Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Friesen, University of Manitoba

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

receptive to these fundamental views ofconstructivism applied to student learning.However, forms of constructivism also contend that meaning is subjective rather than objective,and that each individual is actively engaged in constructing their own version of reality, termedknowledge4. This aspect of constructivism – aligned with Kuhn’s view of the world as mind-dependent, or our own view of our specific niche – sees knowledge as a self-organized constructthat varies from individual to individual. Subjectivity and multiple realities strike engineers asinappropriate to the professional interests of engineering and are not part of the prevailingworldview of engineering knowledge and scholarship. Engineering science is deeply embeddedin a framework of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet H. Murray, Georgia Tech; Christine Valle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sue Rosser, San Francisco State University; Wendy C. Newstetter, Georgia Institute of Technology; Laurence J. Jacobs, Georgia Institute of Technology; John D. Leonard II, Georgia Institute of Technology; Sneha Veeragoudar Harrell

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees

targetcourse, and John Leonard analyses student data for the College of Engineering; WendyNewstetter and Sneha Veerdagoudar Harrell do research in cognition and learning; andJanet Murray, the project manager, is a professor of digital media. Most of the studentswho have worked on the project, including Calvin Ashmore, the lead programmer andsystem designer, have been drawn from Georgia Tech’s graduate program in DigitalMedia.MaterialsInTEL Toolkit.The InTEL software was developed to support students’ capacity to learn the process ofstatics problem solving and develop more expert like habits of mind (Nasir, XXXX) overthe course of the semester. The problems developed within the toolkit reflect the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology Statics course syllabus

Conference Session

Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Department of Automotive Engineering,; Emilia Bratschitsch, Joanneum Univeristy of Applied Sciences; Adrian Millward-Sadler, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences

Tagged Divisions

International

vehicleengineering program, which aim to provide students with the experience and skills demanded bythe vehicle industry, both global and local.The demands placed on graduates of engineering programs in the workplace are manifold,regardless of where they work. Companies expect graduates to come equipped with engineeringexpertise, problem-solving skills, the ability to work alone and in teams, knowledge of businessand management practices, as well as communication and interpersonal skills, foreign languageproficiency, and some form of international experience. Nowhere is this more prevalent than inthe vehicle sector.With this in mind, a compact engineering curriculum was developed in close cooperation with theautomotive and railway industry in Austria to

Conference Session

Teaching & Learning Dynamics, Vibration, and Mechanics More Broadly

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech; Michelle M Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University; David B Knight, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Scott W Case, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

Paper ID #16581Understanding the Effects of Transferring In Statics Credit on Performancein Future Mechanics CoursesDr. Jacob R Grohs, Virginia Tech Jacob Grohs is an Assistant Professor in Engineering Education at Virginia Tech with Affiliate Faculty status in Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics and the Learning Sciences and Technologies at Virginia Tech. He holds degrees in Engineering Mechanics (BS, MS) and in Educational Psychology (MAEd, PhD).Ms. Michelle M Soledad, Virginia Tech, Ateneo de Davao University Michelle Soledad is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Engineering

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Billyde Brown; Ray Phillips, American Society for Engineering Education; Jennifer Tygret; Taelor Malcolm, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #41669Board 400: The Evolution of the IMPACTS Mentoring Model: Expandingthe Scope to Broaden Success in the Engineering ProfessoriateDr. Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Dr. Sylvia Mendez is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She earned a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Kansas, a MS in Student Affairs in Higher Education from Colorado State University, and a BA in Economics from Washington State University. She is engaged in several National Science Foundation

