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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 9: Student Growth & Professionalization

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aparajita Jaiswal, Purdue University ; Brainerd Prince, Plaksha University; Vinayak Krishan Joshi, Plaksha University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

scientific research abilities, which are critical for their respective future careers.Engineering education is no exception to this academic requirement [1]. The employability ofengineering students today depends on more than just using their technical abilities; in order toeven secure part-time employment and progress in their careers, they also require complementaryprofessional abilities or soft skills [2], [3], [4]. These professional skills include the capacity forinitiative, teamwork, communication, planning and organization, and commercial acumen [5], [6],[7]. Professionals believe that communication skills are one of the most important skills requiredfor employability [8].Writing and more specifically academic writing and communication is an

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Engineering education issues relevant to agricultural, biological and ecological engineering-Part 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Cody Prince, East Tennessee State University; PAMELA MIMS, East Tennessee State University; Aruna Kilaru, East Tennessee State University; Eric Jorgenson, East Tennessee State University

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Diversity

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering Division (BAE)

. 2. Create generalized lesson plans for methods in recovery, separation, and purification of bioproducts, and a certificate in industrial cleaning, sanitization, and sterilization. 3. Develop a series of soft-skills and career readiness modules in conjunction with the Niswonger Foundation and BioBuilder. 4. Implement lessons and develop modules suited to non-traditional and non-matriculating students. 5. Prototype modules suitable for integration into a four-year degree in bioengineering or biomanufacturing. 6. Implement a nexus between our educational programs, the ETSU Research Corporation, and local and prospective industry. 7. Identify the effectiveness of the proposed scope of work on student learning

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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 8: Peers as Mentors & Instructors

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Penn State University; Maria Mosley; Jennifer Saltsgiver; Jana Bontrager Auman, Penn State University; Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Kellie Scofield; Stephanie Cutler, Pennsylvania State University; Shawna Dory, Pennsylvania State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

students they serve; They developleadership skills, learn about counseling and educational theories, and reflect on their valuableexperiences [3], [7].Learning objectives for the course include: • Articulate different definitions and related sub-themes that could comprise peer advising, peer mentoring, interpersonal communication, and leadership soft skills. • Evaluate the current level of development in soft skills and develop a plan for future reflection, evaluation, and adjustment to said skills. • Demonstrate effectiveness in your role and build confidence in providing advising assistance. • Demonstrate familiarity with resources and opportunities in the College of Engineering and the greater campus and

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grace Lynn Baldwin Kan-uge; Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University ; Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

what needs to be done to keep thoseitems flowing through the organization. It’s technical, because I have to know what I’m dealingwith and what the part can do, but it’s also about people. I have to be able to work and interfacewith others to move the assemblies along. I have to be able to keep track of the different contactsthat I’ve made along the way. I am still polishing the soft skills from Rising Scholars.” Rising Scholar Gamma (Engineering Technologist) “The summer before I graduated, I managed to land an internship with the Vulcraft divisionof Nucor, here in Indiana. I had a good round of interviews and managed to make it to the finalpart of the process with three companies. I picked

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 23

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Talha Naqash, Utah State University, Logan ; Oenardi Lawanto, Utah State University; Zain ul Abideen, Utah State University; Angela Minichiello, Utah State University

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

Engineering Criteria, as well as various other accreditation models [2]. When reshapingcontemporary engineering education, several elements deserve attention. These decisions areinfluenced by evolving industry needs and societal context. Interdisciplinary learning, integratingfields like data science and entrepreneurship, is crucial for holistic problem–solving. Soft skills suchas communication, teamwork, and leadership are essential for effective collaboration [3].Notably, the emphasis on the evaluation of students' engagement and performance through moderntechnological means, including the analysis of facial expressions, signifies a substantial evolution inengineering education. This transformation constitutes the fifth major paradigm shift within

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Focus on Capstone Experiences in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip H. Harding, Oregon State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Chemical Engineering

as the final steps and significant contributor to graduateworkforce preparedness. Consequently, the student learning objectives and outcomes are broadand include many so-called “soft skills”. These soft skills include written and verbalcommunication, teamwork, and project management. The transition that students experiencebetween their academic and professional careers is shown thematically in Figure 3. Students arereminded of this “college to career” transition theme regularly throughout the year as new topicsare introduced and they wrestle with increasing open-endedness and ambiguity. Workforcepreparation amounts to creating proactive individuals with higher order cognitive, professionaland team skills. College

