Conference Session

MECH - Technical Session 9: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Topics

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Mok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cong Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Benita Comeau, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Emily Welsh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nicholas Xuanlai Fang, University of Hong Kong; John Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

Paper ID #42145An Educational Simulation for Understanding Atomic Force Microscopy ImageArtifactsDr. Rachel Mok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rachel Mok is an instructor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, specializing in the theory and simulation of bacterial dynamics. As a graduate student, she was a teaching assistant for 2.005, an undergraduate course on thermal-fluid engineering, for many semesters. Through this experience, she realized her passion for teaching. She currently develops online courses and education tools that

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Addressing the NGSS, Part 3 of 3: Supporting High School Science Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering-Science Connections

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona; Beau R. Vezino, University of Arizona; James C. Baygents, University of Arizona; Jeffrey B. Goldberg, University of Arizona

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Paper ID #9622ENGR 102 for High School: An Introduction to Engineering, AP type coursetaught in high schools by high school teachersMs. J. Jill Rogers, University of Arizona J. Jill Rogers is the program coordinator for ENGR 102 HS at the University of Arizona. ENGR 102 HS is an AP type, college level, introductory engineering course offered to high school students. Over the years Jill has developed K-12 science summer camps, conducted K-12 educational research, developed engineering curriculum for formal and informal education venues, and developed robotics outreach pro- grams for children’s museums and K-12 schools

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International Aspects of Civil Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Lambert, Arup; Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Craig Baltimore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Civil Engineering

and structural engineerscompeting together in the AISC competition2 and architects from Iowa State and ARCE studentsfrom Cal Poly collaborating on the design of a building3. Two advanced electives in the collegecomprise excellent interdisciplinary experiences. ARCE x410 Building Cladding, is an electivecourse team taught by members of the ARCE, CM and ARCH departments where REVIT is thesoftware platform4. CM 431, Integrated Project Delivery which is offered every quarter andalready has an enrollment of over 50 ARCE, CM, and ARCH students is the most likelycandidate for expansion. In addition, ARCE 453 Senior Project includes a variety ofinterdisciplinary efforts. The project described herein is one example.The current plan is to develop a

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Rhett J. Allain; Jeff Saul; Duane L. Deardorff; David S. Abbott; Robert J. Beichner

specially designed multimedia classroom for 54students to teach the introductory physics course for engineering majors. This is an intermediatestep to the full SCALE-UP classes (99 students) that will be taught in Fall 2000 when the largerclassroom is completed. Both classrooms are designed to encourage students to work in groupsof three, provide each group with to a laptop computer that has access to the Internet, and allowinstructors to interact with each student group. Traditional lecture and laboratory are replacedwith an integrated approach using active-learning cooperative group activities. The project isinvestigating several aspects of instruction including classroom design, classroom management,and curriculum materials. The curriculum

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Technical Courses and Liberal Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Shehla Arif, University of Mount Union

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #31588Designing an Engineering Computer Instructional Laboratory: Working withthe PanopticonDr. Shehla Arif, University of Mount Union I am a thermal-fluids sciences educator. My doctoral and postdoctoral work is on experimental fluid dynamics of bubbles. My emphasis is interdisciplinary moving between mechanical engineering, geology, and biology. I acquired PhD from Northwestern University, IL and a post-doc at McGill University, Canada. I am passionate about integrating Engineering education with liberal arts studies. To that end, I am interested in embedding social justice and peace studies into engineering

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Interdisciplinary Graduate Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Webb, Virginia Tech ; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

challenges in training interdisciplinary‬ ‭scholars; even in an established interdisciplinary program like IDR, developing interdisciplinary‬ ‭graduate students grapple with the influence of disciplinary microsystems– whether they were‬ ‭engineering or nonSTEM based, and often at the expense of their interdisciplinary work.‬‭Introduction‬‭ or at least two decades, U.S. agencies have called for a sustained source of interdisciplinary‬F‭researchers who can integrate research methods, theories, vocabularies, and cultures across‬ ‭fields. Researchers and educators have responded, aligning graduate settings and curricula to‬ ‭develop this interdisciplinary professoriate‬‭[1], [2], [3], [20], [21

