Conference Session

Learning from Entrepreneurship Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arnold Lumsdaine, University of Tennessee; Frank Speckhart, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Geoff Robson, Technology 2020; Kenneth Kahn, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Majid Keyhani, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Dan Fant, University of Tennessee-Knoxville; Rapinder Sawhney, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

tools. The program also assists students in learning business functionsessential to new product development in an industrial setting. Graduates of this program will bewell prepared to pursue various career paths outside of academia, but in particular, their careerprogression may proceed in the technical and/or business direction with an emphasis onentrepreneurship for small start-up firms or intrapreneurship for existing, well-establishedcompanies.By working in a team environment and solving realistic industrial-relevant problems, thestudents will be engaged in a first class educational experience dedicated to productdevelopment. It is this real world experience that is probably the most important attribute of thecombined MS-MBA curriculum, as

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Evans, University of Texas-Austin

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

the process illustrate both theopportunities and significant challenges associated with integrating commercialization activityinto doctoral education. The following year, Mr Vanelli put his doctoral work on hold to focuson his role as president, Mr. Evans, now Dr. Evans, chose to resign and complete his degree,maintaining an advisory role.From a certain perspective, doctoral students are always entrepreneurial as they lead their ownresearch contributions, sell their vision to their faculty committees and create new knowledge. Intheir careers, whether they are successful faculty members, involved in business development,work with large companies, perform research or engage in management, there will be elementsof entrepreneurship. Related

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education & Industry

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norman Egbert; Donald Keating, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

performing jobs classified asengineering. By 2006, that value reached approximately $150 billion.1, 2While not aninsignificant sum, an argument can be made that the actual value is much higher.Subjectively, the value could be equated to the public perception of engineering. Publicperception about most topics including engineering fluctuates. During the U.S. quest to put aman on the moon in the 1960s, engineering was recognized as a highly respected profession.Late in the 20th century, though, the desirability of engineering as a career or even as asignificantly positive contributor to society was questioned as job demand waxed and waned. Inaddition, the growth of technology was viewed by many as complicating their lives, andengineering was perceived

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Michael Kerley, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jerome Paris, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Janet Bodner, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

their owncourses in favor of this one. The course focus is pedagogy but also provides instruction in skillsvaluable for the professional workplace. Students who are not Teaching Assistants now but maywant to become a TA later or are likely to pursue careers that involve instruction often select thiscourse as an option. The courses makes extensive use of techniques and ideas developed at otheruniversities (Ref. 3,6,7,8,9,10).The faculty Graduate Council, the primary academic committee at NJIT responsible forreviewing courses and programs, approved this course and made it a requirement for allTeaching Assistants in 1999. The stated policy is that students should not be in charge ofrecitation sessions or do lectures until they have competed this

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Curricula III

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michelle Jarvie, Michigan Technological University; Kurt Paterson, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

students. It appears that the discipline may also share a similarsuccess at attracting Native American and Hispanic students. Data presented at the 2006 ASEEconference indicates that, across the nation, the discipline attracts more Native American andHispanic students than engineering overall1. However, this paper takes a closer look at this data,which indicates that just a few schools across the nation are enrolling minority students withinenvironmental engineering.Perceptions of a discipline can alter career choice among first year students. This paper presentsstudies regarding the perceptions of the discipline among k-12 and first year students, andhighlights the need for research regarding the perceptions of the discipline among minorities

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Marra, University of Missouri; Barbara Bogue, Pennsylvania State University; Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri; Demei Shen, University of Missouri

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Engineering. She is co-PI of AWE and AWISE. Her research interests include recruitment and retention of women in engineering, assessment and career development.Kelly Rodgers, University of Missouri KELLY A. RODGERS, M. A. is a doctoral candidate in educational psychology at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Her research interests include motivational issues in minority student retention and the socio-emotional aspects of gifted minority adolescents.Demei Shen, University of Missouri DEMEI SHEN is a doctoral candidate in Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri - Columbia. Her research interests include social computing and motivation in web-based learning

Conference Session

Computers and Learning

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hoda Baytiyeh, American University of Beirut

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

week of internet use and Assist in preparing exams; 28% student’s exam performanceTo examine the impact of internet use on their learning, engineering students were asked to rate22 items reflecting aspects of academic and non-academic skills that are needed for the pursuit ofan engineering career. The 22 Likert-scaled items revealed a reliability of 0.913. Descriptivestatistics were calculated to obtain the measures of central tendency as well as the measures ofvariability for each of the identified items. An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was employedto the data to determine which of the 22 items formed related subsets. EFA was

Conference Session

Student Enrollment, Attendance, Retention, and Graduation in Engineering Technology Programs

