Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Educational Research and Methods

.) either constrain or enablethem to take on particular roles and make a change in their world. Students’ reaction and choicesmade in response to their imposed environment constitute their selected environment. Forexample, Elizabeth’s imposed environment was the demanding curriculum in electricalengineering. While she acknowledged the curriculum was challenging and many people transferout, she selected to remain in the rigorous environment. Choosing to stay in electrical engineering,Elizabeth constructed her environment by actively engaging with the course content, acquiringnew knowledge and behaviors, leading her to degree completion [1].First-generation college students, viewed as agentic actors, are capable of acting and changingtheir

Conference Session

Innovative Project-Based Learning Practices in Manufacturing

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April M. Bryan, Western Washington University; John Andrew Lund, Western Washington University

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Manufacturing

their manufacturing system designdecisions in a non-threatening environment.5.2. Impact of the WeRMST to DateAlthough it is relatively new, the WeRMST has already yielded some benefits. These include:(1) A change in curriculum, (2) An undergraduate research project, and (3) An interdisciplinarycollaboration.At the time the WeRMST was being developed, the manufacturing engineering program in thedepartment in which it was developed did not have an existing course in manufacturing systems.The course described in Section 4 was merely a proposal. As a result of the successfuldevelopment of the WeRMST, an experimental course has been established as an elective. Ifsuccessful in its first few offerings, the course will become a permanent part of the

Conference Session

Flipped Classrooms in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #14391A Flipped Solid Mechanics Course Designed Based on the Interactive, Con-structive, Active, and Passive (ICAP) FrameworkDr. Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University Dr. Haolin Zhu received her PhD in Solid Mechanics and Computational Science and Engineering from Cornell University. She is currently part of the freshmen engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently she focuses on designing the curriculum for the freshman engineering program as well as the NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program. She also designs and teaches courses in mechanical

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Komarek, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Idea Forge not only provides the physical spaces, but alsothe staff that delivers a collective cognition and expertise similar to what would be found at asmall corporation. The Idea Forge vision is to provide an intermixed collaborative space inwhich engineering students and their partners can work together to design, build and refine theirconceptions. A priority associated with this vision is to be a resource for campusentrepreneurship.The Idea Forge Senior Design Studio was designed as a co-working space to support industry-sponsored Senior Design teams during the academic year. The open layout is configured forteam collaboration, project assembly, storage and computing needs. The Senior Design Studiowas donated to Catalyze CU for use during

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Efforts in Upper-level Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mansoor Nasir, Lawrence Technological University; Eric G Meyer, Lawrence Technological University; Brian Thomas Weaver PE, Explico Engineering Co.

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, the expert uses theaforementioned information to form opinions and ultimately testify to these opinions in adeposition, arbitration or trial.Figure 1: Forensic engineering follows a process similar to scientific methodThere are so many aspects in the practice of forensic engineering that a course designed tointroduce the students to these principals can be a structured and effective method of training.Thus, introduction to forensic engineering can develop a broader base that includes systemengineering, inverse problem-solving and research methodology, which are an essentialcomponent a college curriculum at both graduate and undergraduate levels.4Course Structure and ActivitiesTeaching forensic engineering as a tool to practice the scientific

Conference Session

Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University; Jacob Massa, Rutgers University; Dan Battey, Rutgers University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

metanarratives that limit opportunities for African American and Latino students in mathematics. He is currently working on understanding mathematics education as a racialized space through researching relational interactions in classrooms. His work has been published in Teachers College Record, Educational Studies in Mathe- matics, Curriculum Inquiry, Urban Education, and Journal for Research in Mathematics among others. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Queering Engineering: A Critical Analysis of the Gendered Technical/Social Dualism in Engineering and Engineering Education ResearchAbstractWendy Faulkner first introduced the technical/social dualism in her 2000 article to

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Pre-college Student Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynsey Mitchell Kissane, Ryerson University; Liping Fang, Ryerson University ; Ruth Jean Silver, Groundswell Projects

