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1998 Annual Conference

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Muhammad M. Rahman; Antonio J. Bula

interest and will be more effective in retaining the ideas learned compared to any conventional form of instruction.3. The use of a computer solver for numerical calculations will greatly reduce time required to solve problems, particularly design or open-ended problems where students are required to do several calculations.4. The reduction of calculation time will allow students to be more creative in their assignments. They will be able to explore new and non-conventional ideas.5. It will be possible to incorporate more design or open-ended problems in the course to better prepare our students for their professional career.6. The software will allow more efficient use of class time and will

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1998 Annual Conference

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Albert Lozano-Nieto

StateUniversity, Wilkes-Barre Campus (PSU-WB) are required to take a clinical internship at anapproved hospital. The objective of this internship is to have the students exposed to situationsand equipment that they will encounter in their professional careers. The clinical internship iscarried out for not less than 400 hours, with the students rotated as much as possible among thedifferent services in the hospital, increasing their exposure to different medical equipment.The grade that the students receive for this course is mostly based on the evaluation provided bytheir clinical engineering supervisor, but also considering the instructor’s criteria about theequipment they worked on, and the problems that they had to solve daily in the hospital. It

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1998 Annual Conference

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Henry W. Kraebber

, faculty, and even graduates of the CIMT program.Assignments were made early in the course that required students to look at CIM related sites onthe World Wide Web. The students were assigned to visit the web sites of the major corporatesponsors of the CIM program. Links to these sites were included on a special course page forCIMT students to assure easy access. Students found the information at the corporate sites to bevery interesting and informative. Information found included current news from our industrialpartners, product information, company overviews, career information, and often job postings.The corporate sites have proven to be a great source of relevant information for the CIMTstudents. See the following URL: http

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert F. Kubichek; Eskild T. Arntzen; Donald S. Warder

teaching of our undergraduate student - withfar reaching consequences. Additionally, it could be unpleasant enough for the graduate studentso as to convince them that a teaching career is not in their best interest. In either circumstance,the graduate student will have missed a growth opportunity.At the University of Wyoming, graduate students may enter into a program specifically designedto prepare them for college or university teaching careers. The Program in College Teaching(PCT), first initiated in 1994, introduces participants to the latest thinking in the teaching of thespecific subject area. The ability to teach effectively is paramount at all universities today, evenresearch institutions. It is no longer safe to assume that an individual

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1997 Annual Conference

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Michael A. Paolino; Leonard A. Van Gulick

was the high point of theirundergraduate years. Now that the program at Vesalius is firmly established and featured inadmissions materials, students frequently indicate that its availability played a major role in theirdecision to attend Lafayette.INTERNATIONAL STUDIES DEGREE PROGRAMContinuing globalization of industry and technology is leading to increasingly attractive careeropportunities for engineers with the strong foreign language proficiency and understanding offoreign culture needed to support an internationally oriented career. The Lafayette InternationalStudies degree program enables highly capable and highly motivated B.S. engineering students toprepare for these opportunities. It recognizes their accomplishment in doing so by

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael A. Hawkins; Susan M. Lord

moderncharacterization tool available to them that they can consider using in future research anddesign. They also broaden their understanding of the characterization of materials byexperiencing a high-resolution technique used for examining surface topographycharacterization first hand.AcknowledgmentsNSF Career Grant ECS-9796220 provided partial support for this work. The authors gratefullyacknowledge sample donations from Burleigh Instruments, Inc. and the cooperation andsuggestions of the students in Engr 114 at USD in Fall 1998.Bibliography1. H. Kumar Wickramasinghe, “Scanned-Probe Microscopes”, Scientific American, 261, 99 (1989).2. Robert Pool, “The Children of the STM”, Science, 247, 634 (1990).3. For example, the Metris-2000 by Burleigh Instruments, Inc

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1999 Annual Conference

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G. Tong Zhou; Hong-Jing Lo

. degree in Biomedical Engineering and Instrumentation fromthe Tianjin University, China in July 1989. From September 1989 to May 1995, she was with theUniversity of Virginia UVA, where she obtained her M.Sc. degree in Biophysics in May 1992,M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in January 1993, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineeringin January 1995. She has been with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at GeorgiaTech since September 1995 as an assistant professor. In 1997, she received the National ScienceFoundation Faculty Early Career Development CAREER Award. Dr. Zhou's research interestsare in the general areas of statistical signal processing and educational research. She is a memberof Eta Kappa Nu, the IEEE, and ASEE.HONG

