Conference Session

FPD and DEEDs Joint Postcard Sessions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gail Baura, Loyola University Chicago; Leanne Kallemeyn, Loyola University Chicago; Noe Arroyo; Vincent C.F. Chen, Loyola University Chicago; Allan Beale

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Design in Engineering Education, First-Year Programs

functionalcardiograph that estimates heart rate and respiratory rate. This set of project-based learningactivities addresses industry’s complaint that students lack practical experience (“how devicesare made/work”).The cardiograph project, including learning outcomes for the first semester and ABET studentoutcome for the entire project are discussed. We hypothesized that participating in theseprojects facilitates engagement in the course and Engineering Science major. Each learningoutcome is assessed by the instructor using a custom rubric. In addition to student performance,we also consider how this project may support student engagement and retention viainstructors’ reflections and student surveys. The findings demonstrated that the students wereactively

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Jeffrey Evans; Davin Huston; Milan Rakita

into mastery learning,reflective learning, intrinsic motivation, and competency-based education. A competency can bethought of as the integration of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that be observed, and thereforemeasured, by way of a demonstration of learning. This usually takes the form of a combinationof assesments and instruments. Proceedings of the 2018 Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration Copyright ©2018, American Society for Engineering Education Session ETD 305 By the fall of 2014 an initial collection of competencies was established that closelyaligned with course outcomes (and

Conference Session

Track: Special Topic - Computing & Technology Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kylel Devine Scott, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Kamille Green, Arizona State University, Polytechnic; Brooke Charae Coley, Arizona State University, Polytechnic

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Diversity, Special Topic: Computing & Technology

resurging interest in the presence and impact of implicit bias in both formal andinformal engineering environments. Implicit bias refers to the unconscious associations andstereotypes an individual ascribes based on affiliation with a particular identity that impactsattitudes, actions, and behaviors. Though individuals may hold egalitarian views, they can stillact in ways that reflect an implicit bias that is incongruent with their greater beliefs and/orintentions. While literature and tests on implicit bias exist, to our knowledge, a method tospecifically gauge biases that exist in the perceptions and dynamics relating to engineeringenvironments, more directly, does not.This study introduces a novel mixed-methods approach that incorporates

Conference Session

Track: Pre-college - Technical Session I

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Cheryl Beauchamp, Virginia Tech; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; David B. Knight, Virginia Tech; Glenda D. Young Collins, Mississippi State University

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Diversity, Pre-College

did not agree with one another.ResultsFigure 1 reflects the responses regarding the YLS Inventory questions, which capturedCommunication Skills and Group Work Skills. Universally, students rated themselves positivelyon these measures, with averages ranging from 2.59–2.80. However, boys rated both theircommunication and their group work skills lower than girls. There were not significantdifferences in girls’ perceptions of their communication and group work skills between the co-edand the all-girl program participants. Comparing across the life skills, the girls and the boys allperceived their group work skills more positively than their communication skills

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Christine E King, University of California Irvine

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

rather than in an educational setting, and little research hasbeen performed in applying these ground rules to undergraduate group work7.Related Work:There have been a few examples of using ground rules systems in undergraduate engineeringeducation to enhance teamwork skills and group dynamics7-12. For example, Sheppard et al.(2003)8 found that the utilization of ground rules systems and peer feedback tools is importantfor international and virtual team-based projects, where students are geographically dispersed asthey attempt to achieve interdependent organizational tasks. This is more reflective of the currentglobal environment of business and engineering, and highlights the need for ground rulessystems to foster collaboration and team

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Harly Ramsey, University of Southern California

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Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

podcast genres and provides lists of conventional “moves”—expected elements—in each genre. Awareness of these categories and their conventions wasuseful for students in analyzing podcasts they listened to and in creating their own podcasts,particularly when assembling individually voiced segments into a cogent structure. The studentsprimarily used two genres, “narrative” or “chat show” or a blend of the two (Drew notes a thirdcategory for shorter podcasts, the “quick burst” which did not lend itself to this assignment).Below, one student reflects upon the process of deciding which format to employ for his team’spodcast: Reading this article has made me more aware of the different styles of podcasts and the varying

