Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Morgan M. Bakies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Karen Seliah Lamb, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Student Development

Enterprise in the United StatesCurrently, large research-based engineering schools, such as the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), are trying to incorporate more project-based learning (PBL) intoengineering curricula. However, integrating PBL proves to be a challenge, especially in largelecture classes typically required for freshmen and sophomore engineers. Junior Enterprise (JE),a student-led non-profit consulting organization comprised of undergraduate and graduatestudents, provides a solution to this problem. Students work on projects together to provideservices to companies and institutions, enhancing students’ business and entrepreneurial skillsthrough practical application of classroom learning. In 2012, the first United

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maya A Trotz, University of South Florida; Joniqua Howard, University of Texas Arlington; Ken Darrie Thomas, Auburn University, Biosystems Engineering & The Honors College; Helen Muga, University of Mount Union; Jeanese Christine Badenock, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill; Sheena A Francis, University of Technology, Jamaica 235 Old Hope Rd Kgn 6. Jamaica

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Student Development

received her BSc in Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill Barbados, graduating in 1996 with First Class Honours as the Valedictorian of her class. After teaching Mathematics at a local high school in Barbados for two years, she attended Dartmouth Col- lege, New Hampshire, USA, as a GAANN Fellow under a Department of Education training grant, for her PhD. Working in the group of indole chemist, Prof Gordon Gribble, her research focused on heterocyclic chemistry with special interest in radical indole chemistry and the synthesis of indole alkaloids. She re- ceived extensive teacher training at Dartmouth and was awarded the John H. Wolfenden Teaching Prize at the end of the three

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Kaitlin Litchfield, University of Colorado, Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado, Boulder; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Student Development

upperclassmen in the EWB-like groupcompared to the EWB member group, which would increase the average respondents’ exposure Page 20.13.5to more technical classes and therefore perceived technical ability. Table 1: Results from Mann-Whitney U tests of comparisons (p-values) Learning Outcome No. of Items EWB vs. Non-EWBa EWB-like vs. Non-EWB-likeb Technical Skills 13 0.086* 0.432 a: Apply knowledge 3 0.193 0.384 b: Experiments & data 4 0.979