Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Maria Chrysochoou, University of Connecticut; Arash E. Zaghi, University of Connecticut; Connie Mosher Syharat, University of Connecticut; Sarira Motaref P.E., University of Connecticut; Shinae Jang P.E., University of Connecticut; Amvrossios Bagtzoglou, University of Connecticut; Caressa Adalia Wakeman, University of Connecticut

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

programs remain extremely low. The emphasis on conventionalpedagogical methods in engineering programs, coupled with a deficit-based approach that isfocused on the remediation of weaknesses, does little to foster the unique strengths ofneurodivergent students. In addition to the obstacles posed by traditional education system, thestigma related to a disability label leads many neurodivergent college students to neither discusstheir diagnosis with peers and professors nor obtain academic accommodations that may helpthem to persist in a challenging learning environment.To address these challenges and realize the potential contributions of neurodivergent individualsto engineering fields, a research project funded by the Engineering Education and

Conference Session

Supporting Faculty in Course Development and Pedagogy

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kara L. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Keith D. Hjelmstad, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Lindy Hamilton Mayled, Arizona State University; Eugene Judson, Arizona State University; Lydia Ross, Arizona State University; Robert J. Culbertson; James A. Middleton, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny, Northwestern University; Ying-Chih Chen, Arizona State University

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Continuing Professional Development

wasformative, conversations centered on how to use the information for improvement. Formativefeedback from instructional coaching provided a roadmap for improvement, and helped move theconversation away from final, summative evaluations of teaching ability that are commonly apart of performance reviews. Feedback was specific and timely.Professor K (see Table 3) asked, “Could you write a letter for my P and T case about my partici-pation in the grant and observations?” K’s unit head was very receptive to including such a letterin the promotion dossier. Observations made by a trained professional using the RTOP instru-ment are a reliable supplement and possible replacement for peer observations that are often usedto support the promotion and tenure

Conference Session

Makerspaces

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Foad Hamidi, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; William Easley, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Stephanie Grimes, Digital Harbor Foundation; Shawn Grimes, Digital Harbor Foundation; Amy Hurst, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

commented that it might be useful to find ways thatassessments could be built into the courses such that they do not conflict with the final projects.Despite the difficulties the staff members believed that quantitative tools could be useful andcomplement qualitative assessments. They stated that sometimes it is difficult for youth toexpress themselves through online writing. Additionally, some youth are not as expressiveduring public events such as the showcase. While anecdotal information from the youth parentsand peers showed positive outcomes, capturing these using structured, detailed methods wouldbe useful. Thus, the staff expressed that with better assessment tools and procedures, surveys orquestionnaires could still be useful in this

Conference Session

Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hindolo Michael Kamanda, University of Georgia; Davis George Anderson Wilson, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; James L. Huff, Harding University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

contribute to students’ stress andanxiety, and have been shown to impact achievement and retention. This study uses ethnographicmethods to investigate how expectations are socially constructed in engineering programs andhow students’ come to internalize these expectations. Data was collected in ten focus groupswith a total of 38 participants at two universities with different institutional characteristics. Thequalitative analysis drew on constant comparative methods and proceeded from topic coding ofsources of expectations to interpretive coding of mechanisms in which students internalizedexperiences. More specifically, sources of expectations were identified as academics, superiors,peers, extra-curricular, and from outside the major. The rich

Conference Session

FPD6 -- Early Intervention & Retention Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan Walden, University of Oklahoma; Tyler Combrink, University of Oklahoma; Lindsey McClure, University of Oklahoma; Deborah Trytten, University of Oklahoma

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First-Year Programs

described through this metaphoricframework. Our students instruct the new collegians to: • set the college stage early by knowing their desired major and being adequately prepared to pursue that major; • engage a supporting cast of peers, patrons and programs to become thoroughly involved in their academic careers; • accept the role of director by assuming academic responsibility including improving time management and study habits, and • anticipate and overcome critic’s reviews in the form of external grades and internal doubts.The data suggest differences in advice given by male and female students and students fromdifferent classifications (i.e., lower division students versus upper division students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen L. Kitto, Western Washington University; Debra S. Jusak, Western Washington University

