Conference Session

Community Engagement and Humanitarian Engineering: Creating Inclusive Engineers

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul A. Leidig P.E., Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

(2nd ed.). Oxford Press. 4. Leidig, P. A. & Oakes, W. C. (2021-a). Model for Project-Based Community Engagement. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, 16(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.24908/ijsle.v16i2.14809 5. Howe, S., and J. Goldberg. (2019). Engineering capstone design education: Current practices, emerging trends, and success strategies. In Design education today: Technical contexts, programs and best practices, edited by D. Schaefer, G. Coates, and C. Eckert. Springer.6. Leidig, P. A., Khalifah, S. M. & Oakes, W. C. (2023). Capstone design in engineering community engagement course. Journal of Civil Engineering

Conference Session

Developing Systems Engineering Curriculum and Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harmon, Colorado Technical University; John M Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Systems Engineering

few universities offering systems engineering at that time, but notable in the field wereUniversity of Southern California, University of Missouri at Rolla (now Missouri University of Science andTechnology), Air Force Institute of Technology, Naval Postgraduate School, and the military serviceacademies. The curriculum was designed after reviewing those programs for best practices and textbook recommendations. We gave considerable weight to the evolving body of knowledge beingencapsulated by INCOSE in their Guide to the Systems Engineering Body of Knowledge (SEBoK, 2015),itself inspired by the work of the Project Management Institute (PMI).The MSSE was stood up at the main campus in 2004 with the following course list: • SE600 Systems

Conference Session

Reassessing Your Teaching Through Turmoil

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ryan Solnosky P.E., Pennsylvania State University; Nathan C. Brown, Pennsylvania State University; Rebecca Napolitano, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

support teaching and learning activities, a struggle for educators isdetermining which tools work best for different scenarios and teaching approaches [19-21]. Supporting factors that influence teaching and learning activities include learningenvironments, lecturer competences, learning media, curriculum, teaching materials, facilities, andinfrastructure [22]. Teacher competency, facilities, and adequate infrastructure become supportingfactors for successful implementation [23,24]. To achieve excellence in online teaching andincrease student retention, best practices should be adopted to develop high quality onlinematerials that can additionally be used in resident instruction [23,25]. While such research hasinfluenced the development of

Conference Session

Innovations in Curriculum, Projects, and Pedagogy in Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aaron W. Johnson, University of Michigan; Jessica E S Swenson, University of Michigan

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

University ofMichigan, students are required to take 41 credits of engineering science courses (32% of thetotal credits required for graduation) and only 19 credits of design and laboratory courses (14.8%of total credits). Furthermore, of the 11 current ABET Student Outcomes only one of these, a) anability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering, directly speaks to thecontent of these engineering science courses [1].Despite the prominence of engineering science courses in the curriculum, these courses havebeen studied less in engineering education research than design courses [2]. Ideally, theseengineering science courses should give students the theoretical background that they can applyin engineering design courses, on student

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Regan; Katherine Sanders; Donald Evans; Chris Carlson-Dakes; Cesar Malave; Ardie Walser; Jack McGourty; Richard Felder

development of faculty, particularly thosefrom under-represented populations such as women and ethnic minorities. The primaryobjectives of the faculty development program are to engage veteran and young faculty inECSEL’s theme of learning by design; to deal with diversity issues; to improve the prospects ofyoung faculty for success; and to change the tenure and promotion process.• In 1996 a four-day workshop was held at Penn State for young faculty and graduate students from ECSEL schools and nine other universities from outside the coalition. The workshop topics included basics of course design, research funding and proposal writing, and time management. A Junior Faculty Development Workshop was held at the 1997 ASEE Annual Conference

Conference Session

FPD II: Hands-on Curriculum in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lacey Jane Bodnar, Texas A&M University; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Jacqueline Q. Hodge, Texas A&M University; Travis Austin Smith, Engineering Student Services and Academic Programs; Jesus A. Orozco; Joshua Grant Corso; Cristian R. Sanchez; Jillian Kathleen Freise, Texas A&M ELLC Children's Museum; Hannah Ringler, Texas A&M University; Ivan Cortes, Texas A&M University