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University; Mitzi Desselles, Louisiana Tech University; Marisa K. Orr, Clemson University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Paper ID #33017Successes and Lessons in Year 4 of an S-STEM Summer Sophomore Bridgeduring the COVID-19 PandemicDr. Katie Evans, Louisiana Tech University Dr. Katie Evans is the Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives in the College of Engineering and Science, Academic Director of Mathematics and Statistics and Online Programs, the Entergy LP and L/NOPSI #3 and #4 Professor of Mathematics, the Director of the Integrated STEM Education Research Center, and the Director of the Office for Women in Science and Engineering and Louisiana Tech University. Dr. Evans also serves as the Chair of the Grand Challenges Scholars Program

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huiming Fan, East China University of Science and Technology

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Engineering and Public Policy

. Therefore, 10 universities (two more than those in 2015) fromChina were selected, proving the outstanding general power of China’s engineeringdisciplines.Main Issues in the Higher Engineering EducationIn terms of the cultivation concept, science and education has not been integrated yet and thephenomenon of “non-engineering” teachers still remains serious. Currently, the faculty teamof China is lacking in “double-qualified” teachers who have both an abundant engineeringbackground and a high academic level [4]. Under the influence of the competitive scientificresearch mechanism and the strategy of promoting the universities to transform the scientificand technological fruits, some universities, including especially those engineeringuniversities and

Conference Session

Construction Session 1: Sustainable Practices

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Eric A. Holt, University of Denver; Nathan Barry, University of Nebraska - Kearney

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Construction

activities, and desirerandom access. Today’s students want to be challenged to reach their own conclusions, and needpractical applications in real-world contexts12. Traditionally, learning in an institutional settinghas taken place in a classroom, but this is starting to change with the increased use oftechnology2.In an effort to enhance the quality of educational experiences for 21st-century learners, educatorshave started to adopt a blended learning approach. Numerous models of blended learning aredesigned to integrate both face-to-face and online learning in order to recapture the traditionalvalues of higher education, while also meeting the demands and needs of the 21st century8.Classes are beginning to transfer from an in-class setting to a

Conference Session

Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Resources

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hao Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Anette Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Student Division (STDT)

wasobserved that students were unwilling to make rough estimates before and after performingFinite Element Analysis, often trusting the computer simulations without reservation [9].Furthermore, these deficiencies in estimation ability were observed from undergraduate fourth-year students [7] [9].Given the lack of emphasis on estimation in the curriculum and the observed shortcomings instudents' estimation ability, we sought to answer the question: How would a student select from arange of low complexity to high complexity methods if given the freedom to choose, and howwould this choice affect their problem solving outcome? In this paper, we address this questionin two ways. First, we conducted an experiment with student participants to give an

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten S. Hochstedt, Penn State University ; Andrew Michael Erdman, Pennsylvania State University; Richard John Schuhmann, Gordon–MIT Engineering Leadership Program

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

even creativity in teams,19 the positive assessment results of this classshould perhaps be framed within this context.In the course discussed here, significant changes were seen in areas where focus was great (i.e.,global awareness and ethics). For example, global awareness was integrated implicitly into each“block” (~3 week topical focus) through assigned readings and in-class discussion; students wererequired to read the Economist magazine and be prepared each class to be called upon to give a3-5 minute impromptu presentation relating a recent news story reported by the Economist to thetopical material for that class. Diversity, including intercultural aspects, was also an explicitcourse topic (i.e., understanding others). The 1-credit

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Influence of Race and Culture

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Wilkins, Maui Economic Development Board; Sheryl Hom, isisHawaii and Women in Technology; Jenilynne Gaskin, Maui Economic Development Board; Kawailehua Kuluhiwa, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.; Christine Andrews, Maui Eco Dev Board

