Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Margot Vigeant, Bucknell University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; Donald Woods, McMaster University

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Chemical Engineering

design focus. Class size is 35-40 in one section. Three additional general engineering courses are required: Introduction to Engineering and Design, 3 credits with 1 h to 1 week for ChE activities, class size 445, 15/section; Engineering and Technology Forum, 1 credit, focus on invention, innovation and entrepreneurship, size 460 with 33/section; and Engineering Problem Solving and Programming, 3 credits, class size about 460 spread over different semesters, lecture about 60 per lecture section, maximum of 15 per lab section. (36)- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has two required courses specific for ChE. One is the 2 credit Professional Practices in Chemical Engineering that is an introduction to chemical

Conference Session

Capstone Design & Project Courses

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Waldron, Grand Valley State University; Pramod Chaphalkar, Grand Valley State University; Shabbir Choudhuri, Grand Valley State University; John Farris, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

that is developing a sine plate to rotate a workpiece about multiple axes for machiningoperations. This project is sponsored by a local machine shop. Another team was created tohelp the school’s SAE Baja team build a new gear case for this year’s competition.Table 2: Teams that are not integrated with other classes Project Description Faculty Course Baby Formula Mixer FARRIS EGR 480 A new mother in the Entrepreneurship Program has suggested that there is Product Design a need for a product that will correctly mix water and powdered baby formula when

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Page 22.609.2galvanized interest in the topic of engineering and social justice both within and outside of theengineering and social justice community.In addition to scholarly publications, Baillie, Riley, and others spearhead a network of scholars,practitioners, and activists under the banner Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (ESJP).According to its website, this group works toward engineering practices that enhance gender, racial, class, and cultural equity and are democratic, non-oppressive, and non-violent. We seek to better understand the relationships between engineering practices and the contexts that shape those practices, with the purpose of promoting local-level community empowerment through engineering

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Reginald Vachon P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University; Robert D. Kersten, University of Central Florida

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Invited - Faculty Development

Division of Science and Technology to aggressively addressthe development of the Engineering for the Americas concept [21, 23]. Continuing efforts by theMinisters now includes the EftA concept in the current working groups of Plan Panama.A nation can expect to become successful today only if it strives to create a meritocracy, inwhich positions of leadership and responsibility are distributed to the most outstandingindividuals, irrespective of social class or personal connections [2]. ―The skills, ingenuity,training and expertise of the human capital that is developed will determine the long-termprosperity of the economy, and indeed will determine the long-term prosperity of the world‖[36].Overarching GoalThe overarching goal of Engineering for

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Nebojsa Jaksic

discarded,and some presented to the University administration as action items.Introduction and Previous WorkWhile talking about clean energy President Obama stated in his weekly address on October 2nd2010 that “Our future as a nation depends on making sure that the jobs and industries of the 21stcentury take root here in America.1” The innovation productivity and quality must increase to stopthe country's technological and manufacturing decline. While most engineering programs producesolid problem solvers, this may not be sufficient. The education of engineers must also enhancetheir inventive and entrepreneurial skills by including topics on innovation methods, disruptivetechnologies, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, etc. Engineering design

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Student Development

upperclassmen in the EWB-like groupcompared to the EWB member group, which would increase the average respondents’ exposure Page 20.13.5to more technical classes and therefore perceived technical ability. Table 1: Results from Mann-Whitney U tests of comparisons (p-values) Learning Outcome No. of Items EWB vs. Non-EWBa EWB-like vs. Non-EWB-likeb Technical Skills 13 0.086* 0.432 a: Apply knowledge 3 0.193 0.384 b: Experiments & data 4 0.979

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shuvra Das, University of Detroit Mercy; Darrell K. Kleinke P.E., University of Detroit Mercy; David Pistrui, University of Detroit Mercy

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

publications in the areas of growth strategies, family business, and engineering. David has held corporate leadership positions with VideoCart, MediaOne, Parade Publications, Time Inc., and Purex Industries. He has worked with a wide range of organizations including Tenneco, KPMG, Motorola, Wrigley, IBM, Comarch, GrubHub, Minnetronix, Cleversafe, Siemans, and Dentsu, among many others. David holds a Ph.D. (Cum Laude) in Applied Economics, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, a Ph.D., in Sociology from the University of Bucharest, a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from DePaul University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration, in Marketing and Economics from Western Michigan

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Julie Dyke Ford, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Daria A. Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Robin Ott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and a BA in English from Elon University.Prof. Susannah Howe, Smith College Susannah Howe, Ph.D. is the Design Clinic Director in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, where she coordinates and teaches the capstone engineering design course. Her current research focuses on innovations in engineering design education, particularly at the capstone level. She is invested in building the capstone design community; she is a leader in the biannual Capstone Design Conferences and the Capstone Design Hub initiative. She is also involved with efforts to foster design learning in middle school students and to support entrepreneurship at primarily undergraduate institutions. Her background is in civil