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First-Year Programs

, and the National Research Council’sBoard of Engineering Education.7-9 The latter report identified a need for “including earlyexposure to ‘real’ engineering and more extensive exposure to interdisciplinary, hands-on,industrial practice aspects, team work, systems thinking, and creative design.” Employers’ needsparalleled these new educational paradigms, as changes in the marketplace placed greaterimportance on communication and persuasion, team leadership and problem solving, and anunderstanding of the multiple factors affecting engineering design.10The criteria for implementing the above educational changes were codified by ABET as a set ofsix professional skills. Effective in 2001, these standards include: communication, teamwork

Conference Session

The Big Picture in Engineering Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Donna M. Riley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Engagement and Service Learning as a Pedagogical Practice in EngineeringDr. Donna M. Riley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Donna Riley is Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech.Dr. Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Atsushi Akera is Associate Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in the History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania. His current research is on the history of engineering education reform in the United States (1945-present). He is Lead for the Connecting Us Team of the Board Strategic Doing Ini- tiative; a candidate for PIC III Chair; past chair of

Conference Session

ECE Pedagogy and Assessment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter Mark Jansson; Ying Tang; Ravi Ramachandran, Rowan University; John Schmalzel, Rowan University; Shreekanth Mandayam, Rowan University; Robert Krchnavek, Rowan University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Linda Head, Rowan University; Raul Ordonez, University of Dayton

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

research. Thus, even if a student doesn’t select a project based onpersonal research interests, they are still very likely to end up participating in a research-based project. This active involvement serves to demystify the research and developmententerprise; students learn first-hand that they can conduct research. Also, for their part,faculty get a chance to develop and inspire students to participate in their research. Asstudents near graduation, there is a very active recruitment of the most capable students.After seeing the exodus of our brightest students to the best graduate schools in thecountry, there was an abrupt about-face and we now recruit our students just asstrenuously as our competition. In any case, we want to achieve a balance

Conference Session

ABET Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Improvement in ECE

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diana G. de la Rosa-Pohl, University of Houston

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

currentoccupation. A survey of science and engineering graduates found that only about 40 percent ofbachelor's degree holders felt that their job required skills that were "closely related" to their Page 25.468.2college major [6]. Many feel that the skills that they have learned in their technical programs arenot being utilized on the job [7]. Traits that are in demand in industry (such as the non-technicalskills, or ―soft skills‖) often come into conflict with the actual training that engineers acquireduring their degree programs, while the math and design skills that are emphasized in schoolremain underutilized. However, when practicing engineers

Conference Session

LEAD Tech Session #2: Assessing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Development.

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Latorre, University of Florida; Elizabeth Meier, University of Florida

career aspirations." Journal of professional issues in engineering education and practice, vol. 142, no. 1, 2016.16. R. Martin, B. Maytham, J. Case, and D. Fraser, "Engineering graduates’ perceptions of how well they were prepared for work in industry," European journal of engineering education, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 167-180, 2005.17. A. Lizzio and K. Wilson, "First‐year students' perceptions of capability," Studies in Higher Education, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 109-128, 2004.18. R. J. Schuhmann, “Engineering leadership education–The search for definition and a curricular approach,” Journal of STEM education: Innovations and research, vol. 11, no. 3, 2010.19. Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD), Department of Engineering

Conference Session

Closing Manufacturing Competency Gaps II

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Venkat Allada; Rajiv Mishra; Ming Leu; Anthony Okafor; Ashok Agrawal; Frank Liou

, andare prepared for lifelong learning, and whose job functions may change many times over theircareer. The demand for such flexible and "evolvable" engineering graduates poses majorchallenges for the nation's engineering schools. At present a significant discrepancy exists between the skills taught in universities and thoseneeded by U.S. industry to succeed in the era of global competition. The major part of theproblem rests with American engineering schools because they have not been directly exposed tothe rigors of global competition. Arguably, in terms of their core competencies (delivery ofundergraduate and graduate education, research, and development) U.S. engineering schoolsremain first-class in any global competition. However

Conference Session

New Trends in ECE Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arun Ravindran, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Patricia Tolley, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Arindam Mukherjee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

instruction in these areas.All results are reported for the Fall semester of 2007. At the beginning of the semester, 79% ofthe students were “somewhat” or “very” confident in their ability to design and implementprojects to satisfy design performance; 79% believed they could complete projects on time; 86%were confident in their ability to make professional presentations; and 86% indicated that theirlast team experience was a positive one. These findings suggested that students had sufficientopportunities to practice the soft skills prior to ECGR 4146. Consequently, the topics wereaddressed as needed during lecture and labs and in consultation with students via email,telephone, and office hours. Data for the technical test questions were screened

