive agents in breast cancer and undergraduate STEM education. Dr. Gibson has taught Principles of Biology I and II, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Human Biology, Zo- ology and Biotechnology. She has a deep passion for teaching, helping others to learn, mentoring and increasing the number of underrepresented minorities entering into STEM graduate programs. Page 26.30.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 A Cross-institutional Study of the Case Study Teaching in the

Conference Session

Learning Outside the Classroom

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Cynthia Y. Young, University of Central Florida; Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida; Divya Bhati, University of Central Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

Computer Science at a large, metropolitan, research university.The survey data offered a large sample size (n=687) of which 104 or 15% of students reportedparticipation in a URE; non-URE students were used as a comparison group. We then comparedour findings with five published studies with large sample sizes. Our survey results showed 41%of gains in “clarification or confirmation of career/education paths,” and 51% of gains in the“personal/professional” domain (which includes “thinking and working like a scientist”).Female and male students showed the same level of interest in continuing on to graduate school.White and Hispanic students showed a higher level of interest in continuing on to graduateschool compared to other ethnic groups (but this

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Jeremi S London, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Aditya Johri, George Mason University; Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

consecutive summers (2011-2014), she worked in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education on research and evaluation projects related to the use of technology in STEM education. Dr. London masters mixed methods and computational tools to address complex problems, including: science policy issues surrounding STEM learning in cyberlearning environments; evaluation and impact analysis of federal investments in R&D; and applications of simulation & model- ing tools to evaluate programs.Dr. Aditya Johri, George Mason University Aditya Johri is Associate Professor and Chair in the Applied Information Technology Department. Dr. Johri studies the use of information and communication technologies

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Outside the Classroom

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Bowler, Michigan Technological University; Susie Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Tom Drummer, Michigan Technological University; Joseph Holles, Michigan Technological University; Ted Lockhart, Michigan Technological University; Joanna Schreiber, Michigan Technological University; Debra Charlesworth, Michigan Technological University; Jingfang Ren, Michigan Technological University

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Engineering Ethics

group of multi-nationalSTEM graduate students. We also investigate possible applications of our instrument to thestudy of research integrity and for the assessment of pedagogical approaches to responsibleconduct of research.II. MethodsVignettesGuided by the principles of responsible conduct of research (see Table 1) our research teamcreated several vignettes with varying occurrences of violating ethical principles, some of whichinvolved RCR issues. For the purposes of this paper, two such vignettes have been tested andscored, thus we will describe only these two below. Page 15.1200.3Table 1. Principles of Responsible Conduct of

Collection

2023 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Thomas McKean; Gary Bates; LaShall Bates; Ranil Wickramasinghe

students integrated into the MAST center researchcommunity that contains graduate students, undergraduate students from research institutionsnationwide as part of a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program to connect withmentors who can offer guidance for their transition from HS to university. The studentssuccessfully separated watercolor pigment from food dye using tangential flow filtration andisolated the thiocyanate ion using membrane chromatography in two highly visual projects.Feedback from the students indicated the program gave them a tangible, realistic understanding ofSTEM that has left them significantly more likely to pursue a university STEM degree. Onaverage, the students ranked gains from the program greater than 4/5

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Bielefeldt, University of Colorado-Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

activities has numerous benefits tothe education and professional development of students. In particular, Seymour et al.1 did anexhaustive study to document the outcomes of summer research experiences for students inscience, math, and engineering fields. The benefits of undergraduate research were grouped intosix main areas: personal/professional; thinking and working like a scientist; skills; refiningcareer/educational paths; enhanced career/graduate school preparation; and changed attitudestoward learning and working as a researcher. Some of these beneficial outcomes may bedifficult to achieve in traditional coursework that comprises the bulk of most engineeringcurricula.Within environmental engineering and other fields, most of the research in