Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Logan Oplinger, Arizona State University; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Figure 3 was used by the researcher togive an example for each expression of leadership. The researcher then determined from theinterviews when a Maker expressed one of the leadership roles.In their Making, this person:___ 1. Listens to the problems of team members/subordinates. (Mentor)___ 2. Reviews and/or reflects upon project achievements. (Monitor)___ 3. Influences decisions made at higher levels. (Broker)___ 4. Does problem solving in creative, clever ways. (Innovator)___ 5. Clearly defines areas of responsibility for team members/subordinates. (Director)___ 6. Displays a wholehearted commitment to the job/project. (Producer)___ 7. Facilitates consensus building in work-group sessions. (Facilitator)___ 8. Protects continuity in day-to-day

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Vicki Stieha, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

a statistically significant positive long-term effect onparticipants’ perceptions of engineering. Overall, the study showed the benefits of usingnumerous role-models in the program (such as graduate students and faculty in STEM fields, andhigh school girls with STEM interests), reinforcing what many other programs have shown.Ivey and Palazolo12 conducted a study of an engineering outreach program that began in 2004,in Memphis. This program, a one-week session with an emphasis on girls from minority groupstraditionally underrepresented in STEM, was to increase the number of girls pursuing careers inSTEM fields. While only 10% of participants responded to the survey, results showed that 73%of the respondents changed their middle/high school

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Richard Zhao, Pennsylvania State University; Faisal Aqlan, Pennsylvania State University; Lisa Jo Elliott, Pennsylvania State University; Ethan James Baxter, Pennsylvania State University

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Industrial Engineering

recognized by U.S. Senators and Represen- tatives. Aqlan is a member of ASEE, ASQ, SME, and IEOM. He is also a senior member of IISE and has served as president of IISE Logistics and Supply Chain Division, co-founder of IISE Modeling and Simulation Division, director of IISE Young Professionals Group, founder and faculty advisor of IISE Behrend Chapter, faculty chair of IISE Northeast Conference, and track chair in IISE Annual Conference. He currently serves as IISE Vice President of Student Development and holds a seat on IISE Board of Trustees. He also serves on IISE Technical Operations Board and leads IISE Cup initiative, which is an international competition to recognize organizations for innovative and effective

Conference Session

ETD Technical Session 6 - Curriculum and Programs III

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Michael Johnson, Texas A&M University; Pouneh Abbasian, Texas A&M University

teaching note, 63 peer-reviewed conference proceedings, and was the keynote speaker at the food banks Conference. She works with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in developing innovative Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses in logistics and distribution. Dr. Natarajarathinam has chaired 91 graduate capstone projects, and several undergraduate capstone projects, and has served on two master’s committees. Dr. Natarajarathinam was chosen as of the “40 under 40” faculty by the American Society of Engineering Educations, Prism Magazine in 2018.Michael Johnson Dr. Michael D. Johnson is a professor in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M University. He also serves as the

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph Wilck, United States Air Force Academy; Paul J. Kauffmann P.E., East Carolina University; Paul C. Lynch, Penn State University - Erie

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Industrial Engineering

notstatistically significant to success in the quality control course. However, the student’s priorsemester GPA, incoming cumulative GPA, and performance in the prerequisite course aresignificant to success in the quality control course.Background and MotivationThe quality control course at East Carolina University is a graduation requirement for allstudents majoring in engineering. For the majority of these students it is a terminating course inthe area of statistics within their curriculum plan since it is not a prerequisite for any othercourse. For a small minority, an elective course in lean six sigma is taken that requires qualitycontrol as a prerequisite. The quality control course prerequisite is a calculus-based probabilityand statistics course in

