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State of the Art in Freshman Programs

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Edward Evans; H. Michael Cheung; Rex Ramsier; Francis Broadway; Sandra Spickard Prettyman; Helen Qammar

, Page 9.685.1pre- and post-tests of project relevant content knowledge, reflective journal and end of“Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2004, American Society for Engineering Education”project/course evaluations. The preliminary results indicate that, as a result of participating on aVITDP, first year students greatly enhance their knowledge content and have a significantappreciation for the discipline of chemical engineering. In addition, post-project surveys of thefreshman students indicate an overwhelmingly positive attitude toward engineering when theproject is designed to encourage good teaming behaviors. We present the lessons

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Rosa Pinkus; Mary Besterfield-Sacre; Mark Sindelar; Larry Shuman; Carl Mitcham; Barbara Olds; Ronald Miller; Harvey Wolfe

S.Kitchener’s Reflective Judgment (RJ) Model [30]. These models measure students’ positionsalong a hierarchical construct of stages representing increasingly more sophisticated ways of un-derstanding knowledge and solving complex, open-ended problems.Perry developed his model from clinical studies of Harvard students in the 1960’s. As he inter-viewed student groups at the end of each academic year, probing their views of their universityexperiences, he observed patterns of thinking that were hierarchical and chronological. He trans-lated these patterns into a nine-stage model of development that he validated by a second, moreextensive, longitudinal study. King and Kitchener developed the Reflective Judgment (RJ)model in the late 1970’s from their

Conference Session

Technology, Communications & Ethics

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Christopher Long

faculty perspectives. The dynamics of the meetings reflect a team-centeredapproach, offering solutions that stem from a network of distributed cognition.The RCS is presented as an educational model that augments undergraduate research whilesupplementing classroom instruction. The research team has developed a multi-dimensionalrubric and a coding system to quantify extensive qualitative data: student deliverables andvideotapes of small group sessions. This paper focuses on the method for quantifyingtraditionally qualitative data, and, based on analyses of those data, reports progressundergraduates have made in their research learning through the distributed cognitionenvironment of the RCS.The Research Communications Studio ApproachThe Research

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Programs

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Stanford; Duane Dunlop; Donald Sebastian; Stephen Tricamo; Donald Keating

singular reliance on a linear basic research-driven model of innovation to an integrative model ofpurposeful, needs-driven, systematic engineering innovation that frequently drives directed-strategicresearch. U.S. graduate education must reflect this change for the nation to maintain its competitive edge.In today’s innovation-driven economy, the U.S. engineering workforce plays a vital role in creating newtechnology and in leading the process of continuous technological innovation for competitive advantage. The demand for high-caliber engineers/technologists with strong technical skills, practical experience,and professional skills for leadership of technology development in industry is increasing. Although U.S.engineering education has

Conference Session

Qualitative Research Programs & International Research Experience from Around the World

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yating Chang, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Joe J.J. Lin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Juila D. Thompson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Yi Shen, Purdue University; Brent K. Jesiek, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Eckhard A. Groll, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edwin Daniel Hirleman, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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International

and reflect ontheir IREE experiences, (2) allow professional and social network opportunities among theparticipants, and (3) assess the challenges and opportunities faced by the program participants.At the IREE re-entry meeting, individual hour-long interviews and two-hour thematic focusgroups were conducted with 56 participants.For the scope of this paper, we present and discuss select focus group and interview data relatedto three different themes: (1) gender differences, (2) second generation Chinese immigrants, and(3) African and Hispanic Americans. Preliminary data analysis reveals some of the unique issuesfaced by each student population, as well as some of the cultural images encountered inside andoutside of various cultural

Conference Session

Build Diversity in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Kang, University of Washington; Lisa A. Peterson, University of Washington; Elena Maria Hernandez, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

Successful Undergraduate Research Program for Science and Engineering UndergraduatesIf current trends continue, the percentage of whites in the United States by 2020 will decline to63.7% (down from 75.6% in 2000) and by 2050, almost half of the U.S. population will benonwhite1. The group predicted to make up the majority of the nonwhite population areHispanics2, but other underrepresented minority groups will also grow substantially. Hispanicsmake up roughly one in every five high-school-age youth, compared with one in ten in 19902.Those trends are expected to be reflected in the state of Washington as well, but Washington alsohas a relatively large population of Alaska Indians/American Natives (AI/AN), about 1.6% of thepopulation

