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Design throughout the Mechanical Engineering Curriculum I

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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Mechanical Engineering

Paper ID #15142Integrating Research and Education in Engineering Design ProgramsDr. Martin Edin Grimheden, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Martin Edin Grimheden is an associate professor in Mechatronics at KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and head of the Mechatronics and Embedded Control Systems Division. Martin Edin Grimheden is also Program Director of the KTH Degree Program in Mechanical Engineering. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Integrating research and education in engineering design programsAbstractThis paper addresses some of the challenges related

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Fraser, Long Beach City College

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Two Year College Division

industrial and classified government applications. In addition to his work at DSI, Scott worked at Hughes Aircraft Company for 13 years going from Plant Electrician to Program Manager. Scott has a BSEE from Cal State University, Los Angeles and his AS degree in Electrical Technology from Long Beach City College where he is currently teaching. Page 22.23.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 A Community College Perspective of How Ocean Applications Can Enhance Technical Program Course Offerings and Expand Student OpportunitiesThe incorporation

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Design and Making

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Programming Class. Journal of Engineering Education.Sherin, M. G., & van Es, E. A. (2005). Using video to support teachers' ability to noticeclassroom interactions. Journal of technology and teacher education, 13(3), 475.Slaton, A. E. (2015). Meritocracy, Technocracy, Democracy: Understandings of Racial andGender Equity in American Engineering Education. In S. H. Christensen, C. Didier, A. Jamison,M. Meganck, C. Mitcham, & B. Newberry (Eds.), International Perspectives on EngineeringEducation (pp. 171–189). Springer International Publishing. Retrieved fromhttp://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-16169-3_8Smith, M. R., & Marx, L. (1994). Does technology drive history?: The dilemma of technologicaldeterminism. MIT Press.Van de

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Q. Peter He, Tuskegee University; Jin Wang, Auburn University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

® gasification process for the production of syngas. International Seminar on Gasification andMethanation, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2007.16. Abu-Hajar, A.; Holden, M. INTERACTIVE COMPUTER-BASED VIRTUAL CLASSROOM FOR ENGINEERING COURSES. American Society for Engineering Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2007; p 1808. Page 26.986.1017. Fang, N.; Stewardson, G. A.; Lubke, M. M. Enhancing Student Learning of an Undergraduate Manufacturing Course with Computer Simulations. Int. J. Engng Ed. 2008, 558-566. 918. MIT. Open Courseware. http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html.19. Hogan, K., Pressley, M

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2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

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R. Radharamanan

Project-Based Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education in Engineering R. Radharamanan Mercer University, Macon, GA 31207AbstractThis paper highlights project-based innovation and entrepreneurship education activitiesdeveloped and implemented at Mercer University School of Engineering (MUSE). MUSEpromotes entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students through curriculum development,extracurricular activities, and involvement of students in the entrepreneurship program. It hasdeveloped and implemented a course sequence to integrate elements of entrepreneurship inengineering courses; develop an entrepreneurial mindset in

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Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Roobik Gharabagi, Saint Louis University; Huliyar S. Mallikarjuna, Saint Louis University; David E. Webb, Saint Louis University

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Graduate Studies

the Capstone requirement, a culminating field experiencedesigned to immerse the student into a practitioner role inside and organization or group thatconnects to their respective discipline, area of interest, or career goals. A minimum of 30 credithours is required for the Saint Louis University’s Master of Sustainability. Continuousassessment is an integral part of the program to ensure its quality and continued updates.Introduction:In 2008 the International Commission on Education1 for Sustainable Development identified aneed in the marketplace for practitioners in sustainable development, with core competencies innatural sciences, engineering, social sciences, and management. Within higher education,sustainability related curriculum was

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Engineering Ethics Division - Technical Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jodi Reeves, National University; Larysa Nadolny, Iowa State University

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Engineering Ethics

Paper ID #6799Ethics in Engineering Education Using Virtual WorldsDr. Jodi Reeves, National University Dr. Jodi Reeves is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Engineering at National University in San Diego, CA. She teaches courses in design engineering, engineering management, electric circuits, and other applied engineering courses. She is also the lead faculty for the Data Analytics program in the School of Engineering, Technology, and Media at National University. Prior to academia, she worked for almost ten years as a quality control manager, engineering project manager, and senior scientist responsi

