Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Katrin Terstegen, Cal Poly Pomona

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

, behavioral problems, and technical problems. Contractual problems are usually relatedto delayed payments or unclear contractual terms, which transcend the mere technical aspects ofthe project execution. Technical subjects involved in the project, such as engineers and architects,are instead accountable for behavioral factors, such as the hesitancy to check for constructability,completeness of the technical documentation, and poor communication among project teammembers. Delayed instructions from architect or engineer are also technical problems that couldcause possible conflicts with the contractor.Design Build (DB) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methods are increasingly been adoptedin the construction industry, with the purpose of improving

Conference Session

FOCUS ON EXHIBITS: Welcome Reception & NEW THIS YEAR! 2018 Best Division Paper Nominee Poster Session Sponsored by Engineering Unleashed

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ghada M. Gad, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

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ASEE Headquarters

architect or engineer are also technical problems that couldcause possible conflicts with the contractor.Design Build (DB) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methods are increasingly been adoptedin the construction industry, with the purpose of improving interactions between all differentparties involved in the project into a process that collaboratively integrates the abilities andperspectives of all participants. This would ultimately lead to enhancing project results andmaximizing efficiency throughout all phases of design and construction [1]. DB, specifically, hasexperienced increasing popularity in the construction industry ultimately for its recognizedbenefits, including overall reduction of project cost and completion time, compared to

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Martha Nanette Harrell, Arkansas Tech University

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Computing and Information Technology

Paper ID #28701From degree to Chief Information Security Officer (CISO): A frameworkfor consideration.Dr. Wendi M. Kappers, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Wendi M. Kappers has a Ph.D. in Instructional Technology from the University of Central Florida (UCF). Her thesis work explored how educational video game effects upon mathematics achievement and mo- tivation scores differed between the sexes. During her tenure at Seminole Community College working as a tenured Professor and Program Manager of the Network Engineering Program, she was Co-PI for the CSEMS NSF grant that explored collaborative

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 5

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University; Katerina Goseva-Popstojanova, West Virginia University; Sadaf Amna Sarwari

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Paper ID #39567Sense of Belonging in the Cybersecurity Field of StudyDr. Robin A.M. Hensel, West Virginia University Robin A. M. Hensel, Ed.D., is a Teaching Professor in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineer- ing and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University and an ASEE Fellow Member. Throughout her career, she has supported engineering teams as a mathematician and provided complete life-cycle man- agement of Information Systems as a Computer Systems Analyst for the U.S. Department of Energy; taught mathematics, statistics, computer science, and engineering courses and served in several adminis- trative

Conference Session

Issues in Computer Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Leo Benegas; Rick Covington

A Cognitive-Based Approach for Teaching Programming to Computer Science and Engineering Students Covington, R. and Benegas, L. California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, 913301. IntroductionAn issue receiving attention in the undergraduate Computer Science curriculum over the pastfew years has been the high failure rate in the freshman programming course. This coursegenerally corresponds to the ACM/IEEE course designation CS1. It is normally an introductorybut fast-paced and challenging course for students who have not previously studied computerprogramming (programming novices), but who do have a minimum level of mathematicalmaturity (students who are

Conference Session

Social Justice: Pedagogy, Curricular Reform, and Activism

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph Valle, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; Israa Ali, University of Michigan ; Corin L. Bowen, California State University, Los Angeles; Donna M Riley, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, what their strike participation encompassed, andwhat broader relationships they see between their position as engineering students, unionorganizing, and engineering as a discipline.Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization, American Federation of Teachers local3550 (GEO) engaged in a strike from September 8th to September 16th, 2020, striking for a safeand just pandemic response at a large public university [1]. Strike demands centered on safetyand justice relating to both COVID-19 and policing. These demands centered common goodelements around a universal right to work remotely during a pandemic, improvements to parentand caregiver accommodations, the waiving of fees levied on the international studentcommunity, extensions to degree