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NSF Grantees

each group to switch among peer learning vocabulary and conceptquestions, exploration of materials properties, recall type self-quizzes or web investigations. Inaddition, the materials within the applications are conceptually contained so that whileexploration and higher order connections are still encouraged, the students will not beoverwhelmed or have no contextual basis for judgments. The multi-media format of the iPodTouch will also allow applications that accommodate different student learning styles. One of thegrand challenges of engineering (National Academy of Engineering) is to advance personalizedinstruction/learning methods and there is no reason that collaborative groups should not be ableto customize their own learning

Conference Session

International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation, Globalization without Travel

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bradley J. Putman, Bucknell University; Khaled A. Al-Sahili, An-Najah National University; Abdelhaleem Khader, An-Najah National University; Alia Gilbrecht, An-Najah National University

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Diversity

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International Division (INTL)

capacity to contribute to global sustainabilityissues like climate change. These experiences equip them well for the professional phase of theircareers, allowing them to collaborate effectively in an increasingly interconnected world.The integration of international virtual exchange (IVE) programs in engineering education hasgained significant attention in recent years. As part of this trend, the assessment of studentoutcomes through IVE has become a crucial area of research and evaluation. Recent studies,such as one conducted by East Carolina University, have demonstrated the potential of IVE toenhance student learning and academic performance [21]. The definition of IVE as “technology-mediated international experiences that are peer-driven

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 2: Graduate Student Pipeline and Workforce Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Isabella Victoria, University of Florida; Laura Melissa Cruz Castro, University of Florida; Idalis Villanueva Alarcón, University of Florida

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

preparation programs in both industryand academia. This exploratory study's purpose was to scope existing peer-reviewed and publishedarticles describing the focus and target audience of engineering workforce training programs forgraduate students in industry and academia. The study aimed to explore what existing workforcetrainings exist for graduate engineering students and then, to see what skills they are teachingstudents. The objective was to, using the information from the scoping review, to begin to outlineworkplace reading skills and criteria for a future development of a theory of workplace readinessfor Ph.D. engineering graduate students. This exploratory study used the Virginia WorkplaceReadiness skills framework to classify the skills

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Evolving Pedagogies in Capstone Design Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle H. Rosen, The Cooper Union; Melody Baglione, The Cooper Union; Benjamin John Davis; Kamau Wright, The Cooper Union; Sam Keene, The Cooper Union; Carl Sable, The Cooper Union; Neveen Shlayan, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art ; Cosmas Tzavelis, The Cooper Union; David Wootton

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

projects, the faculty recognized the need for a common classmeeting time for all four majors’ capstone courses. Previously, each department’s assigned three-hour course time was independently scheduled. Of the new, common three-hour period, at leastone hour each week is set aside for interdisciplinary work, with a dedicated lecture hall reserved.During this time, students interact with peers of all majors, students present their project work,and unified skill workshops are held. This interdisciplinary hour is reserved every week but isnot always used.Prior to this initiative, students on an interdisciplinary team were required to presentindependently to each departmental course. This often resulted in fully separate presentations,depending on each

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bosman, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI); Jeongjin Park, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Bhavana Kotla, Purdue Polytechnic Graduate Programs

haveseveral advantages that other conventional internships do not have. Virtual internships offerflexibility that not only enables students to complete tasks on time but also creates an optimizedwork-life balance. Additionally, students can work from anywhere across the globe andcollaborate with peers and mentors from multiple countries and disciplinary backgrounds.Furthermore, virtual internships have been found to increase motivation and enable students tolearn better [2] by allowing them to have more flexibility, mobility, and autonomy in their work[3]. Yet, little is known about how to facilitate, expand, and market virtual internship processes.The purpose of this study is to respond to the following guiding research question: Whatinternship

Conference Session

WIED: Community

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Mason; Margaret Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Carol Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Elizabeth Dell, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Maureen Valentine, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET)

faculty and enhance plans of work associated with tenure andpromotion preparation and overall career advancement. The goal is to drive discovery andlearning within an environment that supports the development of project proposals and theprocess of peer review. These mini-grants encourage leadership and career development,mentoring, networking and research collaboration, while enhancing and advancing theuniversity’s multifaceted initiatives and scholarship infrastructure. In support of the overarchinginstitutional transformation project, successful grant proposals are also required to align with oneor more of the AdvanceUniX project goals. In addition to directly supporting careeradvancement with funding, the grant design and structure also

