Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilie Hein, Skyline College; Rick Hough, Skyline College

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #46602BOARD # 380: Innovative and Meaningful Mentoring to Enhance Retention,Success, and Engagement in STEM, an NSF S-STEM projectDr. Emilie Hein, Skyline College Emilie Hein is a professor of Physics at Skyline College at Skyline College in San Bruno, California. She completed her undergraduate education in France and received her PhD in Physics from the University of California, Irvine. She is a member of the nEXO collaboration, PI for the IMMERSE in STEM program (NSF S-STEM), as well as co-director of the MESA program at Skyline College.Rick Hough, Skyline College Rick Hough is a professor of Mathematics at

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia; John M Mativo, University of Georgia; Kimberlee Ann Swisher

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #45754BOARD # 394: Middle School Teachers Professional Development for AIinstruction through ImageSTEAM Summer WorkshopsDr. Ramana Pidaparti, University of Georgia Ramana Pidaparti, is currently a Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia. Dr. Pidaparti received his Ph.D. degree in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Purdue University, West Lafayette in 1989.Dr. John M Mativo, University of Georgia Dr. John Mativo is Professor at the University of Georgia. His research interest lies in two fields. The first is research focusing on best and effective ways to teaching and learning in

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 3: Integration of Math, Computing, and AI in First-Year Courses

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan L. Amato-Henderson, Michigan Technological University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan Technological University; Leo C. Ureel II, Michigan Technological University; James Bittner, Michigan Technological University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

of Cognitive and Learning Sciences (CLS). Prior to his tenure at MTU, Dr. Sticklen held the positions of Director of the Applied Engineering Sciences BSc major at Michigan State University and Director of the Center for Educational Research in the College of Engineering. During his tenure at MTU, Dr. Sticklen served as the Chair of the EF Department from 2014 to 2020, during which time he spearheaded a successful initiative to revamp the first-year engineering curriculum. Since 2020, Dr. Sticklen has dedicated his research efforts to student engagement from a Discipline-Based Educational Research (DBER) perspective. He has been an AI researcher and educator since 1983, transitioning to a DBER role in 2005. Dr

Conference Session

Incorporating Technology in the Classroom

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guenter Bischof, Joanneum; Christian Steinmann; Thomas Kainz; Eric Menard; Robert Poetsch; Maximilian Sterkl; Christoph Tröster

Paper ID #36607Bringing differential equations to life by two- and three-dimensional visualizations of numerically simulated dynamicsystemsGuenter Bischof (Associate Professor) Günter Bischof holds a doctorate in physics and is currently an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum in Graz.Thomas Kainz Thomas Kainz is an undergraduate automotive engineering student at the University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum in Graz, Austria. Previously he finished the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at the Graz-International- Bilingual-School (GIBS) in Graz

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Energy Conversion and Conservation Technical Session 5: Strategies for Increasing Classroom Engagement

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Walz, Madison Area Technical College; Kevin Cooper, Indian River State College; Benjamin Reid; Christopher Baechle, Indian River State College; Christopher Akelian, Cuesta College; Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Paper ID #36683Supervisory Controls and Data Acquisition InstructionalMaterials and Resources for Energy Education ProgramsKenneth Walz Dr. Walz has been a faculty member at Madison Area Technical College since 2003, teaching science, engineering, and renewable energy technology. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in Environmental Chemistry and Technology, while conducting electrochemical research on lithium-ion batteries with Argonne National Laboratory and Rayovac. Dr. Walz is an alumnus of the Department of Energy Academies Creating Teacher Scientists Program at the National Renewable

