Conference Session

Arduinos, Microcontrollers, Inexpensive Robotics, and Other Tech Bytes

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur F. Garcia Jr. P.E., Palm Beach State College

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Two Year College Division

AC 2012-3186: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO THE FUNDAMENTALSOF ENGINEERING COURSEMr. Arthur F. Garcia Jr., Palm Beach State College Arthur F. Garcia, Jr., has been teaching on college campuses since 2000. He taught intermediate algebra and trigonometry at Montgomery College in Maryland prior to moving to Florida in 2002. Since the fall of 2002, he has been an Adjunct Instructor at Palm Beach State College, where he began as an instructor of pre-college algebra classes. In addition, he has taught algebra, statistics and a course on entrepreneurship at Northwood University in Palm Beach county (from 2002 to 2005). Since the Fall term of 2005, he has been teaching Introduction to Engineering (EGN 1002) at Palm Beach State

Collection

2007 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Christopher C. Ibeh; Monika Bubacz; Andrey Beyle; Stefano Bietto; Stan Scoville; Dilip Paul; Charles Blatchley

relatedindustries are facing. Ultimately, the essence is to develop intellectual capital viacollaborative and cooperative inter-disciplinary research, education and knowledgetransfer. CNCMM research efforts are complemented by its education and workforcedevelopment thrusts. CNCMM plans to develop an interdisciplinary, graduate levelmaterials science and technology program with emphases in nanocomposites, computerproficiency and nanotechnology entrepreneurship. Shock From P(t) Explosive Detonation Ps Pressure (log scale) Bubble or Blast Pressure Po Micro

Collection

15th Annual First-Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE)

Authors

Carter Hulcher, West Virginia University; Akua B. Oppong-Anane, West Virginia University; Xinyu Zhang, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Lizzie Santiago, West Virginia University; Todd R Hamrick, West Virginia University; Atheer Almasri, West Virginia University

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Diversity

-Champaign, is a North Carolina-licensed Professional Engineer, and currently leads an NSF project on recruitment strategies for engineering bridge and success programs. Her research interests include engineering education such as broadening participation in engineering, teaching technology innovations, and engineering entrepreneurship, as well as EEE discipline-based topics such as energy-water-environment nexus and sustainable biomanufacturing. Previously, Dr. Zhang was a Teaching Assistant Professor of Engineering at West Virginia University and has successfully led and expanded their summer bridge program for incoming first-year engineering students called Academy of Engineering Success (AcES).Dr. Lizzie Santiago

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Co. LLC; Ted Song, John Brown University; Will C. Holmes, John Brown University; Kyle Andrew Crouse, John Brown University; Zachary Jordan Lee, John Brown University; Cameron Drax Geiger, John Brown University

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College Industry Partnerships

appointment he received his PhD from Washington State University in Materials Science and En- gineering. Dr. Holmes enjoys teaching a wide variety of classes and involving students at all levels of un- dergraduate study in team based design projects and project based learning. Contact: wholmes@jbu.eduKyle Crouse, John Brown University Kyle Crouse is a junior in engineering (with an electrical/computer concentration) at John Brown Univer- sity. He is the Head of Communications and Treasurer of the JBU IEEE Student Branch ad is currently working with a team to design a low-cost maximum power point tracker (MPPT) for use with solar panels in developing countries. Kyle is passionate about engineering and music and aspires to work

Conference Session

Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W Liberatore, University of Toledo

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

been regularly available for many years [12]. Also, assessment andrubric design related to entrepreneurial mindset in class settings has also been previously studied[27]. For the workshop being detailed here, the surveys were created as a pre/post workshopreflection on familiarity with entrepreneurial mindset as well as if and what type of goals werewritten by participants. From a student chapter advisors perspective, creating and writing downspecific goals for a student chapter is generally an indication of an active and successful studentgroup for the next year. Alternatively, the perspective of embedding an entrepreneurial mindsetin students and chapter advisors necessitated survey questions at the remembering andunderstanding levels (i.e