Collection

2008 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Thomas N. Duening; Jeffrey R. Goss

environment, business execution is becoming increasinglycompetitive. Managing resources, products, and customers across the globe magnifies theorganizational challenges and requires more sophisticated systems, tactical thinking, andadvanced methods of measuring, analyzing, and controlling performance. Managers mustunderstand the underlying issues across the enterprise to impact and create businessvalue.The ESIM curriculum is designed to provide participants with a systems view of theorganization. As such, each class is trans-disciplinary and demands synthetic in additionto analytic competence from each student. The preliminary curriculum for this newmaster’s degree program includes a six course core curriculum, in addition to severalprogrammatic

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Claudio Brito; Melany Ciampi

students of engineering courses.The idea is to have during the first 3 months’ period, in the second semester of the 1st. year,provide the students have different classes, which are more dynamic, due to the mix of site visits,lectures, project proposals, travel period and project presentation. It is a very dynamic experience Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018 American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 526that provides students a clear view of what it is to be an engineer and what their possibilities forthe future are.The final goal of this project is to

Conference Session

Joint Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Development Division and Engineering Management Division

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James N. Magarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Reza S. Rahaman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD), Engineering Management Division (EMD)

applications, where students highlight prior motivatingexperiences and their degree of engineering intent, and individual entrance interviews. The curricularfoundation of the program, the Capabilities of Effective Engineering Leaders [10], was developedthrough a series of workshops spanning several months at the program's inception attended byfaculty and scholars in engineering and leadership, successful practitioners from industry, andmilitary leaders. The program's core structure is described in more detail by de Weck et al. [14],and can be summarized as consisting of three "legs": 1) an Engineering Leadership Lab (ELL)where students meet weekly in small teams to face leadership challenges keyed to the Capabilities,2) an Engineering Leadership class

Conference Session

Perspectives and Evaluation of Engineering Design Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jennifer Lyn Benning, Virginia Tech; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

instructions to eachindividual student by an external entity, so that the research team cannot correlate individualnames with codes. Furthermore, even though students were required to complete the assessmentsas a requirement of the course, the students were still given the option to consent to their resultsbeing included in the database. The consent form had an implied-consent format that required thestudent to sign and return the document only if they do not want to be included in the researchdatabase.The assessment instruments used included a demographic survey, the CAT, and the IDI. Thedemographic survey included questions that identify the class level and the numbers of semestersthe student has participated in EPICS, along with other demographic

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5: Identity & Belonging

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javeed Kittur, University of Oklahoma; Moses Olayemi, University of Oklahoma; Tierney Harvey, University of Oklahoma; Haley Taffe, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

engineering courses 4.01 0.77 -0.72 1.16 29 I can master the knowledge and skills taught in this course 4.14 0.68 -0.70 1.72 Sense of belonging 4.10 30 I feel that I belong in the engineering community 3.97 0.85 -0.82 1.15 31 I feel I am a part of my class 4.08 0.72 -0.77 1.52 32 I feel I am included in my class 4.15 0.72 -0.96 2.37 33 I felt comfortable interacting the client 4.04 0.83 -0.77 0.74 34 I felt comfortable interacting with the professor in class 4.30 0.84 -1.44 2.60 35 I felt

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Houshang Darabi, University of Illinois at Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, University of Illinois at Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois at Chicago; Shanon Marie Reckinger, University of Illinois at Chicago; Didem Ozevin P.E., University of Illinois at Chicago; Renata A Revelo, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade, University of Illinois at Chicago; Betul Bilgin, University of Illinois at Chicago

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

two years. Since her appointment in 2014 she has been exploring active learning, peer instruction, team-based, hands-on, application-based techniques in her classes to fully engage her students. She was selected as a UIC Teaching Scholar for Spring 2017, named as an American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) ”35 under 35” winner in the education category for 2017 and named as American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) ”20 under 40” awardee for 2018. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Reporting the Progress and Latest Status of an Ongoing S-STEM Project: An Integrated Program for Recruitment, Retention, and Graduation of

Conference Session

Experiential Learning : Global Models and Perspectives

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Venkataraman PB, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani; G Sundar

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

identified 41 articles that dealt with the model ofWIL. A summary of these select articles is presented in this section.There are three major systems of WIL, namely the Gilde, the Co-op, and the MKB-route.Each of the variants departs from the premise that students put their academic knowledge intoaction through relevant work experience outside the classroom and then bring the challengesand insights they gain on the job back to the class for further analysis and reflection.  The Gilde variant (literally craftsman’s guild system variant) goes the farthest, where the students are placed in paid positions from the beginning of their studies and the ratio of workplace/school bank in this model is roughly 60/40.  The Co-op variant

