Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University; Dennis M. Lee, Clemson University; Karina Sylvia Sobieraj, Ohio State University; Cazembe Kennedy, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering education community through research related to undergraduate research programs and navigational capital needed for graduate school.Dennis M Lee, Clemson University Dennis M. Lee is a doctoral student in the Engineering and Science Education Department and Grad- uate Research Assistant in the office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. He received his BA and MS in bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Prior to his studies at Clemson University, he taught introductory biology at Tri-County Technical College in Pendleton, SC. His research interests include the development of researcher identity and

Conference Session

Involving Undergraduates in Research

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Usama El Shamy P.E., Southern Methodist University; Tarek Abdoun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Flora P McMartin, Broad-based Knowledge, LLC; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

, USA3 Broad-Based Knowledge, LLC, Richmond, CA, 94804, USA4 University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USAABSTRACTWe report the results of a pilot study aimed at developing, implementing, and assessing aneducational module that integrates remote major research instrumentation into an undergraduatecivil engineering course. Specifically, this study shows the potential of adopting Internet Web-based technologies to allow for real-time video monitoring and execution of cutting-edgeexperiments in undergraduate geotechnical engineering classes. The students’ activities withinthe module are centered on designing and building a model of a shallow foundation on a sanddeposit utilizing a centrifuge facility and using this

Conference Session

Veterans Track - Technical Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Veterans

institution. Familiarity with quantitative methods from researchers’ own education, particularly in STEM disciplines. Lack of understanding about how to analyze qualitative data. Stakeholder preferences for quantitative data Burden of institutional review of research that engages human subjects. Quantitative data is excellent at revealing what has happened to students with respect to major selection, retention, graduation, and survey responses. Qualitative data collection helps us understand the reasons how and why certain outcomes occurred for individuals or groups. Qualitative data analysis may help uncover unexpected patterns in data. Share advantages and limitations of qualitative methods

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BME Research and Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Ka-yiu San

and excitement toconduct cutting edge research; 2) to provide opportunity to get involved in scientific discoveries;3) to provide a better picture of graduate student life and help to clarify their career goals; 4) toprovide more one-to-one interactions with the faculty advisor; 5) to acquire knowledge outsidethe classroom; and 6) to improve their communication skills.Undergraduate Research OpportunitiesUndergraduate students can participate in research projects offered by BIOE faculty either byenrolling in a research course (BIOE400) or by working on a project with a stipend. Moststudents take advantage of these opportunities by taking BIOE400 (Undergraduate Research)where they can earn one to three credit hours, depending on their

Conference Session

Thermodynamics, Fluids, and Heat Transfer-Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech; Catherine Amelink, Virginia Tech; Sam Conn, Virginia Tech

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Mechanical Engineering

AC 2010-361: A CASE STUDY OF A THERMODYNAMICS COURSE:INFORMING ONLINE COURSE DESIGNSimin Hall, College of Engineering at Virginia Tech Dr. Simin Hall is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech and Polytechnic Institute. Her applied research in education is focused on cognitive processes and motivational factors in problem solving in computationally intensive courses such as engineering using online technology. Prior to joining ME at Virginia Tech, she completed a collaborative research project between the Department of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, College of Engineering at Texas A&M, and Department of Sociology at University

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean K. Sando; Gloria Rogers

by students when theyare confronted with a complex problem in a team setting? 2) Are there differences between students whohave been in IFYCSEM and those who have been in the traditional curriculum? 3) If there are observeddifferences, can they be linked to the different curriculum delivery systems?III. Relevant Literature While literature on problem solving is abundant, the most relevant literature to this proposed study isCarrie Mullins and Cynthia J. Atman’s (1994) “Freshmen Engineer’s Strategies for Solving Open-endedProblems” [sic] published in the ASEE Annual Cotierence Proceedings 1995. The Mullins and Atman work“looks at the freshman engineer as a novice problem solver” (p. 220). The researchers characterized thedifferences