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1999 Annual Conference

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W. D. Jemison; W. A. Hornfeck; J. F. Greco; I. I. Jouny

height of the Cold War, Page 4.60.2Engineering R&D was very intimately tied to NASA and the Department of Defenseinitiatives. There was even the suggestion during the Vietnam War that an engineeringwelfare system existed for the benefit of highly educated but otherwise unemployableengineers. Spin-offs from military and space research, which spurred economicdevelopment in subsequent years, have largely dispelled that notion.The Cold War ended with the breakup of the Soviet Union; the United States has all butrestored diplomatic relations with Vietnam; NASA budgets have been dramaticallyreduced; and the outlook for engineering careers has been altered

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Charles S. Elliott

practice. Working closely with an advisory committee, a program of study will be developed early in a student’s academic career that can include courses taken from any of the three state institutions. Designed as a terminal master’s degree program, the Master of Engineering requires the completion of 30 hours of course work. Within this 30 hours of coursework, students must complete a minimum of three hours in applied engineering mathematics as well as three hours of engineering management/business. Up to six hours of credit from a Page 4.196.4 practice-oriented project may be applied to the program of

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1999 Annual Conference

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Phillip C. Wankat

every student’s name; otherwise, they will feel like numbers. And Page 4.220.4numbers are much more likely to skip class, be disruptive, not do the work and cheatthan real people with names. Of course, learning names in large classes is difficult.Photograph every student and then study the photographs before class (digital camerasmake this process simple and even allow you to incorporate the photographs directlyinto your grade or evaluation sheets for your students). Anything you know beyondtheir name such as their home town or career goals will help you gain rapport.Since availability and attention require significant time, the demands of

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Stephen Fokuo; Sohail Anwar

arerepresentatives of two major thrusts in engineering profession that are [2] :1. Theory-based academic preparation for graduates who would choose careers focusing on research and development (both basic and applied) and conceptual design.2. Applications-based academic preparation for graduates who would choose careers focusing on the application of existing technology to solve problems in manufacturing, production, and construction.Detailed information regarding the various issues associated with engineering technologyeducation in the United States may be found in [3] - [10].Evolution of Engineering and Engineering Technology Education in West African CountriesUntil the late 1940s engineering education in West African countries was developed mostly

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Judy Grimes; Huiming Wang; Virendra K. Varma

criticalyear in college. That support can range from mentoring to peer group discussions, from facultyadvisors to special events to ease student transition into college life.”1 In this paper, Page 4.259.1recommendations are made to illustrate how Missouri Western’s Access Plus program can beapplied at other institutions to attract and retain students.II. Marketing Strategies for Recruitment: The New vs the OldI graduated from high school in 1961 with distinction in mathematics. Before I graduated, I knewI was heading for an engineering career. I applied to only one school for admission. It was oneof the top-notch schools in the country, and the

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1999 Annual Conference

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Joseph Cecere

Session 1321/1 FOUR YEAR CONSTRUCTION CURRICULUMS: REVISING THE REQUIREMENTS Joseph J. Cecere ,Ph.D., CPC Pennsylvania State University HarrisburgI. IntroductionThe goal of any educational program is to provide each student with the necessary informationand skills which allow him or her to perform successfully in a chosen career. Yet this goal mayprove difficult if the curriculum offered by the university is not revised and updated to keepabreast of the changes and advancements being made, especially in the

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel Davis

University of Hartford began in 1991 - 1992 with only 6 students. Theprogram has grown to close to 100 students. Its mission is “to prepare students for a variety ofprofessional careers in the design and building industries”.The AET program’s goals are to: • provide a proper foundation in mathematics and the basic sciences. • retain the hands-on laboratory and studio features that are the hallmarks of all engineering technologies. • provide a broadly based education that will go beyond the bounds of technical competence. • enhance the graduates’ capacity for upward mobility within and beyond the profession.The objectives of the AET program are to provide students with the opportunity to developtechnical and professional competence

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Jerome Atkins

requirements), stringent class schedules and high costs-allbarriers which the College can help to overcome.Technology Degree Programs at Regents CollegeRegents College offers technology degree programs that enable students to earn credit frommultiple sources and complete degree requirements at a distance, thus fostering self-confidence, personal satisfaction and enhanced career opportunities for motivatedindividuals. In addition, these programs may serve to increase opportunities forprofessional organizations and corporations to develop a more technologically literate workforce. The technology offerings include one Associate in Occupation Studies, twoAssociate in Applied Science, four Associate in Science and five Bachelor of Sciencedegree programs

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

G. F. Paskusz

bridge program to ease the transition from high schoolto college. In an urban environment where high school graduates can find summer employmentrelatively easily, and with financial aid starting only in the fall, bridge programs at the Universityof Houston cannot reach those students most in need of them. Our program for disadvantagedstudents (PROMES- PROgram for Mastery in Engineering Studies) therefore built the bridgeprogram concept into the freshman year. In the fall semester we teach this problem solvingcourse and a student development course based on Ray Landis’s book “Studying Engineering : ARoad Map to a Rewarding Career” [10] In the spring, these courses are followed by a one credithour laboratory where the student has a choice of a

