Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Josef Rojter

curriculum in a subject, Engineering in Society, was introduced inthe Department of Mechanical Engineering at Victoria University of Technology (VUT). Therevision was thought to be necessary because of structural weakness in the curriculum and poorperception of the subject by academic staff and students. The outcome of the new curriculumwas measured through a questionnaire at the end of the semester. The response of the studentsto this survey placed the subject in the the difficult and complex arena in the academic domain,but the results of the survey also suggested high satisfaction with the new curriculum andindicated that it provided an interesting path into the discipline and profession of engineering.INTRODUCTION In 1996 the faculty of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William Whitaker

student will persist(Tinto, 1975,1987).University faculty and administrators have had concern over retention and attrition rates forquite some time. The statistics remain quite consistent; approximately 50 percent of thefreshman who enroll in the nation’s colleges and universities do not persist. Programs ofintervention aimed at identifying and treating these potential dropouts have grown dramatically.II. BackgroundThe reasons students fail to persist in their matriculation are varied and complex. The followingare some of the more commonly cited causes: 1. Students may lack the basic academic skills necessary to be successful in a college program. 2. Students may have received poor advising during their initial semester and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan; Jeanne Sanders, University of Michigan; Paul Jensen, University of Michigan; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #45799BOARD # 311: RAPID: K-12 teacher perceptions of artificial intelligence tooluse in the classroomDr. Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan Joseph Mirabelli is a postdoctoral fellow in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor who researches engineering education. He earned his PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a focus in Engineering Education. His interests are centered around mentorship, mental health, and retention in STEM students and faculty. Additionally, he helps support the development of new engineering education

Conference Session

Teamwork, K-12: Projects to Promote Engineering

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Craig Gunn

ABETrequirements. The issue of needed communication skill in engineering was addressed in thesurvey along with ways in which to provide this needed skill acquisition to mechanicalengineering students. Basic information regarding the perceived inadequacies of students’communication skills from both the students and the faculty perspectives was collected. Theseresults were tabulated and the concerns addressed. The survey was also extended to industryrepresentatives to enlist their help in securing information on how they perceive thecommunication skills of graduates of engineering programs to be. By viewing the data gleanedfrom students, faculty, and employers; the comments made can help to set new and variedgoals for students and faculty in the college of

Collection

2019 PPC

Authors

Lewis Burke

next several years• Continued attempts to dismantle EPA and other regulatory agencies• Additional immigration and visa threats emerging and expected• Increasing concerns about IP protection and “academic espionage”• Sequestration returns: FY 2020 budget challenges116 th CongressOutlook• Democrats control the House for the first time since 2010, Republicans have a slightly expanded majority in the Senate – New territory – only four chairs remain in Congress since there was last a Democratic majority – R&D funding may face competing priorities (infrastructure, healthcare delivery, environmental issues, etc.) – Democrats will use oversight powers to investigate practices and policies at federal agencies to confront Trump

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan C Morales, Universidad del Turabo; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Idalides Vergara-Laurens, Universidad del Turabo; Mary Cristina Ruales Ortega, Universidad del Turabo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

show that the program has been well received by the faculty; that the faculty members areenjoying the experiences with innovative teaching methodologies in the classroom; that thestudents are more engaged in the classroom; that diffusion of the methodology is taking place asevidenced by the use of the innovations in 60% of the lectures; and that additional diffusion istaking place as evidenced by the fact that faculty members are beginning to transform, on theirown time, courses other than those transformed during the SFIP summer (40% of the lectures).The most challenging issue for implementing these innovations is “time to cover the syllabus”.Better time management is required in the classroom that is still yet to be resolved. A

Conference Session

Ver Llegar - Stand and Watch Them Come- Then Dance with the Bulls.

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Karan Watson, The Abura Group; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University; Christine A Stanley

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Sessions

––diversity in colleges and universities impact quality of life issues in the larger society. Examples include the achievement of democratic ideals, the development of an educated and involved citizenry, and the ways in which groups who are underserved in society are able to receive the services that they require.Adaptive Strategic Thinking• Take time to understand psychology behind the resistance or out right opposition to efforts.• Combine art and discipline of planning, marketing, and change management.UnderstandingOpposition andThreats to DEIPolicies (Lyer, 2022)• Benefits from the status quo• Power wielded from advantaged groups• Resource threat–losing access to outcomes and opportunities• Symbolic threat–concern about new values

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2020 ERC

Authors

Deborah Altenburg

discuss, develop, and implement strategies to better coordinate and address concerns regarding security threats and undue foreign influence.• Formation of international activities and compliance coordination offices. Institutions have organized new offices or shared workflow processes to better coordinate, oversee, and continually review their activities involving international partnerships, foreign engagements, and compliance requirements. These offices oversee functions ranging from export controls, to review of foreign visitors, to issues associated with international students and scholars. Some of these offices also provide strategic planning, advice, and assistance to administrators, faculty, and staff on international operations