Conference Session

The Curriculum at Two-year College's Engineering Technology and Engineering Transfer Programs

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Christy Brown, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University; Claretha Hughes Ph.D., University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; Robert M O'Hara, Clemson University; Shuyu Huang

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

scores are calculated by summing responses to thecomponent items and then a respondent’s top career anchor is identified as the subscale with thegreatest sum. If the maximum sum occurs in two subscales, the respondent is classified as havingtied career anchors, and if the maximum sum occurs in more than two subscales, the respondentis classified as having flat career anchors.Two items related to the development of professional profiles and pathways were also included.One item asked students to identify the two greatest influences on their choice of a career withresponse options of father, mother, other family, classes, teacher, counselor, coach, manager,friend, social media, other media, and own interests/experiences. The second of these

Conference Session

Engineering Without Borders: Programs Involving Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Belle Wei, San Jose State University; Jacob Tsao, San Jose State University

Tagged Divisions

International

-level skill sets needed for them to be competitive • help students identify new career opportunitiesThe 2004 inaugural study program focused on the global operations of information technology(IT) companies in electronics, semiconductors, computers, and software. It placed specialemphasis on the critical role that innovation and entrepreneurship played in these globallycompetitive companies. This focus guided the selection of sites to visit. During the studyprogram tour students asked questions such as why do engineers and workers in China andTaiwan work so hard; why do these governments invest heavily in expanding the engineeringeducation and promoting technology businesses, and why do technology companies flourish inChina and Taiwan. Some

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Innovative Changes to the Typical Civil Engineering Coursework.

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob Henschen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Arthur Schmidt, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jeffery Roesler, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jordan Ouellet, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

-disciplines. In the redeveloped course, students receive mentoring and guidance about thebreadth of the discipline through a series of interactions with faculty, alumni, and senior-levelstudents as the enrolled students complete their semester projects.Objective 2To aid with Objective 1, we introduce students to a range of alumni with varied career paths.Many students are only aware of the typical, new-design careers, and we aim to provide themwith a broader perspective of potential careers. The career paths include traditional and non-traditional routes [11]. Engineering design, forensics, entrepreneurship, management, and policy-making are among the potential paths commonly presented. With this information, students canmake better-informed

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Houshang Darabi, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Peter Nelson, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Shanon Reckinger, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Jeremiah Abiade; Renata Revelo, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Anthony E. Felder, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Rezvan Nazempour, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Betul Bilgin, The University of Illinois at Chicago; Didem Ozevin, The University of Illinois at Chicago

of scholars in Fall2019 after some minor modifications. This course was designed to create the opportunity forscholars to interact with professionals of different disciplines and cultural backgrounds andattend seminars and symposia on different subjects. The ENGR194 implementation and itsimpact on students’ academic success and retention were described in detail by Nazempour et al.[5].ENGR194 was offered for the cohort III of scholars in Spring 2021. We modified it based on ourevaluations of the earlier offerings. The course content included math and science discussiongroups, four-year study plan development, major selection, entrepreneurship challenge, time andstress management, introduction to undergraduate research projects and internship

Conference Session

Faculty & Program Exchanges: Internationalizing, Collaborations, Interactions

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sabina Jeschke, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH); Lars Knipping, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Olivier Pfeiffer; Nina Reinecke, Technische Universitaet Berlin; Erhard Zorn, Technische Universitaet Berlin

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International

mechanical engineering and industrial engineering students as well as for entrepreneurship classes for engineering students. The main research areas of ZLW/IMA are divided into five major fields: - agile and turbulence-suitable processes for knowledge and technology intense organizations - next generation education models for academic institutions and private enterprises - IT supported cognitive processes for heterogeneous and cooperative systems - adaptive mental user models for innovation and technology development - semantic nets and ontologies for complex value-added chains and virtual environments The special research focus of Sabina Jeschke is on cooperation of heterogeneous

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD) Technical Session: Engineering Leadership Competencies and Skills

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stacie Edington, University of Michigan; Michael Dailey, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

other disciplines, such as business or liberal arts. While the majority of engineering students atour institution reported involvement with at least one type of engagement experience, such asresearch, civic engagement, creative work, international experience, entrepreneurship, clientprojects, or internships, previous institutional studies found that the intentionality of developmentand measurement of professional competencies were limited in these efforts [9], [11].The College of Engineering at the University of Michigan (U-M) implemented two elective,bookend courses that introduce undergraduate students to engineering leadership competencies,provide opportunities to intentionally seek development of these competencies, and guidestudents to