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Donna Shirley

constructing robots). The role ofevaluation and communication are stressed. The course provides an important overview andhands- on experience normally not available to engineering students until their senior designcourse.BackgroundManaging Creativity is a concept developed based on the author’s 35 years of experience in avariety of creative enterprises, including management of NASA’s $150M per year MarsExploration Program and of the Pathfinder microrover, Sojourner Truth, which roamed Mars in1997. In 1997 and 1998 the author and a collaborator (Alice M. Fairhurst, a counselingpsychologist with expertise in personality type), developed a short course in how to managecreativity for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The course

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kang Xia; Mohammad Yunus Naseri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University; Manoj Jha, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (CoE); Erin Henrick, Vanderbilt University; Emily Kern; Caitlin Snyder; Landon Marston, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Abhishek Dubey; Christopher Vanags; Niroj Aryal; Steven Jiang, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (CoE); Erin Hotchkiss; Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Brendan McLoughlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Sambridhi Bhandari

Virginia Tech. He is currently serving as a Program Director at the National Science Foundation and is assigned to NSF Research Traineeship (NRT), Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE), and CAREER programs.Landon Todd Marston (Assistant Professor) Dr. Landon Marston is an assistant professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.Christopher Vanags Chris Vanags is the Director of the Peabody Research Office in Vanderbilt's Peabody College of Education and a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He is keenly interested in connecting primary scientific research to novel educational experiences with the goal of increasing the STEM pipeline for students from

Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

IIIDesign of an Assembly for a Manufacturing Processes Laboratory ........................................... 507Best Practices for California Fundamentals of Engineering and Professional Engineering LicenseExams for Immigrant Engineers .................................................................................................. 517Training in Technical Writing for Engineering Graduate Students ............................................. 530Introduction to Technical Problem Solving Using MATLAB and LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT ....... 541Work-In-Progress: Enhancing Students’ Learning in Advanced Power Electronic Course Using aUSB Solar Charger Project

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session #4: Global DEI

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Moses Olayemi, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

furtherinvestigated and/or explained in the second stage of qualitative research. However, it is crucial topoint out that contrary to certain misconceptions that view research on a linear path, this researchended up being an iterative use of both quantitative and qualitative instruments. The analyzed datafor this study include surveys, in-person and virtual classroom observations, teacher reflectionjournals, classroom artifacts, school policy documents, and semi-structured interviews with 37engineering faculty members, 2 provosts, 5 engineering college deans, and 2 students.IRBThis study is approved for study by the Purdue Institutional Review Board. This process wasconcluded by July 2022 through the IRB (Institutional Review Board) with approval number

Conference Session

Educational Research Initiatives at NSF

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roger Seals

STEMeducators with their efforts in both teaching and research. Further, STEM students canbenefit from the resources available via the portal.Curriculum Development Programs Advanced Technological Education (ATE). Jointly managed by the Division ofUndergraduate Education (DUE) and the Division of Elementary, Secondary, andInformal Education (ESIE), the ATE program promotes improvement in technologicaleducation at the undergraduate and secondary school levels by supporting curriculumdevelopment; the preparation and professional development of college faculty andsecondary school teachers; internships and field experiences for faculty, teachers, andstudents; and other activities. With an emphasis on two-year colleges, the programfocuses on the

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Vijay Arora; Lorenzo Faraone

, economic and political systems are ultimately based on a moralfoundation. This principles-based leadership4 approach not only enhances our effectiveness, butalso creates a healthy society that will judge professionals by their contributions to humankind.Applied ethics teach problem solving by examining cause and effect relationships and analyzingcases by analogies. As an example, the VCR framework9 developed at Carnegie-Mellonuniversity, considers the values and virtues (V’s) of a person and an organization, provides a wayfor one to evaluate consequences and prepare contingency plans (C’s), and more importantlyputs the burden of responsibility on those who claim rights (R’s). A leadership style thatanalyzes decisions based on a VCR analysis will

