Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Retaining and Developing Women Faculty

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theresa M. Vitolo, Gannon University; Karinna M Vernaza, Gannon University; Lori D. Lindley, Gannon University; Elisa M. Konieczko, Gannon University; Weslene Tallmadge, Gannon University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity, Engineering Deans Council

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Engineering and Public Policy, Women in Engineering

Each (points) (points) (points) (points) (points) Item Professional, Peer-Reviewed & Communicated External Grants received 5 larger than $50,000 Published International Journal articles / Book 5 Chapters Published Articles; National or International 4 12 4 Conference Paper/Proceedings External grants received less than $50,000 but 4 more than $20,000 External grants received 3 6 6 less than $20,000 Research/poster presentations given at 3

Conference Session

FPD4 - Teaching Methods for First Year Students

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University; John-David Yoder, Ohio Northern University

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First-Year Programs

AC 2008-171: ENGINEERING PERSONIFIED: AN APPLICATION OF THE ONEMINUTE ENGINEERJohn K. Estell, Ohio Northern University John K. Estell is Chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department, and Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, at Ohio Northern University. He received his doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His areas of research include simplifying the outcomes assessment process, user interface design, and the pedagogical aspects of writing computer games. Dr. Estell is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of ACM, ASEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Upsilon Pi Epsilon.Laurie Laird, Ohio Northern University

Conference Session

Engineering Student Involvement in K-12 Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kate Caldwell, North Carolina State University; Jessica McCoy, North Carolina State University; Lynn Albers, North Carolina State University; Althea Smith, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

students in careers inengineering [4][9].In the slightly older tradition of K-12 outreach, researchers have explored the positive influenceof service learning on college students. Their results imply that developing curricula for andworking with younger students improves the communication skills of college students [1][3][10][11].Additional studies have suggested that K-12 outreach impacts female students more than theirmale peers [2][10]. Despite the wealth of knowledge addressing the positive aspects of K-12outreach to the involved college students, there is concern that the GK-12 initiative was an“overhasty expansion” of NSF resources. At the program’s inception, many universityadministrators expressed disapproval at the projected costs of the

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

the questions are repeated, including theirself-confidence in themselves as engineering students, their plans for the future, their perceptionof problems in the field for women and men, their expectations about jobs; thus, changes in theserespects over the course of the year can be measured. In addition, they are asked to evaluateprogrammatic features such as the engineering clinic, group work, lab work, workload and manyother aspects of the program; the interpersonal climate of faculty-student and peer relations; andtheir satisfaction with the major. In the current research project, to study how the features ofRowan’s engineering program are related to retention, survey responses of students who beganwith a major in engineering but

Conference Session

Integrating Hands-On Technology and Project-Based Learning in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wei Wu, Berea College; Scott Heggen, Berea College; Emmaley Clare Powell; Oussema Khlifi; Trayvion Jalan Newton

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

, we developed the Plug -n- Play approach, a flexiblepedagogical approach which ensures instructors have a fixed core structure, flexibility inleveraging their own teaching style, and a mechanism for constant reflection which allows foradaptations to the course structure over time. The PNP approach focuses course design around thestudent experience, while acknowledging and supporting individual teaching styles and teachingmethods.To assess PNP, a classroom observation protocol was developed to evaluate student engagement,as well as examination of sixteen sections worth of grades and student evaluations. The resultsshow that students are highly engaged with the course material, peers in the class, and theinstructors. Finally, the PNP approach

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Raman Unnikrishnan; Victor H. Delgado; Hye Sun Moon; Edward Sullivan

surprisingly several remedies also. ECS first-yearretention has improved between 15 and 20% during the past five years. The approaches, analysesand results of the CSUF experience are expected to be useful to all, particularly for institutionswith large populations of first-time college goers or underrepresented minorities.1. BackgroundHigh-Impact Practices are defined as purposeful and effective educational practices whichdeepen student engagement and learning leading to college student success. 39 Through years ofanalyzing student gains Kuh found that students who participate in high-impact educationalpractices have higher student engagement gains than their peers. He recommends that students Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Martha Cervantes, Johns Hopkins University ; Sydney Danielle Floryanzia, University of Washington and Johns Hopkins University; Jackie Sharp; William Roberts Gray-Roncal; Erik C. Johnson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

relative to their peers - reflecting opportunity gaps but notdeficits in capability. To normalize each applicant, students summarize their skills and interestsin an application consisting of demographic information, short answers, and eight 200-500 wordessays. The essays focus on the lived experiences of each student, offering students an opportunityto demonstrate their qualifications for the CIRCUIT program in their (1) potential for leadership 3 Table 1: A summary of the CIRCUIT pillars and benefits to stakeholdersPillar Description Student Benefit Nation BenefitHolistic Student selection Critical enabler for Evidence-driven