Conference Session

State of Manufacturing Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

part of [region], even though the automotive sector has been up and down, innovation and development in this area would be very beneficial. ● Risk management is an important part of working in industry that I was required to know I needed... but did not yet know. This led to some poor interactions on my co-op. I would like to see some of these considerations made in earlier classes so that risk management is a conscious process on the part of the students. Page 22.1426.11 ● Project design ● Automation and Electrical Controls overall "know how" are

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

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 received her B.S. in chemical engineering from University of Michigan in 1985 and she received her M.S. in 1988 and her Ph.D. in 1991 in chemical engineering both from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Karen’s educational emphasis includes: critical thinking, enhancing mathematics, engineering entrepreneurship in education, communication skills, K-12 engineering education, and promoting women in engineering. Her technical work and research focuses on sustainable chemical process design, computer aided design, mixed integer nonlinear programing, and multicriteria decision

Conference Session

Use of Labs to Introduce Students to Engr.

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Andrew Lau; Sven Bilen; Elizabeth Kisenwether

) Page 7.416.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society from Engineering Education Table 3 Listing of topics covered in Lab 3 Lab Section Title Section Objectives and CommentsSection Lab 3 Sensing Temperature with a Thermistor 3.2 Task: Control Temperature Presents the problem of designing a system to control temperature in a “product MJ12,” which is a film container 3.3 Problem Analysis 3.3.1 Individual/class discussion Students are to work out a plan of attack: what is the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

tina Cartwright, Marshall University; Julie Lynn Snyder-Yuly, Marshall University; Wook-sung Yoo, Marshall University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Introduction Week 2 Technology Training Week 3 Healthy relationship building Week 4 Time management Week 5 Resume Writing and Job Interview Preparation Week 6 Invited Guest Speaker from local industry Week 7 Influencing People Week 8 Leadership & Delegation Week 9 Project Progress Report Week 10 Entrepreneurship Week 11 Accountancy & Budgeting Week 12 Diversity & Gender issues in professions Week 13 Health & Safety Week 14 Field trip Week 15 Project PresentationsProject-based Work Studio environmentExperiential learning incorporates hands-on learning and reflection on learning [23]. A principalchallenge that STEM

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Carolyn Jean Sher-DeCusatis; Casimer DeCusatis

%) reported a household income of less thanpractitioner’s education program for cloud computing and $30,000. Eighty percent (80%) of incoming first-year studentsSDN. While a number of leading academic institutions have and 65% of returning students received need-based financialrecently begun to offer courses on SDN [12], it has so far beenaid. Sixty-seven percent (67%) are the first in their families to networking class. Skills such as critical thinking,attend college. The student body reported 138 different troubleshooting, and system analysis are incorporated as partcountries of origin; countries of

Conference Session

K-12 Students and Teachers

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin Guill Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina A&T State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng); Devdas M. Pai, North Carolina A&T State University (Eng)

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship and evolved Page 22.225.4from the collaboration of two geographically distant campuses that allowed for the shared use ofcontent, faculty, and mentors. Professors, science teachers (who were also participants in theUniversity's RET program), and undergraduate bioengineering students served as campinstructors and individuals from outside of the camp as guest speakers. Efforts were taken tomake science a non-threatening place by relating it to real-life situations. The camp includedvarious learning environments ranging from traditional classroom teaching with little interaction,to group discussions about

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Raymond Markovetz, University of Pittsburgh; Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Zachari Lucius Swiecki; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

learning techniques in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship into the engineering curriculum. In particular, she is interested in the impact that these tools can have on student perception of c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Paper ID #14873the classroom environment, motivation and learning outcomes. She obtained her certification as a Trainingand Development Professional (CTDP) from the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD)in 2010, providing her with a solid background in instructional design, facilitation and evaluation. She wasselected to

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

and to the microEP director. c) A student requirement to become proficient in a standard software suite (word processing, spreadsheet, electronic communications methods, project management, etc). d) Expedited student placement with faculty for research to assure maximum exposure to research during the master’s program. e) Assigned student responsibility to manage some aspect of group interests (class schedule coordination, seminar selection, software management, etc). f) Multi-day industrial style training seminars in structured innovation processes and processes to promote inventiveness

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 10

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

K. D. Pomeroy, Texas State University; Shaoping Qiu, The Institute of Technology-Infused Learning (TITIL), Texas A&M University; Lei Xie, Texas State University; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Michael D. Johnson, Texas A&M University

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

with many industries such as automotive, chemical distribution, etc. on transportation and oper- ations management projects. She works extensively with food banks and food pantries on supply chain management and logistics-focused initiatives. Her graduate and undergraduate students are an integral part of her service-learning logistics classes. She teaches courses in strategic relationships among industrial distributors and distribution logistics. Her recent research focuses on engineering education and learning sciences with a focus on how to engage students better to prepare their minds for the future. Her other research interests include empirical studies to assess the impact of good supply chain practices