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2007 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Rei Marzoughi

the nature of culture, the nature of technology and the role of groups in aculture dominated by technology. Students are exposed to many great 19th and 20th centurythinkers such as Popper, Wittgenstein, Marx and Ellul.E&S 3X03 – Inquiry in an Engineering Context II – Year 4This course focuses on issues concerning the role of engineering and technology in society.Topics include international development, healthy work, sustainable development andappropriate technology.E&S 3Z03 – Preventive engineering: Environmental Perspectives – Year 4This course teaches the concept of preventive engineering (to be described later) and applies theconcept to specific case studies. Students then use tools such as Life-Cycle Analysis to conduct aproject

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Using Student Competitions to Enhance Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry PE, U.S. Military Academy; Karl F. Meyer, U.S. Military Academy; Kevin P. Arnett P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Berndt Spittka P.E., Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, West Point, NY

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Civil Engineering

topics. He is an active member of the American Concrete Institute, the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Society of Civil Engineers, and is an ABET Program Evaluator.Major Kevin P. Arnett, U.S. Military Academy Kevin Arnett is a second-year instructor at the U.S. Military Academy in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering. He teaches CE404, Design of Steel and Wood Structures; CE403, Structural Analysis; MC300, Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics and Design; and has assisted with CE492, Civil Engineering Capstone course. He also advises the USMA ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition Team.Major Berndt Spittka P.E., Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, West

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 13

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cecelia Kinane, University of Michigan; Kaitlin Tyler PhD, ANSYS, Inc.; Alan Taub; Abdon Pena-Francesch

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

,” 2015, [Online]. Available: https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/9814[4] O. Leifler and J.-E. Dahlin, “Curriculum integration of sustainability in engineering education – a national study of programme director perspectives,” International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 877–894, Jan. 2020, doi: 10.1108/IJSHE-09-2019-0286.[5] “Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs, 2022 – 2023.” ABET. Accessed: Feb. 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.abet.org/accreditation/accreditation-criteria/criteria- for-accrediting-engineering-programs-2022-2023/[6] J. Taylor and R. Oulton, “Engineering for People and Planet: A Multidisciplinary Course Proposal for Engineers on the UN

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

JAMES WANLISS, Anderson University

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

]. Accordingly, we propose todevelop a course in deep learning suitable for undergraduate engineering majors. Our paper willshow how this might be implemented in a new College of Engineering at Anderson University,and how other schools may leverage our experiences.There are many reasons why undergraduates will benefit from meaningful introduction to deeplearning from an engineering perspective. But first it is necessary to define what is meant by‘deep learning’. In this paper deep learning refers to a subset of machine learning (ML) thatinvolves using mathematical algorithms, specifically artificial neural networks, to assimilate andanalyze large data sets and complex data patterns.Given this definition, deep learning offers solutions to complex and

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Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Soko Starobin, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

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Two Year College Division

in the department of educational leadership and policy studies at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on gender issues related to STEM.Mary Darrow, Iowa State University Mary Darrow is program coordinator for an NSF funded project focused on the pathway from community college to engineering and doctoral student in higher education at Iowa State University. Page 15.436.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Educating Future Engineers: Role of Community Colleges AbstractThis study is based on the efforts of a dissemination project to

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The "Education" in Experiential Education

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nashwan Younis, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Engineering Faculty Attitudes and Activities”, Journal of Cooperative Education, Vol. 39 (1), pp. 11-23.5. J. Jones, (2007) “Connected Learning in Co-operative Education”, International Journal of Teaching andLearning in Higher Education, Vol. 19 (3), pp. 263-273.6. S. McCurdy and K. Zegwaard, (2009) “Faculty Voices: What Faculty Think about Work-Integrated Learning”,Journal of Cooperative Education & Internships, Vol. 43 (1), pp. 36-53.7. K. Betts, (2010) “Bringing Work-Integrated Learning to the Classroom Through Learning Simulations”, Journalof Cooperative Education & Internships, Vol. 44 (2), pp. 9-22.8. P. Golding, S. McNamarah, H. White and S. Graham, (2008) “Cooperative Education: An Exploratory Study ofits Impact on Computing Students

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Frank X. Wright; Marie-Pierre Huguet

From Chalk to Electrons – Blended Engineering Education Frank X. Wright Director of Undergraduate Education Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Marie-Pierre Huguet Senior Course Developer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NYAbstract:“Performance counts!” In many ways this may be the only way to change the world. This paperchronicles one instructor’s journey from chalk-mediated, in-classroom andragogy to electronic-mediated,learning-time andragogy in an introductory course in management. The student

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2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

