Conference Session

ERM Technical Session: Broadening Methodological Impacts

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amirreza Mehrabi, Purdue Engineering Education & Electronic and Computer Engineering; Jason Morphew, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

completed my first master’s degree in Engineering Education at the UNESCO Chair of Engineering Education at the University of Tehran, where I developed a deep interest in human adaptation to technology and modeling human behavior using machine learning and cognitive research. My academic journey began with a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, where I earned the prestigious Gold Medal in the Industrial Engineering Olympiad (Iran, 2021), the highest-level recognition in the field. My research and professional goals are driven by a passion for leveraging technology to enhance educational experiences, optimize adaptive learning systems, and promote equitable access to quality education

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ME Division Technical Session 2 - Harnessing AI and Machine Learning to Transform ME Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Daniel Christopher, U.S. Air Force Academy; Vincent Italo Bongioanni, United States Air Force Academy; Lauren V Scharff, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

undergraduate thermodynamics course and how AI can helpthem achieve the course’s learning objectives.This effort studying AI within a mechanical engineering thermodynamics course comes as part ofa larger effort within the United States Air Force Academy to look at how AI is being used acrossall of the curriculum to develop best practices and understand faculty perceptions regarding AI’srole in higher education. That effort focuses specifically on two tracks: students and faculty. Thestudent focus examines AI within the classroom for learning activities to determine its influenceon students’ sense of belonging, academic performance, and critical thinking skills. The facultytrack examines how faculty use AI for non-teaching centric tasks as well as

Conference Session

LEES Session 8: Care and Commitments

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mallette, Boise State University

Paper ID #37174Centering Equity and Inclusion in Engineering Collaborationand WritingJennifer C Mallette (Associate Professor) Jennifer Mallette is an associate professor of English at Boise State University, where she collaborates with engineering faculty to support student writers. Her research builds on those collaborations, examining best practices for integrating writing into engineering curriculum; she also explores women’s experiences in engineering settings through the context of writing. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022

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Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Charles T. Armstrong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth J. O'Connor , Ketchum Change; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca L. Dohrman, Maryville University; Colleen Arendt, Fairfield University ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

International Communication Association, she has received numerous awards for her research, teaching/mentoring, and engagement. She is working on Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, the Transforming Lives Building Global Commu- nities (TLBGC) team in Ghana through EPICS, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of ethics in design through NSF funding as Co-PI. [Email: buzzanel@purdue.edu]Dr. Rebecca L Dohrman, Maryville University Rebecca Dohrman (Ph.D. Organizational Communication, Purdue University) is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Maryville University - St. Louis.Dr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University, West

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Jansen Perry, Baylor University; Emily M Hunter, Baylor University; Steven C. Currall, University of California, Davis; Ed Frauenheim, The Great Place to Work Institute

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Engineering Management

more than 24,000 CRCs are in the United States and Canada, and more than13,000 CRCs are in 160 other countries10. The ERC Program is one example of a particularlysuccessful CRC program, and was our inspiration in developing this framework. We applyresearch on motivation, leadership, innovation principles, and technology commercialization tothis specific context in efforts to improve outcomes of CRC efforts worldwide, which are heavilytied to management teams of engineering and science researchers. Our research informs theirpractice directly. Organized Innovation also contributes to current innovation theory by addressing thechallenges associated with complex, large-scale, ambitious research endeavors. By innovation

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Tech; Erin Heaney, Clean Air: Organizing for Health and Justice; Glenn Andrew Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York; Jennifer Holly Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York

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Engineering Ethics

Ethics and the Pub- lic.” She is co-PI on a National Science Foundation (NSF) research and education project developing an ethnographic approach to engineering ethics education.Mr. William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech William Rhoads is a PhD student in Civil & Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech working with Dr. Marc Edwards and Dr. Amy Pruden. His research focuses on various aspects of opportunistic pathogens in potable and hot water plumbing systems and implications of green buildings on public health. William is currently the vice-president of a joint American Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation graduate student group and is the recipient of the Via Doctoral Fellowship.Mr. Siddhartha

