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Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 4.A

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julian Ly Davis, University of Southern Indiana; Bradley Lane Kicklighter P.E., University of Southern Indiana

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Diversity

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

there is a higher learning curve to LATEX than Microsoft users rate Microsoft Word [1].Some professors are introducing LATEX to their freshman to teach students how to make professional materials(papers, resumes and reports). Those professors do recognize that there is a learning curve to LATEX [2], buthope that if their engineering students are introduced to it early, it will be worth their investment [3]. Certainly LATEX is not necessarily the correct tool for every project; some journals or grant institutionsonly accept drafts/submissions in Microsoft Word format. The authors have found LATEX to be a worth-while investment in transitioning preparations of their curriculum vitae, tenure documentation, and coursematerials. Some examples of

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED): Identity, Motivation & Belonging in Experiential Learning

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adithya Jayakumar, The Ohio State University; Yuvraj Singh, The Ohio State University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

-classroom engineering project experiences through student organizations andcompetitions have been offered at universities across the world for many decades. Whileinstructor-led “traditional” teaching approach in engineering classrooms is essential fordeveloping analytical rigor among students, it may be insufficient for preparing them to solvecomplicated socio-technical problems that engineers often face in the real world [1]. As a result,project experience in college helps to develop systems-level thinking abilities that engineers needto solve open-ended problems [1]. Overall, this type of project experience has led to a higherself-perception of development of soft skills such as problem solving, creativity, critical thinking,integrity, teamwork

Collection

AEE Journal

Authors

Gail Goldberg

Maryland, with funding support fromthe National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kern Family Foundation. Afterward, the principalproject investigators sought the aid of the author, an assessment specialist with expertise in rubricdesign and development, to revise that draft. Subsequent piloting and further revision in 2011 yieldedthe version of the EDPPSR in use today (Goldberg, 2014). It was recognized almost immediately asa strategy for assessing the engineering design process that might be applied not only by teach-ers but also by “external reviewers with a vested interest in the design solution.” (Householder &Hailey, 2012, p. 31). Concurrently, that version became the framework for the Innovation Portal, afree online resource available to

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Track 2: Technical Session 1: Pulled In or Pushed Out? Underrepresented Minority High School Students Describe Socio-environmental Factors Shaping STEM Persistence and Post-Secondary Plans

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Alexis Grace Daniels, Johns Hopkins University; Rachel E Durham; Michael L Falk, The Johns Hopkins University; Alisha Nicole Sparks, The Johns Hopkins University; Emily J Yanisko, American University

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2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

Development from UMBC. She has her Maryland State Department of Education Advanced Professional Certificate in Mathematics for Grades 7 – 12 with an Administrator I Supervisor and Assistant Principal Endorsement. She previously worked at Baltimore City Public Schools in the Office of Enrollment, Choice, and Transfers and taught math at Digital Harbor High School. She also coordinated the summer program for Baltimore Freedom Schools and was the Director of the K-12 Programs at the Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT) managing several NSF grants there. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025Pulled in or pushed out? Underrepresented minority high school students describe socio

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Graduate Education Model, Industry and Practitioner Experience - Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alex Jordan Hanson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Peter Lindahl, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Samantha Dale Strasser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alison F. Takemura, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dirk R. Englund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jaime Goldstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

signaling dysregulation contributes to disease, e.g., neurodegeneration and cancer, to advance therapeutics through development of predictive mathematical models. She is presently an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) graduate student at MIT. Specializing in computational analyses, her Ph.D. research is supervised by Douglas Lauffenburger (Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA) and Kevin Haigis (Harvard Medical School, MA). In 2011 she received B.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University, IL, with a concentration in electromagnetics. During her undergraduate research in Backman’s Biophotonics Laboratory she developed near-field

Conference Session

Approaches to Learning Outcomes Assessment in Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Oliver, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laura Grossenbacher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Liberal Education

