Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nikunja Swain P.E., South Carolina State University; Wanda Moses, South Carolina State University; James Allen Anderson, South Carolina State University; Cynthia T Davis, SC State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AbstractRecent reports have shown that there is a lack of interest in computer science in the K-12 level andnumber of incoming college freshmen specifying Computer Science (CS) as an area of study hasdropped 60% over the last 4 years. The educators and administrators are challenged to find ways toengage and promote success and retention of students while maintaining standards in introductorycomputer science courses. One way to do this is through education and awareness about computationalthinking in K-12 curriculum. There are a number of initiatives on this and one such initiative is theSTARS (Students & Technology in Academia, Research & Service) Student Leadership Corps (SLC).STARS SLC is a NSF funded initiative at University of North Carolina

Conference Session

Program Support Initiatives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

metrics in the classroom.Three questions the researchers wanted to answer include: 1) Initially designed as a multi-year development model, can The Citadel’s leadership assessment tool be used in a variety of courses? 2) Can students be objective and constructive through peer assessments to make a positive difference in team members’ leadership skills? 3) What improvements, if any, to the leadership assessment tool should be implemented in the future?The leadership assessment tool described later in this paper allowed the instructor to assessleadership skills objectively, identify discrepancies in contributed effort across teams, andprovide a means to continually improve foundational and capstone

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Initiatives

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Miller, Montana State University; Chung-Hsuan Benjamin Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana State University; Tariq Akmal, Washington State University; Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Phillip Himmer, Montanta State University, ECE Dept., Montana Microfabrication Facility

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #19770Fluidic channels in the classroom: Fabrication and integration in fluid me-chanicsMegan Miller, Montana State University Megan is a sophomore in Chemical Engineering at Montana State University. Her research interests include MEMS fabrication, microfluidics, and sputtering of thin film alloys.Mr. Chung-Hsuan Benjamin Huang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Montana StateUniversity Benjamin C.H. Huang received the Master of Science degrees from Drexel University in Philadelphia in 2014. Benjamin Huang is currently Microfluidics Scientist and Lithography Specialist at Montana State Univer

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Kien H. Lim, University of Texas at El Paso; Sharie Kranz, Coronado HS-EPISD; Catherine Tabor, El Paso ISD and University of Texas at El Paso; Jeremy L Ramirez, University of Texas at El Paso

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

primarily Hispanic-Serving Institutionserving the bi-national El Paso – Ciudad Juarez metropolitan area. IM’s first substantialdissemination is to Algebra-1 classrooms in three El Paso high schools during the 2011-2012academic year involving approximately seven hundred students.IM was developed as an unexpected synergy of two NSF-funded research efforts conducted bythe first author at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). IM’s pedagogy evolved from anultra-elementary programming thread called “Media Exposed” incorporated into UTEP’sEntering Students’ Program. Media Exposed targeted students taking (and often stuck retaking)algebra and pre-calculus courses. The course initially used a Python-based programmingenvironment and libraries that

Conference Session

Program Support Initiatives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

about and practice sustainability. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in en- gineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering, social responsibility, ethics, and diversity.Ms. Leslie Nolen, American Society of Civil Engineers Leslie Nolen, CAE, serves as director, educational activities for the American Society of Civil Engineers. She brings over 20 years of association management experience to her work with ASCE’s Committee on Education on issues of importance to the undergraduate and graduate level education of civil engineers. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Civil

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M University; Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University; A. Anil Kumar, Prairie View A&M University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #8156Introduce Computer Engineering to Middle School Students through a Sci-ence ProjectDr. Suxia Cui, Prairie View A&M UniversityDr. Yonghui Wang, Prairie View A&M University Dr. Yonghui Wang earned a B.S. in technical physics from Xidian University at Xi’an, China in 1993; an M.S. in electrical engineering from Beijing Polytechnic University at Beijing, China in 1999; and a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Mississippi State University at Starkville in 2003. From 1993 to 1996, he was an Engineer with the 41st Electrical Research Institute at Bengbu, China. From July 1999 to December 1999, he worked as

Conference Session

Program Support Initiatives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Matthew K. Swenty, Virginia Military Institute; Christopher R. Shearer, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Benjamin Z. Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth; Wakeel Ishola Anthony Idewu, Virginia Military Institute

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Civil Engineering

Paper ID #32884Does a Review Course Increase FE Exam Preparedness?Dr. Matthew K. Swenty, Virginia Military Institute Matthew (Matt) Swenty obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Civil Engineering from Missouri S&T and then worked as a bridge designer at the Missouri Department of Transportation. After obtaining his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech, he worked at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. He is currently a professor of Civil Engineering at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI). He teaches engineering mechanics and structural engineering courses and enjoys working with his students