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade in Teaching II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Foster, George Fox University; Justin R. Vander Werff P.E., Dordt College

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New Engineering Educators

emphasizeresearch-based methods including use of clearly defined learning objectives and implementingactive learning techniques in the classroom. Such methods can be very useful and have beenshown to be successful; however, for the new engineering educator, the implementation of suchmethods can be mentally and emotionally challenging and time consuming.This paper provides the authors’ reflection, as two relatively new engineering educators, on theirpersonal implementation of learning objectives and active learning techniques in the classroom intheir second and third years of teaching. We feel that our comparative evaluations are unique andhelpful because we teach at two different teaching-focused institutions and have employedmethods and techniques that we

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa M Frehill, National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering

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Women in Engineering

: Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering: A Data-Based Look at Diversity” and the NACME databook. Research in progress includes projects funded by the National Science Foundation on women’s interna- tional participation and collaboration in science and engineering and on career outcomes of engineering bachelor’s degree recipients. In addition, she is working on analyses of supply and demand for engineers and scientists. Support for this research was provided by NACME with additional support via a grant from the National Science Foundation, Research on Gender in Science and Engineering HRD#0827461. Any findings or conclusions are those of the author and do not reflect those of the National Science Foundation

Conference Session

Research and Graduate Studies

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Andrew Janeski, Virginia Tech; Erin Crede, Virginia Tech; Maura J. Borrego, Virginia Tech; Chris Venters, Virginia Tech

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Graduate Studies

this paper, we provide an overviewof the workshop organization and expand on the findings from the workshop, presenting detailedexamples and recommendations across a wide range of disciplines, types of universities, andlevels of faculty experiences. Specific findings centered on the idea that expectations should bemade clear to students as early as possible. We conclude with the implications for the graduateengineering community and offer recommendations for faculty members interested in continuingthis discussion at their institution.BackgroundDespite ongoing research in higher education, the basic model of doctoral education hasremained unchanged for several decades1. How the training of doctoral students is conducted,however, reflects

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

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Electrical and Computer

attitudes companies were seeking in the emerging classes of engineers. Having been inthis process, one was more likely to have reflected on any noticeable performance gaps and tohave thought more deeply about what direction engineering education should take. As for university respondents, it was assumed that any faculty member who had beenrequired to teach courses (presumably all faculty members) would have been involved incurriculum development and therefore would have had experience in this area. Therefore, facultymember participation was limited only by years of experience and level of involvement inteaching electrical engineering courses. In addition, to provide a ―big picture‖ perspective, onefaculty respondent was chosen who had also

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa K. Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Educational Research and Methods

. Page 25.108.2A one hour written exam limits the assessment to the students’ ability to perform only in that onehour of time. If the student had a difficult day, poor night’s sleep or any other wealth of personalissues, the impact on their performance during that hour could likely be significant5. A one hourwritten exam also limits the complexity of the problems. With only an hour, it is difficult to givestudents problems beyond a certain level of difficulty or complexity. A problem worth solvingshould require some time to reflect and the consideration of a few different approaches. Onehour is simply not enough time to allow for this without requiring the student to perform quickly;speed should not be a factor in the testing process6,7 when

Conference Session

Secondary (6-12) Outreach

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Schnittka, Auburn University; Michael A Evans, Virginia Tech ; Tiffany Drape, Virginia Tech; Samantha Gwai Lan Won, Virginia Tech

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

., “What’swho’s your favorite pop singer?” Messing around is the term used to describe interactions withtechnology for the purpose of informally seeking information of interest to the individual. In thechat logs, this was represented by quotes such as “What do you know about penguins?” Finally,geeking out describes interactions with technology that are specifically directed towardsincreasing individual expertise and knowledge of a particular subject area of interest. This wouldbe reflected in the chat logs by quotes such as “Our penguin (-shaped ice cube) did better whenwe used cotton balls to insulate.” The HOMAGO framework is descriptive in nature; thus, its usewas analytical in nature as we looked for learning as driven by the appropriation of

