Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Henriette D. Burns, Washington State University, Vancouver; Sean Palmer Marquardt Rice, Washington State University, Vancouver

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

in STEM careers is because the culture ofSTEM, especially engineering and analytical areas, is a limiting culture devoid of what femalesseems to prefer, empathy and social caring [8]-[10].However, measuring constructs such as interest is complex because of the interactive anddynamic nature of constructs with one another, that the constructs are usually self-reported, andthat few standardized measurement terms exist [11]. STEM can be considered as one contentarea or four content areas. We often ask our students to describe STEM. They usually answer bystating the letters S, T, E, and M stand for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, butdo not state any concept of what “STEM” means. The term STEM is thought to originate withthe

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carol Barry, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Carol Lynn Alpert, Museum of Science, Boston; Karine Thate, Museum of Science, Boston

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Science.” (submitted Feb 2017)Karine Thate, Museum of Science, Boston c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 Paper ID #20528Karine Thate is a program manager and educator at the Museum of Science, Boston, who works closelywith several NSF research centers and collaborative research projects on the topic of nanoscale scienceand engineering. Karine develops and delivers museum programs, podcasts and special events for publicaudiences and provides professional development workshops in science communication and educationoutreach for early career researchers. c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Pre-College: Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (2)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Avneet Hira, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Salsabil Mahmed Salah, FACElab Purdue, Uprise academy; Claudia N. Hurt, FACElab Purdue; Morgan M. Hynes, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

” within an individual. The intellectual “equipment” is comprised of the learner’sknowledge and beliefs, whereas the value-based equipment are solely driven by the learners’personal goals and interests. Also, Deci 10 proposes that learners’ interests motivate them toparticipate in learning activities. According to Atkinson and Wickens 11 this motivation toengage in learning is a function of learners selecting activities that pique their interests, and alsopersisting and making efforts to accomplish goals they find interesting. Further, activities thatcater to students’ interests have also been claimed to be related with self-efficacy, educationalchoices, and career outcomes 12–14. The role of interests and the humanistic nature of

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beau Vezino, University of Arizona; Alexander M Alvarez, University of Arizona Department of Biomedical Engineering; Byron Hempel, University of Arizona; Christina Julianne Loera, University of Arizona; Samantha Davidson, University of Arizona; Savannah Boyd, University of Arizona; Vignesh Subbian, University of Arizona

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Diversity

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Student

academic career, and (3) promotediversity and inclusion among underrepresented groups in engineering.As chapters are dependent on student interest, time and resources, most student chapters take ongoals in one, or possibly two, of these overarching areas. The structure of the chapter and itsevents center around that chosen area [2], [3]. For example, the ASEE student chapter at theOhio State University, due to member interest, shifted its focus from graduate and undergraduatesupport to K-12 outreach. Based on this shift, the chapter’s structure changed by expandingseveral officers’ roles to be more outreach focused and forming new committees to stabilize thework [3]. Like most student-driven communities, this example demonstrates how closely tied

Conference Session

Building and Engaging Communities for Scholarship, Advocacy, and Action for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University; Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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International, Minorities in Engineering

Adrienne Minerick is the Associate Dean for Research & Innovation in the College of Engineering and Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development at Michigan Tech. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame and B.S. from Michigan Tech. Adrienne’s research interests include elec- trokinetics, predominantly dielectrophoretic characterizations of cells, and the development of biomedical microdevices. She earned a NSF CAREER award and was nominated for Michigan Professor of the Year in 2014. Research within her Medical micro-Device Engineering Research Laboratory (M.D. – ERL) also inspires the development of Desktop Experiment Modules (DEMos) for use in chemical engineer- ing classrooms or as

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kris Jaeger-Helton, Northeastern University; Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University; Hugh L. McManus, Northeastern University

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Design in Engineering Education

how capstoneprepares students for their careers and makes recommendations to fortify that connection.The objectives of Northeastern University’s Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (IE) Capstone Designcourse map strongly to the new ABET student outcomes. The students’ progress in meeting thoseobjectives was evaluated from multiple perspectives. 1) Faculty advisor evaluations assessed technicalproblem-solving success, 2) a validated tool judged the completeness of the prototype solution andvalidation testing, and 3) a systematic examination of capstone teams’ final reports evaluated applicationand synthesis of knowledge obtained earlier in the curriculum. Additionally, students were askedindividually to reflect on and outline the skills and

