Conference Session

Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valerie C. Lundy-Wagner, New York University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #5964Helping or hurting? Can institutions help disadvantaged students in engi-neering without understanding socioeconomic status?Dr. Valerie C. Lundy-Wagner, New York University Dr. Lundy-Wagner’s is an Assistant Professor in the Higher & Postsecondary Education Program at New York University. In general, her research focuses on how institutions of higher education can improve degree completion, with an emphasis on ethnicity/race, gender, and social class. Her recent work in focuses on socioeconomic status, academic advising, and student outcomes in engineering and other fields. She received her B.S. in Civil

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

minoritypeople. Within these under-representations, in both all bachelor degrees awarded and allengineering bachelor degrees, an interesting discrepancy is apparent. The statistics showthat the two main groups within the minority population, Blacks and Hispanics, do notearn as many bachelor degrees nor engineering degrees as the remainder of the minoritygroup. Another disheartening statistic is the next generation of minority students, the highschool graduates. The statistics do not give much hope for the future. The futurepopulation trends have been predicted by the U.S. Census Bureau, and if the current stateof minorities in engineering is not improved, the field of engineering will suffer. This paperwill address all of the above items: the current

Conference Session

Global Community Engagement in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yan Tang, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Marc Compere, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Yung Lun Wong; Jared Anthony Coleman, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Matthew Charles Selkirk, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

installed, we compared the water quality of the treated water from thesystem and the untreated city water these orphans usually drink. The results (Figure 3) show asignificant improvement in water quality.As an extracurricular activity, the project took the team four months from design to delivery andsuccessful installation. Although the system is mainly made up of off-the-shelf parts, due to lackof communication with end users, it was very hard for the team to finalize the design.Furthermore, the team was challenged by several logistic issues during delivery and installation Page 25.693.3of such system in the orphanage, which is located a ten

Conference Session

New Research and Trends for Minorities in Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

, where she co-directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communica- tion in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, and design education. She was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study expert teaching practices in capstone design courses nationwide, and is co-PI on several NSF grants to explore identity and interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering design. Page 25.710.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Identification with Academics and Multiple Identities: CombiningTheoretical

Conference Session

Impact of Community Engagement on Communities

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William M. Jordan, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

communities inRwanda and Haiti. In both places we have continued contact with our local partners that canhave long term results. While the technology things in Rwanda were not very sustainable webelieve the sense of community will continue and will help us in future activities there. Withrespect to Haiti we have, in effect, joined a community of Americans and Haitians that alreadywas well established. This should help us greatly in our future engineering service projects.Lessons learnedWe have learned several important lessons with respect to community engagement in thedeveloping world. Among them are: • Develop long term relationships in the community. This will greatly improve the likelihood that your work will be sustainable. • Spend

Conference Session

Manufacturing Laboratory Experience

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi; Zbigniew Pasek

wish to offer CIM courses are: (1) thecost of the appropriate equipment, and (2) the relative complexity of a functional and meaningfulCIM environment. It is clear that creating educational systems that emulate the complexity ofindustrial systems for studying CIM concepts for assembly in particular is not a trivial task.This paper describes a general CIM system concept which can be used to design and fabricateproducts built from Lego blocks. Such products are conceptualized and designed within a LegoCAD System from a subset of the available Lego building blocks. Assembly sequences forbuilding these products are carried out by means of robotic devices. Process planning andtrajectory planning software are used to determine the build sequence and

Conference Session

Computer Literacy Among Minority Students

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Austin Asgill; Willie K. Ofosu

future in sight. The only alternative is to relaxthe requirements, but this cannot be done if quality education is to be achieved. It is necessary to make education possible to all who aspire to improve their academicstanding and hence, their ability to achieve a higher standard of living. It is therefore imperativefor any government that cares for the welfare of its people to enable all the people who have theinterest and the desire to achieve high academic standing to do so, and that is the current Page 8.655.3 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jennifer Temple; Cynthia Atman; Jennifer Turns

engineeringstudents’ schemas of civil engineering. In our study, 30 graduating civil engineering studentscompleted a word association task using the probe “civil and environmental engineering.” Inthis paper, we describe and interpret some results from this experiment, focusing on therelationships of student’s schemas to the engineering schema implicit in the new ABET learningoutcomes.IntroductionA goal of engineering education is to prepare students for professional practice. This preparationinvolves helping students acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes associated with being aprofessional engineering practitioner. In a typical engineering curriculum, students beginacquiring the knowledge, skills, and attitudes through course experiences. Additionally

Conference Session

Green Renewable Energy and Engineering Technology

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

design and engineering problems1. Students utilize their classroom knowledge of engineering principles while simultaneously developing valuable soft-skills such as teamwork and communication3. The overall effect of the project is an enjoyable, educational, and engrossing experience for the students