Conference Session

Transfer Issues Between 2-Year Colleges and 4-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Lubbe, University of Florida; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida; Justin Ortagus, University of Florida; Hope Allegra Allchin, University of Florida; Sofia Isabel Montiel, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

´enez is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering Education (EED) and an affiliate faculty to the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on understanding the role of engineering communities while enacting their agency in participatory and transformational change. She is particularly interested in broadening the participation of minoritized communities by studying the role of professional development in shaping organizational cultures. As an education practitioner, she also looks at evidence-based practices to incorporate social responsibility skills and collaborative and inclusive teams into the curriculum. Dr. Rivera-Jim´enez graduated from the University

Conference Session

Communicating Across Cultural and Epistemological Boundaries

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, prototyping, and user testing [5].These developments in engineering education have led to a sort of design evangelism within thefield: Human-centered design (hereafter, just “design”) is cast as a generalized fix to a range ofshortcomings faced by mainstream approaches to engineering education [6]. My own work in theareas of engineering education research and engineering studies, both individually and withcollaborators representing a range of disciplines, has often contributed to this educational reformeffort [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]. Despite being a consistent proponent of design methods and designthinking in engineering, I nevertheless see many challenges associated with folding designapproaches into engineering problem solving, engineering education

Collection

2023 IL-IN Section Conference

Authors

Julie Mendez

. Student course performance data presented here will be limitedto the assessments in the lecture portion of the course.Pedagogical ApproachCourse DescriptionIn 2018, specifications grading was implemented in a 4-credit junior-level fluid mechanicslecture and laboratory course in a mechanical engineering curriculum. The course is typicallytaken in the first semester of the third year in the program. The prerequisites are courses inthermodynamics, dynamics, and differential equations. The course is a prerequisite for the heatand mass transfer course.The lecture portion of the course was organized into 8 modules based on content: fundamentalconcepts, fluid statics, elementary fluid dynamics, control volume analysis, dimensional analysis,flow in pipes

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology in the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emre Tokgoz, Quinnipiac University; Elif Tekalp; Berrak Tekalp; Hasan Tekalp; Samantha Scarpinella, Quinnipiac University; Michael Giannone, Quinnipiac University

of an undergraduate curriculum is discussed byresearchers such as Clough (2002) and Maase & High (2008); however, to the best of ourknowledge, a qualitative study similar to the one explained in this article was not conductedpreviously. In this work, the correlation analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data collectedfrom two different institutions is accomplished for understanding the commonalities anddifferences between STEM majors of two institutions based on their preferences of usingtechnology to solve a function graphing question. Research participant population consisted of 24STEM students from a university located at the Northeastern side of the U.S. (to be calledInstitution 1) and 17 students of a university located at

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Resources

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hao Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Student Division (STDT)

Understanding Problem Solving using Multiple Solution Methods Hao Li (WL11@mit.edu) and A. E. Hosoi (peko@mit.edu) Department of Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBackgroundOne of the key challenges of Engineering Education is developing students’ ability to navigateand solve moderately- or ill-structured problems with multiple solution paths. Existingtheoretical and conceptual frameworks can provide a basis for understanding this challenge. Theframework of self-regulated learning can be applied to problem solving. In self-regulatedlearning, the problem solver (or learner) first plans, sets goals, and lays out strategies

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zeynep Akcay Ozkan, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Dona Boccio, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College ; Dugwon Seo, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College ; Sirin Budak, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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Mathematics

). Dr. Akcay Ozkan’s research interests include Online Teaching of Mathematics. She has completed several workshops on online teaching since 2016. She mentors fac- ulty members as they develop their online or partially online courses and assesses their courses with the Quality Matters Rubric. She has served in the eLearning Committee of the college in chair and secretary positions. She is a member of the Math Department’s Best Practices in Teaching and Learning Committee since 2017, and served in chair and secretary positions.Dr. Dona Boccio, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College Dr. Dona Boccio has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the City University of New York Graduate Center, and an M.S. in

