Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

of the intended purpose of each link andthe observed impact on student performance metrics. This paper should be a great value toengineering programs interested in understanding the student success strategies implemented atNC State University and their impact.A. IntroductionIn the College of Engineering at NC State University, measures of student success such asretention, matriculation, and graduation rates had remained largely unchanged for decades. Abenchmark study, and review of the literature, on student success in undergraduate engineeringeducation revealed several practices not adopted within the college. From this insight a set ofprocesses/programs aimed at pre-college, first-time fulltime, and transfer students weredeveloped into the

Conference Session

Capstone and International Experiences

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Chell A. Roberts, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

projects with their funding at the sixfigure level). These external partners include city governments, a national laboratory, and manycompanies, ranging from small start-up companies to large defense companies. Partners indicatethat they engage in the program for several reasons. The primary reason is that running projectsprovides companies an opportunity to evaluate future engineering talent. The sponsors havehired many students from their project’s team. The second motivation is to get something ofvalue accomplished through the projects. Several sponsors use the projects to test new ideas, togenerate out of the box thinking, and to explore new markets.We hold a large public showcase event, the Innovation Showcase, in May to exhibit the

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald J. Bennett

Session 2642Industry/Academia Collaboration: Developing a New Master of Science in Technology Management Degree Program Ronald J. Bennett, Ph.D. Director and Chair Manufacturing Systems and Engineering Page 3.337.1 1AbstractThe University of St. Thomas graduate programs serve a working adult population centered inthe Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. Degree programs in business, software,manufacturing systems and engineering are provided through a multitude of delivery modesincluding traditional classes, company on-site classes, use

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Cornucopia #1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Constantine Mukasa, Northeastern University; John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

, Wireless Communications, satellite and mobile communication Systems, vehicular networks, wireless network connectivity, and interference modeling.Dr. John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University Dr. Sangster is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the First Year Engineering program at Northeastern University. Prior to joining Northeastern in 2018, he served for three years as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska. He received his Ph.D. in 2015 from Virginia Tech in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transportation. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Fourth Time Around: Do Classes Get Better

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Cornucopia

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Matthew A. Verleger, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach; Farshid Marbouti, San Jose State University; Nishith Shah; Pujan Thaker, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #32797Types of Models Identified by First-Year Engineering StudentsDr. Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Kelsey Rodgers is an assistant professor in the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. She teaches a MATLAB programming course to mostly first-year engineering students. She primarily investigates how students develop mathematical models and simulations and ef- fective feedback. She graduated from the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University with a doctorate in engineering education. She previous conducted research in Purdue

Conference Session

Potpourri of First-Year Issues

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

S. Scott Moor, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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First-Year Programs

at a regional state university that serves predominately commuterstudents. A significant number of the students are the first in their family to go to college.Approximately 60% enter the college needing to take one or two semesters to get to Calculus 1.For these latter students they will spend three or four semesters completing their first-yearrequirements. A large fraction of these students work off campus.The first-year engineering program includes four engineering courses: 1. Introduction to Engineering - A one-credit introduction to being an engineering student. It has no prerequisites. The course includes student success topics, an introduction to various engineering disciplines and a hands-on group project. 2

Conference Session

FPD5 -- Placement & Early Success

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University; Susan Freeman, Northeastern University; Richard Whalen, Northeastern University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2007-1236: DO THEY LIKE WHAT THEY LEARN, DO THEY LEARN WHATTHEY LIKE – AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?Beverly Jaeger, Northeastern University Beverly Jaeger, Sue Freeman, and Rich Whalen are members of Northeastern University’s Gateway Team, a selected group of faculty expressly devoted to the first-year Engineering Program at Northeastern University. The focus of this team is on providing a consistent, comprehensive, and constructive educational experience in engineering that endorses the student-centered and professionally-oriented mission of Northeastern University.Susan Freeman, Northeastern UniversityRichard Whalen, Northeastern University

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Paper ID #6462Implementation of a Risk Management Program to Address Public Policy Is-sues in Mega ProjectsProf. Andrew J Bates, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Professor Andrew Bates is an experienced senior construction manager with a proven ability to plan, di- rect and complete construction and engineering projects safely, on time and within budget. His ability to communicate, motivate people and devise successful action plans in both small and large organizations has allowed him to thrive in high stress, fast-paced work environments requiring multi-tasking and im- mediate decision making skills. Since

Conference Session

K-12 Professional Development I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Bowen Ed.D, North Dakota State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

experience showed them the importance of using authentic hands-onprojects in the classroom as a method of delivering course content and demonstrating anunderstanding of concepts. The small number of participants is a limiting factor in the qualitativeanalysis. The researcher has designed the study so that it will increase in power as the number ofinternships and teacher participants increase. Therefore, the researcher has included a qualitativecomponent to further support the results of the quantitative analysis.Interview ResultsTo gain a deeper understanding of the teachers' perceptions of the internship program, theresearch conducted semi-structured interviews with the participants. The following descriptionssummarize the responses in regards to