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Jeffrey W. Roule; Carl W. Steidley

-timesystems, communications protocols, and digital control units.IntroductionIn a naive sense it may be said that computer scientists are interested in solving two questions:What problems can be solved with a computer, and if a problem is theoretically solvable, what isthe most effective way to solve it? Answers to the first question arise through development andstudy of models of computation. During the undergraduate experience we introduce students tothe foundations of computation, which address the first question through abstract models of thecomputer. This model is frequently the finite state machine or finite state automaton. Finite state_____________________

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Technical Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisele Ragusa, Ph.D., University of Southern California

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

) outcomes. Accordingly, the instrument is directlyaligned to engineering ”soft skills” that are often difficult to measure via individual course examsand projects. The EGPI is not a student survey of perception of their learning; rather, it is a directmeasure of how prepared students are for global workforces in areas of communication,professional ethical responsibility, understanding of global issues and lifelong learning.Subscales for the index were developed accordingly, while also aligning with sound theoreticaland empirical research on global citizenry9, 10 and the National Academy’s expectations forglobal preparedness. The following four subscales are utilized as metrics in the engineeringglobal preparedness index (EGPI). These metrics are

Conference Session

Computer Education Innovations II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Tront, Virginia Tech; David Bailey, Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Thomas Walker, Virginia Tech; Steven Lee, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

computer. All of these activities aregenerally included in a typical highly interactive and engaging classroom.The infrastructure design will be described. Data will be presented on the outcomes of the testingincluding the timing of the data and graphical transmissions. Finally, suggested improvements tothe infrastructure will be made in order to facilitate its use for larger student populations.IntroductionDesigning classroom network infrastructures involves determining the expected bandwidthneeded and the amount of interaction latency that can be tolerated while still maintaining aneffective learning environment. The network implementation that will satisfy these twoparameters depends on the number of students in the classroom, the amount of

Conference Session

Visualization and Computer Graphics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jianping Yue

spatial visualization. Inthis paper, the author first presents the maximum possible number of orthogonal rotational viewsof an object. Analyses are presented for two spatial visualization tests by their representations ofthe possible orthogonal rotations and the difficulty of visualization. Finally, the author makessome suggestions on the improvements of spatial visualization tests based on the possibleorthogonal rotations.1. IntroductionSpatial visualization skills have been considered important in engineering graphics. In the1980’s, computer-aided design (CAD) was introduced into classrooms, along with thedevelopment of computer hardware and software. Nowadays, three-dimensional (3D) solidmodeling CAD is very popular in industrial applications

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Nathan Blackham; Charles Higby; Michael Bailey

multiplemachines. At the same time, it creates a cost-effective solution for the use of available hardwareand lab space by providing laboratory configuration flexibility, maximizing the efficiency ofeach lab room.Imaging is an efficient, automated technique that uses a client-server computer configuration.This configuration allows a client machine to download and install the necessary system andapplication software, virus updates, and security patches by selecting an image file that resideson a server. Two major imaging software programs (Altiris and Norton’s Ghost) each havedistinct advantages for particular applications. This paper will compare and contrast theseadvantages in a university environment.Overview of imaging softwareNorton GhostNorton Ghost

Collection

2005 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Karen S. Hays

began its “Colleges and Universities Initiative,” which targetshigher education institutions with surprise environmental inspections. Learning institutions,particularly in EPA Region 2, have been hit hard with fines in the millions for everything fromunlabelled containers to the mishandling of hazardous waste.4 The maximum civil penalty theEPA can levy for a known violation of the Hazardous Materials Regulations is $27,500.5 Theprice of a cavalier attitude toward safety and environmental compliance in terms of publicrelations, time, and money spent on fines can be very high.Two Separate Laboratory Safety Programs: Undergraduate vs. GraduateTo develop an effective laboratory safety program, the training needs for the undergraduateshould be

Collection

2004 ASEE North Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James W. Boggs; R. Chris Williams; Kris G. Mattila; Todd Scholz

environment uses collaborativelearning in an entirely team-based course which utilizes the faculty more as mentors thandeliverers of information. Students focus on social interaction to foster development of theseskills.Pavement Enterprise and ScholarshipThe Pavement Enterprise was created in conjunction with the Thompson Scholars Programwithin the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Michigan Tech and is part of theEnterprise curriculum (http://www.enterprise.mtu.edu/students/minor.html). Bob Thompsonestablished the Thompson Scholars program with a generous gift of $3.6 million to fundundergraduate scholarships, graduate scholarships, laboratory improvements, and support todevelop, manage, and operate the Pavement Enterprise2. Bob