Conference Session

Tools to Enhance Student Learning of Undergraduate Engineering Content

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Patricia Muisener, Stevens Institute of Technology; Guillermo D. Ibarrola Recalde, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gail P. Baxter, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods

studentsto reflect on what they do or do not understand [2], [3], [4]. These reflection practices, known moreformally as metacognitive strategies, have been integrated into quizzes, homework assignments,and exam preparation to foster a second nature method of practice [3].As part of the NSF Foundations project, faculty at Stevens Institute of Technology, who teach thecore courses in Engineering and Sciences worked together, in cohorts, for three years to changetheir instructional practices with the goal to increase the use of active learning and evidence-basedteaching practices [5]. The curriculum for General Chemistry I and II was redesigned starting inFall 2017 to facilitate increased student engagement and interaction with the content with the

Conference Session

Remote Instruction/COVID-19 Strategies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sheikh Fahad Ferdous, Indiana State University; M. Affan Badar, Indiana State University; Maria Javaid, Indiana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

of patients as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic. However, since pandemics are unplanned events, many organizations andcountries find extremely difficult to have necessary resources, expertise and funds to fight theimpact of a global pandemic [6].Engineering EconomicsEngineering Economics course was studied earlier by Alberts, Badar & El-Mansour [7] forengineering technology curriculum at Indiana State University. Now this course is taken by bothengineering and engineering technology students at this university. Since the course is offeredon-campus as well as online for traditional, non-traditional, and transfer students, Alberts et al.[7] advised to include hands-on and experiential activities in the course. Galati & Hartman [8]used

Collection

2020 Fall ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Alex K Antunes, Capitol Technology University

material and not be trying to figure out the content delivery. Thusa predictable structure is required.Commonly recognized classroom techniques include chunking of material into 5-7 bits, mixingteacher presentations with student-lead discussion, and varying between listening modes andhands-on activities. Instructors generally develop a personal set of modalities they provide forthe class, and rotate among them. One professor may use lecture, discussion, and quiz as theirprimary tools; another open-ended inquiry, group problem solving, and student presentations.Early in the semester, these primary modes are introduced so students understand how theywork; subsequent reuse of a known mode can then focus on the material rather than the 'how to'.This

Conference Session

Issues in the First Year - Focus on Classroom Activities

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

Shankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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FYEE Division - Paper Submission

Paper ID #20874A competency-based flipped classroom for a first year hands-on engineeringdesign courseShankar Ramakrishnan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus Dr. Shankar Ramakrishnan received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. He is part of the engineering education team in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Currently he designs the curriculum for the freshman engineering program. He also designs and teaches engineering design courses in the first and sophomore years. His interests include active teaching methods and pedagogies for increased student

Conference Session

Capstone Design III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Orono, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis; Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Texas Tech University

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Design in Engineering Education

: Classification: Gender: Age: The purpose of this questionnaire is to assess the project selection process. This information will be forwarded to the appropriated assessment committee and the instructor. Thank you for assisting in our efforts to improve the curriculum and meet accreditation requirements Statement Disagree Disagree Strongly Strongly

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tal Rusak, Cornell University; Christopher Barnes, Cornell University; G. Scott Russ, Cornell University; Vincent Kam, Cornell University; David Gries, Cornell University

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Information Systems

demonstrate the use of groups, which simulate parentheticalelements in the logical expressions. Figure 4(d) demonstrates the capabilities of the option group,and Figure 4(e) shows the entry interface for a manually auditable requirement.5.2 Requirements TrackingThe display of progress made toward fulfilling the degree requirements is of central importance toa degree audit system. Previous systems have tried varied approaches. The DARS system (nowu.achieve), first developed in the 1980’s, originally used text based output in a specific format toconvey this information and was gradually improved to include color codes and then graphicaloutput. The current version displays a number of graphs as well as a list of courses. Differentinformation is

