Conference Session

Investigating Student Pathways to and through Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Collette Patricia Higgins; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University & Carthage College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

-related activities, males prefer outside-of-school activities [46]. Over 65% of studentsacknowledge an interest in STEM before middle school age, yet often formal STEMprogramming is not part of the curriculum until high school [46]. Policies and interventionsbeing focused on this older student population have given rise to informal educational spaces, forexample, museums, camps, and science fairs, being available to a wider age range of people [47].These informal educational spaces provide participants with authentic, hands-on, interactivelearning, prior to more formal introductions, and it is believed that these informal spaces appealto a more diverse group of people [47].2.3 Gender SocializationGendered messaging manifests in many implicit ways

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 10: Capstone and Design Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex C. Szatmary, King's College, England

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

significant. Because the capstoneexperience is the part of the curriculum that best approximates professional practice, studentoutcome (SO) attainment in that course is particularly relevant to assessing the quality of theoverall degree program. Moreover, a team design project is a natural opportunity for assessingnumerous engineering skills, especially in design and teamwork.In the Mechanical Engineering (ME) program at King’s College (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), allseven ABET Student Outcomes are assessed in capstone design because our capstone course isintended to give students experience synthesizing the major engineering abilities for in anauthentic context. This level of assessment is manageable because the course spans two semestersand has

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Decision Making, Problem-Based Projects, Role-Play, and a Nontraditional Project Theme

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider; Benjamin Chambers, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

options for curriculum design in first-year programs.Background and ObjectivesIn the mid-2000’s, a call went out to integrate the teaching of science, technology, engineering,and mathematics into what we now collectively refer to as STEM [1]. Since that time, additionalinitiatives have suggested that it might be even more beneficial to integrate the arts into STEMlearning, creating STEAM. Some even argue that it should be pushed even further, addingadditional study of the societal implications of STEAM research and work, further lengtheningthe acronym to STEAMS [2]. For this paper, the focus will remain on STEAM and itsimplications for the first-year engineering curriculum.Students’ experiences in their first-year engineering (FYE) classes are

Conference Session

Design Courses 1, Teaching Tools

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Justin Charles Major, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tyler Tallman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

with the UNR and Northern Nevada STEM Education communities, he studied student motivation, active learning, and diversity; developed K-12 engineering education curriculum; and advocated for socioeconomically just access to STEM education. As a Ph.D. Candidate with the STRiDE Research Lab at Purdue University, Justin’s dissertation research focuses on the study of Intersectionality Theory and the intersectionality of socioeconomic inequality in engineering education, use of critical quantitative methodology and narrative inquiry to understand the complex stories of engineering students from traditionally minoritized backgrounds, and the pursuit of a socioeconomically just engineering education.Prof. Tyler Tallman

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston; Catherine Horn, University of Houston

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #33209The Endeavour S-STEM Program: A Multi-College Collaboration to In-creaseEngagement and Retention in STEMDr. Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston Diana de la Rosa-Pohl is an Instructional Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Houston (UH). She has developed first-year experience programs for multiple STEM organizations and also teaches project-based hands-on courses for those programs. She currently directs the NSF-supported Endeavour S-STEM program which serves students across three UH STEM colleges. Her research interests include

Conference Session

Socially Responsible Engineering I: Context, Innovation, and Reflection

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rider W. Foley, University of Virginia; Rachel Sinclair, University of Virginia; Araba Dennis, Purdue University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

aspects of engineering and the social and ethical context. This curriculum has beenpreviously recognized by the National Academies of Engineering as exemplary [43]. The in-person course uses activity-based learning that is student-oriented, such activitiesinclude worksheets, concept mapping, and role playing, for example. The students areintroduced to core concepts from science, technology and society (STS) and then readings onresponsible innovation are brought into the course. The classroom activities involve stakeholdermapping, analysis of case studies and activities designed to demonstrate how the STSframeworks can be used to assess socio-technical systems. For example, one activity involvesusing actor network theory to analyze the

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ella L. Ingram, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Cory Hixson, Colorado Christian University; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

analyses informprocess improvement in educational settings, usually in the context of Total QualityManagement. For example, Pusca and Northwood (2016) used multiple tools of failure analysisand lean principles to improve an engineering design course. They discovered root causesemerging from instructor decisions like what to teach and how to teach, environmentalconstraints like traditional classroom timing and arrangements, and equipment constraints likeinadequate computing resources. Ellis (2015) explored student resistance to innovative teachingmethods. Early in the course, factors like confusion about the method and its effect on gradescontributed to resistance, while late in the course, allocation of class time and students’perceptions of low

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John H. Callewaert, University of Michigan; Joanna Mirecki Millunchick, University of Michigan; Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, University of Michigan; Kevin Cai Jiang, University of Michigan

