Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3 - Humanitarian Design

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Awatef Ergai, Kennesaw State University; Shane Peterson; Ginny Zhan, Kennesaw State University; Sabine Smith

modalities across the four categories. The findings corroborate positive reviews by formerparticipants and facilitators, especially for groups of university students from diverse culturalbackgrounds. The findings from the pilot study indicate a positive trajectory: Intentionalinclusion of guided, interpersonal communication exercises in engineering courses based on theUNESCO Story Circles methodology is appreciated by learners. The method offers a potentialtemplate for broad adoption in engineering programs due to its readily accessible, cost-free, andeasily adaptable format for diverse instructional settings.1 IntroductionAs we continue to adjust to the “new normal” in pandemic-infused academic contexts, manylearners, educators, and administrators

Conference Session

ERM: Persistence and Attrition in Engineering

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kanembe Shanachilubwa, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Gabriella Sallai, Pennsylvania State University

mechanisms, metrics, policy, and amelioration; engineering writing and communication; and methodological development for nontraditional data. Her NSF CAREER award studies master’s-level departure from the engineering doctorate as a mechanism of attrition. Catherine earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota, her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University.Gabriella M Sallai Gabriella Sallai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. Her work characterizes engineering graduate students’ experiences within graduate school. Gaby earned a Bachelor’s degree in

Conference Session

New Programs and Textbooks in BME

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Mary Lidstrom; Kjell Nelson; Jeffrey Bonadio; David Stahl; Cynthia Atman

designed tointegrate biology into undergraduate engineering education at the UW. Our ultimate aim is tointegrate biology into the engineering curriculum at three levels. This includes: 1) developing aset of instructional modules that use biological examples to illustrate engineering principles forincorporation into existing freshman or sophomore level engineering science courses 2) a juniorlevel course in fundamental biological principles, and 3) advanced courses in engineeringbiological systems for seniors and graduate students. For our first effort in this program, wedeveloped a course to teach fundamental biological concepts that are sufficiently rigorous andrelevant to third and fourth year engineering students.This paper describes the broad

Conference Session

International Educational Experiences (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alistair Cook, Colorado State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

(Zambia). The EWB Challenge has been piloted at Colorado State University for the past two years [4]and has been successfully undertaken by students across Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdomand Ireland since 2007 [5, 6]. The other two curricular groups studied are engineering students who willbe studying engineering abroad with a partner university for a semester or more, and engineering studentsundertaking a short term (3 week) sustainable design and construction three credit study abroad programin Costa Rica over the winter break. Finally, two co-curricular groups of students will be investigated,members of the universities Engineers Without Borders USA chapter will be looked at as two differentgroups. Those involved in the design

Conference Session

Personnel Development & Retention

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devayan D. Bir, Loras College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

migrators faced the sameproblems as students who dropped out of STEM majors (leavers) but chose another STEMmajor. A qualitative study [15] on students migrating to industrial engineering (IE) showedthat students left their initial engineering major because of negative experiences with facultyand classes, very low interaction with faculty, and change in career goals to an industrialengineer. The other studies which have researched migrators are quantitative [10, 13] anddescribe metrics such as major stickiness (percentage of students that enroll and subsequentlygraduate in a major) and odds of graduation in the major. Quantitative studies into whystudents drop a major cannot provide the rich description obtained from a qualitative studythat is

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marcia Mardis, Florida A&M University - Florida State University; Faye Jones, Florida A&M University - Florida State University

urban student populations.In this paper we share the potential of the Backtracking Technique to generate contextualizedcareer pathway data for institutions and create visualizations that can aid in institutionaldecision-making through a study pilot. The pilot is an initial effort to test the project’s aims ofintegrating institutional data with phenomenological data to model student progression throughpost-secondary STEM programs. The analysis will identify and verify influencers that support orhinder student success. Quantitative data analyses will consist of descriptive and comparativemethods, which will be verified and informed by open coding and thematic analysis of thequalitative data. We share how the systematic investigation of