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christina R Scherrer, Southern Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

BRIGE grant. Details about the outreach program, as well asquantitative assessment of the impact on the high school students‟ perceptions of engineering,can be found in Scherrer (2012)12. In this paper we report on the impact performing the outreachhas had on the engineering technology students performing the outreach. Specifically, we studyhow their participation has affected their interest in remaining in an engineering technologymajor and career, their likelihood of going to graduate school, and their interest in K-12 STEMeducation.Ten of the eleven undergraduate students performing the outreach were engineering technologymajors (the eleventh is an engineering major) and all but one were from underrepresented groupsin engineering. The

Conference Session

FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leonardo Bedoya-Valencia, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Ding Yuan, Colorado State University - Pueblo; Jane M. Fraser, Colorado State University, Pueblo

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

disagree disagree Control Group Experiment Group n = 20 n = 21 Figure 1. Students’ answers to attitude question 1 in the pre-survey Page 23.726.5Similarly, for the remaining 4 attitude questions there is no statistical difference between the twogroups. It is important to note that 9 out of 20 students (45%) in the control group disagree orstrongly disagree with the statements “People should be willing to make economic choices for abetter environment” and “My career choices should

Conference Session

First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Anne Stephan, Clemson University; Edward Randolph Collins Jr. P.E., Clemson University; Chris Porter, Clemson University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

28% Mechanical EngineeringAt the beginning of the Friday Tour, all guests report to Holtzendorff Hall for the 12:40 pm start,which is the home to both General Engineering (GE) and OUR. Guests are registered and gatherin a 150-seat auditorium for a presentation by GE; additional lecture halls are used during busytimes of the semester. A packet of CES information is given to all prospective students duringcheck-in. GE faculty conduct a 20-minute presentation to all guests, as all freshmen and transferstudents wishing to pursue a degree in engineering initially begin their collegiate career in GE,about the philosophy, curriculum, teaching methods, advising, and enrichment opportunitiesoffered in GE and the College

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ishbah Cox, Purdue University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of engineering education assessment tools. She is a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career (CA- REER) award winner and is a recipient of a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Conference Session

Integration of Manufacturing and Society

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jaby Mohammed, Petroleum Institute

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

that they learn in the classroom, to introduce engineeringto students who may not have initially been drawn to engineering. The industry engagement alsoserves as the medium to reinforce models of learning which will be useful for students when theydecide on the career choice and professional workforce. Also in this paper authors would showhow they are able to incorporate social and community issues where the students use class roomknowledge and hands on experience to get to solutions, which may be difficult to show in aclassroom setting for a technical subject.The paper will also address how the engineering focus group at the Kentucky GovernorsScholars programs with the manufacturing industry engagement empowers students to: • Apply

Conference Session

Sustainability and engineering education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Mueller PE P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

how sustainability principles relate totheir intended engineering major. By introducing sustainable design principles early in theiracademic career, students can apply these principles throughout the remainder of their higher-level courses. In a freshman introduction to design course, a more structured strategy to teachingsustainable design was implemented to incorporate sustainability principles early in the civilengineering curriculum. The purpose at this stage in student learning was to increase students’awareness of sustainable design through the introduction to sustainability concepts, such as thetriple bottom line, life-cycle assessment, and carbon footprint, through discussion of concrete asa construction material and case studies of

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jianghong (Esther) Tian, Eastern Mennonite University

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

for students to work onbecome essential.The world of engineering includes such a diverse set of topics that it would be impossible tocover them in one lifetime. It is unreasonable to cover the many engineering disciplines in oneintroductory course. Instead, an uncoverage approach should be taken as suggested in Calder’sUncoverage: Towards a Signature Pedagogy for the History Survey6. Thus, the design projectswhich are aimed to inspire students to learn about engineering and train them for challenging andcreative career opportunities should be carefully determined in regard to the discipline areas offocus. Subject areas in mechanical, electrical, and computer science surface due to theirfundamental roles in serving other disciplines. After

Conference Session

Renewable Energy Topics

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William B. Phillips Ph.D., DeVry University; William S. Sullivan, DeVry University, Long Beach; Robert Aron PhD, DeVry University; Abour H. Cherif, DeVry University; Susana Fortun Ph.D., DeVry University, Chicago

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

. Phillips was a faculty member and Chair for DVU’s Biomedical Engineering Technology Program where he mentored senior projects, and taught biomedical, electronics, and basic science courses. In addition, he developed curriculum and courses in these subject matters. Before joining DVU, Dr. Phillips was a Faculty Associate at Arizona State Uni- versity (ASU) for the Bioengineering Department, where he taught and assisted in the development of biomedical engineering courses and mentored student capstone projects. He holds a PhD and Master’s degree in Bioengineering from Arizona State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. Before entering into a career of higher learning

