Collection

2015 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Bari Ma Siddique

altered as new technology options emerge; others say ‘locatedness’ is still vital for an optimal outcome. Frustration and doubt mark the prospect of change within the academy. Change is happening incrementally, but these adjustments will not be universal in most institutions by 2020. Universities will adopt new pedagogical approaches while retaining the core of traditional methods. Collaborative education with peer-to-peer learning will become a bigger reality and will challenge the lecture format and focus on “learning how to learn.” Competency credentialing and certification are likely… ‘Tension pairs’ were designed to provoke detailed elaborations2. Pros and Cons of Online EducationAs discussed earlier, taking courses or getting

Conference Session

An ECSJ Art Show - Equity and Justice through Art (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 6)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremy A. Magruder Waisome, University of Florida; Jerrod A Henderson, University of Houston William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

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Diversity

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

analysis [25, 26]. Specifically, we engaged insix phases of thematic analysis, including (1) data familiarization, (2) generating codes, (3)constructing themes, (4) reviewing themes, (5) defining themes, and (6) writing up the results toguide data analysis. We executed our analysis by reading through each semi-structured interviewtranscript and open-ended survey response and then rereading to identify quotes of interest. Next,we engaged in two rounds of coding using our conceptual framework (e.g., the ECSJ pillars) as apriori codes. We used thematic analysis as a guide rather than a prescriptive method. Initialcodes and transcript quotes were documented using a spreadsheet software program individually.Then, we discussed them through peer

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division (SWED) Technical Session 2

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ingrid Buckley, Florida Gulf Coast University; Bogdan Carbunar, Florida International University; Juan P Sotomayor, Florida International University; Peter J Clarke, Florida International University

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Software Engineering Division (SWED)

. Additionally, Dr. Buckley has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed conference and journal papers, contributing to research in pedagogy.Bogdan Carbunar, Florida International University Bogdan Carbunar is an Associate Professor in the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences at FIU, and directs the Cyber Security and Privacy Research (CaSPR) Lab, where he develops secure and usable systems. His research interests are at the intersection of security, privacy, and distributed systems, where he derives novel insights through the use of machine learning, applied cryptography, and user studies. He holds a PhD in computer science from Purdue UniversityDr. Juan P Sotomayor, Florida International

Conference Session

Empowering Pre-College Students through AI and Computer Science: Standards, Self-Efficacy, and Social Impact

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shana Lee McAlexander, Duke University; George Delagrammatikas, Duke University

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

tools, machining, circuits/breadboards/soldering,microcontrollers, and instrumentation (i.e., thermocouples, pressure transducers). Andprofessional skills or project experience with: report writing, oral presentations, statisticalanalysis of data, problem identification/problem formulation, creative ideation of designalternatives, project management tools (i.e., Gantt chart, Kanban board), research literaturereview, conflict resolution, time management, website creation. Within the pre/post programevaluation survey students about their interest in science and engineering, what they know aboutengineering careers, and if they see themselves pursuing engineering in school or jobs as seen inTable IV. A subset of survey items were repurposed from

Conference Session

ECE-Cybersecurity and Quantum Technology Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University; Benjamin Klein, Kennesaw State University; Seung Joon Paik, Georgia Institute of Technology; A. Bruno Frazier, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

Paper ID #48438Preparing Fab-skilled Engineers for the U.S. Chip Industry Through Hands-onIntegrated Circuit FabricationDr. Sandip Das, Kennesaw State University Sandip Das is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kennesaw State University, GA, USA. Dr. Das received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of South Carolina, Columbia, in 2014. He has 15+ years of research experience in semiconductor materials and devices. Dr. Das has authored more than 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, and has authored two book chapters. He has served as a PI/Co-PI for various

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Colonial and Local Contexts (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 8)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Agrawal, Rochester Institute of Technology (CET); Sarah Aileen Brownell, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Diversity

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

class upbringing as well as a decadeworking with community groups in northern Haiti on ecological sanitation projects. As a white,cisgender, straight-presenting, US trained engineering professor with the associated privilegesafforded and potential biases, she is working to learn from colleagues and students holding otherintersectional identities about their experience of engineering culture in an effort to expand bothits welcome and self-critique. Her motivation for creating the class was to create space fordiscussion, reflection, and peer to peer co-learning around engineering and social justice issues -something that would have helped her thrive as a female engineering student. 3. Course Description Following a faculty learning circle

