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Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Darrell Wallace, Youngstown State University

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-2118: COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARYSTUDY - CASE STUDY SPRING 2009Brian Vuksanovich, Youngstown State UniversityDarrell Wallace, Youngstown State University Page 15.285.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 COLLABORATIVE LABORATORY FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDY - CASE STUDY SPRING 2009AbstractFor the past couple of years, a disconcerting and repeated criticism by the engineering industryof recent college engineering graduates is the inability to creatively solve problems coupled withineffective communication with workers in other disciplines or trades. Additionally, a lack ofdiscipline has also been noted. Typically, these

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Stephen U. Egarievwe, Alabama A&M University

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International Forum

Engineering), an organization that promote research in Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority serving institutions (MSIs). His research interests focus on advanced detectors for nuclear security and medical physics applications. He was a 2002 and 2004 Stanford University SLAC Scholar, a 2012 ABET Insti- tute for the Development of Excellence in Assessment Leadership Scholar, and a 1998 R&D 100 Award winner for top 100 scientific/engineering products in Research and Development. Page 19.17.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session II

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2015 ASEE International Forum

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Mudasser Fraz Wyne, National University

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International Forum

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 International Academic Collaboration: Why it May or May not work?ABSTRACTIn this paper we try to explore different factors impacting establishment of an academicpartnership. We plan to examine the expectations, dynamics, and particulars of academicpartnerships and the reality of expectations of universities on both sides of the globe.International collaboration may not just serve as a trend, but it is almost an obligatory practicefor some of the private universities in developing countries, in few cases individual researchgroup, in order to seek visibility on the science and technology scene internationally, also haveinternational collaboration at the group level. This paper presents an

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First-year Programs: Virtual Instruction in the First Year 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Joshua A. Enszer, University of Delaware; Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware

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First-Year Programs

c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Transforming A Large Lecture FYE Course Structure into Virtual Collaborative LearningIntroductionFirst Year Experience (FYE) engineering courses at large, research-focused universities present aunique challenge from a curricular and administrative perspective. Prior research indicates thatFYE engineering courses should be interdisciplinary and highly interactive, whilesimultaneously presenting enough technical and career-specific content within each engineeringdiscipline to facilitate students’ choices of majors [1]–[5]. These course characteristics are mosteffectively supported by student-centered pedagogical approaches, such as project-based learning(PBL) [6

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Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 2

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William W. Tsai, California State University, Maritime Academy; Amber Janssen MLIS, California State University, Maritime Academy

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Engineering Libraries

University of California, Berkeley in Mechanical Engineering.Amber Janssen MLIS, California State University, Maritime Academy Amber Janssen is a senior assistant librarian at California State University, Maritime Academy (CSUM). Her research background is in the instruction and assessment of information fluency in undergraduate education. Prior to CSUM, Ms. Janssen was a technical editor for the Research & Development office of Tetra Tech, Inc. Ms. Janssen earned her MLIS from San Jose State University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Reinforcing Information Fluency: Instruction Collaboration in Senior Capstone Laboratory CourseAbstractThis paper

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Transfer Programs at Two-Year Colleges in Engineering and Engineering Technology

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Agniprava Banerjee, University of Texas at El Paso; Sara Rodriguez, University of Texas at El Paso; Benjamin Flores, University of Texas at El Paso

) © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com ASPIRE West Texas Regional Collaborative: A Mentoring Model For Future FacultyIntroductionThere is a growing recognition that current and future faculty at community colleges must beable to effectively teach students from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. Diversity amongfuture faculty and their ability to relate to the student population at community colleges (CCs)has shown to have positively impacted the rate of success for students at these institutions[1,2,13]. For many years the racial gap between different URM (Underrepresented minorities)and non-minority students has been an

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 1: Innovative Approaches to Teaching Energy-Related Concepts

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Abhishek Verma, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Kenan Baltaci, University of Wisconsin - Stout; Monika Herrmann, University of Wisconsin - Stout

Paper ID #37412Interdisciplinary Collaboration to Engage EngineeringStudents’ Interest in Renewable Energy ConceptsAbhishek Verma (Dr.)Kenan Baltaci Kenan Baltaci is an Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Stout, in the Electrical Engineering Technology Department. He received B.S. in electrical engineering degree from Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. Following, a master's degree and doctoral degree in industrial technology was granted from University of Northern Iowa. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by

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2010 North Midwest Section

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AnnMarie Thomas; Amy Miller; Heather Spicuzza

.BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONANNMARIE POLSENBERG THOMAS is an assistant professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas.Her teaching and research focus on Design and K-12 Engineering Education. Prior to her appointment at UST, shewas a faculty member at Art Center College of Design.AMY MILLER is the Community Events Coordinator at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. She coordinatesevents and residencies surrounding the Target World Music and Dance Series ® and the Campus ConnectionsProgram.HEATHER SPICUZZA is the Programming Director of World Music, Dance and International Children's Festivalat Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. She oversees programming of world-class artists presented in the TargetWorld Music and Dance Series ®, Performing

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Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Evelyn Brown, East Carolina University; Heather Ries, East Carolina University

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Mathematics

AC 2009-1881: THE ENGINEERING-MATH COMMITTEE: A SUCCESSFULCOLLABORATION AT ___ UNIVERSITYEvelyn Brown, East Carolina UniversityHeather Ries, East Carolina University Page 14.1214.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 The Engineering/Math Committee: A Successful Collaboration at East Carolina University Evelyn C. Brown, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Engineering East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858 Heather L. Ries, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics

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Active Engagement: From the New Engineering Librarian's Perspective

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University

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Engineering Libraries

AC 2009-149: COLLABORATION WITH FACULTY: WHAT THEY DON’TTEACH YOU IN LIBRARY SCHOOLSarah Jane Dooley, Dalhousie University Sarah Jane Dooley is Reference & Liaison Librarian and Promotion & Outreach Coordinator at Dalhousie University's Sexton Design & Technology Library in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Page 14.333.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Collaboration with faculty: What they don’t teach you in library schoolAbstractFor a new librarian, it can be challenging to make connections on campus in order to fulfillliaison duties and foster new

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ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carla Lopez del Puerto, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Humberto Eduardo Cavallin, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus; Jose L. Perdomo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus; Jonathan Munoz Barreto, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez ; Oscar Marcelo Suarez, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez ; Fabio Andrade, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

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Construction Engineering

, which is supported by the National Science Foundation and the principal investigator of the Collaborative Hub on Additive Metals Manufacturing and Processing (CHAMMP) funded by the US Dept. of Defense.Prof. Fabio Andrade, University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Director of the Sustainable Energy Center (SEC) and associate professor in Power electronics applied to renewable energy in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Developing a Collaborative Undergraduate STEM Program in Resilient and Sustainable InfrastructureAbstractAfter a natural disaster, multiple

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Technical Session 4: Modulus Topics 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University Northwest; Emily Hixon, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Science from the University of Calgary, Canada. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy, India. Dr. Chandramouli has published journal articles in prestigious international journals and has pre- sented papers in respected national and international conferences. He has received federal, regional, and international grants for his work in areas including virtual reality, STEM education, Human Computer Interaction, and Genetic Algorithms in Graphics.Emily Hixon, Purdue University Northwest c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Integrating Active/Collaborative Learning in Computer-Centered Course

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College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Marina Bograd, MassBay Community College; Chitra Javdekar, Mass Bay Community College

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships

Award.Marina Bograd, MassBay Community CollegeDr. Chitra Javdekar, Mass Bay Community College Dean, Division of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017ASEE Off‐Site Internship 2017    1  A Collaborative Capstone Industry Project for Community College Students  Abstract The Community College, located in Wellesley, MA offers two certificates in Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Technology and Manufacturing Innovation.  Each certificate can be completed within a year.  The final semester is dedicated to a paid industry internship where students are supervised by both company and faculty

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Supporting Faculty in Course Development and Pedagogy

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caitlin A. Keller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Continuing Professional Development

Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Lebanon Valley College. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Using a Collaborative Design Model for Developing Quality Online CoursesAbstractThis work-in-progress paper addresses the development of effective design partnerships as afollow up to the initial success of a faculty development pilot program targeting quality design inonline courses at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). As WPI began delivering onlineeducation fifteen years ago, the faculty have most typically approached course designautonomously with minimal background in pedagogical practices, particularly those gearedtowards effective online learning. The pilot program

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Capstone Projects and Experiential Learning

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian D Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University; Darrell R Wallace, Youngstown State University

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Engineering Technology

AC 2011-1938: EVALUATION OF STEM+ART COLLABORATION FORMULTIDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY LABORATORYBrian D Vuksanovich, Youngstown State University Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Technology Youngstown State UniversityDr. Darrell R Wallace, Youngstown State University Page 22.653.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Evaluation of STEM+Art Collaboration for Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology LaboratoryAbstractThe need to restore manufacturing competitiveness in the United States has become increasinglyevident over the past decade. A common weakness that

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2000 Annual Conference

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Claire Hill; Gulcin Cribb; David Radcliffe

Engineering Education annual conference in 1999. Theseworkshops gave delegates an opportunity to trial a beta version of AVEL. As potential users ofAVEL, they provided much valuable feedback and ideas on how to enhance and improve thesystem.As most of these focus groups, and workshops were held during the formative stages of AVEL,this also gave us the opportunity to get feedback on prototype versions of the user interface; thehome page and the search screens. Through a process of trial and evaluation, a simple openingscreen with limited graphics was chosen to minimize bandwidth requirements for accessing thesystem. Page 5.118.6