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Minorities in Engineering

in these fields To provide an opportunity for the U.S. Air Force and growing Maui-based technology companies to share their technology and research with Maui students as part of an integrated education program that demonstrates the relevance of science and technology in the community To maximize the impact of this program initiative while achieving cost and time effectiveness for the various partnersThe initial Excite Camp was based loosely upon the following model programs. Attracting Women into Engineering Summer Workshop, Rowan University College of Engineering 1 Outreach Activities by Benet Laboratories, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and

Conference Session

Learning & Teaching Issues

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

James Houdeshell

inquiry-based, hands-on learning goal, the Center’s Project Development Team(PDT) proposed a new instructional systems design model during the summer of 1995 [15, 16]. Anessential element of the design is the use of a transfer activity that allows the students toreinforce and extend competencies mastered in previous learning tasks to a new problem solvingcontext. Transfer is defined as “the ability to perform an acquired skill in new, unfamiliarsituations” [5]. The purpose of the transfer activity is to provide integration of the competenciesintroduced through the module's previous learning events and to provide an opportunity to applythe learned skills to a real world problem. The real world problem is based on a virtual company,a macrocontext

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalid Al-Olimat, Ohio Northern University

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Electrical and Computer

called senior capstone design project - is an important componentof engineering curriculum worldwide. The course is a senior level course with a commonobjective which is to mainly allow students to reinforce their technical skills and to integrate andapply them to solve engineering problems. ABET1 states the definition of engineering design as“Engineering design is the process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desiredneeds. It is a decision-making process (often iterative), in which the basic sciences, mathematics,and engineering sciences are applied to convert resources optimally to meet a stated objective.Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives andcriteria, synthesis, analysis

Collection

2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Joseph Tranquillo; Keith Buffinton

 Grand Challenges facing society,” and integrates research, entrepreneurship, and service learning. The Reed­Garman Award was established in 2014 through an endowment created by Bucknell alumnus Robert F. Sykes to provide a summer fellowship for a student to refine a new product, service, or technology. In addition, there have been many student groups that have arisen, such as the Entrepreneurship Club, Launch Group, and Bison Consulting Group, all of which foster student peer­to­peer mentoring on many entrepreneurial topics. Many of these groups have also brought thought leaders to campus, for example Fred Thomas (Bucknell ’82) speaking on his role in the invention of the Zip Drive and David Robertson, author of​ Brick by Brick: How LEGO

Conference Session

Student Success I: Interventions and Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben Pelleg, Drexel University; Kristin Imhoff, Drexel University ; Kevin Ayers, Drexel University; Philipp A. Boettcher

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #14839Utilization of an Engineering Peer Tutoring Center for Undergraduate Stu-dentsDr. Ben Pelleg, Drexel University Dr. Ben Pelleg is an Assistant Teaching professor for the engineering core curriculum department at Drexel University. He earned a B.S. degree in applied and engineering physics from Cornell University in 2008 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in 2014.Miss Kristin Imhoff, Drexel University Kristin Imhoff graduated from Drexel University with her Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering in 2009. She began her career at Drexel in 2009 as an academic advisor for the Mechanical

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronald Bennett; Eugene Audette; Debra Ricci

Session 2793 A Qualitative Measurement Method for an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program Debra M. Ricci, Ph.D.; Eugene J. Audette, Ph.D.; and Ronald J. Bennett, Ph.D. The University of St. ThomasAbstract The faculty of a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) program in theCollege of Arts and Sciences at a private university wished to know how two groups ofstakeholders, current students and the parents of current students, perceived the program.Program administrators and staff could use these sources of information to gain qualitative dataas it

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carmen Cioc, The University of Toledo; Sorin Cioc; Noela A. Haughton, The University of Toledo