Conference Session

Teaching Teaming Skills Through Design

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Feland

tolls for thee.”3 It was never truer for engineers than today.Unfortunately the academic environment is conditioned on rewarding individual achievement. Itis typically not until students have excelled in the individual reward structure for 12 years thatwe force them to work in teams. When we do this we tend not to provide them with the tools orthe language to support this new work practice. Much has been done to attempt to address this.Under a program sponsored by Ford, Michigan State University developed a one-lessonteamwork minicourse for a senior-level Mechanical Engineering class. 4 TennesseeTechnological University uses the Army’s Leadership Reaction Course to teach teamwork andleadership. 5 UCCI has adopted the Emotional Intelligence

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sohail Anwar; Eric Granlund

ondesign projects selected from various disciplines of engineering. This paper provides adescription of the topics covered in each of the three components of this course. Theinstructional approaches used to teach this course are described and the engineeringdesign projects conducted by the students are outlined.Students normally take the course in their first or second semester. The class meets forthree double periods per week for a total of 6 hours. The class is divided up into threegroups during the first meeting. For example a student may attend computer skills onMonday, graphical skills on Wednesday and Design laboratory on Friday. Three faculty

Conference Session

International Educational Experiences (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Lacksonen, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Scott Springer P.E., University of Wisconsin, Stout; Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout

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Diversity

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International

Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders brings African entrepreneurs toUnited States campuses for six weeks every summer, providing an excellent opportunity toidentify potential clients for global engineering class projects. The university’s engineeringfaculty partnered with fellows on projects in freshman Impacts of Engineering, junior LeanManufacturing, and senior Capstone Design classes. Projects have included conceptual productdesign, detailed product design, process selection, manufacturing equipment design, andfacilities design. Several engineering and technology majors have participated in theprojects. The highlight is a micro-hydroelectric generator design project spanning severalclasses and semesters.The projects are similar to

Conference Session

Student Success III: Affect and Attitudes

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University; Margot A. Vigeant, Bucknell University; Charles Kim, Bucknell University; Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University

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Educational Research and Methods

Bucknell University. He received Ph.D. and M.S.E. degrees from the University of Michigan and B.S. from Caltech. Prof. Kim teaches courses in design and innovation and is currently director of the Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship, Applications, and Systems program at Bucknell.Dr. Erin Jablonski, Bucknell University Erin received her PhD at Iowa State University with funding from a NSF graduate fellowship before taking a NRC postdoctoral position at NIST. She joined the faculty at Bucknell in 2004 and has taught courses across the curriculum. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 The Effect of Course Type on Engineering Undergraduates' Situational

Conference Session

Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soondo Kweon, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Jun H. Park, Tongmyong University; Kookhyun Kim, Tongmyong University; Kee Joo Kim, Tongmyong University; Jeonghoon Song, Tongmyong University; Hooi-Siang Kang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; H. Felix Lee, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

, and had a time to learn about and pay respect to the soldiers whosacrificed their young lives in an East Asian country thousands of miles away from their homecountries to protect the democracy and freedom of the world. We believe that this trip helped toeducate the students on the Korean history influenced by many other countries around the worldand to instill global value and citizenship in them.Lectures, Labs and Final ProjectThe course was designed to finish over 2 weeks. Therefore, the schedule of the class and practicelab sessions was tight. A typical week day schedule was as follows.9:00 AM – 10:25 AM: CATIA lecture10:35 AM – 12:00 PM: CATIA practice lab session1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: ABAQUS lecture2:00 PM – 3:00 PM: ABAQUS practice lab

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session II Outreach

Collection

2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua, Ohlone College

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International Forum

Satellite Communication from the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and currently her Doctorate in Cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK . She has been internationally recognized by UNESCO, BBC, the IEEE for her contributions towards youth empowerment and campaigning for equity for African Americans and Females in STEM education and Career. She has research interests in the Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, Sustainable Energy and Appropriate Technologies for Emerging Economies and bridg- ing gender and race divides in STEM education and careers. Rose-Margaret has implemented various initiatives to encourage social entrepreneurship amongst African Youths and to encourage African girls to pursue

Conference Session

Flexible Engineering Curricula

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudio da Rocha Brito, Science and Education Research Council; Melany M. Ciampi, Safety, Health and Environment Research Organization; Rosa Maria Castro Fernandes Vasconcelos, Universidade de Minho; Luis Alfredo Martins Amaral P.E., University of Minho; Henrique Dinis Santos, University of Minho; Victor F. A, Barros, Science and Education Research Council