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Sander, The University of Iowa; Joshua Lobb, The University of Iowa; James Ankrum, The University of Iowa; Nicholas Bowman; Solomon Fenton-Miller, The University of Iowa

new to reading peer-reviewed literature. There were two main deliverables for students, a poster they would present at the end of the summer and a 2-page IEEE-style abstract. Students were taught in interactive sessions how to structure a scientific paper, how to find and cite papers in the literature, how to make their writing flow, the importance of editing, how to visualize data, and best practices for presenting and discussing their work orally. All class exercises directly contributed to the student’s completion of their poster and IEEE abstract and did not add any additional “busy work” to their schedules.• Weekly Seminar and Journal Club Series: Every Thursday at 10 AM, students met for either a seminar or

Conference Session

Student Teams and Teamwork

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Fatemeh Khalkhal; Xiaorong Zhang, San Francisco State University; Ana Karen Biviano; Yiyi Wang, San Francisco State University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

engineering students to work effectively in teams, writing that“because of the increasing complexity and scale of systems-based engineering problems, there isa growing need to pursue collaborations with multidisciplinary teams of experts across multiplefields” [1, pp. 34–35]. ABET has similarly dedicated one of its seven student outcomes toteamwork, wording it as: “An ability to function effectively on a team whose members togetherprovide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks,and meet objectives” [2]. Research studies have also repeatedly underlined the importance ofdeveloping engineering students’ abilities to work in teams to meet industry needs [3], [4].As a result, there has been an increased

Conference Session

Work-in-Progress Session: Understanding Issues Faced by Graduate Students and Faculty

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eduardo Rodriguez Mejia, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

2003,with many students only graduating after a period of 10 years. On average, the completion ratesfor engineering doctoral programs after 3 to 4 years were just below 20% [3]. Hasbun et al. [4]found that for many students, coursework can be an external motivator as it imposes deadlinesand encourages them to interact with fellow students. Whereas, students perceive the writingphase as the most difficult. Common concerns with this last portion of the doctoral programinclude not having the necessary writing skills to communicate effectively, while beingchallenged to publicly demonstrate competence. Many students also shared concerns regardingtime management, questioning their abilities (personal and academic), isolation, and the expectedtime

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 8: Thermo-Fluids Theory and Computation

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Azar Panah, Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

thinkingand other General Education objectives addressed in the course. Following the completion of thecourse materials, a curricular course proposal was submitted to UFS and underwent consultationprocedures. Ultimately, the proposal was approved by UFS in April 2018 and the course wasoffered to students for the first time in the fall of the same year.Throughout the course, students had access to a variety of fluid apparatus and were encouragedto experiment with creating novel flows. Each image produced by the students was required to beaccompanied by a write-up, which some of the art students found surprising. The student workwas then evaluated for both artistic and scientific merit, with an emphasis on developing anappreciation for the beauty of

Conference Session

Building Success in the Online Classroom

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Reihaneh Jamshidi, University of Hartford; Eoin A. King, NUI Galway

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Mechanics

learning path. It will alsopromote the following key elements of high-impact practices (HIPs) suggested by theAssociation of American Colleges and Universities: significant investment of time and effort bystudents over an extended period of time; interactions with faculty and peers about substantivematters; frequent timely and constructive feedback; periodic, structured opportunities to reflectand integrate learning; and opportunities to discover the relevance of learning through real-worldapplication. An example of modeling assignment currently developed for the Machine Designcourse is the simulation of shaft deflection using finite element analysis (FEA).Students’ engagement throughout the remote lectures could be enhanced by increasing

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amy Fritz, Stanford University; Mark Horowitz, Stanford University; Atindra Jha, Stanford University

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Electrical and Computer

at theirmeasurement data and noticed that all these students measured the feedback loop many timescompared to their peers. For example, student 11’s final six measurements were clicking back andforth between the two breadboard rows on either side of the loose feedback wire. This makes sense,since from the picture presented, the circuit is wired correctly, and the voltage difference betweenthese points is surprising. Many feedback measurements strongly indicate that the student noticedsomething was wrong in this region, but it is not sufficient to indicate that they understood the rootcause of the issue: 5 students measured the feedback loop at least 4 times without writing thecorrect cause in the follow-up questions. Since students are so