Conference Session

Mentoring, Case Study of Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Identity Dilemmas, Cultural Homelessness and Intersectionality, and Transfer Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tryphenia B. Peele-Eady, Ph.D., University of New Mexico; Tahira Reid, Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

learning experiences. This analysis focuses on two sessions of the Summer Intensive Research Institute (SIRI)– year one, online in 2021, and year two, in person, in 2022. Over the course of eight weeks,students participated in a range of activities at a historically Hispanic-serving research-intensiveuniversity (HSRU) located in the American Southwest and a predominantly white institution(PWI) in the Midwest. Eighteen students participated in the program between the summers of2021 and 2022, engaging in activities aiming to introduce students to the logistics of applying tograduate school and getting them excited about pursuing graduate studies in engineering andpersisting in related workforce fields. Of these 18, a small subset of six

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline McDermott, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Janet Beagle

, Jackie is enthusiastic about supporting both prospective and current graduate students in their education and she has a specific focus on increasing the diversity of future engineering faculty and community.Janet M Beagle Janet Beagle, Ph.D is the Sr. Director of Graduate Programs for Purdue University’s College of Engineering where she leads all aspects of graduate education from recruitment through graduate student success. She also guides new degree development, policy and process improvement, and special initiatives for the College’s 14 academic units and more than 4600 graduate students. Formerly Purdue’s Director of Graduate Admissions overseeing five campuses and more than 100 graduate programs, she has worked with

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Mosier, Oklahoma State University; Heather Yates, Oklahoma State University; Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Amy Lewis, Oklahoma State University; Irish Horsey, Kennesaw State University

]. Mentoring by non-familyconstruction professionals has also been recommended as an effective recruitment tool [2 and 4], howeverresearch revealed that this type of mentoring has a small impact on individuals in under-representedgroups to decide to enter the industry [5]. Despite this, many schools and associations have createdprograms (e.g., the Architecture, Construction, Engineering [ACE] mentoring program) aimed to increasewomen’s interest and participation in construction degree programs [6].Others assert that colleges and universities have not made enough of an effort to recruit women, despitetheir acknowledgement of the need to increase minority enrollment to meet industry demands [2 and 7].In their study of schools with construction

Conference Session

Making in Design Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Danielle M. Saracino, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kelly Sadel, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Julie S. Linsey, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

solve hands-on challenges. Through engaging in makerspaceactivities, students develop improved self-efficacy and self-esteem, while becoming members ofa greater community [1-3]. While makerspaces are espoused as being a benefit to students inmany ways [1, 4-10], they require large monetary investments, ample space, and significantplanning and management—a fact noted at both Big City U and Comprehensive U studiedherein. While there are many resources on the development of a makerspace [11], very littleconsiders how and if you should integrate the makerspace with the Universities’ curricula.Our previous work investigated the breadth of learning and the interaction of competencies forwomen students in makerspaces. Through iterative qualitative

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Diane L. Peters, Kettering University; Elizabeth Gross, Sam Houston State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

lookat students’ confidence. While none of the questions in the interview protocol specifically askedabout confidence, the topic did arise naturally in the course of the interview conversations.Students reported that specific experiences in either their education or work experience led totheir level of confidence. We conclude, therefore, that confidence was constructed based oninternal perceptions of experiences, and not on external validation of a student’s abilities orskills.IntroductionIt has been widely acknowledged that confidence is a factor in students’ success at all levels,including in graduate study. Students who lack confidence may not persevere throughdifficulties, as they do not believe that they can overcome them. Multiple studies

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Andrew O. Brightman, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); David Torres, Purdue University; Sean M Eddington, Brian Lamb School of Communication - Purdue

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

as Assistant Head for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Engi- neering Practice in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His research background is in cellular biochemistry, tissue engineering, and engineering ethics. He is committed to developing effective ped- agogies for ethical reasoning and engineering design and for increasing the diversity and inclusion of engineering education.David Torres, Purdue University David is a third year doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University pursuing a PhD in Organizational Communication with a minor in data analysis and research methodol- ogy. His research interests reside at the intersection of organizational