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

STEM.Digital Media They reviewed 18 TED talks about engineering; Shared 108 favourite engineering movies and 72 favourite engineering songs; and Played and rated 18 engineering related computer games.Images dream dorms (36); dream workplaces (36); the university of their dreams (22); future dream colleagues (20); where they’d like to live one day (20); and cool engineering projects (20).Creative Projects 10 journey maps of real female engineers’ journeys; 40 posters for teens advertising a summer engineering program; 40 posters for parents advertising a teen summer engineering program; 18 inspirational collages of what life as an engineer could be like; and 21 user experience journeys for teens who visit

Conference Session

Identity and Engineering: ERM Roundtable

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter M Ostafichuk, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; James Sibley, University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Agnes Germaine d'Entremont P.Eng., University of British Columbia, Vancouver; Navid Shirzad, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, UBC

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

-specific details regarding this TBL implementation extensivelydocumented. 24,25,26 All students attend a common lecture section (i.e. there are approximately120 students in the classroom at one time) and they are split into four sections for other activities,such as tutorials, team meetings with a teaching assistant, computer labs, and so on. The MECH223 course is atypical in several respects: first, the course is seven weeks in duration and, otherthan a course in technical communication, students do not take other courses at the same time;second, the course is split into two parts (four weeks in January and three weeks in April, eachwith a separate major design project); and, third, the course is large in scope at seven credits (atypical course

Conference Session

Manufacturing Materials and Processes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver; Wendy M. Olson, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #14083Improving student lab report writing performances in materials and manu-facturing laboratory courses by implementing a rhetorical approach to writ-ingDr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim, Washington State University, Vancouver Dr. Dave (Dae-Wook) Kim is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University Vancouver. He has 15 years of experience in engineering materials and manufacturing. His research area includes materials processing, structural integrity improvement, and hybrid composite manufacturing. He has been very active in

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Design in the First Year: Challenges and Successes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Calabro, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Jackelyn Raquel Lopez Roshwalb, University of Maryland, College Park

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First-Year Programs

 identified for improvement were in the development of new design projects with system integration requirements, applications of new technologies, and enhanced communication skills through teamwork.   At the beginning of 2006, the Dean’s office established the Clark School Keystone Academy of Distinguished Professors to recognize those educators who have made significant contributions to the undergraduate education in engineering, and to provide these faculty members with the support necessary to continue to make contributions to the undergraduate curriculum.  The mission was clear: to revive the infrastructure of freshman and sophomore engineering courses with a focus on engineering design.  To ensure the success of this new initiative, the

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan M. Hicks, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 26.171.113. Phase, I. I. (2005). Educating the Engineer of 2020: Adapting Engineering Education to the New Century. National Academies Press.4. Hicks, N., Bumbaco, A. E., & Douglas, E. P. (2014). Critical thinking, reflective practice, and adaptive expertise in engineering. In Proceedings 2014 American Society of Engineering Education Conference5. Adams, R. S., Turns, J., & Atman, C. J. (2003). Educating effective engineering designers: The role of reflective practice. Design studies, 24(3), 275-294.6. Ahern, A., O'Connor, T., McRuairc, G., McNamara, M., & O'Donnell, D. (2012). Critical thinking in the university curriculum–the impact on engineering education. European Journal of Engineering

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Hum, Cañada College; Anna Marbella Camacho, Cañada College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

pre-calculus Math Jam curriculum was redesigned to be more focused on algebraic skillsalong with some basic right angle trigonometry and graphs of trigonometric functions.Each day, students have the option of attending one to four mini-lessons and activities that eitherintroduce them to new topics or involve tying previously learned algebraic ideas together so thatthey can get a bigger picture idea of how they will be using these math skills in their next classes.For example, for trigonometry and pre-calculus students, there are workshops on logarithms, thePythagorean Theorem, and the difference quotient and how to use it to find rates of change forquadratic and rational functions. On the first day of the program, student tutors and

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Cynthia Bober, Penn State University ; Joseph Wilck, East Carolina University