Conference Session

Pre-college: Summer Experiences for Students and Teachers (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Miller, Campbell University; Nina Mahmoudian, Michigan Technological University; Saeedeh Ziaeefard, Michigan Technological University; Mo Rastgaar, Michigan Tech; Micah R. Koller, Michigan Technological University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

motivated byinteractions with people and design applications that help others [3,7-8]. Evidence suggests thatfor female students with an interest in science and engineering, there needs to be a meaningfulcontext for nurturing that interest into sustained motivation for exploring career paths, especiallyin a male dominated field such as mechanical engineering [1].We are developing robotics programs that provide context where students can envision usingrobots to solve problems and to help people. The implementation of these programs provides anopportunity to learn more about student interests and motivation. This paper explores thefollowing research questions: • What factors affect student interest in robotics? • Do the factors differ by

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 11

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel W. Chang, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

implementing the new course. Thefourth section will present self-reported student survey results and the last section will concludethe paper and present future work.Literature ReviewA number of studies and papers have been published on improving undergraduate computerengineering student's proficiency in Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) like Verilog andVHDL. Nestor et. al. introduced HDLs and Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) throughoutthe ECE curriculum at Lafayette College1. He began introducing HDL design in senior-levelelectives, but then propagated the material down into both a junior-level computer architecturecourse and two sophomore-level digital design courses. The results were generally positive withthe students appreciating the

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monika Ingalls; Elizabeth Hill, University of Minnesota Duluth; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Marca J. Lam, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Stephanie G. Wettstein, Montana State University, Montana Engineering Education Research Center; Deborah S. Won, California State University, Los Angeles; Claudia Mara Dias Wilson, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; Cheyenne Florenia Rivera; Emily Silva, California State University, Los Angeles; Tara Sundsted, Montana State University, Bozeman

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Student

dynamics, and optimal design. Dr. Lam is the faculty advisor for the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and an executive board member for WE@RIT. She received the SWE Outstanding Faculty Advisor of the Year Award in 2015. She is active in the SWE Rochester Section, where she holds to position of president. Dr. Lam also serves as an advocate for the KGCOE Honors Program, and is the main lead for the second year curriculum. Dr. Lam is actively involved as associate organizer for RIT-hosted Mini-Baja competition.Dr. Gloria Guohua Ma, Wentworth Institute of Technology Gloria Ma is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. She has been teaching robotics with Lego Mindstorm to ME

Conference Session

Engineering Economics Teaching Tools

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jerome P. Lavelle, North Carolina State University; Matthew T. Stimpson, North Carolina State University; E. Downey Brill, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Economy

adoption acrossdisciplines and educational levels.BackgroundThe civil, construction and environmental engineering faculty at NC State University havehistorically recognized the important place of engineering economic analysis concepts withinthe BS curriculum. Students’ mastery of basic engineering economy principles for professionaland personal use are judged important by the faculty—in addition they are included on theFundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam by most engineering disciplines.11 Most recently thismaterial has been implemented in the department’s curricula as a one semester-credit hourcourse, CE 390: Engineering Economy, required of all students in the civil, construction, andenvironmental programs in the department. The course, which

Conference Session

Latest Trends and Implementations in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guanghsu A. Chang, Western Carolina University; William R. Peterson, WRP Associates

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Manufacturing

curriculum to providestudents an opportunity to grain practical experience. By providing a discussion on interestingresults of several student teams, the students better understood the mechanisms that enableflexibility to reduce manufacturing lead times. This case problem has significantly benefited thestudents with their exposure to simulation tools, their application in this area (FMS), andapplication experience by using data from an actual system in the case problem. Page 26.1162.3FMS Design and SimulationSeveral research studies within manufacturing systems design have been focused on findingimproved layout configurations and resources to solve

Conference Session

Curricula Innovations in Engineering Economics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Joseph Wilck, East Carolina University; Paul C. Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Engineering Economy

universities are seriously debated in this literature.Key in general to our current work is the question of whether student perception relates tostudent learning. A common term in this literature is “constructive alignment”10 which describesthe concept that the curriculum is designed so that the learning and assessment are aligned. Ifthis is effectively accomplished, students in turn attain the goals intended for the course. In thisview, students are responsible for their own learning and the expectation is that there isconsistency between student perceptions of learning and the actual results. Kunh and Rundle-Thiel11 are an example of a study built on this premise and they found student perception oflearning was correlated with actual student