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karl D. Schubert, University of Arkansas; Kristie Neff Moergen, University of Arkansas; Carol S. Gattis, University of Arkansas; Wen-Juo Lo, University of Arkansas

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the U of A and has served on the industrial engineering faculty since 1991.Dr. WENJUO LO, University of Arkansas Dr. Wen-Juo Lo is an Associate Professor in the Educational Statistics and Research Methodology (ESRM) program at the University of Arkansas. His research interests involve methodological issues related to analyses with a focus on psychometric methods. The recent research agenda concentrates statis- tical methods for the detection of bias in psychological measurement, especially measurement invariance on latent factor models. In addition, he also conducts research to develop effective latent variable model and instrument that reflects the factors of college students

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Héctor Enrique Rodríguez-Simmonds, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Tara C. Langus, University of Nevada, Reno; Nelson S. Pearson, University of Nevada, Reno; Justin Charles Major, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Allison Godwin, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

assessing student effectiveness during each phase of student development[8], [10]. While these models reflect best practices in team development and consider ways tocreate diverse teams that support underrepresented students, they have not adjusted theirpractices to measure the ways students are or are not making engineering environments moreinclusive. This focus is especially vital as ABET has made explicit changes to its criteria thatmake creating an inclusive teaming environment an essential skill for engineers [12]. In responseto these calls for change, research has begun to understand how engineering teaming experiencescan be more inclusive [13]-[22].Adding to this literature, our research examines how students interact in diverse teams to

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Long Duy Nguyen P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Simeon J. Komisar, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Construction Engineering

technologies improve theengagement and learning of engineering students?” As an educational technology, a cloud-basedstudent response system (SRS), Poll Everywhere, was the focus of the current study.Multiple definitions of learning have been proposed in literature. Bingham and Conner3 defined“learning as the transformative process of taking in information that – when internalized andmixed with what we have experience – changes what we know and builds on what we do. It’sbased on input, process, and reflection.” Brown et al.4 defined learning as “acquiring knowledgeand skills and having them readily available from memory so you can make sense of futureproblems and opportunities.” Adopting these definitions and for the purpose and scope of thisstudy

Conference Session

New Areas of Ethical Inquiry

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Karen C. Davis, Miami University

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Engineering Ethics

reflect on ethical issues. Codes of ethics define normativebehavior for a professional practitioner, but a code cannot solve all problems and may even haveconflicting concepts for a given situation. “Ethics education often requires a different kind ofeducation from understanding and applying an established body of knowledge” [20, p. 58]. Byalso exposing students to different kinds of ethical schools of thought (descriptive ethics) andhaving them practice interpreting ethical issues using these theories, they have the opportunity toquestion and explore beyond their own assumptions. In addition, the practice supports thedevelopment of skills and habits that train students to utilize resources and processes for ethicaldecision-making.In support of

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leila Keyvani Someh, Northeastern University; Brian Patrick O'Connell, Northeastern University; Kathryn Schulte Grahame, Northeastern University; Jake Levi, Northeastern University; Whitney Elise Hansberry; Vishrudan Swami

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First-Year Programs

theprogram’s inception in fall 2017 to fall 2019. The survey included four sections: courseinformation, peer-mentor description, final project reflection, and open-ended commenting ontheir peer-mentor experience. In the first section, participants indicated their professor and theyear they participated. This identified under what technique they participated in. Students werefirst provided an opportunity to indicate their mentor through an open-ended response and thenthrough a pre-populated drop-down menu of past mentors if they could not remember. This stepwas included to examine if any trends were indicated by remembering the name withoutassistance vs with assistance, erring on that potential being more valuable than simplifying thesurvey.Then

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daniel Dannelley, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott; Elliott Bryner, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

thelimitations of simplifying assumptions can affect the prediction (i.e. course calculations vs. realworld measurements).9 - Sonic Flow MeasurementThis exercise uses an engineered piping system to create a contained shock wave. Two pipes areseparated by a flange containing a plastic diaphragm. The first pipe is slowly pressurized untilthe diaphragm is burst and a shock wave is transmitted down the second pipe, then reflected backthrough the system. The second pipe is instrumented with two pressure sensors along the line oftravel, which allows for determination of the pressure rise as well as velocity of the shock wavecorresponding to the initial pass as well as the following reflections. This exercise focuses oncomparing the experimental results to the

