Conference Session

Retention of Women Students II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame; Catherine F. Pieronek, University of Notre Dame; Leo H. McWilliams, University of Notre Dame

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Women in Engineering

AC 2012-3203: ENGINEERING STUDENT INVOLVEMENTDr. Kerry Meyers, University of Notre Dame Kerry L. Meyers is a professional faculty member in the College of Engineering at Notre Dame and an instructor and coordinator in the First-year Engineering program, and she is also involved with students at a variety of levels, including a graduate student teaching apprentice program, an undergraduate peer men- toring program, and STEM outreach (Expanding Your Horizon’s program). She has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, M.S. in mechanical engineering from Oakland University, and com- pleted her Ph.D. in engineering education at Purdue University. Meyers has several years of industrial experience in

Conference Session

Motivation and Self-Efficacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Melendy Ph.D., George Fox University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Hall.[8] Takagi, T. (1990). A simple example of the continuous function without derivative. From the proceedings of the Physico-Mathematical Society of Japan, 2(1): 176-177.[9] Miller, C. (1990). Higher-order thinking: an integrated approach for your classroom. Vocational Education Journal, 65(6): 26-27, 69.[10] Bransford, J., Brown, A. & Cocking, R. (Eds.) (1999). How people learn: brain, mind, experience, and school. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/[11] Bransford, J. (2000). How people learn: bridging research and practice. National Academic Press, 1-24.[12] Maibach, E. & Murphy, D. (1995). Self-efficacy in health

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaojing Yuan, University of Houston, College of Technology (MERGED MEMBERSHIP WITH COE); Bruce Alan Race FAIA, FAICP, University of Houston

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Architectural Engineering

Outcomes (ICOs) included the following: 1) Develop and test the interdisciplinary course on sustainable and resilient urban design curriculum by integrating high level architectural urban design theory and innovative technology solution development process. 2) Design and test project intensive and inquiry based learning activities for such an interdisciplinary course and identify best practices to guide and manage such course. 3) Develop faculty expertise in teaching sustainable and resilient urban design course that open to all students, STEM or non-STEM, interested in the topic. 4) Reflect and disseminate our results and experience with the research and education community.2.4 Course Pedagogy: Meta

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James A. Mynderse, Lawrence Technological University; Robert W. Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Selin Arslan; Kingman E. Yee, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

integration of previous theoretical knowledge. Besidesthe technical aspects, the group of students must secure funds by contacting sponsors andnegotiating with them. The projects provide a good motivation for the students and an excellenttool for assuring knowledge integration, team work, management experience, and self-confidentstudents, plus a way to obtain funds for investment into quality teaching3. Intercollegiate designprojects are a great means to engage students in engineering design projects beyond the curriculum,where they put their coursework into practice. Design competitions give the students hands-onexperience as well as build student enthusiasm. The experience of designing, building and testinga vehicle gives the students a real world

Conference Session

Computers in Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Lindquist, Arizona State University; Harry Koehnemann, Arizona State University

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Computers in Education

students, to more easily collaborate on student problems in anappropriate contextual environment. Without a laptop policy, students and mentors discussproblems and issues using paper listings of code and errors. This does not address problems thatarise from installation, configuration, and integration inconsistencies among softwarecomponents installed in the system. Configuration and integration problems are common inpractice and experiencing them in an academic environment has great educational value.The final academic motivation, and perhaps the strongest, is the educational benefits studentsreceive administering their personalized computing environment. Computing and technology

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Harry Fox

in scope and in more depth. The faculty believe thecourse is on track with the broader needs of industry today for engineering technologists withinterdisciplinary skills to design, build, and maintain products requiring the integration ofelectronics, computer, and mechanical technologies.Summary This paper describes the development work of an interdisciplinary course in control systemsdesigned to be taken jointly by mechanical engineering technology (MET) and electronicsengineering technology (EET) students. This course focuses on the interdisciplinary nature ofcontrol systems and represents a departure from the traditional approach of teaching a separatecontrol systems course to each engineering technology discipline. Certain controls