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #15428The Interface between Cognitive Science and InnovationDr. Michael J. Dyrenfurth, Purdue University, West Lafayette Michael J. Dyrenfurth is a Professor and Graduate Program Coodinator in the Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation in the Polytechnic Institute of the Purdue University. He is a member of the ASEE and he has served on both the ENT and the ETD Board of directors and as program chair for the ASEE ENT (2014) and the CIEC in New Orleans (2008). Previously he completed a four year term as Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies in Purdue University’s College of Technology. He was co-PI

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nan Kong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tiago R Forin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brent K Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Natascha M Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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International

recipient of an NSF CAREER award to study boundary-spanning roles and competencies among early career engineers. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from Virginia Tech. Dr. Jesiek draws on expertise from engineering, computing, and the social sciences to advance understanding of geographic, disciplinary, and historical variations in engineering education and practice.Natascha M Trellinger, Purdue University, West Lafayette Natascha Trellinger is a second year Ph.D. student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Syracuse University where her interest in the

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Robin Ott, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech; Cristian Hernandez; Jessica Deters, Virginia Tech; Chris Gewirtz, Virginia Tech; Francesca Giardine, Smith College; Anne Kary, Smith College

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

faculty at her Alma Mater in 2015, Robin has been coordinating and teaching the Cap- stone Senior Design program in Mechanical Engineering while pursuing graduate work in Engineering Education.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she directs the Vir- ginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on communication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous NSF grants exploring communication

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5B: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce W. Char, Drexel University; Isuru Daulagala, Drexel University; Nagarajan Kandasamy, Drexel University; Thomas T. Hewett, Drexel University

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First-Year Programs

from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Drexel, he was a research scientist at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University, from 2003-2004. Prof. Kandasamy is a recipient of the 2007 National Science Foundation Early Faculty (CAREER) Award and best student paper awards at the IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing in 2006 and 2008, and the IEEE Pacific Rim Dependability Conference in 2012. He is a senior member of the IEEE.Dr. Thomas T. Hewett, Drexel University Tom Hewett is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and of Computer Science at Drexel University. His teaching included courses on Cognitive Psychology, Problem Solving and Creativity, the Psychology of Human

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Farbod Khoshnoud; Dario Robinson; Bruno Marco Quadrelli; Clarence W De Silva

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

thedifferences is available in Appendix B). Key concepts for successful partnerships ([13] and [14]) include engagement of communitypartners and students, personal interactions, faculty members visit to the community basedorganization, shared ownership and collaboration through ongoing interaction andcommunication, and defined community needs (see Appendix C for more details). In order to design a successful partnership and building collaborative relationships, partners inservice-learning should have a shared vision and clearly articulated values, tangible incentives forpartners (acknowledging self-interests as well as shared interests), a sense value for the bondsalready formed among people, means for allowing frequent and open communication on

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Pamela J. Silvers, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

pipeline of capable future leaders [4]. Mentoring,which is integral to the Mentor-Connect project, contributes to leadership development forSTEM faculty whose students are enrolled in technician education programs that are critical tonational security and prosperity.Through Mentor-Connect, new educators have been brought into the system, professionallydeveloped through the process of designing and implementing projects to improve technicianeducation, and mentored by those with years of experience in crafting successful ATE grantproposals. This paper explores the Mentor-Connect intervention, now in its 11th year, outcomesthat have resulted and for whom, and the opportunity Mentor-Connect represents for two-yearcollege advanced technology programs

Conference Session

Assessing Hard-to-Measure Constructs in Engineering Education: Assessment Design and Validation Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Donna Jaison, Texas A&M University; Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Blake Williford, Sketch Recognition Lab; Lance Leon Allen White, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University

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Educational Research and Methods

student learningthrough practice of freehand sketching in perspective.While many educational drawing tools have been explored with great potential to improve drawingself-efficacy, few studies have tried to measure student’s self-efficacy in their drawing ability in atruly comprehensive and quantitative manner that can be replicated in other studies.MethodsA. Instrument DevelopmentAccording to Fabrigar, the soundness of the items that are included in an instrument have an im-portant role in utilizing the results obtained from Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) [29]. TheDrawing Self Efficacy Instrument (DSEI) consists of 13 items that addresses four areas of Draw-ing efficacy. The DSEI was reviewed by an experienced designer and drawing instructor