Conference Session

Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erin Ingram, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Jennifer Keshwani, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Tammera J. Mittelstet, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Julie Thomas, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

, and uncovering students’ ideas.One of the greatest strengths of Garden TOOLS has been the ability to meet the diverse needs andinterests of formal and informal educators working within a variety of situational constraints (i.e. limitedtime, staff availability, access to outdoor spaces, etc.). The pilot PD trainings conducted with manydifferent audiences have provided a wealth of qualitative data in the form of both participants feedbackand facilitator reflection that has been used to identify successes and challenges to the Garden TOOLSprogram and can be used to guide future iterations of PD trainings.Overall, Garden TOOLS PD trainings have received an enthusiastic response from participants with

Conference Session

CPDD Session 2 - Professional Development - Where Are We Going?

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mitchell L. Springer PMP, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Kathryne Newton, Purdue Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Continuing Professional Development

age of 18 were only 51.5% non-HispanicWhite. These trends show a tremendously changing racial and ethnic make-up of our youngergenerations. From prior years data, we know in 2020, for all children under the age of 18, thenon-Hispanic White population is now the minority population, giving way to the collectivemajority population represented by all children not considered non-Hispanic White.From this perspective, it is clearly the millennial generation that is ushering in the nation’s futurediversity; with Gen Z that follows as the generation to solidify and further define the racial andethnic trend line.The data on changes in 18-34 year-olds from 2000 to 2015, a 15 year window, reflect there was anet loss of nearly one-quarter million white

Conference Session

EMD 2: Issues in Engineering Management Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Hart, University of Dayton; Andrea Mott, University of Dayton; Sandra L. Furterer, University of Dayton

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Management

STEM faculty; and 4) professional advice and career paths. The initial mentoringprogram design was developed through two Lean Six Sigma projects, where they collected voiceof the customer (mentors and mentees) data, and designed the program. The program waspiloted in Fall 2019, spearheaded by the Women Engineering Program in the School ofEngineering, the director and a student graduate assistant. The success of the pilot program wasassessed in three ways: 1) number of mentor/mentee pairs starting the program, compared to theinitial number interested; 2) retention of women in engineering and science during the programperiods; and 3) through mentor and mentee reflections. In the initial voice of customer datacollection, we identified 14 possible

Conference Session

Information Literacy in First-year Courses and Co-curricular Experiences

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joanne Dera, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ashish D. Borgaonkar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Davida Scharf, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jaskirat Sodhi, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Engineering Libraries

prioritized. 6. Reflection on what was learned and how it can be used in the future.As Palmer & Tucker [9] determined, introducing information literacy skills in a disciplinarycontext is more effective in skills retention. Furthermore, many first-year students have a higherlevel of confidence in their research abilities than is warranted by the evidence [4], [5], [10].As Kirker & Stonebraker [11] found, student perception of doing research is affected by theirpre-existing knowledge which may not be adequate for college-level research. Thus, informationliteracy instruction is being incorporated into first year engineering courses, and is well-documented to varying levels of success [9, 12-15]. Many institutions, including our own

Conference Session

Factors Influencing Curriculum Development: International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Johnny Crayd Woods Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Homero Murzi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Maia Greene-Havas, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Abram Diaz-Strandberg, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; Sophia Vicente, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

study is reflective of the overall proportion of female students (21%) inthe college of engineering where the study was undertaken. Moreover, we were focused onprioritizing a broad representation of countries in the selection of participants.Data CollectionData were collected using an interview protocol after it was piloted and approved by the IRB.The interview protocol was developed using Vygotsky [8] sociocultural theoretical framework asa reference and enabled us to conduct semi-structured interviews with 10 first-year internationalstudents during the first semester (Fall) of the academic year 2018-2019. The semi-structuredinterviews asked specific questions guided by prompts upon which the richness of the interviewwas heavily dependent [20