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FPD) Technical Session 3: Session 3: Curriculum in Motion - Redesigning the First-Year Experience

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivan E. Esparragoza, Pennsylvania State University; Abbie Canale, Pennsylvania State University; Erin A Hostetler, The Pennsylvania State University; Bradley J. Sottile, The Pennsylvania State University

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FPD)

-economic disparities, inadequate K-12 preparation, and social isolation[8-9]. Studies have shown that these students often experience lower self-efficacy and a weakersense of belonging, which can negatively impact their persistence in engineering programs [10-11]. According to researchers, well-structured first-year seminar courses permit students toexperience a better transition from high school to college, understanding the new expectationsand work demands, developing time-management and study skills, particularly for students atrisk [12]. Besides, small group seminars facilitate the interaction with faculty and peers creatinga community of support leading to a better outcome of persistence and performance [13]. First-year seminars offer also an

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 8: Communication and Liberal Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shazib Z Vijlee, University of Portland; Stephanie Anne Salomone, University of Portland; Andrew Guest, University of Portland

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

groups showed increased curiosity in Faith & Ethics and Aesthetics & Creativity.While engineering students maintained higher overall curiosity in Science & Problem Solvingcompared to their peers, and non-engineering students showed higher curiosity in Diversity & TheCommon Good, both groups demonstrated similar growth patterns in humanities-oriented domains.This suggests that while students may enter college thinking they are primarily curious aboutspecific disciplinary interests, their intellectual curiosity can expand into new domains during theirfirst semester. 1.8 Non-EGR Students - Start of Term

Conference Session

Interrogating Race, Caste, and Power (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 4)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Secules, Florida International University; Atota Bedane Halkiyo, Florida International University; Maimuna Begum Kali, Florida International University; Nivedita Kumar, Florida International University

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Diversity

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

racial diversity decreases, and thefact that between high school and graduate school or the profession the racial diversity of theengineering field decreases [4], then we can presume that undergraduate engineering educationcontributes to racial inequity. Although many aspects coincide within undergraduate engineeringeducation, including advising, finances, curriculum, pedagogy, grading, peer groups, etc., we canpresume that classroom practice constitutes a bulk of student lives and therefore is a primaryplace we may expect to find mechanisms of racial inequity.Methodologically, classroom observations through ethnography or video research are theprimary tools for investigating classroom practice and interaction as mechanisms of inequity.While

Conference Session

ME Division Technical Session 2 - Harnessing AI and Machine Learning to Transform ME Education

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Daniel Christopher, U.S. Air Force Academy; Vincent Italo Bongioanni, United States Air Force Academy; Lauren V Scharff, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

policy for AI, it is relevant to share the boundaries bywhich this course approached using AI on assignments. In line with the university and departmentpolicies, this course allowed AI on homework and laboratory assignments while requiringstudents to document its usage consistent with receiving help from another resource (such as helpfrom a classmate). Each assignment type has unique limitations. Quizzes and tests, for instance,are individual effort so no outside help is authorized. Homework and laboratory write upsauthorize help from other students, but the work must be primarily that of the submitter. Thus werequire students to specifically state what they received help on for a given problem (e.g. helpwith a particular stein a problem, how to

Conference Session

ASCE Liasion Committee Presents: All Things ASCE

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

, which included extrinsic factors (financial remuneration,professional prestige, job accessibility, and job security), intrinsic factors (personal interests,self-efficacy, outcome expectations, professional development opportunities), and interpersonalfactors (influence of family members, teacher and educators, peers; social responsibility). Therelative importance of many of these factors was found to vary between individualistic andcollectivist cultures.Factors relevant for selecting majors and interest in different engineering majors has been foundto differ among demographic groups. For example, while an affinity or belief in one’s ability inmath and science was cited most frequently among their reasons for selecting their engineeringmajor

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Innovating New Ways to Teach

