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Mentoring First Year Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daina Briedis, Michigan State Univesity; Nathaniel Ehrlich, Michigan State University; Colleen McDonough, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

activities begin;  Students perceived the CF program as an encouraging element of their freshmen experience; this type of encouragement is positively correlated to student retention;  Knowledge of the types of topics that positively influence students is valuable for faculty in the CF program, but is also transferrable to other settings: o information for how faculty may best encourage students during office hours and in everyday interactions; o helpful information for faculty at other institutions who may design similar programs for interacting with early engineering students.Nationally conducted surveys such as the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)5 offerinsightful

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New Computer ET Course Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kyle Hebsch; Jefferey Stevens; Andrew Gilchrist IV; Joel Weinstein

the results were typical. In thisproject, students had to design software to help a courier service keep track of pickup anddelivery information, optimize routing of drivers and improve the general businessframework for the company.RationaleThe requirements for graduating students who enter the technology industry are rapidlyexpanding. Entrants must bring with them a complete toolbox of knowledge coupled withthe highest possible levels of skills and experience. These skills include problemdissection, problem solving, communications, teamwork and the motivation to completethe most tedious tasks within a set time frame. While university curricula effectivelyprepare students technically, they fall short in delivering these additional skills.At

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhongming Liang

andpractical experience with them, however, I tended to skip contents on new materials in mycourses of machine elements, basic machining, tool design and manufacturing processes.During the summer interns, I was really impressed by how much and how effectively plasticmaterials and composite materials were being used or considered to be used in product designand fixture design and was shocked by how advanced cutter materials were pushing the cuttingspeeds to their limits.I have formed a plan of professional development in this and other similar areas and graduallyincorporate more and more about new industrial development into my teaching;V. Summer intern outcome four: application of mathematics in manufacturing technologyMathematics is typically a

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Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jae Hoon Lim, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Peter Thomas Tkacik, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jerry Lynn Dahlberg Jr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Arna Erega, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Diversity

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Military and Veterans

. Ethnographic research was alogical fit for our study, which aimed to examine the cultural tension and confluence in femalestudents’ experiences situated in a traditionally male-dominated learning environment.Data Sources After IRB approval, the research team contacted the instructor of the course entitledMilitary Technology and Instrumentation (MTI) or Experimental Research Methods (ERM) toobtain his support for data collection. MTI/ERM was a new course developed through externalgrant support with a goal to broaden the military science and technology workforce. The courseincluded lectures and several hands-on laboratory activities designed to increase students’interest in and knowledge of military technologies and related career opportunities

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Undergraduate Research and New Directions

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Daphne Chang

theoretical and mathematical with heavy emphasis on equation derivation and algorithmicdevelopment. Such approach is convenient from the instructor's point of view but may not bebeneficial to the students who are classified as sensing types (MBTI), or visual (ILS), or concreteexperience Kolb's [11] model.It is observed that about 70% of learners are not analytic learners. Kolb’s experiential learningtheory advocates a holistic approach to combine experience, perception, cognition and behavior.This curriculum is designed to adopt Kolb’s theory and to adapt to students’ learning needs. Theseclass activities allow students with various learning styles to move through stages of experientiallearning for one would learn best when one uses all four

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Reception & Poster Session

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2013 ASEE International Forum

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Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University ; Larry J. Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Lucia Howard

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ASEE International Forum

- rience for Undergraduates Program. Since 2006, this program has sent 106 young U.S. engineering and physics students to Japan for research, language, and cultural study. She also manages the reciprocal NanoREIS: Research Experiences for International Students at Rice University which provides oppor- Page 21.15.1 tunities for students from the laboratories of our Japanese collaborators to come to Rice for short-term research internships. Since 2008, 60 Japanese students have come to Rice for research through this pro- gram. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013

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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel; Dena Garner, The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Rebecca A. Hunter, The Citadel; Breeanne Baker Swart, The Citadel; Shankar Madhab Banik, The Citadel; Michael P. Verdicchio, The Citadel; Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #22093Students’ Perception of a Summer Undergraduate Research Experience: Acrossthe DisciplinesDr. Simon Thomas Ghanat P.E., The Citadel Dr. Simon Ghanat is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel (Charleston, S.C.). He received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University. His research interests are in Engineering Education and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. He previously taught at Bucknell University and Arizona State University.Dr. Dena Garner, The Citadel Dr. Dena Garner is a full professor in the Department