, comp. lit., curriculum development, composition 2 Male† Technical Communication Certificate program director (Grossenbacher) Page 12.743.9‡ Instructor-of-record/course coordinator (Kelly)Other sources of assessment dataThe mid-semester evaluation (Appendix F) was completed anonymously in class by 15 students(100%), and the end-of-semester SALG protocol was completed anonymously outside of class(online) by 11 self-selected students (73.3%). (Of particular note, the SALG protocol’s Q3,“How much has this class added to your skills in each of the following?” prompted the studentsto rate and reflect on each individual learning

Conference Session

New Research & Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Florida Atlantic University; Ivan Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University

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Minorities in Engineering

inscience, technology and engineering using the Sally Ride Science Curriculum. Entering 11th and12th graders can earn college credit and be introduced to the university experience through avariety of special programs. Educational Unlimited21 and Berkeley offer Summer Focus atUniversity of California - Berkeley 6-week summer academic enrichment program.The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp (EMBHSSC)26 is a free, academicprogram run by The Harris Foundation (http://www.theharrisfoundation.org), for students ingrades 6-8, which takes place in the fall. It promotes science, technology, engineering andmathematics for underrepresented students in middle school. It originally developed as acollaborative effort of the Harris Foundation, the

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Timothy Skvarenina

. Both EC 2000 and TC2K require that everyaccredited program develop a set of program outcomes, which must insure that students havedemonstrated the achievement of eleven outcomes, the so-called “a” to “k” lists. The outcomes aredifferent for the two sets of criteria, but they have a number of similarities. Table 1 shows a listing ofthe “a” to “k” outcomes for EC 2000 and TC2K. With the change from previous accreditationcriteria, ABET has gone away from the so-called “bean counting” that required certain numbers ofcredit hours in various categories, such as mathematics, sciences, social sciences, and humanities.Instead each program must evaluate and assess its curriculum on a continuous basis to show thatgraduates are demonstrating the required

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 6.C

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aimee Allard, North Carolina State University at Raleigh

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

developing proofs-of-concept and prototypes for sponsors in the tech, education, and non-profit sectors, but the course itself is an innovative model of multidisciplinary pedagogy, with instructors from CS and Writing backgrounds working together to teach and mentor soon-to-be NC State graduates. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Survey of Task Planning: Pre- and Post-Assessment of a Project Management Activity in the Computer Science Senior CapstoneAbstract: Task planning is a foundational project management activity in North Carolina StateUniversity’s Computer Science (CS) senior capstone wherein student teams collaborativelyoutline

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Glennelle Halpin; Gerald Halpin; L. D. Benefield; William Walker; S. MacGuire

for a more applicable early experience, an experimentalintegrated pre-engineering curriculum (IPEC) 8 was developed and implemented fall 1996 withsponsorship from the National Science Foundation. The fundamental goals of this project were asfollows:1. To improve the students’ depth of understanding of the mathematical models of the physical world;2. To deepen students’ understanding of the physical principles that are the foundation ofengineering problems;3. To increase students’ use of mathematical models in solving basic engineering problems;4. To increase students’ involvement and sense of belonging in and personal commitment to the Page

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

W. F. Walker; S. MacGuire; L. D. Benefield; Glennelle Halpin; Gerald Halpin

for a more applicable early experience, an experimentalintegrated pre-engineering curriculum (IPEC) 8 was developed and implemented fall 1996 withsponsorship from the National Science Foundation. The fundamental goals of this project were asfollows:1. To improve the students’ depth of understanding of the mathematical models of the physical world;2. To deepen students’ understanding of the physical principles that are the foundation ofengineering problems;3. To increase students’ use of mathematical models in solving basic engineering problems;4. To increase students’ involvement and sense of belonging in and personal commitment to the Page

Collection

2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Christopher Gioia, Slippery Rock University; Samantha (Sami Bortz