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1: Diversity

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anamika Megwalu, San Jose State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Libraries

form and Qualtrics. The purpose of the survey is twofold: a. Tounderstand what students’ expectations and the diversity in their expectations are, and b. To helpstudents actively recognize the diversity among their peers. Librarians can get a sense ofclassroom diversity by looking at the results of the survey. However, that alone does not advancethe concept of inclusion. According to McNair, inclusion is the “active, intentional, and ongoing engagement withdiversity—in the curriculum, in the co-curriculum, and in communities (intellectual, social,cultural, geographical) with which individuals might connect—in ways that increase awareness,content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathic understanding of the complex

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Outreach and Retention

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leigh S. McCue, George Mason University

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

standards, financial management, business conduct, leadership,communication, etc…. Early in the semester, the students were asked to update, peer review, andsubmit copies of their resume as an assignment. Under the auspices of “another resume exercise,”in opening to a lecture on diversity and inclusion, the author provided each student in attendanceone of two resumes. The resumes, provided in Appendices A & B, were developed to reflectexperiences familiar to students at the author’s institution, and were identical with the exceptionof utilizing a traditionally female vice traditionally male first name. The resumes were distributedto students in attendance randomly. Students were given approximately 5-10 minutes to reviewthe resume then, using

Conference Session

Empathy and Human-Centered Design 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Marina Shapiro

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

students without early exposure to real-worldapplications of their major, that give positive insight into potential careers, do not always connectwith upper-classmen to use as successful peer role models. This research has shown that accessto peer role models increases academic persistence [1], [2]. It has also been shown that retentionof URM and women is increased through project-based learning or experiential learningpedagogies and techniques[3]-[9].Moreover, URM students often have a limited perspective of their contributions to improvingtechnology due to social issues such as a lack of exposure to engineering and science professionsand having personal role models in their local community who are scientists or engineers.Furthermore, when URM

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Cara London, Texas A&M University; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

exam. As there is no BAEN specific exam, the‘Other Disciplines’ exam is used here as a stand in; however, BAEN students have been knownto excel at other FE discipline exams [12].Results The 10 Learning Outcome (LO) areas identified were: 1. Engineering Core + Foundation: 4. Professional and Technical as defined above Writing/Communication 2. System Design Theory and 5. Macro- and Microbiology, Practice: defining structure, Physiology architecture, and data of a system 6. Economics and Optimization to satisfy specified requirements 7. Electronics

Collection

2020 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Cynthia Fry; Zachary Steudel

1 Code Hardening: Development of a Reverse Software Engineering Project Cynthia C. Fry, Zachary Steudel Department of Computer Science Baylor University AbstractIn CSI 2334, “Introduction to Computer Systems,” we introduce a group project to the studentswhose purpose is to simulate a team project on the job. Group projects are used very frequently toprovide a similar learning environment which capitalizes on the benefits of peer-to-peer instruction,or cooperative learning. In this group project, students

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 3 Slot 5 Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Annette L. Pilkington, Colorado School of Mines; Amy E. Landis

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CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

• Formal mentoring (peer and otherwise)• Living-learning communities• Affinity groups (e.g. SWE) WISEM.MINES.EDUSLIDE Notes: Research tells us that a sense of community can increase retention. Community can be built througha variety of practices (listed on slide) WISEM.MINES.EDU Community Building at MinesSociety of Women EngineersFlorence Caldwell Scholarship WISEM.MINES.EDU #womenatminesCommunity Building Best Practices Mines Examples:The Mines student section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is the largest student organization on campus

Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jutshi Agarwal, University of Cincinnati; Cedrick Kwuimy, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

team projects based on engineering design. The projects aremajorly evaluated as team assignments, however there were minimal individual components(reflection and peer-critique).Data collectionData for this study was collected both from a self-reported survey and student records. Thelearning styles, social skills and personality data came from a survey administered at the end ofthe semester. The preferred learning style was obtained by the VARK scale [15]. It is a 16 itemsquestionnaire with four categories V-A-R-K. The preferred learning style is the category with thehighest score. The reliability estimates for the scores of the VARK subscales are .85, .82, .84,and .77 for the visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic subscales [16]. The

Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Jonathan Krones, Boston College; Jenna Tonn, Boston College; Russell C. Powell

