Conference Session

Women, Minorities and the New Engineering Educator

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annette Mallory Donawa; Clifton Martin, Morgan State University; Carl White, Morgan State University

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New Engineering Educators

AC 2007-3115: RE-ENGINEERING ENGINEERING: TEACHING STUDENTSHOW TO THINK CRITICALLYAnnette Donawa, Morgan State University/CAMRA Prior to pursuing a doctorate degree in Higher Education at Morgan State University, Annette Mallory Donawa served as the Deputy Director for the Center for Advanced Microwave Research and Applications (CAMRA), a $6 M NASA-sponsored research grant. She received her BS in Mass Communications, along with a minor in English from Towson University, Towson, Maryland in 1987. Mrs. Donawa earned her Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois in 1994. Mrs. Donawa has more than 20 years of experience working for

Conference Session

Interdisciplinary Approaches

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2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Dunn; John Brauer

engineering programs have recognized this paradigm shift and have begun to offer agraduate level degree taught jointly with their business schools. At the undergraduate educationlevel, fewer programs have been developed. MIT is offering an undergraduate engineeringschool-wide elective course called Management in Engineering2. Topics covered includefinancial principles, management of innovation, technical strategy, engineering project planningand control, human factors, sales and legal issues, and career planning. The University of Illinoisat Champaign is piloting an innovative program in Technology and Management which bringstogether undergraduate students from the college of engineering and commerce and businessadministration3. The students enter

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Vincent R. Canino; John D. Gassert

team, scheduled formal and informaloral reports, a formal feasibility study, and the students’ continuous use of an engineeringlogbook to perform this assessment. The fourth group of students is completing this designsequence in May of 1999. The resulting senior engineering design projects have been highlysuccessful because of the continual assessment of the teams’ performance by their individualfaculty advisor and the BE program faculty.Introduction Biomedical Engineering began at MSOE in 1972 as a Bio-Environmental EngineeringTechnology program. Soon after, it became a Biomedical Engineering Technology program andwas accredited by the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET. This program became aBiomedical Engineering program and

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2011 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Ashraf Ghaly

roadmap for the civil engineering profession, ASCE defines civil engineers as individualsentrusted by society to create a sustainable world and enhance the global quality of life1. Also,in its Vision 2025 for the profession, ASCE stipulates that civil engineers serve competently,collaboratively, and ethically as master:  Planners, designers, constructors, and operators of society’s economic and social engine—the built environment;  Stewards of the natural environment and its resources;  Innovators and integrators of ideas and technology across the public, private, and academic sectors;  Managers of risk and uncertainty caused by natural events, accidents, and other threats; and  Leaders in

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Sean K. Turner

The Case for Sustainable Engineering in Undergraduate Engineering Education Sean K. Turner, Rowan University, New JerseyAbstractPrivate sector and government programs represent investments of billions of dollars in therenewable energy field, which is experiencing unprecedented demand. There are many reasonsfor this demand including that it is a constant growing field due to the need for alternativegeneration means to address peak loads and to meet carbon reduction goals, among others.Renewable energy technologies are important on a global basis due to pressures on conventionalfossil-fuel energy resources used to power the majority of today’s societal needs. This

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2009 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

quality of life and modernize our technology in a more sustainablemanner. Sustainable engineering, commonly referred to as “green engineering”, has quicklybecome a critical societal issue, an issue that the engineers of today and tomorrow will play adramatic role in solving. Many universities are incorporating green engineering concepts intotheir core curriculum. In fact, the Board of Directors for the American Society of EngineeringEducation (ASEE) considers it a priority that all engineering programs prepare their graduatesfor a profession that uses sustainable engineering techniques and methods1. These techniquesinclude alternative solutions to the consumption of non-renewable energy sources, such as oil.As the new presidential administration

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2009 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Josh Wyrick; Catherine Booth

quality of life and modernize our technology in a more sustainablemanner. Sustainable engineering, commonly referred to as “green engineering”, has quicklybecome a critical societal issue, an issue that the engineers of today and tomorrow will play adramatic role in solving. Many universities are incorporating green engineering concepts intotheir core curriculum. In fact, the Board of Directors for the American Society of EngineeringEducation (ASEE) considers it a priority that all engineering programs prepare their graduatesfor a profession that uses sustainable engineering techniques and methods1. These techniquesinclude alternative solutions to the consumption of non-renewable energy sources, such as oil.As the new presidential administration

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 3: Online Learning and the Impact of COVID-19

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Holcomb, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joy Harris

Practice paper will present the launch of an innovativediscipline-specific, first-year discovery studio within an undergraduate engineering programamid pandemic-related turbulence. This paper will outline how the originally conceptualizedcourse was adapted for online-hybrid instruction, lessons learned executing studio-styleinstruction asynchronously, and best practices for first-year engineering education developed as aresult of ECE Discovery Studio’s unintended multimodal launch year.IntroductionIn Fall 2020, ECE Discovery Studio was launched as a required course for first-year and transferstudents entering the undergraduate electrical and computer engineering program at GeorgiaInstitute of Technology. The program was undergoing a curriculum

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raquel Perez Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #10224NSF-NUE: Using Nanotechnology to Engage Students from High School throughGraduate SchoolDr. Raquel Perez Castillejos, New Jersey Institute of Technology Dr. Raquel Perez-Castillejos is an assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at the New Jersey Insti- tute of Technology (NJIT). Her research (www.tissuemodels.net) focuses on the development of tools for cell and tissue biology using micro- and nanotechnologies. Raquel obtained her Ph.D. with the National Center of Microelectronics in Barcelona. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Miniaturized Systems (Univ. S˜ao Paulo, Brasil) and later