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship Education: Unique Approaches

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shawn S Jordan, Purdue Univeristy; Robin Adams, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Page 13.1.2design courses5 6 7 8 9. Most are team-based, but their scope is limited to the particular course andprovides students with a place where they can apply small amounts of their classroomknowledge.Outside of the classroom, opportunities for students to explore interdisciplinary environmentsexist in a variety of competitions, such as FIRST Robotics, concrete canoe competitions, lunarmodule competitions, etc. This paper will show how building Rube Goldberg machines is afantastic way for learners from various disciplines to get hands-on project experience in a teamenvironment. Intense brainstorming and work sessions result in unique and inventive machinesthat are fascinating for both participants and spectators to watch. In addition

Conference Session

FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ida Ngambeki, Purdue University; Odesma Dalrymple, Purdue University; Demetra Evangelou, Purdue University

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First-Year Programs

Introduction to Engineering Course on Improving Retention. Journal of Engineering Education. Vol. 87, pp79-85.13. Imbrie P.K., Noonan, J.S., Oakes, W.C. (2006). First-Year Engineering Students’ Choice of a Major: When it is made and what Influences it. American Society of Engineering Education Indiana and North Central Joint Section Conference Proceedings. Fort Wayne, IN. Page 13.351.12

Conference Session

Attitudes, Self-Confidence, and Self-Efficacy of Women Engineering Students

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Villa, Texas A&M University; Carolyn Clark, Texas A&M University; Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

, and Journal of Engineering Education.Jennifer Sandlin, Arizona State University Arizona State University, where she teaches courses focused on consumption, learning, and education. Before joining the faculty at ASU she was an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development for five years at Texas A&M University, where she taught courses in adult learning, qualitative research methods, and adult education. Her research interests include adult education, public pedagogy, popular culture, informal learning, and various sites of ideological education. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, International

Conference Session

Student Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Jennings, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Kayla Arnsdorff, University of Tennessee; Rachel McCord Ellestad, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Student

opportunity where engineeringstudents begin to translate the skills they have developed in courses that focus on well-structuredproblems to situations with ill-structured problems.This research study focuses on understanding how students use metacognition and epistemiccognition to justify the reasonableness of their solutions in senior design, both internally (to otherteam members) as well as externally (to advisors, industry representatives, and customers).Participants of the study include civil engineering students enrolled in a senior capstone designcourse at a large, public, R1 institution in the southeast.This work in progress will discuss the early stages of development of this research study, whichincludes the design of an ethnographically

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

the qualities engineering graduates shouldpossess and to promote changes in curricula, pedagogy, and academic culture needed toinstill those qualities in the coming generation of engineers.” 1Such a process will likely influence how change in engineering education will happeninside the academy, as well as areas of emphasis that will be funded in the future by NSF.Past efforts, such as the Engineer of 2020 2 have demonstrated the potential of theapproach in redirecting education reform. Engineering education professionals must takethem seriously, both in the positive change of course they may offer, as well as falsestarts that may distract from society’s larger interest in how engineers are educated.In a series of breakout sessions, KSAs

Conference Session

Computing and Information Technology Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Janis P. Raje

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Computing and Information Technology

fill itscommunity college mission, the institution maintains an open-enrollment policy. To facilitateacademic robustness, UVU has implemented a structured enrollment policy that establishesrequirements which students must meet before they can engage in all the courses of their majorand provides additional access to advising and other resources [1]. These additional preparatorycourses increase students’ time to graduation but help them to succeed.As a large public university UVU has a very high number of low-income students (42%) – thehighest in the state. Around 35% of students are classified as non-traditional students (age 25 orolder), more than half of whom are married. Nineteen percent of students have children underthe age of five. UVU’s