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 15

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lauren Singelmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Darcie Christensen, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Elizabeth Pluskwik, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Yuezhou Wang, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

program where they designed virtual creatures while considering biomechanics [14].ENA allowed researchers in these projects to quantitatively analyze how components ofKnowledge, Skills, Identity, Values, and Epistemology were related within the communities ofpractice – even in complex learning spaces. This success illustrates the potential of using ENA inpractice-based learning contexts as well.Study ContextTo assess the potential for using ENA and the five epistemic frame elements to analyzepractice-based learning, a preliminary study was carried out at Iron Range Engineering – anABET-accredited upper division engineering program that implements practice-based learning.After completing lower division coursework at a community college, students

Conference Session

Underrepresented Populations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Srinjita Bhaduri, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katie Van Horne; John Daniel Ristvey Jr., UCAR Center for Science Education; Randy Russell, UCAR Center for Science Education; Tamara Sumner

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

school’s premises.EmbodimentParticipant Structures. Participating youth were organized into small groups with clearlyassigned roles, such as UAV pilot, safety officer, and spotter. These roles were rotatedthroughout the semester and every youth had a chance to play each of these roles. Each group ofyouth was supported by a dedicated STEM coach and another adult volunteer from the IHADprogram. Two undergraduate and one graduate student from the engineering program at theUniversity of Colorado were recruited to serve as STEM coaches who facilitated the program.Each coach participated in a professional development program designed to familiarize themwith UAVs, the overall curriculum, the engineering design practices being emphasized in thecurriculum

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Design I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Benjamin Goldschneider, Virginia Tech; Nicole P. Pitterson, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

-employment experience hason students can help engineering education researchers (EER) understand the role that diverseteams, particularly in the capstone environment, can have for engineering students in thedevelopment of their collaborative abilities.In the long term, this study seeks to better understand how the social norms that are present ininterdisciplinary teams influence the development of effective collaborative behaviors. Thesebehaviors can be considered as belonging to a larger grouping of skills, sometimes called “meta-competencies,” that have become an increasingly important part of what employers look for fromengineering graduates [11]. However, this paper will focus directly on the curriculum design ofan interdisciplinary capstone

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; D. Andrew Brown, Clemson University; Christy Brown, Clemson University; Kristin Kelly Frady, Clemson University; Marketa Marcanikova , Clemson University ; Sez Atamturktur Ph.D., Clemson University; Stanley N. Ihekweazu, South Carolina State University; Michael A. Matthews P.E., University of South Carolina; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Richard H. Roberts Jr, Florence Darlington Technical College; Ikhalfani Solan, South Carolina State University; Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel; Anand K. Gramopadhye, Clemson University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

addressing initial mathematics course placement and initial mathematics course outcomes,particularly among students from minoritized populations, low SES backgrounds, and rural areas.The launch pilot focuses on elucidating the pathways that lead students into college math courses FTbelow calculus and on testing interventions at points of maximal theoretical impact. Although thedata we collect is specific to South Carolina, the framework for the study (Figure 1) is groundedin engineering identity theory and draws on national research on engineering identity andengineering pathways [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]. Each critical decision point isaffected by a range of inputs that are not unique to South Carolina

Conference Session

Teaching with Technology

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caleb H Farny, Boston University; Sean B Andersson, Boston University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Typically 5-7instructors are involved with the course throughout the academic year. Student assessment Page 23.134.2includes weekly problem sets and quizzes, a semester-long truss design project, two midtermexams, and a common final exam. Weekly tutoring assistance is provided by graduate teachingfellows (GTFs) across multiple sections.The vision for restructuring the course arose from several key deficiencies. As a service coursethat introduces all students in the College of Engineering to the basics of engineering analysis, itis vital that the material taught to the students be delivered in a coherent fashion and on auniform level. Section-to

Conference Session

Engineering Education Research Practices and Community

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Javeed Kittur, Arizona State University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Work on Research Self-EfficacyWhile no instrument for EERSE currently exists, multiple efforts have been undertaken to measureresearch self-efficacy in general [13-20]. These measures typically describe research as beingcomprised of the conceptualization of a study; a literature review; the design and implementationof the study; data collection, analysis, and interpretation; writing and the presentation of the results.Notably, however, the vast majority of this research focuses exclusively on the research self-efficacy of students participating in graduate or undergraduate research. These studies also do notinclude engineering or engineering education students, with a few exceptions [18-20].Instruments to study the research self-efficacy of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cassandra McCall, Utah State University; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Gabriel Van Dyke, Utah State University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Vanessa Tran, Utah State University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Glass, E. Kociolek, R. Wongtrirat, R. J. Lynch, and S. Cong, “Uneven Experiences: The Impact of Student-Faculty Interactions on International Students’ Sense of Belonging,” jis, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 353–367, Oct. 2015, doi: 10.32674/jis.v5i4.400.[3] N. Mayat and S. L. Amosun, “Perceptions of academic staff towards accommodating students with disabilities in a civil engineering undergraduate program in a university in South Africa,” Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 53–59, 2011.[4] E. E. Blair, R. B. Miller, M. Ong, and Y. V. Zastavker, “Undergraduate STEM Instructors’ Teacher Identities and Discourses on Student Gender Expression and Equity: Stem Instructors’ Discourses on