Conference Session

Communication in Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fatima Rahman, Tufts University; Chelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach; Kristen B. Wendell, Tufts University; Nicole Alexandra Batrouny, Tufts University; Tejaswini S. Dalvi, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #27191Elementary Students Navigating the Demands of Giving Engineering DesignPeer Feedback (Fundamental)Ms. Fatima Rahman, Tufts University STEM Education graduate student at Tufts University. Interests: Pre-college engineering design for under- represented minorities, Community-connected engineering design in pre-college classroomsChelsea Joy Andrews, Tufts University Center for Engineering Education and Outreach Chelsea Andrews is a post-doctoral researcher at Tufts University and University of Massachusetts-Boston in STEM education. She received a B.S. from Texas A&M University in ocean engineering and an S.M

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cristi L. Bell-Huff, Georgia Institute of Technology; Todd M. Fernandez, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kali Lynn Morgan, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joseph M. LeDoux, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Health/Work/Play/Love Dashboard Class 10 Group reflect on GTJ Read DYL Chapter 3 Reflection as an eng. skill Keep Good Time Journal Mind mapping Class 11 Mind map sharing DYL Chapter 4 + 5 Creating an odyssey plan DYL Mind mapping activity Class 12 Intro to portfolio Odyssey plans Portfolio reading Class 13 Ritual design Reflection - What is engineering Start work on your Portfolio Portfolio reading Class 14 Present Odyssey plans Reflection - Compiling your portfolio Life prototyping Submit

Conference Session

Innovative IE Curricula

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saylisse Davila, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Viviana I. Cesani, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Alexandra Medina-Borja, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering

a mentoring role. Most UPRM students completed two terms inthe REU program, one in the summer and the other one either in the spring or fall semester.Students from US-based institutions completed only the summer term in the program, which isstrictly the term of the REU program on which we are focusing in this work. Nonetheless, bothlocal students and students from US-based institutions were sponsored to present their researchprojects at conferences such as the Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference(ISERC), INFORMS Annual Meeting, and Great Minds in STEM. Page 23.890.6 1 - Be currently enrolled in an Industrial

Conference Session

Architectural Engineering Division Technical Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan L. Solnosky, P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Moses Ling, P.E., Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural Engineering Division (ARCHE)

Paper ID #37664The Foggy Mirror Experiment: Pedagogical Approach and Outcome for ABET’sDesign and Conducting Experiments for Architectural EngineeringDr. Ryan L. Solnosky, P.E., Pennsylvania State UniversityProf. Moses Ling, P.E., Pennsylvania State University ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 The Foggy Mirror Experiment: An Active Pedagogical Approach for ABET’s design and conducting experiments within Architectural EngineeringAbstractABET Criterion 3, Student Outcome (6) requires engineering programs to showcase student ability todevelop and conduct appropriate experiment, analyze and interpret data

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Online Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Jacqueline O'Connor, Pennsylvania State University

Paper ID #37110Reflecting while doing: Integrating active learning andmetacognitive activities in a fully online thermodynamicscourseAndrea Gregg (Director of Online Pedagogy) Director of Online Pedagogy and Assistant Teaching ProfessorJacqueline O'connor © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Reflecting while doing: Integrating active learning and metacognitive activities in a fully online thermodynamics course IntroductionIn this paper we

Conference Session

Career Development for Engineering Professionals

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wayne P. Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison; John S. Nelson P.E., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

Paper ID #24104Evolving the Teaching and Practice of Project Management: Lessons Learnedon the Path to Living OrderProf. Wayne P. Pferdehirt, University of Wisconsin, Madison Wayne P. Pferdehirt is the director of the Master of Engineering Management program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wayne also co-teaches the program’s Technical Project Management and Founda- tions of Engineering Leadership courses. Prior to joining UW-Madison, Pferdehirt directed the Midwest solid waste consulting services of an international environmental consulting firm and led energy conser- vation research projects for Argonne National

Conference Session

Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #14736”Turning away” from the Struggling Individual Student: An Account of theCultural Construction of Engineering Ability in an Undergraduate Program-ming ClassMr. Stephen Douglas Secules, University of Maryland, College Park Stephen is an Education PhD student at UMD, researching engineering education. He has a prior academic and professional background in engineering, having worked professionally as an acoustical engineer. He has taught introduction to engineering design in the Keystone Department at the UMD A. James Clark Engineering School. Stephen’s research interests include equity, culture, and the

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Robin Sacks, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

management.   4  Leadership SkillsOur thinking about leadership skills follows the work of two teams of engineering leadershipresearchers. John Farr and his colleagues were the first to identify leadership qualities relevant toengineers. These include: big thinker, ethical and courageous, masters of change, risk taker,mission that matters, decision-maker, uses power wisely, team builder and good communicator35, 36 . While this list of competencies was developed with an audience of engineers in mind,Simon Pitts and his colleagues took their list a step further by generating it in collaboration withprofessional engineers working in industry. Pitts et al

Conference Session

Women in Engineering: Faculty/Curriculum

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Kim Covington; Jeff Froyd

, Page 9.297.1 or making and implementing difficult decisions. A key part of transformation is Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education changing mind-sets, which, in turn, alters behaviors, appreciations, commitments, and priorities …people develop new beliefs and interpretations and adopt new ways of thinking and perceiving that help create the foundation of significant change. Transformation is about making new sense. Without exploring what the changes mean for the institution and capturing the minds and hearts of faculty, staff, students and trustees, institutional

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Paper Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Glenn Ellis; Susannah Howe; Donna Riley

Session 2540 “TO MOVE PEOPLE FROM APATHY”: A MULTI-PERSPECTIVE APPROACH TO ETHICS ACROSS THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM Donna Riley, Glenn Ellis, and Susannah Howe Picker Engineering Program, Smith CollegeAbstractHumanist Algernon Black wrote that the unifying goal of ethics is “to move people from apathy,from an acceptance of the evils in life, to face the possibilities of the world….” To this end,faculty in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College are teaching ethics across thecurriculum, employing a range of pedagogical tools that are learner-centered, grounded in

Conference Session

International Engineering Education I

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Waddah Akili

Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2003, American Society for Engineering Educationknowledge and adopt a more positive stance. Learning takes place in the minds of students andnowhere else. The effectiveness of teachers lies in what they can induce students to do. To start atransformation process, teachers need to be aware and concerned! They eventually have to doaway with the “traditional and mundane” procedures and start dreaming up experiences forstudents: things that they want students to do and activities that will help students learn andacquire information and skills.In the west, a paradigm shift is taking place in the academy, where the focus is moving away fromteachers and traditional teaching towards students and

Conference Session

Architechtural Engineering Eduction: Emergent Topics

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Craig Greene, College of the North Atlantic; Modibo Boubacar Traore, Purdue University, School of Engineering and Technology; Wanda L. Worley, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tarawut Boonlua, Mahasarakham University

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

AC 2011-875: LESSONS MISSED: WHERE IS THE LEARNING ABOUTTEACHING IN STUDY ABROAD?David Jan Cowan, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis Dr. Cowan is the Director of and an Associate Professor in the Architectural Technology Program within the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He teaches courses in residential and commercial construction, facilities management, building systems and interior design. His research interests lie in the areas of disaster reconstruction, BIM (Build- ing Information Modeling), visualization, sustainable community and construction practices, international service learning and energy simulation. He is a

Conference Session

Ethics & HSS in Engineering

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lee Harper

engineering are involved in the ComprehensiveEverglades Restoration Project (CERP); the science in one piece or sub-project may be narrow,but because this is a systems problem, with each decision and action affecting the whole, theapplication is very broad. Systems engineering is technology-intensive, and it may be useful tobear in mind that the technology needed to repair the damage to the Kissimmee and Evergladesecosystems is more advanced and sophisticated, by an order of magnitude (at least in a rhetoricalsense), than that which caused it. The restoration projects, in other words, could not have beenundertaken successfully in an earlier period. For example, advanced technology has enabledhighly detailed computer simulation and modeling. Two

Conference Session

Engineering, Ethics, and Community Engagement

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emma Sophie Stine, University of Colorado Boulder; Amy Javernick-Will, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

the need for more scholarship that highlights students' capacity to‬ ‭dismantle structures of oppression.‬‭ iterature Review‬L‭Humanitarian Engineering Education‬ ‭Humanitarian Engineering (HE) educational programs are growing exponentially globally, from‬ ‭less than two accredited programs in 2000 to over 67 in 2020‬‭[6]‬‭. Students entering these‬ ‭programs tend to be socially minded and have a higher population of historically‬ ‭underrepresented minority groups compared to the larger engineering field‬‭[7], [8]‬‭. These‬ ‭cohorts are enrolling with a passion for addressing modern-day engineering initiatives such as‬ ‭the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the National Academy of Engineering’s‬ ‭Grand

Conference Session

Virtues in Engineering Ethics Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergio Guillen Grillo, University of Virginia; Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

anembedded model, engineering programs can curate courses that directly prepare students forengineering professional skills. As Downey explains, “The bottom line: the contemporarychallenge to produce global engineers is not about how to cram more skills into the minds andbodies of engineers in the same amount of time. It is to make engineers better problem definersand problem solvers by integrating into engineering routines questions about what engineers arefor and what engineering is for in the first place” [2]. Implementing a Problem Definition andSolution model helps to negotiate fundamental engineering professional skills, namelycollaborating with experts and non-experts, as well as accounting for alternative outcomes forvarying stakeholders [5

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Riley, Oregon Institute of Technology; Dave Kim, Washington State University-Vancouver; Ken Lulay, University of Portland; John Lynch, Washington State University

be very concise, simple, and easy-to-use aids for helping engineeringstudents improve their engineering laboratory report writing skills, specifically preparing andpresenting the results of engineering experiments. The collection of modules was designed andstructured with scaffolding in mind. Early concepts in writing lab reports are covered in thefundamental section for students new to lab report writing. More experienced students might skipthese sections and be directed to topics in the intermediate or advanced sections. Module contentcould be used for just-in-time instruction when student questions or early performance indicatesthe need, or a module could be incorporated as a whole lesson with progressive instruction in labreport conduct

Conference Session

Assessment in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Liberatore, The University of Toledo; Kayla Chapman

Paper ID #36566Can I have More Problems to Practice? Part 2. StudentSuccess Related to Auto-graded, End-of-chapter YouTubeProblems in a Material and Energy Balances CourseMatthew Liberatore Matthew W. Liberatore is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Toledo. He earned a B.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in chemical engineering. From 2005 to 2015, he served on the faculty at the Colorado School of Mines. In 2018, he served as an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Assorted Topics

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raghu Echempati, Kettering University

Paper ID #36700Multi-Material Optimization of a Simplified Railcar TruckStandRaghu Echempati (Professor) Raghu Echempati is a senior professor of Mechanical Engineering at Kettering University, Flint, MI with expertise in Mechanisms Design, Applied FEA, Mechanical Engineering Design, Metal Forming Simulation and Automotive Lightweighting and Joining Technologies. He has over 3 decades of academic teaching, industrial consulting and applied research in the areas of expertise mentioned earlier. He worked as a faculty intern at Bosch, General Motors and GEMA (Chrysler Div). He established several study abroad

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Student Growth

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andre Montes; Sofia Arevalo; Grace O'Connell, University of California, Berkeley

Paper ID #37513Research seminar designed for undergraduate studentsbuilds confidence and access to research opportunitiesAndre Montes Andre Montes is a Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Berkeley, California where he uses computational methods to study cell biomechanics and mechanobiology. As a Ford Predoctoral Fellow, he practices his passion for teaching and undergraduate research by leading campus diversity efforts. He holds BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering.Sofia Ester Arevalo Sofia is a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley. She is an NSF fellow and an incoming post-doctoral fellow

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: Online Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eleazar Marquez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Samuel Garcia, NASA EPDC

Experimental Psychology: Applied, 11(4), 256-265.[26] Mills, J., Treagust, D. Engineering Education, Is Problem-based or Project-based Learningthe Answer. Aust J Eng Educ. Jan. 1, 2003.[27] Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.[28] Walberg, H.J & Anderson, GJ 1968, 'Classroom climate and individual learning', Journal ofEducational Psychology, vol. 59, pp. 414 -419.[29] Walberg, HJ, 1976, 'Psychology of learning environments: Behavioral, structural, orperceptual?', Review of Research in Education, vol. 4, pp. 142-178.[30] Walberg, H.J 1991, 'Classroom psychological environment', in K Marjoribanks (Ed.), Thefoundations of students' learning (pp. 255-263

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering: DEI, Flipped Classrooms

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frederic-charles Krynen, Stanford University; Shima Salehi, Stanford University; Carl Wieman

Paper ID #37688Enhancing effectiveness and inclusivity of introductory MEcourses: A cognitive psychology approachFrederic-charles Krynen Fred Krynen is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Under the guidance of Professor Carl Wieman and Professor Shima Salehi, his research focuses on teaching methods as they apply to introductory university- level mechanical design courses. He is focused on measuring these methods’ impact on performance, retention and on the students’ sense of belonging in the physical space they occupy while learning, and in the field of engineering. Previously

Conference Session

Developing New Engineering Educators

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; Erin McCave, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

Paper ID #18957Best Practices for Developing a Virtual Peer Mentoring CommunityDr. Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee Courtney is a Research Assistant Professor and Lecturer in the College of Engineering Honors Program at the University of Tennessee. She completed her Ph.D. in Engineering & Science Education at Clemson University. Prior to her Ph.D. work, she received her B.S. in Bioengineering at Clemson University and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. Courtney’s research interests include epistemic cognition in the context of problem solving, researcher identity, and mixed

Conference Session

CAD Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

Paper ID #14610Investigating and Comparing Two Different CAD Methodologies to CreateTop-down AssembliesDr. Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University Ibrahim Zaid is a professor of mechanical, industrial, and manufacturing engineering at Northeastern Uni- versity. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Akron. Zeid has an international background. He received his B.S. (with highest honor) and M.S. from Cairo University in Egypt. He has received var- ious honors and awards both in Egypt and the United States. He is the recipient of both the Northeastern Excellence in Teaching Award and the SAE Ralph R. Teetor

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Engineering Physics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Bougie, American University; Philip Johnson, American University; Nathan Harshman, American University; Teresa Larkin, American University; Michael Black, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2007-2555: REDESIGNING A MAJOR: A CASE STUDY OF A CHANGINGCURRICULUMJonathan Bougie, American UniversityPhilip Johnson, American UniversityNathan Harshman, American UniversityTeresa Larkin, American UniversityMichael Black, American University Page 12.1232.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Redesigning a Major: A Case Study of a Changing CurriculumAbstractThis paper presents a case study of a significant change and reorientation in the curriculum andcourse progression of a physics program at a national university. Faculty designed this newcurriculum based on comparative research of 22 undergraduate programs in physics. Data fromthis study includes

Conference Session

Engineering in the Elementary School

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Parry, North Carolina State University; Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth Miars, Rachel Freeman Elementary School; Lizette Day, Rachel Freeman Elementary School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

change the physical setting to make it clear from the entrance that the school was aboutengineering and success. The school’s new name and motto were already chosen by administration:The Rachel Freeman Elementary School of Engineering: Gearing Young Minds for the Future. First,the staff decided to install display cases and shelving in the lobby to highlight student generatedengineering projects for visitors. Another decision was to install real street signs to name eachhallway and central area (such as the cafeteria and media center) relevant engineering and problemsolving phrases. Some examples are Problem Solving Place and Creativity Circle. Next, the entiregroup participated in the development of a school vision statement that would be