Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Y. Omurtag; T. Ioi; S. Enomoto; M. Matsunaga

classified into Manufacturing Systems and ‡D Decision support information strategy system ‡E Risk managementProcess Systems. Manufacturing systems deals ‡F Manufacturing system engineeringwith the project management issues related to ‡G Technology transferthe mechanical manufacturing systems such as ‡H Production management engineering ‡I Information system designmachining, CIM (Computer IntegratedManufacturing), IMS (Intelligentmanufacturing System) and others. Process Fig.1 Major Education Subjects forSystems deal with the project management the Department of

Conference Session

Classroom Innovations

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim Blair; David W. Miller; David Darmofal; Col. Peter W. Young; Doris Brodeur

2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationBibliography1. Wilkerson, L., and W. H. Gijselaers (Eds.), Bringing Problem-Based Learning to Higher Education: Theory and Practice, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 68, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 1996.2. Boud, D., and G. I. Feletti, (Eds.), The Challenge of Problem-Based Learning, 2nd Ed., Kogan Page, London, 1997.3. Gijselaers, W. H., "Connecting Problem-Based Practices with Educational Theory", in Wilkerson, L, and W. H. Gijselaers (Eds.), Bringing Problem-Based Learning to Higher Education: Theory and Practice, New Directions for Teaching and

Conference Session

EDC Business Meeting

Collection

2016 EDI

Authors

Darryll J Pines, University of Maryland

committed to furthering education in engineering and engineering technology from preschool through college (P20).” – Vision: “ASEE will serve as the premier multidisciplinary society for individuals and organizations committed to advancing excellence in all aspects of engineering and engineering technology from preschool through college (P20).” ASEE P12 Strategic Plan Recommendations• ASEE Strategic Plan on P12 Engineering (Proposed)-September 2015• Goal: Extend ASEE as a leader, both externally and internally, within the Pre-school through grade 12 (P12) engineering education space, and increase awareness of and best practices within and beyond ASEE.• To do so, we recommend the following

Conference Session

Assessment in BME Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Rich Fries; Paul King; John Gassert; Joan Walker; Paul Yock; Sean Brophy; Jay Goldberg

Session 2609 Outcomes of a Biomedical Engineering Design Education Workshop Paul H. King, Joan Walker, Sean Brophy, 1 Jay Goldberg, 2 Rich Fries3, John Gassert4, Paul Yock5 1: Vanderbilt University/ 2: Marquette University/ 3: Datex-Ohmeda/ 4: Milwaukee School of Engineering/ 5: Stanford UniversityAbstract: A full day biomedical engineering design education workshop was held on October22, 2002 in conjunction with the joint IEEE-EMBS/BMES conference in Houston. Attendeeswere from both University and Industry backgrounds. Eight subject areas relating to theteaching and conduct of design

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gang Zheng, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Horst Hohberger, University of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Chengbin Ma, University of Michigan–Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute; Pradeep Ray, University of Michigan Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

. 106, No. 1, pp. 71-977. J. Melkers, F. Xiao, Boundary-spanning in emerging technology research: determinants of funding success for academic scientists, Journal of Technology Transfer, June 2012, Vol. 37, Issue 3, pp. 251-2708. M. Borrego, L. Newswander, Characteristics of Successful Cross-disciplinary Engineering Education Collaborations, Journal of Engineering Education, April 2008, pp. 123-1349. K. Litchfield, A. Javernick-Will, “I Am an Engineer AND”: A Mixed Methods Study of Socially Engaged Engineers, Journal of Engineering Education, October 2015, Vol. 104, No. 4, pp. 393-416

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joye Jepson, Antioch University; Norman Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering

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Women in Engineering

Engineering, 12(1), 35-35-46.7. Buckley, D. P. (2002, ). How can I help?: Working with engineering faculty to change classrooms.8. Busch-Vishniac, I. J., & Jarosz, J. P. (2004). Can diversity in the undergraduate engineering population be enhanced through curricular change? Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 10(3), 255- 255-281.9. Campbell, P. (2007, ). Engineering equity extension agent training.10. Cantrell, P., Pekcan, G., Itani, A., & Velasquez-Bryant, N. (2006). The effects of engineering modules on student learning in middle school science classrooms. Journal of Engineering Education, 95(4), 301-301-309.11. Capobiance, B. M. (2006). Undergraduate women engineering their