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

their world continues to evolve [1].Knowledge is more like a web than a chest of drawers. There are no subjects that are unrelated toothers. It happens the same with engineering training; the program is a web of knowledge,provided by studies, delivered in a time frame, interconnected and necessary to get the pertinentknowledge and development of skills that will enable them to learn by themselves. This is whystudents have to see the big picture from the beginning. It is important to show them, in the firstweek of classes, the whole program, as a big frame and its parts and the details of each part. It isa way to locate them within the program. It is hard but not impossible and it the effort is worth.The knowledge of the entire program has an

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; James M. Conrad, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Jean L. Coco, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Mehdi Miri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Robert W. Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #8823Incorporating Oral Presentations into Electrical and Computer EngineeringDesign Courses: A Four-Course StudyMs. Nabila A. Bousaba, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Nabila (Nan) BouSaba is a faculty associate with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte since 2008; she is the senior design instructor for the department, additional courses taught include Basic Circuit for non- majors, and Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship course ECGR4090/5090. Nan Earned her BS and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering (1982, 1986) from North

Conference Session

Track 1 - Session I - Student Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Teresa Restivo, University of Porto

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Invited - Student Development

McMaster University in Canadain the late sixties which turned into a successful and innovative method for engineeringeducation 5. Since then many different types of PBL approaches appeared and U.Portoand FEUP have been following attentively new trends on innovative curricula based inPBL model, as is the case of Problem Based Learning used at Aalborg University(Denmark) since 1974, Project-Based Curriculum at Rowan University (USA) since1996, and since 2003 greatly improved by its Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship,created “combining practitioners and researchers from multiple disciplines indeveloping entrepreneurial activities” where “Rowan University can build aneducational curriculum and a support system that will greatly enhance the

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana Bairaktarova, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

with mechanical objects in engineering education instruction, and how engineering students’ personality traits influence ethical decision making process in engineering design.Dr. Mary K. Pilotte, Purdue University, West Lafayette Pilotte has over 20 years of industrial experience and a PhD in Engineering Education. Research in- terests include uncovering generation-based engineering knowledge transfer, engineering epistemology, engineering entrepreneurship and understanding the differentiated culture of engineering.Dr. Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University, West Lafayette Prof. Evangelou is credited with introducing the concept of developmental engineering, a new area of re- search and education for which she was

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles E. Baukal Jr. P.E., John Zink Hamworthy Combustion; Andrew Walter; Bethany Dickie

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College Industry Partnerships

) (b) Figure 4. Third generation process heater simulator: (a) drawing and (b) photograph.Figure 5 shows an example of the second generation unit being demonstrated in a JZI class. Thefully completed third generation simulator was successfully demonstrated in a JZI class just afterthe capstone team graduated. It has subsequently been used in every process burner class held inTulsa since its completion. JZI students have given very positive feedback on the simulator. Page 24.287.8 Figure 5. Partially completed simulator used in an actual JZI class in Tulsa, OK.Lessons LearnedThe importance of communication between the corporate

Conference Session

Making Students Aware of Their World: Five Perspectives

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda M. Head, Rowan University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

; Music began as a collaboration that developed amongengineering faculty and technicians who have a love of and interest in music as well as a stronginterest in engineering education. During a semester long, one-credit course at RowanUniversity that introduced students to consulting and entrepreneurship, the faculty developed amodule that used music to encourage student participation and teamwork. The popularity of thistechnique led faculty to explore the interest level and backgrounds of the first year students inmusic. For the incoming 2009 class the results are shown in Table 1. Table 1: Survey of Engineering Freshmen, Fall 2009 First Year Engineering Students Who: Play an

Conference Session

Student Success II: Self-Regulatory, Metacognitive, and Professional Skills

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergio Celis, Universidad de Chile; Camila Aguirre, Universidad de Chile

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

entrepreneurship education in engineering. Sergio received his professional degree in industrial engineering at the University of Chile and his Ph.D. in higher education at the University of Michigan.Miss Camila Aguirre, Universidad de Chile Camila Aguirre is finishing her professional degree in industrial engineering at the Universidad de Chile. She obtained a bachelor degree on engineering sciences at the same university. Among her interests are public policy and STEM education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Students Against The Odds: First-year Engineering Students’ Strategies For Improving Academic Achievement

