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Improving ME Education: Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Nidal Al-Masoud, Central Connecticut State University; Peter Baumann, Central Connecticut State University; Alfred Gates, Central Connecticut State University; Zdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University

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experience involving manufacturing, design and analysis of Submarine Components and Navy related equipment. In addition Dr. Gates has worked in the aerospace industry, helicopter fuselage and rotor blade aerodynamics coupled with wind tunnel testing. Currently Dr. Gates is involved with high temperature Fuel Cell Research and development. Dr Gates earned a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and BS ME and MS ME from Rochester Institute of Technology. E-mail: GatesA@ccsu.eduZdzislaw Kremens, Central Connecticut State University Zdzislaw B. Kremens received the M.Sc. and Ph.D, degrees in Electrical Engineering from Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw

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Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Andrea E. Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Andrea Lyn Liebl, University of South Dakota; Alyssa M. Kiesow, Northern State University; Mary Emery; Pam F. Rowland; Cynthia Anderson

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

Paper ID #30419A Statewide Policy Driven Approach to Gender EquityDr. Andrea E Surovek, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Dr. Andrea Surovek is a research scientist working in the areas of biomimicry for sustainable construction and engineering education at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. She is the recipient of the ASEE CE Division Seeley Fellowship and the Mechanics Division Beer and Johnston Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award. She is a fellow of ASCE and ASCE/SEI. She received her PhD from Georgia Tech, and also holds degrees in both Civil Engineering and Visual and Performing Arts from

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 8

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mel Chua, Georgia Tech; Ian Smith, Project Alloy; Miriam Nathan Lerner, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sarah Jacobs; Rita Straubhaar M.Ed., Monroe Community College; Ruth Anna Spooner; Perseus McDaniel

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #26098Does ”Affordance” Mean ”Thing-inform”?: Case Studies in Seeing Engineer-ing Meaning Differently Through the Process of Technical ASL VocabularyCreationMel Chua, Georgia Tech Mel is an engineering education researcher who enjoys geeking out about developing languages for ar- ticulating engineering curricular cultures and their formation, open source hacker/maker communities, faculty development, and more. She occasionally draws research comics. Mel is also an electrical and computer engineer, a low-pass auditory filter, and a multimodal polyglot.Mr. Ian Smith, Project Alloy Ian is a Deaf software engineer

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Environmental Engineering Pedagogy and Innovation

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Brenda Read-Daily, Elizabethtown College

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Environmental Engineering

, J.R., Crittenden, J.C., Small, D.R., Hokanson, D.R., Zhang, Q., Chen, H., Sortby, S.A., James, V.U., Sutherland, J.W., and Schnoor, J.L. 2003. Sustainability Science and Engineering: The Emergence of a New Metadiscipline, Environmental Science and Technology, 37, 5314-5324.4. Young, T., Powers, S., Collins, A., and Ackerman, N. 1996. A Unified Elective Concentration in Environmental Engineering. Proceedings of the 1996 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exhibition, Washington, D.C, June 23-26.5. Newberry, B. and Farison, J. 2003. A Look at the Past and Present of General Engineering and Engineering Science Programs. Journal of Engineering Education, 92(3), 217-224.6. Woolschlager, J

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Himes, United States Military Academy; Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

for a base-camp to house, support and sustain a givenpopulation. Page 13.1163.3 The Engineering Design Process Environment: Technological Design & Economic Analysis Political Alternatives Social Generation Modeling & Analysis

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Division for Experimentation & Lab-oriented Studies Technical Session 3

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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James R. McCusker Ph.D., Wentworth Institute of Technology; Mohammed A. Almaghrabi, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Bryon Kucharski, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #23018Is a Virtual Reality-based Laboratory Experience a Viable Alternative to theReal Thing?James R. McCusker Ph.D., Wentworth Institute of Technology James R. McCusker is an Associate Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Since joining Wentworth in 2010, he has been heavily involved with an array of interdisciplinary design courses that range from introductory to capstone courses.Mr. Mohammed A. Almaghrabi, Wentworth Institute of Technology Mohammed A. Almaghrabi is a Trainee Engineer at ASM Process Automation, where he helps developing factory automation

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State University; Apurva Anil Kambale, Michigan Technological University; Megan Farrish, Michigan Technological University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #9876Testing and Refinement of e-Learning Modules on Metacognition and Moti-vationDr. Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University Dr. Michele Miller is an associate professor of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Technological Uni- versity. She teaches classes on manufacturing and does research in engineering education with particular interest in hands-on ability, lifelong learning, and project-based learning.Dr. Sheryl A. Sorby, Ohio State UniversityMiss Apurva Anil Kambale, Michigan Technological UniversityMegan Farrish