Conference Session

Design Projects in Mechanical Engineering I

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tony Jones, United States Army; Daisie Boettner, United States Military Academy; Joel Dillon, United States Military Academy; Stephanie Ivey; Anna Lambert, University of Memphis; Brian Novoselich, United States Military Academy; Stephen Suhr, United States Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

engineering educators, we seek to promote types of effective and satisfactory teamexperiences that will be required in professional practice. This project expands findings from aprevious case study examining the perceptions of individual team members working withinteams to determine each team’s processes of communication, problem solving, and leadershipstrategies used in Capstone Design projects. Our objectives in this study are to identify andcategorize this perceptual data at both individual and team levels in order to identify anyconsistent factors or characteristics that may contribute to each group member’s perception of ashared experience.Findings from a previous case study involving one team of Capstone Design studentsconsistently indicated

Conference Session

Exploring the Entrepreneurial and Innovation Mindset

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, University of Kentucky; Suzann Girtz, Gonzaga University; Stephen E. Silliman, Gonzaga University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

sciences studying geospatial imaging, and an M.S. in physics studying high-pressure, high-temperature FT-IR spectroscopy in heavy water, both from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He holds a B.S.E. in engineering physics with a concentration in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University. His academic interests include longitudinal analysis, visualization, ethnography, team formation, gender issues, existential phenomenology, and lagomorph physiology.Prof. Suzann Girtz, Gonzaga University Suzann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education in Gonzaga University’s School of Education. A former math and science teacher, she now teaches preservice educators and conducts research

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session - Development Opportunities for Diverse Engineering Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Morgan Irvin, Washington University in St. Louis; Elizabeth Hiteshue, University of Pennsylvania; Mary Yvonne Lanzerotti, Air Force Institute of Technology; Michael Geselowitz, Stevens Institute of Technology

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering, Women in Engineering

Paper ID #14771Oral History Project of Underrepresented Leaders in Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)Ms. Kelsey Morgan Irvin, Washington University in St. Louis Kelsey Irvin is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis double majoring in the Cognitive Neuro- science track of Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology and Psychology and hopes to pursue a career in clinical psychology. She is currently working on her honors thesis, which involves using neural measures to research reward processing in preschoolers with depression.Miss Elizabeth Hiteshue, University of Pennsylvania Elizabeth Hiteshue

Conference Session

Works in Progress: Faculty Perspectives and Training

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines; Stephanie Ann Claussen, Colorado School of Mines; Renee Falconer, Colorado School of Mines; Allison G. Caster, Colorado School of Mines

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #15298Insights into Systemically Transforming Teaching and LearningDr. Sam Spiegel, Colorado School of Mines Dr. Spiegel is the Director of the Trefny Innovative Instruction Center at the Colorado School of Mines. He previously served as Chair of the Disciplinary Literacy in Science Team at the Institute for Learning (IFL) and Associate Director of Outreach and Development for the Swanson School of Engineering’s Engineering Education Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the University of Pittsburgh, he was a science educator at Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). Dr

Conference Session

Assessment of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Hüseyin Sarper, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo

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Community Engagement Division

Paper ID #7429Community Outreach and Engagement through SustainabilityDr. Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University-Pueblo Jane M. Fraser is chair of the Department of Engineering at Colorado State University, Pueblo. She was formerly on the faculty at the Ohio State University and Purdue University. She has a B.A. in Mathematics from Swarthmore College and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of California, Berkeley.Dr. Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, PuebloDr. Jude L. DePalma, Colorado State University, PuebloDr. Nebojsa I Jaksic P.E., Colorado State

Conference Session

DELOS Best Paper Nominations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Satterfield, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Susan Heller-Zeisler, National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

SchoolScience Teachers, a collaboration between NIST and local school districts, is a two-weekworkshop designed to support middle school science teachers through a combination of hands-onactivities, lectures, tours, and visits with scientists and engineers in their laboratories.Throughout the workshop teachers are provided with in-depth material on topics in the middleschool curriculum taught by NIST scientists and also provided resources and instructional toolsto teach that material in the classroom.The NIST Summer Institute is designed to increase the teachers’ understanding of the subjectsthey teach, provide materials and resources to implement what they have learned at NIST in theclassroom, rekindle their enthusiasm for science, and provide a

