Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Raymond B. Landis

achieve goals, attitudes that work for you instead of against you.Participants also indicated that they would be more effective in guiding students towardengineering. I am also going to encourage students to go into engineering, now that I know what it is! I feel I can better counsel my students regarding careers in engineering and programs in engineering. Talk more specifically about engineering and all the various opportunities available. I might have an engineer speak to my classes next year. I do research reports with my math students each year. I like to explore various careers to expose students to a broader range of careers. I feel I can better share the fields of engineering now. I have a much better idea of what

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Papers Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Margaret P. Battin; Gordon B. Mower; Angela R. Harris; JoAnn Lighty

Society” isto present a framework of ethical theory to the students and interweave that theory in variouspresentations of case studies in engineering. The case studies are presented by engineeringprofessors and industry colleagues. In this fashion students learn to recognize ethical aspects ofvarious decisions and what ethical dilemmas they may face as engineers. In addition, a goal is tohave one of the two teaching assistants work on modules for placing in other engineering classesin the sophomore and senior year, to ensure coverage of ethics in the entire curriculum.The paper will cover the structure and content of the course, the population of students within thecourse, and student feedback. In addition, several faculty members from

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Capstone Design

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Kaplan, California State University, Northridge; James Flynn, California State University, Northridge; Sharlene Katz P.E., California State University, Northridge

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

reinforce many important aspects of atraditional computer science education. The software team was provided with hands-onexperience programming and debugging a large project. In the course of programming a low-level embedded development platform, students gained valuable practice with bitwise operations,bit-masks, and number system conversion. The limited bandwidth of the communication linkbetween the CubeSat and the ground gave the team an opportunity to explore networking andpacket-switching beyond the domain of internet protocols. Naturally, this led to issues ofcomputer security, such as the ability to authenticate transmissions from Mission Control, andthe decision of whether or not transmissions should be digitally signed by each side. For

Conference Session

The Climate for Women in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Joni Spurlin; Susan Grant; Jo-Ann Cohen; Elizabeth Parry; Laura Bottomley; Sarah Rajala

Session 3192university engineering, mathematics and science faculty discussing career growth andmanagement as well as balancing their personal and professional lives. Through panels such asthese, student participants are exposed to the idea of research careers in academia, as well as abroad spectrum of ways to practically apply their profession. The WISE director plans topics forpresentation with input from the program participants. The goal of this series is not only toinform, but to begin to create an understanding of networking and issues and decisions that willaffect these students throughout their careers, without being discouraging. We expect that someof these presentations will result in continued interaction between WISE students and

Collection

2008 GSW

Authors

Chad E. Kennedy

situations, but toreflect, share and comment on the experience with one’s peers. The great feature of this exercisewas for students to be able to explore a precarious situation and return to a safe haven in which thechoices, feelings and understanding of the different perspectives surrounding the particular scenariocan be explored and expanded on. This was facilitated by the faculty member ensuring eachindividual had a chance to speak and all points were heard.Most of the students showed a desire to participate in what they experience or observed and how itrelated to them. Interestingly, actual feelings of pressure, blame and resolution were among themost common effects, despite the situations being fictional in nature and no real repercussions

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Elise Barrella P.E., James Madison University; Eric C Pappas, James Madison University; Jesse Pappas, James Madison University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University.Dr. Eric C Pappas, James Madison University Eric Pappas is Professor of Integrated Science and Technology at James Madison University and formerly a faculty member in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech (1993-2003).Dr. Jesse Pappas, James Madison University Jesse Pappas studied self-insight, intentional self-development, and the role of emotion in self-perception at University of Virginia, where he received a Ph.D. in social psychology in 2012. His dissertation project involved adapting established professional development tools to facilitate the personal and academic suc- cess of college students. Jesse currently serves as Assessment Director and

