Conference Session

Experiences of Diverse Students

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Paul G. Richardson; Francesca Dupuy, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #17798Work In Progress: Racialized Experiences of Black EngineersDr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Distinguished Teach- ing Scholar at the University of Florida. His research interests are in the areas of active learning pedago- gies, problem-solving, critical thinking, diversity in engineering, and qualitative methodologies.Paul G. Richardson I studied electrical engineering at UC Irvine and Boston University. I then worked as an engineer at companies including DEC, IBM, Apple and Microsoft as a design/ design

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T1C: Developing Foundations in Mathematics

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2019 FYEE Conference

Authors

Hossein EbrahimNejad, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hassan Ali Al Yagoub, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Wil Stuckey, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Tom Cody, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nicholas Tomlin, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Nate Eckhart, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Hamza Tanzeem, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Dan Irby, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Anna Francis, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity, FYEE Conference - Paper Submission

Paper ID #28094Undergraduate Academic Policy Trends Across Institutions Over the LastThirty YearsMr. Hossein Ebrahiminejad, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Hossein Ebrahiminejad is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. He completed his M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and his B.S. in Me- chanical Engineering in Iran. His research interests include student pathways, educational policy, and quantitative research methods. 2019 FYEE Conference : Penn State University , Pennsylvania Jul 28 Full Paper

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology; Lauren Kaufman, CT Business and Industry Association; Mary deManbey, CT Business and Industry Association; Kerry Simoneau, CT College of Technology's Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturng

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Manufacturing

AC 2007-1577: MARKETING MANUFACTURING USING THE NSF FUNDEDREGIONAL CENTER FOR NEXT GENERATION MANUFACTURINGKaren Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology Karen Wosczyna-Birch is the state director for the CT Community Colleges' College of Technology (COT) and the Executive Director for the COT's NSF funded Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing. She is also a professor and has over 26 years of teaching and administrative experience in science, technology and engineering education at the two year community college level.Lauren Kaufman, CT Business and Industry Association Lauren Kaufamn is the Vice President of the CT Business and Industry Association. She is also a co-PI on the College

Conference Session

Sustainability and Engineering Courses

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Larimer, University of Pittsburgh; Michaelangelo Tabone, University of Pittsburgh; Matthew Mehalik, University of Pittsburgh; Kim Needy, University of Pittsburgh

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2008-2064: AN INTERNATIONAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHEXPERIENCE IN SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERINGCurtis Larimer, University of Pittsburgh Curtis James Larimer is a senior undergraduate majoring in Engineering Physics in The University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering. He expects to graduate in the spring of 2008 and plans to go on to pursue a graduate engineering degree.Michaelangelo Tabone, University of Pittsburgh Michaelangelo Tabone is a junior at the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Chemical Engineering. While in school, he works as resident assistant in on-campus housing, volunteers as a teaching assistant of Organic Chemistry, and has served as a paper reviewer for the

Conference Session

Sustainability in Engineering Courses

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Aurandt, Kettering University; Terri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2009-1944: THE ROLE OF GREEN CHEMISTRY IN AN INDUSTRIALECOLOGY COURSEJennifer Aurandt, Kettering UniversityTerri Lynch-Caris, Kettering University Page 14.1250.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 Role of Green Chemistry in an Industrial Ecology CourseAbstractThe National Academy of Engineering released the Grand Challenges facingengineering in the next century. Environmental sustainability is related to at least 5 ofthe fourteen challenges. To address these challenges, a multi disciplinary team of sixfaculty members from engineering, business, and chemistry developed a courseentitled, “Environmentally Conscious Design and Manufacturing”. In this course

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Special Session: Findings from the Academic Pathways Study of Engineering Undergraduates 2003-2008--Overview and Panel Discussion

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Atman, University of Washington; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Lorraine Fleming, Howard University; Ronald Miller, Colorado School of Mines; Karl Smith, Purdue University; Reed Stevens, University of Washington; Ruth Streveler, Purdue University

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2009-1484: FINDINGS FROM THE ACADEMIC PATHWAYS STUDY OFENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES 2003-2008 -- OVERVIEW AND PANELDISCUSSIONCynthia Atman, University of Washington CYNTHIA J. ATMAN, Ph.D., is the founding Director of the Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT) in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington and the Director of the NSF funded Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education(CAEE). Dr. Atman is a Professor in Human Centered Design & Engineering. Her research focuses on design learning and engineering education.Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University SHERI D. SHEPPARD, Ph.D., P.E., is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul J. Antaki