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

field. However, the higher-level career position, such as theCISO, is fairly new and requires extensive knowledge and skills to ensure success. ManyMaster’s level programs include courses that address these skills in an attempt to provide a well-rounded program of study, but undergraduates who are in the practitioner’s world have otheralternatives to gain these skills. These individuals can gain various certifications, such as theCertified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or the Certified InformationSecurity Manager (CISM). Due to a perceived gap between academics and field knowledge, itappears that academic programs may not fully consider the very specific competencies of C-Suite members (e.g. Chief Information Security

Collection

2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Xingwu Wang; Bruce B. Rosenthal; Casey J. Busch; Jeff Porter; John L. Cusack

operations can provide valuable lessons to faculty, staff, students, and localcommunity members. The development of Alfred-brand “business” or operating modelsthat include policies and practices to impart sustainability will likely be influenced by thestudents and their potential employers. This effort’s drivers need to purposefully observeattitudes, policies, and practices regarding sustainability. Particularly, there is acontinuous need to learn the best practices in operations and public relations and to gainskills and knowledge useful to the next generation of scholars and workforce (i.e., ourproducts). On the operations side, the University added solar energy to its energy profileand reduced fossil fuel usage,27-28 achieving a reduction in

Conference Session

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Case Studies in Construction Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hector Buyones-Gonzalez, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile; Monica Quezada-Espinoza, Universidad Andres Bello, Chile

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

key," including providing instructions, questions, or requests to an AI model tomeet user requirements.Likewise, as mentioned by interviewee P11: "Construction professionals must havecompetencies such as effective communication because ultimately we are going to receive alot of data and answers from AI, and we have to communicate them to project members."This involves explaining AI technical concepts, presenting data, analyzing results accessibly,clearly, and concisely, and ensuring all project stakeholders understand AI-based decision-making. Effective communication is also crucial for training and adopting new AItechnologies in construction, ensuring teams are well-informed and prepared to use thesetools efficiently.Management of

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Education and K-12

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles S. Wasson, Wasson Strategics, LLC

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Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

world, making decisions, or communicating views. • Plug & Chug Paradigm - Represents a traditional engineering teaching model in which students Plug a value into an equation and Chug out an answer for solving classical boundary condition problems. • Design-Build-Test-Fix Paradigm – An ad hoc, iterative process traceable to scientific inquiry that lacks an insightful methodology in which engineers: 1) design an entity, 2) build it in the lab, 3) test it, and 4) fix, rework, or patch the design or its physical implementation in a seemingly endless loop until convergence at a final solution is achieved or schedule and cost resources are depleted

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling; Nhu Y Tran; Lia Marie Applegarth

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International

Paper ID #13565Learning from Senior-Level Engineering & Business Development Profes-sionals to Create Globally Competent Engineers via On- and Off-CampusActivitiesDr. Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Jane Lehr is Chair of the Women’s & Gender Studies Department at California Polytechnic State Uni- versity, San Luis Obispo. She is also an Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies, Director of the Science, Technology & Society Minor Programs, and Faculty Director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minor- ity and Underrepresented Student Participation in STEM Program at Cal Poly. She

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Aerospace

engineering disciplines, butnot very many recently that are specific to aerospace. How can engineering educationresearchers leverage research tools from other disciplines to conduct research in an aerospacecontext? Engineering education researchers apply research to link professional practice toclassroom practice in order to keep the classroom up-to-date or even anticipate the knowledgeand skills that engineers will need to be successful in their careers. Engineering educationresearchers also investigate how students learn, from preschool years all the way through lifelonglearning as adults. Because the uniqueness of the learner and context of learning influence eachother, researchers must pay attention to the learner, the content, and the