Conference Session

Technology and Manufacturing

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Curtis S. Tenney, Florida State University; Marcia A. Mardis, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Faye R. Jones, Florida State University

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Two-Year College

Discerning Advanced Manufacturing Education Pathways: Insights from Rural Northwest Florida’s Program Origin StoriesAbstractSchool-to-career pathways not only represent a student’s journey, but they also represent theeducational program context; to understand the pathway, one must understand the geographic,political, and social conditions that led to the program’s creation. To determine the kinds ofpathways advanced manufacturing (AM) programs in rural Northwest Florida community andstate colleges enabled for their students, we interviewed faculty and administrators about theirAM programs’ historical emergence. In this paper, we present five detailed AM program “originstories,” using a multiple case study methodology. These origin stories

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alberto Esquinca, San Diego State University; Lidia Herrera-Rocha, University of Texas at El Paso

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

status not enjoyed by others. Some of the femalestudents studied did not enjoy the status or recognition of being an authentic engineer. Although studies of gender and teamwork have been instrumental in understanding theexperience of women in engineering, the studies presented in the previous section were notconducted at HSIs. Increasingly, scholars have recognized the particular experiences of “thedouble bind,” which is defined as the experiences of women of color or underrepresentedminority women, including African Americans, Latinas, and Native Americans in STEM, whoare “consistently underrepresented at advanced education and career in most fields relative toWhite women and men of any color” [23, pp. 173]. A small, but growing, body of

Conference Session

Student and Other Views on Engineering Leadership

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sara Jansen Perry, Baylor University; Emily M Hunter, Baylor University; Ed Frauenheim, Great Place to Work Institute; Steven C. Currall, Southern Methodist University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

leaders duringtheir undergraduate and/or graduate education experience. To do so, we apply a theoreticalmodel, Organized Innovation, to the design of engineering education. This model is based on ourdecade-long study of the National Science Foundation-funded (NSF) Engineering ResearchCenter (ERC) Program, which has witnessed great success in graduating science and engineeringleaders over the past three decades. In the pages that follow, we first briefly illuminate the impetus for engineers to learnleadership skills, and why this is particularly valuable early in one’s career. Then, we outline thesuccess the ERC Program has enjoyed in developing science and engineering leaders. Third, wedescribe our research methods that led to our

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Michael R. Ladisch, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Soohyun Yi, Purdue University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. Entrepreneurial experience (Creed, Suuberg, & Crawford, 2002), leadership skills(Nerad et al., 2009), the ability to adapt to and manage shifting goals (McCook, 2011), andexperience collaborating with individuals outside their disciplines could enhance contributions ofnewly graduated scientists and engineers (Etzkowitz et al., 2000; Gilbert, Balatti, Turner, &Whitehouse, 2004; Gilbert, Balatti, Turner, & Whitehouse, 2004; Taylor, 2011). Focus groupsconducted with PhD students in STEM fields found that there is wide variability in perceptionsof career preparedness and this is highly dependent on their PhD advisor, and/or the culture andnorms of their labs or academic departments (Wheadon & Duval-Couetil, 2014).To achieve their

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Outreach in K12 through College Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton; Elizabeth S Hart, University of Dayton; Laura Kozuh Bistrek, University of Dayton; Shaquille T. Tensley, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

students to engineering, theyare not always equally effective for all populations at inspiring these students to considerengineering as a possible career path.38 Outreach activities that promote negative stereotypesregarding engineers or the profession can be counterproductive to encouraging females to pursueengineering.43-47 A 2008 report published by the National Academy of Engineering summarizesa two-year project that used market research in an effort to improve the public image of theengineering profession. Results of this project showed that messages emphasizing the connectionbetween engineering, creativity, ideas and human welfare and that show engineering as apersonally rewarding career are more effective in attracting students

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Fundemental and Evaluation: Embedded Programs in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Corey A. Mathis, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Aran W. Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Siddika Selcen Guzey, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

defining STEM integration and investigating its power for student learning. Tamara Moore received an NSF Early CAREER award in 2010 and a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2012. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Students’ Use of Evidence-Based Reasoning in K-12 Engineering: A Case Study (Fundamental)It is well known that the United States is concerned about the low numbers of students preparedfor careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), which is necessary toremain internationally competitive1,2. As a result, improving STEM education in precollegesettings has become a focal point because not only