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erick Jones, University of Texas, Arlington; Billy Gray, Tarleton State University

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Engineering Economy

total debt borrowed.The proposed test population for this study would be engineering students in the engineeringfields who have engineering economy as a course in their curriculum. The authors are hoping toentice ASEE members from the Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, SystemsEngineering, and Industrial Engineering Divisions to participate in this study.The authors seek to introduce a test instrument to be used by engineering economy coursesthroughout the ASEE divisions that provides insights to student knowledge, perception, andintentions on debt before, during, immediately after the class, and longitudinally until one yearafter graduation.This research would be baselined with a test group who will receive addition training

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Osvaldo Clua, University of Buenos Aires; Maria Feldgen, University of Buenos Aires

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, as withproficiency in English, ICT literacy is a skill we shall ask them to manage but do not have toteach. English as a foreign language is offered free of charge in six levels for all students, alongwith a set of other languages. The Engineering curriculum asks for a level in English and theLanguage departments is responsible for the testing, but no course is mandatory. These facultymembers expect that non specific ICT's should be dealt with in the same way. On the other hand, some Faculty members believe that special time must be alloted in Lab toteach the use of general ICT which can support the academic life. These ICT include socialnetworking. However they understand that teaching tools is not the aim of their courses and thatcan be a

Conference Session

Progress in Manufacturing Education III

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julia L. Morse, Kansas State University, Salina; Heidi Blackburn, Kansas State University, Salina

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Manufacturing

engineering, and design and development functions for automotive parts manufacturers in North Carolina and Germany.Heidi Blackburn, Kansas State University, Salina Heidi Blackburn is the Undergraduate Services Librarian for Kansas State University, Salina. She received her M.L.S. from Emporia State University’s School of Library and Information Management in 2008. She is a member of the Kansas Library Association (KLA), American College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and American Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). She is published in Library Hi Tech, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education and Research, Journal of Library Administration, and International Federation of Library

Conference Session

Enhancing Success/Peristence at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie Lundy-Wagner, Teachers College, Columbia University

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Two Year College Division

postsecondaryinterventions and reforms (CAPSEE Working Paper). New York, NY: Center for Analysis of PostsecondaryEducation and Employment.11 Rose, H., & Betts, J. R. (2001). Math matters: The links between high school curriculum, college graduation, andearnings. San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California.12 Becker, G. S. (1962). Investment in human capital: A theoretical analysis. Journal of Political Economy, 70(5), 9–49.13 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. (2012). Engage to excel: Producing one millionadditional college graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Washington, DC:Executive Office of the President, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.14 Beattie

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs and Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron M. Cramer, University of Kentucky; Lawrence Holloway, University of Kentucky

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

circuits will need to spend additional time to develop their competencyin these areas. C. Textbook SelectionFor an upper-level power systems course, a textbook like that of Grainger and Stevenson[7] mightbe selected. However, because of the need to make the course accessible to nonelectricalengineering students, the textbook of Glover, Sarma, and Overbye[8] was selected. This textbookis self-contained in that all of the preliminary material on phasors, complex power, and three-phase power are described. This is an advantage in such a course. It allows electrical engineeringstudents to review this material, but more importantly, it allows the nonelectrical engineeringstudents to learn the material. The textbook of Grainger and Stevenson is used

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

G Kohli; S P Maj; D Veal

Page 9.1080.5 Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright  2004, American Society for Engineering Educationmay normally be exposed voltages of only plus or minus 5 volts or 12 volts inside of the system box,should a fault develop in the power supply keeping the mains unplugged from the back of the systembox can provide an extra ring of safety. It may be possible to work for many years with only a singlering of safety. However, should that ring be breached then serious injury or death could result. The‘rings of safety’ concept could be considered analogous to forms of medieval castle defense where amoat surrounded an outer wall which surrounded the