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Industrial Engineering

Strategy recommends promotingthe wide availability of “creative, high-tech” jobs that can be found in manufacturing careers7.Students can be motivated to pursue a certain career path if they see the value and need forskilled engineers. Internships are often useful for students to experience a facet of industry andlearn the skills needed to be a manufacturing engineer.Background on Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering ProgramCurrently, research and work to increase the number of Industrial Engineers moving towardmanufacturing careers is being carried out at Penn State University Park. At this university,manufacturing has been and remains an integral part of the curriculum in Industrial Engineering.The manufacturing boom of the 20th century

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Rulifson, University of Colorado, Boulder; Angela R Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

RU: 9 No change: 16 21 1 Multirace Other Engrg: 6 MPU: 7 Decrease: 6 Non-Engrg: 7 N#: 3 *switched major within engineering; **left engineering;+ ME – Mechanical; EnvE – Environmental; CE – Civil; CompSci – Computer Science; Env Stu – Environmental Studies;ChE – Chemical Engineering; BiomE – Biomedical Engineering; ArchE – Architectural Engineering; Int Phys – IntegratedPhysiology; Econ – Economics; LandArch – Landscape Architecture; BioChem – Biochemistry; AnimSci – Animal Science;IntlDev – Community and International Development

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber L. M. Kendall, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

non-causalvariables in a system, fewer have focused on the subsequent task of predicting and reasoningabout the interactions between variables and those effects on the system.19 This skill, calledmultivariable prediction by Kuhn, is notoriously difficult for adults, let alone adolescents, and isdistorted by immature mental models of multivariable causality, causing faulty predictions andinconsistent causal attributions.20 When taken beyond a contrived, controlled context of researchand situated within real world scientific or engineering problems, the variables and their effectsmultiply to a complex web of relationships that often takes the power of super-computed modelsto untangle.20 The goal of engineering design is slightly different than

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell L Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T Schuver, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Continuing Professional Development

recognized, has contributed to scholarship more than 140 articles, presentations, books and reviews on software development methodologies, management, organizational change, and program management. Dr. Springer sits on many university and community boards and advisory committees. He received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University, his MBA and Doctorate in Adult and Community Education with a Cognate in Executive Development from Ball State University. Dr. Springer is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR), and, in civil and domestic mediation. He is a State of Indiana Registered domestic

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tammara Ramírez Apud L., Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Judith Virginia Gutierrez Cuba; Nelly Ramirez-Corona, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Aurelio Lopez-Malo, Universidad de las Americas Puebla; Enrique Palou, Universidad de las Americas Puebla

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Diversity

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Biological & Agricultural

students detect inconsistencies in theirargumentations. Tested PSLEs favored the development of students’ ability to argue throughoutthe curriculum. Very important differences (occurrence and quality) concerning argumentationamong individual students from the same semester were detected by means of qualitative dataanalyses, mainly with regards to adequacy of premises, organization of arguments, and quality ofclaims. Our results validate that argumentation is an essential skill in learning to solve studied Page 26.234.2food engineering problems as well as a powerful method for assessing problem-solving abilityfor both ill-structured and well

Conference Session

ECCD International Outreach

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mustafa G. Guvench, University of Southern Maine; Philip W Swanson, University of Southern Maine; Kevin Michael Wacker, University of Southern Maine

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

bent, positioned and held in a frame to reflect the lightat the focal point where the multi-junction cell is fixed. The system follows the celestial path ofthe sun within 1.6 degree.This project was completed as a senior capstone design project utilizing all of the educationgained thus far in the engineering curriculum along with a large amount of self-directed learning.Every stage in the design and development of the project was an educational test that had to beovercome. Discussion on the short comings, challenges, and the use of the education received toresolve these issues are presented.1. IntroductionAccess to power namely, heat, and electricity is ubiquitous in developed nations. Much of thedeveloping world however, still lacks access to

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan; Michael Steven Williams, University of Missouri