Paper ID #44643Sustainability-Focused Project-Based Learning in a Heat Transfer CourseDr. Christopher Gioia, Slippery Rock University Chris Gioia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at Slippery Rock University. He is the faculty adviser for the Formula SAE team at SRU, and is a member of the Department curriculum committee. Dr. Gioia teaches courses in Heat Transfer, Dynamics, Machines and Mechanisms, Mechani- cal Control Systems, and Capstone Design. His research interests include control systems, cyber-physical systems, project-based learning pedagogy, heat exchangers, and biodiesel production. Dr

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley Joseph Priem, Northeastern University; Caroline Ghio, Northeastern University; Hannah Boyce, Northeastern University; Sydney Anne Morris, Northeastern University; Emma Kaeli, Stanford University; Tyler Byrne Cole, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Development Award from the NSF c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Paper ID #25901 as well as a three-time recipient of the Omega Chi Epsilon Outstanding Faculty Award from the North- eastern Student Affiliate of AIChE and the Dick Sioui Teaching Award from Northeastern. He also has led industrial R&D teams at Organogenesis Inc. and Polymerix Corporation developing tissue-engineered medical products and drug- generating biodegradable polymers, respectively, and has co-founded Auto- mated Cell, Inc. In addition to being an inventor on 12 issued US patents, he has published the textbook

Conference Session

Introductory Materials Engineering Courses of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paulo Blikstein, Northwestern University; Uri Wilensky, Northwestern University

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Materials

an importantdriving force for engineering education reform programs. As basic science and engineeringbecome increasingly intertwined in fields such as nanotechnology, molecular self-organization,molecular electronics, and microbiological synthesis13, students and professionals have to dealwith time scales from the nanosecond to tenths of years, and sizes from the single atoms tomachines many thousands of meters long14. Many researchers and industrial leaders in the field have been pointing out that reforminitiatives are falling short of those new challenges. Bazzo15 and Blikstein16 criticized the“banking” approach of simply adding new courses to the curriculum, and Hurst17 pointed out thatsyllabi and curricula were so overloaded with

Conference Session

Using Student Competitions to Enhance Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Carroll, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

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Civil Engineering

areevaluated by some form of a final report. In the traditional civil engineering curriculum, undergraduate students take courses withboth lecture and laboratory formats. While the lecture courses provide the opportunity forstudents to absorb new information, the purpose of a laboratory is to expose students to thephysical problems associated with a course and reinforce course content. The traditional type oflaboratory has well-planned experiments, typically containing step-by-step guides leading thestudents through each experiment. Generally in groups of four or five, students in-turn conductthe experiment, regurgitate the results, and prepare a laboratory report, arguably fulfilling ABETstudent outcome (b) “an ability to design and conduct

Conference Session

Innovatiive Methods to Teach Engineering to URMs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Crichigno, Northern New Mexico College; Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Northern New Mexico College

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Minorities in Engineering

dropout rates because of lack in studentsincentive and limited hands-on experience. The model is articulated with the 2008 ACM andIEEE Computer Society Guidelines for Engineering Information Technology, and enablesstudents to achieve multiple ABET program outcomes. Results of the implementation of thecomputer networks model in a minority serving institution are included. Index TermsComputer networks, computing disciplines, curriculum development, student learning outcomes,ABET.I. IntroductionComputer networks is an important area in the body of knowledge of multiple degree programs,such as Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, InformationEngineering, Software Engineering, and

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Narayanan Komerath

Page 3.187.2 2were all merged into the strategies and tactics described below. Detailed review of the notes andtexts used by previous instructors, and detailed discussion, produced some common guidance:1. Absenteeism was a major cause for student demoralization. Depending on their sense of responsibility was insufficient: they had to be told that as part of an engineering organization, they were expected to show up on time, every day. Enforcing this was still a problem.2. Introduce more visuals, classroom demonstrations of technology, and ndustry contact to the class: this motivated many students.3. Assignments based on pre-developed spreadsheets to calculate performance of an aircraft

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 8

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; Stewart Thomas, Bucknell University; Stu Thompson, Bucknell University