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Frehill, New Mexico State University; Ricardo Jacquez, New Mexico State University; Lauren Ketcham, New Mexico State University; Amanda Lain, New Mexico State University; Heather Williams, New Mexico State University; Rose Pena, New Mexico State University

these differences and tolearn if there were common themes for success and if there were ways to improve the programfor subsequent students.The case file for each student, therefore, included the following materials: Application to the program, which included: o Undergraduate academic transcripts o Two letters of reference o Personal statement. 2-4 evaluations of the student’s application. Statement of purpose written in Fall 2004 (in preparation for PhD program applications). Trip report on attending the NSF Human Resources Directorate Joint Annual Meeting (2004). Graduate academic transcripts

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Gary Martin

effective work is decentralized.”Regarding maintaining their own alumni/student databases 4. Many said that they “try” to keep their own student and/or alumni databases, intimating much frustration with accomplishing the task in a satisfactory fashion. 5. (No) “But we wish we did.” 6. “We are discouraged from doing so.” 7. Many indicated they were “starting” to do this. 8. “Primarily to keep track of advising.”Regarding “Decentralized career services” functions 9. “But the students use me a lot b/c they know I have a lot of connections.” 10. “Best contacts are usually the ones made at the college level rather than the overall university level. One obvious reason is that the focus is on companies that recruit our

Conference Session

Lessons from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Tony Casalena; Matt Weinstein; Borna Ghavam; Blake Robertson; Karen Thornton; David Barbe; James Green

Hinman CEOs and people seeking teamingopportunities with talented students. Our annual New Venture Challenge, formerlycalled the Business Plan Competition, provides experience in structuring and givingeffective presentations in a competitive entrepreneurial environment. Three types ofeducational opportunities are provided to the CEOs: formal academic courses, aninformal (seminar) class and experiential education.1.1. Hinman CEOs Program 2004-2005 Student ProfileThe current Hinman class is made up of about 89 undergraduate students withapproximately one-third majoring in an engineering discipline, one-third majoring insome area of business, and one-third studying a broad set of majors across many differentcolleges. Twenty-two percent are female

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Michele Casey; Kevin Torres

", Proceedings 2000 ASEE Annual Conference.5 Burghardt, M. David, "Developing the Field of Children’s Engineering", Proceedings 2000 ASEE AnnualConference.6 Tsang, Edmund, Newman, E. Jean, “Service-Learning’s Effect on Engineering Students and K-12 TeacherPartnership in an “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” Course,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in EducationConference, pp. 1279-1282, 1998.7 Sullivan, Jacquelyn F., Davis, Steven E., deGrazia, Janet L., Carlson, Denise W., “Beyond the Pipeline: Building aK-12 Engineering Outreach Program,” Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, pp. 11b5-21 - 11b5-26, 1999.8 Sechrist, Chalmers, Anagnostopoulos, Constantine, Lewis, Peter, Coburn, Barbara, “Technological LiteracyCounts: Outcomes of a

Conference Session

Design Projects across the Curriculum

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Thomas, University of South Alabama; Michael Doran, University of South Alabama; James Sakalaukus, University of South Alabama

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Design in Engineering Education

given a budget that it was required toadhere to during the design process. The groups were also encouraged to find cost-effective off-the-shelf solutions to problems where possible.The design team organization was similar to the organization of an industrial engineering group.The team leaders reported to the project managers (the faculty project investigators) and wereresponsible for tasks within each subsystem. Initial meetings were held to determine therequirements for each subassembly, then the team leaders assigned subtasks to the workers ineach group and were responsible for documentation, meeting schedules, keeping work areasclean, and observing laboratory rules. The experience has been good exposure to industrypractices in engineering

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics and Justice

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline Baillie, University of Western Australia

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Engineering Ethics

their studies and improve their learning in many areas of professional and informallearning.As with any area where we are endeavoring to enhance critical thinking, it is important to defineterms and to question assumptions surrounding them. For this project we are using the terms‘Social Justice’ and ‘Environmental Justice’. We adopt Young’s idea of the “five faces ofoppression” as a way of expressing what we believe socially just engineers would be attemptingto avoid. These are: exploitation (benefiting at the expense of others), marginalization (beingpushed away from participation in social life), powerlessness (being unable to make one’s voiceheard due to lack of status or respect), cultural imperialism (the dominant culture becomes theway of