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 5: Self- Efficacy

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sierra Lynn Repp, University of Portland; Sean Lyle Gestson, University of Portland; Jacob P. Kimball, University of Portland

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Student Division (STDT)

Paper ID #43308Engineering Ideation Method Efficacy StudySierra Lynn Repp, University of Portland Sierra Repp is a senior mechanical engineering undergraduate student from the University of Portland Honors Program. She has hosted several different design and ideation workshops, including three at the University of Portland Pilot Space (a maker space with a variety of tools for students to use for their personal or school projects) and one at the 2023 Western Regional Honors Conference in Missoula, Montana. At University of Portland, Sierra is also the secretary and STEM-outreach coordinator for the Robotics Team and is

Collection

ASEE-NE 2022

Authors

Stephanie DeCarvalho, University of Massachusetts- Dartmouth; Jun Li, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Sarah D Dulac, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Paper ID #35879Finite Element Analysis of 3D-Printed Implants in Knee ReplacementsStephanie DeCarvalho, University of Massachusetts- DartmouthProf. Jun Li, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dr. Jun Li is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dart- mouth. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign in 2012, where he also earned M.S. degrees in Mathematics and in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. After that, he worked as a postdoctoral scholar in Aerospace at California Institute of Tech- nology and then as a quality

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ramakrishnan Sundaram, Gannon University; Benjamin Lubina, Gannon University

Paper ID #36672Work-in-Progress: Introductory Reinforcement Learning forStudent Education and Curriculum Development ThroughEngaging MediumsRamakrishnan Sundaram (Professor)Benjamin Lubina © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Work-in-Progress: Introductory Reinforcement Learning for Student Education and Curriculum Development Through Engaging EnvironmentsIntroduction This paper describes the setup of a reinforcement learning project intended to supportstudent research and curriculum development within the rapidly emerging fields of

Conference Session

Social Identities and STEM Experiences: Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Peters, University of San Diego; Susan Lord, University of San Diego

Paper ID #38027 ʻHo okele: Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander EngineeringStudents Navigating the New Troubled Waters of Identity andMeaningAustin Peters Austin Morgan Kainoa Peters is a current B.S./B.A. Integrated Engineering student at the University of San Diego's ʻ Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering graduating Spring '22. Peters was born and raised in Wailuku, Maui, Hawai i, and plans to attend Purdue University's PhD program in Engineering Education beginning Fall '23.Susan M Lord (Professor

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deana Delp; Maria Dixon, Arizona State University

Paper ID #37147Program to Assist Engineering Students with AutismSpectrum Disorder through Interdisciplinary PeerMentorship (Experience)Deana Delp Deana Delp is a lecturer at Arizona State University in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and co-founder of the EASE program. She has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering with an emphasis in systems and control from ASU. After receiving her degree, she worked in industry for over a decade as a research and development product engineer. Some of her research topics included developing intelligent processing algorithms for large datasets based on multidimensional

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shasta Ihorn, San Francisco State University; Anagha Kulkarni, San Francisco State University; Michael Savvides, San Francisco State University; Ilmi Yoon

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

aMichael Savvides, San Francisco State UniversityProf. Ilmi Yoon Professor Ilmi Yoon, Professor of Computer Science at San Francisco State University (SFSU), is an expert in gamification and game development, particularly in interactive media, 3D over the Internet, and network information visualization. She has collabo ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Expanding and sustaining education programs beyond the initial NSF support periodSustainability and scaling of grant-funded education initiatives is a persistent challenge forinvestigators.3 The ability of any NSF-funded program to have a significant, long-term impact,however, is contingent upon its capacity

Conference Session

Power Engineering & Curriculum Innovations

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Courtney S Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Paras Mandal, University of Texas at El Paso; Sukumar Kamalasadan

