Conference Session

Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Greses Pérez, Stanford University; Patrick Marcel Danner, Technical University of Munich; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University; Carol B. Muller, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

entrepreneur, she served as Associate Dean for Thayer School of En- gineering at Dartmouth, where she co-founded the campus-wide Women in Science Project in 1990. She founded and served as chief executive of MentorNet, a large-scale online nonprofit global mentoring network advancing diversity in engineering and science (1996-2008). At Stanford, she was consulting as- sociate professor of mechanical engineering between 1998 and 2002, collaborating with faculty and staff to create ”New Century Scholars: Teaching, Learning, and Your Academic Career,” a summer workshop designed for new engineering faculty members. A Fellow of the Association for Women in Science, Dr. Muller and her work have been recognized with other national

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1 - Skill and Competency Development through the Co-op Experience

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Haaniyah Ali, York University; Jeffrey Harris, York University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

. Next, the faculty meetings and model were used to guide the focus group questions. Atotal of 3 focus groups were conducted, 1 for each program being analyzed. Between 3-5people participated in each group. To get the depth of employability skills, students who hadparticipated in the co-op program were mixed with students who had done an unofficialinternship. The cut off was that the field of work had to directly relate to their discipline (ie.no general or part time positions were considered like retail, food industry, etc). Prior to theinterview, students were asked about their experience and the researcher made the finaldecision. During the interview, the students were asked questions about their experience ofcertain employability

Conference Session

Motivation, Identity, and Belongingness

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Allison Gray, Northern Arizona University; Robin Tuchscherer P.E., Northern Arizona University; Ron Gray, Northern Arizona University

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Educational Research and Methods

Studies: Early UnderstandingsIdentity study developed primarily since the Industrial Revolution, with principal contributionsfrom theorists in the fields of sociology, psychology, anthropology, and education. In 1902,sociologist Charles Horton Cooley introduced the idea of the “looking glass self,” in whichindividuals’ self-concept is developed through an interpretation of interactions with others: “inimagination we perceive in another’s mind some thought of our appearance, manners, aims,deeds, character, friends, and so on, and are variously affected by it” [14]. Our ideas about howwe appear to others, and our interpersonal reactions, form our identity. Cooley discussed threemain components to the looking-glass self: our conceptualization of our

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mathew D. Evans, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #27378How Writing for the Public Provides Affordances and Constraints in Enact-ing Expert Identity for Undergraduate Engineering StudentsMathew D. Evans, Arizona State University Mathew D Evans is currently a doctoral candidate at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State UniversityDr. Michelle Jordan , Arizona State University Michelle Jordan is as associate professor in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State Uni- versity. She also serves as the Education Director for the QESST Engineering Research Center. Michelle’s program of research focuses on social interactions in collaborative

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Barry Dupen, Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne; Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University; Peggie Weeks

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Materials

industry. His primary interests lie in materials en- gineering, mechanics, and engineering technology education. He is also an experienced contra dance caller.Dr. Mary B. Vollaro, Western New England University Mary B. Vollaro is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Vollaro received her Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut, her M.S. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and her B.S.M.E. at Western New England University. She has held c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #15012 engineering positions

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Randall D. Manteufel, University of Texas, San Antonio; Amir Karimi, University of Texas, San Antonio

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Mechanical Engineering

based on the need of the program constituencies. The current PEOs for the MEprogram at UTSA states that the within a few years after graduation, the graduates will: (1) haveengineering careers in industry, government, and/or will pursue advanced graduate orprofessional degrees, (2) apply their engineering skills to their careers, (3) continue to advancetheir knowledge, communication and leadership skills by using technology, continuingeducation, solving problems, and serving in technical or professional societies, and (4) applytheir understanding of societal, environmental, and ethical issues to their professional activities.These PEOs are consistent with the institutional mission, and the program’s constituents’ needs.ABET EAC used to require

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kacey D. Beddoes, Oregon State University; Corey T. Schimpf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

described at feministengineering.org. She received a CAREER award in 2010 and a PECASE award in 2012 for her project researching the stories of undergraduate engineering women and men of color and white women. She received ASEE-ERM’s best paper award for her CAREER research, and the Denice Denton Emerging Leader award from the Anita Borg Institute, both in 2013. She helped found, fund, and grow the PEER Collaborative, a peer mentoring group of early career and re- cently tenured faculty and research staff primarily evaluated based on their engineering education research productivity. She can be contacted by email at apawley@purdue.edu

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergio William Sedas, Tecnológico de Monterrey