Conference Session

Preparing for Practice

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Huff, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

. 748, emphasis ours)14. If engineering students view the users of theirdesigned technology as social constraints rather than core to the design itself, they may onlyrecognize how these users provide “information, assistance, and/or support” rather thanconsidering how their “needs should be reflected in the design”15. We might reasonably posit,then, that what students do in design tends to reflect how they perceive design itself.Frameworks from Studies on Engineering DesignWithin the engineering education community, there are several studies that investigate activitiesthat engineering students and professionals do as part of design. For example, Atman and hercolleagues have published a number of articles on the processes enacted by students

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) - Empathy, Psychological Safety, and Leadership in Engineering Design

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tara Esfahani, University of California, Irvine; Isra Malabeh, University of California, Irvine; Mark E. Walter, University of California, Irvine; David A. Copp, University of California, Irvine

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

disrespected and the issuewas never addressed following the incident.Student D reflects on the constraints of decision-making within certain limitations andacknowledges the importance of working with diverse perspectives. Despite differing decisions,she said her team recognized the value of collective decision-making for the overall success of theproject.Contrary to the other students’ approach, Student E describes a time when there was conflictregarding her team members being unable to attend their project competition due to limited funds.The conflict was resolved through management’s decision to require members to fund their travelexpenses if they wanted to attend, which demonstrated a hierarchical resolution approach. Shesaid: “The way it was

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Autumn R. Deitrick, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, resources, positive supervisor relations) can influencecreativity [35]. Hunter et al. [35] derived 14 creative climate dimensions (i.e., positive peergroup, positive supervisor relations, resources, challenge, mission clarity, autonomy, positiveinterpersonal exchange, intellectual stimulation, top management support, reward orientation,flexibility and risk-taking, product emphasis, participation, and organizational integration) fortraditional workplaces. Because engineering graduate programs are dynamic environments withcomplex interpersonal relationships and structural influences that exist in both academic andresearch settings, we modified the definitions of these dimensions to reflect research group andclassroom climates. Additionally, we

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Huihui Qi, University of California, San Diego; Carolyn L Sandoval, University of California, San Diego; Curt Schurgers, University of California, San Diego; Marko Lubarda, University of California, San Diego; Alex M. Phan, University of California, San Diego; Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Maziar Ghazinejad, University of California, San Diego; Minju Kim, University of California, San Diego; Zongnan Wang, University of California, San Diego; Nathan Delson, eGrove Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

, students were asked to reflect on whether the oral examschanged their learning strategies. Overall, results show a quite even distribution of students’agreement level on how they find interactions during the oral assessment(s) changed theirlearning strategies. 29.4% of students agreed/strongly agreed on the prompt, while 38.1% ofstudents didn’t have a preference, and 32.4% of the students disagreed/strongly disagreed.Results showed that more URM students, FG students, and students with lower GPAs (C andbelow C) reported oral exams caused a more significant change in their learning strategycompared to the non-URM students, non-FG students, and higher and middle GPA (A and B)students. Thirty-eight percent of URM students agreed or strongly agreed

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Equity, Inclusion, and Access

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University; Aya Mouallem, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

addressintrinsic bias, including methods during application decisions such as using partiallyde-identified application materials used in admissions decisions.PositionalityThis work is presented from the positionality of the researchers at Stanford University,examining outreach programs situated in the United States and in Lebanon, from the authorperspectives of the program designers and staff. The authors have a focus on supporting accessand equity in engineering, and approach this from a practical perspective of finding practices thatcan be integrated into current educational outreach efforts. As a result, we briefly reflect on ourpersonal experiences in relation to the topics we address in this work in this brief positionalitystatement [16]. Aya

Conference Session

Mr. Burns' Brainchild: AI in the Springfield STEM Classroom, Release the Hounds!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alvin Talmadge Hughes IV, University of Florida; Jacob Casey Yarick, University of Florida; Nancy Ruzycki, University of Florida; Hajymyrat Serdarovich Geldimuradov, University of Florida; Sarah Louise Langham, University of Florida; Katherine Miller, University of Florida