Conference Session

Curricular Innovations in College-Industry Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jin, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Hua Li, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Stephan J. Nix, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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College Industry Partnerships

requirements [1]. The engineering graduationrate is even lower for Texas Higher Education institutions. It has also been noted that manystudents made their decision to leave an engineering major within the first two years, the periodduring which they are taking engineering prerequisites and before taking any (or many)engineering courses [2]. One of the potential reasons for this situation is that students in theirfirst two years are given little exposure to the many possibilities that an engineering career canoffer, while they are taking math and science courses taught outside of engineering departments.It suggests that few students-even those who have had some prior exposure to engineering-knowwhat engineers do, and this affects their commitment to

Collection

2011 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

James L. Huff; Todd A. Patten; Richard L. Wells; Monte Cox

first three characteristics are described briefly here, and the demonstration of reciprocalpartnership is described in greater detail in the following subsection.By its design, the work of Ansanm maintains an unambiguous academic connection toengineering design learning. The partnership is managed by students and assessed by faculty inthe context of a course called Engineering Service Project (ENGR 330/331). This course wasinitiated by two of the authors in part to provide accountability for establishing a meaningfulacademic connection to HCD pursuits through service. ENGR 330/331 is a yearlong sequence oftwo courses that count three credits toward a student‘s engineering elective or toward their globalliteracy credit (a component of the

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deeksha Seth, Drexel University; John Joseph Carr Jr., New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences; Angela D. Wenger, New Jersey Academy for Aquatic Sciences ; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; James Louis Tangorra, Drexel University

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College Industry Partnerships

educators outside of the engineering realm and younger students encourages theundergraduate engineering students to synthesize their knowledge more broadly than theytypically do during regular classroom examinations.The intent of this project is to form a rewarding partnership between academia and nonprofitindustry, while simultaneously benefiting the educational objectives of both parties. Severalpartnerships have been described between academia and industry such as software3, defense,automation, and aerospace industry4. In order to graduate well-versed engineers, academicinstitutions have partnered up with industries to form advisory boards that provide feedbacktowards an academic program’s direction3. Such partnerships have an instant advantage

Conference Session

Building Cross-Disciplinary Partnerships

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Plichta; Mary Raber

Enterprise Program at MTU was a direct result of industrial assessment ofengineering degree programs across the nation. Survey after survey of university, college anddepartmental industrial advisory boards identified the same shortfalls in today's engineering edu-cation [1-3]. Technical competence is seldom an issue with industry and it is typically considereda 'given' for ABET accredited engineering programs. However, several other personal andprofessional attributes are consistently identified as critical to the success of an engineer, butgenerally lacking in new engineering graduates. These attributes include • strong skills in communication and persuasion • ability to lead and work effectively as a member of a team

Collection

2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Jesa H. Kreiner; Peter W. Othmer; Timothy W. Lancey

experience at California State University, Fullerton has as itsgoal to provide this experience2. The theme of the experience is set jointly by the studentsand faculty during the beginning of the first class. Interests of the students are explored andevaluated and ideas for projects requested. Subsequently, additional ideas are brought forconsideration by the teaching faculty. Usually, these are projects obtained from localindustry or from different parts of the University. The discussions about which projects toselect are an integral part of the course as the financing of the projects with respect to theability of the department to fund these is of course quite limited. The current financialcircumstances in the university and the inability of the

Collection

2004 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Julia Morse; Jung Oh

. Rationale for goals and choices made. Circumstances mitigating the results. Significance of the work from the perspective of the faculty member. A wholistic, organized framework for the materials submitted. Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Midwest Section ConferenceEvaluation in the Absence of a Teaching PortfolioEvaluation decisions made in the absence of a teaching portfolio may have some of the followingsources of information from which to base the evaluation of teaching performance (dependingupon the evaluation situation and availability): Student evaluations of teaching (SET’s) Peer evaluation of teaching (based on classroom visits) Supervisor evaluation of

Conference Session

FPD 1: The Path to Engineering

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Marisa K. Orr, Louisiana Tech University; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University