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Lawrence Fong; Brian P. Self

283 Modeling the Dynamics of a Small Catapult to Enhance Undergraduate Studies Lawrence Fong and Brian Self California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoAbstractIt is estimated that the average engineering student will work 3000 "back of the book" stylehomework problems by the time that they graduate. While these problems can certainly helpwith the learning process, many do not mimic any type of real world systems that an engineerwill encounter in their careers. Furthermore, most do not require the student to

Conference Session

DEED Potpourri

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farrokh Attarzadeh, University of Houston; Enrique Barbieri, University of Houston; Miguel Ramos, University of Houston

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Design in Engineering Education

appointed Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies for the College of Technology. His teaching and research interests are in control systems and applications to electromechanical systems. He is a member of IEEE and ASEE and represents the Texas Gulf Coast region on the Executive Council of the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center.Miguel Ramos, University of Houston MIGUEL A. RAMOS earned his Ph.D. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation from Boston College in 2004. He is the Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation Services in the College of Technology at the University of Houston. Dr. Ramos has worked as Program Evaluator for Boston Connects, a school

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dennis Rogalsky P.E., Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ronald Ulseth P.E., Iron Range Engineering

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

state of Minnesota. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Design-Based Research: Students seeking co-op in refined educational modelAbstractThis research paper continues a longitudinal implementation of a design-based research (DBR)study and implementation for a new co-op centric educational model. This is a benchmarkingstudy by the university program. Two iterative cycles take place simultaneously in the DBRstudy and interface to provide knowledge to one another. One cycle is the design of a newprogram, the other cycle is the research study. In this study, the research cycle includes literaturereview, data acquisition

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3 - Co-op Recruitment and Factors Affecting Success

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dennis Rogalsky, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Bart M. Johnson, Itasca Community College; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

research paper continues a longitudinal implementation of a design-based research (DBR)study and implementation for a new co-op centric educational model. This is a benchmarkingstudy by the university program. Two iterative cycles take place simultaneously in the DBRstudy and interface to provide knowledge to one another. One cycle is the design of a newprogram, the other cycle is the research study. In this study, the research cycle includes literaturereview, data acquisition, analysis, evaluation, and findings. Out of the findings comerecommendations for continuous improvement in the program design.In this paper, the new model as well as the research method are described. The data analysisresults in findings for the program regarding student

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Wei Siang Pee, University of Central Oklahoma; Kevin Rada; Montell Jermaine Wright, University of Central Oklahoma, Robotics Research; Kaitlin Rose Foran, University of Central Oklahoma; Evan C. Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

thank the Sure-Stepparticipants in an ongoing robotics research project Summer Bridge Program for providing the funding.their first semester at the university. A novel aspect They would also like to thank Shams Shahadat,of this approach is the change in the perspective it Kooroush Azartash-Namin, and Dr. Ron Miller, forprovides to the students. Rather than seeing their assistance and advice.themselves only as recipients of knowledge, theycome to see themselves as active participants in acommunity of engineers, which is, after all, thepresumed objective of their education. Rather thanwaiting until graduation to make this transition, thestudents begin this change in self-perception from thebeginning of

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 20

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dorothy Decontee Gocol, Florida International University; Helen Urpi Wagner-Coello, Florida International University; Monica E. Cardella, Florida International University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #44518Storytelling Approaches for Elevating Student Voices in Research and DisseminationDorothy Decontee Gocol, Florida International University Dorothy Decontee Gocol is a first-year PhD student at the School of Universal Computing, Construction, and Engineering Education (SUCCEED) at Florida International University. She is also a Graduate Assistant at SUCCEED, and a Global Ambassador for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) FY24.Dr. Helen Urpi Wagner-Coello, Florida International University Helen Urpi Wagner Coello is a Postdoctoral Associate and Project Manager for the Voices for Organizing Change in