Conference Session

Virtual Engineering

Collection

2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference

Authors

Indumathi Jeyachandran, San Jose State University; Laura E Sullivan-Green, San Jose State University

Tagged Topics

Conference Submission, Diversity

process, each draft PC was mapped to one or more ABET outcomes.The draft PCs development and mapping of PCs to ABET outcomes and courses was done inSpring 2018. During this process, the course coordinators were shared a spreadsheet with thedraft PCs, ABET outcome mapping, and the course Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)for eachof their courses to be used for assessment. The course coordinators were requested to respond iftheir current course SLOs mapped to the new draft PCs, and if the SLOs didn’t map could theSLOs be modified?In Fall 2018, the draft PCs and mapping of the draft PCs to new ABET outcomes and courseswere presented to the department faculty. The draft PCs and outcomes and course mapping wereapproved with some modifications

Conference Session

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

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

/ Deliver updates on project with empathy & concern for others 23 Interpersonal Professional written communication (reports, emails) Interact with diverse stakeholders Adapting communication style to audience at hand Effective interpersonal skills, broadly Combination of sufficient breadth/depth on multi-disciplinary Technical topics & appreciation for other's perspective 17 Expertise Sufficient breadth/depth on multi-disciplinary topics Compassion for environmental and social issues Attitude Frame

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

John A. Fillo

and technologyadvances to the market and economic growth. Fault has been placed at the doorstep of engineering education,both graduate and undergraduate. To deal with present concerns there have been any number of studies as well as articles written on thegeneral theme of new ways of thinking about graduate education. Two important reports on this subject are thereport by the National Research Council, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, “Reshapingthe Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers, ” and the National Academy of Engineering, “AcademicEngineering Research in a Changing World: Issues, Problems and Solutions. ” Another important report thatfocuses primarily on undergraduate education but has implications

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amber Bartosh, Syracuse University; Bess Krietemeyer, Syracuse University; Sinéad C. Mac Namara, Syracuse University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

reported general interest in resolving technical issues in the designstudio. Less than 30% of students claim that technical concerns are always a priority in their designwork. Figure 7 shows students’ perceptions of how important technical concerns are to their studiofaculty. These results are among the most emphatic in the whole survey. Approximately 15 % ofstudents agree with the statement that “Very few instructors think it is important” and 70% agreethat “Some instructors think it is important, others do not.” These perceptions (regardless ofwhether they are an accurate reflection of their studio instructors’ actual values) elicit concern. Ifa significant majority of students do not get the message from their design faculty that

Conference Session

Engineering Education in the Arab World / Mid-East Region

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

” they have to put up with. These frustrations and illfeelings, unless properly addressed and dealt with, early on, would result in seriousconsequences, such as: opting out, changing jobs, or else continue to face problems in theclassroom, and eventually, become demoralized; thus adversely affecting outcome. Given thisrather unpleasant situation, how may young faculty members of the Gulf States, overcome thesedifficulties and survive in this maelstrom of uncertainty? What is the role of the institution inassisting young faculty in overcoming the initial hurdles at the start of their journey?The paper addresses issues and concerns that beset the majority of young engineering faculty inthe Arab Gulf States at the start of their academic career

Conference Session

Using technology in engineering ethics education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Pauline Wade, Texas A&M University; Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University; Hillary E. Merzdorf, Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

approaches used by the other capstone instructors differed, they weremotivated by the objective above. The approach piloted in Fall 2022 is described next.Students were first asked to pick one recent news story related to the CSCE field that exposes anethical issue. The team explored the issue and were asked to prepare a 20-minute class discussionon the news story and related ethical concerns. Thereafter, the presenting team incorporated whatthey learned from the class discussion to create a short video that can be used in future courseofferings or other courses in the CSCE curriculum.The assignment for the 20-minute ethics discussion required the student teams to avoidconducting a standard presentation, and instead required them to design an

Conference Session

A through K and Beyond

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Norman Dennis

analogy of having a CE faculty member teaching a course in theprinciples of public policy might be akin to having an economist, who took and passed a coursein statics and dynamics, teach the behavior of structural systems. The quandary we face aseducators who are responsible for delivering this new content is: how can these new outcomes beeffectively implemented with a faculty that may currently possess inadequate skills tocommunicate the concepts? One obvious answer to this dilemma is to solicit the help of others, and perhaps the firstperson to turn to is the practitioner. The practitioner is the person who has had to wrestle withthe issues of project planning and execution, business and public policy, and leadership on adaily basis to

