Conference Session

Motivation, Goal Orientation, Identity, and Career Aspirations

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yaqub Alam Mahsud, Harvey Mudd College; Alexandra Loumidis, Harvey Mudd College; Kobe Mia Rico; An Nguyen, Harvey Mudd College; Laura Palucki Blake, Harvey Mudd College; Matthew Spencer, Harvey Mudd College

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Educational Research and Methods

at Harvey Mudd College. His research interests include experi- ential and hands-on learning, and integrating mechanical, chemical and quantum devices into circuits and communication links. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Engineering Identity, Slackers and Goal Orientation in Team Engineering ProjectsAbstract -- This research paper will describe the results from a qualitative investigation oflong-running, team-based engineering projects at a small liberal arts college. Long-running,team-based engineering projects are projects in which groups of students perform an engineeringtask over three or more weeks

Conference Session

Integrating Teaching Assistants, Tenure-track, and Non-tenure-track Faculty into a Cohesive Department

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

greening of the faculty resulting in more need for facultydevelopment funds for promotion and tenure support (primarily teaching focused school), theavailable funds being allocated based on previous usage of funds left each school short onfunds versus demand. Until additional fund raising can increase availability to overcomedramatic decreases in state funding due to changes in post-secondary education support at thestate level and limited endowment growth, if any, during the most recent recession, theallocation plan presented in the paragraph above was initiated.The use of this funding model as well as the emphasis of a 60-20-20 load model has haddramatic impact on research, scholarship, and student recruiting and retention. It could beassumed

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mohamed Elzomor, Florida International University; Valentina Ferrer, Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University; Rubaya Rahat, Florida International University

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Construction Engineering

, and all of them agreed on theimportance of an infrastructure project to the built environment and the communities. Thisdemonstrates that even when the students did not have much understanding of infrastructureconstruction at the beginning, after the PBL activity they recognized the necessity of integratingFront-End Planning practices for Sustainable Infrastructure projects into the CM curricula.Indeed, participation in the PBL activity positively impacted students in different aspects: (1) itincreased the student’s familiarity with project scope definition and the pre-project planningprocess; (2) it allowed students to learn about the importance of early meeting with all projectstakeholders; (3) it helped students to differentiate between

Conference Session

Computers in Education 9 - Technology I

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Forney, Loyola Marymount University; Mandy Korpusik, Loyola Marymount University; Masao Kitamura, Loyola Marymount University

language [6]. Theseinstances are but several applications of the many in the supervised learning domain, as DL hasalso found footholds in reinforcement learning with successes like Google’s AlphaStar capable ofplaying the complex game of Starcraft [7].Yet, for all of these applications, challenges still exist in the deep-learning educational pipeline.Focusing herein on the DL introduced in undergraduate artificial intelligence (AI) and machinelearning (ML) courses, students may be left with several blind spots: they rarely encounter the finerdetails of the data gathering/labeling process nor appreciate the massive amounts often required forcomplex tasks; they may find the typical performance metrics like classification accuracy, preci-sion, etc

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2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Nasser Alaraje; Vincent Druschke; Mark Highum; Joshua Hooker; Mark Kinney; Scott Kuhl; Aleksandr Sergeyev

community colleges, industry representatives,and displaced workers; and 3) K-12 teachers and high school students.” There are severalcourses in robotics automation for two- and four-year degree institutions, as well as industryrepresentatives that have already been developed via this partnership. These courses are: Real-Time Robotics Systems, Handling Tool Operation and Programming, and Robot Operations.Authors have already reported on these developments [51-55] and therefore the detaileddescription of these courses is omitted here.Task 2: Curriculum for Students from any Institution, Industry, and Displaced WorkersWhile robots play a role in all STEM fields, robots are key components of most manufacturingindustries – from health to automotive

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Farzana Rahman, Syracuse University; Elodie V. Billionniere, Miami Dade College; Sinchana Sulugodu Shashidhara, Syracuse University