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Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

develop a better understanding of the technical content, societal andeconomic impact of the proposed solution, while supporting the students’ preparedness andreadiness for the workforce.IntroductionThere are numerous recent scholarly works examined the way in which the Kern EntrepreneurialEngineering Network (KEEN)’s mindset is enhancing the students’ engagement and skills invarious engineering courses, like Material Science [1], or Mechanical Design or StructuralAnalysis [2, 3, 4], or Fluid Mechanics [5, 6, 7, 8] or across engineering curriculum [9, 10, 11, 12,13].In all instances, the authors found that the inclusion of an entrepreneurship education, aspromoted by KEEN, and further support the engineering students’ readiness for the

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, University of Manitoba, Ann Arbor, MI, MS26239, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://search-proquest- com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/docview/1516608083?accountid=13360[6] M.-G. N. Svarovsky, "Unpacking the Digital Zoo: An analysis of the learning processes within an engineering epistemic game," PhD Doctoral, Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, 3399952, 2009. [Online]. Available: https://search-proquest- com.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/docview/305030482?accountid=13360[7] S. F. Wolf, L. Doughty, P. W. Irving, E. C. Sayre, and M. D. Caballero, "Just Math: A new epistemic frame," in PERC Proceedings, 2014.[8] D

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Katherine Watson, The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; William J. Davis P.E., The Citadel

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, attend Citadel evening courses beginning in their junior year. The curriculum for thesetwo years of the program is exactly the same as the daytime cadet program and is taught by thesame civil engineering faculty.Summary of ExCEL Program Structure and Support ServicesStudents were selected for admission into the ExCEL program based on financial need andacademic performance. Financial need was determined based on students’ submission of theFree Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and the Federal Methodology formula.Incoming freshmen were required to have a 1250 SAT score and a 3.8 high school GPA. Tofurther assess a student’s potential for success in the program, potential recipients were requiredto participate in an interview and submit a

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Engineers & Engineering Education in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, and Turkey

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Lerzan Özkale; Fatma Küskü; Gülsün Saglamer

in most of the developed countries [5, 6, 7]. There are several reasons to that:engineering profession is still an attractive one in terms of social status; engineers are employedin a large spectrum and not only in their own field; top management positions are generallyoccupied by engineers. This is why boys as well as girls continue to prefer engineeringdepartments to other fields of study. This explains why the enrolment rate in engineering inTurkey is not decreasing, as it is the case in most of the developed western countries. Yet theenrolment of women in engineering education is almost half of the overall women enrolment inhigher education in Turkey which is 42.6%.Kennedy and Parks [8] stated that the reasons of low female participation

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler; Hector A. Ochoa, University of Texas, Tyler

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

sufficiently modest—we may have asolution for you! If this describes your motivations, we invite you to read on.Various authors have confronted the problem of semiconductor curve tracing in theundergraduate electronics laboratory and have described their work in ASEE conferences. Wethus turn to the work of those who have gone before, of the giants upon whose shoulders wepropose to stand.A curve-tracing system for pn diodes, NPN and PNP BJTs, and n-channel MOSFETs relied uponLabVIEW running on a desktop computer and laboratory instruments (power supply andvoltmeter) communicating with the program through a GPIB (General-Purpose Instrument Bus)connection.1 While the system was successfully integrated into the curriculum, it had thedisadvantage of being

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies - Bring Your Own Experiment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carl J. Spezia P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; Garth V. Crosby, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #20448BYOE: The Design and Operation of an Electric Motors SimulatorDr. Carl J. Spezia P.E., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale Carl J. Spezia is an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Technology program in the Depart- ment of Technology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC). He joined the program in1998 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He worked as a power systems engineer for electric utilities for eight years prior to seeking a career in higher education. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois. His in- dustrial assignments included power system modeling, power

Collection

2017 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Suzanne Bilbeisi; Mohd Bilbeisi