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Nelson, Iowa State University; Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

program coordinator for the Make to Innovate program at Iowa State University. This program provides our students with an opportunity to do hands-on projects and includes everything from underwater to space projects. In addition to my duties at Iowa State University, I also serve as the president of the Stratospheric Ballooning Association. This organization aims to promote, educate, and encourage collaboration for high-altitude balloon projects.Dr. Benjamin Ahn, Iowa State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Work-In-Progress: Developing engineering students’ professional development skills through augmented and virtual reality

Conference Session

Attracting Young Minds: Part II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, Utah State University; Chandra Y. Austin, Auburn University; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

turn in as a seniorfor college. (Group One) Page 25.856.5D. Application of Math and ScienceThe focus group participants expressed an understanding of the importance of havingopportunities to apply math and science learned in formal learning environments. One participantexplained the integration of the formal and informal learning environments:So as I would do MESA, I would get more encouraged and be wait, this is what I was learning inclass. So where I would learn something in class, I would use it in MESA, and when I wouldlearn something in MESA I would use it back in my class. You're realizing that this isn't justsomething you're doing for

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Natalie Fabert, Arizona State University; Marilyn Cabay, Ph.D., Argosy University, Phoenix; Melissa B Rivers, Arizona State University; Mary Lee Smith, Arizona State University; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

, Arizona State University Melissa is a doctoral candidate in Curriculum Studies, at Arizona State University. Her research interests are methodological approaches to educational research and her specific interests are in teacher education and issues of equity. She is a member of the CareerWISE research and content teams at Arizona State University.Mary Lee Smith, Arizona State University Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder. Professor, University of Colorado. Regents Professor, Arizona State University. Widely published in social science research methodology (e.g., multiple methods, meta- analysis, and qualitative research) and social policy. Currently Regents Professor Emeritus and Senior Consultant, Integrated

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 9: Persistence and Retention

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University; Romy Beigel, Montana State University; Emma Annand, Montana State University; Monika Kwapisz, Montana State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

the experiences of minoritized students in deciding whether to persistin their studies or not. The model also considers the multi-level systems that affect students, e.g.institutional characteristics, the curriculum and co-curriculum, and off-campus obligations [18].The model organizes the influence of student experiences in college on retention in temporalorder, from pre-college and external factors, through commitments to a particular institution andexperiences at that institution, leading to intermediate outcomes that shape final commitments toan institution and the decision to reenroll [14]. This study uses this model to conceptualizestudents’ commitment and decision to reenroll in an engineering program. A primary motivationguiding

Conference Session

Institutional Capacity and Supportive Structures in Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yvette E. Pearson P.E., University of Texas, Arlington; Karen E. Crosby, Southern University Baton Rouge; Edgar R. Blevins, Southern University and A&M College; Beth R Isbell, University of Texas, Arlington; Andrew P. Kruzic, University of Texas, Arlington; Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; J. Carter Tiernan, University of Texas, Arlington

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

at UT Arlington.Prof. Stephen P. Mattingly, University of Texas, Arlington STEPHEN MATTINGLY is an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Ar- lington. Previously, he worked at the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Irvine and University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He has recently completed and is currently working on research projects that address a variety of topics including transportation public health performance measures, de- cision and risk analysis, airport operations, managed lane traveler behavior, high-speed rail compatibility with existing freeway right-of-way, improving critical thinking in the civil engineering curriculum, inte- grating

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools I

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chi Thai, University of Georgia

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

student learning”, and applying this trend for face-to-face instruction results in a need toprovide students more opportunities to develop course materials in concert with the instructorduring class time, such as solving an optics problem or building a simulation model, and also toparticipate in other students work or just simply to take one’s own class notes. Thus as personal“hand-written notes” and “narrations” are the most natural tools to record, review, integrate anddevelop our own learning process, we are continuing the existing project to include the use ofTablet PCs (or Pen Tablets with Desktop PCs on Windows Vista) and multimedia technologiesat the student level with the goal of achieving more active and hopefully deeper learning

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Student Issues as Related to Culture

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Prashant Rajan, Iowa State University; Charles T. Armstrong, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Elizabeth J. O'Connor , Ketchum Change; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rebecca L. Dohrman, Maryville University; Colleen Arendt, Fairfield University ; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Women in Engineering