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

outcomes of students engaged in these experiences. She is also involved in student outcomes research in the BME Department and with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education Office, College of Engineering at Michigan. Cassie received a B.A. in Engineering Sciences at Wartburg College (Waverly, IA) and a M.S. in BME from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).Kevin Cai Jiang, University of Michigan Kevin Jiang is a staff member in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan where he works on the design, development, and change of experiential learning, first-year programs, and biomedical engineering curriculum. He also leads a team of undergraduate students engaged in curriculum design and development

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: First-Year Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jill Davishahl, Western Washington University; Jeffrey L. Newcomer, Western Washington University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

struggle to feel connected to their programs and do not readily seethemselves successfully navigating the engineering curriculum to become engineers [23]. Inaddition, other studies suggest that underserved students develop feelings of isolation andloneliness when they perceive an unwelcoming and unreceptive environment [18] [34].Incorporate programming targeted to increase sense of belonging into freshman orientationsessions can positively impact this population of students.Freshman orientations provide institutions with the opportunity to engage with students early intheir academic career by increasing awareness of support resources while developing student tostudent connections. These sessions are also prime opportunities to share policies

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-centered Design 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Xiao Ge, Stanford University; Daigo Misaki, Kogakuin University; Nanami Furue, Tokyo University of Science; Chunchen Xu

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Education, 2021 Culturally Responsive Engineering Education: Creativity through “Empowered to Change” in the US and “Admonished to Preserve” in Japan Author(s) InformationAbstract:Enhancing creativity is an indispensable goal of many engineering courses. However, withflourishment of global collaboration in various engineering classrooms and best educationalpractices being replicated across cultures, there are not many curriculum interventions thatoriginate from students’ diverse cultural needs. When cultural differences are ignored, studentsmay get culturally biased grades and face confusion and difficulties. For instance, the notion of“disruption” and “breakthrough” in product design innovation is

Conference Session

Assessing Literacies in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan McGrade, Indiana Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #14759Integrating Literature and Problem-Based Learning in a First-Year Engi-neering AcademyDr. Susan McGrade, Indiana Institute of Technology Dr. McGrade is a Professor of English at Indiana Institute of Technology, where she teaches a range of classes from First-Year Composition to African American Literature. She often works closely with the College of Engineering, and has developed both an integrated model for English instruction within a Software Engineering program, and a problem-based learning curriculum for a First-Year Engineering Academy. She is also the current NSBE Chapter Advisor

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Chang, University of Calgary

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #16209Igniting Creativity and Innovation in Engineering Students: The Case forTechnology and Society Courses in Engineering CurriculaDr. Sandy Chang, University of Calgary Dr. Chang’s current research interests lie in the areas of engineering education and international develop- ment. In particular, she is interested in ways to support and enhance diversity in the engineering student population, as well as curriculum development to best prepare students to meet the needs of the green economy. As an extension, she is also exploring ways to engage students in the social side of engineering through community

Conference Session

Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2008-1506: CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING COURSE – STUDENTPERCEPTIONS OF CREATIVITY AND COMPARISONS OF CREATIVEPROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGIESAndrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University Andrew Gerhart is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Lawrence Technological University. He is actively involved in ASEE, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He serves as Faculty Advisor for the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Student Chapter at LTU, and serves as chair for the LTU Leadership Curriculum Committee.Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University Donald Carpenter is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at

Conference Session

Student Engagement and Motivation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Stolk, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; John Geddes, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Mark Somerville, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Robert Martello, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

descriptions of effective and challenging aspects of self-directedlearning. The framework is used as a tool to identify key factors that contribute to students’ SDLexperiences, and as a mechanism for highlighting issues that bear consideration in the design,implementation, or evaluation of courses and curricula. The study was conducted at Franklin W.Olin College of Engineering (Olin College), which provides a particularly interestingenvironment in which to explore these questions, both because the curriculum places a heavyemphasis on self-directed experiences, and because the college has a nominally gender-balancedpopulation.Table II. Framework for self-directed learning based on Zimmerman and Pintrich models forself-regulated learning.19,35

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division 4: Teaching and Learning in Engineering Management

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Steven Hoak, United States Military Academy; John P. Richards, United States Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

using student assessment dataand pre/post student surveys on attitudes towards these hands-on, in-class, active learningexercises. This study can drive changes to course curriculum and content as well as classroominstruction as part of the department’s assessment and continuous improvement processes. Thelessons learned can be applied to other Engineering Management courses in the Department ofSystems Engineering to strengthen classroom instruction and student engagement.This paper discusses active learning exercises, the assessment methodology, and specificapplications to classroom instruction and student engagement.IntroductionAt the heart of student-centered learning is encouraging students to engage with course materialusing a variety of