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

William M. Clark; Anthony G. Dixon; David DiBiasio

tools used.The assessment program includes a balance of formative and summative measurements,and qualitative and quantitative analyses. Results from the first year data collection willbe discussed. These cover comparison of student comprehension of basic fundamentals,performance on open-ended problem solving, communication skills, and attitudes andsatisfaction with group work and chemical engineering. IntroductionEngineering education in the United States today faces many challenges including: (1)attracting students with a diversity of backgrounds, learning styles, and pre-collegepreparations to engineering careers, (2) maintaining interest and motivation during a four-year undergraduate education, while at

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John R. Williams; Dr. Martin Pike

questions that should be asked are offered for the candidates at every level of theprocess. While this paper discusses the Purdue University tenure process, these keys should beadaptable to other schools and universities.The authors have written two previous papers on the topic, and this paper completes the trilogy,on a successful note. However, even failure to achieve promotion and tenure should be seen assimply another opportunity, and can be utilized as a tool toward career development. IntroductionThe authors have presented two papers in previous sessions1,2 dealing with mentoring and theprocess of promotion and tenure. This paper completes the story of a successful tenure andpromotion effort. Each of

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1998 Annual Conference

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Stephanie G. Adams; Karan L. Watson

contributors in team ventures. This article will chronicle the evolution of teams, the emergence of teams in highereducation and the expectations for engineering faculty members with regards to teamwork. Thisinformation will be beneficial for new engineering faculty as they embark on a new career wherethe infrastructure is changing.Introduction In recent years, organizations in the United States have searched for ways to improvetheir overall effectiveness. No topic has garnered more discussion as an option than that ofteams. The results from the use of teams are numerous. Teams are often recognized as aneffective way to manage change, improve overall effectiveness, reduce costs, increaseproductivity and increase employee satisfaction

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 6

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea (Lili) Lidia Castillo, Arizona State University; Dina Verdin, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

graduating with an engineeringdegree [1], [2], [4], [6], [7] and career certainty [8]. To address research questions regardingstudents’ engineering role identity, researchers have been using the survey measure “I see myselfas an engineer” to represent students’ holistic view of their identity as engineers [2], [4], [6], [9],[10]. However, there are debates among researchers concerning the use of a single-item measureto capture complex and abstract psychological or affective concepts such as engineering roleidentity (e.g., [11], [12], [13]). Specifically, some arguments against using single-item measuresare that they lack depth and provide limited insights into the abstract constructs of interest.Additionally, single-item measures cause concern for

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Institutional inclusion: Advancing equity and belongingness in engineering education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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Diversity

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

of higher education remains underrepresented in the literature, this paper alsohighlights the need for more studies in this area.Mentorship is an important topic in STEMM education due to its role in a student’s professionalformation. Defined as “a professional, working alliance in which individuals work together overtime to support the personal and professional growth, development, and success of the relationalpartners through the provision of career and psychosocial support,” mentorship may “enhancestudent outcomes, experiences, and retention” and “help with workforce development byincreasing access, equity, and inclusion in STEMM” [1]. A mentorship relationship can lastanywhere from three months to a lifetime and is most effective when

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahjah Marie Johnson, University of Cincinnati; Samieh Askarian Khanamani, University of Cincinnati; Mark Okoth Onyango, University of Cincinnati; Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

to students'performance in campus environment [7]. Essentially, how students perceive the culture withinSTEM and their belonging within that culture is not contingent but does correlate with facultysupport through interactions during their academic careers [8]. As a result of this correlation,students describe feelings such as hostility and lack of caring when characterizing the instructor-student relationship [9]. Report from previous studies shows that there is still negative form ofinteraction between faculty and students like discrimination from instructors [10]. This reckoninghas allowed scholars to conclude that there is a beneficial connection between facultyrelationships and student’s self-efficacy and their persistence in STEM

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

;).Who is in a makerspace?Makerspaces are often staffed by university and students representing varies degrees of studentrun experiences. Student staff are inherently important in the culture and operations of thesespaces (Andrews and Boklage, under review). Despite this recognized importance, little isknown about how these student staff are recruited and hired to work in these spaces.Importance of mentorsStudents hired in makerspaces provide the opportunity serve as peer mentors in the space. Recentresearch outlines domains peer mentors can support including: psychological and emotionalsupport, goal setting and career path support, academic subject knowledge support, existence of arole model. (Ogle, Bolding, Lloyd, and Wade, 2020