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

lesson to students’previous knowledge and “building up” to the material before new connections are made.Elicitation also serves to inform the instructor as to what the students understand about the topicbefore it is taught. This is best done with an introductory activity that has students discuss anopen-ended question or scenario that results in them explaining their current understanding ofconcepts and definitions in their own words. Instructors can actively participate in this section byencouraging students to reflect on past experiences or previous related topics, allowing studentsto create their own relationships and models for real world concepts, establishing a concretefoundation for the lesson.In the pedagogical model employed

Conference Session

Engineering Inclusivity: Challenging Disparities and Cultivating Resilience in Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joel Alejandro Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio; M. Sidury Christiansen, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity

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

-standard English speaker) as powerless, inadequate, or deficient.Theoretical FrameworkIn this paper, we draw from Flores and Rosa [26] conceptualization of raciolinguistics to analyzehow engineering is portrayed and communicated in social media memes, and the potential ofthese in influencing how discourses around engineering identity are constructed.We pay particular attention to raciolinguistics because memes are not just humorous orentertaining images; they often reflect and reinforce societal norms, values and power dynamics,including those related to race and language. Flores and Rosa [26] introduced the concept ofraciolinguistics, which indicates that language – in all of its forms – is used to construct race, andtherefore influences how

Conference Session

Sustainability and Humanitarian Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

% among civil engineering students and 26-29% of the environmental engineering students. In the special topic papers written by the civilengineering students for Homework 6, significantly more students discussed sustainability inrelation to their topic in the semesters that the course included a sustainability module (21-24%vs. previous 5%). In the final reflective essays at the end of the semester (homework 7), 60-86%of the students mentioned ethics; there were not specific trends over time or differences betweenthe civil and environmental engineering courses. The semesters with the sustainability modulesignificantly increased the discussion of sustainability by the students: 5% civil engineers beforethe module vs. 52 and 76% after the module

Conference Session

Digital Technologies and Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Ben Uriel Sherrett, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

authors are grateful for support provided by the National Science Foundation’s Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Program, under Phase 2 grant DUE-0717905. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Page 22.635.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2011 Episodes as a Discourse Analysis Framework to Examine Feedback in an Industrially Situated Virtual Laboratory ProjectIntroductionFeedback has been shown to be one

Conference Session

Open-Ended Problems and Student Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E. Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

period. The MEA was launched in the laboratory setting which was facilitated by twoGTAs supported by four undergraduate assistants. Student teams of 3-4 students developedDRAFT 1 of their memo with procedure and results. This draft entered a double-blind peerreview process. In preparation for the peer review, students participated in a calibration exercisein which they practiced giving feedback on one prototypical piece of student work using theMEA Rubric, were provided an expert‟s review of that student work, and reflected on what theyneeded to do differently to improve their ability to give a peer review. For the actual peerreview, each student reviewed one other team‟s solution to the MEA. Each team was assigned atleast 3 peer reviewers. Each

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith F. Donnelly, Three Rivers Community-Technical College; Fenna D. Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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Two Year College Division

, andengage in highly structured “cookbook” type laboratory activities, PBL is open-ended andcontextualized, where student learning is driven by the problem itself.While a number of different approaches to PBL have been described in the literature since firstbeing introduced in medical schools in the 1970s, they all share the same basic learningprocess10. Working in small teams, students learn “how to learn” by engaging in a recursiveprocess that includes problem analysis, independent research, brainstorming, and solutiontesting. Figure 1 – Problem solving cycleIn PBL, students are presented with an open-ended problem with little or no content preparation.Working in small teams, they collaboratively reflect upon prior

Conference Session

WIED Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine R. Millam, University of Saint Thomas; Ronald J. Bennett, Univeristy of Saint Thomas

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Women in Engineering

Engineering degrees in 2005, but their proportion is smaller (30%) inmost S&E occupations. This is reflected in the study of “high technology” companies as well. 4However, NSF reports that more women than men have entered the S&E workforce over recentdecades. Their proportion in the S&E occupations rose from 12% in 1980 to 27% in 2007.Women in the S&E workforce are on average younger than men, suggesting that largerproportions of men than women may retire in the near future, changing the gender ratios.NSF data from the 2006 SESTAT5 data shows that, of the five S&E degree fields included, theratio of females to males is lowest for

Conference Session

Understanding Students and Faculty

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Qiong Zhang, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida; Julie Zimmerman, Yale University; Nina J. Truch, California Polytechnic State University