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

Paper ID #37839Work in Progress: Implementing a Tiger Team in a Capstone Design CourseProf. Alan Cheville, Bucknell University Alan Cheville studied optoelectronics and ultrafast optics at Rice University, then spent fourteen years as a faculty member at Oklahoma State University working on terahertz frequencies and engineering education, developing resources in photonics and engineering design. After serving for two and a half years as a program director in engineering education at the National Science Foundation, served as chair in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and secretary of the faculty at

Conference Session

Pre-College: Working with Teachers to Improve K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beau Vezino, University of Arizona

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #20147Exploring how Science Teachers’ Views of the Nature and Pedagogy of Sci-ence are Affected by their Transition to Engineering (Fundamental)Beau Vezino, University of Arizona Beau R. Vezino is a Ph.D. student at the University of Arizona’s College of Education. His focus is engineering and science education. Beau currently teaches the science/engineering methods course for pre-service teachers and works on several related research projects. Beau is certified teacher and holds a MS in Education in Curriculum and Instruction (2009) and a BS in Mechanical Engineering (2005). Beau’s research focus involves K-12

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 12

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth A. Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Yacob Astatke, Morgan State University; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY; Kathy Ann Gullie Ph.D., University at Albany/SUNY; Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; John Kelly, North Carolina A&T State University; Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Jackson State University; Otsebele E. Nare, Hampton University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer

role in the development and implementation of the first completely online un- dergraduate ECE program in the State of Maryland. He has published over 50 papers and presented his research work at regional, national and international conferences. He also runs several exciting summer camps geared towards middle school, high school, and community college students to expose and increase their interest in pursuing Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Dr. Astatke travels to Ethiopia every summer to provide training and guest lectures related to the use of the mobile laboratory technology and pedagogy to enhance the ECE curriculum at five different universities.Dr. Dianna Newman, University at Albany

Conference Session

Design and Making

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexandra Vinson, Northwestern University; Pryce Davis, University of Nottingham; Reed Stevens, Northwestern University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

presentation of the product could take on amoral character that reflected on the engineer him/herself.Our analysis has certain implications for engineering education. First, by observing early careerengineers in the workplace, we are able to show the typical range of activities and tasks carriedout by early career engineers. We are also able to observe workplace learning in action.Increasing scholarly understanding of the everyday work of a newly graduated engineer can helpengineering educators identify areas of the curriculum that can be modified to develop at theundergraduate level the skills early career engineers need to have.Second, by describing the context in which early career engineers learn, we are able to show thatengineering is not merely

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #31028A Situative Understanding of the NGSS Science and Engineering Practices(Fundamental)Mr. Richard J. Aleong, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Richard J. Aleong is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He received his M.A.Sc. and B.Sc.E in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. His research interests are focused on integrative thinking and design, interdisciplinary collaboration, and educational development to support students’ personal and professional learning and growth.Dr. Robin Adams

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Sahar Razavi, Northern Arizona University; Nihal Sarikaya, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #21918A Case Study: Undergraduate Research and Resilience in 3DDr. Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University Dr. Fethiye ”Faith” Ozis grew up in Isparta, Turkey. She is a lecturer in the civil and environmental engineering department at Northern Arizona University, where she teaches introduction to environmental engineering, computer aided drafting, air quality engineering and biotechnology courses since 2014. Faith holds an active research agenda related with engineering education and biotechnology advancements. She leads various faculty professional development efforts at NAU. She mentors Society of Women

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna M Riley, Virginia Tech; Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

government agencies. In 2010, Dr. Lambrinidou co-conceived the graduate level engineering ethics course ”Engi- neering Ethics and the Public,” which she has been co-teaching to students in engineering and science. She is co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) research and education project developing an ethnographic approach to engineering ethics education. Page 26.322.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 Canons against Cannons? Social Justice and the Engineering Ethics ImaginaryAbstractWhat if social

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2B: Strategies for Writing and Communication Courses