International Communication Association, she has received numerous awards for her research, teaching/mentoring, and engagement. She is working on Purdue-ADVANCE initiatives for institutional change, the Transforming Lives Building Global Commu- nities (TLBGC) team in Ghana through EPICS, and individual engineering ethical development and team ethical climate scales as well as everyday negotiations of ethics in design through NSF funding as Co-PI. [Email: buzzanel@purdue.edu]Dr. Rebecca L Dohrman, Maryville University Rebecca Dohrman (Ph.D. Organizational Communication, Purdue University) is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Maryville University - St. Louis.Dr. William ”Bill” C. Oakes, Purdue University, West

Collection

2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Stone Simpson; Daniel A. Moreno

model © American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 2024 ASEE Midwest Section Conference[7]. Striking a balance between theory and application can be difficult [8-10], as there is only alimited amount of time that can be spent covering course material.Several institutions have made it a point to implement advanced software techniques includingcomputational fluid dynamics (CFD) into their curricula [11]. Some have even stressed theimplications of going directly into CFD modeling for more advanced computational methods [12-14]. While learning the use of CFD can be invaluable in an undergraduate curriculum, it may notalways be applicable to all undergraduates in preparation for their

Collection

2022 ASEE Gulf Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Vewiser J Turner Jr P.E., Prairie View A&M University; Sarhan M. Musa, Prairie View A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

their primary goal is to obtainthat first job after graduation. We have observed that our students here at Prairie View A&MUniversity (PVAMU), are as technically prepared from the engineering curriculum as any studentfrom any other University. Most capstones instructors have the same opinion that final projects forengineering majors should stress professional skills as well as design education through a variety ofteaching paradigms1,2,3,4,5,6. It has been observed that using the theory in the engineering curriculumhas produced graduates with far less experience in the practice of engineering and design than thoseof year’s past7. Also, the ability to function as a member of a team is measured by several instructorsto be an important skill of

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan Castilleja, The Boeing Company; Rachel Jackson, Rice University; Natalia Salies, Rice University; Brent Houchens, Rice University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

DREAM program each semester, once at thebeginning of the program and once on DREAM Day at the end of the program. KIPP menteescompleted an additional round of inventories and surveys several weeks after DREAM Day, inorder to gauge retention of key concepts. Also, inventories and surveys were administered to acontrol group at KIPP, once at the beginning of the DREAM program and once several weeksafter the end of the program, in order to qualify improvements in mentee knowledge arisingsolely from DREAM. Physics Concepts Inventories (P.C.I.) and Intuition Inventories (I.I.) aremeant to test the mentees’ knowledge of physics concepts. Perception and Environment Surveys(P.E.S.) gauge mentees’ understanding of general college admission information

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dina Verdín, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

paradigms by providing asset base perspectives for understanding this community.Dr. Allison Godwin, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering) Allison Godwin, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. Her research focuses what factors influence diverse students to choose engineering and stay in engineering through their careers and how different experiences within the practice and culture of engineering foster or hinder belongingness and identity development. Dr. Godwin graduated from Clemson University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Engineering and Science Education. She is the recipient of a 2014 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Retaining and Developing Women Faculty in STEM

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Quincy Brown, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Lourdes A. Medina, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez; Michelle Beadle Holder, University of Maryland, College Park; Yarazeth Medina, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

orsite visits, conferences, and exchange of information and research results. Such collaborationoften facilitates student mobility and curriculum improvement. It is well documented thatinternational collaboration is important for the development of knowledge, exchange of ideas,and solution for complex problems for both, students and faculty.9 While the benefits ofinternational engagement seem evident, family considerations should be factored in the planningof these activities, otherwise, career breaks will continue.Using the experiences of female faculty in engineering and computer science, and a combinationof male and female STEM graduate students who attended an international conference, we seekto uncover answers to questions such as: How do