Conference Session

A Technology Potpourri I

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Sanjeevi Chitikeshi; Isaac L. Flory IV, Old Dominion University

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Engineering Technology

last few decades have experienced an explosion of technology, both in industry and incustomer products. A large variety of embedded systems from various areas of applications,digital electronics, internet of things, automatically controlled products, and ultimatelymechatronics systems are part of the everyday life. The changes in the industries, consumermarkets and implicitly in the job markets, impose changes in the academic programs andcurricula. Recently, mechatronics undergraduate programs started being developed in 2 or 4years colleges across the nation, mainly driven by international companies operating in countriesthat already offer mechatronics degrees ranging from high school to doctoral programs. Most ofthe time there are independent

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Student Success

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenai Kelley Brown, Clemson University; Natalie Stringer, Clemson University; Rachel K. Anderson, Clemson University; Laurel Whisler, Clemson University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

. Anderson, Clemson University Rachel Anderson recently earned her PhD in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson Univer- sity. She is now the Assistant Coordinator for Clemson’s Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) program. Her research interests include cross-disciplinary teamwork, student development, and program assessment. Rachel received a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Clemson University and a B.S. in Physics from Baldwin-Wallace University.Laurel Whisler, Clemson University Laurel Whisler is Assistant Director and Coordinator of Course Support Programs in Clemson Univer- sity’s Westmoreland Academic Success Program. In this capacity, she provides vision and direction for the Tutoring and Peer-Assisted

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Admissions, Transfer Pathways, and Major Selection

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danyelle Ireland, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Jordan Esiason; Amanda Menier; Rebecca Zarch

UNIV institutional researchoffice to compare GPA and major persistence outcomes for PTP participants and their transferstudent peers in computing and engineering. We requested data that began two academic yearsprior to the institution of the PTP program to be able to assess pre-existing trends in GPA andpersistence.Condition Assignment Cohort. Students were assigned one of six year cohorts based on the academic year andsemester that they transferred to UNIV (2015 through 2020) in order to allow for the detection ofimmediate and sustained program effects as well as to control for a threat to validity due to ageneral upward trend in GPA over time. The first 2 cohorts almost exclusively contain studentswho transferred to UNIV prior to the

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sai Prasanth Krishnamoorthy, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University; Vikram Kapila, New York University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, presentation, and business skills; and inspire their students, through examples of real-world applications, to pursue careers in STEM and create technology ventures.3. Assess program activities and disseminate outcomes.As elaborated below, PBL, engineering research, and entrepreneurship and industry experiencesare purposefully integrated in this PD program so that educators can link classroom teaching andlearning in STEM disciplines with real-world STEM practices.To develop a technically literate workforce, educators must not only teach STEM knowledge butalso address students’ question: “Why do I need to know this?” Engagement of industry in PD canallow teachers to inform students about job opportunities based on their own experiences. Such

Conference Session

Construction Session 2: PM, BIM, and Collaboration

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yilei Huang, South Dakota State University

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Construction

, to have BIM fully implemented in CMcurricula, many challenges still exist within the CM programs, the academia, and the AECindustry. Most of the challenges are from the faculty, students, and resources of CM programs:1. Lack of available faculty to teach BIM5, 16, 35. Due to the high demand of BIM experts in the AEC industry, CM programs may not be able to hire competent new faculty who have been specifically and extensively trained with BIM in their education or industry experience. To many current CM faculty and particularly senior faculty, BIM is a new technology that requires a large amount of time to get familiar and then proficient. It takes even more faculty time to make curriculum changes to incorporate BIM components5. For

Conference Session

FPD I: Research on First-year Programs Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

(including accurate results.” – Student G4Y5Share-Ability) “Be less wordy in description. Provide assumptions about the data points. Otherwise very clear and able to be used on any data points.” – Student G7ZC “Use more justifications. Add some more rationales. Clarify and elaborate!” – Student G2RXV. DiscussionThe peer feedback process for MEAs is worth a small fraction of the students’ final grades andrelies on “Good Faith Effort”. 13 Supervision and in-depth grader review of all peer feedback isjust too costly for such a large class size. Still it may be useful to consider strategies forincreasing engagement in the peer review process. An

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division: Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Susan F. Freeman, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Joshua L. Hertz, Northeastern University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

identifywho was available to help. Seeing that a name tag was not enough to help identify a TA, redsafety vests were purchased. After many options were discussed by the team, this small changeled to a large benefit. Every TA now wears a red vest to identify him/herself, and students cannow immediately and easily see who is available for questions and help.Teaching AssistantsThe Cornerstone faculty have begun asking select students from previous years to continueworking with the Cornerstone program. A number of work roles for the returning students areavailable. Some students work as teaching assistants (TAs) in the FYELIC. Other students workas teaching assistants tied to specific sections of Cornerstone, where they generally assist ingrading and