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Engineering Collaboration: Faculty & Student in K-12 Programs

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikram Kapila, Polytechnic University; Magued Iskander, Polytechnic University; Noel Kriftcher, Polytechnic University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

access and opportunity for women and minorities for advanced study in science, mathematics, and technology. Before coming to Polytechnic, Dr. Kriftcher served as a teacher and administrator, then as principal of Seward Park High School in New York City, and as superintendent of the Page 15.764.1 high schools in Brooklyn and Staten Island.© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Integrating Graduate Student Research into K-12 Classrooms: A GK-12 Fellows Project1. Introduction In recent years, the importance of development of soft skills to the professional

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International Study Abroad Programs & Student Engagements

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Mary Lynn Brannon, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Colledge, Pennsylvania State University; Yu Zhao, Pennsylvania State University

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International

-solversThe National Academy of Engineering envisions engineers being leaders in the movementtowards wise, informed, and economically sustainable development and has asked engineeringeducators to prepare students with a strong foundation and new knowledge of innovativetechnologies that advance society.8 In response, engineering education has seen a significantincrease in emphasis on experiential education and on the development of “soft skills” that Page 15.522.3engineering students will need when they enter the workplace. This evolving vision ofengineering education emphasizes the development of students as emerging professionals andeducated citizens

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Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

culture: • Chemical engineering courses aimed at retention – (a departmental stakeholder cultural decision) • Bringing communication, soft skills, etc. into ChE curriculum (a departmental stakeholder decision) • The use of active learning and other ways to improve retention (if faculty members embrace these teaching concepts, they can modify the culture so that the students feel more engaged in the learning process and take ownership of their own learning). • The development of novel curriculum approaches and/or department level involvement (a departmental stakeholder cultural decision)Each of these classifications will now be discussed. In many cases, the concept ofretention is linked to an

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Scholar Program Proposal/Develop Courses and Materials/Collaborations and Accredatation Systems for Global Engineering Education / Preparing Engineers for the Global Workplace and Successful Graduates for a Flat World: What Does It Take?

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lueny Morell, Hewlett-Packard; Jennifer DeBoer, SPEED

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International

geography, the profile of engineering graduate attributes appear to follow the samepattern, i.e., engineering graduates should be knowledgeable in science and technologyfundamentals and be problem solvers, but should also possess a number of professional skills(i.e., “soft skills”) important for the profession such as effective communication andunderstanding the world where engineering is practiced (business constraints,flexibility/adaptability, societal and ethical issues, global sensitivity, etc). Numerous student-focused events on a variety of curriculum, policy, and pedagogical issues conducted by one ofthe authors have yielded similar conclusions.Some authors and reports have comprehensively outlined the elusive set of “soft skills” that

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Programs II

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kimberly Whelan; Sharon Jones

relate to the issue of broadening the undergraduate engineering experience. The obvious conclusions are: • No two undergraduate engineering curricula are the same. • It is difficult (if not impossible) for current undergraduate engineering curricula to capture all of the combined ABET/NAE skills at the same coverage. • In general, current BS Engineering curricula include much more coverage of technical courses as opposed to the “soft” skills such as business, policy, leadership, ethics, and adaptability. Page 10.149.3“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education

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Design in the Engineering Core

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Hamid Hadim; Sven Esche

. 24 This design spine allows the development of many of the “soft skills” that areembodied in the ABET EC Criteria 2000. These skills demanded of engineering graduatesinclude effective teaming skills, project management, communications, ethics and engineeringeconomics. Thus, the acquiring of these skills evolves over the four years of the design sequence.In addition, the design spine is a means for enhancing learning, as each of the design courses islinked to a lecture course taught concurrently. Students experience this strong linkage for thefirst time in the second semester of the freshmen year when they take Mechanics of Solidsconcurrently with Engineering Design II. Mechanics of Solids is a 4-credit lecture/recitationcourse that replaced

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Multidisciplinary Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan M. Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

controversial and encounters stiff opposition. • Learners’ efforts vindicate our effortsThe massive effort to reform undergraduate engineering education over the past 20 years hasgenerally emphasized breadth and soft skills, inevitably at the expense of quality and depth oflearning in core subjects. One easy metric is that while the number of credit hours needed forgraduation has gone down, typically by about 8%, a number of “softer” subjects has beenintroduced, at the expense of hours devoted to core depth. Thus the core courses have beencompressed heavily, while no compression effort is evident in the “soft” courses. Thiscompression certainly came at least in part from removing items that took too long to teach orlearn. A detailed presentation of