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tricia Berry, University of Texas-Austin; Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas-Austin; Randy Emelo, Triple Creek Associates, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

degree and an MBA.Andrea Ogilvie, University of Texas-Austin Andrea Ogilvie is the Director of the Equal Opportunity in Engineering Program at UT Austin. She came to UT as Director in July 2001 after six years in industry where she worked as a Structural Engineer for KBR and HDR Engineering, Inc. designing petrochemical and commercial structures, respectively. Andrea received her BS Civil Engineering degree from UT in May 1995 and her Texas Professional Engineering License in February 2001.Randy Emelo, Triple Creek Associates, Inc. Randy Emelo is President of Triple Creek Associates, Inc., an organization development firm that specializes in mentoring. He has over 20 years of management, training

Conference Session

Statics and Finite Element Analysis

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Francesca G. Polo, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

early museumaround the world and you will come upon artifacts holding scientific, artistic, and historicalimportance largely created by persons who apprenticed under others in their community. Eventoday, training in trades (e.g., bricklayer, carpenter) relies on apprenticeship. In academia,apprenticeship performs an integral role in many pedagogical activities and continues to evolve.In the last decade, there has been a focused shift to improve pedagogy, especially for STEMdisciplines. 3, 4 In order to compete in a rapidly changing, globalized world, educators need tocritically reexamine what skills engineers and scientists need in the future – and then designlearning environments that cultivate those skills. Our review of the literature

Conference Session

Innovative Use of Technology I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katharina Schuster, RWTH Aachen University; Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

professionalenvironment. A proper knowledge transfer is an important precondition for engineers to actcompetently and to solve different kinds of problems. However, due to the increasing numberof study paths as well as the specialization of particularly technical oriented classes, there is aneed for the integration of new media into the curriculum of most students [1]. Thus, thevisualization of educational content in order to explain theory more concrete and tangible hasgained importance. To prepare students adequately for new situations in their work life,virtual reality (VR) can be an effective instrument for learning and teaching processes. Byimitating real-world processes, professional skills can be developed, increased or maintained.Especially if the

Conference Session

Tablet PC use in Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James E. Lewis, University of Louisville; Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

studentsin these courses have had tablet PCs since the Tablet PC program began. The Department ofEngineering Fundamentals has embraced the use of tablet PCs, which, along with DyKnow, arenow an integral part of all the department’s engineering mathematics classes. To date, the use oftablet PCs and/or DyKnow in upper level courses in other departments has been limited.Tablet PC survey data presented by Hieb and Ralston 2, Huettel et al. 3 and many others indicatesthe potential of tablet PCs to enhance the classroom experience. The positive attitude of studentstowards tablet PC note taking and DyKnow based lecture reported in Hieb and Ralston 2 supportcontinued effort to encourage the use of tablet PCs (and DyKnow) in upper level courses at J.B.Speed

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael Daniel Sherwin P.E., University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Industrial Engineering

curriculum previouslyand will serve them well as they enter the workforce as practicing engineers.The literature includes several studies on both online and capstone courses, but few are focusedon online capstone courses and make improvements in a short timeframe based on studentfeedback within an environment like the COVID-19 pandemic. Many authors discuss the processused to deliver a capstone course [5], align the capstone course with ABET criteria [6], andpropose alternative approaches to implement capstone courses [7]. Haslam and Beck [8] studiedthe preparedness for students to work in teams during capstone projects and recommendedinstruction to close the gaps of their findings. However, the authors did not address the challengeof navigating

Conference Session

Student Papers

Collection

2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Spencer Matthew Pollard, California State University, Chico; Abbas Attarwala, California State University, Chico; Jaime Raigoza, California State University, Chico

Tagged Topics

Student Papers

to master during the camp. This approach placed an additional cognitiveburden on students during the activity, detracting from its intended impact. To address this, futureiterations of the camp should integrate more practical, skill-focused instruction earlier in theprogram. Collaborating with the programming course to incorporate instruction on programmingand Arduino could make the BB84 QKD activity more interactive and less reliant onpre-assembled tools. This change would empower students to engage with the materials moredeeply and confidently. Introducing small-group collaborations or gamified elements could alsoincrease and enhance the collaboration among students. Finally, as this was my first experienceteaching a workshop of this kind

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Systems Thinking

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raed Jaradat, Mississippi State University; Michael Andre Hamilton, Mississippi State University; Vidanelage Lakshika Dayarathna, Mississippi State University; Sofia Karam, Mississippi State University; Parker Jones, Mississippi State University; Emily S. Wall , Mississippi State University; Safae El Amrani; Ginnie Shih En Hsu, Mississippi State University

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Systems Engineering

, interconnectivity and integration [1]. SystemsThinking (ST) is considered an active framework to better manage complex system problemdomains. It focuses on how the constituent parts of a system pertain to the whole system and theway the systems work within larger systems over time. This holistic approach contrasts with thetraditional analysis whose aim is to study the individual pieces of a system separately. Bloom etal. [2] and Anderson et al. [3] established a taxonomy whose aim is to classify educationalobjectives in a hierarchy from less to more complex. Bloom’s taxonomy was revised later byAnderson and his colleagues to fit modern education objectives. Stave and Hopper [4] and Hopperand Stave [5] offered a system parallel to Bloom’s taxonomy of

Collection

2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Raluca I. Rosca

Preparing a Diversity Statement- An Introduction to Diversity Issues for Future Faculty Raluca I. Rosca Engineering Sciences and Mechanics Department, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractWhile the diversity in engineering classrooms strives to mirror the diversity of the society atlarge, our future engineering faculty are not explicitly prepared to deal with it. Using a mixeddata approach, this paper describes how a writing exercise (preparing a diversity statement) andthe associated peer-review discussion expanded the definition of diversity and the plans toaddress it in academia for two groups of participants in the Engineering Teaching PortfolioProgram at

Collection

2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Raluca I. Rosca

Preparing a Diversity Statement- An Introduction to Diversity Issues for Future Faculty Raluca I. Rosca Engineering Sciences and Mechanics Department, Pennsylvania State UniversityAbstractWhile the diversity in engineering classrooms strives to mirror the diversity of the society atlarge, our future engineering faculty are not explicitly prepared to deal with it. Using a mixeddata approach, this paper describes how a writing exercise (preparing a diversity statement) andthe associated peer-review discussion expanded the definition of diversity and the plans toaddress it in academia for two groups of participants in the Engineering Teaching PortfolioProgram at

Conference Session

Programming for Engineering Students II

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William Birmingham, Grove City College; Vincent DiStasi, Grove City College; Gary Welton, Grove City College

Tagged Divisions

Computers in Education

coursemanagement systems (CMS). Since Tablet PCs are integrated into the college curriculum as well Page 14.841.3as students’ lives (i.e., they are comfortable with the affordances offered by the Tablet PC) andthe use of CMS is spread thorough the college, GCC is an excellent laboratory to assess thistechnology.All the classrooms are equipped with network ports, wireless networking, and electrical outlets ateach seat. The backbone is all fiber connected running at gigabit speeds with multiple trunks toeach of the academic buildings. The campus network has ample bandwidth with capacity to growin the future. In addition, all students and faculty have

Conference Session

K-12 Programs (Co-sponsored by K-12 Division)

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Virnoche, Humboldt State University; Elizabeth Eschenbach, Humboldt State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Engineering. She completed a postdoc at the Center for Advanced Decision Support in Water and Environmental Systems (CADSWES) at UC Boulder. Beth’s career goals include increasing the diversity of engineering students and improving education for all engineering students. Three of Beth’s current projects are: 1) an NSF planning project for the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research, 2) an NSF Scientific Leadership Scholars project providing 4-year scholarships to 30 students in computer science, environmental recourses engineering and mathematics and 3) a water resources curriculum project using CADSWES software

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott Miers; Carl Anderson; Paula Zenner

• promotion of active, collaborative learning • promotion of faculty as mentors • integration of design, teamwork, communication, and problem-solving • inclusion of cost, project management, and quality issues • recognition of diverse learning styles and career objectivesThe program consists of an innovative sixteen credit elective path; nine credits of course work andseven credits of project work, that combines traditional classroom learning with realisticengineering practice in a modern engineering curriculum. The course work is delivered in onecredit modules and emphasizes communications, business, and teaming, as well as engineeringtopics. The project work is accomplished in student teams of 20-30 working on a