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2019 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Sattar Ali; A. Bilal Ozturk; Amanuel Wondimu; Eylem Asmatulu

to study the interactions molecular levels. The useof this highly efficient tool is expanding into multiple areas of research, especially the field ofplant science and agriculture. The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Wichita StateUniversity (WSU) has over 480 undergraduate and 100 graduate students, and some of the studentsbegan to work on microfluidics research projects during their studies. Mr. Sattar Ali (Ph.D.Candidate) and Mr. Amanuel Wondimu (undergraduate student) from the Department ofMechanical Engineering at WSU and Mr. A. Bilal Ozturk (Ph.D. Candidate) from Department ofTransdisciplinary Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, were involved in thepresent study, learned many new techniques and gained a lot

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Jeffrey H Wright; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Ali Sanati-Mehrizy; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Computing & Information Technology

Science with an emphasis in Database Engineering. He is currently employed at Lucid Software Inc.Dr. Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University Afsaneh Minaie is a professor of Computer Engineering at Utah Valley University. Her research interests include gender issues in the academic sciences and engineering elds, Embedded Systems Design, Mobile Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Databases.Dr. Ali Sanati-Mehrizy Dr. Ali Sanati-Mehrizy is a graduate of the Milton S. Hershey Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies in Biology from the University of Utah. In July 2013, he will begin a Pediatrics residency at the UMDNJ-Newark University Hospital. His research interests

Conference Session

International Case Studies, Interactive Learning, Student Design

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Vera Galishnikova; Thomas Maleck; Paul Streng; Jason Merrill; David Prestel; Darren Mason; Ronald Harichandran

their civil engineering studies, withearned MSU credit transferring back to the Academy. Graduate students studying atMSU have been awarded research appointments in civil and transportation engineering.Finally, the program has also supported visits of post-doctoral scholars from the Page 9.735.10VSUACE to MSU for collaborative research. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering EducationFuture Program PlansFuture plans envision broadening both the scope and length of the program. First,starting in Summer

Conference Session

Innovative Pedagogy in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Kimberly A Warren, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

heavily instrumented structures. Due to her strong passion for teaching, Dr. Warren pursued educa- tional research opportunities in recent years and was awarded an NSF TUES grant, which she is currently finishing up with hopes of continuing her work in this area. Dr. Warren was awarded a UNC Charlotte College of Engineering teaching award for her dedication to teaching. Page 23.760.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Inquiry-Based Approach for Civil Engineering Students: A Case Study Over the past few years, the enrollment

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Team-Based and Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna Joseph, The University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

teaching practices, allows for maximization of learning.This concept thus implies that an individual is more likely to be successful in synthesizinginformation if the modality of its delivery matches their individual learning style. While theunivariate classification of individuals based on learning styles remains a debated topic inpedagogical communities, there is evidence to suggest that the VARK modalities may be used asan aid to deliver learning outcome specific content in multi-disciplinary contexts, such as anengineering design classroom.Overview of Research Objectives and MethodologyThe broad aim of this project was to understand the relationship between individual studentlearning style and the study habits employed and course materials

Conference Session

Computers in Education 5 - Online and Distributed Learning 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tiffanie R. Smith, Lincoln University; Susan Ellen Safford, Lincoln University; Chidera Iguwe; Mofoluwasho Akinlade

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Diversity

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #34195Ashmun Express: A Mobile-based Study Application for STEM StudentsDr. Tiffanie R. Smith, Lincoln University Dr. Tiffanie R. Smith is currently an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Lincoln University of PA. She received her Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing from the University of Florida in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering in 2019 . She received her B.S. in Computer En- gineering from North Carolina A&T State University in 2013. Her research interests include educational technologies, embodied learning, culturally relevant education, and broadening minority

Conference Session

Information Tools and Techniques for Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy G. Buhler, University of Florida; Margeaux Johnson, University of Florida; Michelle Leonard, University of Florida; Melody Royster, University of Florida