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 3 - Innovative Pedagogy

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brooke Lahneman, Montana State University ; Susan Gallagher, Montana State University; Catherine M. Kirkland, Montana State University; Kathryn Plymesser, Montana State University; Ellen Lauchnor, Montana State University; Amanda Hohner, Montana State University; Adrienne Phillips, Montana State University; Craig R. Woolard, Montana State University; Otto R. Stein, Montana State University

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

Civil Engineering at Montana State University. She teaches courses in Environmental Engineering and conducts research on drinking water.Adrienne Phillips, Montana State University Dr. Adie Phillips is an associate professor in the Civil Engineering department at Montana State University. She teaches environmental engineering courses and does research in biofilms and engineering education.Dr. Craig R. Woolard, Montana State UniversityDr. Otto R. Stein, Montana State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Identifying Shared Meaning to Enhance a Collaborative Teaching CultureIntroductionThe Civil Engineering Department at Montana State University

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2018 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Tammy M. Lutz-Rechtin; Edgar C. Clausen

the laboratorieswas accomplished in Chemical Engineering by their own students which resulted in increasededucation.ReferencesACS Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS) Task Force for Safety Education Guidelines (2016).Guidelines for chemical laboratory safety in academic institutions. 1st ed., ACS, WashingtonD.C. AIChE, Safety and Chemical Engineering Education (SAChE) (2018). (July 2018).Alaimo, P.J., Langenhan, J.M. and Tanner, M.J. (2010). "Safety teams: an approach to engagestudents in laboratory safety." J. Chem. Educ. 87(8): 856-861. doi:10.1021/ed100207d.APLU Council on Research Task Force on Laboratory Safety (2016). A guide to implementing asafety culture in our universities. CoR paper one. Association of Public Land Grant

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Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Ying Sun; Robert Comerford; Musa Jouaneh

that possesses the appropriate manufacturing capability and assetbase. Thus, assistive technology presents a unique set of marketing and financial challenges forengineers and business people, not to mention the technical challenges, that demand tightcollaboration among them to deliver successful products with short times-to-market. Page 9.240.1 “Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ø 2004, American Society for Engineering Education” To transfer technology from an academic institution to industry, protection of intellectualproperty by

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Approaches to Curriculum and Policy

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afroditi Vennie Filippas, Virginia Commonwealth University; Rebecca Segal, Virginia Commonwealth University ; Alen Docef, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Educational Research and Methods

University in Richmond, VA.Prof. Alen Docef, Virginia Commonwealth University Alen Docef received his PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology and pursued postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Docef’s research interests are in medical image processing, including enhancement and coding of CT, MRI, and ultrasound images; multimedia signal coding using standard and unconventional methods; efficient and embedded implementations of signal processing and communications algorithms. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Work-in-Progress: Connecting Engineering with Mathematics through Differential

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CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 1 Technical Session 2

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2021 CoNECD

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Enrique Dominguez, University of Texas at Austin; Amy Marie Beebe, University of Texas at Austin

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

recruitment initiatives for WEP with col- laboration from their sibling program, Equal Opportunity in Engineering, and other departments within Cockrell School of Engineering. Amy is also an active member or officer in several campus wide committees: Cultural Awareness Com- mittee, Academic Counselors Association, Hispanic Faculty and Staff Association, Bias Busting Team and Association of Professionals in Student Affairs. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021IntroductionsEnrique Dominguez, Director of the Equal Opportunity in Engineering, he/him/hisAmy Beebe, Student Program Coordinator, Women in Engineering Program, she/her/hersOverview of

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International Aspects of Civil Engineering

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Lambert, Arup; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

. Page 14.990.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Project Managers, Architects and Engineers, Oh My: An Interdisciplinary CollaborationAbstractThe Architectural Engineering (ARCE) Program at the California Polytechnic State University inSan Luis Obispo is creating a unique and novel interdisciplinary course where architecture,architectural engineering and construction management students collaborate to design and planthe construction of a building structure. The current plan is to develop a default interdisciplinaryexperience that can be taken by every student and then allow course substitutions for otheroptions as they are created. This paper reports on one of those other options

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shahnam Mirzaei, California State University, Northridge; Ana Cristina Cadavid, California State University Northridge; Vicki A Pedone, California State University Northridge; Werner Horn; Harvey Rich