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #14013A program to develop resiliency, self-confidence, intrinsic motivation, and asense of purpose in young adultsDr. Sergio William Sedas, Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey Dr. Sergio Sedas is a professor at the Mechatronics Department at Tecnol´ogico de Monterrey. He is former head of the Mechatronics undergraduate program and founder of multiple hi-tech companies. For over 25 years he has developed innovative industrial robotic and vision systems for Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies. Interested in innovating education, in 2010 he began to research the human brain and human behavior to determine how to improve

Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Wilkinson, University of Toronto

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

responses to thisassignment identify a number of strategies from the course that improved their work inengineering courses and engineering design challenges. Interviews with a number of theseparticipants highlight the value of adapting and applying skills in alternative settings tounderstand their value within an engineering context.Arguments for a liberal education for engineers identify a number of positive outcomesstemming from required courses in the Humanities and Social Sciences: through immersion inthe liberal arts students become more culturally aware, are capable of inter- and cross-disciplinary collaboration, have stronger communication skills, and are capable of learningoutside of their discipline even after leaving the academic

Conference Session

Tips of the Trade: Best Practices, Expanded Advice, and Strategies for Implementable Course Improvement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Thomas Quigley, University of Washington; Mania Orand, Human Centered Design and Engineering ; Kathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington; Jennifer A Turns, University of Washington; Cynthia J. Atman, University of Washington

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New Engineering Educators

 used in industry may make them more valuable to students.” ​[Arizona State University FG10]  7 Other educators also used alternative names for the activity and added that disguising the reflection activity can help as an entrée into getting students to actively engage in reflection at the beginning of the course, but they emphasized the importance of discussing the reflection later in the class so the students understand what it means and how to use it in the future [Rose­Hulman Institute of Technology FG01]. Be clear/explicit about the purpose of reflection.​  Educators highlighted the importance of discussing the reasons and rationale for

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Environmental Engineering Division: Sustainability and Hands-On Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado - Boulder; Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland; Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Andrew Gillen, Northeastern University

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Environmental Engineering

sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Dr. Sharon A. Jones P.E., University of Portland Sharon Jones is the Dean of the Shiley School of Engineering at the University of Portland. She is a licensed civil engineer with degrees from Columbia University, the University of Florida, and Carnegie Mellon University. Her research interests focus on applying decision-making methods to evaluate sustain- ability policies with emphases on infrastructure, developing economies, and particular industrial sectors. She is also interested in engineering pedagogy

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Student Division Innovative Research Methods Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra Groen, Virginia Tech; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Student

Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., PE, LEED-AP, is an assistant professor in the Myers-Lawson School of Construction and in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She holds a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering and a graduate certificate in engineering education – all from Clemson University. She is the 2016 recipient of Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Assistant Professor and the Black Graduate Student Organization’s Lisa Tabor Award for Community Service. Using deep insights from a fourteen-year industry career and her strengths as a systems

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bre Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Elizabeth A. Reddy, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

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Materials

for future iterations of this module and adaption to otherinstructors’ classrooms.INTRODUCTIONAs defined by Merriam-Webster, engineering is “the application of science and mathematics bywhich the properties of matter and the sources of energy in nature are made useful to people” (1).The technical nature of this definition continues into the canon shaping the engineeringcurriculum. While engineering education has traditionally focused solely on the technicalskillset, there is a growing industry and academic demand for engineers who possess social andglobal values to better align with the changing industry (2) (3) (4) (5). Terminology such as‘socio-technical’ engineering is becoming more common, as is the blending of the social with

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debarati Basu, Virginia Tech; Vinod K. Lohani, Virginia Tech; Kang Xia, Virginia Tech

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

computer-supported research and learning systems, hydrology, engineering education, and international collaboration. He has served as a PI or co-PI on 16 projects, funded by the National Science Foundation, with a $6.4 million research funding participation from external sources. He has been directing/co-directing an NSF/Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site on interdisciplinary water sciences and engineering at VT since 2007. This site has 95 alumni to date. He also leads an NSF/Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) site on interdisciplinary water research and have 10 alumni. He also leads an NSF-funded cybersecurity education project and serves as a co-PI on two International Research Experiences for

Conference Session

Technical Session 11: Topics related to Computer Science

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzana Rahman, Florida International University; Samy El-Tawab, James Madison University

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Computers in Education

basics of mobile appdevelopment with a team project that exposes them to industry level software developmentpractices, and 2) Introduce students to the notion of socially conscious computing from theperspective of how mobile applications and their design decisions can influence human lives andsociety. By appealing to students' interest in helping others, in this course, socially consciousmobile development aimed to give students life-changing experiential learning not typicallyachieved in the classroom, while providing a portable software that benefits society at large. Wealso focused on teaching students to appreciate how computing influence society and how theycan play a role in it as future generation technology makers.1. IntroductionThe