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Swenty, Virginia Military Institute; Benjamin Dymond, University of Minnesota Duluth; Camilla Saviz, University of the Pacific; David Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Jeffrey Shafer, University of the Pacific; Kacie D'Alessandro, Virginia Military Institute; Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Christopher Shearer

was used in literature by Ernest Hemingway in his short stories. Between shortstories in the book “In Our Time,” Hemingway included a very short ongoing narrative. These“breaks” between short stories would help the reader refocus and provide an intriguing side storyto entice continued reading [12].Educators have used similar methods to break up classes and make points during a lecture. Pastresearch has shown that taking breaks to have group discussions, writing a “minute paper” aboutquestions in the lecture, or talking to a neighbor about unclear or “muddiest” points can behelpful [13]. “Biography breaks” have been deployed in music classes to teach students thebackground behind the music and composers. These breaks give students a rest from

Conference Session

Project Based and Experiential Learning in Manufacturing

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Derek Yip-Hoi, Western Washington University; Sura Alqudah, Western Washington University

, the peer-mentoring organization and delivery, and the social gathering of the BEES scholars and their faculty mentors (both in-person and virtual). © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.comChallenges and Benefits of Industrial Sponsored Engineering Senior Projects in the Time of COVIDIntroductionThe capstone project experience is a major component of the senior year of all engineeringprograms. The ability to conduct this during the time of COVID presents unique challenges thatdiffered significantly from those encountered in other courses in the curriculum. Theseundoubtedly vary depending on the strategies

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Towson University; Manuel Alejandro Figueroa, The College of New Jersey; Jamie Mikeska; Matthew Scott Taylor

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Pre-College Engineering Education

improvementideas without significant input from the teacher or peers outside of the team. This point in theprocess—after this internal teamwork yet prior to the team’s formal development of a subsequentplan—is a space in which teachers can facilitate a whole class discussion to enable teams to learnfrom one another and perhaps revise their initial ideas about design performance andimprovement [22]. This provides an opportunity for the teacher to help students move away frombeginning designer and towards informed designer behaviors (e.g., from making changes that donot focus on problematic areas toward making changes that do) [21]. It also enables the teacherto facilitate discussions about diagnostic troubleshooting, identifying design failures

Collection

2021 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference

Authors

Chelsea Q Linvill, United States Military Academy Department of Geography & Environmental Engineering; Benjamin Michael Wallen P.E., United States Military Academy; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy; Michael A. Butkus P.E., United States Military Academy

learning pedagogies in STEMcourses [4] [5]. Wieman (2014) describes the goal of active learning as “Stop Lecturing Me” andgetting students to engage through problem solving, discussion with peers, and immediateinstructor feedback [4].This manuscript focuses on five pedagogical improvements made to thedelivery of course material, methods to enhance student engagement, improvement of the overalllearning experience, and increase instructor efficiency in the virtual environment. Pedagogicalimprovements included prerecording lectures, implementation of a system of instructor points,recording in class discussion, flipped classroom set up, and implementing a variety oftechnologies to improve student engagement.Course ModificationsDuring the Spring of

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Africa, Asia and the Mid-East Region

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

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International

active learning requires students to take part in “pre- Page 14.930.6planned” learning-related activities, believed to spark and stimulate their learning, while in theclassroom.(17,18) These activities would include: reading, writing, solving problems, answeringquestions, participating in a discussion, etc.; and most important, students must be engaged inthinking tasks while actively involved. It is generally understood that during active learning, lessemphasis is placed on transmission of information and more on developing students’ skills.Additionally, during an active learning cycle, emphasis is placed on students’ exploration oftheir own

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session 23: Courses and Research on Communication

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darren L. Linvill Ph.D., Clemson University; Meghnaa Tallapragada, Clemson University; Nigel Berkeley Kaye, Clemson University

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Educational Research and Methods

formulatingquestions and hypotheses, justifying theories and methods, and arguing the relevance andsignificance of results. Innovative thinking is meaningless without the ability to communicate anidea in a meaningful way. Future innovators and entrepreneurs must be armed with the skills tocommunicate with their colleagues and peers as well as with decision-makers if they are topromote their work effectively.Given the growing societal impacts of scientific research, STEM practitioners have aresponsibility to communicate to the general public and enhance understanding of science [3],[4]. Public skepticism is increasingly directed at science based issues appearing to conflict withsome public values or religious beliefs. Targeted training of STEM students in

Conference Session

Holistic Assessment and Teaching in Service-learning Environments

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole M. Smith, Colorado School of Mines; Benjamin A Teschner, Colorado School of Mines; Robin Bullock, Colorado School of Mines