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Minoritization Processes and Equity in Engineering Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lara K. Schubert, UCLA; Cal State Los Angeles; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

WorkIntroductionAs articulated in the call for papers on the minoritization processes in engineering education,minoritization can stem from the “discriminatory disciplinary chauvinism such as thecategorization of ‘rigor’ or ‘soft skills.’” This sort of chauvinism, marked by what counts asknowledge and what types of work and expertise count for advancement, is also made visiblethrough study of an effort to make engineering fields more diverse and socially responsible. Ihave observed how the hierarchy of knowledges within structural engineering affects the effortsof an initiative within structural engineering called SE3, Structural Engineering, Engagement andEquity. This paper shows through spotlighting SE3 specifically how the hierarchy of types ofknowledge

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Aerospace Division (AERO) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Anne Wingate, University of Colorado Boulder; Marcus Holzinger, University of Colorado Boulder

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

). Shortsummaries of the ‘growth’ and ‘sentiment’ Likert scores used in the prompt are: - Growth: The student indicated or demonstrated growth in their ability to work in a team, in technical skills, or in soft skills. They overcame a challenge or tough experience. They learned about themselves and/or the world around them. They are better prepared for their future career. If the comment does not indicate or demonstrate growth (or lack thereof), please select 3.0. - Sentiment: The student comment indicated or demonstrated a positive or negative sentiment towards the course, the instructor, the project, or the team. Constructive feedback is neutral (3.0); you are assessing the student comment sentiment, not

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AI and Tools for Transdisciplinary Work

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elana Goldenkoff, University of Michigan; Erin A. Cech, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

accompany its advancementand deployment. While some students feel equipped to handle these challenges, the majority feelunprepared to manage these complex situations in their professional work. Additionally, studentsreported that the ethical concerns involved in the development and application of technologieslike AI is often not included in curricula or is viewed as “soft skills” that are not as important as“technical” knowledge. Although some students we interviewed shared the sense of apathytoward these topics that they see from their engineering program, most were eager to receivemore training in AI ethics. These results underscore the pressing need for engineering educationprograms, including graduate programs, to integrate comprehensive ethics

Collection

2013 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Tammy Yut-Ling Chan; Gustavo Borel Menezes

from industrial representatives(employers), alumni, and faculty. These soft skills included teamwork, communication,presentation, writing, and ability and desire to engage in life-long learning. With active learningactivities, it was expected that students would have really learned these skills by demonstratingthem in later courses and in their professional careers.Background: Active Learning Proceedings of the 2013 American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference Copyright © 2013, American Society for Engineering Education 232Active learning is a broad term that describes many activities

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2013 GSW

Authors

Ronald E. Barr

. Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, The University of Texas at Arlington, March 21 – 23, 2013. Copyright 2013, American Society for Engineering EducationInsufficient Data That All SOs Are Being AchievedThe outcomes expected in ABET a-k range from hard technical skills to soft professional skills.For most programs, the hard skills like problem solving and laboratory skills are easy to assessquantitatively. However, the soft skills like teamwork, ethics, communication, and life-longlearning are harder to quantify.5 Faculty will need to devise more subtle methods to evaluatethese professional outcomes. Some possible recommendations would include: a. Assessing “teamwork

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2010 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Angel Riggs; Kirby Smith; Cindy Blackwell; Paul Weckler; Dan Tilley; Rodney Holcomb; Shelly Sitton; Ron Delahoussaye

.”Soft skills “better team member, thinking out side the box, learning to deal with team members in general (sic)” “Learning long-term teamwork.” “Learning patience and persistence.” “The opportunity to work with people who didn't always get along with me.”Real-world experience “being paired with a real business (sic)”According to the survey findings, most respondents‟ written comments regarding the aspect ofthe class they found most helpful referenced the course‟s interdisciplinary format (see Table 8).However, many respondents also referenced soft skills important to the workplace, includingpatience and learning to work among various personalities. Table 9: The Innovations Process Survey Question