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Wilson Tsz-Hon Kowk; Zhineng Li; Rahel Steffen; Brendan O'Brien; M.C. Damas; Vazgen Shekoyan; Paul Marchese; Tak Cheung

improve success in teaching ImageJ algorithms in astronomy projectsretention. The Sun provides us with energy but its eruption [2] and in classes as well [3]. The advances in computer,effect on space weather has been observed to disrupt and smartphone and tablet technology could incorporate such andamage power grids on Earth. NASA, NOAA, ESA etc has approach readily for the enhancement of high school and first-been funding spacecraft missions for solar observations. year college space weather education on a global scale. TheDigital solar images are available to users with access to importance of solar irradiance forcing in climate model hasstandard, mass-market software such as

Conference Session

Track 1: Technical Session 1: Fostering Tomorrow's Black STEM Entrepreneurs: Insights from an Innovative STEM Program Promoting Equity-Centered Entrepreneurship

Collection

2025 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Ebony Omotola McGee, The Johns Hopkins University; Shelly Engelman, The Johns Hopkins University; Binh Chi Bui, The Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Topics

2025 CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

to non-minority clientsbecause of racism (Conley, 2018).Higher education plays a critical role in fostering interest in entrepreneurship, but empiricalevidence suggests that attainment of post-secondary education does not have a statisticallysignificant effect on increasing entrepreneurial pursuits for racially minoritized students – inparticular, Latinx and African American graduates (Bates et al., 2018). This speaks to the need formore targeted interventions and support systems like STEM-RAEE that are specifically designedfor racially minoritized groups that are in STEM fields.Another example of the barriers that Black STEMmers face manifest in the U.S. patent systemwhich has been historically difficult for Black inventors to access. Data

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Brianna Benedict McIntyre, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Jacqueline Ann Rohde, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Aaron Robert Hamilton Thielmeyer, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Herman Ronald Clements III, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Zhihui (Sherry) Chen

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

andreliability; however, the reader may perceive this approach as “messy”, in comparison to a thirdperson approach to narrative construction in which the researcher narrates the larger story [24].Identity Trajectory TheoryIn these narratives, we use the framework of Identity Trajectory Theory to understand how threedifferent strands of identity development happen over time: intellectual, institutional, andnetworking. Developed by McAlpine and Amundsen [25] to understand graduate studentpathways, this project has adapted this framework to understand undergraduate studentdevelopment. The intellectual strand includes, “Developing, drawing on, and effectively usingsubject matter expertise in ways that others acknowledge and ultimately make some sort

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dayna Martínez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; Esther Gonzalez, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.; Kimberly Douglas, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Inc.

course load and how toapproach professors about critical issues or concerns. Parents of students who are the first-generation(first-gen) in their family to attend college are the opposite of this – often retreating, withdrawing, andobserving their child’s college experience from a distance with little understanding of what collegeentails. Further, they may encourage behaviors that make it less likely for their child to succeed (e.g.,working too many hours, traveling home often). Even though these first-gen student’s parents give theirchildren all the emotional support needed to make it through college, they usually can’t provide theequally important instrumental support. Research shows that first-gen students are less likely to persistcompared

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Geanie Umberger, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Mary E. Johnson PhD, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #32466Women and BIPOC in Aerospace: Where did they come from and how didtheyget here?Dr. Tracy L. Yother, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Tracy L. Yother, Phd, is an Assistant Professor in Aeronautical Engineering Technology (AET) in the School of Aviation Transportation and Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Dr. Yother currently teaches an undergraduate Powerplant Systems and Design Supportability courses in the AET program. She possesses a B.S. and M.S. in Aviation Technology. She also holds an airframe and powerplant certificate. Dr. Yother has 18 years’ experience in the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeanne Christman, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Randy Yerrick, Fresno State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

in K-12education. As a result of three decades of initiatives, girls have made consistent gains to close thegap in K-12 mathematics and science achievement [7]. Girls are now graduating from high schoolhaving taken equal numbers of mathematics and science credits and earning higher grades in thosesubjects than their male classmates. Additionally, girls have shown comparable success inAdvanced Placement courses, have as strong of a grade point average, and are equally likely toselect a STEM field of study in undergraduate education [8]-[10]. Despite such gains in K-12education, enrollment is still more than 80% male by the third year in most university engineeringprograms. Aware of these statistics, we chose to not interrogate students, but

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 13

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcelo Caplan, Columbia College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

share and transmit knowledge. With the closure of the Schools /Universities, the educational process has radically transformed from one day to the next. In manycountries, schools are physically closed, and the educational process takes place through remoteor distance education. In Hodges et al., 2020 [1], the different forms of education that have arisendue to the pandemic's need are presented, emphasizing the concept of Remote EmergencyEducation. This type of implementation includes distance learning solutions for instruction thatwould otherwise be delivered in person. This situation leads to the generation of combined orhybrid courses. This model is not designed to replace the existing model, so it is expected thatonce the crisis or emergency