Conference Session

Teaching Materials Sci&Eng to Non-Majors

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Bahr

a semester-based course system and MSE 440 Materials: The Foundations of Societyand Technology is taught in a single fifteen-week semester. The topics covered are summarizedbelow and each is designed to be covered in three 50-minute class periods. Week 1: History of Materials I· Defining periods of human development by specific materials.· Stone Age—use of naturally occurring materials; shaping; applications.· Early ceramics; abundance of clay minerals, composition of earth’s crust, ancient ceramic masterpieces.· Bronze Age. Start of metals being more than currency/adornments. First human-made alloys. Materials design -- the early stages. Week 2: History of

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julio Urbina, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Jose F. Oliden, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria; Patrick Tunno, Pennsylvania State University; Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Pennsylvania State University; Juan Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria ; Miguel Luis Estrada P.E., Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria ; Esther Obonyo, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Fernando Fonseca Pacheco, Lycoming College

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Diversity

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International

Paper ID #27030 Dr. Sarah Zappe is Research Associate and Director of Assessment and Instructional Support in the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education at Penn State. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology emphasizing applied measurement and testing. In her position, Sarah is responsible for developing instructional support programs for faculty, providing evaluation support for educational proposals and projects, and working with faculty to publish educational research. Her research interests primarily involve creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.Dr. Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Christine Masters is the Assistant Dean for

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2 - Development, Assessment, and Impact of Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

better understanding of currentexperiential learning activity within the College. Over 10,000 students, including 7,350undergraduates, are enrolled in the College of Engineering at the University of University.Through a rich opportunity mix including hundreds of student organizations, curricularopportunities, co-curricular opportunities, research and entrepreneurial experiences, teamcompetitions, and others, 98% of 2018 engineering graduating seniors (Figure 1) reportedinvolvement with at least one type of the following experiences—research, civic engagement,creative work, international experience, entrepreneurship, client project, or internship [3].College of Engineering (n=1604) student engaged learning participation rates are slightly

Conference Session

Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University; Patrick John Sours, The Ohio State University; Kristen Conroy, The Ohio State University; Kadri Akinola Akanni Parris, The Ohio State University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

2021. In December 2023, students from the course implemented 10solar generator systems in two communities on the Essequibo River.ColumbusA partnership between a local community garden and a College of Engineering lecturer began in2017, when their paths crossed at university programming around food security and urbanagriculture. The lecturer began volunteering at the garden, and soon proposed a partnership inwhich a service-learning class would carry out projects at the garden. The class has been heldonce annually since then, with students implementing a solar electric generator, an automatedfarming robotics system, a rainwater collection system, a hydroponics system, two three-bincomposting units, and high tunnel automation. In addition to the

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Technical Session 5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, University of Toledo; Noela A Haughton, University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc

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Engineering Technology Division

with Entrepreneurial Mindset (ICE) workshop, and focuses on fusing Curiosity,Connections, and Creating Value (the 3C’s) throughout the Flow of Air in Ducts learningmodule, including an HVAC design project.New lectures and assignments covering topics related to HVAC industry were added to thelearning module curriculum. An existing HVAC design project was revised and updated toincorporate Entrepreneurial Mindset Learning (EML) outcomes. The project required students tocomplement in-class learning with i) content knowledge learned from previous courses; ii)independent research using credible sources; and iii) a proposed HVAC design. New projectdeliverables were related to project economics and the environmental and societal impacts of theproposed

Collection

ASEE Middle Atlantic 2022 Fall Conference

Authors

Alexander John De Rosa, University of Delaware; Maxine Fontaine, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Frank T Fisher, Stevens Institute of Technology (School of Engineering and Science); Ashley Lytle

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Diversity

gender, age, andrace/ethnicity) are provided in Tables 1 and 2. For racial and ethnic identity, students were ableto select more than one identity, thus the numbers do not add up to 100%. Table 1: Low-Income Student AE Survey Demographics Category Completed AE Survey Total Number in class First-year low-income students 49 201 Second-year low-income students 58 122 Third-year low-income students 61 133 4+ years low-income students 40 340 Total number of low-income