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #39414Power Engineering Curriculum Update with Situative Pedagogy and ConceptMaps as Evaluation ToolDr. Valentina Cecchi, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Valentina Cecchi is an Associate Professor and the Graduate Program Director in the Electrical and Com- puter Engineering Department at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. She received her PhD in electrical engineering from Drexel University in 2010.Dr. Courtney S Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Courtney S. Smith,PhD is a Teaching Assistant Professor at UNC Charlotte. Her research interests span the mentoring experiences of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karin Jensen, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Julie Martin, The Ohio State University; Chiebuka Egwuonwu, The Ohio State University; Isabel Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Paper ID #38247Virtual Communities of Practice: Social Capital’s Influenceon Faculty DevelopmentChiebuka EgwuonwuIsabel MillerKarin Jensen Karin Jensen, Ph.D. is a Teaching Associate Professor in bioengineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include student mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. She was awarded a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her research on undergraduate mental health in engineering programs. Before joining UIUC she completed a post

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cathy P. Lachapelle, STEM Education Insights; Elizabeth Parry, STEM Education Insights

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Paper ID #39888Board 170: PADS – The Performance Assessment of Design Skills (Work inProgress)Dr. Cathy P. Lachapelle, STEM Education Insights Cathy is particularly interested in how collaborative interaction and scaffolded experiences with disci- plinary practices help children learn science, math, and engineering. Her work on STEM education research projects includes design, evaluation, and efficacy research. She also teaches the engineering of design for learning (Learning Engineering!) at Boston College.Ms. Elizabeth Parry, STEM Education Insights Elizabeth (Liz) Parry is a partner in STEM Education Insights, a woman

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jameka Wiggins, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Jamie R. Gurganus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Paper ID #34661WIP: Assessing Engineering State of Mind of First-Year UndergraduateAfrican American/Black Students in Scholar ProgramsJameka Wiggins, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Jameka Wiggins is an undergraduate senior Chemical Engineering major and Entrepreneurship minor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). She is a member of the Center for Women in Technology and Ronald E. McNair Scholar Programs, as well as a Senator for UMBC’s Chapter of The National Society of Black Engineers. Her research fields include the use additive manufacturing to create biomass containment devices and the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 18

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alyssa Marie Eggersgluss, Playful Learning Lab; Annmarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas; Deborah Besser P.E., University of St. Thomas; Rachel Farah, University of St. Thomas; Cullen Charles Kittams, Playful Learning Lab; Emma Michelle Monson, University of St. Thomas; Krista Schumacher, University of St. Thomas; Jeff Jalkio, University of St. Thomas

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Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #30679Code + Chords: Targeting Self-Efficacy in Music Technology (WIP)Alyssa Marie Eggersgluss, Playful Learning Lab Alyssa Eggersgluss is a K-12 Vocal Music Education Major from the University of St. Thomas. Passionate about interdisciplinary learning, she works as a part of Dr. AnnMarie Thomas’ Playful Learning Lab to create learning opportunities for students. She is currently focused on exploring different ways to engage students with sound.Dr. AnnMarie Thomas, University of St. Thomas AnnMarie Thomas is a professor in the School of Engineering and the Opus Colluege of Business at the University of St

Collection

2013 North Midwest Section Meeting

Authors

Han-Way Huang; Nannan He

ASEE-NMWSC2013-0040 Experience of Teaching Embedded System Design using FPGAs Department of Electrical, Computer Engineering and Technology Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN 56001 Han-Way Huang, han-way.huang@mnsu.edu Nannan He, nannan.he@mnsu.eduAbstractAn embedded system is a product using one or more computers as its controller. Traditionally,the controller of an embedded system is an off-the-shelf microcontroller from microcontrollervendors. However, an off-the-shelf microcontroller may not provide the required peripheralfunctions or cannot achieve the desired

Collection

2021 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Sharan Kalwani, IEEE; Subramaniam Ganesan, Oakland University