Conference Session

Challenges in Engineering, Models in Professional Programs, Capstone Design and Function Generator for Educational Environment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Aidoo, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon M. Sipes, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; James H. Hanson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Matthew D. Lovell P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

International

-international, 73 domestic; representing a 56% response rate).The goal was tocontact these students after graduation to assess the impact of international design experience ontheir professional career and growth. The conclusions drawn from this study were published byAidoo et al6 and are: • Those that did international design projects are much more likely to undertake international trips to do humanitarian work. • Student satisfaction with senior design is very high and is influenced by completing a site visit. • Satisfactions with international and domestic projects are about the same. • Student interest in humanitarian work is high regardless of the type of project they worked on (i.e. international or domestic

Conference Session

Socio-cultural Dimensions of Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Loree Dika, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Brett Tempest, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Miguel A. Pando, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

attitudes, volunteering, and extracurricular activities. Thepre-trip questionnaire included questions on reasons for enrolling in the study abroad, enrichingeducational activities, attitudes toward engineering, reasons for volunteering, and expectationsregarding ABET a-k learning outcomes, as stated by the department. The post-trip questionnairerepeated the items on attitudes toward engineering and engineering learning outcomes, includingthe opportunity to comment on each of the learning outcomes. Students were also asked abouttheir perceptions of the project’s value to their learning and to the community, along with theirfuture educational and career plans. The pre-trip focus group included a discussion of questions related to expectations

Conference Session

Programs in Entrepreneurship

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monique Fuchs, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Frederick F. Driscoll, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

impact on the world. Inorder to foster a higher order of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and to prepare ourgraduates to build successful personal and professional careers, the authors introduced a programcalled Accelerate in May 2012 for students to turn their ideas into reality. This paper andpresentation describes an innovation and entrepreneurship initiative at Wentworth.II. IntroductionThe Partnership for 21st Century Skills emphasizes […] innovation skills […]” among others asessential to prepare students for the complex and fast-paced environment of the 21st century1. Arecent global leadership forecast conducted by Development Dimensions International of over14,000 leaders from 74 countries, lists innovative and creative thinking

Conference Session

Communication, Professional Development, and the Engineering Ambassador Network

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Talbot; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sarah E Zappe, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

,biology, math, an nd general sccience. On visits to middle an nd high scho ools, ambassaadors speak to two to fivve classes inna day y. The ambasssadors creatte a 20-minu ute presentattion that folloows the asseertion-evideence approacch. These 20-minute pressentations deemonstrate a fun math oor sciencelessonn that can bee taken fromm the classroo om into an eengineering ppractice. Aftter thepreseentation, amb bassadors annswer questio ons from thee students annd the teacheer, apreseentation situaation similarr to talks given in the woorkplace. Addditionally, eengineeringambaassadors ofteen give a preesentation on n careers in eengineering tto a general assembly.Thesee assembliess can reach as a many as 300 students

Conference Session

Curriculum Development and Multidisciplinary Instruction

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey R Seay, University of Kentucky

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Paper ID #6941A New Multidisciplinary Course in Sustainability using a Combination ofTraditional Lecture and Self-Directed Study ModulesDr. Jeffrey R Seay, University of Kentucky Dr. Jeffrey R. Seay is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Kentucky, Paducah Extended Campus. Dr. Seay joined the University of Kentucky in 2008 following a 12 year career in the chemical industry. Dr. Seay completed his BS and PhD from Auburn University and his MS from the University of South Alabama, all in Chemical Engineering. His primary research area is process systems engineering focused on

Conference Session

CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas Howard Ross, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Design Graphics

responsibility in the context of an engineering graphics class. The goal ofthe project is to cement the course content and assist students early in their school career todecide if engineering is a good choice for them. The project is to reverse engineer, from ageometry perspective, a real assembly of significant complexity. The course has developed overtime to make the project very memorable and successful. Examples of projects includeinstruments, computer systems and peripherals, toys and industrial equipment (Fig. 3). This onesemester course is the student’s only formal engineering graphics training. The topics coveredinclude hand sketching, dimensioning, projections and use of the computer aided design (CAD)package to generate parts, assemblies and

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Dana Knox

all chemical engineering freshmen. The course is veryinformal, and is devoted to a series of talks about chemical engineering, careers, and topicsspecific to the department. The goal is to involve the freshmen in the life of the department, tohelp them reach an understanding of what the field is about, and to assist them in the transition tocollege as much as possible.Introduction of the course was motivated by a review of freshman retention rates that indicatedmuch-lower-than-desired figures. Surveys indicated that most of the freshman students, especiallythose who left the department, had little or no idea what chemical engineers actually did, and haddeveloped no relationships with either faculty or other students in the