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Marie-Pierre Huguet; Tom Haley; Sehnaz Baltaci-Goktalay

and organized by unit(s) of instruction and finally a flowchart that capturevisually the relationships between the various components. 2 American Society for Engineering Education ASEE Zone I Conference, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, March 28-29, 2008From electrons to neutronsMultiple time scalesThe traditional version of NPEA operated on two time scales: the semester – divided into three equal units,with an exam after each unit; and the unit – each typically divided into nine two-hour traditionallecture/discussion classes (typically two per week) with four homework assignments due roughly every otherclass.These time scales

Conference Session

Making in Design Education

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexander R. Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Danielle M. Saracino, Georgia Institute of Technology; Beyza Akgun, Georgia Institute of Technology; Katherine Fu, Georgia Institute of Technology; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #33093Student Perceptions of an Iterative or Parallel Prototyping StrategyDuring a Design CompetitionAlexander R. Murphy, Georgia Institute of Technology Alexander Murphy is a graduate candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology pursuing a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering with a minor in creative writing from the University of South Florida in 2016. In the Spring of 2018, Alexander received an NSF GRFP fellowship in the area of STEM Education and Learning Research. In graduate school, his research has focused on functional modeling, mental model representations of

Conference Session

Best In DEED

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine; Alejandra Hormaza Mejia, University of California, Irvine; Mark E. Walter, University of California, Irvine; Natascha Trellinger Buswell, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

study the experiences of students on teams that have the goal of participating in anational or international competition versus those of students on non-competition teams. Usingsurvey data from students in the project ecosystem, paired with institutional data on studentdemographics, we conduct an exploratory analysis to understand whom our projects ecosystem isserving.IntroductionProject-based learning is often used in engineering classes to allow students to practicecollaboration, communication, and teamwork. These skills are considered essential professionalskills in the field of engineering and are often emphasized in engineering education curriculums[1]. At the University of California, Irvine, (UCI) students in the Department of Mechanical

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Materials Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yang Dan, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Andre Schleife; Dallas Trinkle, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Pinshane Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Cecilia Leal

aneffort to assess the unique challenges in these areas caused by the pandemic, and to explorepossible opportunities of teaching-learning innovation for the post-pandemicfuture 13,14,15,16,17,18 .The education of computational tools and skills in science and engineering programs face mixedimpacts in the pandemic lockdown. In an investigation of distance learning for undergraduatechemistry lab researches and activities, Qiang et al. report that simulation and computationaltools benefit a portion of the students by providing versatile and flexible opportunities duringremote learning, while challenge other students due to their complexity and steep learningcurves 19 . As an interdisciplinary subject, materials science and engineering share

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Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Bob Nelson, University of Utah

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

teami For an exception, see Seat, E. and Lord, S. M., “Enabling Effective Engineering Teams: A Program for Teaching Page 12.564.2Interaction Skills,” Journal of Engineering Education, Oct. 1999, pp. 385-390.pedagogy) is that students find themselves in patterns of unproductive team communication thatcan lead to conflicts. What is more, they may be ill-equipped to manage or resolve thoseresulting conflicts, and thus find themselves inadequately prepared to handle team issues in theworkplace.1-2The Department of Mechanical Engineering at a large Western University recently adopted aformalized, integrated communication and engineering

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Identity, Culture, and Socialization

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Jennifer Karlin, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Thomas A. De Pree, Bucknell University; Rafael Julián Burgos-Mirabal, University of Massachusetts- Amherst

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #30045The Modalities of Governance in Engineering EducationDr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. His current research is on the history of engineering education reform in the United States (1945-present). He is a the current Chair of the ASEE Ad Hoc Committee on Interdivisional Cooperation; Chair of the International Network for

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Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 1

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel J. Biezad P.E., California Polytechnic State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

Outstanding Scholar Award from Cal Poly with a cash prize of $1500, along with three other teaching and research cash awards plus student council recognition for outstanding service. He has been chair of the aerospace engineering department at Cal Poly (2001-2004), the associate dean of AFIT (1988-1989), and chair of the electrical engineering dept. at AFIT (1986-1987). He is an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and a senior member of the IEEE. Dr. Biezad has authored a book published in 1999 in the AIAA Education Series titled Integrated Navigation and Guidance Systems, along with 70 technical articles, book chapters on systems identification, three magazine articles, and

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #11309Exploring Military Veteran Students’ Pathways in Engineering EducationDr. Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette Joyce B. Main is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She holds a Ph.D. in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University, and an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.Dr. Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants Catherine E. Brawner is President of Research Triangle Educational Consultants. She received her Ph.D.in Educational Research and

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Manufacturing and Machine Component Design

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Mott, University of Dayton; Ronald J. Bennett F.ASEE, F.ABET P.E., University of St. Thomas; Mark J. Stratton, SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers); Scott Danielson, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Mechanical Engineering