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 4: Minoritized Student Experiences

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mei-Yun Lin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Hsinju Chen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Holly M. Golecki, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Leah Espenhahn; Erin Marie Raftery; Alyssa Huang; Mayura Kulkarni

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student Division (STDT)

Technology, only 25% of engineering degrees, includingBachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.D., were awarded to women in US institutions [1]. Theunderrepresentation of women in engineering may be due to a lack of diversity when recruitingstudents, as well as the fact that women have higher attrition rates than their men peers, so-called“the leaky pipeline” [2, 3, 4].Many studies have attempted to understand this high attrition rate of women students inengineering careers. Some suggest that women students have fewer opportunities to develop theirengineering interests or chances to be recognized as engineers compared with their mencounterparts [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. Others note that women students face additional professionaldevaluation and chilly climates in

Conference Session

Faculty Development 1: Social Justice Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Valerie Martin Conley, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Katie Johanson, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Richard Carroll Sinclair, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kinnis Gosha, Morehouse College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Faculty Development Division

Morehouse College. Dr. Gosha’s research interestsinclude conversational agents, social media data analytics, computer science education, broadening par-ticipation in computing and culturally relevant computing. More specifically, Gosha’s passion lies in hisresearch in virtual mentoring where he has several peer-reviewed research publications. Gosha’s Cultur-ally Relevant Computing Lab is comprised of approximately 10 top undergraduate researchers each yearfrom Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University. The lab investigates researchproblems centered on creating innovative computing technologies to solve cultural problems and issues.To date, Dr. Gosha has accrued over $20 million dollars in sponsored research funding and over 60

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farid Farahmand, Sonoma State University; Kirsten M. Ely, Sonoma State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

Development – semester 1, weeks 9-15Customer Discovery Process Learning OutcomesIn-class Peer exercise (week 9) 1. Using Customer Discovery template, create 1. Align idea & design with actual customer survey on problem idea addresses needs 2. Survey peers 3. Compile implications of peer feedback 4. Revise survey per implicationsSurvey 10 potential customers (weeks 10-13) 1. Using Customer Discovery template, survey customers 2. Compile data and implications 3. Revise idea per implicationsStage 3: Prototype Development – semester 2, weeks 1-15Client Validation Process Learning Outcomes 1. Meet with

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Collaboration Between Institutions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jared Ashcroft, Pasadena City College; Jillian L Blatti, Pasadena City College; Marcial Gonzalez, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University; Melanie T. Hacopian, California State University, Long Beach; Danyal Nicole Pereyda Cave; Isabel Bojanini; Esteban Bautista, California State University, Northridge; Veronica I. Jaramillo, Pasadena City College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

research by introducing students to research projects with a broader impact in terms of energy, the environment, and emerging scientific technologies. 3. Provide students with the opportunity to participate in all aspects of a scientific campaign, including research experience (laboratory work, literature review) and communication of scientific data (oral presentations, poster presentations, writing of manuscripts/peer-review process). 2Tier 1: Research methods/skill developmentThe first tier of eCURe involves recruitment and initial preparation of needed STEM skillsthrough CUREs within existing General Chemistry coursework or

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Coleen Carrigan, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Saejin Kwak Tanguay, University of Washington; Joyce Yen, University of Washington; Julie Simmons Ivy, North Carolina State University; Cara Margherio, University of Washington; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Christine S. Grant, North Carolina State University; M. Claire Horner-Devine, University of Washington and Counterspace Consulting

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Kwak Tanguay is a Ph.D. Candidate in Multicultural Education at the University of Washington. Her research examines how educational policy & practice, curriculum, and instruction mediate cross- racial and cross-ethnic peer relations among students, and how these peer relations shape students of color’s educational experiences, trajectories, and access to opportunities.Dr. Joyce Yen, University of Washington Joyce Yen, Ph.D., is the Director of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change at the University of Washington where she focuses on advancing women and underrepresented minority faculty in STEM fields and leading faculty professional development programs. Her diversity and faculty work has received over