Conference Session

Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

students, but rather a self-selected subset. Whileliterature indicates that EL programming is more effective when integrated into the corecurriculum rather than distributed in optional activities [13], other studies reveal that changingthe engineering core curriculum can be quite difficult [6, 14, 15]. These latter studies, coupledwith the observed trend of optional EL course implementation, suggest that the self-selectivenature of students’ EL course participation will continue to be commonplace – at least in the nearterm.Given the voluntary status of many undergraduate EL courses, it may be appropriate for ELeducators to consider the cross-sectional representativeness of their course cohorts relative totheir university’s overall engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean H. Lang, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Meg Handley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Andrew Michael Erdman, The Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development

developing student’s emotional intelligence.Background and Literature ReviewIndustry’ calls for professional skills in engineering curriculum has opened up the debate for bestpractices for implementation in the classroom. Packed curriculum and added ABETrequirements for professional skill development poses challenges for engineering educators. Notonly do the curriculum requirements pose challenges, but also assessment techniques, which areoften in stark contrast to traditional engineering teaching and assessment styles. Assessing hardskills through coursework is a time-tested assessment method confidently utilized by engineeringfaculty. Confidence in assessment of professional skills, like leadership, has yet to find aconsistent approach [1

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Tech Session 2, IE-ing the Classroom

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Salado, Virginia Tech; John Ray Morelock, Virginia Tech; Arash Baghaei Lakeh, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

on global industrialmanagement, offered as part of the Industrial Engineering curriculum at a large, mid-Atlanticuniversity. The purpose of the simulation game was to adapt industrial and systems engineeringconcepts and methods to ill-structured problems. This purpose was translated to three mainobjectives. First, the game was aimed at fostering information-seeking tendencies, whereinstead of relying solely on assumptions about a problem, students would seek appropriatequestions and ask them to the game masters (instructors) and other game players (student teams)in order to reduce ambiguity and uncertainty. Second, the game was designed to fosteradaptability, where the boundaries of the solution space depended on students’ ability to act

Conference Session

Motivation, Identity, and Belongingness

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Allison Gray, Northern Arizona University; Robin Tuchscherer P.E., Northern Arizona University; Ron Gray, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

doing. Recentresearch in these disciplines has suggested that these educational norms influence many aspectsof students’ experiences, feelings, and outcomes, including the identities that students form asstudents and as pre-professionals.The influence of Locke and the traditionalist view of education is evident in STEM fields, andengineering departments in particular: STEM subjects are known for support of meritocracy andfor grading practices based primarily on high-stakes assessments [2-4]. Foundational courses --the start of an unforgiving undergraduate workload -- serve to “weed out” students at an earlystage, and typically result in large numbers of D, F and W grades, which often leads students todrop the major [2-3; 5]. The curriculum in

Conference Session

Idea Generation and Creativity in Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel P Brown, Northwestern University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

challenge by integrating newclassroom methods with traditional pedagogical teaching practices, to better prepare futureengineers to meet the demand for design creativity in practice. In my own institution,Northwestern University, for the past 20 years, the education of all engineers begins in twoquarter sequence of Design Thinking & Communication (DTC) [2]. This curriculum augments thetraditional engineering educational pedagogy with the early introduction of designerly forms ofinquiry, and design practice experiences as a foundational aspect of what NorthwesternEngineering has coined “Whole Brained Engineering” education. Having entered academia 10years ago, after 30 years of industry practice, I observed that although students were

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 1)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, perspective taking, representing,authoring, etc. Jurow’s (2005) work illustrates how students account for multipledimensions when engaging in a project-based mathematics curriculum premised on theobjective of designing a research station in Antarctica. In the study, Jurow documentshow students shift between, combine, and layer multiple “figured worlds,” including theworld of the immediate classroom, the disciplinary world of mathematics, and the worldof the design setting (Antarctica). Jurow’s findings indicate that students did not see thedifferent contexts of the design setting, classroom, and disciplinary mathematics as beingmutually exclusive; instead, she found that students participated in multiple “embeddedand interpenetrating figured worlds

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division – Program Development & Desired Outcomes

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy; Ross A. Lee, Villanova University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #11727Innovative Confidence: what engineering educators can do and say to gradu-ate more effective innovators and intrapreneursDr. Leo E. Hanifin, University of Detroit Mercy After engineering positions in the computer, aerospace and automotive industries, Dr. Hanifin led a re- search center focused on manufacturing technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for eleven years. He then served as Dean of the College of Engineering and Science at the University of Detroit Mercy for twenty-one years. He is now retired from full-time academic responsibilities, but continues to consult in higher education, study

Conference Session

Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ekembu Kevin Tanyi, Norfolk State University; IRVING K CASHWELL Jr, Norfolk State University; Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

should be performed. Statistical results indicate several mainthemes where research progress is needed: definitions and models of team science; disciplinarydynamics and team science; structure and context for teams; institutional support andprofessional development for teams; management and organization for teams; characteristics anddynamics of teams; and, most suggested, was ways to measure and evaluate team science.In itself an interdisciplinary field of study, SciTS literature draws from contributions ofpractitioners with experience in conducting or overseeing these interdisciplinary team projects aswell as concepts and methods from various knowledge domains exploring teams (e.g.,psychology, management, communication, public health, computer

Conference Session

Why Can't We Get Faculty and Students to Go Abroad?