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Diversity

, majority never return toworkforce [3].Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly all the aspects of society since it's onset in early2020 and its attack on the labor market has impacted millions of women who has either lost jobs or leftworkforce voluntarily due to many unprecedented circumstances [4]. As the COVID-19 pandemiccontinues to spread its impact in the workforce, women all over the world are disadvantaged to asignificantly greater extent [9]. Women who are now making their comeback to the workforce are alsostruggling to find appropriate jobs that suit the demand and need of their life. However, returning women,very rarely choose to pursue computing education or cannot get into the computing profession due tovarious reasons

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Crowe; Sally Schwartz; Mary Marrs; Luis Occeña; Jose Zayas-Castro; Douglas Moesel; Cathleen Burns; Bin Wu

‘conceptualizing, innovating and effectively managing’organizations.1-3 This has a tremendous impact on the human resource needs of manufacturingenterprises and certainly for the new engineers and managers who will become part of theworkforce.Since the 1980s we have seen several initiatives supported by the government, nationallaboratories, the private sector, and professional societies stimulating one or more of thefollowing:· integration of research and development in the undergraduate curriculum,· more hands-on strategies towards learning/teaching engineering and technology,· partnerships across disciplines to stimulate a more integrated educational process in science and engineering,· strategies to incorporate the K-12 community into the learning

Conference Session

Issues for ET Administrators

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Melanie Thom; James Thom; Dennis Depew

traditional college degrees.This self-depreciating view suggests that the content of traditional engineering technologyprograms is intrinsically of less value, a view not supported by research.The value and need of applications-based education should be compared to the impacts ofengineering departments removing the application technology from the programs. It has beensuggested this loss of practical knowledge has had a negative impact not only on the ability ofthe engineering graduate to perform successfully in an industrial environment, but also onengineering graduate education in that students are not well prepared to participate in successfulor useful research endeavors.Another academic consideration is the necessity for and the responsibility to

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ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Joseph Anthony Donndelinger, Baylor University; Adam Weaver, Baylor University; James Carlton Bates, Baylor University; Timothy Russell, Baylor University

eachsemester by the course instructors and each project team in the course addresses this common designchallenge. In Engineering Design II, the course coordinator solicits a set of design challenges eachsemester from a broad cross-section of projects clients consisting of approximately 52% industry-sponsored projects, 23% service-learning projects, 11% student design club projects and 14%projects supporting faculty research and nearly every team addresses a unique design challenge.Traditionally, at our institution students’ individual preferences for project topics have beenconsidered during project team formation on the premise that matching students with project topicsof personal interest increases student engagement and we seek to maintain this

Conference Session

Multimedia and Distance Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Veeramuthu Rajaravivarma, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University

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Engineering Technology

) Page 12.1598.4 • Ability to function effectively on teams and within a diverse environment.(3,4)(e,j) Proceedings of the 2007 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2007, American Society for Engineering Education • Ability to communicate effectively in oral, written, visual and graphic modes.(3),(g) • Recognition of the need for self-improvement through continuing education and the ability to engage in lifelong learning. (4)(h,k) • Understanding of professionalism and ethics and associated responsibilities. (4)(i,k) • Knowledge of contemporary issues and understanding of the impact of engineering/technical

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lan (Samantha) Li, Boise State University

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Materials

Thermodynamics,and Structure of Materials. We also flipped the courses, requiring students to self-study topicsoutside the class. In the class, the instructors focused on demonstrating real-world materialsproblems and guiding the students to solve the problems using different computational modelingtechniques. Learning the computational modeling concepts within a short period of time waschallenging to the students. Another challenge was that the students had various STEMbackgrounds, such as MSE, mechanical engineering, and physics. In order to foster studentlearning, engage student interest and seamlessly couple computational modeling modules withthe courses, real-world problems, examples and homework were all developed based on studentbackground and

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2019 PPC

Authors

Miriam Quintal

societies, managers of large federal facilities• Goals of ASEE Advocacy – Conducting outreach to Congress to support funding and sound policy for engineering research and education – Supporting ASEE Councils to enhance advocacy goals of deans and other constituencies – Engaging the Administration and federal agency officials to inform future programs and create new opportunities – Elevating the role of ASEE within the Washington, DC-based scientific, STEM, and higher education advocacy communities and ensuring community advocacy reflects ASEE prioritiesAdvocacy: What’s the Point?Why Advocate?• Advocacy: The process by which ordinary citizens make their interests known to Congress• You can help Members of Congress make informed decisions on