Conference Session

Student Teams and Active Learning

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Kathleen Pearle; Gary Dainton; Christine Johnston; David Hutto; Kathryn Hollar; Eric Constans; Jennifer Kadlowec; Joseph Orlins; Kauser Jahan; Roberta Harvey; Bernard Pietrucha; Paris von Lockette; Linda Head; Stephanie Farrell; Douglas Cleary

assignments areplanned and accomplished in conjunction with the laboratory design projects that increase insophistication during the academic year. At the completion of these first two years of Engineering Clinic, the students must beprepared to work on design projects in mixed teams of junior and senior students throughout theremainder of their undergraduate program. During the Junior and Senior years the students areexpected to perform at a near-professional level on industry and government sponsored projects.Throughout the Clinic sequence, the effective performance of the students’ team is crucial totheir success. While team performance is critical in each of the Rowan Engineering disciplines, thedevelopment of models for effective team

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laila Guessous, Oakland University; Kathleen Moore, Oakland University; Julie Walters, Oakland University; Bradley J. Roth, Oakland University; Leanne DeVreugd, Oakland University; Jo Reger, Oakland University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

research. Thebenefits of mentoring in the workplace have long been documented in the literature, yet early andmid-career faculty at Oakland University were generally left to fend for themselves unless theywere fortunate enough to identify helpful faculty in their departments on their own. TheWISE@OU program has hence set out to develop a multi-faceted, effective and sustainablementoring program for faculty in STEM. An unusually high percentage of women in the 2012cohort of new STEM faculty (5 out of 8) presented the WISE@OU program with a uniqueopportunity to test out different mentoring models and have a lasting impact on this andsubsequent faculty cohorts. One-on-one, peer-to-peer and group mentoring activities wereorganized, first for the 2012

Collection

2014 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

F.T. Fisher; R.S. Besser; K. Sheppard; C.H. Choi; E.H. Yang

engineering education literature environment to foster the development of our community ofhave: 1) quantitatively confirmed the positive impact of these undergraduate researchers both inside and outside of theundergraduate research opportunities (UROs) [7,8] and 2) research lab. Therefore, the elements of the research-trainingprovide a wealth of 'lessons learned' and 'best practices' upon track in nanotechnology are necessary to fully maximize thewhich to build. Of particular interest, previous studies suggest benefits of the research experiences that our universitythat undergraduate research experiences are useful in provides to our undergraduate students.recruiting women and other underrepresented

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alexandra Mary Jackson, Rowan University; Samantha Resnick, Rowan University; Rebecca Hansson, Rowan University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

enter into Rowan University’s PhD pro- gram for Engineering with a specialization in engineering education. Alexandra aspires to continue in the research field and hopes to work for a university as a research professor and advisor.Samantha Resnick, Rowan University Samantha Resnick is a senior Chemical Engineering student at Rowan University. She began research in the Experiential Education (ExEEd) department in Spring 2020 as part of her Junior Engineering Clinic. Besides research, Samantha is an Engineering Learning Community Mentor, where she helps first year engineering students adjust to college and provides academic tutoring. Upon graduation, she plans to attend graduate school to further her studies in

Conference Session

Student Division Diversity and Persistence Related Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeannie Marie Purchase, Virginia Tech ; Denise Rutledge Simmons P.E., Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

well as influencing students to pursue engineeringcareers after graduation.12,13 Some of the hesitation for pursuing out-of-class activities forengineering students include lack of time and motivation to participate in these activities.14By understanding students' perceived benefits and motivations for pursuing out-of-classactivities, we can begin to understand how these activities bolster student engagement in andoutside of the classroom. In turn, this can inform policies and practices that may lead toincreased retention rates of underrepresented groups in engineering. This case study wasdeveloped as a follow-up to a focus group that was part of a larger study designed to understandengineering undergraduate students’ motivations for pursuing

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Pedagogy of Lab Courses

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aldo A. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Bonnie H. Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technology; Robert Lineberg, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kevin Peter Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technoloy; Zachary Crawford, Georgia Institute of Technology; Justin Tamayo, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