Conference Session

New Horizons in Academic Integrity

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Trevor Harding, Kettering University; Cynthia Finelli, University of Michigan; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics

Michigan Dr. Cynthia J. Finelli is Managing Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching North and Associate Research Scientist of Engineering Education at University of Michigan. Her current research interests include evaluating methods to improve teaching, exploring ethical decision-making in engineering, developing a tool for comprehensive assessment of team-member effectiveness, and assessing the effect of the first year experience on under-represented student retention. She serves on the Executive Board of the Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) of ASEE and was the ERM Division Program Co-Chair for the 2003 Frontiers in Education Conference and the

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Simon Jakob Barth, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Shannon Katherine Gilmartin, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-Career Engineering GraduatesAbstractIt is widely acknowledged that engineers “are foundational to technological innovation anddevelopment that drive long-term economic growth and help solve societal challenges” [1].Consequently, it is a major goal in engineering education to ensure and further improve thedevelopment of innovation skills among its students. While many studies focus on currentengineering students and their innovation goals and skills, it is also informative to see howthese goals and skills are translated into realized innovative behavior in the workplace. Bystudying the characteristics of innovative behavior of engineering graduates we revealvaluable insights and draw conclusions for engineering

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emil H Salib, James Madison University; Ryan Lutz, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Hands-On Networking & Security Labs On-Demand Dr. Emil H Salib, Ryan Lutz, Ryan Carter Integrated Science & Technology Department, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA salibeh@jmu.edu, lutzra@dukes.jmu.edu, carterra@dukes.jmu.eduAbstractVirtualization is one of the most effective ways to increase efficiency, boost productivity andreduce expenses in an enterprise environment through the deployment of a platform such asVMware vSphere Suite. In academic classrooms, virtualization has also been adopted but in theform of a standalone desktop application such as VWware Workstation, Microsoft Hyper-V,Virtualbox, and QEMU to name a few. However, these standalone

Conference Session

Special Session Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the MATE International ROV Competition

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas E. Oppliger, Michigan Technological University; Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological University; Jean Kampe, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Ocean and Marine

-year engineering courses at the University and actively worked with high school students and teachers to increase and enhance engineering content in K-12 education. This includes consulting on K-12 engineering curriculum development for the State of Michigan. In 2004 Mr. Oppliger was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award for Service honoring this outreach work. He has presented papers at several national conferences on engineering education. Before coming to Michigan Tech, Mr. Oppliger taught math and science at the secondary level for 11 years. Before that, he worked for 5 years as a project engineer in the marine construction industry.Prof. Valorie Troesch, Michigan Technological UniversityJean Kampe, Michigan

Conference Session

Broadening Participation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Cruz, Great Minds in STEM; Lupe Munoz Alvarado, Great Minds in STEM

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

thoseLatino students, who do enroll in college, they often find STEM courses too demanding whencoupled with financial and family obligations that encourage students to stay close to home, andface cultural traditions that perpetuate gender roles, especially for Latinas. These challengespresent barriers that deter them as potential STEM professionals (NACME, 2008)31. To improvethe STEM education for Latinos, the focus needs to be not only on preparation but also oninspiration. Page 25.268.5About Great Minds in STEMTMGreat Minds in STEM™ is a 501(c)3 non-profit offering a series of targeted K-20 educationalprograms promoting college readiness, awareness

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 12

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexis Gillmore, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Courtney June Faber, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

2023, she was a Research Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was also the Director of the Fundamentals of Engineering and Computing Teaching in Higher Education Certificate Program. Her research focuses on empowering engineering education scholars to be more effective at impacting transformational change in engineering and developing educational experiences that consider epistemic thinking. She develops and uses innovative research methods that allow for deep investigations of constructs such as epistemic thinking, identity, and agency. Dr. Faber has a B.S. in Bioengineering and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education from Clemson

Conference Session

Embedded System Design

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph A. Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay R. Porter, Texas A&M University; Wei Zhan P.E., Texas A&M University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

resources and educational opportunities awaiting them in their collegeeducation.Krisys workshops have also been offered in situ at local schools. A workshop was conducted ata junior high school as a STEM elective in one of the technical courses. Support for this coursewas more difficult than conducting the workshop within the EET/TET facilities at Texas A&M,but did not become a major roadblock to success. The period of time the teams had to design,build, program, test, and compete was extended to accommodate both the timely access to alldevelopment resources, and to ensure that all students had the opportunity to fully participate.Krisys platform demonstrations have also been included in a number of outreach events at off-campus locations such