Conference Session

Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University; Jacob Massa, Rutgers University; Dan Battey, Rutgers University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

women’s and LGBTQ+ individuals’opportunities for co-constructing positive gender and engineering identities. 11Such marginalizing influences of the technical/social dualism brought Faulkner to posit that theheterosexist ideology underpinning the dualism must be destabilized in order to broadenopportunities in engineering for women and gender-nonconforming populations includingmembers of the LGBTQ+ community. 11 Despite this call for challenging such heterosexism,much research drawing on Faulkner’s 2000 article minimally disrupts the mapping fromtechnical/social to heteronormative masculinity/femininity in exploring engineering as agendered discipline and career. 11,12 Only a small subset of this research examines gender issuesin relation to

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Profession” is a one-credit hour course that was originallydeveloped to provide an overview of the different engineering programs at FGCU. Thisoverview was designed to give students a better understanding not only of the various majors,but also what opportunities and responsibilities a career in engineering would have, during theircollege years as well as post-graduation. As a new engineering school at a new University, thefirst offerings of this course were also designed to encourage students to consider engineering asa preferred career choice. As the course evolved and matured, additional information was addedto the curriculum based on topics identified by faculty as necessary skills for engineering majors,including topics such as unit conversions

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 16: That Important Decision - Which Engineering Major?

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Héctor Enrique Rodríguez-Simmonds, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; S. Zahra Atiq, Purdue University; Stephen R Hoffmann, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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First-Year Programs

. We conducted individual interviews with 12 students enrolled in the FYEProgram. These students were selected so that they were representative of the entire studentpopulation in terms of gender. The qualitative findings of this study reinforce that the studentsare basing their decision of a major using SLE. These findings also helped us unpack themeaning of SLE, and we further came up with 6 different types of SLE. Finally, our findings alsoindicated that direct interaction with people was highly valued by the students while selecting amajor.IntroductionFrom the vocational standpoint, literature on career decision-making is abundant. As early as1979, Harren advanced a comprehensive model for career decision-making focused on collegestudents

Conference Session

Methodological & Theoretical Contributions to Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; P.K. Imbrie, Texas A&M University; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University

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Educational Research and Methods

measure their confidence of learning engineering basic subjects andacademic skills necessary to complete their engineering programs. Page 24.1356.3Table 1. Noncognitive constructs measured by the SASIID Construct Origin Ns Nt Subconstruct Ni 1 Intrinsic Academic Intrinsic 4 25 Career 5 Motivation Motivation Scale (AIMS) Challenge 6 (French & Oakes, 2003)11 Control 7

Conference Session

Making in Design

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Matthew Dickens, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Micah Lande, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Design in Engineering Education

University. He teaches context-centered electrical engineering and embedded systems design courses, and studies the use of context in both K-12 and undergraduate engineering design education. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Education (2010) and M.S./B.S. in Electrical and Com- puter Engineering from Purdue University. Dr. Jordan is PI on several NSF-funded projects related to design, including an NSF Early CAREER Award entitled ”CAREER: Engineering Design Across Navajo Culture, Community, and Society” and ”Might Young Makers be the Engineers of the Future?” He has also been part of the teaching team for NSF’s Innovation Corps for Learning, and was named one of ASEE PRISM’s ”20 Faculty Under 40” in 2014. Dr

Conference Session

New Engineering Educators Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donald P. Visco Jr., University of Akron; Dirk Schaefer, University of Bath

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Diversity

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New Engineering Educators

commented “Schools ofengineering might also do well to consider seriously cooperation with departments of educationin the professional training of teachers…”16 In 1955, the Grinter Report stated that “It isessential that those selected to teach be properly trained for this function.”17 More recently, theCCSSIEE from ASEE in 2009 recommended that “It is reasonable to expect students aspiring tofaculty positions to know something about pedagogy and how people learn when they begin theiracademic careers.”18Over the past decade, the future of engineering and engineering technology faculty preparation inthe US has received an increasing amount of attention, specifically from within the AmericanSociety for Engineering Education. Related activities