Conference Session

Program Support Initiatives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel

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Civil Engineering

Corps of Engineers for over 24 years including eleven years on the faculty at the United States Military Academy.Dr. Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel Robert Rabb is a professor and the Mechanical Engineering Program Director at The Citadel. He previ- ously taught mechanical engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the United States Military Academy and his M.S.E. and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. His research and teaching interests are in mechatronics, regenerative power, and multidisciplinary engineering.Dr. Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel Alyson G. Eggleston is an Assistant Professor in the

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Initiatives

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME freshmen for several years. She is actively involved in community services of offering robotics workshops to middle- and high-school girls. Her research interests are dynamics and system modeling, geometry modeling, project based engineering design, and robotics in manufacturing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Different Lab Formats in Introduction to Engineering CourseAbstractMany incoming freshmen are ambiguous about which engineering major they are interested in.Exposing them to different engineering labs in freshman year will help them have a clearunderstanding about different majors.The objective of this

Conference Session

Program Support Initiatives

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Charles Riley P.E., Oregon Institute of Technology; Jesse M. Kinder, Oregon Institute of Technology; Ben S. Bunting Jr, Oregon Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

an ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Workshop mentor for five years as well as the founding coordinator for the Oregon Tech Excellence in Teaching Workshop.Dr. Jesse M. Kinder, Oregon Institute of Technology I am a professor of physics at the Oregon Institute of Technology. I earned my bachelor’s degree in Physics and Astronomy from DePauw University and my Master’s and Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Pennsylvania. My research interests include carbon nanotubes, quantum chemistry, and biological physics. I love teaching physics and introducing undergraduate students to physics research.Dr. Ben S. Bunting Jr, Oregon Institute of Technology American c

Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

A. Dean Fontenot, Texas Tech University; Richard A Burgess, Texas Tech University; Vinitha Hannah Subburaj M.S; Debra J Nash, Texas Tech University T-STEM Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

researchers to advancein computing with regards to new problem solving strategies and testing new solution in bothreal and virtual applications. The students would be required to work with problem solvingalgorithms, computation methods, and tools in K-12. The K-12 curriculum, they say, mustfocus the concepts and efforts in two directions. Initially a change in education policy must bemade, and, later, K-12 teachers need resources and appropriate examples to teach the students.The gap between K-12 and computer science education communities has to be bridged. Thegoal is to absorb the key concepts of computation to be applied across varies discipline ratherthan focusing on a specific computer science field. The computer science educationcommunity can

Conference Session

Experiential Learning Initiatives

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University; Jamshid E Farzidayeri, Middle Tennessee State University; Walter Boles; Ahad S. Nasab P.E., Middle Tennessee State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

University of New York Farmingdale.Mr. Jamshid E Farzidayeri, Middle Tennessee State University Jamshid Farzidayeri is a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Department of Mechatronics Engineering and a Ph. D. student in Computational Science at Middle Tennessee State University. Jamshid’s current research is the application of the energy principle to material segregation in rotating cylinders and his in- terest are energy systems, robotics, and space science. Prior to commencing his graduate studies, Jamshid worked as a Field Service Engineer for Beckman Coulter and has received Bachelor’s degrees in Mecha- tronics Engineering and Business Administration. He grew up in Hays, Kansas, and enjoys camping, gaming, and

Conference Session

Integrating H&SS in Engineering I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thanassis Rikakis; Jiping He; Hari Sundaram; Andreas Spanias

An Interdisciplinary Arts and Engineering Initiative for Experiential Multimedia+Thanassis Rikakis, Jiping He, Hari Sundaram, Gang. Qian, and Andreas SpaniasArts Media and Engineering Program (http://ame.asu.edu/), Arizona State UniversityAbstractThe engineering, arts and science disciplines involved in media training, research andeducation at Arizona State University have come together to create the Arts, Media andEngineering (AME) graduate education and research program. The education componentof this program consists of formalized graduate concentrations within existing degreesthat allow faculty and students to combine extensive training in their chosen disciplineoffered through their home department with hybrid engineering-arts

Conference Session

Topics in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Marshall, North Carolina State University; Mohamed Bourham, North Carolina State University

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Nuclear and Radiological

Carolina State University in 1987. He is presently the Undergraduate Administrator. As full professor, his research interests include plasma-matter interactions, from interaction with solids to liquids to energetic combustible materials to fabrics and microorganisms. He also is an associate faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering with research focusing on medical imaging. Page 11.965.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 Nuclear Engineering Freshman Student Initiatives: Lessons from North Carolina State University

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siqing Wei, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Matthew Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Lina Zheng, Beihang University