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Joanne Kay Beckwith, University of Michigan; Laura Hirshfield, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

behavior in the students past versus those required for incorporation into collegelife [10]. This transition to a higher education institution can be particularly difficult for thosefrom small rural communities because of the larger degree of difference between their hometownand the typical university.The study of rural students poses a unique challenge for researchers. There is no standarddefinition of “rural.” The United States government has six different definitions of rural thatcounties and communities can be categorized in depending on population, distance from ametropolitan center, geographical features or level of economic and industrial development [11].Additionally, rural regions and populations can have vastly different social and

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Best Paper Finalists

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

H. Ronald Clements III, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sherry Chen

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Educational Research and Methods

Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Her research interest focuses on interdis- ciplinary students’ identity development, belonging, and agency in engineering.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering fos- ter or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University

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Systems Engineering

Paper ID #7817Improve Retention Rate and Performance of Students in STEM Field Usinga Virtual Teaching Assistant SystemDr. Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University Dr. Pablo Biswas received Ph.D. and M.S. in in Industrial Engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX. Dr. Biswas’s research interest is in supply chain management, inventory control, lean production systems, and information

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalya A. Koehler, Iowa State University; Charles T. Jahren P.E., Iowa State University

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Civil Engineering

, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State Uni- versity. He also serves as the chair of the Editorial Board of the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Construction Engineering and Management—he was formerly editor-in-chief, chair of the ASCE Construction Engineering Education Committee, and a member of the Transportation Research Board Pavement Maintenance Committee. He earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering and his M.B.A. from the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (specializing in Construction Engineer- ing and Management) from Purdue University. He has prior experience as an assistant professor at the University of Washington and over six years of industrial experience as a

Conference Session

Micro-Technology and Nanotechnology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiyong Gu, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Bridgette Maria Budhlall, University of Massachusetts; Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Forance Barry, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Alfred A. Donatelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jill Hendrickson Lohmeier, University of Massachusetts Lowell

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

the synthesis of nanostructured materials with controlled morphologies specifically designed to trigger and control motility and assembly, the development of methods for self-assembly of colloidal matter, the understanding of the molecular interactions involved between molecular and colloidal building blocks and potential macroscopic substrates. I find it important that my technology be scaled-up and is of use in a variety of industrial applications ranging from biosensors, chemical sensors and nanofluidic devices, smart coatings, electronic inks and adhesives, drug delivery systems, polymers for cellular transport and analysis and for biomedical devices.Dr. Hongwei Sun, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Hongwei

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Krause, Arizona State University; Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University

and engineering class.Participants in this research were from a sample of 38 students enrolled in a 2009 semester of anintroductory materials science and engineering course. The introductory course in which thesample was drawn was a 15-week semester course required for mechanical, industrial andmaterials engineering majors meeting for seventy-five minutes two times per week. The coursewas taught by a professor with a Ph.D. in engineering and 28 years teaching experience. Of the40 students initially enrolled, only 38 were selected due to early withdrawing of two students. Of Page 15.143.5the 38 students who remained enrolled in the course, all

Conference Session

Administering First-Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Williams, East Carolina University; William Howard, East Carolina University

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First-Year Programs

from a large corporations’ view-point, covering thevarious management structures seen across industry. Not only is this dry to the averagefreshman, the covered material had no relationship to the robot project that the students’ wereengaged in. However; as reported in a survey by Summers and Edmonson,13 the integration ofproject management concepts with student projects can be very effective: Instructors reporting greater success with student project skill implementation were the ones who also reported that they place requirements on their students to apply their skills to the projects given in the class, whether short or long. These individuals were in the minority. Most of the respondents reported a laissez-faire

Conference Session

A Systems Thinking Approach to Solving Problems

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Renee Stepler, Pennsylvania State University; Steve Garguilo, Johnson & Johnson Inc.; Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Systems Engineering Constituent Committee

has numerous ongoing humanitarian engineering andsocial entrepreneurship (HESE) initiatives.7 The basic philosophy behind the initiatives is theconvergence of concepts, disciplines, cultures, and countries towards a freer, fairer, friendlier,and more sustainable planet. HESE challenges students and faculty from across the campus tobreak down the barriers between their disciplines and truly collaborate to develop technology-based solutions to address the most compelling problems facing humanity today. The objective isto develop transformative social innovations and scalable business models to transform thesetechnology solutions into sustainable and scalable ventures that enable and accelerate positivesocial change throughout the world.HESE

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Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie LeSure, Utah State University; Nathan Mentzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University - Engineering Education