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Educational Research and Methods

web-based open-access format toencourage change. The significance of this tool and its open format is that it provides theengineering education community with a way to participate in the broader development andrefinement of a tool that shows merit in assessing proxy indicators of students' readiness tocollaborate for sustainability. It has the potential to raise awareness of this limited proxyindicator of students’ readiness of collaborating for sustainable design. Our intent in making ittransparent is to foster a deeper reflection in the engineering education community aboutsustainable design and the hidden meaning within engineering curricula and cultures.Introduction: Why is this instrument needed?In 2007, the National Academy of

Conference Session

Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Holly Anthony, Tennessee Technological University; Melissa Geist, Tennessee Tech University; Sally Pardue, Tennessee Tech University; Mohamed Abdelrahman, Tennessee Technological University; Evangelynn Thurber, Cookeville High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

) research is the Legacy Cycle; a challenge drivenpedagogical sequence that inherently embraces the principles of effective instructional design.The authors of HPL define four “centerednesses” of successful learning environments:Knowledge-centered, learner-centered, assessment-centered, and community centered.3 Studentsin the STEM sciences need to learn how to adapt concepts across a variety of circumstances. TheLegacy Cycle taps into the four teaching principles providing a template for students to createknowledge, use knowledge, and reflect on the entire process of learning. The characteristics ofeach of the centerednesses are as follows:Knowledge-centered: This environment recognizes the need for students to not only acquirespecific facts, but to

Conference Session

Learning By Doing in Chemical Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Golter, Washington State University; Bernard Van Wie, Washington State University; Gary Brown, Washington State University; David Thiessen, Washington State University; Baba Abdul, Washington State University

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Chemical Engineering

Page 15.1062.4the students receive credit for performing the assessment without any scaling for how well theyperformed. While this has resulted in very high, usually 100%, participation, there is little externalmotivation for the students to invest much time in the assignments. Because of the ‘tacked-on’ natureof our assessments students seem to not give their best effort on concept inventories, rushing to turnthem in without thought, nor to design reflections sometimes turning in the very same reflection theysubmitted earlier in the semester just so they will get credit. The generally low student numbers arealso problematic as any meaningful results that may be evident are masked by large standarddeviations. In contrast, our qualitative

Conference Session

BOK2 - Influencing Changes to the ABET Civil Engineering Program Criteria and Civil Engineering Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

/accreditation committees and ASEE’s Civil Engineering Division. Page 24.931.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 New Civil Engineering Program Criteria: How the Sausage is Being MadeAbstractThe American Society of Civil Engineers organized the Civil Engineering Program Criteria TaskCommittee in October 2012 whose charge is to determine if the current ABET Civil EngineeringProgram Criteria (CEPC) should be changed to reflect one or more of the 24 outcomes of thesecond edition of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge published in 2008. After over a yearof conference calls and face to

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Simoni, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; William D. Schindel, ICTT System Sciences; Xiaoyan Mu, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Dan Moore, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Wayne T. Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

Page 24.990.2 then formulate a plan for solving those pieces,  is equally applicable and useful to a wide variety of projects,  provides assessment tools that are an integral part of the process,  provides opportunities for students to reflect on the usefulness of the process,  is easily learned by faculty who haven’t previously taught the course and don’t have a lot of design experience,  minimizes the overhead to faculty in terms of working with the teams and assessing their progress,  and minimizes the additional workload on the students.In the past, the course structure depended on the experiences of the faculty supervisors andvaried from project to project. This variability and lack of

Conference Session

Undergraduate Student Issues: Persistence

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer A. Skaggs, American University in Cairo

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Women in Engineering

theory of self-authorship3 will be introduced as the theoreticalframework for looking at the individual through the lenses of context and institution, as well asthe larger cultural paradigm. Next, the methodological framework informing the research designand the research design and methods used throughout this study will be offered. Finally, theresearch findings of identity development and formation of females who have persisted inundergraduate engineering programs and how this impacts their professional choices will bediscussed.Literature ReviewResearch reflects increased enrollments of females in STEM majors; for example, women makeup the majority of those studying the physical and life sciences (57%). Yet the proportion ofSTEM major females