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Sustainable Engineering

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Llewellyn Mann, University of Queensland; David Radcliffe, University of Queensland; Gloria Dall'Alba, University of Queensland

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Environmental Engineering

AC 2007-892: EXPERIENCES OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN AMONG PRACTICINGENGINEERS ? IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATIONLlewellyn Mann, University of Queensland LLEWELLYN MANN is a PhD student in the School of Engineering at the University of Queensland and a member of the Catalyst Research Centre for Society and Technology. He has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical & Space) and a Bachelor of Science (Physics) from UQ, as well as a Graduate Certificate of Education (Higher Education). Major research interests include; Engineering Education, Sustainability, Teaching and Learning, Engineering Design, Technology and Society.David Radcliffe, University of Queensland DAVID RADCLIFFE is the

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2000 Annual Conference

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William J. Daughton

Session 2342 A Graduate Option in Engineering Management for Non-Engineers William J. Daughton University of Colorado at BoulderAbstractWe have found a number of employees in high technology companies who are interested ingraduate education in engineering management but do not meet the admission requirement ofhaving an undergraduate degree in engineering or a closely related field. Often these individualsmanage technical contributors or work closely with engineering functions in the company, and asa result, would like to improve their management success probability in the high

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2006 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Ashraf M. Ghaly; Michael J. Bogino

selectedstructures had two major features: technical sophistication and wonderful humanisticdimensions. The technical sophistication lies in the fact that each of the seven structures is anicon in its own right. The design of each of these structures was a triumph of engineering and theconstruction was a celebration of innovation. The humanistic dimensions entailed fascinatingstories of political, economical, social, and environmental dimensions.The developed course intends to capitalize on these two features to win students’ interest. LiberalArts students, like engineering students, have natural love for learning but some are intimidatedby technology. The technical lab component in the new course is designed to eliminate the fearthat may be associated with

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Neal Armstrong; Steven Nichols

context the engineering programs at The University of Texas at Austin,particularly the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The paper examines educationalobjectives and criteria discussed in documents produced by the National Science Foundation,the American Society of Mechanical Engineering International, the Accreditation Board forEngineering and Technology, and other sources to develop one approach forentrepreneurship education.I. IntroductionThe last 50 years have seen significant improvement in the education of engineering students.Since the Grinter report in 1952,1, 2 engineering education programs across the United Stateshave undertaken to improve the educational experience of engineering undergraduates byseeking a rational mix of courses

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Corporate Member Council Poster Session

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology; Marta A Panero, New York Institute of Technology; Brian Carbonette, New York Institute of Technology

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Corporate Member Council, Diversity

Paper ID #15313Innovation and Entrepreneurship through Industry-Academic Collaborations:A Collegiate Model for Economic DevelopmentDr. Nada Marie Anid, New York Institute of Technology Nada Marie Anid, Ph.D., is the first female dean of NYIT’s School of Engineering and Computing Sci- ences (SoECS). In this role, she oversees more than 80 engineering and computing sciences faculty mem- bers and approximately 3,500 graduate and undergraduate students at campuses located in Manhattan and Old Westbury, N.Y., the Middle East, and China. Her expertise is in Industry-academic partnerships; Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Phillip Curtsmith, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Nikolai Vaycheslav Gabardi; Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Kamren S. Donovan

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #25963Design and Building of a Load Frame for Buckling TestProf. Hadi Kazemiroodsari, Wentworth Institute of Technology Hadi Kazemiroodsari is assistant professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology. He earned his PhD in Geotechnical engineering from Northeastern University. His area of expertise are Geotechnical engineer- ing and Earthquake engineering.Mr. Phillip Curtsmith, Wentworth Institute of TechnologyMr. Nikolai Vaycheslav GabardiDr. Anuja Kamat, Wentworth Institute of Technology Anuja Kamat is an Associate Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston. Prof

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Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Lijun Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology; Dongxiao Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology ; Xiaofeng Tang, Ohio State University; Zhonglian Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology; Hai Lin, Beijing Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #28854Redesigning an experimentation course with PBL pedagogy to supportaccreditation in ChinaDr. Lijun Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology associate professor of teaching in the School of Optics and Photonics of Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) in China. She received her Ph.D. in Optical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology. Her research interests situate in Engineering Education. Now she is working on a research about con- structing the practical curriculum system with the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) method to support the engineering education in BIT and the Engineering Education Program