Conference Session

Reaching Out to the Community

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Wayne Groff; Paul Greger; Kim Groff; Joseph Orlins

Jersey in need of rehabilitation. Many of thesedams were built in the early part of the 20 th century either as roadways across streams or toprovide power for local mills, but are currently used only for recreational purposes. When thedams were originally built, they generally had adequate protection regarding flood conditions.However, development in the region has changed the hydrologic conditions upstream of many ofthese dams significantly. The existing spillways at virtually all of these dams were designed forpre-development flows; with the excess flow brought by development, spillway modificationsmust be made to increase capacity and maintain dam safety.The State of New Jersey requires that deficient dams be improved and maintained or

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Levert; Andy Grosso

section. A mechanical engineeringstudent capstone design team from SUNY Maritime Collegemodified a standard tagging gun for their GIGNY customersto use for attaching retail price tags to clothes. ProjectCREATE coordinated with GIGNY in identifying potentialdesign projects during the summer of 2012. GIGNY then Fig. 1. Typical tagging gun showing needle on upper right-hand side.invited the SUNY Maritime capstone design course instructor Students modified the design by adding a switch (A), auxiliary light (B), andto meet and discuss the scope of potential projects. One of the battery energy source (C).two chosen was the tagging gun

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanru Xu, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Ji’an Liu; YaXuan Wen; Lufan Wang, Florida International University; Yan Wei, Southern University of Science and Technology; Yiming Rong, Southern University of Science and Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

oninstructional changes from the macro-, meso- and micro-levels [7 . Drawing on theview of institutional changes and the macro- and meso-level analytical lens in historicalinstitutionalism, this article examines the evolutionary path of HEE to NEE in Chinathrough a systematic analysis of policy documents and extant research literature sincethe founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to date. The developmentalphases of China’s HEE to NEE are divided into five stages: (1) exploratorydevelopment (1949-1965); (2) relative development (1966-1976); (3) adjustmentduring reform; (4) improvement through learning outwards; and (5) leading throughinnovation. This evolutionary path was further analyzed at the macro-level – thenational strategies in China

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-1277: WHAT IS GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR?: THEMAKING OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORSGary Downey, Virginia Tech Gary Downey is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Affiliated Professor of Engineering Education, Women and Gender Studies, and Sociology at Virginia Tech. He teaches the undergraduate course Engineering Cultures, an approach to international education for engineers at home. It is designed to help engineering students learn to work more effectively with people who define problems differently than they do, including non-engineers, by critically examining their own identities and predispositions. Current Chair of the ASEE Liberal Education

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leroy L. Long III, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Trevion S. Henderson, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Inclusion, Diversity, and Academic Success. Trevion’s research interests center on three foci in Engineering Education: pedagogical strategies, prac- tices and policies that broaden minority participation, and curricular design for meeting workforce and industry needs. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Lessons Learned from Successful Black Male “Buoyant Believers” in Engineering and Engineering-Related FieldsAbstractIn high-demand fields like science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), moresuccess strategies are needed to effectively recruit and retain college students. One-size fits-allapproaches (i.e., those that are supposed to work for all

Conference Session

Culture, Race, and Gender Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma

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Educational Research and Methods

Page 23.18.3single individual or a class of people;36-38 or a social entity such as a course, program,collaboration or project.39-41The case study as a research tool has been gaining respect among the engineering educationresearch community over the last 20 years.36, 42-48 Generally using a unit of analysis of a singlestudent or small group of students, recent examples include case studies built from differenttypes of data collection schema but with a common theme of applying the method to explaineducational phenomena as they relate to the contexts in which they occur. This paper reports onone SELECT at a large research university, located in the Southern Plains of the U.S.Data Sources:A quality case study uses multiple data sources to examine