/amp.asp]represents the private sector perspective on manufacturing. These and other such nationalinitiatives indicate that manufacturing is getting a significant amount of positive attention,creating expectations of resources and support for innovation that includes both product designand manufacturing that will have an impact on manufacturing education and research.Mechanical engineering educators’ scholarly activities can take advantage of these initiatives toenhance the funding stream and also to do important work that will enhance the United States’competitive position.In January 2011, President Barack Obama signed the America COMPETES Reauthorization Actof 2010 (H.R. 5116), legislation aimed at advancing U.S. competitiveness in the critical

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ERM Potpourri

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bugrahan Yalvac, Texas A&M University; Mehmet Ayar, TUBITAK; Dennie L. Smith, Texas A&M University; Christine Ehlig-Economides, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

sustainability. Proceedings of the International Page 23.24.13 Symposium on Engineering Education and Educational Technologies (EEET). Orlando, FL.[5] Yalvac, B., Brooks, L. A., & Ehlig-Economides, C., (2008, June). Research on the evolution of college instructors’ perspectives of teaching and learning. Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference and Exposition. Pittsburgh, PA.[6] Barab, S. A., Barnett, M. G., & Squire, K. (2002). Developing an empirical account of a community of practice: Characterizing the essential tensions. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 11, 489–542.[7

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Works in Progress: Assessment and Research Tools

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Ronald S. Harichandran, University of New Haven; Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, University of New Haven; Nadiye O. Erdil, University of New Haven; Jean Nocito-Gobel, University of New Haven

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Educational Research and Methods

established by the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN),this paper describes the development of an assessment instrument to measure the entrepreneurialmindset of engineering students. An assessment instrument consisting of 37 questions wasinitially developed. An exploratory factor analysis of this pilot instrument resulted in a 29-itemsolution. Additional reliability analysis based on Cronbach’s α suggested further reduction ofitems with low internal consistency. Finally, a preliminary instrument with 27 items loaded on 9or 10 factors measuring the entrepreneurial mindset was established.IntroductionThe need for engineering entrepreneurship education has been well reported in the past twodecades. However, very few comprehensive

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Wise Barnicki, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Anne-marie Nickel, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Materials

has industrial experience in quality management and production problem solving at Martin Marietta Energy Systems, and later GE Superabra- sives. Cindy is active in assessment and accreditation activities at MSOE and has been exploring ways to include on-line education in her classes.Dr. Katherine Hennessey Wikoff, Milwaukee School of Engineering Katherine Wikoff is a professor in the General Studies Department at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where she teaches courses in communication, literature, film studies, and political science. She has a B.A in Political Science from Wright State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.Dr. Anne-Marie Nickel, Milwaukee School

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tom Erekson; Kurt Becker; Maurice Thomas; Christine Hailey

, “Leaders and influential thinkers in both professions have to decide thatthe benefits of collaboration outweigh the risks.”With the publication of the Standards for Technological Literacy in 2000, reshaping thetechnology education curriculum provides an important opportunity for engineering andtechnology education collaboration. The standards prescribe design concepts be introducedthroughout the K-12 curriculum. Four of the 20 standards for technological literacy specificallyaddress design: standard 8 deals with the “attributes of design,” standard 9 with “engineeringdesign,” standard 10 with “troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation,and experimentation in problem solving,” and standard 11 with “applying the design

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Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, Springfield Technical Community College; Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Diana Fiumefreddo, Smith College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

that they will have the skills, materials, and enthusiasm to excite their students about engineering, and ≠ To create a fluid and dynamic engineering education pipeline where each level informs the preceding level about the skill base needed to ensure successThe overall objective of the grant is to enable teachers to reach and inspire students typicallyoutside of the engineering “pipeline”. Fundamental to the project is supporting teacherprofessional development that is based upon research from the learning sciences. In particular,the research shows that effective instruction requires teachers to have both a deep understandingof the subject area and an understanding of how students develop their understanding

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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

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Current Issues in Aerospace Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Sterkenburg; Jim Lampe; David Stanley

Collaborative Efforts in Engineering and Technology Education R. Sterkenburg, D.L. Stanley & J. Lampe Purdue UniversityAbstract - Over the last two years, Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Aviation Technology (AT)students at Purdue University have been collaborating and competing in several aviation relateddesign-build projects. This paper will describe three such projects: The Personal lifting vehicle(PLV), the lighter than air vehicle (Blimp), and the Hovercraft. Elements of collaboration,competition, and design-build strategies were utilized in an effort to increase student motivation.In the first project students of ME and AT worked together to design and