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Aviation

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waterloo Tsutsui, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Yinchien Huang, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Derek Carpenter, Purdue University; Jitesh H Panchal, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PWL) (COE); Daniel DeLaurentis, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

Diplomacy at Purdue. DeLaurentis served as Chief Scientist of the U.S. DoD’s Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) UARC from 2019-2023. He is an elected FELLOW of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA) and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 An Ontology-Based Reasoner in Aerospace Engineering EducationAbstractBuilding on our previous research on bottom-up (student-led) and top-down (instructor-led)approaches in aerospace engineering education, this paper presents an enhanced ontology-basedreasoner that evaluates two distinct methodologies: logical consequences and word embeddings.The framework

Conference Session

Sustainable Energy Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Gomez, University of Texas at El Paso; Heidi Taboada, University of Texas at El Paso; Jose Espiritu, University of Texas at El Paso; Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Mechanical Design, Design Creativity, Product Innovation,Conceptual Design, and Computer Aided Conceptual Design. Page 15.724.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY ENGINEERING IN EDUCATION AND RESESEARCHIntroductionChanges in our environment and the rising needs for natural resources are prompting societaldemands for the inclusion of sustainable engineering in every facet of modern day life. Thesedemands are pressing researchers and industry to develop new and better materials and processesthat will allow industries as well as the average consumer to be significantly greener

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Johnson; Mike A. Littlejohn; Jr., Thomas H. Brown; Carl F. Zorowski

I .—. . Session 1255 . Graduate Engineering Education Emphasizing Continuous Quality Improvement Carl F. Zorowski, Thomas Johnson, Thomas H. Brown, Jr., & Mike A. Littlejohn North Carolina State UniversityAbstract A proposed program and plan of execution for integrating continuous quality improvement principles,methods and practice into the graduate education and research programs

Conference Session

Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Melnyk, U.S. Military Academy; Brian J. Novoselich, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

supports a mature understanding of the society the studentinteracts with. A more childlike student may be able to solve engineering problems with propertraining and education, but may be less likely to identify that a problem existed in the first place. Finally, outcome (i) has perhaps the greatest link to the tenets of andragogy when itdescribes “a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning.”7 Clearly,a graduate who has achieved outcome (i) has not only the requisite skills to teach him or herself,but has moved beyond goal-oriented learning and toward a learning-oriented approach. In a comprehensive report on the changes required to ensure the success of engineeringeducation in 2020, the National

Conference Session

Emerging Issues in Engineering Education Research and Pedagogy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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Educational Research and Methods

] Goetz, J.P., and L. Grant, "Conceptual Approaches to Studying Gender in Education," Anthropology and Education Quarterly Vol. 19, 1988, pp. 182-196.[30] Bourdieu, P., "Cultural Reproduction and Social Reproduction," Power and Ideology in Education, J. Karabel, A.H. Halsey, (Eds), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977.[31] Foor, C.E., S.E. Walden, and D.A. Trytten, "'I Wish I Belonged More in this Whole Engineering Group:' Achieving Individual Diversity," Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 96, No. 2, 2007, pp. 103-115.[32] QSR International Pty. Ltd., "QSR-NVivo, 2.0 161, 2002.[33] Geertz, C., "Thick Description: Toward an Interpretative Theory of Culture," The Interpretation of Cultures, 1973, pp. 3-30.[34] LeCompte, M.D