. Since graduating, he works as a mechanical engineer in the area of space surveillance, expanding from his previous work experience in fabrication and design. While at Georgia Tech he participated in the VIP team on Hands-On Learning for 4 semesters.Mr. Kevin Peter Ferri, Georgia Institute of Technoloy Kevin Ferri is a student at Georgia Tech, pursuing a BS degree in Electrical Engineering. He expects to graduate in May of 2018. At Georgia Tech, he has been involved as a lab technician and a teaching assistant for a prototying class. He participated in the VIP team on Hands-On Learning for 4 semesters.Zachary Crawford, Georgia Institute of Technology Zachary Crawford is pursuing his bachelors in mechanical engineering

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Allen Toth, U.S. Military Academy; Joseph P. Hanus, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

designprojects. These expectations are articulated in Outcome 10 of the American Society of CivilEngineers (ASCE) Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing theCivil Engineer for the Future (BOK2)2, which references Outcome 3k of ABET Inc. ProposedCriteria for Accrediting Engineering Program3. The BOK2 Levels of AchievementSubcommittee recommends that civil engineers who have earned a baccalaureate degree shouldbe able to achieve the third level (application) of the six-level cognitive domain in this outcome.At that level, graduates should be able to3:  List the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools that are necessary for engineering practice.  Explain how these techniques, skills, and modern

Conference Session

ChE: Departmental Issues and Integrating Freshmen into the ChE Program

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles Coronella, University of Nevada-Reno

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

it was challenging for them to produce a talk. Eachindividual in the class evaluated each talk, giving written feedback to their classmates. This hadthe benefit of letting students benefit from the "best practices" of their classmates, and resulted inmuch improved subsequent presentations. At this point, the teams' productivity and performancewere quite varied; two teams had only a preliminary design, and several had working prototypes.The sharing of "intellectual property" between teams at this point was greatly appreciated, andfacilitated much improved designs. At this point, no team had a cooler performance greater thanabout 50% maximum cooling, but this set a sort of benchmark. Part of the fourth assignmentrequired the teams to identify

Conference Session

What Makes Them Continue?

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren

strategies to significantly improve the school’s retention rate?Engineering Retention RateRetention data for engineering (all disciplines) were collected for a six- year period. Retentionrates from course to course were evaluated, as well as overall engineering graduation rates. Thefollowing table contains retention and graduation statistics for students in engineering. Thecourses shown in Table 1 were selected to track student progress since all engineering studentstook these courses, regardless of engineering discipline. Each cohort group is defined as those Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Assessment of K-12 Engineering Programs and Issues

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Petros Katsioloudis, Berea College

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

and works towards a Best Practices international Symposium that will benefit the educators of Cyprus and other countries. Page 13.679.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Identification of Quality Indicators of Visual-Based Learning Material in Technology Education Programs for Grades 7-12.Abstract – The purpose of this study was to identify the quality indicators of visual-basedlearning material in technology education for grades 7-12. A three-round modified Delphimethod was used to answer the following research questions: RQ1: What indicators

Conference Session

Institutional inclusion: Advancing equity and belongingness in engineering education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kassandra Fernandez, University of Florida; Krista Dulany Chisholm, University of Florida; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

President of the Policy Advocacy in Science and Engineering (PASE) student organization at the University of Florida.Krista Dulany Chisholm, University of Florida Dr. Krista Chisholm is a Research Assistant Scientist working for the EQuIPD grant at the University of Florida. She currently manages the development and deployment of the grant’s K-12 Programs which include the Goldberg Gator Engineering Explorers Summer Program and the Powering the Community: AI Design Contest in school districts across Florida. She was previously the Lead Instructional Specialist on the EQuIPD grant coaching K-12 teachers in Florida and providing professional development. Dr. Chisholm excels in using a system thinking approach to support

Conference Session

Action on Diversity - Institutional Change & Perspectives on Diversity

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mayra S Artiles, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Raeven Carmelita Waters; Ashley R Taylor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Karis Boyd-Sinkler, Virginia Tech; Sarah Anne Blackowski, Virginia Tech; Cynthia Hampton, Virginia Tech; Amy Hermundstad Nave, Virginia Tech; Benjamin David Lutz, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity

acknowledged and discussed throughout.Intersectional theory discusses how multiple identities—such as race, class, gender, amongothers—intersect to create a new identity whose experience is different from the sum of its parts(Crenshaw, 1991). The Year of ACTION in Diversity has positioned underrepresented groups(i.e., women and minorities) at the forefront of recent studies in engineering education. Thedistinct challenges faced by these groups point to the need for more comprehensive studies thatcan lead to identifying best practices in engineering education. Intersectionality provides a basisfor our research (Crenshaw, 1991), emphasizing the need to critically analyze how scholarshipfrom ASEE positions multiple aspects of diversity. Because