Conference Session

WIED: Curricular Undergraduate Student Programs

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen B. Coletti, Northeastern University; Emily Olina Wisniewski; Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University; Melinda Covert, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering during the freshman year is a majorpriority. Successful programs designed to support these students should have potential impact Page 24.323.2beyond just courses in general chemistry for engineers, including developing freshmen skills intime management, studying at the college level, and problem solving necessary for subsequentsuccess in their college studies.Supplemental instruction is a common instructional technique used at many universities to helpfreshman adjust to and succeed in college courses. Supplemental instruction in general consistsof peer tutoring, instructor office hours, review sessions, study groups, and other programs

Conference Session

Best of DEED

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Ronald R Ulseth P. E., Iron Range Engineering

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Design in Engineering Education

, analyzing ideas objectively, discerning feasible solutions, developing strategies for action, and building consensus [21] • Strategies and skills for productive negotiation [22] • Giving and receiving safe and constructive peer feedback [23-25] • Reflection and self-assessment of teamwork [10, 26-27] • Developing shared understanding of expected team interactions (roles/responsibilities, information sources, interaction patterns, communication channels, role interdependencies, and information flow). [28]Davis et al. [9] summarized the many skills and attributes of effective teams into four areas ofperformance. Each area of performance is focused on producing a type of evidence of effectiveteamwork: team

Conference Session

Technological Literacy I

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Robinson; M. Sami Fadali; Ann-Marie Vollstedt; Eric Wang

use predominantly teacher-centered instruction.The typical class format is based on lecture, and supported by the use of transparencies on anoverhead projector. The science content is usually presented by direct instruction with very littleassociated lab work or teacher demonstrations to embellish the lectures. The students aregenerally expected to write down what is on the transparencies as the teacher explains them, andlater use their notes to answer questions on a handout. This type of instruction certainly has aplace in teaching but its value to real understanding of science if used day after day isquestionable. State standards are tested with paper and pencil tests that are predominantlymultiple choice questions and that generally only

Conference Session

Lighting the Fire: REU

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

George F. List; Stacy Eisenman

]. Theoreticalcontributions may be made as part of the experimental research, but the primary focus is onexposing the students to a positive experience and allowing them to apply new knowledge, whilepreparing them for their future. Another program focuses on having students be involved infunded research projects [3]. In this latter case, students work on unanswered questions that arecrucial elements of research investigations currently underway [3]. In several programs, it iscommon for the URP student to have a peer advisor. In some instances, the undergraduate maybe assisting a graduate student on research and the graduate student acts as the advisor [6].The publish materials on assessment and evaluation of URP experiences primarily focus on the

Conference Session

Breaking barriers, building futures: Narratives of equity and inclusion in STEM education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bailey Bond-Trittipo, Florida International University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Jocelyn Garcia; Maria Oralia Tinoco Alegre, Florida International University; Malak Elaouinate, Florida International University; Andrew Green, Florida International University; Andres TREMANTE

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

enactment of liberatory pedagogy is discussed through the perspectives of JEDIalumni.2. Literature ReviewThis section includes a review of literature focused efforts that seek to improve the experiencesof marginalized undergraduate engineering students or support them in creating change in theirlocal university or community context.2.1. Student Support ProgramsPrevious scholarship indicates that interventions offered by diversity engineering programs(DEPs) and minority engineering programs (MEPs) can improve marginalized students’undergraduate experience [1]. In particular, both faculty and peer mentorship programs forhistorically oppressed students have been identified as powerful support mechanisms inundergraduate engineering education [2

Collection

2008 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Qing Li

and motivation,and institutional fit. After examining all these proposed characteristics, the author believes that there haveemerged three broad characteristic categories.2.1. What Characteristics of Engineering Students Have Been Measured?The first category includes characteristics that are shaped by external factors. Example external characteristics inthis category are institutional environment, curriculum requirement, peer or adult influences, average income ofengineers, etc. The common feature of these characteristics is that they are the engineering related properties ofthe community where a student is situated. An individual student is not able to change these characteristicsthrough personal endeavor. Instead, these characteristics will