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Biomedical Engineering Division: Developing Lab and Research Skills for BioE/BME Students

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eileen Haase, The Johns Hopkins University; Natsuki Furukawa, The Johns Hopkins University; Brooke Hardesty, The Johns Hopkins University; Akash Patil, The Johns Hopkins University; Amanda Ruci, The Johns Hopkins University

) provide students with hands-on laboratory skills, and (iii) offer studentsengaged in an online course in-person experiences and the corresponding academic and socialbenefits.The objective of this course is to develop critical thinking, teamwork and collaborative skills, aswell as the ability to use physical laboratory equipment to obtain and analyze data. Weeliminated some of the homework problems to account for the time spent in preparation for lab,the lab sessions, and writing the post-lab reports. The labs accounted for 10% of the total gradeand included a prelab quiz, a post-lab report, and one or two exam questions for each lab.The three labs were: 1. Introduction to Pipetting 2. DNA Extraction, PCR, and Gel Electrophoresis 3

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Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Dayoung Kim, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Alison J. Kerr, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

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Chemical Engineering

trial. Carpathian thinksthat if the expected risk is higher than the potential benefit, the clinical trial should not proceed;and based on such thought, Carpathian and his colleagues decided to remove that arm of theclinical trial after discussion. He said in suggesting the modification of the original study design,it is important to “use […] scientific rigor to convince others of those outcomes without doing theactual experiments and eliminate experiments.” Carpathian also clarified that, “all drugs carry thisrisk, but once we know what the risk is, we evaluate it relative to its benefits.” While he said, “ifit’s a drug that increases survivability of a cancer or increases a progression free rate, those risksare tolerated,” he pointed out that

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Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 9

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University; Aaron Alexander, Oklahoma State University; Ilchung Park, Oklahoma State University; Chulho Yang, Oklahoma State University; Avimanyu Sahoo, Oklahoma State University; Young Bae Chang P.E., Oklahoma State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #30026Roll-The-Roller 3D Printing Design Contest: The Experience-based SummerBridge Program to Improve the Success of Incoming Engineering FreshmenStudents. (Work in Progress)Dr. Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University Dr. Hitesh D. Vora is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He received his Ph.D. and Masters’ from the University of North Texas in Materials Science & Engineering (in 2013) and Mechanical Engineering Technology (in 2008), respectively. Dr. Vora is a Director of the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) at Oklahoma State University, which is funded by the US Department of

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Ye, Polytechnic University; Roshan Abraham, Polytechnic University; Gunter Georgi, Polytechnic University

. E. Degrees from Columbia University. He is a registered Professional Engineer. He worked many years in the aerospace industry in design, analysis and management functions, including the Thermal Mission Analysis of the Lunar Module from Project Apollo. Page 12.765.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Freshman Lab Experiment: Citrus Powered Car David Ye, Roshan Abraham, and Gunter W. Georgi Polytechnic UniversityAbstract Recently, a number of institutions have taught the fundamentals of electro-chemical cellsusing lemons and citrus

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Use of Technology and Tools for K-12 Engineering Education

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John E. Post P.E., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

microprocessorprogramming and physical computing. During this intensive five-day camp students wereintroduced to the Arduino-based Sparkfun Inventor’s Kit (SIK) as the hardware platform, alongwith Arduino’s Integrated Design Environment (IDE) for programming. This approachfacilitated introducing electronics and programming concepts to high-school students, many ofwhom had little or no previous programming or circuit construction experience. This paperprovides details of the topics, schedule, enrollments, and student evaluations of the Arduino-based Summer Camp conducted at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizonaduring summer 2015.IntroductionWith well over 100,000 graduates, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) continues tolead the way as

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2020 First-Year Engineering Experience

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Elizabeth Kurban, Women in Engineering, University of Maryland College Park; Mary L Bowden, University of Maryland College Park