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Engineering Libraries

FilingGoal: Identify the various types of plagiarism and correctly organize them into categoriesDescription: With plagiarism rampant on campus, graduate students are assigned to assist withcases in the Research Ethics Office. In this fast-paced arcade game players review cases, definethe type of plagiarism, and file them according to the type of misconduct. Players begin inTraining mode (Figure 3) and then advance to Arcade mode. Like “Diner Dash” this game is arace against the clock to get as many cases processed as possible before time runs out. Playersearn in-game upgrades, like coffee and sneakers, to improve their speed of reviewing and filingcases (seen in Figure 4). Figure 3: Training mode of Frenetic Filing Figure 4: Arcade mode

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard G. Helps, Brigham Young University

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Computing & Information Technology

AC 2011-1263: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COURSES CHANGINGCONSTANTLY: A CASE STUDY MODELRichard G. Helps, Brigham Young University Information Technology BYU. Research interests in embedded systems, user interaction and technology curriculum design. Member ASEE, IEEE, IEEE-CS, ACM (SIGITE). ABET Commissioner. Page 22.874.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Information Technology Courses Changing Constantly: A Case Study ModelAbstractInformation Technology (IT) courses change frequently. These curricular changes follow thefrequent changes in the

Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kim LaScola Needy, University of Arkansas; TAHAR MESSADI, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS; John Henry Kester III, University of Arkansas

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Environmental Engineering

. Dr. Needy’s research interests include engineering management, sustainable engineering, engineering economic analysis, and integrated resource management. She is President-Elect of IIE as well as a member of ASEE, ASEM, APICS and SWE. She is a licensed P.E. in Kansas.Prof. TAHAR MESSADI, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS Tahar Messadi is Co-Director of the Sustainability Programs and 21st Century Chair of Sustainability at the University of Arkansas. He graduated from the University of Michigan with Master and Doctoral De- grees in Architecture with concentration on Environmental Technology. His previous faculty appointment was at Georgia Tech where he taught for ten years. His consulting work focuses on lighting, acoustics

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators (NEE) Technical Session 3 - Professional and Faculty Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiawei Gong, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Debalina Maitra, Kennesaw State University

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

theories, aiming for transformational change. I also extensively (formally and informally) mentor students with multi-marginalized identities. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 1WIP: Leveraging AI for Literature Reviews: A Guide for New ResearchersThe importance of conducting a comprehensive literature review cannot be overstated, as itserves multiple purposes: summarizing a field to identify future research directions, findingevidence to support results and discussions, and breaking barriers in interdisciplinary studies [1].This process is time-consuming and demands significant effort and training to

Conference Session

Innovative College-Industry Partnerships for the Future

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ana Elisa P. Goulart, Texas A&M University; Chris Corti, Ph.D., Cisco Systems, Inc.; Matthew Robert Hawkes, Cisco

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College Industry Partnerships

graduate assistants, - updating faculty members on the new tools that industry uses in their daily operations, - giving feedback on the knowledge and skills that industry expect from students.The program and laboratories needed industry support, but how could academia contribute toindustry? This is a question that has always been asked by the faculty, and probably the industryside had this same question in mind. The academic side was looking not only for simpledonations of equipment but for research projects. In such projects faculty and students couldprovide their expertise to industry and at the same time bring new resources to their lectures andlaboratories.Since Cisco is a major developer of VoIP systems for small and large

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Gardiner

teams that are required to develop aproduct in the form of a significant research report with an accompanying presentation to theirpeers. Each team is given responsibility for the specification of their own research objectives anddeliverables within the pre-selected topic area. There are also subsidiary individual and teamexercises designed to support the prescribed learning objectives.Prior classes studied events on Mt. Everest in 1996 (“Into Thin Air,” Krakauer 3), the water andmanufacturing problems at Woburn, MA (“A Civil Action,” Harr 4), and the tobacco industry(“Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the UnabashedTriumph of Philip Morris,” Kluger 5). The analysis of the organizational aspects of the

Conference Session

Mechanical Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Goodarz Ahmadi, Clarkson University