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Daniel Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Michael D. Cook, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Instrumentation

degree from University of California San Diego. His interests include robot control, design of mechatronics systems, fluid power education, motion planning and optimal control.Dr. Daniel Williams, Milwaukee School of Engineering Twenty-one years of industrial experience in mechanical engineering including eighteen years at the John Deere Construction & Forestry Division, doing dynamic system simulation covering fluid power, auto- matic controls, drive trains and machine dynamics. Eleven years teaching mechanical engineering in- cluding six at Milwaukee School of Engineering teaching automatic controls, fluid power and system dynamics. Primary interest: Simulation analysis of fluid power and mechanical systems.Dr

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerri Phillips, West Virginia University; Giampiero Campa, The MathWorks, Inc.; Srikanth Gururajan, West Virginia University; Marcello Napolitano, West Virginia University

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Aerospace

Build Fly Competition”, Accessed December 10, 2009. http://www.aiaadbf.org/.2. Brodeur, D.R., Young, P.W., Blair, K.B. Problem-Based Learning in Aerospace Engineering Education. Proceedings from 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition.3. Campa, G., Gu, Y., Seanor, B., Napolitano, M.R., Pollini, L., and Fravolini, M.L., Design and Flight Testing of Non-Linear Formation Control Laws, Control Practice Engineering: A Journal of the International Federation of Automatic Control, 15 (2007), 1077-10924. Campa, G. “PIL, Parameter Identification Library”, 2008. http://wwww.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/5. Domino, G. Interactive Effects of Achievement Orientation and Teaching Style on

Collection

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference

Authors

Joseph P. Fuehne P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

2022 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 36106 Metrology Education Including GD&T in Engineering Technology Joseph Fuehne* Purdue Polytechnic Columbus jfuehne@purdue.eduAbstractWhile engineering programs tend to focus on theory, engineering technology programslike those at Purdue Polytechnic Columbus focus on practical and applied conceptsrelated to manufacturing which includes standardized drawings and GeometricDimensioning &Tolerancing (GD&T). This paper introduces how metrology and GD&Tare adopted in the classroom work and how hands-on activities are integrated toreinforce the learning of

Conference Session

Design and Assessment of Graduate Curriculum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Homero Gregorio Murzi, Virginia Tech; Prateek Shekhar, University of Texas, Austin; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

anddegree programs, high-profile publication outlets, research agendas, and meetings” (p.39).The discipline has emerged as an internationally recognized area of research and continues toexpand every year through venues for continued discussion like the American Society ofEngineering Education (ASEE), Frontiers in Education (FIE), Research in EngineeringEducation Symposium, national conferences; and peer reviewed publication outlets like theJournal of Engineering Education (JEE), the European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE),and the International Journal of Engineering Education (IJEE). In the US, several universitieslike Arizona State University, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado School of Mines,Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Conference Session

Partner Organization Plenary III

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Frank Bullen, University of Southern Queensland

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Partner Society Plenary

this partnership is central to education and accreditation.In Australia such a partnership exists between the Australian Council for Engineering Deans(ACED), Engineers Australia (EA), and Australasian Association for Engineering Education(AAEE) with an accompanying close connection to the university system. International The Profession Accords EA ACED Universities AAEE Annual AAEE Conference National Workshops

Conference Session

Pedagogical Issues in Computing

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tumkor Serdar, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science)

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Computers in Education

., Aziz, E.-S., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C. (2008). Piloting a game-based virtual learning environment. Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 82-91.19. Aziz, E.-S. (2009). Teaching and learning enhancement in undergraduate machine dynamics. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 1-15.20. Aziz, E.-S., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C. (2010). Design and implementation of a virtual laboratory for machine dynamics. International Journal of Online Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 15-24.21. Aziz, E.-S., Esche, S. K. & Chassapis, C. (2007). On the design of a virtual learning environment for mechanical vibrations. Proceedings of the 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education

Conference Session

Changing How We Pursue Change

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph Valle, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

]. Shortly after World War I, there was an increasing classconsciousness within the American Society of Mechanical Engineers which led Thorstein Veblen[36], however erroneously, to posit in Engineers and the Price System that if there were to be aworkers’ revolution in industrial America, it would come via a “Soviet of Technicians.” Layton[37] unpacks Veblen’s errors in reading the power, position, and organization of the engineeringprofession.This internal contradiction has historically led to tensions within groups of engineers, with moremanagerial-minded engineers veering and lobbying for the growth of professional societies,which largely worked to exclude other technical workers as a means to protect the white-collarclass position of engineers