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 29

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Paul Harvie, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ; Kimberly A. Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ; Monica Surrency, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ; John K. Wilson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

consistsprimarily of adult learners with a majority of them either military veterans or still serving in themilitary. The research was conducted in various undergraduate courses that historically havepresented greater challenges to students, such as statics, dynamics, digital circuit design, andaerodynamics. The research supports engineering education and the support interventionsinvestigated have potential to increase persistence in the associated engineering disciplines. Theprogram also offers professional development to the peer leaders who are recruited fromprevious course offerings and participate in peer leader training to best support other students intheir acclimation to engineering and commitment to engineering career pathways. Initial yearone

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pritpal Singh, Villanova University; Henry Louie, Seattle University; Susan M Lord, University of San Diego; Scarleth Vanessa Vasconcelos, Villanova University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

in Table 5 show that participants found the workshop relevant with practicalstrategies for expanding/enhancing electricity and sustainable business education. In the firstoffering of this workshop, participants had asked for more opportunities for interaction. Thus,we are pleased that in this offering, all participants agreed or strongly agreed that they weregiven such opportunities. Most participants said that the workshop improved their understandingof skills and experiences that students need to pursue careers in electricity access although theresults show that there is room for improvement in this area since 8 participants were neutral ordisagreed.Table 5 Participant Responses about Workshop

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Benjamin Z. Dymond, Northern Arizona University; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute; Joshua T. Hewes P.E., Northern Arizona University; Robin Tuchscherer, Northern Arizona University; Rebekah Martin, Virginia Military Institute; Charles D Newhouse P.E., Virginia Military Institute

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

manuals, textbooks, or a NCEES FEpractice exam. A start-up style question is defined as one that is given at the beginning of a classto help review past topics and reinforce foundational concepts to students. The start-up questionsin this study were brief, presented at the beginning of a class period as a quiz, and served to bothreview previous material and provide immediate student feedback related to their performance.This type of FE-style start-up quiz review was incorporated in classes that occurred earlier in astudents’ career, typically prior to their senior year. Furthermore, this style of reviewincorporated FE topics continuously throughout the term, rather than solely at the end of thecourse. The goal was to help students become

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 7

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Djedjiga Belfadel, Fairfield University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

, and diverse strategies used by universities [1].Craney et al. [2] surveyed 465 undergraduate research participants from varied disciplines andbackgrounds, discovering high satisfaction and significant gains in professional development,deeper subject understanding, and better preparedness for graduate studies and careers. Similarly,Lopatto [3] found that 85% of UR participants in science continued to postgraduate education,with those not pursuing further studies reporting lesser gains. Haddad and Kalaani [4] introduceda model to integrate research into traditional curriculums via summer workshops and designatedcourses, aiming to boost participation through the creation of an Undergraduate Research Office.Lopatto's further research [5

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DEED Poster Session

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Howard Medoff, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz; Robert L. Avanzato, Pennsylvania State University, Abington

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Design in Engineering Education

concepts and increase student interest in engineering asa career, Power Wheels® cars were purchased and provided to student teams in afreshman engineering design course. The teams were asked to “reverse engineer” thevehicles e.g. determine how the power was supplied to the vehicle, examine thetransmission, steering mechanism etc. Accelerometers and velocity sensors were alsomounted on the vehicles for data collection. Another class of engineering sophomores,majoring in electrical and computer engineering, provided expertise to the freshmandesign course in the development of control devices, such as an automatic steering andvehicle speed control. The toy car platform was designed to support radio control ofvehicle operations and also to allow semi

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Capstone Design II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Mary A. Moriarty, Smith College; Apurva Errabelli

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Design in Engineering Education

knowledge and skills from their capstone experience that they couldtransfer to their future careers. Yet, little is known about what students actually transfer to lifeafter graduation.2. MotivationThe transfer literature is filled with varying definitions and frameworks about what constitutestransfer. While it is not the intent of the authors to advocate for a particular framework, it isimportant to articulate the theoretical background from which our work originates. Our view oftransfer is influenced by the work of Schwartz et al.11 In their view, transfer is not necessarilythe ability to directly apply what one has learned to new situations but rather an identification ofskills and knowledge that best position preparation for future learning

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Special Session: Moving Towards the Intended, Explicit, and Authentic: Addressing Critical Misalignments in Engineering Learning within Secondary and University Education

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Shaw Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy C. Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci M. Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas Dean McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy K. Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods, K-12 & Pre-College Engineering, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research is focused on the STEM career pipeline, especially related to engi- neering, engineering education and the molecular biosciences. In addition to her work in education re- search, she is also the Director of scientific courses at the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute in Madison, WI, where she coordinates curricula in the area of molecular biology.Christine G. Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison Christine G. Nicometo is an associate faculty associate in the Engineering Professional Development (EPD) Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Within EPD, she teaches technical commu- nication courses in three programs: Technical Communication Certificate