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, The Mercer University; Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon P.E., Texas A&M International University; Mahmoud Khasawneh, Texas A&M International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He began his professional career as a Technical Business Consultant. Dr. Biswas’s research interest is in the area of supply chain management, lean production systems, simulation, inventory control, operations research, and information systems.Dr. Rohitha Goonatilake, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas Dr. Rohitha Goonatilake, professor of mathematics, received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Kent State University, in Kent, OH in Fall 1997, three masters in the areas of applied mathematics, mathemat- ics, and actuarial sciences, and a bachelor’s in mathematics/science. He joined TAMIU in the Summer of 1999 and has completed 14+ years of service for

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 2: Leveraging Internships and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida; Jenna Christie-Tabron, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Mari Pina, University of Central Florida; Richard Allan Quinn, University of Central Florida; Jackie Herold, University of Central Florida; Kim A. Small, University of Central Florida

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Diversity

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Paper ID #14976Transforming the Culture of Internship Experiences through Social LearningCommunitiesDr. Lisa Massi, University of Central Florida Dr. Lisa Massi is the Director of Operations Analysis for Accreditation, Assessment, & Data Adminis- tration in the College of Engineering & Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. She is Co-PI of two NSF-funded S-STEM grants and program evaluator for two NSF-funded REU programs. Her research interests include factors that impact student persistence and career development in the STEM fields.Ms. Jenna Christie-Tabron, University of Central Florida Ms

Conference Session

Listening and Negotiation

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Mary E. Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Jenna P. Carpenter, Campbell University; Kim LaScola Needy P.E., University of Arkansas; Cheryl B. Schrader, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

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Continuing Professional Development, Engineering Leadership Development Division, New Engineering Educators, Student, Women in Engineering

Engineering Mentoring from the White House; the 2008 Hewlett-Packard/Harriett B. Rigas Award from the IEEE Education Society; the 2013 Distinguished Educator Award from the ASEE Electrical and Computer Engineering Division; and was named an IEEE Fellow in 2014. Dr. Schrader earned her B.S. in electrical engineering from Valparaiso University, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Listening and NegotiationAbstractNegotiation is an important skill for faculty at all stages of their career, but one that researchsuggests is often uncomfortable for women faculty to employ. This paper

Conference Session

Expanding the Perspectives of Underrepresentation in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Yatchmeneff, University of Alaska Anchorage; Herbert P. Schroeder, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Matthew E. Calhoun, University of Alaska, Anchorage

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

universitylevel.The number of students who complete the required courses in high school, pursue STEMdegrees, and graduate with STEM degrees, demonstrate that ANSEP is successful at encouragingAlaska Native students to consider STEM degrees, pursue STEM degrees, persist in STEMdegrees, and pursue STEM careers upon graduation11–14. Because of this success, ANSEPPrecollege component participants were the focus of this study. ANSEP is a longitudinal STEMeducation and academic enrichment model that works with Alaskan students starting in middleschool through doctoral degrees and subsequent professional endeavors11–14. ANSEP targets therecruitment of Alaska Native students, but it does not discriminate, so all students are welcometo apply to attend ANSEP

Conference Session

Pre-College: Organizing Instruction Around a Theme

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pam Page Carpenter; Adam Stevens, North Carolina State University; Erik Schettig, Wake County Public School System; Landon K. Mackey, North Carolina State University; Catherine M. McEntee, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

provide abalanced summer educational experience. The goal of the program is to promote higher levelthinking skills, problem solving, and innovation and learning the engineering design process.Subject matter experts present on topics such as microgrids, solar farms, electric vehicles, batterystorage, and careers. Students work with Arduinos and 1/10 scale model electric vehicles todesign a solar charging station to charge the vehicle enforcing knowledge of batterytechnologies. Students also work with wind turbines to calculate energy consumption, and learnintroductory coding and programming. During the program, students select a research project,which they work on developing a demonstration project. In addition to the project, studentslearn how to

Conference Session

They need more than technical skills!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Feifei Zhong, Southwest Jiaotong University; Gene Hou, Old Dominion University

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International

career work. It is tightly embedded in the college education throughout the curriculum in 1the US. Consequently, almost every university in US offers courses on technical writing. Anengineering student can’t graduate without taking the required technical writing classes. Universities in China on the contrary, pay little attention to technical writing which is justa writing course irrelevant to any major. Many universities in China do offer English classeswhich however, emphasize more on vocabularies, sentence structures, grammars, etc. Thesecourses don’t teach English technical writing in general nor in their specific field. Only fewuniversities in China recognize the importance of technical