Paper ID #36441New Engineering Education initiative of China: A PolicyDebriefSiqing Wei Siqing Wei received B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Engineering Education program at Purdue University. After years of experience serving as a peer teacher and a graduate teaching assistant in first-year engineering courses, he has been a research assistant at CATME research group studying multicultural team dynamics and outcomes. The research interests span how cultural diversity impacts teamwork and how to help students improve intercultural

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Zenon Jan Pudlowski; Peter LePoer Darvall

Session 1160 USICEE’S International Cooperation Initiatives and Programs in Engineering Education Zenon Jan Pudlowski & Peter LePoer Darvall UNESCO Supported International Centre for Engineering Education (USICEE) Faculty of Engineering, Monash University Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3168, AustraliaThe UNESCO Supported International Centre for Engineering Education (USICEE) was established in theFaculty of Engineering at Monash University on the recommendation of the UNESCO Steering Committee onTechnical Human

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Barbara Victoria Bernal, Southern Polytechnic State University

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Minorities in Engineering

AC 2011-2429: AN INITIAL STUDY OF GEORGIA’S HISPANIC PARTIC-IPATION IN HIGHER EDUCATIONBarbara Victoria Bernal, Southern Polytechnic State University Barbara Victoria Bernal is a Professor of Software Engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), where she has taught Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Information Technology courses since 1984. As a faculty, she has been awarded an Outstanding Faculty Award (1995) and served as undergraduate coordinator for software engineering; and chair of software engineering. Additionally, she is the co-founder of the SPSU Usability Research Lab (ULAB) and is directly involved in corporate- sponsor ULAB projects. She received her M. Ed. and B.S. from

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Tao, Center for Robust Speech Systems (CRSS), University of Texas at Dallas; Satwik Dutta, University of Texas at Dallas; Yagmur N/A Seven; Dwight Irvin; Jay Buzhardt, University of Kansas; John H. L. Hansen, University of Texas at Dallas

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Diversity

usingLanguage Environment Analysis (LENA) audio recorders (Fig. 1(b,c)) for developing automaticadult-child speech and language processing systems6. The subjects included adults (pre-schoolteachers and researchers) and children. All children were English speakers and 3 to 5 years old. Thespeech data were transcribed by our transcription team at CRSS UT-Dallas. Thirty-minute randomsamples were taken from 5 different sessions – each session denoting a separate child. Two of thesesessions included children with speech challenges receiving speech-language therapy services. Analysis, Results & DiscussionTopic Initiations and Turn RatesTopic/conversational initiations made by children versus adult teachers were analyzed

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan K. Karplus

Session 1225 National Sponsored Design Project Initiatives for Mechanical Engineering Students Alan K. Karplus Western New England CollegeOver several years the second semester Junior Mechanical Engineering Laboratoryprogram has emphasized formal team building activities. A project format is used whichrequires the completion of an entry into a National Design Competition. For the 1995/96year the Student Safety Engineering Design Contest sponsored by the Safety Engineeringand Risk Analysis Division of ASME, National Institute For Occupational Safety andHealth

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Yusuf Khan; Wei Sun; Mohamed Attawia; Michele Marcolongo; Frank Ko; Dhirendra Katti; Cato Laurencin

engineers to maintain thefield’s exponential growth. The most appropriate way to ensure the proper training of thesefuture engineers is through a curriculum with the specifics of the field at the core of its design.We have outlined above our vision of this curriculum as well as its potential for expansion andinternational influence. Drexel University is an ideal place for its growth, being in Philadelphiawith its abundance of high-caliber academic institutions, being a city campus well-situated toserve the community in which it resides, and being a well-respected and academically strongengineering research institution. The initial success of the curriculum has paved the way forgrowth both intra- and extramurally, and has provided the grounds for

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - GIFTS

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

Paper ID #38944GIFTS: Initiative to Meet Students through Informal Walks around CampusDr. Andrew Charles Bartolini, University of Notre Dame Assistant Teaching Professor, University of Notre Dame Coordinator, First-Year Engineering Program ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 GIFTS: Initiative to Meet Students Through Informal Walks Around CampusThis GIFTS (Great Ideas for Teaching Students) paper presents the inspiration, implementationand analysis into a new initiative by the author to meet students by taking walks around campus.In the spring of 2022, the

Conference Session

Promoting ET Through K-12 Projects

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Juliano; Ronald Rockland; George Gonzalez; Joel Bloom