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alisha Waller

o Graduate students o Occasionally, team members from o Post-doctoral assistants outside engineering o Laboratories, computers, o Occasionally, graduate students or analysis software undergraduates o UndergraduatesSubject of o Inanimate objects o Students, faculty, & administratorsinquiry o Curricula o Pedagogies o Teaching/learning processes

Conference Session

Project-based Learning and Other Pedagogical Innovations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Fleishman, Western Washington University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Washington University (WWU) has initiated a research, design and build project thatis focusing on providing a fuel efficient, low floor, hybrid electric shuttle bus that is intended for avariety of applications. The primary R&D team is comprised of undergraduate students and facultyfrom the Engineering Technology (ET) Department and industry representatives from key areas. Thedesign process has intentionally followed a multidisciplinary approach which seeks to utilize skills andcapabilities from a range of students across the ET Department, and will soon reach out to work withstudents and faculty in the Chemistry, Decision Sciences and Marketing departments here on campus.The multidisciplinary team concept helps students to recognize the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Zheng Min; Robert Weber; Feng Chen; Ben Graubard; Julie Dickerson; Carolina Cruz-neira; Diane Rover

total delay time between a user’s action andthe system response. Latency must be below human perceptual thresholds to create acomfortable virtual environment. Other considerations for wireless design in virtualenvironments are: complete coverage of the interaction space, no interference with other wirelessdevices, the data rates between the user and the system, and low-power requirements. Thecurrent project team includes four faculty members, three graduate students and twoundergraduate students.First Year AccomplishmentsIn the first year of this project, new laboratory experiments were added to existing courses incommunications to enforce the concepts of hardware/software co-design and human factorsissues. One example of these first

Conference Session

Service Courses for Non-Engineers

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Timothy Simpson, Pennsylvania State University; Vince Bertsch, Santa Rosa Junior College; Kate Disney, Mission College; Elsa Garmire, Dartmouth College; Barbara Oakley, Oakland University; Mary Rose, Ball State University

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

established in Tech Tally of: technology and society, design, products and systems, andtechnology core concepts and the ITEA technology topic areas was created. To balance the needto accommodate the diverse requirements of curriculum committees on varied campuses, theframework offers flexibility to faculty in configuring courses within each proposed model whilestill accomplishing the intent of the standards. This framework is intended to form theorganizational infrastructure for creating a repository of course materials and an onlinecommunity for course developers and instructors.OverviewTechnology affects nearly every aspect of our lives, and informed citizens need an understandingof what technology is, how it works, how it is created, how it shapes

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University; Brian F. French, Washington State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

World Technologies, a company started by former students of the capstone class that he teaches. His interests include engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy and assessment, technology development, and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Washington State University Shane Brown conducts research in conceptual and epistemological change, social capital, and diffusion of innovations. In 2011, he received the NSF CAREER Award to investigate how engineers think about and use concepts that academics consider to be important.Dr. Brian F. French, Washington State University Brian F. French is an Associate Professor of educational leadership and counseling psychology and Co- Director

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Burcu Ozden, Pennsylvania State University; Andrei Blinkouski, Pennsylvania State University; Matthew A. Fury, Pennsylvania State University; Michael Kagan, Pennsylvania State University; John Majewicz, Pennsylvania State University; Laura McGhee, The Pennsylvania State University; Zafer Hatahet, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, and ethnic diversity. Among its 3100 undergraduate students,around 39% are recipients of Pell grants, and 29% are pursuing majors in STEM fields. Thecampus faces challenges as a significant number of students come from K-12 systems thathaven't adequately prepared them for college-level math and science. Additionally, manystudents work over 20 hours per week, often off-campus, and spend an average of 2 hours dailycommuting on public transportation.These circumstances contribute to lower retention and graduation rates, particularly affectingstudents from racial and ethnic minorities who are already underrepresented in the STEMworkforce. Notably, recent data shows that only about 45% of all majors manage to graduatewith a bachelor's degree