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janice M. Margle P.E., Pennsylvania State University - Abington; Kathleen Fadigan, Pennsylvania State University - Abington

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

design to freshmen. From its start in 2008 through 2014, she was also co-PI and project manager of Penn State’s $2.5M, NSF-sponsored, Toys’n MORE project.Dr. Kathleen Fadigan, Pennsylvania State University - Abington Kathy Fadigan received her BS in Biology and her Ed.D. in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology in Education from Temple University. She is currently the Program Chair for Education at Penn State Abington. She teaches courses in sustainability, early childhood and STEM education for pre-service elementary teachers. Her research investigates the long-term effects of out-of-school STEM programs on students’ educational and career trajectories. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

NEE Technical Session 4 - Assessments: Grading and deadlines

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mott, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

level of the assignment, acknowledging thediverse needs of students. Late Assignment Policy • Quizzes—need to be done on time; no make-up; for absences due to academic activities, let the instructor know before the quiz. • Applications and other assignments—1 to 2 days late, email the instructor; more than 2 days, email the instructor and tell them when you expect to get it done. • End Assessments—you must email the instructor and clear it with them first; make and communicate a plan of when it will be finished.Quizzes have the least impact on the grade and, thus, the least room for variation. Theyare also formative for the instructor to ensure students understand material

Conference Session

ECE-related Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis A. Silage, Temple University; Keyanoush Sadeghipour, Temple University

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Electrical and Computer

All the ME Courses in the EE Curriculum?AbstractAn unfortunate premise is that undergraduate Electrical Engineering (EE) programs seem to beunable to accommodate within their curricula substantive Mechanical Engineering (ME) courses.Alternatively, a single course obliquely called ME for EEs, a counter to the EE for MEs courseusually required in the ME program, may be necessary. This requisite course has been vettedover three semesters, directly assessed by Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) mapped to StudentOutcomes (SO) and indirectly assessed by a course survey. The impact of the course on theinterdisciplinary capstone design was notable and indirectly assessed by surveys and interviews.The inclusion of such a requisite ME for EEs course in the

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morad Rachid Atif , Texas A&M University; Samantha Michele Shields, Texas A&M University ; Debra A. Fowler, Texas A&M University; David E. Claridge P.E., Texas A&M University

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Architectural

program’s curriculum, jointly with the Program Development Committee, Texas A&M’s Center for Teaching Excellence, and the IAP.  Investigate the extent to which existing courses can be used initially in the curriculum, including the impact the inclusion of prospective architectural engineering students would have on those courses, and develop a transition plan to dedicated architectural engineering courses where needed.  Develop a plan for administering the program, including filling dedicated faculty positions and establishing a program implementation timeline.  Investigate and plan for student internship programs with the IAP.VI. Program and Curriculum DevelopmentOverview on ProcessOnce the institutional

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rylan C. Chong, Chaminade University; Helen Turner, Chaminade University; Mark Speck, Chaminade University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island serving institutionAbstractThere is a need for public policy to be integrated in science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) education as it brings policy and social relevance into STEM classes withthe potential to increase engagement and success of students with STEM content. From theperspective of developing future engineers and scientists, an early emphasis on linkages to publicpolicy and societal issues can promote student buy-in, and prepare for future policy andadvocacy work that are, increasingly, a component of scientific and engineering careers. Fromthe perspective of the science and engineering community, early exposure to the responsivenessand integration of policy into STEM will increase

Conference Session

Promoting Social Sustainability, Cultural Assets, and Assessing Equity and Diversity Index

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erika Judith Rivera, Florida International University ; Mohamed Elzomor, P.E., Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

expertise. Future professionals will needto engage on international teams utilizing their professional abilities such as communication andcultural and global adaptability. Effective intercultural teamwork is becoming more critical. Atthe same time, it is evident that modifications have been made to engineering and constructioneducation to better prepare aspiring professionals for working in these complex teams [16].The College of Engineers and Land Surveyors of Puerto Rico (CIAPR) was founded in 1938through Law No. 319, to ensure the public interest and serve as advisors to the Government intechnological matters as well as adopting and implementing canons of professional ethics anddefending the interests of engineering, surveying, and architecture