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mercedes Terry, University of North Dakota; Enrique Alvarez Vazquez, University of North Dakota; Dan Ewert, University of North Dakota; Ryan Striker, University of North Dakota

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Biomedical Engineering Division (BED)

most perceived growth was "speaking clearlyand coherently during oral presentations," and the lowest was "coding/programming." Table1 lists all average perceived growth scores for each skill. Interestingly, learning technical skillssuch as coding was the top-trending theme for what skills UG students hoped to gain from theproject, followed by project understanding and professional and soft skill enhancement.However, coding/programming scored the lowest in perceived growth, suggesting a demand anda need to implement more opportunities for UG students to engage with technical developmentskills, specifically in coding. However, coding is a difficult skill to learn for students, especiallyfor UG students who have not yet developed the skills

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session: Cultural Perspectives

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allison Biewenga, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University; Stephanie Claussen, San Francisco State University; Kirsten A. Davis, Purdue University; David Owuor Gicharu, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center; Gladys Jeptoo Kerebey, Tumaini Innovation Vocational Training Center

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International Division (INTL)

Learning hasalso been shown to improve students’ confidence, school engagement, and mental health(Greenberg et al., 2017). Additionally, students tend to benefit long-term and are better preparedfor higher education, more successful in their careers, and more engaged citizens (Greenberg etal., 2017). Tumaini students appear to reap many of these benefits: they felt that they were a partof a supportive community and that they learned a lot about themselves such as how to controltheir emotions, how to be comfortable with themselves, and how to express themselves. Since itis very important that students fully complete their industrial attachments to maximize theirbenefits from the program, the fact that students possess these soft skills speaks

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Brinley Boyett, Texas A&M University; Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr, Texas A&M University

: (a) Respect and follow the stipulated rules (b) Act competently, honestly, and with integrity (c) Maintain and enhance the reputation of the profession Following the same pattern as before, we reframed the statements to highlight their relation to AI-supported learning without changing what information was being gathered, as follows: (a) I respect and follow the stipulated rules when using AI tools (b) I can act competently, honestly, and with integrity when using AI for computer science tasks (c) I believe the use of AI will help maintain and enhance the reputation of the computer science profession3. Mapping Soft Skills to Teaching Effectiveness The final factor in the original study was soft skills, which

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Community Engagement Division 3 - Engagement in Practice Lightning Round: Fostering Reciprocal Partnerships and Empowering Change

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marian K. Zaki, Houston Christian University

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

-learning projects to evaluate the impact onstudent learning and partners benefits, we have received great feedback from both Crime Stoppersand our students.One of the students who worked on the project reported her experience by saying: “Working on this project has given me the opportunity to develop my technical and non-technical skills. I was able to practice some of the skills I learned in my courses at HCU and improve upon my soft skills - such as communication, problem-solving, 4 and self-motivation - through working together with my co-workers, having meetings with my supervisor and working on the projects assigned to me. Overall, I can see how the things I learned

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 9: Lessons Learned from Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audrey Rorrer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; David K. Pugalee, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Praveen Ramaprabhu; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Terry Xu, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; H. P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

the 2019 Survey of Doctorate Recipients. NSF 21-319. Alexandria, VA: National Science Foundation. Available at https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf21319/.[5] H. Martins, I. Direito, A. Freitas, & A. Salgado. “Roses In, Roses Out - How the Framework of Management by Competencies in HRM Can Help Address the Issue of Doctoral Candidates and Graduates Soft Skills in Engineering.” INTED2022 Proceedings (pp. 9657-9664). 2022.[6] B. Hynes, Y. Costin, and I. Richardson. "Educating for STEM: developing entrepreneurial thinking in STEM (Entre-STEM)." Enhancing Entrepreneurial Mindsets Through STEM Education. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. 165-194.[7] M. Feldmann, M. Gates, M. Ratnatunga, R. Devol

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bala Maheswaran, Northeastern University; Rosalyn Bell Beckwith; Montserrat Velasco; Emily Minkler; Eleanor Altwarg, Northeastern University

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

OutcomesCornerstone of Engineering is an advanced 8 credit hour course designed for all engineeringmajors and covers fundamental engineering concepts. The course covered technical skills, such asC++, MATLAB, Solidworks, and AutoCAD, hands-on skills, such as laser cutting andprototyping, and soft skills such as communication and creative thinking. Alongside these learningactivities, the course consisted of a semester long project to implement these skills, which led tothe development of Rebounding Energy: the piezoelectric backboard attachment.The beginning of the course started by learning how to design a product while considering factorssuch as cost, timelines, practicality, user friendliness, environmental impact, and inclusivity.While conducting original