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach

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First-Year Programs

Efforts to Valued New Perspectives;whereas, expected Active Learning and Social Benefits slightly contradicted the positive tonethat was originally found in the thematic review. Overwhelming positive ratings were collectedregarding the use of the LMS to support and implement a peer-reviewed assignment. Perceivedaffects upon the peer reviewer, and how these types of assignments can support the proposedABET General Criterion 3 Student Outcomes and General Criterion 5 Curriculum currentlyunder revision are discussed. Lastly, these data are represented for use as an evaluation baselinefor future planned investigations and for other faculty and course developers, who areconsidering implementation of peer-reviewed activities within first-year program

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kimberly Ren, University of Toronto; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead). She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying product development decision-making during complex industry projects. Dr. Olechowski completed her BSc (Engineering) at Queen’s University and her MS at MIT, both in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Olechowski and her research group Ready Lab study the processes and tools that teams of engineers use in industry as they design innovative new products. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020

Conference Session

Computing -- Increasing Participation of Women and Underrepresented Minorities

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura K. Dillon, Michigan State University; Maureen Doyle, Northern Kentucky University; Linda Ott, Michigan Technological University; Wendy Powley, Queen's University; Andrea E Johnson, Spelman College

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Pre-College Engineering Education, Women in Engineering

. Other sessions focus on increasing students’awareness of research opportunities and the breadth of the field and aim to encourageundergraduate students and industry professionals to consider graduate school. MICWICprovides opportunities for students to present posters and papers in a supportive environment andgives professional-development scholarships to top student presenters in several categories. TheMICWIC program also includes sessions of interest to non-student attendees, with discussionson such topics as curriculum issues, outreach, and confronting bias.Surveys of MICWIC attendees indicate that MICWIC is many students’ first time attending anevent consisting mostly of technical women—66% of students who responded to MICWIC’19post surveys

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Tyler Combrink, University of Oklahoma; Lindsey McClure, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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First-Year Programs

have identified peer adviceas more valued by students than advice from formal sources.7 Students are, in some sense, morequalified than formal sources to give advice to undergraduate science, technology, engineering,and mathematics (STEM) students. Many counselors and advisors were not STEM studentsduring their undergraduate program. Faculty, while more often STEM students asundergraduates, are likely to have been elite students, who underestimate the challenges facingthe average student.The advice expressed by our 185 interviewees, most of whom are upper division, derives fromtheir actual lived experiences, reflecting on the challenges they have faced in the context ofsuccessfully negotiating an engineering curriculum. Most perceptions of

Conference Session

Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhsin Menekse, Arizona State University; Glenda Stump, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Michelene T.H. Chi, Arizona State University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2011-2394: IMPLEMENTATION OF DIFFERENTIATED ACTIVE-CONSTRUCTIVEINTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES IN AN ENGINEERING CLASSROOMMuhsin Menekse, Arizona State University Muhsin Menekse is pursuing a doctoral degree (PhD) in the Science Education program at Arizona State University concurrently with a MA degree in Measurement, Statistics and Methodological Studies. He had research experiences in the areas of conceptual change of nave ideas about science, argumentation in computer supported learning environments, and video game design to support students’ understanding of Newtonian mechanics. Muhsin is currently working under the supervision of Dr. Michelene Chi to develop and implement a classroom-based methodology with

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autumn R. Deitrick, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

problems [1]-[8]. In The Engineer of 2020: Visions ofEngineering in the New Century [9], the National Academy of Engineering stresses thatcreativity is an essential quality of engineers that should be embraced and cultivated. Despite theincreasing calls for engineering education to engage students in curriculums that foster creativity[7], [10]-[13], engineering education does not place a strong emphasis on the development ofcreative skills and instances of explicit creativity instruction are scarce [14]-[16].In undergraduate engineering education, learning environments have been criticized for blockingcreativity due to their rigid instruction [17], outcomes-based course structure [18], lack ofacceptance of risky behavior [15], and inability to