Paper ID #35038Introducing Open Source Hardware in Computer Engineering coursesMr. Sharan Kalwani, IEEE Sharan Kalwani is an HPC architect well versed in using deploying & managing simulation applications in several industries: automotive, design engineering, IT, bioinformatics, industrial & university research, academic computing, machine learning and the data sciences.Dr. Subramaniam Ganesan, Oakland University Dr. Subramaniam Ganesan, is a Professor in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309, USA. He has over 30 years of teaching and research experi

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Work in Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University; Abigail Clark, Ohio State University; Jane Petrie, Ohio State University ; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #25561Work in Progress: Initial Interviews to Understand the Formation of Engi-neering Communities of Practice and Identity during the First YearMiss Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University Soundouss Sassi is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Mississippi State University. Her advisor is Dr. Jean Mohammadi Aragh. In 2016 she earned a Master in Aerospace Engineering from the same university. Prior to that, she earned a Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering from the International University of Rabat (UIR)Abigail Clark, Ohio State University Abigail Clark is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; J. Darrell Gibson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2007-2366: CAPSTONE DESIGN PROJECTS WITH INDUSTRY: USINGRUBRICS TO ASSESS STUDENT DESIGN REPORTSPatricia Brackin, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology M. PATRICIA BRACKIN is an Associate Professor of M.E. at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology where she teaches a variety of design courses, and graphics. Her BS and MS are from the University of Tennessee in Nuclear Engineering and her Ph.D. is from Georgia Institute of Technology in ME. She has also been an Associate Professor at Christian Brothers University. Her industrial experience includes Oak Ridge National Laboratories and Chicago Bridge and Iron. She is a registered PE.J. Darrell Gibson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Conference Session

Software Engineering Topics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Mark Hornick, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

AC 2007-1432: TOOL SUPPORT FOR SOFTWARE PROCESS DATAMANAGEMENT IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND INDUSTRYTRAININGMark Sebern, Milwaukee School of Engineering MARK J. SEBERN is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), and was the founding program director for MSOE's undergraduate software engineering program. He has served as an ABET program evaluator for software engineering and computer engineering.Mark Hornick, Milwaukee School of Engineering MARK L. HORNICK has been an Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) since 2004

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experiences

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Marina Miletic, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-1667: THE FUTURE ROLE OF THE ASEE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ASEE STUDENT CHAPTERSElizabeth Van Ruitenbeek, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Elizabeth Van Ruitenbeek is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She joined ASEE as an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Austin.Marina Miletic, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign Marina Miletic has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. While there, she was Treasurer for the U of M ASEE student chapter for three years and helped organize numerous events. She has been a lecturer at the

Conference Session

Recruiting, Retention and Diversity in Engineering Technology

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca Blust, University of Dayton; Mark Patterson, University of Dayton

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Engineering Technology

the performance of the students in technical courses and thechallenges they face during the transition from Asian schools to those in the US. The data collectedconsists of surveys, interviews, discussions, and observations in addition to previous research.During the course of this study, several classes were monitored, surveys were taken several times,and a form of Midterm evaluation was performed. There were 12 Chinese students surveyed (eightfemales and four males), in several courses including Senior Seminar, Advanced Digital,Automotive Technology, Networking, Instrumentation, and Project Management. The technicalcomponents in each class are different. The experiences are largely dependent upon the student’sacademic skills. Previous

Conference Session

Mentoring

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Beth Holloway, Purdue University

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Women in Engineering

AC 2008-1240: RETENTION PROGRAMMING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: ANINNOVATIVE GROUP MENTORING COMPONENTSuzanne Zurn-Birkhimer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Dr. Zurn-Birkhimer, Associate Director of the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue University, received a BS in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota, and an MS and PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from Purdue. Prior to joining WIEP, she was an Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences at St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, IN and Assistant Department Head of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Purdue. Her research focuses on developing programs to enhance the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups to the STEM disciplines.Beth