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Diversity

[SCHOOL OFENGINEERING] after strengthening their application and preparation. As such, there is acritical opportunity to promote the pathways for women and students with other minoritizedidentities into the field of engineering through facilitating the process for L&S students in re-applying to the [SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING].The 2019 First Year Summer Experience (FYSE) program was designed to strengthen andfacilitate pathways into the field of engineering through assisting and supporting the[UNIVERSITY]’s L&S students who are interested in studying engineering, but were not directlyadmitted into the Clark School. FYSE is a three-week summer orientation program focused onthe development and strengthening of math-intensive engineering problem

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LEES 2: Stories of Intersectionality and Institutional Marginalization

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janelle Grant; Stephanie Masta, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Darryl Dickerson, Florida International University; Alice Pawley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Matthew Ohland, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

." Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 108, no. 1 (2019): 13-31.[10] J. Wolfe, E. A. Powell, S. Schlisserman, and A. Kirshon, "Teamwork in engineering undergraduate classes: What problems do students experience?." Presented at the 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA, 2016.[11] A.C. Loignon, D. J. Woehr, J. S. Thomas, M. L. Loughry, M. W. Ohland, and D. M. Ferguson, "Facilitating peer evaluation in team contexts: The impact of frame-of- reference rater training." Academy of Management Learning & Education, vol. 16, no. 4 (2017): 562-578.[12] J. R. McCusker, A. Carpenter, and J. Sosnik, “Improving the Student Experience in First Year Engineering Design Courses

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Maker Communities and Authentic Problem Solving

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Matthew DeMonbrun, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #21940Impact of Prior Experiences on Future Participation in Active LearningMr. Robert Matthew DeMonbrun, University of Michigan Matt DeMonbrun is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. His research interests include college student development theory, intergroup interactions, and teaching and learning practices and how they relate to student learning outcomes in engineering education.Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan Dr. Cynthia Finelli is Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and

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International Division Technical Session 1: Looking at Study Abroad through an enhanced lens

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pingchien Neo, University of Florida; Natalie Downing, Mt San Antonio College; Damien FABREGUE, INSA de Lyon - DOC'INSA; Edward Collins, Clemson University

institution, and the assessment of academic equivalence of studentprograms.Figure 1: Selected Fields of Study for U.S. Study Abroad, 2019/20 according to the Open DoorsReport on International Educational Exchange 2019/2020The ability to participate in educational exchange and study abroad would be greatly simplifiedby using a centralized program that benefits both administrators, and students. The Institute ofInternational Education (IIE) has many programs designed to support global experiences forstudents. One such program is the Global Engineering Education Exchange or Global E3. In thispaper, the history and mechanism of the Global E3 consortium will be highlighted, theexperiences of four major institutions in Australia, France, and the United

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Linda Vanasupa

for their help and support. This work was supported in part by NSF ILI grantnumber DUE-9450876. Bibliography 1. E.M. Noam, “Electronics and the Dim Future of the University,” Science, Vol. 270, 13 October 1995 pp. 247-249. 2. P.J. Mosterman, “Virtual Engineering Laboratories: Design and Experiments,” Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 83, no. 3, July 1994 pp. 279-286. Page 1.301.4 {~:~> 1996 ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings ‘.

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2018 ASEE Zone IV Conference

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Vladislav Valeryevich Miftakhov, ASPIRES; Cody Del Prato; Søren Anders Tornøe, Cañada College; Kwan M Lim, San Francisco State University; ali attaran, San Francisco State University; Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., San Francisco State University; Kwok Siong Teh, San Francisco State University; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hamid Shahnasser, San Francisco State University; Wenshen Pong P.E., San Francisco State University

Paper ID #240592018 ASEE Zone IV Conference: Boulder, Colorado Mar 25Research Experience for Community College Students: Design and Opti-mization of Non-Volatile Latch using Resistive Memory TechnologyVladislav Valeryevich Miftakhov, ASPIRES Vladislav Miftakhov is currently a junior at University of California Los Angeles in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Electrical Engineering. His research interests include nanotechnology and bioelectronics and hopes to pursue a doctorate in these fields.Mr. Cody Del Prato, Cody Del Prato is currently an Aerospace Engineering student at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA. He