Conference Session

Civic Engagement and Volunteerism in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Richey, The Boeing Company; Deepa Gupta, The Boeing Company; Timothy Kieran O'Mahony, University of Washington, College of Education LIFE Center; Laura E. Meyers, City University of Seattle; Fabian Zender, The Boeing Company; Danielle LoVallo Vermeer, The Boeing Company

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division

Education, 2015 The Business Case for Engineering Skills-based Volunteerism in K-12 EducationAbstractSkills-based volunteerism programs can provide technical employees effective and meaningfulopportunities to utilize, develop, and transfer their skills while contributing to their companies’community engagement objectives in K-12 education. While many companies encourage theiremployees to engage in education-related volunteerism, these efforts are often one-off eventsrelated to student outreach or recruiting, rather than opportunities for employees to utilize theirskills to not only give back to community, but also develop professionally and personally. Thisstudy focuses on assessing the impact of a pilot

Conference Session

Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glen Roderic Coates, Pennsylvania State University; Alyson G. Eggleston, Pennsylvania State University; Robert J. Rabb P.E., Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

Research Council [5-6].New pedagogical approaches to EC include an increasing focus on topic-specific proceduralwriting; engineering-specific templates and citations; and highly structured assignments withclear applications and a team-based component. Studies have shown that engineering students inparticular respond best and perform better in technical writing tasks with clear deadlines,expectations, peer review phases, and rubric-based assessments [5].EC pedagogy is also changing as a result of the overall importance of engineering technical workrises in industry. Calling it the Communication Coefficient (CC) method, researchers advocatethat engineering students’ experiences in the communication classroom can be improved if theyare advised in

Conference Session

Sustainability and Hands-on Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan E. Powers, Clarkson University; Jan DeWaters, Clarkson University; Stefan J. Grimberg, Clarkson University; Daqing Hou, Clarkson University; Mary Margaret Monica Small, Clarkson University

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

Thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Potsdam NY: Clarkson University.14 Obermiller, C., A. Atwood, 2014. Measuring Sustainability Literacy: Scale Development. Journal of Jesuit Business Education, 5(1): 105-128.15 Horvath, N., M. Stewart, M. Shea, 2013. Toward instruments of assessing sustainability knowledge; Assessment development, process, and results from a pilot survey at the University of Maryland. Journal of Sustainability Education, 5: 27.16 Azapagic, A., S. Perdan, D. Shallcross, 2005. How much do engineering students know about sustainable development ? The findings of an international survey and possible implications for the engineering curriculum. European Journal of Engineering

Collection

2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Sarah K. Bauer, Mercer University; Adaline M. Buerck, Mercer University; Hannah Nabi; Bremen Vance, Mercer University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Competency-Based Curriculum in Orthogeriatric”, JCEHP, 2014, 34 (2),123-130.Hansen, Rebecca A. “Impact of Study Abroad on Ethnocultural Empathy and Global-Mindedness”, Doctoral Dissertation, Ball State University, 2010.Klein-Gardner, S. S., Walker, A. “Defining Global Competence for Engineering Students”,Conference Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society forEngineering Education, 2011.Jesiek, B. K., Woo, S. E., Parrigon, S., Porter, C. M. “Development of a Situational JudgmentTest for Global Engineering Competency”, JEE, 2020, 109, 470-490.Leap, “Assessing Underserved Students’ Engagement in High-Impact Practices”, AAC&U, 2013.[Online]. Available: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED582014.pdf [Accessed November

Conference Session

Teams, Teaching, Leadership, and Technical Communications in Mechanical Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, Cornell University; Rick Evans, Cornell University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