. Further, “selling” the work to managers or customers often involves itspresentation. Here, I summarize an approach to help motivate an audience to attend, then listen to, apresentation. Developing this motivation is a key ingredient for a successful presentation, since the audience islikely to be less interested in its topic than the speaker. From a speaker’s perspective, for instance, his orher presentation is the most important one at a conference. To the audience, however, it’s just one ofmany. Also, audiences usually expect presentations to be boring descriptions of technical facts understoodonly by the “experts.” In the next several sections I show how to motivate audiences encountered in three commonscenarios: (i) project

Conference Session

Sustainable Engineering

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Pumphrey, University of Cincinnati; Anna Hoessle, University of Cincinnati; Daniel Oerther, University of Cincinnati

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Environmental Engineering

conditionsresult in the deaths of millions of children each year from preventable waterborne diarrhealdisease. At the University of Cincinnati, two female graduate students have undertaken MSdegrees with the specific objective of performing service learning where the research focus oftheir respective degrees is validating and deploying appropriate technology for water qualitytreatment in developing countries. This presentation will highlight the results of these researchprojects as well as the difficulties associated with implementing a service-learning approach toMS degrees within a traditional research-intensive graduate program.IntroductionSustainability, defined as “development that meets the needs of the present withoutcompromising the ability of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Innovation in First-Year Programs

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #18413Negotiations and PlayDr. Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteKristin Boudreau, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Kristin Boudreau is the Paris Fletcher Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Head of the Department of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. A scholar of nineteenth-century American literature, in recent years she has turned her attention to transforming engineering education by contex- tualizing engineering challenges in their historical, cultural, geographic and political settings. Recent publications in this field include ”To See the World Anew: Learning Engineering

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 10: Understanding Student Experiences

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University; Frank Luchini; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel M. Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #25418Psychological Safety as an Effective Measurement in Engineering ClassroomsMr. Behzad Beigpourian, Purdue University Behzad Beigpourian is a Ph.D. student and Research Assistant in Engineering Education at Purdue Uni- versity. He earned his master’s in Structural Engineering from Shahid Chamran University in Iran, and his bachelor’s in Civil Technical Teacher from Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University in Iran, Tehran. He has been official Technical Teacher at Ministry of Education in Iran from 2007 to 2018, and received many certificate in education such as Educational Planning, Developing Research Report

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mesut Akdere, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

in the Department of Technol- ogy Leadership & Innovation at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Mesut Akdere received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Human Resource Development with a minor in Human Resources and In- dustrial Relations. Currently, he is serving as the Director of Purdue Polytechnic Leadership Academy helping STEM students develop their leadership competencies. He is also the inaugural faculty research fellow at the Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment, and Research at Purdue Uni- versity. Dr. Akdere’s research focuses on workforce development in STEM fields, developing intercul- tural leadership competencies through immersive learning technologies including

Conference Session

Alternative Teaching Methods

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rob Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST)

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #23379Flipped Classroom Video AnalyticsDr. Rob Garrick, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST) Robert D. Garrick, Ph.D., P.E., is a Professor in the Department of Manufacturing and Mechanical En- gineering Technology at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Associate Department Chair. Garrick worked for 25 years in automotive engineering research and holds seven U.S. patents. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Flipped Classroom Video AnalyticsAbstract Rising tuition and stringent accreditation standards increase the pressure educators feel

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University; Nicholas Patrick Totaro, Louisiana State University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Paper ID #22518The First-year Experience in Biological Engineering at LSUDr. Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University Marybeth is a Professor in Biological & Agricultural Engineering and Director of the LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership. She co-authored the textbook Service-Learning: Engineering in Your Community (Oxford University Press) with Bill Oakes and is the author of Building Playgrounds Engaging Communities: Creating Safe and Happy Places for Children (LSU Press).Mr. Nicholas Patrick Totaro, Louisiana State University Nicholas Totaro graduated with a Master’s in Biological and

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Dempsey, Collin County Community College ; Ann F Beheler, Collin County Community College

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Computing and Information Technology

of UCLA Extension’s Entertainment Studies & Performing Arts department, helping coordinate academic projects and special events, and later as a program representative, managing domestic and international custom-designed sem- inar programs. For several years during his tenure at UCLA Extension, Mark also served as a co-instructor for the capstone online class ”The Business of Hollywood,” which employed a unique role-playing ele- ment to explore strategies of film financing and negotiation. Before joining UCLA Extension, Mark was a development executive at an independent feature film production company, Echo Lake Productions. He has also worked as a freelance script analyst for Silver Pictures. Mark holds a BA

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Kelly L. Jones

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

Paper ID #11485Blended Classes: Expectations vs. RealityDr. Susan L. Murray, Missouri University of Science & Technology Dr. Susan Murray is a Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dr. Murray received her B.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University. Her M.S. is also in Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas- Arlington. She is a director for the EM Division of ASEE and a ASEM Fellow.Mrs. Julie Phelps, Missouri University of Science & Technology Julie Phelps has been an instructional designer at Missouri