Conference Session

Your Best in 5 Minutes: Demonstrations of Hands-On and Virtual In-Class Teaching Aids

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles D. Facciolo, Daedalus Structural Engineering; Anahid Behrouzi, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

and BA in Spanish language & literature from North Carolina State University, and a MS/PhD in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Interactive Physical Experiments in an Advanced Undergraduate Structural Dynamics CourseAbstractThis paper describes a number of physical models and hands-on lab activities incorporated in anadvanced undergraduate structural dynamics lecture and laboratory course pairing offered withinthe Architectural Engineering department at California Polytechnic State University – San LuisObispo. These course modifications were designed and implemented in the Winter

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dominic Halsmer, Oral Roberts University; Hallett Hullinger, Oral Roberts University; Josiah Kesler, Oral Roberts University; Colin Sheehan, Oral Roberts University

into usable energy, while simultaneouslyprotecting humanity from the potentially harmful aspects of these resources and processes. Theengineering students develop prototype laboratory equipment and procedures that will beeffective in teaching renewable energy concepts in a general education setting. After the designsare finalized, successful modules will be incorporated into a new lab manual for the earth sciencelab course.Background – Educating Future Engineers and Future Educators of Future Engineers The engineering education research literature is replete with many articles that describeapproaches to teaching engineering students how to design and conduct experiments. After abrief survey, it appears that most of these approaches

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Innovative Uses of Technology and Techniques for Laboratory Exercises

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghassan T. Ibrahim, Bloomsburg University; Aaron J. Homiak, Geisinger Health System; Alexander Hallden-Abberton, Bloomsburg University; John R. Pulaski

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

asso- ciate’s degree in Automotive Technology from Luzerne County Community College.Alexander Hallden-Abberton, Bloomsburg UniversityJohn R. Pulaski Page 25.1162.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 SMART BOX FOR SECURE DELIVERY OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN MEDICAL CENTERSIntroductionThe aim of capstone senior design project is to culminate the undergraduate experience, whereknowledge gained in the classroom is applied to a major design project. A meaningful projectwould be one that is developed in collaboration with the industry and also tailored to meet theABET

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Computer-based Measurements

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Saeid Moslehpour, University of Hartford; Harika Kuppuru P.E., Sonoma State University; Swathi Matsa, Sonoma State University

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Instrumentation

in Figure 3 (b).HP 86120B Multi-wavelength Meter: This instruments offers a number of features, includingmonitoring the optical power and wavelength of the received optical signal. These measurementsare performed using the designed LabVIEW VI, as shown in Figure 3 (c).Web Camera: The LabVIEW VI for the Web Camera is shown in the Figure 3 (d). The webcamis pointed at front panels of the instruments to give students a more realistic feeling of thephysical instruments.N4901B BERT: In addition to the instruments mentioned above we added an Agilent N4901BBERT (Bit Error Ratio Test) to our setup for more advanced laboratory experiments. N4901B Page

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Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Yaakov Varol; William Sparkman; Walt Johnson; Nancy LaTourrette; Jesse Adams; Jeffrey LaCombe; Gary Norris; Ellen Jacobson; Norma Velasquez-Bryant; John Kleppe; Pamela Cantrell; Eric Wang; Ted Batchman

link between our research activities and activities at other institutions by bringing theirresearch experience to the University of Nevada classroom and laboratory and by buildingrelationships during their stay.Assessment: Assessment will be a collaborative effort between the College of Engineering andCollege of Education and the Office of Institutional Analysis. The formative and summativeevaluations will be both quantitative and qualitative in nature. Evaluations will includeattitudinal questionnaires, student evaluations, enrollment databases, observations, personalinterviews, and demographics. This mixed-method approach will allow both multivariate anddescriptive analyses.3. Activities and ProgressCurriculum Reform of the First Year

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Materials Curricula: Modeling & Math

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Surendra Gupta

should I learn this?” in these courses, wesought to develop several engineering application modules. The intent of these modules is toprovide the student with context for statistics concepts and the motivation to learn them.The only engineering courses with hands-on lab experience that all BSME & BSIE students takebefore or concurrently with these statistics courses are 343 – Materials Processing and 344 –Materials Science. Consequently, we chose experiments or experimental data from these twomaterials courses for designing the modules. Funding from a Provost’s Learning InnovationsGrant is providing support for a materials science and a statistics professor in development ofthese five modules.Statistics textbooks have data from engineering