, oral, visual, electronic) and outcomes(including ABET alignments) as collected by our two years of student survey data. Theincredible success of Year1’s quantitative findings are outlined in full. For example, in responseto our communicative self-efficacy survey, the scores across all communicative modalitiesincreased substantially (changing from low-medium to mid-high range) for all the studentstaking the pilot. In addition, on 17 of the 23 items on the survey, 80% of the pilot students scoredin the high range. We believe that it safe to claim that the pilot has had a profound and verypositive impact on students’ reported communicative self-efficacy in MAE engineering contexts.IntroductionCommunication is ubiquitous in the lives of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 2: Peer Mentoring/Learning, Teaching Assistants, and Career Mentorship

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nina Telang, University of Texas at Austin; Katherine Molina-Gallo, University of Texas at Austin; Elliot Lopez-Finn, University of Texas at Austin

performance and overall coursegrades and DFQW (Ds, Fs, Q-drops, Withdraws) rates [3-8]. This research has shownthat regular attendance (i.e., attending six sessions or more) has the highest impact ongrade outcomes, retention, and graduation rates.I.Motivation for Study: As students transition from lower-division to upper-division courses, theiracademic support needs change. While Supplemental Instruction (SI) has been a partof our institution since the 1980’s and was introduced in Engineering courses in 2015,the Learning Center only assigns this support to many of the large, introductory lecturecourses at our university. The SI model was built upon theories including the mediationof learning by social constructivism and interdependence, social

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Jason Puzniak; Flora McMartin; Alice Agogino

classes that they teach?The first discussion was concept-centered, specifically; it focused around the concept ofmechanical dissection and associated multimedia cases of engineering design with active linksleading to related courseware located on NEEDS. This concept-centered discussion began with ashort abstract describing the pedagogical concepts associated with integrated dissections/cases: A number of schools across the country have incorporated the study of artifacts and processes into the case-based approach to engineering education. These hands-on experiences help students become familiar with the machines/mechanisms that surround

Conference Session

ChE: Innovations in the Classroom

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Marlin, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

AC 2007-80: TEACHING OPERABILITY IN UNDERGRADUATE CHEMICALENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATIONThomas Marlin, McMaster University Department of Chemical Engineering McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Tom Marlin joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, as NSERC Research Professor in Industrial Process Control in 1988. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts in 1972; then, he practiced engineering for 15 years in the chemical and petroleum industries. In 1987, he served as the Visiting Fellow, for the Warren Centre Study located at the University of Sydney, Australia. During the one-year project, a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Diversity 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University; Soundouss Sassi, Mississippi State University; Mahnas Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Mississippi State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

the second set of interviews will focus on cultural adjustments(for Moroccan participants), member-checking, and clarification. We also piloted interviewswith existing Moroccan students from older cohorts. We examined existing survey instrumentssuch as [20], [21] to develop our interview protocol. For example, using the survey in theBlumenfeld study as a guide, we are asking expectancy-value specific questions such as: “Doyou feel that you are giving up anything by choosing the engineering path?” For an affirmativeanswer, the follow-up question is: “What things could you be doing instead?” For a negativeresponse, the follow-up question is “Perhaps giving up time spent on your hobbies? Or timespent with family?”[20].ConclusionThis research

Conference Session

Recruiting/Retention--Lower Division

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles Abaté; Ramesh Gaonkar

interaction as exists in residential four-year colleges, but we can provide virtual socialinteraction through our Internet user group. To create a virtual social interaction, every studentmust have a computer. These days, 70 80% of students already have computers at home; for therest, our program lends them PCs for a semester. Our user group and chat room facilitiesprovide them an opportunity to communicate, to study together, to assist each other, and to forma community of learners that can build a sense of group identity and cohesion. Data collected atDaytona Beach and LaGuardia Colleges reinforce the hypothesis that learning communitiescontribute to student success and retention.Students in our program are provided an educational environment that

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering in K-12 and the First Year

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tommy George, Harvard University; Alexander Seth Klein; Kristen B Wendell, Tufts University

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Paper ID #30488First Impressions: Engaging First-Year Undergraduates in ChemicalEngineering DesignTommy George, Harvard University Tommy George is a graduate student at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. He is currently working towards a PhD in Engineering Science with a research focus in renewable energy storage, and he graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Tommy worked with the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach throughout his undergraduate studies, developing ongoing interest in the design of engaging engineering learning