Conference Session

Capstones and Economics

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Peter W. Pachowicz, George Mason University; Monson Hayes; Andre Z. Manitius, George Mason University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

system followed by testing and evaluation. Capstone design, a two-coursesequence, was reorganized into class meetings and separate team meetings that involved facultysupervision of projects. Class meetings were handled by the course coordinator who acted as acoach and mentor. The first set of class materials emphasized: • Top-down system design typical for systems engineering practice • The small business practice of submitting a proposal and running a project • Government and venture capital framework for reviews and reporting • Student teams taking full responsibility for their project rather than the faculty • Establishment of formal senior design presentations in a conference-style format

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Hamid Vejdani, Lawrence Technological University; Wuming Jing, Lawrence Technological University; Kingman E. Yee, Lawrence Technological University

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Mechanical Engineering

Entrepreneurial Mindset within a Three- Semester Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Sequence Based on the SAE Collegiate Design SeriesAbstractMechanical engineering seniors at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) complete acapstone design project: either an SAE collegiate design series (CDS) competition or anindustry-sponsored project (ISP). Starting in 2015, the LTU CDS advisors worked together toredesign the five-credit three-semester sequence. The overall goals of the modifications were toimprove student design, project management and communication skills; integrate SAE CDSprojects into the actual class time; and increase faculty advisor involvement in the classroom. Inparallel with senior design modifications

Conference Session

Session 10 - Track 2: Get Outside and Learn (GOAL) Engineering Kits

Collection

2023 Collaborative Network for Computing and Engineering Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Jennifer Bishop, University of Maryland College Park; Vincent Nguyen, University of Maryland College Park; Paige E Smith, University of Maryland College Park; Elisabeth Smela, University of Maryland College Park

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

classroomscome together for challenges and competitions. These events motivateconnectedness to content and offer opportunities for group discussion andcollaborative design. These events are used to provide exposure to UMD andengineering and include information sessions regarding pathways for admissions andtransfers, better familiarizing the students with higher education. Several culminatingevents have been conducted, initially beginning with online and hybrid events, andexpanding to an energetic 650 student, 4 school, 32 class, in-person competition withPrince George’s County Public Schools during Summer 2022 and most recently a 100student on-campus competition and Maryland Engineering introduction withMontgomery County Public Schools in December 2022

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kander, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

were combined with ABET accreditation standards andrequirements from the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination to develop a differentkind of engineering curriculum which will, in turn, produce a different kind of engineeringgraduate. The task force developed a list of desired learning objectives and educationaloutcomes for the new degree program. Using the ABET accreditation criteria and the FElicensure exam as guidelines, more than 200 detailed learning objectives were developed andmapped to the individual courses in the new curriculum.The result of this work is a new School of Engineering at James Madison University which willaccept its inaugural freshman class in August 2008. The new school will offer a single,interdisciplinary

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Research

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simeon Komisar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lupita Montoya, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Environmental Engineering

with construction of clean water and sanitation systems have been mentioned byproponents of project-based learning 3 as particularly appropriate choices for motivatingengineering students since they have had great impact in increasing the life expectancy in thetwentieth century 4. In regards to the class format, at the beginning of each week, we conduct short discussions ontopics of the day. Of particular importance are discussions on Social Responsibility andSustainable Development. For example, on the first day of class, after administering the initialevaluation survey, we had an open discussion on What do Engineers do? Among the topicsrelevant to this discussion, the problem-solving aspects of engineering as well as decision-making and the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 5: From Functions to Big Data–A Hands-on Challenge

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Paran Rebekah Norton, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University; William Bridges, Clemson University

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Mathematics

student success in introductory college calculus courses, and her research interests include students’ mathematics identity development, active learning environments in mathematics classes, and increasing student motivation in mathematics.Dr. Karen A High, Clemson University Dr. Karen High holds an academic appointment in the Engineering Science and Education department and joint appointments in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department as well as the Envi- ronmental Engineering and Earth Sciences department. Prior to this Dr. Karen was at Oklahoma State University where she was a professor for 24 years and served as the Director of Student Services as well as the Women in Engineering Coordinator. She