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First-Year Programs

American Evaluation Association affiliate organization and is a member of the Amer- ican Educational Research Association and American Evaluation Association, in addition to ASEE. Dr. Brawner is also an Extension Services Consultant for the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science departments on diversifying their under- graduate student population. Dr. Brawner previously served as principal evaluator of the NSF-sponsored SUCCEED Coalition. She remains an active researcher with MIDFIELD, studying gender issues, trans- fers, and matriculation models in engineering.Dr. Marisa Kikendall Orr, Louisiana Tech UniversityDr. Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and

Conference Session

Promoting ET thru K-12 Projects

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Naomi Gomez; Jan Rinehart; Robin Autenrieth; Karen Butler-Purry; Angie Hill Price

Career grant with a faculty member. Another hasbeen asked to facilitate the educational discussion sessions. The investigators anticipatewidespread interest in program participation for this year as well.Biographical InformationANGIE HILL PRICE, Ph. D. is an Associate Professor in the Manufacturing and Mechanical EngineeringTechnology program at Texas A&M University. She serves as Co-PI on the NSF Research Experiences forTeachers. Her research interests are quality of weldments and thermal grinding damage of gear steels.KAREN BUTLER-PURRY, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Assistant Dean ofEngineering at Texas A&M University. She is PI on the NSF Research Experiences for Teachers. Her interestsare in the areas

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University; Thomas Dick, Oregon State University; Susie J Brubaker-Cole, Oregon State University; Ann Sitomer, Oregon State University; Kathleen Quardokus Fisher, Oregon State University; Julie Risien, Oregon State University ; David L. Little II, Oregon State University; Christina Smith, Oregon State University; john David ivanovitch, Oregon State university

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

from being able to integrate and extend the knowledge developed in specific courses in the core curriculum to the more complex, authentic problems and projects they face as professionals. Dr. Koretsky is one of the founding members of the Center for Lifelong STEM Education Research at OSU.Dr. Jana Bouwma-Gearhart, Oregon State University Jana L. Bouwma-Gearhart is an associate professor of STEM education at Oregon State University. Her research widely concerns improving education at research universities. Her earlier research explored en- hancements to faculty motivation to improve undergraduate education. Her more recent research concerns organizational change towards postsecondary STEM education improvement at

Conference Session

Problem-Solving & Project-Based Learning

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Karen High; Ben Lawrence; Cynthia Mann

Engineering Student Performance,” Journal of Engineering Education, January 2002, pp. 3-17.Author BiographiesKAREN HIGH earned her B.S. from the University of Michigan in 1985 and her M.S. in 1988 and Ph.D. in 1991from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. High is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Engineeringat Oklahoma State University where she has been since 1991. Her main interests are Environmental Process Design,Industrial Catalysis, and Creativity in Engineering Education.CYNTHIA MANN obtained a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University in May 2003.This is her second publication and she is looking forward to a career of many more. Cynthia’s future educationalplans include graduate studies in

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Design

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Cherbaka, North Carolina State University; Jerome Lavelle, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

Management DirectionsCertification Requirements: The lack of consistency in EM programs, combined with growingEM popularity, motivated ASEM to focus on defining the discipline. ASEM has takensignificant ownership for the future direction of EM through a certification process thatstandardizes a quality EM program. Currently, the purpose is different from an undergraduateABET accreditation in that this certification intends to direct the development of new andexisting programs, in addition to recognizing quality programs. The certification processconsists of four requirement areas: faculty, curriculum, student admission and support, andadministrative support.Of the four areas, only the curriculum requirements are reviewed here because we are

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lynn Roy Thackeray, Utah Valley University ; Susan L. Thackeray, Utah Valley University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Software Engineering Division (SWED)

professional background includes twenty-five years of progressively responsible positions in software and systems development, information technology management, and technical leadership. I am a proven technical leader with verifiable results. I have built and led several distributed and off shore technical organizations. My academic experience includes over ten years teaching both in-class and on-line univer- sity level computer science courses, curriculum development and course mentorship. I am currently the C# faculty course mentor. As an educator, a priority for me is to provide a supportive learning environment that promotes student persistence and success. I am safe zoned trained, and I have deep mentoring experience