Conference Session

Continuing Professional Development Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey S. Goss, Arizona State University; Philip Regier, Arizona State University; Scott Pitasky, Starbucks

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Continuing Professional Development

Paper ID #14162Building opportunities for College Completion in the U.S.: The Arizona StateUniversity and Starbucks PartnershipMr. Jeffrey S. Goss, Arizona State University Jeffrey Goss has served as the Executive Director for the Office of Global Outreach and Extended Education and Assistant Dean in the Ira A Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University for the past seven years. Mr. Goss has more than 18 years experience in professional and executive education collectively at University of Maryland, George Washington University, University of Michigan, and Arizona State University. At ASU’s Fulton

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Competency and Skill Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Leadership Development

Paper ID #21165Perceived Importance of Leadership in their Future Careers Relative to OtherFoundational, Technical and Professional Skills among Senior Civil Engineer-ing StudentsDr. Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder Angela Bielefeldt is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Civil, Envi- ronmental, and Architectural Engineering (CEAE). She had served as the ABET assessment coordinator for the department since 2008. Bielefeldt is also a licensed P.E. Professor Bielefeldt’s research interests in engineering education include service-learning, sustainable engineering

Conference Session

Computed Simulation and Animation

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andreas Spanias, Arizona State University; Karthikeyan Ramamurthy, Arizona State University; Jayaraman Jayaraman, Arizona State University; Mahesh Banavar, Arizona State University; CHIH-WEI HUANG, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

the principal investigator on research contracts from Intel Corporation, Sandia National Labs, Motorola Inc., and Active Noise and Vibration Technologies. He has also consulted with Inter-Tel Communications, Intel Corporation, Motorola, Texas Instruments, DTC, and the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics. In his work with Intel Coproration he contributed to the development of architectures with signal processing capabilities and received an award from Intel for "leadership and contributions to the development of the Intel 60172 processor architecture" and a corporate award for his support of the Intel research program. He recently published refereed papers in Perceptual Coding of

Conference Session

Embedded Computing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J.W. Bruce, Mississippi State University; Lee Hathcock, Mississippi State Univ.

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Computers in Education

AC 2007-1223: EMBEDDED SYSTEMS EDUCATION VIA DISSECTIONJ.W. Bruce, Mississippi State University J.W. Bruce received the B.S. degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 1991, the M.S.E.E. degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2000, all in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Bruce has served as a member of the technical staff at the Mevatec Corporation and the Intergraph Corporation. Since 2000, Dr. Bruce has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University, where he is an Associate Professor. Dr. Bruce teaches courses on embedded systems, VLSI, and

Conference Session

Developments in the Energy Laboratories

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

AC 2007-828: LABORATORY PRACTICUM IN COMBUSTIONDavid Blekhman, California State University Los Angeles David Blekhman is an Assistant Professor at Grand Valley State University. He holds M.S. in Thermal Physics from St. Petersburg State Technical University, Russia and a Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Since joining GVSU, he has taught courses in the Mechanics and Thermal-Fluids sequences. He has also focused on developing courses in Combustion and Alternative Energy. Page 12.1001.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007

Conference Session

Blurring the Boundary between Content Knowledge and Professional Knowledge

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Verna Fitzsimmons, Kent State University - Kent; Stephane Booth, Kent State University - Kent

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Liberal Education

courses required in undergraduate programs has atendency to increase. The increased professional coursework demands combined with auniversity’s general education requirements tends to lengthen students’ time to completethe degree. At the same time accessibility and timely degree completion is high onstakeholders’ agendas. Added to these circumstances, state legislators are consideringregulatory efforts to limit the number of credit hours needed for a baccalaureate degreefor subsidy calculations. This situation lead us to ask the question: Is there a way tointegrate the learning opportunities provided through professional and general educationthat would reduce the number of courses but do so in a pedagogically sound way?One answer to this question

Conference Session

Innovation in Construction Engineering Education I

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Hildreth, Virginia Tech; Michael Vorster, Virginia Tech

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Construction

their very naturehave not been constructed in the field. Therefore, an understanding of such operationscan be developed through a pre-planning process of first “building on paper.” Alaboratory session was incorporated into a construction means and methods course todemonstrate the benefits of pre-planning construction operations. Students used theK’NEX construction system to build a replica of the Tower Bridge. By design, somegroups pre-planned their operations, while others did not. The value of pre-planning wasevident through observation of their performance.Introduction Construction operations can be categorized as either “routine and repetitive” or“unique and complex.” Regardless of the category, the ability to analyze and improve