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Steven J. Burian, University of Utah; Manoj K. Jha, North Carolina A&T State University; Gigi A. Richard, Colorado Mesa University; Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia; John Taber, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #19381An Interdisciplinary Learning Module on Water Sustainability in CitiesDr. Steven J. Burian, University of Utah Dr. Steven J. Burian has advanced water infrastructure resiliency and sustainability through research, led multi-disciplinary water initiatives, and inspired students with his passionate approach to engineering ed- ucation. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters in Environmental Engineering and a Doctorate in Civil Engineering from The University of Alabama. Dr. Burian’s professional career spans more than 20 years during which he has

Conference Session

Interest & Identity

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Ann Jacobs, Manhattan College; Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

education undergraduates. During thisprogram, 79% of Engineering Ambassadors were engineering majors who had first-handexperiences with engineering concepts. The remaining 21% were math or science educationmajors whose expertise included developing lesson plans and teaching to the needs of middleand high school students.The second group comprises middle and high school students. Career choices begin formingtoward the end of middle and beginning of high school. When students demonstrate an interestand talent in STEM, it is important to encourage these students in their pursuit of this interest. Tomeasure the success of the encouragement, one must begin asking some valuable questions.Which lesson plans were most successful? Did the students seem

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Malle R Schilling, University of Dayton; Margaret Pinnell, University of Dayton

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

college-enrolled men [4]. In 2017, 28% of Miami University’s incoming class of engineering studentswas female while 20 % of the University of Cincinnati’s class was female [5]. A similar gendergap is seen in the employment of women in engineering fields; for example, women onlyrepresented 15.4% of employees in architecture and engineering occupations as of 2014 [6]. Thispersistent gender disparity begs the following question: why do women not choose to pursueengineering?There are several factors that are important to consider when trying to understand why femalesdo not choose to pursue engineering. First, career choice is not an objective measure of ability,nor are gender differences in course choices and career aspirations in science, technology

Conference Session

Construction Division Technical Session 2: K-12 through Adult Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Torres, Texas State University; Vedaraman Sriraman, Texas State University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University; Kristin Marie Kibling, Texas State University

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Construction Engineering

. The data showed that itpromoted increased metacognition and career formation, coursework engagement, classparticipation and a sense of belonging. Recommendations on further research are tohighlight specific cognitive aspects of peer teaching.Kim et al. (2014) were interested in understanding the impact of peer teaching on studentlearning in a theory based and laboratory Electric Circuits course. Their case study isdesigned to allow teams of two student Peer Assistants (PAs) to prepare and presentcourse materials for the week they are assigned. Each week a different team presents andby the end of the course each student has become a PA. The authors start the report withintroducing the concept of peer teaching, defining it and describing

Conference Session

Social Dialogue on Diversity and Inclusion

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mayra S. Artiles , Virginia Tech; Holly M. Matusovich, Virginia Tech; Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University; Coletta E Johnson Bey, Old Dominion University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

/Co-PI on 10 funded research projects including a CAREER grant. She has won several Virginia Tech awards including a Dean’s Award for Outstanding New Faculty. Her research expertise includes using motivation and related frameworks to study student engagement in learning, recruitment and retention in engineering programs and careers, faculty teaching practices and intersections of motivation and learning strategies.Dr. Stephanie G. Adams, Old Dominion University Dr. Stephanie G. Adams is the Department Head and Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech. She previously served as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and was a faculty member

Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Anderson, Montana State University; Abigail M. Richards, Montana State University

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

moving through the same curriculum, as a cohort, over the past three years.Simultaneously, the instructor of the introductory chemical and biological engineering course,which targets first semester freshmen, found through end of semester course reviews that manystudents remain uncertain of what career opportunities are afforded to them as chemical orbiological engineers. To remedy this perceived problem, the authors were inspired by the workof Butterfield and Branch [1] where seniors ‘hired’ freshman students to assist in the laboratorycomponent of the Capstone Design experience. In their work, freshman participants self-reportedhaving learned important engineering concepts, and also gained insight into their future careertrajectory.Our approach