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nga Hin Ben Fong, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Patrick Brunese, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

project team might spend less than 10 weeks of actual engineering activities. b) Limited support of the university faculty – relied too much on the industry sponsor mentor. It is not common to see the objective and the deliverables are altered throughout the semester. Students are not capable to negotiate with the project sponsor or stakeholder. c) The Size of the project team, a large project teams (5-8 students) tend to have underperforming team members that result in an overall negative team culture [19,20,21]. Unfortunately, for some of the top public engineering schools, it may be a real challenge to identify 50+ industry sponsored Capstone Project to accommodate 300-400 graduating seniors. d) Team

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Julia Ziyatdinova

,hydroelectric and atomic power engineering, space exploration and so on. Russianengineering has long lasting traditions, creativity,and inventive enthusiasmtogetherwith excellent educational programs, talented faculty, scientists, and engineers. Russian engineering education traditions are:  Integrated academics and research; Technical universities put emphasis on collaboration between scientific researchers and faculty, where high ranked and experienced scientists share their practical knowledge with future engineers through lectures and seminars, and faculty members are encouraged to participate in research activity in the field of their expertise. Such educational approach creates environment for a

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Sandra Courter; Ruthie Lyle; Ranil Wickramasinghe; Lisa Schaefer; Kevin Nickels; Jodi Reeves; David Noyce; Annie Pearce

are able to solve the problemswithout exploring too many alternative solutions. The institutional constraints imposed on aninstructor must be considered when deciding to implement educational hints, such as thosecovered in EESP.While some applications of problem-solving occur within a single session, other courses usegroup projects as a diagnostic for student learning over the duration of a course. Smith refers tothis type of group as a "Base Group"1. At both the graduate and undergraduate levels, groupprojects provide many engineering students with an introduction to the kind of problem-solvingenvironment that they may face after graduation. Depending on the composition of the class,teams may or may not be interdisciplinary; but in either

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard (Rick) Warren Blank, Johns Hopkins Engineering for Professionals; Stanislaw Tarchalski, The Johns Hopkins University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management Division (EMD)

executivepositions. They are also looking for their education experience to respond to the changingdemographics of their peer students and to provide an opportunity to share perspectives on howtechnology is changing organizations’ environments that must be dealt with by thoseorganizations’ technical executives. While in 2015, the simple answer was “NO”, we recognizedthe need to give working professional students a glimpse into those leadership roles. And wehave continued to evolve our Executive Technical Leadership course by unifying technicalleadership fundamentals into an applied experience, internalizing engineering managementcoursework with a real-life technical leadership scenario that is applicable across industries.A typical graduate level course

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ala A. Qattawi, Automotive Engineering Department at Clemson University –International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR); Paul J. Venhovens, Clemson University; Johnell Brooks, Clemson University

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Design in Engineering Education

consumer needs and wants incorporating marketand trend analyses. The project proceeds with general explorations, investigation of variousdesign and vehicle architecture alternatives including selection of one concept based oncarefully balancing environmental, economic, and social aspects. During this process, thefaculty serves as mentors rather than knowledge dispensers. The students are empowered tomake decisions and justify their concept selection to different groups, i.e. faculty membersand industrial partners. The last eight months of each project comprises of building aphysical prototype and validation of target achievement. Extensive marketing of the projectoutcomes at trade-shows with graduates involved concludes each project.1

Conference Session

Undergraduate-Industry-Research Linkages

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John McMasters

than graduate-level engineering education. These concerns are to somedegree still active and include:• Our future supply of engineering talent is threatened. Current engineering education programs are failing to attract and retain an adequate number of students, especially women and minorities. Undergraduate programs still resemble “preparation for a Ph.D. program” rather than “preparation for professional practice”. Large majorities of existing faculty members have little or no significant industry experience, and thus have little understanding of rapidly evolving employer needs.• Engineering education costs a lot for what we get. Costs are rising alarmingly, while undergraduates are not getting full value for