Conference Session

Global Engineering in an Interconnected World

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Van Treuren, Baylor University; Steven Eisenbarth, Baylor University; Cynthia Fry, Baylor University

Tagged Divisions

International

inventory of assessment tools used to evaluate the ABET Criterion 3 outcomes. Inparticular, the inventory found that there were several assessments being made which could beused in for outcome 3h. First, in the junior design course, students are given a writingassignment that requires students to research and report the key elements of an historical orcontemporary impact of technology. One emphasis of this paper is the global impact oftechnology. A second writing assignment used for assessment is given in the basicthermodynamics class. Here the student is asked to write an essay on energy and theenvironment. A third opportunity for a student to be exposed to the impact of engineeringsolutions in a global and societal context is a short presentation

Conference Session

Innovations in Power Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Seyed Mousavinezhad, Idaho State University, (first, corresponding author)

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

theexchange of ideas and best practices; and improve communication with engineeringprofessionals, industry, government, and others. With a strong need by the industry for the nextgeneration of power engineering professionals, ECEDHA provides the necessary link to theleaders formulating the university curricula and working to achieve support to further research inthis area.Attendees at the workshop were a combination of individuals from industry and governmentinvited by the workshop organizers, as well as delegates nominated by ECEDHA member Page 22.546.6institutions. Workshop attendees were invited based on their qualifications to contribute to

Conference Session

Circuits and Systems Education 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shiny Abraham, Tuskegee University; Naga Korivi, Tuskegee University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

experience of all three learning modalities: Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic. Designing suchhands-on sessions for students, ties theory and practice, and enables them to acquire technicalskills that are crucial and necessary in the engineering workforce. The authors believe thatexperiments based on ADB type learning kits provide students useful hands-on experience inbuilding and troubleshooting circuits with physical components, which is not possible bycomputer-based simulation activities. These ADB exercises are intended to help students carrythis hands-on experience from the laboratory to a workstation at their homes or in lecture classes.Hence, the authors believe that ADB based experiments are more beneficial to students thancorresponding

Conference Session

AERO 1: Rocketry and Space Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Juhyun Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Timothy Plomin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Heather Ruth Arnett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Luisa-Maria Rosu, I-STEM, (Illinois Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Education Initiative; Joshua Rovey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace Division (AERO)

MOOC, combining online classes with face-to-face instructorguidance. In this paper, this is referred to as a blended MOOC or hybrid MOOC. When MOOCsare offered using hybrid formats, it can improve student outcomes and reduce costs [14]–[16].Results also show the impact of incorporating MOOCs in traditional classroom settings is almostequal or slightly better than face-to-face teaching environments [15]–[17].The key assumptions when designing a blended learning course are: Thoughtfully integratingface-to-face and online learning, fundamentally restructuring and replacing the course design,and class hours for effective student engagement [18]. Curriculum designers must exploreopportunities for blended MOOCs research on how factors like early

Conference Session

Maps, Metaphors, Tweets, and Drafts

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared David Berezin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

-technical audiences are too significant to ignore. In this time of ongoing discord betweenscientists, policymakers, and the public, the ways in which scientists communicate with thoseoutside of their profession is critical to improving scientific literacy [14], [15]. As Chan [16]argues, “In order for the lay public to shape an informed opinion of scientific discoveries andcontroversial developments, it is critical that scientists can communicate about research and theimplications of that research to promote awareness, clarity, as well as to respond to publicconcerns. These are the abilities that are lacking amongst many new science graduates.”Currently, there is a dearth of research regarding undergraduate students’ creative explanationsin their

Conference Session

Accreditation and Related Issues in ECE

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kanti Prasad

A case study of eradicating weakness in accreditation owing to vital role played by industrial and government leaders in academia Kanti Prasad, Ph.D.; P.E. Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell MA 01854 Kanti_Prasad@uml.eduIntroduction In the fall of 2000, we were visited by ABET for regular accreditation forour Electrical Engineering Program. We were cited ‘weakness’ in our course16.499 Capstone Project. Although the design content was of great quality, but itlacked in elucidating the design impact on society, its environmental implication,ethical content, and economic