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 27

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Aturika Bhatnagar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Prateek Shekhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Stransky, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Paper ID #41444Exploratory Factor Analysis of Students’ Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy: Implicationsfor Survey ValidationAturika Bhatnagar, New Jersey Institute of Technology Aturika Bhatnagar is currently pursuing her doctoral studies in Industrial Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication, as well as a Master of Engineering degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. Her research is in the area of engineering education and focuses on the development of instruments and advancements in entrepreneurial education.Dr. Prateek Shekhar

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Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Lili Ma, New York City College of Technology

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Electrical and Computer

Paper ID #33227Feedback and Control Course Labs for Distance LearningDr. Jiahui Song, Wentworth Institute of Technology Jiahui Song received her B.S. in Automation and M.S. in Pattern Recognition & Intelligent Systems from Southeast University. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Old Dominion University. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Technology at Wentworth Institute of Technology.Dr. Douglas Eric Dow, Wentworth Institute of Technology Professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology in the Department of Electrical and Computer

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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 5

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Eva Andrijcic, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Faculty Development Division (FDD)

Andrijcic is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Her major interests are in the areas of organizational change management, leadership education, and risk education.Dr. Sriram Mohan, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Sriram Mohan is a Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Rose-Hulman institute of Technology. Sriram received a B.E degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Madras and M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science f ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Work in Progress: Assessing the Impact of the Making Academic Change Happen Curriculum on Emerging Engineering Educators, 2017 to

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Advancing Thermal Science Education

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Chu Chen Chen

. Very few large Mechanical Engineering Departments currentlyoffer some energy related courses in their Mechanical Engineering curriculum for those studentsinterested in entering the HVAC profession.However, today’s modern building technology encompasses a wide range of disciplines, andintegrates the latest engineering technology in design, energy conservation, and energymanagement. Current computer technology (such as advanced building simulation software, anddirect digital control systems) offer the ability to operate facility systems more effectively.Because there is a large demand for college trained professionals in the energy efficiencyprofession, energy educators must develop an academic program capable of meeting the challengeof

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Mentoring Graduate Students

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ronald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Michael Kerley, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Jerome Paris, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Janet Bodner, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Ronald Rockland, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Graduate Studies

AC 2007-375: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TEACHING ASSISTANTTRAINING AND ORIENTATIONRonald Kane, New Jersey Institute of Technology Ronald S. Kane is Dean of Graduate Studies and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before that he had been Dean of Graduate Studies, Research, and Continuing Professional Education and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and before that served as Mechanical Engineering Department Chair at Manhattan College. He has industrial experience in the energy and aerospace industries and worked for a number of years on nuclear safety and alternative energy systems, with focus on modeling and

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Environmental Engineering Division Technical Session 2

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2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Freya Willicks, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Kathrin Schoenefeld, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Valerie Varney, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University; Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University; Sabina Jeschke, RWTH Aachen University; Frank Hees, IMA/ZLW of RWTH Aachen University

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University Valerie Stehling is a research group leader of the research group ”Academic Teaching and Learning” at the Institute of Information Management in Mechanical Engineering and Center for Learning and Knowledge Management.Prof. Anja Richert, RWTH Aachen University Prof. Dr. phil. Anja Richert Managing Director of the Center for Learning and Knowledge Management (ZLW), RWTH Aachen Uni- versity; Junior Professorship for Agile Management in Organization and Technology in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University Anja Richert took up the position of managing director of the Center for Learning and Knowledge Man- agement of the RWTH Aachen University in February 2011. With a doctorate in

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Juan Lucena; Gary Lee Downey

education will experience transient lives on the surface of engineeringcurricula or be successful in digging down deep into the heart of long-established courses,pedagogical strategies, and curricular structures. Largely stable at least since Sputnik, science-based engineering curricula in the United States have long resisted successfully reformmovements for curricular change. A principal means has been to locate reforms and changes onor around the boundaries of existing material and courses. The boundaries shift somewhat whilethe core pedagogy of mathematical problem solving has remained largely unchallenged and,hence, untouched.III. Reaching out to science and technology studies?Meanwhile humanities and social science courses have remained in

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First-year Programs: Focus on Student Success 2

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey; Universidad Andres Bello; Esmeralda Campos, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Carlos Eduardo Martinez-Torteya, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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First-Year Programs

Science and Information Technologies, and Applied Sciences. Inthis contribution, we report an overview of student satisfaction toward achieving the course'sspecific objectives, the students' perception of the importance of each avenue, and theirperceptions of difficulty and time demands. We surveyed 1,499 students enrolled in programs inall four avenues of the School of Engineering and Sciences after completing the introductorycourse. The overall results of the survey showed a high level of student satisfaction. The studentsperceived that the course effectively conveyed the avenue contents and how the educationalmodel works to develop and assess competencies. They valued having explored the differentavenues of the school. The results also