Conference Session

Experienced-Based Instruction

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

George List; Stacy Eisenman

provides a clear picture of the profession thestudents are about to join.To date, expenses have ranged from $8,000-$12,000 for groups of 8-18 students. A value of$10,000 is used for planning. These costs are likely to be different from one realization to another.If one assumes 16 participants, with a senior faculty member, an assistant, 10 rooms, meals for 5days, and travel for all, the expense might be $15,000-$20,000. Of course, spending more isalways possible. Ways we manage to control costs include using dormitory rooms at a localuniversity, selecting locations near school, and dovetailing the event with the beginning of school(so the trips for some participants begin at home

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Jain

foradmission could be:• Eagerness to learn the language and culture of the chosen country and openness to new ideas and different perspectives. For example, students must be tolerant, flexible, and willing to take unfamiliar paths.• An understanding of and commitment to the goals of the program. Students must be aware that they may well be professionally called upon to work collaboratively with persons from other societies representing other cultural perspectives. They should use their time overseas to both mature as engineers and grow in sensitivity and understanding of the foreign culture they are in.• The ability to represent effectively the University and the United States through tact and

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Experiential Learning

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Jack V. Matson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Darrell Velegol, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

delivered in September/October 2013 over an 8-week period (with a 2-week extension for final assignment submissions). Our team wascomposed of three core faculty in different engineering fields (chemical, environmental, andmechanical/design), a faculty member from theater (who also served as an acting coach), a teamprocess coach (psychology), an instructional designer, several university technical staff wholiaised with Coursera and managed contractual issues, and a mix of graduate and undergraduatestudents from engineering and education who assisted as staff with many tasks along the way.3.1 Levels of Student EngagementStudent engagement and retention are major issues in the current MOOC context4. In particular,the low percentages of enrolled

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4 - Innovating Engineering Education through Industry and Community Partnerships, Maker Spaces, Competitions, Research Initiatives, and Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jeremy Straub, North Dakota State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education

. IntroductionThis evidence-based paper assesses strategies for Research Experience for Undergraduates(REU) social program success. REU programs typically bring together students from across thecountry – or even around the world – to a university campus for the summer. While at thisuniversity, the students learn how to conduct real research in their discipline by actually doing it,under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Giving students exposure to conducting bona fideresearch allows them to determine whether they may be interested in pursuing a research career(and, to support this, continuing on to graduate-level education).Many students who participate in REU programs remember these programs long after theprogram is complete. The initial experience

Conference Session

Looking at the ChE Curriculum

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Jacobson, Carnegie Mellon University; Rosemary Frollini, Carnegie Mellon University; Susana Steppan, Carnegie Mellon University

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Chemical Engineering

. Page 13.1303.7Assessment from Students, Alumni and Corporate Scientists and EngineersSince, 1978, 342 undergraduate chemical engineers have elected this four course sequence,which comprises 10-25% of each chemical engineering graduating class at Carnegie Mellon.Once the minor was instituted in 2003, an average of 8 students elected the minor per year andall of these 40 students graduated the year their minor was granted. The BS graduates work inindustries that manufacture, for example, coatings, paints, pigments, surfactants, nanomaterials,polymers, food, personal care products, cosmetics and biomaterials; approximately 20% of thestudents that received the minor entered graduate school working toward a PhD after graduation.The initial eighteen

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division (EMD) Tech Session 3: Engineering Management — From Classroom to Practice

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mia Baytop Russell, The Johns Hopkins University; Illysa Izenberg, The Johns Hopkins University; Michael Agronin; Aabhas Jain

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management Division (EMD)

, individual interviews, focus groups with faculty and capstone clients, and follow-upinterviews with graduated students. An examination of skills and perceived benefits post-graduation would be helpful to understand which topics/content area may need differentemphasis. Additionally, these findings can help inform the development of similar andcomplementary courses. For example, as a model for other universities to help undergraduatestudents acquire and develop interpersonal, professional, and non-technical skills required forearly workplace success. Finally, future research should explore leadership and managementcurriculum and coursework across all U.S. engineering schools for continuous improvement andlearning.AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank