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Tech Session 3: Emerging Trends in Engineering Education: AI, Clean Energy, and Curriculum Design

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gonzalo Fagalde, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Andres Bello; Elizabeth Ginette Garrido-Ramírez, Centro de Investigación para la Sustentabilidad, Facultad Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello; Sebastián Lira Zúñiga, Andres Bello University, Chile. Center for Sustainability Research.; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Environmental Engineering & Sustainability Division (ENVIRON)

progression, environmentalengineering, data-driven decision-making, higher education.IntroductionEntering higher education is a pivotal stage in students' academic and personal growth.According to Tinto's theory of student integration, academic and social integration are crucial inreducing student attrition [1]. However, this transition often presents significant challenges,including adapting to rigorous academic expectations and managing greater autonomy inlearning. At the same time, universities are responsible for meeting students' expectations bydesigning educational experiences that not only lead to a professional degree but also preparegraduates for an evolving job market. For many students, however, this stage brings difficultiesthat may lead

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Engagement and Participation for Women Engineers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Glenn, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University; Lenna Abouzahr, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

and the Role of Student OrganizationsAbstractThe key factors that motivate young women to pursue engineering careers should be recognizedand integrated across the educational system, from K-12 through graduate-level programs.Focusing on motivating factors highlights a fundamental shift from focusing on the obstacles thatyoung women face to emphasizing the positive influences that foster interest and confidence inchoosing to study engineering and enter engineering career fields. Current research in this areahighlights seven specific factors which are positive influences that can be developed throughinformal learning experiences, such as clubs or enrichment activities. Research shows that youngwomen who choose and stay in engineering [1, 2

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Construction Engineering Division: Curriculum Development

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Namhun Lee, Central Connecticut State University; Thomas SJ Kim, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

experiences in K-16 settings. His primary interests in research are class environments in teaching and performance improvements based on the team work and team alignment in cons ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Strengthening Ethics Education for Construction Engineering and Management StudentsBACKGROUNDThe construction industry stands a cornerstone of the U.S. economy, employing millions andshaping the built environment [1]. Its significance extends beyond economic impact, influencingcommunities and ecosystems [2]. This dynamic sector has witnessed a diversification ofoperations, encompassing design, renovation, maintenance, supply chain management, anddemolition

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STEM Education and Intercultural Competence

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cherish C. Vance, The Ohio State University; Patrick J Sours, The Ohio State University; xinquan Jiang, The Ohio State University

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

beingaccepted, valued, and included within a community, has been widely recognized as a criticalfactor influencing student success, retention, and overall well-being in higher education [1], [2].While previous research has highlighted the importance of orientation workshops, extracurricularactivities, and peer support in enhancing SOB [3], [4] limited studies have explored the role offaculty, particularly those trained in intercultural competency, in cultivating an inclusiveclassroom environment. Intercultural competency is a multifaceted construct involving theability to communicate effectively, demonstrate empathy, and adapt behavior across cultures. Itencompasses key dimensions such as openness, curiosity, empathy, communication, andadaptability

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Focus on the First Year

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brock E. Barry P.E., United States Military Academy; Aaron T Hill Jr. P.E., United States Military Academy; Kevin Taylor Scruggs

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

Engineering from the United States Military Academy and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas, Austin. His research interests include transportation engineering, concrete materials engineering, and sustainable engineering practices. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 A Question of When Students Select the Civil Engineering MajorAbstractOn 15 November 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) became public law,providing $1.2 trillion of new funding for all 17 categories of infrastructure detailed in ASCE’sReport Card for America’s Infrastructure [1]. While the passage of this law was a neededinvestment into our infrastructure's safety and improved

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Engineering Education Methods and Reflections

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi Cao, Virginia Tech; Andrea L. Schuman, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Student Division (STDT)

engineering education. The authors’reflections draw on their personal experience of doing qualitative data analysis and strategies toovercome challenges with qualitative data analysis for internal consistency and validity. Thefindings will not be a specific set of steps for analyzing interview data in engineering educationbut rather detailed reflections on the experience of analyzing qualitative data based on practicaland theoretical challenges. The conclusions may offer mentorship for engineering educationstudents who want to do systematic qualitative research with an engineering educationbackground. 1. Introduction Contemporary engineering challenges demand interdisciplinary solutions that integratetechnical expertise with more social

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Work-in-Progress 5: Academic Support, Retention, and Success Strategies

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lance Crimm, Kennesaw State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

semesterselect a discipline specific 1001L lab course to take within their directly declared major. Wecommenced offering this new 1-hour overview of all engineering majors followed by the 1-hourdiscipline specific lab course in 2024, among many other ideas for seeking to enhance RPGrates. This is a tremendously collaborative undertaking involving countless dedicated anddevoted hours by faculty and staff from all the engineering and engineering technology majors tolaunch. Hopefully, this will also serve to further enhance the awareness of the strengths for bothEngineering Technology degree programs as well as Engineering programs. This paper alsobegins to analyze any early effects of this new approach and curriculum change to our RPGrates, along with the

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NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Community college (CC) students, graduatestudents, and research faculty engaged in team-based research projects. The REU site grant isintended to provide a 10-week summer research experience for 10 CC students each year. REUstudents were paired with faculty and graduate students’ teams. In addition to gaining researchexperience, they received training on teamwork and communication best practices through a suiteof professional development opportunities. Field trips provided students first-hand exposure to theSTEM workforce in action. These efforts are expected to yield two major outcomes: (1) a cohortof CC young researchers, many from underrepresented groups, who have a strong understandingof interdisciplinary team-based research, and (2

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Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Liya Grace Ni, California Baptist University; Larry W. Clement P.E., California Baptist University; Ilyoul Lee, California Baptist University

-unitcourse, spans over sixty-eight class periods of forty-five minutes each, including lectures, labs,and final exam, all delivered within three weeks. This course was taught by the three authors ofthis paper in Fall 2016, Fall 2017, and Summer 2019 respectively. In order to overcome theabove-mentioned challenges, namely inadequate academic readiness, language barrier, lack ofmotivation, and condensed course schedule, the authors developed a learn-by-doing approach toengage students learning and motivate them for the continuing courses in the IoT curriculum.Overview of Course The major teaching objectives of this course are listed below:1. Introduce students to the basic concepts behind the Internet of Things (IoT) including history

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Engineering Management: Supply Chain, Systems Thinking, and Lean Initiatives

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University ; Sara E. Campbell, Mississippi State University; Sawsan Abutabenjeh, Miami University

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Engineering Management

Economic Forum published a report on how workforce dynamics will changeover the next five years, including what skillsets will be most important for employees to have. 1Table 1 below illustrates this change by comparing the current top three skills, identified in a2015 survey, with research-supported predictions for 2020. While complex problem solving willremain a necessary skill, critical or systems thinking and creativity will both become more andmore important in solving complex system problems. As new technologies transform industries,these skills will enable the mental flexibility needed to interact with increasingly complexsystems. Table 1: Top Three Skills for Employees1 In 2015

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Supply Chain and Logistics in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victor Taratukhin, Stanford University; Yulia Yadgarova P.E., Bauman Moscow State Technical University; Anastasia Stelvaga, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology

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Manufacturing

based on the real-time data from the devices(DEVS models simulation representation).This cloud-manufacturing environment is fully functional and will allow to use this examplefor research and education of postgraduate students and industry clients and forunderstanding the important trends in future manufacturing. IntroductionOne of the most ambitious and distinctive international future manufacturing projects is theGerman Government program Industry 4.0 [4]. As a part of its long term strategy, the mostimportant expected project achievement is the development of next generation cyber-physical systems, M2M communications based on real data analysis, cloud basedengineering [1] and manufacturing environments. Despite the positive outcomes of

Conference Session

Research on Diversification, Inclusion, and Empathy I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Catalano, Binghamton University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-effective.1 That which seems lacking in all thepresently described design paradigms is reference to the value system of the designer. Thereseems no place for questioning the designer’s bias or prejudice. Is the designer open-minded?Nor does it seem possible to ask the following question—am I all right with going forward orcan I state that I cannot do this kind of work anymore. Lastly the question of impact on the Earthand all that entails seems vague at best, at least from my perspective.A recent conference on climate change cautioned against overuse of generalizations about tribesbut acknowledged common issues and priorities.2 Two characteristics fundamental to indigenouspeople grow out of their place-based values: their close relationship with

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2019 CIEC

Authors

Nabin Sapkota; Laurie Morrow

by Wicklein, the primary reasons are “inadequateunderstanding by school administrators and counselors concerning technology education,inadequate understanding by the general populace concerning technology education, and lackof consensus of curriculum content for technology education”1. These concerns were ranked #2, # 3, and # 4 in a research finding among technology educators2. Likewise, in a recent surveyamong prospective employers, 30% of 250 respondents did not have any awareness about theengineering technology program and one-third of those who claimed to have awareness aboutthe program could not distinguish the difference between the work performed by the engineersto the work performed by the engineering technologist accurately3. This

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priscilla J Hill, Mississippi State University; Brenda Lee Kirkland, Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University; Yaroslav Koshka, Mississippi State University; Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Tonya W. Stone, Mississippi State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

interesting, to face prioritization of certainfabrication techniques that appear to them more exotic in the context of their prior education.Nanotechnology ModulesA new nanotechnology module was implemented by Dr. Koshka in ECE 4293-01/ 6293-01,Nano-electronics in the spring 2015 semester. This split-level technical elective was populatedby 1 graduate and 8 undergraduate students. The Medici 2D Device Simulator from Synopsiswas used in 2014 to develop templates of simulation scripts for modeling performance of micro-/nano-electronic devices to be covered in this class. In this course, limited-scope simulationassignments were given to the students as an experiment. Such assignments were not present inthe previous offerings of this course. Graduate

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Engineering Alignment with Core Curriculum (Physics)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Camilla Arlina Nix, Drexel University ; Jared Andrew Ruddick, Girard Academic Music Program; Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

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Engineering Physics & Physics, Pre-College Engineering Education Division

groupactivity. Students learned about the various steps of the engineering design process through aguided activity. Students were introduced to the concept of constraints and limitations whenasked to build a tower of a specific height that could hold a certain weight. They utilizedinformation from Physical Science in deciding what type of structure would allow them to havesuccess in their design.Cardboard Roadways Activity: During the unit on Force and Motion, students worked in groupsof 3-5 to design a roadway that would allow a small die cast car to remain in motion for 10seconds and not run over their track by more than 1 foot. Students were first introduced to theactivity following the first few classes on force and motion, then as their knowledge

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College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session II: Curriculum

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Pines, New Mexico State University; Patricia A. Sullivan, New Mexico State University

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College Industry Partnerships

of a business model to support a sustainable fundingmechanism, and some accomplishments.IntroductionAmerica must ensure that our citizens have access to high quality and affordable educational,learning, and training opportunities throughout their lives.1 Today’s students and tomorrow’sgraduates are likely to value access to lifelong learning opportunities more highly than jobsecurity, which will be elusive in any event. They understand that in the turbulent world of aknowledge economy, characterized by outsourcing and offshoring to a global workforce,employees are only one paycheck away from the unemployment line unless they commit tocontinuous learning and re–skilling to adapt to changing work requirements.2One vision of the evolving need

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Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott F. Kiefer, York College of Pennsylvania; Tristan M. Ericson, York College of Pennsylvania; Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; James Moscola, York College of Pennsylvania

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

group of students. These students further developed themechanical, electrical, and computer designs this past summer (2015), combining the bestaspects of the two prototype designs. These students will construct two bike racks (spring 2016)for implementation. We intend to place one bike rack on campus and the other in downtownYork when they are complete.1. IntroductionFrom their inceptions, the York College of Pennsylvania Mechanical, Electrical, and ComputerEngineering Programs have always prided themselves on being “hands-on” engineeringprograms. Lab experiences are used heavily throughout the academic curricula to reinforcelecture material, and all students are required to complete three separate terms of co-opexperience as a graduation

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies: Classroom and Online Innovations

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Edwards, Pennsylvania State University - Erie; Liyong Sun, Pennsylvania State University - Erie

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

understand certain important concepts in the fluid and thermal sciences. Theinitial stage of this development consists of eight exercises that were identified by the authors asdifficult concepts for the mechanical engineering technology students at Penn State Erie - TheBehrend College in thermodynamics, heat transfer and fluid power. Some of these exerciseshave a basis in a previous project by Gerald Recktenwald and Robert Edwards (Engineering ofEveryday Things (EET))1 which had a focus on laboratory exercises. Since these are for use in aclassroom, the existing exercises needed to be scaled back in both size and duration. Others arenew to this project. The overall project is in the early stages. Some of the exercises are welldeveloped with only a

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Assessment Within Engineering Design Graphics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven Nozaki, Ohio State University; Nancy E. Study, Pennsylvania State University, Erie; Heidi M Steinhauer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ronald L. Miller, Colorado School of Mines

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Engineering Design Graphics

Foundataion as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education from January 2007 through August 2009. Prior to her appointment as Associate Dean, Dr. Sorby served as chair of the Engineering Fundamentals Department at Michigan Tech. She received a B.S. in Civil Engineering, an M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, all from Michigan Tech. Dr. Sorby has a well-established research program in spatial visualization and is actively involved in the development of various educational programs.Dr. Mary A. Sadowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette Mary A. Sadowski has been at Purdue since 2003 and until September 1, 2011 served as the Associate Dean for

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Subjects in Renewable Energy and Sustainability in ET

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed H. Elsawy, Tennessee Technological University; Fred Vondra, Tennessee Technological University; Ahmed K Kamal, Tennessee Technological University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

Paper ID #14858Development of Professional Science Master’s Degree Program in Manufac-turing SustainabilityDr. Ahmed H. Elsawy, Tennessee Technological University Dr. Ahmed ElSawy joined Tennessee Technological University (TTU) as a Professor and Chairperson, Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Technology since July 1, 1999. He holds B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis on Materials processing and Manufacturing engineering. Prior joining TTU. Dr. ElSawy held several industrial and academic positions in the USA and abroad. He was a professor and graduate program coordinator at the

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Infusing Engineering with Art (and Vice Versa)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne-marie Nickel, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Jennifer Kelso Farrell, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Alicia Domack, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Mastery of Course OutcomesIntroductionThis paper describes the development and evolution of interdisciplinary, experiential-learningwith carefully crafted reading assignments and an interactive activity that was usedsimultaneously in two different courses surrounding the same theme. The authors undertook thisproject because educational pedagogy suggests that experiential learning and interdisciplinarylearning should results in greater student-learning.1-4 Although the authors describe theirexperience with specific courses at their institution, the idea that experiential learning andcreating connections between classes from different disciplines can improve learning andenhance learning experiences could be employed at other institutions

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 5A: Work-In-Progress: 5 Minute Postcard Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tracy Jane Puccinelli, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Mary E. Fitzpatrick, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gene Paul Masters, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

course style and content. In the United States, retention of underrepresentedminorities including women continues to be significantly lower than non-underrepresented men.[1] Our engineering college continues to have a large gender and ethnicity gap, with just 19.9 %female, 3.5% Latino, 1.8 % African American, 0.8 % American Indian/ Alaskian Native, and 0.2% Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander as of Fall 2014. Our engineering college is concerned aboutthis lack of diversity and we are hoping to make significant improvements in retention of URMsincluding women.History of Introduction to Engineering CoursesOur first introduction to engineering course was introduced in 1986 (Intro 101), and wasessentially a survey course that covered various

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Works in Progress: Learning and Engagement

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alyssa Bellingham, Drexel University; John Kamal, Science Leadership Academy; Jessica S. Ward, Drexel University ; Adam K. Fontecchio, Drexel University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

) fields to meet the demands of an expandingSTEM workforce.1 A large part of this struggle is that a large percentage of the population,including women, African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, are underrepresented inSTEM fields.2,3 Over the past few decades, there has been a steady increase in the representationof women and minorities in STEM fields post-college, but the demographics of these fields hasremained largely unchanged and unbalanced.4,5 This is due in large part to limited supply offemale and minority graduates from STEM fields of study, which arises from the differences inpreparation and educational experiences of these students.6 Many interested in reducing thisdisparity have recommended focusing on increased teaching

Conference Session

It’s All About the Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, NMIMS University

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Engineering Libraries

students spend 19 hours on coursework and 12 hours on self-study per week. 1 Dolton et al. studied the relationship between students’ study time allocation andexamination performance, and found that time spent on lectures is more productive than time spent on self-study. 2 Inglis et al. observed how often students attended live face-to-face lectures, accessed onlinerecorded lectures, and visited a mathematics learning support center during a multivariate calculus course. 3Krause et al. have developed an instrument to understand use of resources for self-study. 4 We have adaptedthat with some modifications for our experiment.We found that undergraduate engineering students from an Indian college prefer going through theirclassroom notes, reading

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zhiping Zhang, Wright State University; Zhiqiang Wu, Wright State University; Bin Wang, Wright State University; Chi-Hao Cheng, Miami University; Deng Cao, Central State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

channels.Through collaboration among the three participating institutions (Wright State University, MiamiUniversity (a mostly undergraduate serving institution), and Central State University (anHBCU)), the developed SDR based general modulation/demodulation platform will be integratedin undergraduate curricula of all three institutions. 1. IntroductionNeed and Motivation: We are living in a world of wireless communication and networking.More than 90% of the US population use wireless services such as cell phones and WiFi everyday [1][2]. Communication and networking has become an integral part of the ElectricalEngineering, Computer Science, and Computer Engineering curricula. Additionally, thisexplosion of wireless technology poses a new promising

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Assessment II: Learning Gains and Conceptual Understanding

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin James Call, Utah State University; Wade H Goodridge, Utah State University; Thayne L Sweeten Ph.D., Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods

charts (Plots A and C in both figures)reflect Anatomy course scores and the bottom bar charts (Plots B and D in both figures) reflectStatics course scores. Data is initially presented with regards to the MCT instruments applicationin a pre- and post-testing format for both classes and then data is presented for the PSVT:R in thesame fashion. Kurtosis and skewness will be discussed as relevant descriptive statistical data foreach bar chart and comparisons can then easily be made between the Anatomy and Statics preand post-performance on both instruments. A typical bell curve centered on the mean has beenprovided to aid visual confirmation of data normality.MCT ResultsBased on the pre-MCT results, the Anatomy course (Fig. 1, Plot A) had kurtosis

Conference Session

Innovative Graduate Programs and Methods, Developing Master's & Ph.D. Programs and Graduate Teaching Assistants

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Saeed D. Foroudastan, Middle Tennessee State University; Karly Anne Danhausen, Middle Tennessee State University; Chelsea Rae Nihill, Middle Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

. It’s not only crucial to comprehend and understandcomplex research, it’s vital to be able to communicate that information to individuals who maynot possess equivalent scientific intelligence.6 The curriculum is structured to give students acompetitive edge in the global market by creating a new breed of scientist that is able to bridgethe gap between science and business. Many students find that searching for a job aftergraduation can be daunting, and they lack the experience necessary for hiring. However, earninga MSPS degree is comparable to having 1-2 years of experience before even entering theworkplace. With 21 hours of core classes and 15 hours of business and managerial classes,students are able to expand upon their science education

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Engineering Cultures and Identity

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdin, Purdue University, West Lafayette ; Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

science teachers’ integration of the engineering design process to improve science learning. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Systematic Review of the Funds of Knowledge Framework in STEM EducationIntroductionFor over two decades, there have been significant and consistent calls to increase the quantity anddiversity of engineering graduates to not only support the workforce demand but also to improveengineering solutions to better reflect the demographics of the U.S. population.1–4 However, thecall to increase the diversity of engineering often has been centered on simply increasing thepercentages of underrepresented groups in engineering. Once these

Conference Session

Pipeline and Performance in BME Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric M. Brey, Illinois Institute of Technology; Megan F. Campanile, Illinois Institute of Technology; Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Biomedical

its complications. Students participating in thesummer program were supported by two different mechanisms: 1) The National ScienceFoundation (NSF) REU program (EEC-1157041, EEC-0852048, and EEC-0552896) whichprimarily supports students from off-campus. 2) Institutional funding that only supportedstudents from within the institution. All students were paired with an engineering faculty member from the host institution.Over the 10 weeks they performed an engineering research project focused on the study ortreatment of diabetes or its complications. In addition to research activities, undergraduates tookpart in ethics training, weekly seminars and a K-12 outreach activity. While the activities werethe same for students in both programs

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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jeffrey S. Russell, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Engineering Management

, interdisciplinary learning in an onlineenvironment to complement a graduate’s Masters-level coursework in engineering or otherprofessional discipline.While online graduate students at UW seek to enhance their professional lives through specificstudy in their discipline, they also recognize the need to be knowledgeable and conversant in abroader set of business and professional skills 5. They are not alone in this pursuit, as numerouscalls from industry and academic circles have been issued for these skill sets in the workforce 1-3.As a primary provider of online graduate engineering degrees at UW, the Department ofEngineering Professional Development recognized this need voiced from the students, faculty,and industry alike.Advanced online engineering