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Minorities in Engineering

1990’s, design thinking gained popularity as a way to foster and sustain innovation by Page 24.146.2having work environments that focused on the customer while simultaneously supportingemployee’s experimentation 16. Design thinking is used in all industries from mechanical 1engineering, business, and healthcare to education, art, and design(http://www.byui.edu/clusters/design-thinking).Specifically, design thinking is defined as a human-centered design process to solving ill-structured problems using an organized method of defining the problem by observing andempathizing with the people who are

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Critical Thinking, Leadership, and Creativity

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

economic “stagflation” during the rest of the 70s brought engineering educators to shift theirattention to a perceived crisis in U.S. industrial productivity. Given the intensive work requiredto set up a PSI course, few faculty members from research universities (and from universitieswith high teaching loads) were willing (or able) to give PSI a try. The situation only grew worseduring the 1980s, as the concern about productivity transformed into a broader discourse about“national competitiveness,” and the way that engineering research was touted as a way for thenecessary transition to a “high tech” economy. Even at UT Austin, it became less fashionable forany faculty to express a strong interest in teaching.PSI did continue to be employed at UT

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Improving Introductory Experiences in Chemical Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laura-Ann Shaa Ling Chin, Villanova University; Justinus Agus Budi Satrio, Villanova University; Kenneth A. Kroos, Villanova University

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Chemical Engineering

- sylvania. He earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. He also has several years of industrial experience as a chemical processing engineer. Originally from Indonesia, a country blessed with biomass resources, Dr. Satrio’s research passion focuses on developing technologies for utilizing biorenewable materials to produce energy, fuels, and chemicals that decrease society’s dependence on non-renewable resources. His research area specializes on non-catalytic and catalytic thermochemical processes, such as fast pyrolysis and gasification to convert lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals and liquid fuels. Past and present research projects that Dr. Satrio have been involved include biomass pre- treatment

Conference Session

Writing and Communication II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Anderson; Jeanine Casler; Bugrahan Yalvac; H. David Smith; Gulnur Birol; John Troy; Penny Hirsch

(www.vanth.org) are concerned about how their innovative efforts to integratecommunication instruction into their classes can be promulgated throughout the curriculum.To investigate these problems and gather data to help us improve the teaching of writingthroughout the curriculum, our interdisciplinary committee--faculty from engineering, writing,and the learning sciences—collaborated to: (1) systematically gather information about the writing standards that engineering faculty want to support (2) discuss the standards with faculty in relation to preferred teaching methods (3) disseminate those standards through a websiteOur primary research question was to determine whether engineering faculty within and acrossdisciplines share

Conference Session

Exploring Trends in CPD

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Llewellyn Mann; David Radcliffe

their careers, theirresponsibilities, professional ethics, life long learning and training for the workplace. Oneinteresting comment came from an external student, who thought that it was to “think moreof the soft side or ‘care bear’ side of being a professional, rather than justtechnical/maths/science” which is a common conception among engineering students (andcoincidentally some academics)[25]. This conception, though, does not mirror those of theengineering industry or the profession[26, 27], who regard such skills as communication,teamwork and professionalism as some of the most important skills engineers need topossess. This course was refined then in light of these comments to continually show thestudents that most of the issues covered

Conference Session

Assessing with Technology

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

T.M. Wildman; M. L. Wolfe; Jr., O.Hayden Griffin, O.Hayden Griffin,; J. Muffo; G.T. Adel; G.V. Loganathan; Kumar Mallikarjunan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamara Knott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

website2provides a comprehensive appraisal of e-portfolio programs. Colyer and Howell3 describe thedevelopment of ePortfolios in education and the arts and the desire of other disciplines to adoptePortfolios as a professional tool for self assessment against university and industry standards.They include a detailed literature review. Grading rubrics for ePortfolios can be found inMorrison-Shetlar4, and Ridgway and McCusker5 provide a comprehensive literature review on Page 10.1407.2 Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2005, American Society for

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Projects in Alternative Energy: Wind and Solar

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kamal Sarkar, University of Texas, Pan American; Robert A. Freeman, University of Texas, Pan American; Dean Schneider, Texas Engineering Experiment Station; Ken Starcher, West Texas A&M University; Pam Groce, Texas State Energy Conservation Office

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2012-3209: DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL WIND TURBINES FOR ISO-LATED COLONIA HOMES OF SOUTH TEXASDr. Kamal Sarkar, University of Texas, Pan American Kamal Sarkar completed his undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Calcutta Univer- sity and graduate degree in materials science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. After finishing his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, he joined the industry as a materials re- searcher. He has more than 20 years of diversified industrial experience using his experience in materials, computer visualization, and manufacturing. Presently, he is teaching in the Mechanical Engineering De- partment of the University of Texas, Pan American. His