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Education and Student Affairs at The Ohio State University while serving as a graduate research associate with the Center for Higher Education Enterprise. Trevion also hold’s a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineer- ing from The Ohio State University, where he served as a research assistant in the College of Education and Human Ecology Center for Inclusion, Diversity, and Academic Success. Trevion’s research interests center on three foci in Engineering Education: pedagogical strategies, prac- tices and policies that broaden minority participation, and curricular design for meeting workforce and industry needs.Dr. Michael Steven Williams, University of Missouri Dr. Michael Steven Williams’ research

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samson Pepe Goodrich, East Carolina University; Teresa Ryan, East Carolina University; Colleen Janeiro, East Carolina University; Patrick F. O'Malley, Benedictine College

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Engineering Ethics

can reduce both the number of and onerous nature of contending with academicintegrity violations while promoting highly ethical behavior instead of simply turning a blindeye.MethodThis section describes the study populations across the years, the survey instrument, and theinstitutions that participated in each year of the study. The East Carolina University InstitutionalReview Board approved the study protocol per local, state, and federal requirements. Theinstrument was administered through the survey platform Qualtrics through East CarolinaUniversity computing resources. The study recruited participants through email, announcementsduring faculty department meetings, and announcements from faculty to students in relevantcourses. The

Conference Session

Sustainability in Civil Engineering

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tripp Shealy, Virginia Tech

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Civil Engineering

large, public Southeastern research institution are being reported.Student demographics from the preliminary study are representative of the student population atthe institution within civil engineering and demographically are similarly to the freshmenengineering student sample population.BackgroundThis study is the first of its kind to measure how undergraduate engineering curriculum influencebeliefs about climate change, students’ understanding of climate science, and students’willingness to address this issue in their careers. The SaGE survey was originally developed anddistributed in 2011 to a stratified random sample of institutions across the country with the intentto measure gender differences among students interested in sustainability

Conference Session

Best Practices for Chemical Engineering Lab-Based Courses

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Tracy Q. Gardner, Colorado School of Mines; Jason C. Ganley, Colorado School of Mines

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Chemical Engineering

University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, where he taught both in Dutch and in English. During this time his primary teaching and course develop- ment responsibilities were wide-ranging, but included running the Unit Operations laboratory, introducing Aspen Plus software to the curriculum, and developing a course for a new M.S. program on Renewable Energy (EUREC). In conjunction with his teaching appointment, he supervised dozens of internships (a part of the curriculum at the Hanze), and a number of undergraduate research projects with the Energy Knowledge Center (EKC) as well as a master’s thesis. In 2016, Dr. Barankin returned to the US to teach at the Colorado School of Mines. His primary teaching and course

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George J. Delagrammatikas, Cooper Union; Estuardo Rodas, Cooper Union

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

challenges associated with managing these teams from both administrative andstudent learning perspectives are described succinctly by Schuster et al, 2006 [1] which includethemes that continue to resonate today at the predominantly undergraduate institution (PUI)described here: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. To address theparticular challenges of institutional memory, maintaining a continuous stream of core students(with a focus on compositional diversity) [4], and time/project management, faculty givestudents the agency to leverage their extracurricular competition activities into coursesthroughout the curriculum, as well as in STEM outreach events and programs that occurthroughout the year. One such example by Chambers et

Conference Session

Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession and ASCE

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth J. Fridley, University of Alabama; Decker B. Hains, Western Michigan University; Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt, Lafayette College; Leslie Nolen CAE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

Transportation Research Board Committee on Education and Training. She previously has served as vice-chair of the ASCE Infrastructure Systems Committee, chair of the ASEE’s Civil Engineering Division, and a member of the Transportation Research Board committees on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing, Asset Management, and Emerging Technology for Design and Construction. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. from Carnegie Mellon University, and her B.S.E. from Duke University.Ms. Leslie Nolen CAE, 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

Conference Session

Perceptions, Projects, and Practical Approaches

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Secil Akinci-Ceylan, Iowa State University; Kristen Sara Cetin P.E., Michigan State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University of Science and Technology; Bora Cetin, Michigan State University