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1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Benoit Cushman-Roisin; Elsa Garmire

1.— .—.. Session 3255—. . . . ..- Dartmouth’s Master of Engineering Degree Program: Combining Engineering Design with Business Management Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Elsa Garmire Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth CollegeABSTRACT In recognition of the growing need for industrial leaders with expertise in both technology andmanagement, Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College established in 1988 a management

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Studies in Engineering Design

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University; John S. Gero, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Morteza Pourmohamadi, Tabriz Islamic Art University; Sarah Abdellahi, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Lilian Maria de Souza Almeida M.Sc., Utah State University; Yuzhen Luo, Utah State University

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Design in Engineering Education

Paper ID #21338Quantifying Differences Between Professional Expert Engineers and Engi-neering Students Designing: Empirical Foundations for Improved Engineer-ing EducationProf. Kurt Henry Becker, Utah State University Kurt Becker is the current director for the Center for Engineering Education Research (CEER) which examines innovative and effective engineering education practices as well as classroom technologies that advance learning and teaching in engineering. He is also working on National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects exploring engineering design thinking. His areas of research include engineering design

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2022 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

Authors

Michael E. Kuhl, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

Project-Based Learning in a Simulation Course to Develop an Entrepreneurial Mindset Michael E. Kuhl Industrial and Systems Engineering Department Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623AbstractHaving an entrepreneurial mindset is often a characteristic of highly successful engineers. Thismindset can be cultivated through engineering curriculum and educational methods. This workpresents a case study in which project-based learning is utilized in a simulation course to foster thedevelopment of an entrepreneurial mindset in engineering students. The

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso; Peter Golding CPEng, University of Texas, El Paso

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #8706Building Capacity for Preparing Teacher-Engineers for 21st Century Engi-neeringDr. Elsa Q. Villa, University of Texas, El Paso Elsa Q. Villa, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in the College of Engineering and is Co-Director of the Center for Research in Engineering and Technology Education (CREaTE). Dr. Villa received her doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction from New Mexico State University; she received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Master of Arts in Education from UTEP. She has led and co-led numerous grants from

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Bahador Ghahramani

Session 2242 RE-ENGINEERING OF THE ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT’S OUTREACH GRADUATE PROGRAMS AT UMR Bahador Ghahramani, Ph.D., P.E., CPE 206 Engineering Management School of Engineering University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, Missouri 65409-0370 (USA) E-mail:ghahrama@shuttle.cc.umr.eduINTRODUCTION Rapid change is a feature of today’s competitive environment in the technology drivenEngineering Management (EMGT) academic programs. The EMGT outreach graduate

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2017 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Steven M. Ciccarelli, Rochester Institute of Technology

2017 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference Cooperative Learning in DC Circuits Laboratory for Improved Student Success and Equipment Proficiency Steven M. Ciccarelli Rochester Institute of TechnologyAbstractUndergraduate engineering and engineering technology laboratory assignments are oftenperformed as ready-made, step-by-step experiments allowing for little collaboration in theirexecution, with the instructor acting as the content expert and dispenser of facts. In contrast, aconstructivist approach involves the instructor taking less of an authoritarian role and serving asa facilitator, guiding students to

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What's New in Entrepreneurship Education

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Patrick Crago; Dale Flowers

members to attend virtually every class. One of them is the classleader for the day, but the other actively participates in the discussion and delivery as well.Students have expressed a clear preference for the second model, but without being critical of thefirst. Finally, elements of the curriculum that are essentially 100% engineering or 100% businesswere designed by one professor from the appropriate discipline and are taught by that oneprofessor, since an integrated learning experience was unnecessary.The program accepted its first group of students in the summer of 2001, and offered only onetrack entitled Technology Entrepreneurship. It was open to all engineering disciplines, and 30 ofthe 42 credits required were of the integrated type

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 5

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University; Melissa Geist, Tennessee Technological University; Yunbo Zhang, Rochester Institute of Technology; George Chitiyo, Tennessee Tech University

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Manufacturing

Paper ID #25182The Development and Implementation of an Interdisciplinary Additive Man-ufacturing for Healthcare Innovation CourseDr. Ismail Fidan, Tennessee Technological University Currently, Dr. Fidan serves as a Professor of the Department of Manufacturing and Engineering Tech- nology at Tennessee Technological University. His research and teaching interests are in additive man- ufacturing, electronics manufacturing, distance learning, and STEM education. Dr. Fidan is a member and active participant of SME, ASEE, ABET, ASME, and IEEE. He is also the Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and