Conference Session

Computer Based Grading and Learning Styles

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bobby G Crawford P.E., U.S. Military Academy; Lynn K Byers, U.S. Military Academy; Rebecca Zifchock, United States Military Academy

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Computers in Education

Paper ID #6696Computer Aided Design: Learning Style Preference Effect onDr. Grant Crawford, U.S. Military Academy Colonel Dr. Grant Crawford is currently the director of the Mechanical Engineering Program at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1985 with a bachelor of science in Mechanical Engineering. He earned a master of science in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas in 2004. He has taught courses in aeronautics, thermal-fluid systems, heat transfer, computer

Conference Session

Starting Them Early

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #6996Engineering Childhood: Knowledge Transmission Through ParentingMs. Brianna L Dorie, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dorie is a doctoral candidate in Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses upon how young children engage in and learn about engineering in informal environments, especially through the use of media.Dr. Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Monica Cardella is an assistant professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is also the director of Informal Learning Environments Research for the Institute for P-12 Engineering Learn- ing and

Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Christi Luks

Focus on Tar Creek Christi L. Patton University of TulsaAbstract Tar Creek is #1 on the EPA cleanup list and it is located about 90 miles from theUniversity of Tulsa campus. While the legislators and residents debate what should bedone to clean up the area, freshman Chemical Engineering students research the historyof Tar Creek and use this as a starting point for lectures and discussion on safety, ethicsand the environment. Throughout the course students perform practice calculations thatare based on the information gleaned through their readings. The last weeks of thesemester are spent in a research project that takes them to

Conference Session

Experiential Learning in BME

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeRome Dunn, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Robin Liles, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Clinton Lee, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Shawn Watlington, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Courtney Lambeth, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Devdas Pai, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

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Biomedical

Intensive Immersive Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Teachers: Undertaking Creativity and Innovation, Diversity of Thinking, and EntrepreneurshipAbstractOne objective of National Science Foundation efforts is the training of the future work force inscientific and technical fields. In summer 2009 research experiences for undergraduates (REUs)and teachers (RETs) were developed and implemented introducing participants to leading edgeresearch currently underway. These experiences were intended in part to fulfill the mission tocreate a diverse pipeline of future practitioners and educators in the Biomaterials field.The Research experiences for undergraduates and teachers were six weeks in duration and

Conference Session

Project Management and Team Issues

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerry Westbrook

The Problems of Administrative Success with Alternative Strategies For Dealing With Them Jerry D. Westbrook, Ph.D., P.E. Professor Emeritus, University of Alabama in HuntsvilleMost professionals endeavor for success, which is frequently self-defined. Some level of successusually brings with it a promotion into an administrative position. If an entire organization issuccessful, few problems with administrative success are encountered. But if a professionalachieves administrative success when others in the organization have not or not at the same level,then problems can and do occur with increasing frequency as success levels increase.The ConceptOver a period

Conference Session

Innovations in CE Education Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Peter Rojeski; Cindy Waters

Retention of Information – Improving the Engineering Outcomes C.K. Waters1, P. Rojeski2 1 Mechanical Engineering, N.C. A. &T. State University, Greensboro, NC, 27411, 2 Civil and Architectural Engineering, N.C. A. &T. State University, Greensboro, NC, 27411ABSTRACT The educational outcomes for civil engineering require students to meet specificperformance standards at the time of graduation. Courses involving these performance standardsare taken several semesters prior to graduation; therefore the challenge is to encourage thestudents to maintain their proficiencies until their senior year and beyond

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Poster Session

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce Mork; Leonard Bohmann

Outcomes Assessment Embedded into an ECE Course Project Leonard J. Bohmann and Bruce A. Mork Michigan TechAbstractIn an effort to reduce the overhead associated with outcomes assessment, the Electrical andComputer Engineering Department at Michigan Tech has developed tools which extractassessment data from information collected for normal departmental operations. The ECEdepartment has developed one such tool to assess the writing skills of students in their Junioryear. A conceptual design project is assigned in a required course (the most recent project wasan off-the-grid power system for a remote cabin) with students

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade: Inside the Class

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald Visco

quantitative student evaluation atthe end of the semester for a course instructor and these values are normally a required part of atenure dossier. However, such evaluations can be affected by things unrelated to teaching suchas whether the instructor bought pizza for the class prior to administering the assessment or thephysical attractiveness of the instructor. In an effort to improve student evaluations (andfeedback) in a more meaningful way, the author will present several steps suggested at recentworkshops and implemented over the past year by the author to demonstrate concern forstudents. These steps include: adding a recitation portion of a class to answer class questionsand “talk” about student issues, forcing students to pick up their first