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Diversity

accessibility on theBC campus. Weekly near-peer-led reflection sessions draw on BC’s Jesuit-Catholic traditions ofstudent formation in which small groups of students grapple with the ethical dimensions ofengineering and consider how course content influences their personal and academic paths.One of MMW’s pedagogical challenges was how to create opportunities for students to take onthe interdisciplinary learning outcomes of the course: namely, to think creatively across history,engineering, and ethics and to apply their learning to real world situations. Our solution was aseries of interactive case studies to model the ways in which practicing and thinking aboutengineering connects with pressing social, environmental, regulatory, and political

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Danielle Newley, Sonoran Schools; Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada; Ezgi Yesilyurt, University of Nevada; Hasan Deniz, University of Nevada

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

school. Mrs. Newley coaches the exploratory robotics club for grades K-8, and the competitive high school robotics team, FTC. She contributed to international pub- lished papers, national proceedings, is the process of writing several children’s books, and has presented a workshop on robotics for elementary school students.Mr. Erdogan Kaya, University of Nevada Erdogan Kaya is a PhD student in science education at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is work- ing as a graduate assistant and teaching science methods courses. Prior to beginning the PhD program, he received his MS degree in computer science and engineering. He coached robotics teams and was awarded several grants that promote Science, Technology

Conference Session

Faculty Development Lightning Talks

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John McNeill, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Vinayak Ashok Prabhu, Nanyang Polytechnic; Rajani Shankar; Cherine Meng Fong Tan, Nanyang Polytechnic; Larry Keng tee Seow; Lee Raphael, Nanyang Polytecnic

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Diversity

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Faculty Development Constituent Committee

evidence-based writing, and alsoto interacting with stakeholders. In the coach role faculty provide a moderate amount of structure, withweekly assignments and meetings, and considerable formative feedback. Since the problems are usuallyauthentic and impact a client, there is considerable attention to the quality of the result; however thedelegator role is more appropriate than supervisor since learning outcomes emphasize transferrable skillsrather than disciplinary content. Major Project: Nine credit-hour experiences in which students tackle a challenge in their major area ofstudy, typically in small teams. For engineering students, this might be a design project for an industrialsponsor, or it could be related to faculty research. Students

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Frenkel, New York University; Jack Bringardner, New York University; Sheila Borges Rajguru, New York University

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Educational Research and Methods

 engage  with them in professional skill workshops.    The S2S program aims to prepare both graduate and undergraduate students with the  professional skills they will need after graduation regardless of if they are going into industry or  academia.  A multitude of skills are covered in the program that address the knowledge, skills,  and abilities necessary for the T­shaped engineer, including but not limited to:  information  literacy,  leadership, teamwork, diversity, time and project management, reflection  scientific/written/oral communication, writing, career services, entrepreneurial mindset, and  public speaking.  To

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 4: Professional Development in Undergraduate Programs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alejandro Gutierrez, University of California, Merced; Christopher A. Butler, University of California, Merced; Abbas Ghassemi, University of California, Merced

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Educational Research and Methods

effectively developed throughcontinuous, experiential, and collaborative learning experiences [12, 13]. One particular exampleof this is the Affinity Research Group model [14], which sees engineering learning as an iterativeand social process in which students achieve learning outcomes through their own experiences asmembers of a community brought together by a shared goal. In an Affinity Research Group,students continuously engage in experiential learning groups as they move forward in their careerpathways. This allows them to not only learn from their peers, faculty, and mentors, but also helpand mentor others in turn. This model of learning is particularly relevant in the case of Hispanicand first-generation students, who posses cultural work

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rainer Seidel, The University of Auckland; Linda Haemmerle, Plume Ltd.; Chris Chambers, CPC Consulting Ltd.

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Design in Engineering Education

-disciplinarydomain of new product development4. Therefore the importance of a teamwork approach wasparticularly emphasised and practised in this course. However, potential downsides ofteamwork in an academic environment are that some students attempt to take advantage ofteam arrangements in order to get a ‘free ride’, or to avoid certain types of tasks such as CADmodelling or report writing7,8. To eliminate these problems as much as possible, a range oftools such as confidential peer assessment, oral interviews and specific work and submissioninstructions for students were used in the course. A confidential peer review process wasapplied as a tool to discourage students from freeloading and cheating. Another importanttool used to facilitate the teamwork was