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Student

how little they do to prepare their students to teach. Doctoral candidates have long had the chance to assist professors in large lecture courses by leading weekly discussions among small groups of undergraduates. Yet only a minority of those assistants report that they receive adequate supervision by the faculty member in charge of the course. In fact, professors often tell their graduate students not to spend much time on their teaching duties, lest it distract them from the all-important task of writing a thesis [emphasis added].”The deficiency of teaching experience for novice faculty can be observed in discussions by otherleading engineering educators (Brent & Felder 2000; Gaff 2002). Furthermore, the finalstatement from

Conference Session

Manufacturing Capstone and Design Projects

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P. Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Rebecca Dobbs, Rochester Institute of Technology; Changfeng Ge, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-2192: ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TECHNOLOGY IN PRODUCTDESIGN AND MANUFACTURING: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGINEER-ING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMSDaniel P Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology Daniel P. Johnson is an Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology/Packaging Science Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He is the past Program Chair for Manufacturing Engineering Technology and teaches courses in manufacturing operations, automation, robotics, and computer aided manufacturing. Prior to joining the MMET/PS Faculty he was Director of RIT’s Manufacturing Management and Leadership Program and Engineering Manager for the Center for Integrated

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2: Curriculum and the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sangarappillai Sivaloganathan, United Arab Emirates University; Essam K. Zaneldin P.E., United Arab Emirates University; Sarah Samir Sedra, United Arab Emirates university; khawla Mousa Alrayssi, UAEU ; Riham Mohamed Surkatti Ms, Graduate Student ; Haya Mohammed Al Nuaimi, UAEU

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

University of Waterloo in the area of Construction Engineering and Management. Dr Zaneldin is a professional engineer currently working as an associate professor of Construction Engineering and Management at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, United Arab Emirates University. Dr Zaneldin is also the head of the College of Engineer- ing Requirements Unit and the Director of the Master of Engineering Management Program at the United Arab Emirates University. In addition to his experience in the academia, Dr Zaneldin has more than thirteen years of work experience in areas related to design, construction supervision, and project man- agement of mega size projects in North America and the Middle East. He

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Deciding on a Major

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew B. James P.E., Virginia Tech; Kacie Hodges P.E.; Jenny L. Lo, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

engineering degrees across a variety of disciplines and majors.This was introduced for several reasons: to assist students with selecting a major, to help themunderstand the potential roles of engineering disciplines, and on a more personal level, showcasethe wide variety of careers so that they might be able to envision themselves in a similar role inthe future.The study was conducted at Virginia Tech, a large land-grant university in the southeast UnitedStates, in which students are admitted to a general engineering program prior to matriculatinginto major-specific departments. The two-credit course in which this study focuses (FoundationsI) is the first of a two-course general engineering sequence that focuses on several outcomes suchas

Conference Session

First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles McDowell, University of California, Santa Cruz; Adrienne Harrell, University of California, Santa Cruz

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First-Year Programs

frosh live on campus in a small, college environment, taking a common core courseduring their first term. For the 55 engineering students transferring into the campus—who mayor may not live on campus—we wanted to ensure that they would have the opportunity toconnect with engineering peers, regardless of their living situation and/or college choice.The first full day of the program, a Sunday, focused on team building. The activities included a“scavenger hunt” of the campus, a trip to the campus’ Long Marine Lab, a marine mammalresearch and public education center located in Santa Cruz near the campus, and a sunset picnic.For the scavenger hunt, the students were equipped with only a campus map, course schedule,and general catalog. They explored

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Dyani Saxby; Saeed Foroudastan

Session 1660 International Students and Communication Skills in Engineering Programs: A Recipe for Success Saeed D. Foroudastan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dyani Saxby, Graduate Assistant Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies Department Middle Tennessee State UniversityAbstractIt is of utmost importance that universities seek out creative ways to enhance thecommunication skills of their international engineering students. Too many engineeringstudents graduate and enter today’s global job market without sufficient communicationskills that will

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Projects

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Shepard, University of St. Thomas; Broderick W. Carlin, University of St. Thomas

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First-Year Programs

functionality.Surveys of 147 students used at the start of the semester have shown that only 37% of thestudents have prior experience with soldering or circuits. Of this 37%, only half still ratethemselves as confident in their soldering ability at the start of class. An end of class survey andexam questions specific to this project are used to assess the quality of the project, its deliveryand student learning. Results show that after completing this project 92% of students areconfident in their ability to solder without supervision and 93% of students use the circuit theybuild for this project outside of class. The overall rating for the project is a 4.8/5 using a Likertscale making it the highest rated project ever implemented in this class. This paper