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joshua Pierson, University of Georgia; John M. Mativo, University of Georgia; Edwin Chiuz, University of Georgia; Mark Trudgen, University of Georgia; Christopher Herring, University of Georgia

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

rationale. This paper discusses the experience both the students and faculty had in the design, build,and test of the powertrain. The powertrain is an extensive system since it provides the power andtransmission to develop motion of the vehicle. The presentation covers the background of FSAEat UGA, the powertrain as part of the capstone experience, and the outcome. This paper views involvement in capstone activities thorough Kolb’s Experiential LearningTheory (ELT) [2], namely: concrete learning, reflective observation, abstract conceptualizationand active experimentation. Student class work learning is enhanced greatly by transfer ofabstract information to a concrete problem-solving activity.Background According the University of Georgia

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Student Perceptions and Perspectives

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Tina Lee, University of Wisconsin-Stout; Elizabeth Anne Buchanan, University of Wisconsin-Stout

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

disappointing results may simply reflect the length oftime it takes to realize learning outcomes in this area.This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EEC-1540301. Any opinions, findings,and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarilyreflect the views of the National Science Foundation.The scope of this current work is to develop a better understanding of engineering students’perceptions and opinions on topics within the areas of social justice, social responsibility, andethics within engineering and the impact, if any, of a first-year course in fostering changes inperceptions and opinions among students. The outcomes of this work are limited by thechallenge

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Peer Mentoring

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Ann E. Delaney, Boise State University; Catherine Rose Bates; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

: ● helping students establish new relationships with other incoming STEM students, and enhancing students’ feelings of social belonging through peer mentoring ● fostering faculty interaction ● acclimating students to the campus environment ● helping students develop study and life skills to support academic goals and persistence through their first year and beyond Table 1. Overview of Program Changes By Year Program Year Overview of Program Structure Notable Changes/Circumstances 2015 STEM Summer Adventure (outdoor program) and LSAMP Bridge Day (on-campus program) were separate programs (data shown here only reflect participants in

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alyson Grace Eggleston, The Citadel; Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel

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Student

completed an internship (n=23) and current students aided in surveyrecruitment. The IRB-approved survey discussed in this paper was administered after studentscompleted the TWC course and had time to reflect on the content of the course. Data wascaptured both online and through paper copy responses to the survey, depending on studentavailability and convenience. The questions essentially gaged the students’ perception of theirprofessional skills after the course.Using a standard five-level Likert scale with response levels indicating “strongly agree” through“strongly disagree,” the survey asked participates to indicate to what degree they agreed with asurvey statement. We believed in this way we could get a more accurate range on the

Collection

2017 Gulf Southwest Section Conference

Authors

Raj Desai

translates that information into a radio wave signal and sends it to the computer’s wireless adapter. • Source: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network1.htm • In regards to finding a material that would be suitable for our project’s purposes, we were able to determine that metals, such as aluminum, will reflect radio signals that attempt to pass through them. Aluminum seems like the best option for a material because of its low cost and abundance. • Source: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2002-03/1015162213.Eg.r.html • In terms of an aesthetic design for the shield, we were able to find a source that described a scenario of diminished Wi-Fi signals that was known to be caused by chicken

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Assessment and Accreditation: Making the Grade!

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

J. Asuncion Zarate-Garcia, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Ariadna Serrano-Reyes, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Israel Zamora-Hernandez

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Diversity

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Mechanical Engineering

defined for all academic programs offered by Tecnologico de Monterrey.Faculty must reflect on the results of their classes to identify good practices that must bemaintained and areas of opportunity in which he or she must work to improve the results for thefollowing semester. As a result, improvement actions are defined and uploaded into SAEP eachsemester. At the end of the two-semester cycle a meeting with all faculty of each department isheld in which the results of the cycle are presented and discussed. The outcome of the meeting isa list of good practices shared by the faculty and a list of actions for improvement that will beconducted the following cycle. Also, the need for technological or laboratory infrastructure areidentified. In