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

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

Program. Since 2012, the Mentor-Connect initiative has been funded by theNSF ATE Program to help two-year college technician educators and related STEM facultydevelop the grant-writing skills needed to meet NSF expectations and benefit from ATE funding.Over the past decade, 80% of Mentor-Connect participants have successfully submittedproposals. To date, the average funding rate for these proposals is 71%.This paper describes how the Mentor-Connect intervention works and for whom, what outcomeshave resulted for participants who become grantees, and how two-year colleges and technicianeducators can benefit.Funding Program HistoryThe Advanced Technological Education (ATE) funding program at the National ScienceFoundation (NSF) was created in 1992

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology in the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariana Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Matthew West, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Sascha Hilgenfeldt, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Philipp Hieronymi; Nicolas Nytko, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Akshit Deshpande, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Jer-Chin Chuang, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

hosted onCoCalc [18], students were encouraged to only have one or two members actually writing code,one projecting the content to the table monitor, while the entire group discussed how to solve theproblem. This helped prevent groups from simply "splitting" the notebook amongst themselves,defeating the point of a collaborative environment. Of the 14 sessions of this pilot course, 9 werereserved for the collaborative notebooks while the rest were dedicated to a project, where studentswould propose their own application of linear algebra and present it to their peers. Examples offinal projects included image classifiers and stock market predictors. Due to the restrictionsimposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the course moved to a fully online format

Conference Session

Statics Fanatics 1

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian Lani; Charlotte De Vries, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College

engineeringstudents, improve passing rates, and increase retention in their programs. Active learning [2],increased class time [3], recitation [4], project-based learning [5], and peer tutoring [6] are just afew of the methods chosen to enhance traditional lecture-based courses. However, studies forsome of these methods point to mixed results when integrated into the main Statics course [3],[5]. Some show that the results are statistically insignificant when compared to previous lecture-based approaches, and that any improvement can be attributed to factors such as studentattendance, participation, and course satisfaction [5], [7], [8].Additionally, active learning and other innovative pedagogies have barriers which preventinstructors from embracing

Conference Session

Transfer Programs at Two-Year Colleges in Engineering and Engineering Technology

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University

Design & Learning, Florida Atlantic University Ed.S. 1980 Administration and Supervision, Florida Atlantic University M.S. 1970 Biology/Secondary Science, State University College of New York at Buffalo B.A. 1965 Biology, State University College of New York at New Paltz PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2019-Present: Affiliate Faculty: Florida Atlantic University - College of Engineering and Computer Science. Activities include collaborative grant writing, serving as PI or Co-PI on federally funded grants, collaborative projects across departments, supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. serving on college committees. 2018-Present: Director: FAU STEM Collaborative - Florida Atlantic University. Currently

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Session - Virtual and Augmented Reality

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Emily Welsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dan Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A. John Hart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; John Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Manufacturing

grading over the course of two weeks using CrowdLearnbefore submitting a reflection at the end of the activity. The reflection prompt was “Afterparticipating in the discussion forum, write up a short reflection (50 - 500 words) on what youlearned by answering the discussion questions and discussing with your peers. How were yourthoughts and ideas about manufacturing costs solidified, pivoted, and/or developed? How wasyour experience with the AR app?”.4.2 Analysis4.2.1 Codebook Development148 learners wrote reflections. Of this group, 84 learner reflections directly mentioned using theAR app. To perform an analysis of the reflections, we developed a codebook to tag andcategorize reflections through an iterative development process [21]. As each of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Unique Projects and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Sangster P.E., Northeastern University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

drawing out content as a set of linked ideas, effectively visualizing the constructivistperception of knowledge gain. Jigsaw places more responsibility on the students, breaking theclass into groups and assigning one person from each group to become a subject-area expert on asubtopic (such as reading a specific journal article), and subsequently having each group memberteach their peers in the group the piece of the overall puzzle that they mastered. Finally, student-generated exam questions allow students to work through the key concepts learned during a unitthat deserve attention on an exam, anticipating many of the topics they will face while creatingone question that may be on the exam itself. These CATs provide an extensive list of places

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zachary Riggins Del Rosario, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Riya Aggarwal, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Caitlin Anna Coffey, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Arwen Sadler, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Stephanos Matsumoto, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Alison Wood , Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Paul Ruvolo, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; C. Jason Woodard, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