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Monica Lauren Singer, AmeriCorps VISTA; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

been growing in impact and numbers.There are five main service areas: Disaster Services, Economic Opportunity, Education, HealthyFutures, and Veterans and Military Families. There are also specific initiatives like the STEMVISTA that was started by President Obama in 2009 by launching "Educate to Innovate" whichaimed to educate American students for careers in STEM workforce. Later, in 2013, the STEMAmeriCorps was launched to specifically place volunteers in nonprofits across the country toinspire young people to excel in STEM."The goals of STEM AmeriCorps are to: • Improve academic performance and engagement in STEM coursework for K-12 students • Increase the number of students on track to graduate ready for college and for careers in

Conference Session

Capstone Courses in Construction

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jose L. Fernandez-Solis, Texas A&M University

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Construction

track of weekly percent plan complete (PPC) and interestingly, the virtualcompanies with the best PPC were the ones that won the RFP project.The descriptive method of qualitative research is used. This method is used whenan author is developing a coherent and comprehensive view of the subject at handfrom the perspective of the faculty, students and jurors that are subjects of thestudy as well as observers (Oakley 1994).The motivation is to share an integrative teaching method that is finding tractionamong students and is highly successful, according to the participants.Rationale and Objectives Page 25.277.2The need to train the next generation of construction

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Lawrence Genalo

in Materials at ISU The Materials Engineering Program at Iowa State University has established thefollowing desired learning outcomes in their graduates. Of course, this includes the 11outcomes in ABET’s Criterion 3;a. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineeringb. an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret datac. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needsd. an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teamse. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problemsf. an understanding of professional and ethical responsibilityg. an ability to communicate effectivelyh. the broad education necessary to understand the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Issues Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Engineering Ethics

. Page 22.152.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 AI & SciFi: Teaching writing, history, technology, literature and ethicsAbstractThe power of story can be used to engage students more fully in a wide range of technical topics.Stories, whether fictional or based on true case studies, have long been used to create worldswhere people (or aliens) have to address ethical issues at or beyond the edges of our technicalfrontiers. Additionally, the history of many scientific fields coincides with their exploration infictional works. The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been fertile in the imaginations ofauthors and movie producers, with many

Conference Session

National and Multi-university Initiatives

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia C. Fry, Baylor University; Sridhar S. Condoor, Saint Louis University; Timothy J. Kriewall, Kern Family Foundation; Christopher Kitts, Santa Clara University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

elements of the DCN are: Curricular Innovation – Synergistically innovate and implement a phased new teaching Page 25.1499.6 paradigm for e-mindset 5 Faculty Excellence – Actively engage a community of scholarly faculty who collaboratively cultivate entrepreneurial mindset in students Practitioners Community – Provide a window of opportunity for students and faculty to access corporate and community leaders Peer Collaboration – Enrich the educational experience by providing new opportunities for students

Conference Session

Emerging Computing and Information Technologies II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel Moses, Brigham Young University; Nathaniel Scott Baker; Dale C. Rowe, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

a year before transferring to BYU. Nate has taken a wide variety of courses, ranging from chemistry to business to computer engineering, and plans on graduating with a degree in Information Technology in 2016. He has recently discovered an interest in cyber security, and started working as a research assistant in the CSRL in order to begin developing his skills. In his free time, Nate enjoys playing guitar, snowboarding, and theater.Dr. Dale C. Rowe, Brigham Young University Dr. Rowe has worked for nearly two decades in security and network architecture with a variety of in- dustries in international companies. He has provided secure enterprise architecture on both military and commercial satellite communications

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal S Corbett, Cyber Innovation Center; Chuck Gardner, New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Anthony Joseph Taffaro Jr., New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy; Marvin Nelson, Benton High School

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Computing & Information Technology