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

FPGAs in 2013 and IEEE Journal of Transactions on VLSI Systems in 2016.Ana Cristina Cadavid, California State University NorthridgeDr. Vicki A Pedone, California State University NorthridgeDr. Werner Horn,Harvey Rich c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research through Projects from Concept to Completion Shahnam Mirzaei1, Ph.D., Ana C. Cadavid2, Ph.D., Vicki A. Pedone3, Ph.D., Werner Horn4, Ph.D. California State University, Northridge CA 91330, USA 1 smirzaei@csun.edu, 2ana.cadavid@csun.edu, 3vicki.pedone@csun.edu, 4werner.horn@csun.edu Abstract. Retention is a major problem for engineering

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Construction Session 2: PM, BIM, and Collaboration

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seong Jin Kim, Minnesota State University; Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University

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Diversity

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Construction

, where he has been teaching Construction Graphics/Quantity Take-Off, CAD & BIM Tools for Construction, Building Construction Systems, Building Construction Estimating, Heavy/Highway Construction Estimating, Construction Planning, and Construction Project Management. Dr. Lee’s main research areas include Construction Informatics and Visual Analytics; Building Information Modeling (BIM), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Construc- tion Management; and Interactive Educational Games and Simulations. E-mail: leen@ccsu.edu. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Team Building for Collaborative Learning Environment in Construction

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Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Kansaku, Oregon Institute of Technology; Linda Kehr, Klamath County School District; Catherine Lanier, Oregon NASA Space Grant Consortium

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Engineering Technology

. Page 12.1301.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 STEM-Related K-12 Outreach through High-Altitude Balloon Program CollaborationsAbstractA university that develops a program with the capability to launch, chase, and recover helium-filled high-altitude balloon satellites (BalloonSats) enables a number of undergraduate researchpossibilities. The program faculty and the undergraduates served can also form the engine of anexciting and effective vehicle to perform K-12 outreach related to science, technology,engineering, and math (STEM). Nearly identical to weather balloons, low-weight BalloonSatscan affordably carry student experiments literally to the edge of space. When the outreach effortis

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Development of Computational Tools

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yizhe Chang, Stevens Institute of Technology; El-Sayed S. Aziz, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES); Sven K. Esche, Stevens Institute of Technology; Constantin Chassapis, Stevens Institute of Technology (SES)

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Computers in Education

) Page 23.45.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 A Framework for Developing Collaborative Training Environments for AssemblingAbstractState-of-the-art 3D video games can provide their users with a near-real experience from visual,audio and interactivity perspectives. Numerous efforts have been made to take advantage ofthese favorable characteristics for educational purposes. The majority of these projects havefocused either on the reconstruction of certain scenarios, such as fire emergency responsetraining, driver or pilot training, medical training, and military tactics training, etc., or on therealistic simulation of real environments, such as virtual museum tours

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Duane Dunlap; Ken Burbank; James Zhang

majority of engineering andmanufacturing firms from America in the past decade. It is apparent that collaboration withChinese universities on E&T education will help further our understandings of the differentrequirements for engineering professionals from these two very different parts of the world. Page 10.314.1Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright c 2005, American Society for Engineering Education For a variety reasons, collaboration with Chinese universities in E&T education is not aneasy task. These reasons can include

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Collaborative Programs and Courses

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nancy Levenburg; Paul Lane; John Farris

program inentrepreneurship. A call for interested parties was put out to the University. The resultwas a committee made up of two engineers, one Small Business and Technology Page 9.713.1Development Center (SBTDC) director, and several business school professors. TheProceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Education Session 2395interdisciplinary faculty committee was charged with exploring the potential for aprogram in entrepreneurship. At

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Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

thePetroleum Institute with a solid grounding in the theory and practice of design, and will also giveour students the tools required to successfully tackle an open-ended engineering design problem andto effectively communicate their results. Page 10.125.10 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright©2005, American Society for Engineering Education”FIGURE 2STEPS II STUDENTS AND MENTORS ON PRESENTATION DAYACKNOWLEDGEMENTSDevelopment of the STEPS Program at The Petroleum Institute was a collaboration between theInstitute and The Colorado School of Mines. Special thanks to Dr

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nelson Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Hector Enrique Rodriguez-Simmonds, Purdue Engineering Education; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Clemson University; Dina Verdín, Purdue; Monique S Ross, Florida International University; Kyle Patrick Vealey, West Chester University of Pennsylvania; Benjamin P. Jackson, Purdue University; Swetha Nittala, Purdue University, Engineering Education Dept.; Tiantian Li, Purdue University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #17843Building Supports for Diversity through Engineering TeamsDr. Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno Adam Kirn is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at University of Nevada, Reno. His re- search focuses on the interactions between engineering cultures, student motivation, and their learning experiences. His projects involve the study of student perceptions, beliefs and attitudes towards becoming engineers, their problem solving processes, and cultural fit. His education includes a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, a M.S. in Bioengineering and Ph.D. in