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Erdogan Sener

Institute of Constructors, June 1995, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 18-23. Page 2.406.45. Sener, M. E., "An Expert-System-Based Tutorial for Course-Specific Problem Solving." Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, 1995, Anaheim, CA, June 25-28, 1995, Vol. I, pp. 2306-2310.6. Sener, M. E., "Bringing Real World Experiences into the Classroom: Use of Contemporary Information Technologies in Construction Education." Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Alberta, Canada, June 26-29, 1994, Vol. II, pp. 2737-2741.7

Collection

2009 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

R. Asmatulu

Biomaterials Course Development for Undergraduate Engineering Education Asmatulu, R. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0133Abstract The use of biomaterials has been continuously rising in the globe because of thedevelopments in medical fields. Without these materials, quality of the life will most likely belower and lifetime expectance will probably be shorter. In order to increase academic and publicattention to biomaterials, we have developed a three credit hours biomaterials course“Biomaterials” in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita State University(WSU), and taught in Fall

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Jolly Lesley; David Radcliffe

constructed fromthree guiding principles as follows; 1. Demonstrable Practicality 2. Critical Interdisciplinarity 3. Holistic ReflexivityThese three principles provide respectively; (i) an intrinsic motivation for all the stakeholders(including students, faculty and administrators), (ii) a contrary view to challenge tacitassumptions in engineering and engineering education and (iii) encouragement to adopt a critical,aesthetic and ethical orientation to the task.The framework is not, as might have been expected, a flow chart or decision matrix to guide thechoice of the most appropriate research method or a detailed instrument to assess the scholarshipof teaching. Guides of this type already exist and more are appearing

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Lee Downey, Virginia Tech; Masanori Wada, Tokyo Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

AC 2011-1415: AVOIDING INFERIORITY: GLOBAL ENGINEERING ED-UCATION ACROSS JAPANGary Lee Downey, Virginia Tech Gary Downey is Alumni Distinguished Professor in Science and Technology Studies and affiliated Profes- sor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. A mechanical engineer (Lehigh) and cultural anthropolo- gist (University of Chicago), he is co-editor of What Is Global Engineering Education For?: The Making of International Educators (Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2010). Author of The Machine in Me: An Anthropologist Sits Among Computer Engineers, he is Editor of The Engineering Studies Series at MIT Press and Global Engineering series at Morgan & Claypool, as well as the Engineering Studies journal

Conference Session

What's New in Industrial Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Max Schwesig

Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationit is of instance almost common that in some lectures the student will sit together with 500students in undergraduate level, this proportion may be different in the US. Therefore, thelearning outcome differs as well. However, the workforce has to be able to work in differentenvironments e.g. the USA and Europe. Future education has to provide a qualification thatdoes meet the needs of worldwide industry. Thus, in international collaboration a worldstandard curriculum will be developed. To achieve this goal, the project has been divided intosix steps within three phases

Conference Session

Integrating Sustainability Across the Curriculum

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida; Julie Beth Zimmerman, Yale University; Simona Platukyte, University of South Florida

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Environmental Engineering

Science Foundation under Grant Nos.DUE-0716599, DUE-0717556, and DUE-0717428. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions orrecommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Bibliography1. Allen, D., B. Allenby, M. Bridges, J. Crittenden, C. Davidson, C. Hendrickson, et al. 2009. BenchmarkingSustainable Engineering Education: Final Report. University of Texas at Austin, Carnegie Mellon University,Arizona State University.2. Murphy, C. F., D. Allen, B. Allenby, J. Crittenden, C. I. Davidson, C. Hendrickson, et al. 2009. Sustainability inEngineering Education and Research at U.S. Universities. Environ. Sci. Technol., 43 (15), 5558–5564.3. Bielefeldt, A. R