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Civil Engineering

information and non-engineering constraints [3]. To better prepare engineering students for their future engineeringcareers which require skills to solve such ill-structured problems, the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology (ABET) [5] has underlined the importance of integrating solvingthese engineering problems into the civil engineering curriculum. ABET identifies complexproblem solving skills (Outcome 1) as one of its learning outcomes, as well as the importance ofunderstanding non-engineering (i.e. non-technical) constraints (Outcome 2). To further supportand improve the civil engineering curriculum moving forward, how these ill-structured problemsare perceived and interpreted by engineering students should be examined, as well as

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen Secules, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Student

Paper ID #28576How to Be a Graduate Student (Before I Forget): A Collection ofExperiential WisdomDr. Stephen Secules, Florida International University Stephen is an Assistant Professor Engineering and Computing Education at Florida International Univer- sity. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught a number of courses on engineering and education, including courses on engineering design, systems in society, and learning theories. Stephen’s research interests include equity, culture, and the sociocultural dimensions of engineering

Conference Session

Pedagogy and Teaching Preparation in Graduate Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chang Kyoung Choi, Michigan Technological University; Nancy B. Barr, Michigan Technological University

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Graduate Studies

will be mandatory. These will be preceded by a lecture video,which must be viewed prior to the class. (Alternatively, a transcript of the lecture video can beread prior to the class.) In that case we will have two presentations (10 minutes each) by studentsper day, followed by a 15-20 minute discussion led by the presenters. A lecturer will participate inthis discussion session as a facilitator. All students will make two presentations during the semester:one individual and one group presentation. For the group presentation, the 4th industrial revolutionwas selected as a subject, which will include ten emerging technologies, including ArtificialIntelligence (AI) for Molecular Design; Quantum Computers; Augmented Reality; AI with socialrobots

Conference Session

International STEM Education: International Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rachel A. Brennan, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jose F. Oliden, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería; Juan Martín Rodríguez, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria

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International

for solving WEF challenges while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reversing global warming. Specifically, her research team utilizes aquatic plant biomass to recover nutrients from waste streams, and reuses them for the production of sustainable fertilizers, fodder, and biofuels. Dr. Brennan has a strong commitment to international education and outreach, particularly in developing countries, and has coor- dinated student engagement with communities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.Prof. Julio Urbina, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park JULIO V. URBINA, Ph.D is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The Pennsylvania State Universiy. His

Collection

2019 ASEE Zone I Conference & Workshop

Authors

Jimmy Ching-Ming Chen; Joseph Vaglica

proposal forfurther improvement of energy efficiency. Competition results and student assessments are alsodiscussed.1 IntroductionEnvironmental impacts and continuously increasing energy costs are driving the constructionindustry to pursue new design and technology alternatives. There are generally two ways toimprove power efficiency in a building, one is adopting alternative energy sources and integratingthem to the current power grid, while the other is replacing electric devices by energy savingcounterparts and improving the overhaul of the building’s efficiency. Therefore, new materialsand endeavors are needed for university construction management curriculum to train futureworkforce facing the challenges of green energy construction

Conference Session

Gender & Minority Issues in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Christensen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Willard Nott, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Douglas Edwards, Westlake High School; Leann Yoder, Jets, Inc.; Christina Ho, Engineers Without Borders; Shannon Flanagan, Engineers Without Borders; Stephanie Hurd, JETS, Inc.; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Rosen, Georgia Institute of Technology; Cathy Leslie, Engineers Without Borders; Samuel Graham, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

motivationalcharacteristics of a project, underrepresented populations can be drawn into engineering careers.This trend has also been observed in the pre-college programs discussed in this paper and will beelaborated on in subsequent sections.Evolution of EWB at WestlakeAn extracurricular Engineers Without Borders club was formed at Westlake High Schoolthrough collaboration of the STEP program (GT) and the Science and Mathematics Magnetprogram. This collaboration was based on service learning ideas that have been deployed inuniversities and marked the creation of the first official high school chapter of EWB in theUnited States. In addition to the Engineers Without Borders club project, common themes wereincorporated into the curriculum for the “Topics of