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Egarievwe

University. The motivation and objectives for the development of the computationalscience activities are: 1. Increase students’ understanding of computational science and how it could be applied to solve problems in their various disciplines. 2. Promote students’ enthusiasm and interest in computational science and encourage them to acquire and use computational science skills in their fields of studies and future career. 3. Train more undergraduates that are capable of proceeding to acquire professional and graduate degrees, as well as take a career, in computational science related fields. Page 8.70.1Proceedings of the

Conference Session

The "Education" in Experiential Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Lynn Ogletree, San Jacinto College; Anthony Zippay, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

%   Lecture   NASA  Academy   -­‐   Alumni  -­‐  0%   1%   Space  Grant  -­‐  2%   Web  Search  -­‐  17%   Conference  -­‐  2%   Career  Fair  -­‐  3

Conference Session

General Topics in Graduate Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jiabin Zhu, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

. institutions, these Chinese scientists and engineers are understudiedcompared to their U.S.-born peers and other traditionally underrepresented groups in science andengineering disciplines2. Among the current qualitative and quantitative researches on foreign-born scholars including China, major efforts are spent primarily on their job satisfaction, oradjustment issues, such as the sense of isolation, the issue of balancing family life and career,lack of collegiality, language barriers, etc.3-5 These studies provided an overview of theseforeign-born scholars’ academic working status and social adjustment, which are related more tothe feeling or the affective domains. However, considering the fundamental goal and thesignificant impact of higher

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aileen M. Walter, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, NACME, Inc.; Saundra Johnson Austin, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, NACME, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Hispanic Professional Engineers. Walter holds a B.A. degree in English literature from Montclair State College and a M.A. degree in higher education administration from New York University. The mission of NACME is to ensure American resilience in a ”flat” world by leading and supporting the national effort to expand U.S. capability by increasing the number of successful African American, American Indian, and Latino women and men in science, tech- nology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. For the past 37 years, NACME has established a legacy of leadership and service in its dual role of changing lives through its involvement in K-12 and higher education, and its ability to change America through

Conference Session

International Division Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nick M. Safai, Salt Lake Community College; Christopher F. Thompson S.M.ASCE, Salt Lake Community College

Tagged Divisions

International

/ environmental engineering as his academic program and field of study, as a way to grow within my al- ready existing career field. For the past six years, he has worked in the civil engineering profession as a Designer/Draftsman. He has worked closely with civil, environmental, and structural engineers on a daily basis; for him, becoming a Civil Engineer was his next logical career progression. Over the past few years, he has come to realize that he is limiting his potential by remaining a simple Draftsman. He has slowly, over time, developed his mind to work in a critical thinking environment, much like a Civil Engineer must do every day. He has become familiar with civil engineering, and engineering in gen- eral

Conference Session

Developing Young Minds in Engineering: Part I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine S. Zerda, University of Houston; Stuart A. Long, University of Houston; Fritz J. Claydon, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

corporate partners throughout theyear to provide peer mentoring at the schools, on-campus college experiences, and fun scienceand math events to excite students about higher education and careers in science and engineeringfields.PROMES has only a small fulltime staff, so we have developed a unique framework to maximizeour financial and human resources. This framework reflects a partnership between our programoffice and five multidisciplinary student engineering societies who also have engineeringoutreach goals. Program staffers serve as university advisors for all five organizations whichinclude the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers(SHPE), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society of Mexican

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Alfano, College of the Canyons

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

technical teacher professional development program inrenewable energy which will allow community college, high school teachers, andindustry professionals recruited to be teachers to acquire the technical knowledge andcertifications and pedagogical skills to teach renewable energy in their classrooms; 3)develop and implement a 2+2+2 pathway through partnership with high schools anduniversities to allow students interested in renewable energy careers to have a definedcareer ladder with multiple exit points integrated with industry certifications and collegecertificate and degree attainment; 4) conduct continuous assessment and evaluation withimbedded targeted research of curricular and professional development strategies toensure that student

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rocio Chavela Guerra, Purdue University; Monica Cox, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

International

Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She obtained a B.S. in mathematics from Spelman College, a M.S. in industrial engineering from the University of Alabama, and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Teaching interests relate to the professional development of graduate engineering students and to leadership, policy, and change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. Primary research projects explore the preparation of engineering doctoral students for careers in academia and industry and the development of engineering education assessment tools. She is a NSF Faculty Early Career