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Wagner, University of New Mexico; Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico; Magda Hinojosa, Arizona State University; Nadia Singh, University of Oregon; Elizabeth A. Wentz, Arizona State University; Benjamin Jose Aleman, University of Oregon; Mala Htun, University of New Mexico

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and inclusion by measuring latent support for exclusionary practices, and designing interventions targeted at improving gaps in graduate student success and support, and faculty hiring, tenure, and promotion. Additionally, his research attempts to understand the impacts of online platforms and their algorithms on political contention in the United States.Lizandra C. Godwin, University of New Mexico Dr. Lizandra C. Godwin is a faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Godwin earned her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida, and her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Florida A&M University. Her

Conference Session

Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mariana A. Alvidrez; Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Elaine Hampton; Mary K. Roy; Tomas Sandoval; Andrea Villagomez

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

undergraduate studies, including computer science. Some 90% of thestudents in this project were Hispanic. The course was piloted over four semesters, whichallowed the instructional team to perfect the approaches that were most successful for studentsuccess. The leadership course integrated two primary approaches: 1) a relational model ofleadership used to examine complexities that arise when technology professionals encountermultiple perspectives and diverse ideas; and 2) cooperative learning approaches, includingconstructive academic controversy model, used to develop leadership skills whilecontextualizing the role of ethics in computing. The course culminated in an academiccontroversy exercise where student teams examined the Facebook /Whistleblower

Conference Session

CoNECD Session : Day 1 Slot 8 Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 CoNECD

Authors

Tiffiny Antionette Butler, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ryan Meadows, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

CoNECD Paper Submissions, Diversity

as a Teaching Professor in BME and the Director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at WPI. Dr. Butler fosters a student community at WPI that respects and celebrates diversity in all its dimensions, including but not limited the many intersectional identities of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, and physical ability.Mrs. Ryan Meadows, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Ryan Meadows holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Business from Fitchburg State University and an M.A. in Teaching from Sacred Heart University. She is currently the Associate Director of Pre-collegiate Outreach Programs at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Meadows works with K-12 S STEM outreach programs

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Courses II

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Sullivan

of highschool, college and graduate students. The researchers will (1) examine team-membersexperiences in this course to determine if and how the course design can be improved and(2) quantify high school students’ perceptions of college, specifically the University ofUtah and the College of Engineering. ChE is a pilot interdisciplinary service-learning seminar on hydrogen sustainability.It includes 12 University f Utah college students (six from Chemical Engineering and sixfrom other disciplines) and 12 advanced high school students who will be taking the coursefor college credit. The “pilot” nature of this course requires that research be conducted toassess the impact of the course. Currently, the seminar will be evaluated for both

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Noe Vargas Hernandez, The University of Texas at El Paso; Gul Kremer, Pennsylvania State University; Julie Linsey, Texas A&M University; Linda Schmidt, University of Maryland

University of Maryland Pilot StudyA group of 17 University of Maryland graduate students participated in a pilot study of the TRIZtreatment. The course was “Engineering Design Methods” (ENME 600), an introduction todifferent conceptual design methods for mechanical engineering. Seven of the students were alsoworking engineers. Fourteen class members had never heard of TRIZ before the experiment.The other three (two professionals and one student) were more familiar with TRIZ (i.e., theyrated their understanding of TRIZ at a level of “3” out of 5.The 17 class members were in the TRIZ training condition; the class members were not given thesketching emphasis lecture nor did the use Smartpens. For the ideation assignment, students wereasked to take the

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Alexander Mendoza-Garcia, Purdue University / Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy

Page 23.391.2future policy participation (two yes/no questions), prior policy knowledge (3 open-endedquestions and three yes/no questions), interest in public policy (4 yes/no questions and 3 open-ended questions) and demographic information (11 questions). In appendix A, the completecollection of questions used for the pilot study can be found.Strategy for a “good question construction”23 included support from undergrad students. Fiveundergrad students were recruited: one senior mechanical engineering student and a group ofstudents of environmental and ecological engineering: one senior, one sophomore and one junior.As a result, some of the wording was changed. For example, one of the questions asked: “Whatpolicy issues are currently most