Conference Session

FPD7 -- Service Learning

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Cordon, University of Idaho; Barbara Williams, University of Idaho; Steven Beyerlein, University of Idaho; Donald Elger, University of Idaho

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

, and research in engineering practice.IntroductionOne of the most valued skills of an engineer is the ability to solve problems. However, thedefinition of “problem solving” varies widely depending on the context or community in which itis used. Many faculty tend to favor a definition that is all encompassing – where any task, nomatter how large or small, with an unknown solution denotes a problem. For mature problemsolvers, such a definition is powerful and meaningful1. While valuable insights can be derivedfrom a universal model, there may be drawbacks to doing so from the standpoint of noviceproblem solvers. Universal models tend to focus on methods rather than intermediate results. Forthose in a learning role, it is often difficult to

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephanie Eisenbarth; Siddhartha P. Duttagupta; Robert Walters; Paul Dawson; Joseph Guarino; George Murgel; Christopher Pentico

the new M.S. programs in Engineering at BSU weretypical of any start-up graduate education program in a rapidly growing high-tech community.Indeed, Boise has recently been noted as the second fastest growing small cybercity in the UnitedStates.2 An important need was to create the infrastructure that could handle the tremendousdemand for higher education in the Boise area. A good indicator of potential growth of thegraduate programs is the growth of the undergraduate engineering programs in the past fouryears. The combined student enrollment in ECE, CE, and ME grew from 60 in 1996 to 1,019 in2000! The majority of the students are current or prospective employees of the hi-tech firms inBoise and in the Pacific Northwest region. This includes

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James D Burns, Purdue Univeristy; Bob E. White P.E., Western Michigan University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

education. In this paper, we present an overview of asemester-long research project for a graduate course in Capital Budgeting. At the core of theproject is a student-developed Capital Budgeting simulation model. This model is used both as atool for examining the effectiveness of existing capital project ranking methods such as IRR,NPV, and Payback, and also as a research platform for testing new ranking and selectionmethods. The project consists of three phases. The first phase is comprised of individual workwhere students design and program a basic Capital Budgeting simulation model using MicrosoftExcel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). During the second phase, students transitioninto small self-selected teams to validate and then expand

Conference Session

The Best of First-Year Programs Division

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University; Bethany C. Johnson, Alfred University; Steven M. Pilgrim, Alfred University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Paper ID #19346Creating a Psychological Profile of Successful First-Year Engineering Stu-dentsDr. Danielle D. Gagne, Alfred University Dr. Gagne is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Alfred University. Although her formal training is in discourse processing, her professional interests in learning and cognitive theory have provided op- portunities to serve as a consultant for classroom and program assessment across disciplines. In 2010 she served as Project Faculty for a U.S. Department of Education grant for Preparing Leaders in the Educa- tion and Training of the Next Generation of School Psychology Practitioners, and

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Diane L. Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University; Ilhem F. Hakem, Carnegie Mellon University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #29743Work in Progress: A Summer Outreach Program in Chemical EngineeringEmphasizing Sustainable Technologies Related to Plastic MaterialsDr. Diane L Nelson, Carnegie Mellon University Diane Nelson is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow and a Burroughs Welcome Fund Postdoctoral Fellow in Chemical Engineering who is committed to exploring the unique properties of fluorinated materials and harnessing those properties to improve drug delivery vehicles to the lung. She has spent the last six years creating and testing her delivery system on various lung diseases and is currently defining the process of droplet

Conference Session

Potpourri

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Welch, University of Texas, Tyler

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First-Year Programs

were measuring the tolerance of washers and current produced in Page 14.537.12different electrical configurations.Student assessment of the course and the instructors has been very positive, even duringthe fall semesters when the course is team taught and lab experiences for all sections aresplit between instructors. Figures 5-7 present how the course in recent years has doneagainst the other courses in the Civil Engineering program (as an example) and previousofferings of the current formatted course against the fall semester (081S) when it is teamtaught. The results are rather good considering most responses are above 4 on a Likertscale of 1-5. These

Conference Session

Hunting for MINDs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Liz Oshaughnessy; Barbara Goldberg

Document 2002-333 What’s It Like for the Women? Acceptance, Inclusion, and Equity in Predominantly Male Technical Programs Barbara M. I. Goldberg, Ph.D., Liz O’Shaughnessy, Ph.D. DeVry College of Technology, NJ/DeVry Institute, Long Beach, CAAbstractEfforts continue at our nation’s colleges to recruit and retain an increasingly diverse studentpopulation. While overall enrollment is now more than 50% female, enrollment of women inelectronics and other technical programs is still very small. What is it like for the female studentswho find themselves enrolled in programs where both the student body and faculty