Conference Session

Computer Education Management Tools

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard House, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Anneliese Watt, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

teachercomments into five focuses (correctness, style, organization, content, and context) and nine modes(corrections, criticism, qualified criticism, praise, commands, advice, closed questions, open questions,and reflective statements).20 In examining the more specific linguistic forms taken by our students’comments, we also consulted Mackiewicz’s subdivisions of non-directive comments: hints(evaluations, general rules, and elisions)19 and compliments (formulaic and non-formulaic—those thatrely on “sequences of language that people have heard and said many times before,” and those thatexhibit “a novel coherence”).21Procedure for Inventorying of Peer Review FeedbackThe site for the first iteration of our study was two sections of the Technical

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary and Liberal Education

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

April Kedrowicz, University of Utah; Bob Nelson, University of Utah

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

instruction. Finally, faculty members’ reflect on theirexperience working as part of a multidisciplinary team and offer recommendations forimplementation.BackgroundThe field of engineering demands collaboration to solve today’s complex problems. Gone are thedays of working alone in a lab. Today’s engineer needs to be able to function as a productiveteam member, and to accomplish this objective, the engineer needs to be a competentcommunicator. As a result, much of the focus of communication instruction within theengineering disciplines emphasizes effective informal communication within teams. In fact, agreater focus has been placed on “teaming” in the engineering education literature.Engineering teaming research, in general, encompasses the following

Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Patti Culley, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

apply for scholarships. The high school resume is often two pages andpredominately a list of activities in which the student participated and honors that the student hasreceived in high school. Now the resume must reflect the skills and knowledge of a promisingengineer. Since the lower division students do not have many college-level activities, honors ortechnical experience, they are often at a loss on how to translate what they do have into acompetitive college-level, pre-professional resume. Page 12.801.2Minority students as a group do not usually have any distinct needs when it comes to puttingtogether a resume. Minority students may be

Conference Session

Teaching Methods for the 21st Century: Part 1

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University

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Materials

, thestudents were quite used to using the whiteboards to sketch out plans and ideas, as well asdiscussing pros and cons with each other. Since there were so few students in the class,there also appeared to be a fair amount of accountability to contribute in some way. Evenwhen the students divided into 3 different display projects, the students still relied oneach other for feedback and help.While the final designs seemed to be quite simple at first, there turned out to be a varietyof challenges that had to be overcome. The “real world” aspects to the projects and theneed and desire to have the displays actually work impacted the students, as revealed intheir reflection assignments and end of the quarter survey.Metallic TrampolineThe “atomic trampoline

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Curriculum Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald Kander, James Madison University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Academy of Engineering (NAE), “The Engineer of2020” (1) and “Educating the Engineer of 2020” (2), were important resources. These reports,prepared by industry and academic leaders in engineering, are the result of an NAE initiative thatattempts to prepare for the future of engineering education by addressing questions such as: (1)• What will or should engineering be like in 2020?• Will it be a reflection of the engineering of today and its past growth patterns or will it be fundamentally different?• Can the engineering profession play a role in shaping its own future?• Can a future be created where engineering has a broadly recognized image that celebrates the exciting roles that engineering and engineers play in addressing societal

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Tougaw, Valparaiso University; Michael McCuddy, Valparaiso University

Obligations From Individual Development Individual Development Emerging Technology Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Figure 1. The four-step teaching sequenceThe authors have used this teaching method in leading two class sessions of four different coursesections of both engineering and business students. At the beginning of the first class session,students completed a 17-item questionnaire that measured knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors thathopefully would be influenced by the training sessions. During the two training sessions, thepresentation and discussion reflected the material in section 3 of this paper. At the end

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, ASCE; James O'Brien

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Civil Engineering

ways the BOK could be used by prospective civil engineering students, high school counselors, parents, employers, and others. It is very important to note that, from ASCE’s perspective, the BOK represents a strategic direction for the profession. Under today’s accreditation and regulatory processes/procedures, some of the elements of the BOK may not be translated into accreditation criteria and licensing requirements in the near term. To say it another way, the BOK describes the “gold standard” for the aspiring civil engineering professional. Since input into the accreditation and licensing processes comes from a considerable number of stakeholders beyond just ASCE, it is unlikely that these processes will reflect