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2011 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

S Claudina Vargas

A language-infused approach to introduce Dominican high school students to the logical process of designing experiments to construct knowledge K-12 Education (Curriculum Integration) SClaudina Vargas Complex Systems Optimization Laboratory, Northampton, MA 01060 E-mail: scvargas@cosola.org1Abstract: This work reports on the results of a discovery project designed to introduce Dominican highschool students to research concepts. The curriculum uses the ubiquitous water rocket to submersestudents into the logical process of formulating hypotheses and designing experiments to constructknowledge. The curriculum is

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Sarah K. Bauer, Mercer University; Adaline M. Buerck, Mercer University; Hannah Nabi; Bremen Vance, Mercer University

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Diversity

University laboratories and classrooms tosolve real-world problems. This is done through a flexible five-week program where participantsspend two weeks on campus taking classes and preparing for the trip abroad and three weeksworking abroad alongside an international community partner. Since 2007, the program hasworked with communities in over 20 countries worldwide with several hundreds of studentparticipants to date.The purpose of this study is to evaluate overall experiences of students participating in the MOMprogram at Mercer University. As a unique programmatic model for international service-learning in a short-term study abroad context, the MOM program can provide valuable insightsinto effective practices in international service-learning

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Multidisciplinary Course Innovation

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Charlene Yauch, Oklahoma State University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Page 11.1460.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 You’ve Been Slimed!: Process and Product Design Experiences for Recruitment and Retention of Chemical and Industrial EngineersAbstractThis paper will compare and contrast the use of a one-day “slime” project as part of aweek-long summer program for high school students and the use of the same project as amulti-week project for an orientation class. One of the key project goals was to comparethe chemical engineering and industrial engineering disciplines. Pre and post surveyassessments were done and will be discussed.In the summer of 2005, a week-long academy, Reaching Engineering and ArchitectureCareer Heights, was hosted by the College of Engineering, Architecture and

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anas Chalah, Harvard University; Fawwaz Habbal, Harvard University; Michael Raspuzzi, Harvard University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

. Nevertheless, through the team structure and peer-to-peerlearning, as well as scaffolding, all of them participated and did well. Figure (2) shows thedemography of the two programs.In the solar technology projects, we partnered with a South Korean research and teachingschool. Students built the solar cell in our laboratories and the energy storage device inSouth Korea. This division was selected to take advantage of the research capacity of thetwo institutions.The other program introduced bioengineering research methodologies practiced in thepharmaceutical and biotechnology industries to a group of self-motivated high schoolstudents, with three visiting graduate students majoring in strategic design, with no priorlab experience, joining from Ontario

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NEW Lab Experiments in Materials Science

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harvey Abramowitz

1706 Torsional Strength of Steel Machine Screws Harvey Abramowitz and Laura Elliott Department of Mechanical Engineering Purdue University Calumet Hammond, IN 46323AbstractAn experiment that measures the torsional strength of metallic screws is described. The majorobjective is to use this experiment as the vehicle for students to gain an understanding of somebasic statistical methods for analyzing data.IntroductionStudents majoring in Mechanical Engineering take a course in experimental methods

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom J. Zajdel, Carnegie Mellon University; Allison E. Connell Pensky, Carnegie Mellon University

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

breadboard, andtaking electrical measurements in a series of integrated laboratory-lecture experiences. The classculminates in an open-ended design project in which the student proposes a system that uses amicrocontroller to accomplish a useful task. While open-ended “capstone” design projects are amainstay of engineering curricula, first-year “cornerstone” projects that introduce the designprocess to novice engineering students have recently become more prominent (Sheppard et al.,2009, pp. 84, 91; Vest, 2005; Whitfield et al., 2011; Zajdel & Maharbiz, 2016b). We propose thatsuch design experiences would be impactful to non-major students’ technical education as well.Students outside of the engineering disciplines can develop these technical