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Methods

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

change.”Approaches to creating a more diverse and inclusive collegeHarvel described five primary means he saw for the college of engineering to become morediverse and inclusive: administrative approaches, diversity in faculty hiring, increasingpipelines, supports for faculty, and supports for students. The administrative approach hediscussed was creation of a diversity officer in the college, modeled after both industry andthe existing safety officer position.Most of the interview focused on diversity in faculty hiring, as might be expected from anadministrator. Twenty five initial codes (out of 87 total initial codes) were related to thistopic. Harvel described a number of issues and potential solutions for faculty hiring. One ofhis concerns

Collection

2025 Northeast Section Conference

Authors

PS. Dhanasekaran

technology, ethical concerns related to intellectualproperty and academic integrity are becoming Using AI in Education despite its numerousincreasingly intricate and nuanced [1]. Furthermore, benefits, the application of AI in education comes withcertain AI applications may give rise to new ethical and its own set of challenges. AI systems rely on vastlegal challenges, such as liability issues or the potential amounts of data for accurate functioning, and with thefor biased decision-making. The broader ethics of increasing digitization of education, concerns about dataartificial intelligence has attracted considerable attention misuse and privacy breaches have intensified. Moreover,[7

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Keith A. Schimmel P.E., North Carolina A&T State University; C. Dean Campbell, North Carolina A&T State University; Marcia Gumpertz, North Carolina State University; Yvette Maria Huet, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Ajit D. Kelkar, North Carolina A&T State University; John P. Kizito, North Carolina A&T State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

shared by administrators (e.g., department heads) and other faculty members involved in the change initiative, 3) Robust project design that presents a clear picture of the future, includes set goals and objectives related to the implementation of that picture, yet is flexible enough to allow adjustments to new opportunities, 4) Development opportunities for individuals to learn new knowledge and skills related to issues associated with the change effort, and 5) Visible actions taken during the project demonstrating that change is still important and is continuing.This paper focuses on how these five elements affect the development of departmental plans andinitiatives for

Conference Session

State of the Art in 1st-Year Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

James Sherman

traditionalacademic boundaries.Prior to the first day of classes for the Fall Semester 2004, the College of Engineeringand Applied Science at the University of Colorado in Boulder offered a New Student andParent Orientation Program. During this Program, parents were offered the option ofcompleting a survey indicating their concerns with the adjustment of their child to thiscollege, the amount of involvement they wished to maintain with their child, the mostlikely reasons they might contact a college faculty member or administrator, and theirperspective on the purpose of their child’s higher education. This paper provides abackground on the recent growth of parental involvement in higher education and ananalysis of parent responses to this engineering

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Bartonek, Cessna Aircraft Company; Bruce Dallman, Pittsburg State University; James Lookadoo, Pittsburg State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

EET program (and in otherprograms) is a concern and certainly has a potential threat for us. I annually track thesenumbers and always attend recruiting fairs and other opportunities to keep our companyin the minds of Pittsburg State engineering students. I also serve on the Pittsburg StateUniversity College of Technology advisory committee. The college had a new dean andhe had approached me about possibly working to get his faculty into Cessna and Cessnaengineers into PSU classrooms. This immediately seemed a useful way to strengthen tiesand increase opportunities for better visibility and better understanding of the recruitingproblems. We would be open to this possibility and I pushed to get this approved

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Larry Hoffman; Kevin D. Taylor; Russell A. Aubrey

required program at Montclair State is notprovided, but the author does offer guidelines and recommendations that should be noted: 1. Appoint an effective director of the program who has autonomy and who can maintain a close working relationship with administration and resource faculty. 2. The program must address the needs and concerns of new faculty. 3. Capable and committed resource faculty must be selected to serve as mentors, and their responsibilities must be made clear to them. 4. The mentoring program must protect the integrity of the curriculum.The mentoring program at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany is written aboutby Xu and Newman (6). This program is required of all new faculty and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey Higgins

of the curricula designprocess, the on-site delivery strategies, and finally issues and concerns that still need tobe addressed.Curricula Design ProcessVTC had been delivering a “package” of courses to IBM as part of the company’s in-house employee training programs since 1990. Student/employees needed a foundation intechnical mathematics, physics, and electronics to work as technicians. Some wereprocess technicians, working on the line producing semiconductor chips, while otherswere maintenance technicians, maintaining the manufacturing tools. A combination of atight labor market and an effort to improve employee morale led IBM-Burlingtonmanagement to approach VTC regarding the development of full degree program for thetechnicians. In

Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

J. Joseph Hoey; Eleanor Nault; Michael Leonard

for faculty members in a College of Engineering at a different institution 9 andanother workshop held at a conference of institutional research professionals confirmed thesefindings 10. Responses from the three workshop participants clearly indicate support of theresearch of Schilling & Schilling 11 who identified four ways in which trust or lack of trust inassessment may exist in the faculty. First, the motives for collecting assessment data may bemistrusted. Second, the methods or instruments used in assessment may not be effective orefficient. Third, the questions raised through assessment may not be relevant to issues ofinterest to faculty, and thus not regarded as trustworthy. Finally, fear concerning the misuse orinappropriate