Session 3547 Enhancing the pre-engineering curriculum – a multi-partner initiative Thomas M. Juliano1, Ronald H. Rockland 2, Joel S. Bloom 3, George Gonzalez4 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, Tel: (973) 596-5694, Fax: (973) 642-4184, thomas.juliano@njit.edu / 2 Associate Dean, Newark College of Engineering, and Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Liang Li Wu; Anis Hammoudeh; Gregory Washington

international leaders.Collaboration with Tel Aviv University (TAU) in IsraelAfter a delegation visit to Israel in 2012, conversations initiated on a wide range of possiblecollaborations such as academic exchanges, joint research initiatives, programs and projectsbetween UCI and Israeli universities. During the visit, we discovered a common ground withTel Aviv University that both universities had excelled in communications and informationtechnology education. UCI is located in Southern California, home to more than 600telecommunications companies anchored by Broadcom and Qualcomm. TAU is a technologicalpowerhouse in Israel, which has educated a large number of scientists and engineers who havelaunched companies contributing to making Israel the “start

Conference Session

Examining "Big" Data

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Issam Wajih Damaj, American University of Kuwait; Ashley Ater Kranov, Washington State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #12549A Framework for Measuring the Sustainability of Academic Programs in theTechnical Fields: Initial Validity Study FindingsDr. Issam Wajih Damaj, American University of Kuwait Dr. Issam W. Damaj (Ph.D. M.Eng. B.Eng.) is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at the American University of Kuwait (AUK). He is the Chairperson of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His University service experience is focused around assessment, quality assur- ance, program development, accreditation, and institutional effectiveness. His research interests include hardware/software co-design

Conference Session

Institutional Change

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Agrawal, Virginia Tech; Cassandra J. Groen, Virginia Tech; Amy L. Hermundstad Nave, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Thomas Martin, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #21645Overriding Tradition? An Initial Exploration of the Intersection of Institu-tional and Disciplinary Cultures from the Student PerspectiveMr. Ashish Agrawal, Virginia Tech Ashish Agrawal is a PhD candidate in the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He did his B-Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee and his MS from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, both in Electric Engineering. His research inter- ests include experiences of international faculty and students in US classrooms, sociology of education, and critical and

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 14: Thinking about the Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Thomas De Pree, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Indiana-Purdue University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #26797ABET & Engineering Accreditation - History, Theory, Practice: Initial Find-ings from a National Study on the Governance of Engineering EducationDr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. His current research is on the history of engineering education reform in the United States (1945-present). He is a the immediate past chair of

Conference Session

Trends in Energy Conversion/Conservation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Wrate

. · Manage energy efficiency programs that address three additional key areas including market transformation, reliability, and rural economic development.Development of the TeamThe Division of Energy of DOA selected private, non-profit administrators to subcontract withexpert individuals or companies to provide the services required. The Focus on Energy programwas divided into four main areas: major markets, residential, renewable energy, andenvironmental research. The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), along with eightindustrial partners, won the major markets segment of the program. The total, three-year,expenditure on this portion will be $64 million. The initiative will focus on improvement of theenergy usage of Wisconsin’s major

Conference Session

Writing and Technical Communications

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John William Lynch, University of Cincinnati; Sheryl A. Sorby, University of Cincinnati; Teri J Murphy, University of Cincinnati; Betsy M. Aller, Western Michigan University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

and project management. Her focus was on students’ professional development and support for underrepresented groups in engineering. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Initial investigations into the link between spatial and technical communication skillsAbstract:ABET requires that all engineering graduates are able to effectively communicate technicalinformation; however, industry leaders often lament the technical communication skills of ourengineering student graduates. Despite years of concerted effort, at a national level, the situationdoes not appear to be improving. In contrast, the spatial skills of engineering students aretypically well above

Conference Session

International Educational Experiences (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zaida M Gracia, Texas Tech University; Albert Sacco Jr., Texas Tech University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

1997, when he joined the faculty at Northeastern. He has consulted for numerous companies in the fields of catalysis, solid/gas contacting, zeolite synthesis and applications, and equipment design for space applications. Sacco has more than 192 publications (including book chapters) in the areas of carbon filament initiation and growth, transition metal and acid catalyst and their deactivation, and zeolite synthesis, and he has been the principal inves- tigator on more than $24 million in research grants. Using his space flight experience, Sacco has given more than 300 presentations to approximately 27,000 K-12 teachers and their students as a means to mo- tivate students to consider careers in science and

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alisha B. Diggs, University of Michigan; Joi-lynn Mondisa, University of Michigan; Robert D, Scott, University of Michigan - College of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

assessments were with regard to their feelings on the role PFF programming playedon their choice of academic career path, securing a job, and the initial transition from graduatestudent to faculty member.Of the aforementioned categories, alumni reported the most valuable interventions to be thementoring relationship and PFF interventions organized at their home institutions; site visits tocluster campuses closely followed. Most specifically, of value were the discussions withmentors on the faculty roles and responsibilities, balancing research, teaching, and service, andstructures of institutional governance; direct observation of cluster campus courses, facultymeetings, and strategies for teaching diverse student populations; and opportunities