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gibrán Sayeg-Sánchez, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM); Miguel X. Rodriguez-Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Industrial Engineering Division (IND)

System [12].Purpose of the studyEducation model of Tecnologico de Monterrey is a competencies-based framework, in whichstudents are expected to fulfill three dimensions to consider that the competencies has beenacquired: • Knowledge: Concepts, theory, and methodologies. • Applications: Real life and simulated situations in which knowledge can be applied. • Values and attitudes: Soft skills required for applying knowledge.The purpose of this study is to measure what is the impact in students’ development whenimplementing Guided Learning Sequences as a content delivery strategy to learn Measure Phasein LSS. The study is particularly focused in the analysis of a specific skill: understandingcollected data to generate scenarios that

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 5: Collections & Spaces

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula C Johnson, Univeristy of Arizona

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

engagement,and the enhancement of the university's reputation. These collaborative makerspaces provideengineering students with the practical skills and soft skill experiences needed to succeed intoday's innovation-driven economy. UA Libraries believe that by offering engineering students –and their peers in other disciplines – access to many types of technology, University of ArizonaLibraries’ makerspaces level the playing field, making tech learning opportunities readilyaccessible.References[1] D. Slatter and Z. Howard, “A place to make, hack, and learn: makerspaces in Australian public libraries,” The Australian Library Journal, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 272–284, Nov. 2013, doi: 10.1080/00049670.2013.853335.[2] NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Higher

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH) Technical Session 5: Preparing the Future Workforce

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Waqar Mohiuddin, Texas A&M University; Joanna Tsenn, Texas A&M University; Shadi Balawi, Texas A&M University; Carlos R. Corleto, Texas A&M University; Jonathan Weaver-Rosen, Texas A&M University

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Mechanical Engineering Division (MECH)

the global engineering teachingcommunity through our library system.Acknowledgment This work is supported by National Science Foundation Grant EEC-2022275 to createopportunities for revolutionizing the preparation of students. We thank Lani Draper, eSAILInstructional Designer, for her help in developing the module videos.References[1] R. J. Marandi, B. K. Smith, R. F. Burch, and S. C. Vick, “Engineering soft skills vs. engineering entrepreneurial skills,” Int J Eng Educ, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 988-998, 2019.[2] R. Reagans and E. W. Zuckerman, “Networks, diversity, and productivity: The social capital of corporate R&D teams,” Organization Science, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 502-517, 2001.[3] P. Pazos et al

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AERO 4: New Technologies and Strategic Applications

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Kennesaw State University

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Aerospace Division (AERO)

modernengineering practice and are best addressed in a group project. Shekar [3] suggests that in project-based learning, students are active learners and involved in hands-on activities. Professors arefacilitators who provide guidance to students and encourage students to think and work throughthe problem. This process has been shown to increase student motivation, allowing them to applythe knowledge learned in engineering classes, in an interactive environment. Students get a chanceto discuss concepts with each other and collaborate on projects working towards a common goal– this is also representative of a real-world project. Hadim et. al. [4-7] suggest that project-basedlearning facilitates the development of many of the “soft skills” demanded from

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International Division (INTL) Technical Session #6: World-class STEM Leader

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lina Zheng, Beihang University; Yu Han; Ruilin WU; Jianglong Zhang; Ye Jinxin; Zijiao Jiang

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International Division (INTL)

the NationalSupervisorCollegeforEngineers(NSCE)in2022. Aroundthesereforms,researchers,educators,andindustrypartnersholdmacropolicyperspectives(Weietal.,2022;Lin,2017),meso-levelinstitutionalstudyviews(Luetal.,2018;Yeetal.,2022),aswellmicroclassroomteachingandlearningresearch(Tianetal.,2021;Fu&Liu,2020).ThesestrategiesshareavisiontoimprovethequalityofengineeringeducationandtransformChina’sengineeringeducationtobefuture-andindustry-oriented,toprovidestudentswithbothbroadrangeofknowledge,complexproblem-solvingskills, and soft skills to work effectively in industry and contribute to technological achievements.Stakeholders enrolled including the government, industry, deans of engineering schools, faculty