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert H. Mayer

for the protection, remediation, recovery and utilizationof the world’s water resources.This very challenge, early on, sparked development of an environmental engineering optionwithin the ocean engineer major at the U.S. Naval Academy. In response to student interests, aninitial course: “Environmental Issues in Ocean Engineering” was team taught by two oceanengineering faculty in the spring of 1994. Student contributions were significant; each pair ofstudents was required to research two marine-related environmental topics (from a faculty-generated list), prepare written reports, and provide formal briefings to the class. Theparticipating faculty served as course facilitators and led discussions of generic issues such asdecision analysis

Conference Session

Curriculum Development

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Hung Tao Shen; Amy Zander

ABET and the interests of the faculty merged. It becamepossible to offer an Environmental Engineering B.S. with no new faculty and the addition ofonly one new course.Efforts then moved to convincing the department faculty of the merits of such a program. Manycivil engineering faculty have incorporated environmental concerns into their research foci in themeantime and the environment has become more important in all aspects of engineering.Following the agreement of the faculty, the program quickly moved through the necessary nextsteps for acceptance. The program was passed by the Dean of Engineering, Faculty Senate, theUniversity's Administrative Council, President, and the Board of Trustees. Finally, thoughClarkson University is a private

Conference Session

ERM Potpourri

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Evans, National University; Shekar Viswanathan, National University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

leadership that fosters a culture enhancing National University’s distinction inresearch, scholarship, and creative activities among faculty and students. In addition, the Councilprovides collaborative faculty leadership through mentoring and support for the creation anddissemination of knowledge generated through research, scholarship, and creative activities.The members of the Council are faculty from each school who are seriously committed toresearch. The Council is appointed by the Provost on a yearly basis. The Council'sresponsibilities to the Provost include the following: • Make recommendations for major changes and improvements in policies about research that represents the concerns and interests of the faculty • Provide

Conference Session

Using Classroom Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Whittington, Purdue University, Calumet; Joy Colwell, Purdue University, Calumet

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

, the availabilityof Internet resources has contributed to the growth of plagiarism among learners. Learners mayplagiarize because it is the norm, or because they do not know they are plagiarizing, or they donot have the time to read and cite sources. Some researchers have stated that the main form ofcheating [among college students] is plagiarism and that as faculty our role is to educate them onthe ethics of cheating”. Campbell (2001) stated “Teachers’ own philosophical orientations,conscious or not, to moral and ethical issues will ultimately determine how they interpret theirprofessional obligations and their role as moral agents”. Online learning, social collaborationtools and resources open the classroom to a world of knowledge. Given the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maryam Darbeheshti, University of Colorado Denver; Tom Altman; Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado Denver; Heather Lynn Johnson; Marie E. Evans, University of Colorado Denver; David C. Mays, University of Colorado Denver

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

affinity groups: LGBTQ/gender non-conforming, Hispanic/Latinx, AfricanAmerican, White male?”“It would be good if we created a longitudinal version where we check in with the same studentsover multiple years.”4. Given the discussion today, what could each department do to address student concerns?“A lot.”“Bring students into the conversation.”“Incorporate DEI training into team-based courses.”“Mid-term customized [faculty course questionnaires].”“Make administration read and reflect on these kinds of reports.”“Promote the idea that you have the ability to help as a bystander.”“I’m not sure if this is an issue to address in departments. It is a much bigger issue.”“Emphasize a [percentage] of faculty getting more training on diffusing student-on

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Farison, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

did not become a “weak” pathto an engineering degree.At this time, there was still a single Department of Engineering but this curricular change rathernaturally led to further individual recognition of the ECE faculty and the ME faculty as distinctunits in their curricular responsibilities. Further, an engineering major committee, withmembership representing both the ECE and the ME faculty constituents, was named to formulateand oversee the “new” B.S.E. program, which was now freed of its prior option structure. Therewas concern that, compared to the ECE and ME programs, the Engineering major would becomea weakest-link path to an engineering degree and jeopardize the reputation of the wholeengineering program.By the conclusion of 2002-03, the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Edel Reilly, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

from 25 in Fall 2018to 41 new and returning students in Fall 2020. Three sources of information were used for tocollect data; quantitative and qualitative data gathered from an End of Semester survey, studentreflection narratives concerning their small group activities, and a report generated thatsummarizes and evaluates the peer-led team learning sessions. The End of Semester survey wascreated by the external evaluator in collaboration with the PIs and asked if participation inactivities increased motivation to do well in class, provided opportunities to learn new skills,allowed for exploration of career options, and provided the opportunity to interact meaningfullywith faculty and students. In addition, in an effort to capture networking