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

who are enrolled in theHE minor. It is also open to any other student at Mines and counts as an upper-level elective. Inthis course, students work on community development projects and design engineering solutionsto real problems affecting real people. The course focuses on HCD protocols, project scoping,research techniques, brainstorming tools and approaches, technical writing and presenting, andtechnical topics as needed for the design challenge. It is a combination of lecture hours and a lab.At the conclusion of the course, it is expected that students will achieve the following learningoutcomes:1. Apply appropriate technical knowledge to solve a design challenge as demonstrated by peer review and partner review.2. Demonstrate empathy

Conference Session

Connecting BME education to the "real world"

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe Tranquillo, Bucknell University

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Diversity

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Biomedical Engineering

.”“Remaining open to new ideas, especially if they [were] coming from someone else”,“improvement in [our] ability to draw sketches and convey design ideas” and “a focus ongood brainstorming techniques” were also themes. Some students found that the “lack ofresources helped stimulate better ideas, by closing off the obvious paths” and helpedthem “overcome design hurdles” by encouraging them to “ask for help from experts”.The lack of resources also help them “trust more what [they] already knew and to “view[their] own knowledge and skills as the greatest design resource”. Many students weresurprised by “how much [they] could learn outside of a classroom”, and that they found iteasier to “learn something new, like a skill, […] from a peer [rather] than

Conference Session

Models and Practices of Community Engagement for Engineering Faculty

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara Ball, UCSC Baskin School of Engineering; Michael S. Isaacson, University of California, Santa Cruz

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

than might be expected to attend thesame kind of event if it were hosted at the training center. As of Fall 2014, ASCENDsuccessfully hosted the first community public screening event “Seeding Innovation”showcasing four films at the Exploration Center. The event attracted over 100 viewers whoparticipated in post-viewing discussions, explored demonstration materials provided by projectteams and partners, and gave additional feedback by writing their responses to four prompts onpaper “leaves” that were fixed to the ‘branches” of a three-dimensional cardboard tree locatedjust outside the theater. This event was significant for attending VTC apprentices because theirwon work was being featured and because the Exploration Center represents a

Conference Session

Broadening Participation in Engineering

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin O'Connor, University of Colorado Boulder; Frederick A. Peck, Freudenthal Institute, School of Education, University of Colorado; Julie Cafarella, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jacquelyn F. Sullivan PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder; Tanya D Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Beth A Myers, University of Colorado Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

naturalized trajectory of success in mathematics courses. This iswhere we find Peter. Calculus 1, a single-semester class on the flowchart, took him foursemesters. Peter has been at State U. for three years according to calendar time(accumulating student debt during this time), but according to “flowchart time” he is stillin his first year. Denied progress along the engineering flowchart, Peter finds himselftaking classes in the College of Arts and Sciences. Taking these classes does more thanadd to the amount of time and money Peter has given State University; it also distanceshim from peers in the College of Engineering while simultaneously pushing him outsidethe boundaries of the trajectory that the flowchart normalizes and legitimizes.Even inside

Conference Session

Potpourri: Various Issues and Topics in Graduate Studies

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Ekembu Kevin Tanyi, Norfolk State University; IRVING K CASHWELL Jr, Norfolk State University; Tasha Zephirin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

Paper ID #15175Learning to Conduct ”Team Science” through Interdisciplinary EngineeringResearchDr. Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Purdue University, West Lafayette Catherine G.P. Berdanier holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Purdue University. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from The University of South Dakota and her M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University. Her research interests include graduate-level engineering education, including engineering writing, inter- and multidisciplinary graduate education, innovative and novel grad- uate education experiences, global learning, and

Conference Session

Assessment I: Developing Assessment Tools

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wajid Hussain, The Islamic University in Madinah; Fong K. Mak P.E., Gannon University; Mohammad Faroug Addas, The Islamic University in Madinah

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Instruments and Methods for Studying Student Experiences and Outcomes