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Marie S. Call, Brigham Young University; Randall Davies, Brigham Young University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

languageeducation alongside a stringent engineering curriculum, the barrier is augmented for them.However, when hiring managers were asked about the importance of a foreign language skillwhen hiring entry-level engineers, it was ranked less important than all other globalcompetencies gained from study abroad experiences [16], [17], [18].D. Internships and Career ConsiderationsAside from the barrier of current work responsibilities cited by some students, long term careerconsiderations present a greater challenge [6], [7]. Students perceive the opportunity cost of lostearnings or limits to developing increased technical experience because of the time taken off toparticipate in a study abroad versus internship participation. This barrier is one that seems

Conference Session

Making Mechanics Courses Fun and More Effective

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Todd Haskell, Western Washington University; Lee W. Singleton, Whatcom Community College

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

connection.The approach emphasizes how reactions develop in response to the applied loads and inaccordance with the ways in which motion is restricted at the connection. We encourage studentsto predict the direction of reaction components, rather than following a convention of drawingreaction forces in a positive direction relative to the chosen coordinate system. This approachemphasizes the idea of constructing a free-body diagram as a conceptual reasoning process ratherthan a rote procedure.The three learning activities we describe here are part of a broader series of hands-on staticsactivities that we have been developing since 2016 [19]. This curriculum and the associated filesfor 3D printing the models are available for free download through the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Younkyeong Nam, Pusan National University; Jina Yoon, Pusan National University; Jeanna Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

frameworks for designing and assessing STEM lessons to support K-12 science teachers.Dr. JinA Yoon, Pusan National UniversityDr. Jeanna Wieselmann, Southern Methodist University Dr. Jeanna R. Wieselmann is a Research Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University in Dal- las, TX. Her research focuses on gender equity in STEM and maintaining elementary girls’ interest in STEM through both in-school and out-of-school experiences. Dr. Wieselmann’s research has explored student participation patterns in small group STEM activities. She is interested in STEM schools, inte- grated STEM curriculum development, and teacher professional development to support gender-equitable teaching practices. c

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Wheeless, University of Washington; Brianna Blaser, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

, • Prepare graduate students with a realistic viewpoint of faculty or industry experiences in their chosen field, and • Utilize mentors’ expertise for the professional and personal development of STEM graduate students.The breadth of the goals of the program speaks to the breadth of issues dealt with within thementoring relationships and in the programmatic information from the mentoring program staff.Through the mentoring program, students are matched with a faculty or industry mentor, asappropriate, who can help them with their stated professional and personal needs. The programuses an updated version of the Curriculum for Training Mentors and Mentees in Science andEngineering24 to help participants establish and facilitate

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning through Laboratory Experiences

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Georgia L Harris, NIST

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

, or engineering degree. It has been found through instructionalexperience that most working professionals, even in these fields, have historically not beenadequately exposed to the concepts covered in this course. This situation could change in thefuture through sharing these concepts among university professors. At this time, application ofthese concepts or case studies into an engineering curriculum could be done at either anintroductory or advanced level, depending on the prior knowledge of the students.Pre-reading assignments given to the students include the following materials:  ISO/IEC 17025, General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories2;  Beginner’s Guide to Measurement3; and

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y. Tsai, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, University of Colorado; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Educational Research and Methods

, Boulder Daria Kotys-Schwartz is the Faculty Director for the Mesa State College-University of Colorado Mechan- ical Engineering Partnership program and an instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She received B.S. and M..S degrees in mechanical engineering from the Ohio State University and a Ph.D. in mechanical rngineering from the University of Colorado, Boul- der. Kotys-Schwartz has focused her research in engineering epistemology, engineering student learning, retention, and diversity. She is currently investigating the use of oral discourse method for conceptual development in engineering, the impact of a four-year hands-on design curriculum in engineering, the

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven B. Shooter, Bucknell University; Seth Orsborn, Bucknell University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the students in the class come from professional disciplines (engineering &management) we purposely wanted to expose them to a different discipline’s methods forideation. Professor Meiser presented how artists explore their environment and other artisticexhibits to find inspiration for artistic ideas. He then described various methods that he uses tocapture and compile his thoughts, from mind maps to notes in his Moleskine notebook tobrowsing through a vast personal collection of images on his computer to simply being hyper-aware of the physical world around him. He collects all this disparate information and then usesit to inspire sketches of potential future sculptures. Exposing the students to this type of ideationprocess was both