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Mechanical Engineering

series of courses were developed to makethe new important research findings available to seniors and first year graduate studentsin engineering departments through specialized curricula. This course series involvedintegration of numerical simulations and experiments in the curriculum and are composedof four modules:  Fundamentals of particle transport, dispersion, deposition, and removal.  Computational modeling of particle transport, deposition, and removal.  Experimental study of particle transport, deposition, and removal, and aerosol instrumentation.  Industrial applications of particle transport, deposition, and removal.The materials for the course sequence were made available on the web and these fullsemester

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Perspectives for Women Faculty

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrienne Minerick, Mississippi State University; Mara Wasburn, Purdue University; Valarie young, Ohio University

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Women in Engineering

not only afforded women limited access to participation,but it has shaped the very nature of the discipline itself. She observes that science, for example,is neither unbiased nor value-free. Everything from what is studied to the subjects for theexperiments is male-dominated. It is her contention that when women enter a field, differentquestions are asked and methodological and theoretical assumptions challenged (p. 84.) Thesechallenges can lead to the trivializing of their scholarship noted above.The bar for gaining promotion and tenure is rising steadily. With most departments at researchand teaching institutions demanding more published research, there is now greater pressure onnew faculty to publish early and often.12,13,14 This adds

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leticia Anaya, University of North Texas

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Educational Research and Methods

programs, higheremphasis on quality, and higher emphasis on engineering specialization. He also suggested thatglobal quality was to be achieved through the control of engineering education by accreditationsystems that allow graduates from accredited engineering programs to demonstrate equivalentcompetencies. Specialization that existed in the 90s in Canada was demonstrated by the numberof types of bachelor engineering degrees that grew from 15 in 1965 to 60 in 19946.Research in the trends in engineering education has been mostly reported through a variety ofexpert opinions of highly qualified individuals with some of the latest research being centered onhow to prepare engineering students for the 21st century. There are authors who suggested

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2016 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Clifton B. Farnsworth; Evan Bingham; Justin E. Weidman

megaconstruction course, theprincipal objectives of the course, the key elements for student experience, and explains howthese were accomplished. Part II of this paper details the challenges experiences in recruitingstudents to participate and student perceptions of this study abroad experience.Institutions of higher education often include within their mission, aims, purposes, or objectivessome mention of preparing students to have an impact upon the world. One accrediting body forconstruction engineering and management programs requires that students receive a sufficientlybroad education where students understand the impact of providing solutions in a global andsocietal context and thus produce graduates prepared to enter a global workforce.1 There are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David B Knight, Virginia Tech; Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Nicole P. Sanderlin, Virginia Tech; Jessica Deters, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Alaa Abdalla, Virginia Tech; Katherine Maul, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Anne Victoria Wrobetz, University of Colorado, Boulder

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Engineering Education as a Hybrid Student at Purdue University. She hopes to analyze the factors that impact nontraditional students’ success and persistence in engineer- ing, particularly at the community college level. Anne received a BS and MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Since graduating in 2015, Anne has worked as a clean technology researcher and engineer in the environmental remediation sector. She has taught engineering at Black Rocket summer camps, the University of Colorado, and Front Range Community College. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Reimagining International Research for Students in a Virtual

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zachary Holman, Arizona State University; Michelle Jordan, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, University of Oregon; Kate Fisher; Tiffany Rowlands, QESST

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Arizona State University’s Ira A. FultonSchools of Engineering. The cohort-focused program was significantly expanded from previousyears (Pickett, et al. 2013), thanks to a three-year, $314,261, REU site grant awarded to QESST.The program, entitled, “Solar Energy Research for the Terawatt Challenge” allows nineundergraduate community college and university students to travel from around the country towork in ASU laboratories for nine weeks. The specific aim of the QESST REU site is forundergraduate students to be introduced to research and solar research specifically, experiencehow coursework they are studying can be put into practice in tackling the terawatt challenge, andpractice how the principles of scientific research can be applied to any