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Reeping, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Cherie D. Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Educational Research and Methods

mixed section is featured - else themixing is done in the discussion without a dedicated heading. Templates for writing dissertationsand journal articles recommend the divided format [see 30]. This reporting approach often alignswith how the design was conducted, e.g., a quantitative phase followed by a qualitative phase ortwo phases concurrently, but more integrated designs with multiple stages are not easily splitcleanly between quantitative and qualitative results.Some designs have transgressed the separate quantitative and qualitative results sections andinstead framed their results from their themes. Fogg-Rogers, Lewis, and Edmonds [34] in theEuropean Journal of Engineering Education and Crede and Borrego [35] in the Journal ofEngineering

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikki Hazelwood, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

written surveys, they stopped writing their name or student ID number, and beganwriting their subject number only.Other aspects of their conduct demonstrated that students gained familiarity with biomedicalresearch. In the first visit, they had to be told to take their socks off to step on the impedancescale. In each case, the researchers explained why a measurement must be taken in bare feet. Insubsequent visits, the students did not require instructions to remove their socks. Similarly, theywere dressed more appropriately for the skin-fold measurement assessment. Page 12.7.8Student FAQ’s and commentsAs mentioned, many students asked questions

Conference Session

Professional Development and Scholarship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Amin Karim, DeVry University

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Engineering Technology

- Knowledge / Working as in Prof. Org. Writing Conf./ Books / to-date via Skills Consultant Papers Workshops Journals Internet transfer / Seminars from Sr. faculty12. Institutional Affiliation: Figure 2 shows the frequency distribution of respondents’institutional affiliations. The Figure 2 Respondents' Institutional Affiliation 2003 2007 100 90 75 80 67 60

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marsha Lee, Texas A&M University; Jan Rinehart, Texas A&M University; Scott Starks, University of Texas-El Paso; Karen Villatoro, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

is an example of what waslooked for when partnering.Though successful precollege programs differ in their organization, length, and programelements, they do possess similar attributes and features.6 In general these include mathematicsand science preparation, hands-on laboratory experimentation, guest speakers, journal writing,exposure to the engineering workplace through field trips, and others. The TexPREP program isdiscussed from the standpoint of its serving as a model for a successful precollege program.The goals for El Paso TexPREP program are the following: • To acquaint student participants with professional opportunities in engineering; • To reinforce the mathematics preparation of these students at high school and college

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Russell Pimmel, University of Alabama (Emeritus); Ann F. McKenna, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Norman L. Fortenberry, American Society for Engineering Education; Brian Yoder; Rocio C Chavela Guerra, American Society for Engineering Education

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

faculty develop the strategiesand understanding of the learning process that are necessary to develop a learning centered-classroom. 28 The program offered introductory and advanced workshops and on-goingbiweekly meetings. It reflected the belief that faculty needed to experience learning in alearning-centered atmosphere and to practice in their own classrooms with continued supportfrom their peers. Evaluation data showed that workshop participants that attend the regularmeetings (i. e., became part of the community) reported changes is classroom behavior; whilethose that did not reported marginal or no progress in implementing changes in their classrooms,emphasizing the importance of continued interactions.An extensive bioengineering curriculum

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering Economy into Curricula

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath J. LeBlanc, Ohio Northern University; Bryan O'Neil Boulanger, Ohio Northern University

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Engineering Economy

groups (as fictitious companies) to respond to theRFP with the ECE students acting as internal liaisons to aid the CE students in their proposaldevelopment. The ECE students were required to generate estimates of quarterly operating andmaintenance expenses for the data center and were given a trajectory of expected benefits fromthe data center over its 10-year expected lifecycle. After the CE groups submitted the proposals,the ECE students were then tasked with generating quarterly pro forma cash flow statements foreach proposal. The proposal cash flows were compared using incremental rate of return analysisto determine which proposal was the best from an engineering economic perspective. Finally,each ECE student was required to write a

Conference Session

Computers and Simulation

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hatem M. Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis; Jeanne Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

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Computers in Education

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Dr. Wasfy is also the founder and chairman of Advanced Science and Automation Corp. (founded in 1998) and AscienceTutor (founded in 2007). Wasfy’s research and development areas include: flexible multibody dynamics, finite element modeling of solids and fluids, fluid-structure interaction, belt-drive dynamics, tires mechanics/dynamics, ground ve- hicle dynamics, visualization of numerical simulation results, engineering applications of virtual-reality, and artificial intelligence. He authored and co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and gave more than 65 presentations at international conferences and invited lectures in those areas. He received