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2000 Annual Conference

Authors

William Shepherd; Brian Manhire; Darwin Liang

described.I. IntroductionThe last thirty years, from the 1960s to the 1990s, have been ones of rapid change for UKhigher education, especially in the realm of engineering education. The changes have con-cerned mainly externally driven issues of supply and demand, finance, structure and deliverymodes. Internal issues such as the value and purpose of what is taught and how it is taughthave also been subjected to changes. The external political changes have produced a greatlyenlarged mass higher education system with a participation rate approaching that of the U.S.A.,but without corresponding increase of funding. Moreover, the educational sector still retainsmany of the values of the former, rather elitist, system whereby higher education was for

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Ketul B Shah; Aritra Ghosh; Md Naim Hossain; Young Lee

1 Enhancing Engineering Educational Using Virtual Lab Technology Ketul B Shah Aritra Ghosh Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department Texas A&M University - Kingsville Texas A&M University - Kingsville Kingsville, TX-78363. USA Kingsville, TX-78363. USA ketul.shah@students.tamuk.edu aritra.ghosh

Conference Session

New Learning Models

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Johannes Strobel; David Jonassen

C. Yoganathan, A P. (2001). Problem-based learning in biomedical engineering curricula. Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference. 2, F3E/16-F3E/21 (IEEE cat n 01CH37193).3 Cline, Matthew J. Powers, Gary J. (1997). Problem based learning in a chemical engineering undergraduate laboratory. IEEE Frontiers in Education, 350-354,4 Armarego, J. (2002). Advanced software design: A case in problem-based learning. IEEE Computer Society: Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training.5 Mitchell GG, Delaney JD. (2004). An assessment strategy to determine learning outcomes in a software engineering Problem-based learning course. International Journal of Engineering Education, 20 (3): 494- 5026

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Gramoll, University of Oklahoma; Hengzhong Wen, OU

Benson, Michael, “ClassWise: Synchronous Internet desktop education”, IEEE Transactions on Education, v 42, n 4, Nov, 1999, p 370 6. Pullen, J. M. and McAndrews, P. M. “A web portal for open-source synchronous distance education”, Proceedings of the Seventh IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, 2004, p 315-320 7. Pullen, J. M. and McAndrews, P. M “Priscilla M. Low-cost internet synchronous distance education using open-source software”, ASEE 2004 Annual Conference and Exposition, "Engineering Education Researchs New Heights", 2004, p 9239-9248 8. AlRamahi, M, “Online collaborative tools for engineering education using

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs & Methods

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Walker; Susan Magliaro; Michael Alley; Hassan Aref, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alex Aning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Hayden Griffin; Mark Sanders, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie Paretti, Virginia Tech; Richard Goff; Janis Terpenny, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jenny Lo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

search reveals at least a dozen such centers in bothsmall and large post-secondary institutions. In some cases those centers are located inengineering colleges, in some cases in other colleges, and in some cases in truly interdisciplinaryorganizations set up to cross internal institutional boundaries (e.g. colleges or departments). Inmost cases the centers are led by graduate faculty, with the natural result that graduate studentsare advised and earn degrees under the auspices of the center, often with the focus of the researchbeing a topic in education, in an engineering context. It is also interesting, although notsurprising, to note that the large majority of these centers are led by women, most of who appearto have been the designer/creator

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2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Pradip Peter Dey; Gordon W. Romney; Amir Rezaei; Amelito G. Enriquez; Bhaskar Raj Sinha; Mohammad Amin

deterioration of educational health. After reviewing current research sources, Wallis4concludes that “Recent test results show that US 10th-graders ranked just 17th in science amongpeers from 30 nations, while in math they placed in the bottom five” (p. 28)i. As a result manystudents come to colleges without appropriate preparation for higher education in STEM.Undoubtedly, continuation of this trend is a danger to U.S. economic growth, security, standardof living, future technological development, and world leadership.It may be argued that a new class of creative engineers and scientists will be needed for solvingthe problems of the coming decades. These engineers would be able to compete in the global jobmarket if they acquire innovative problem