Piloting a New Curriculum: A View from the TrenchesAbstractTeachers who implement a new curriculum provide invaluable feedback to content developmentteams. Without this feedback, possible improvements to the material would not be known andconsequently, not made. Teachers are in the trenches experiencing the various pains ofimplementing new educational programs. They see firsthand the impact on the students and,thus, recognize the positives, negatives, and potential improvements to the course design.This paper presents the experience of high school teachers implementing new curricula – onebased on the science of cyberspace called Cyber Science, and the other is a redesign of physics.Both courses were developed by Louisiana Tech University in

Conference Session

Educational Interventions and Pedagogy in Biomedical Engineering - June 22nd

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eileen Haase, Johns Hopkins University; Harry R. Goldberg, Johns Hopkins University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

Learning: Research and Practice, 15:2, pp.126-138, 2018.[9] R.M. Felder and R. Brent (2017) Learner-Centered Teaching: How and Why? LearningAbstracts (League for Innovation in the Community College), 20(5), May 2017[10] P. G. Koles, A. Stolfi, N. J. Borges, S. Nelson, and D. X. Parmelee, “The impact of team-based learning on medical students' academic performance.,” Acad Med, vol. 85, no. 11, pp.1739–1745, Nov. 2010.[11] M. L. Epstein and G. M. Brosvic, “Students prefer the immediate feedback assessmenttechnique,” Psychol Rep, vol. 90, no. 3, pp. 1136–1138, Jun. 2002.[12] E. Haase, B.N. Phan, and H.R. Goldberg (2017), Molecules and Cells: Team-based andMulti-modal Learning Improves Comprehension and Increases Content Retention, 2017 ASEEAnnual

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2020 ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference

Authors

Arielle True-Funk, Iowa State University; Cristina Poleacovschi, Iowa State University; Gloria Jones-Johnson; Scott Grant Feinstein; Meghan Berger M.A., LCMHCA, NCC, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Diversity

colleges. This research addresses the need for a scale to measure microaggressions in the uniqueengineering to provide data to better understand the breadth of microaggressions experienced bystudents. The development and validation of the EGRMS will impact engineering students andacademic leaders as it enables the collection and analysis of microaggressions across manyengineering departments and colleges.AcknowledgementsThis material is based in part on work supported by a National Science Foundation No., 1828172and 1828559. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo-Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University, Media

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Minorities in Engineering

, TeamGirls, and Mathletics.Teachers often look for profiles of minority or women professionals who have chosen one of theSTEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) for their career. A great source ofposters, pictures, stories and sometimes direct communications with mentors of color, are theprofessional societies that focus on underrepresented groups, e.g. NACME, NSBE, SACNAS,SHPE, SWE. Student chapters of NSBE, SHPE and SWE exist in most universities withColleges of Engineering and can be a source of young guest speakers for K-12 classes. LaFamilia Network10 provides many resources at their sites for minority role models and otheruseful links. AT&T’s Virtual Academy11 offers online courses for integrating technology intocurriculum

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul Rossler; Martin High

myriad of environmentallaws that clearly affect the practice of science and engineering.To date, all of the topical courses have been offered. The intellectual property course has beentaught three times, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, and Spring 2004. The products liability course andthe environmental law course were both offered once, with the products liability course againbeing offered in Spring 2005. With each offering, student enrollment has been strong (roughly15 to 20 students) and course evaluations have been good (in all cases, above 3.3 on a four pointscale).ENGR 4013: Impact of Law on Engineering PracticeThis course is designed as a general broad-based, overview course. It is billed as being thecourse to take if a student wishes to take only

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce W. Char, Drexel University; Isuru Daulagala, Drexel University; Nagarajan Kandasamy, Drexel University; Thomas T. Hewett, Drexel University

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First-Year Programs

-Computer Interaction, and the Psychology of Interaction Design. In addition, he has taught one- day professional development courses at both national and international conferences, and has participated in post-academic training for software engineers. Tom has worked on the design and development of sev- eral software projects and several pieces of commercial courseware. Some research papers have focused on the evaluation of interactive computing systems and the impact of evaluation on design. Other research papers have explored some of the pedagogical and institutional implications of universal student access to personal computers. In addition, he has given invited plenary addresses at international conferences. Tom