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First-Year Programs

architecture schoolsconduct these events publicly and with peers [4]. Between 1919-1932, the Bauhaus in Germanydeveloped a new form of studio pedagogy: a focus on giving students technical skills throughworkshops and preparing students for these workshops with “foundation courses” [3].While studio pedagogy has been used in fine arts for over a century, elements of the studio havebeen recently advanced as beneficial for engineering education. Wilson and Jennings [5] reportextensive efforts to use studio pedagogy to, among other goals, reduce emphasis on lecture.Other motivations for engineering studio pedagogy range from improving student employability[6], facilitating concept transfer [7], and familiarizing students with the use of experimentationand

Conference Session

International Distance & Service Learning for Engineers- Discussion on Best Practices

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Boschetto-Sandoval, Michigan Technological University; Ciro Sandoval, Michigan Technological University; Linda Phillips, Michigan Technological University

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International

of Spanish statements to provide facultymentors with an overview of the class, and to determine the preliminary linguistic andcultural preparation of each student regarding the project. Students were cautiouslyconfident about their grammar preparation, as well as their comprehension of writtenand technical Spanish. Students expressed strong agreement about the importance ofworking in groups with class peers, “consultants,” and professors in order to accomplishthe project. They recognized that engineering projects have social and ethical impacts,and that sustainability—a slippery term to define, depending on whether one defines itfrom the perspective of the developing or developed regions—is important to all projectsrelated to engineering

Conference Session

Accreditation Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Biney, Prairie View A&M University; Raghava Kommalapati, Prairie View A&M University; Michael Gyamerah, Prairie View A&M University; Annamalai Annamalai, Prairie View A&M University; Pamela Obiomon, Prairie View A&M University; Xiaobo Peng, Prairie View A&M University; Mohan Ketkar, Prairie View A&M University; Nripendra Sarker, Prairie View A&M University; Ravindra Iyengar, Prairie View A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering

(3) CAC Criterion 3 d, “an ability to function effectively on teams to accomplish acommon goal. Five performance criteria were developed for this outcome. The performancecriteria measure students ability to: 1. Plan group meetings and time management and assign team roles (leader, recorder, etc) 2. Distribute project tasks evenly to team members 3. Resolve conflicts professionally within the group (Example will be an assignment to identify potential problems and indicate how they will resolve them) 4. Track progress of team members to ensure project is on schedule (Through submission of progress reports) 5. Share ideas, complete assigned task on time, help others, and be professional to each other (through peer

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research Practices and Community

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

from highest to lowest. The factor loadings for the first factor rangefrom 0.51 to 0.85, the second factor from 0.64 to 0.87, and the third factor from 0.46 to 0.90. Thecoefficients of internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s α) for the three factors ranged from 0.81to 0.88. Table 3 Final factor loadings for the EERSE item structureItem Category F1 F2 F3 General Research Tasks (Cronbach’s α =0.85) 1 Write a peer-reviewed paper for disseminating findings from a research study 0.85 2 Present my research findings to an audience at a conference 0.74 3 Select an appropriate theoretical framework for a research

Conference Session

Mental Health of Graduate Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

often fewer formal opportunities to onboard new graduate students inresearch groups. As a result, students can experience difficulty with a lack of understandingexpectations and responsibilities, lack of communication with their mentors, and lack ofcommunity with their peers. To address these challenges and formalize the development of aculture, a civil engineering research group at a public research-intensive university in thesoutheastern United States participated in a retreat. The retreat took place over five days prior tothe start of the fall 2019 semester at an off campus location. The motivation for the retreat wasgrounded in John P. Kotter’s Leading Change process to create organizational transformationand improve the onboarding

Conference Session

Design Assessment

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer S. Mullin, University of California, Davis; Jean S. VanderGheynst, University of California, Davis

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

technical contexts while making stronger connections to practice 1early in the undergraduate curriculum has been supported through numerous studies (Passow andPassow, 2017).The case for integrating oral and written communication curriculum into existing undergraduateengineering coursework is not a new idea (see ASEE Engineering Enhanced Liberal ArtsProject) with approaches that range from writing across the curriculum, to interdisciplinarycourses and integrated programs (Leydens and Schneider, 2009; Ford and Riley, 2003; Nutman,1987). The teaching of communication skills in ways that will more effectively transfer to futureworkplace expectations to learners is a widely recognized objective among