Recruiting Via an Interdisciplinary Workshop Centered on the Building Arts Suzanne Bilbeisi, AIA, Centennial Professor of Architecture and Head Moh’d Bilbeisi, RA Professor of Architecture Oklahoma State University, College of Engineering, Architecture, and TechnologyThe Discover Architecture Workshop for high school students is a summer program that allowscareer exploration of professions within the building arts. In the week long program, studentscomplete projects that fuse Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and ArchitecturalEngineering and Construction Management. The program is a model of industry and academiaworking in

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Cultivating Community, Wellness, and Character Development

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #43337Material and Energy Balances and Character Development: An Investigationof Student Responses to Intentional Virtue Education in a Traditional ChemicalEngineering CourseDr. Victoria E Goodrich, University of Notre Dame Dr. Victoria Goodrich is a Teaching Professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Notre Dame. In her role as a teaching professor, she teaches hands-on courses across the chemical engineering curriculum. Her educational

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Krystal Corbett Cruse, Louisiana Tech University; Carl Boyet; Levi Savercool; Hylie Jane Holloway

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Diversity

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Mathematics Division (MATH)

challenges faced by students entering college [3]. The prerequisiteskills required in an engineering program leave students more likely to experience thesechallenges [2], [4]. First-year engineering students are often simultaneously enrolled in coremath, engineering, and science courses which require strong fundamentals and involvecomputationally intensive content [2], [5].Efforts have been made to better understand these transitional challenges for first-yearengineering students [6]. Tinto's Model of Integration emphasizes the importance of academicand social integration for first-year student success [7], which has been used as the foundationfor models related to engineering retention in engineering education [2], [8]. University ofMichigan

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 1

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Aikaterini Bagiati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L Long PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M. Mehdi Salek; Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Paper ID #42032Work-in-Progress: The Unique Impact of an Interdisciplinary ExperientialLearning Program on Undergraduate STEM Students’ Career ReadinessDr. Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rea Lavi received his Ph.D. degree from the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. He is Lecturer and a Curriculum Designer with the NEET program, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, where he teaches thinking skills to undergraduate students. His research interests in STEM education involve the fostering and

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald F. DeMara, University of Central Florida; Soheil Salehi, University of Central Florida; Baiyun Chen, University of Central Florida; Richard Hartshorne, University of Central Florida

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Electrical and Computer

Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on educational technology production and technology and teacher education from the Uni- versity of Florida. Prior to his tenure at the UCF, Richard was an Assistant and Associate Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for seven years and a physics instructor at Ed White High School in Jacksonville, FL for seven years. At the University of Central Florida, his teaching focuses on the integration of technology into the educational landscape, as well as instructional design and development. His research interests primarily involve the production and effective integration of instructional technology into the teaching and learning

Conference Session

Professional Practice and AEC Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suining Ding, Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Architectural

practitioners have not been studied yet. Therefore, an analysis ofoutcomes at the level of collaborative team design performance, specifically at the conceptuallevel is absolutely needed.Process and MethodologyProject Requirement and Studio Activities In the studio students concentrate on design process and resolution of an independentproject. The project is the demonstration of the students’ ability to synthesize and integrate theirknowledge and skills learned in all their professional coursework. The senior studio includes theexpectation that a fully developed comprehensive project will evolve. The studio also providesstudents with an opportunity to independently develop the program for their capstone projectutilizing their experience and

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Distance Education and Engineering Workforce Professional Development

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tim Boyd, Northrop Grumman Corporation; Eric Paul Pearson, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems; Noah Miller, Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems

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Continuing Professional Development

start with an early morning breakfast, often preceded by organized exercisesessions and conclude late in the night as teams work feverishly to complete challenges andrequirements to design the most functional and innovative machines out of simple supplies likewooden dowels, plastic wheels, rubber bands and LEGOs.Participants are expected to maintain full engagement, share personal experiences with othersand work through common goals during challenges, case studies, community service, design-to-build competitions and feedback sessions. These activities occur between 6:00 P.M. onThursday and 11:00 A.M. on Sunday morning. Few hours are wasted on sleep and relaxation asthe participants become fully integrated into their team responsibilities and