Conference Session

Statics & Strength of Materials - A nice couple

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Boedo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Matthew Kasemer, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

Paper ID #5674Laboratory Activities to Illustrate the Importance of Low Cycle FatigueDr. Stephen Boedo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)Dr. Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Elizabeth A. DeBartolo is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She earned her B.S.E. at Duke University in 1994 and her Ph.D. at Purdue University in 2000. She works with students on assistive device design and determining mechani- cal properties of materials. DeBartolo serves on her college’s leadership teams for both multi-disciplinary capstone

Conference Session

Global Engineering Education: Cross-cultural Awareness and Social Impacts

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Samuel James Boland, University of Iowa, IIHR: Hydroscience and Engineering; Michael V. Schaefer, University of Iowa, IIHR: Hydroscience and Engineering; Carmen M. Langel; Taryn Michelle Tigges, University of Iowa; Fabienne Bertrand, University of Iowa, IIHR: Hydroscience and Engineering; Marian Muste, University of Iowa, IIHR: Hydroscience and Engineering; Zachary David Hingst; Timothy James Middlemis-Brown, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, The University of Iowa

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International

across all sectors of theeconomy; the engineering field is no exception. While these words embody a broad variety of Page 22.1007.2issues and opportunities, a major concern is that along with these terms come new obstacles thatmust be met with appropriate education and experience. This need has been identified by majorinstitutions and deemed a high priority in research and education20, 22. The Accreditation Boardfor Engineering and Technology (ABET) has mandated that one of the expected outcomes of adegree in engineering is that “graduates understand the impact of engineering in a global andsocietal context”7. Study abroad programs have been

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching: Mechanics

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Richard H. Hall, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Timothy A. Philpot, Missouri University of Science & Technology; Douglas R. Carroll, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Mechanics

AC 2011-1910: THE EFFECT OF ON-LINE VIDEOS ON LEARNER OUT-COMES IN A MECHANICS OF MATERIALS COURSEJeffery S. Thomas, Missouri University of Science and Technology Jeffery Thomas is an assistant teaching professor in the department of Civil, Architectural and Environ- mental Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, MO. He received a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from Missouri S&T. He is a licensed professional engineer. His technical interests are in mechanical characterization, construction, and the influence of force on biological systems. His artistic interests are in music.Richard H Hall, Missouri University of Science &

Conference Session

Stories, Communication, and Convergence in Engineering Education

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joanna G Burchfield, University of South Florida; April A. Kedrowicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

Paper ID #38205Engineering Is Personal: Interpersonal Communication for the21st-Century EngineerDr. Joanna G Burchfield, University of South FloridaApril A. Kedrowicz, North Carolina State University, Raleigh ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Engineering is Personal: Interpersonal Communication for the 21st Century EngineerAbstractIn 1996, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) adopted EngineeringCriteria 2000 (EC2000). EC2000 was revolutionary for its time and its implications forengineering education paradigms rocked engineering programs around the United

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul C. Lynch, Penn State University Erie, The Behrend College; Joseph Wilck, United States Air Force Academy; Omar Ashour, Pennsylvania State University Erie, The Behrend College

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

. Ashour received the B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engi- neering and the M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He received his M.Eng. degree in Industrial Engineering/Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making and simulation. He contributed to research directed to improve engineering education. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Engineering Economy: The Crossroads of Business

Conference Session

Undergraduate Recruitment

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Shapcott, Arizona State University; Katherine G. Nelson, Arizona State University; Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University

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Women in Engineering

Technology (QESST) at ASU. In this role, she is focusing her attentions on development of both effective and affective curricular tools to aid post-secondary students’ learning in solar energy/photovoltaics engineering.Dr. Jenefer Husman, Arizona State University Page 25.303.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Changing the Face of Engineering: Can Photovoltaic Engineering Lead the Charge? Susan Shapcott, Katherine Nelson & Jenefer Husman Arizona State University

Conference Session

Professional Identity

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melani Plett, Seattle Pacific University; Caitlin Hawkinson, Seattle Pacific University; Jennifer J. VanAntwerp, Calvin College; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Crystal Bruxvoort, Calvin College

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Educational Research and Methods

from the Georgia Institute of Technology, both in Electrical Engineering. She also holds an M.Ed. from the University of Washington (2008). Her research interests cover major threads in engineering education as well as (chem- ical and biological) sensors research which cross-over into her work in community based partnerships and community outreach. Her international work in study-abroad programs, run through the University of Washington Exploration Seminars, bridge her sensors and education interests.Crystal Bruxvoort, Calvin College CRYSTAL N. BRUXVOORT is an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Chemistry & Bio- chemistry Department at Calvin College. She received a Ph.D. in Curriculum &

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Computers in Education General Technical Session II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Deborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2011-1618: AUDIO-VISUAL LAB TUTORIALS TO DEVELOP INDE-PENDENT LEARNERSDeborah Walter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Dr. Deborah Walter is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. She teaches courses in circuits, electromagnetics, and medical imaging. Before joining academia in 2006, she was at the Computed Tomography Laboratory at GE’s Global Research Center for 8 years. She worked on several technology development projects in the area of X-ray CT for medical and industrial imaging. She is a named inventor on 9 patents. She has been active in the recruitment and retention of women and minorities in engineering and currently PI for an NSF-STEM

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Erika A. Mosyjowski, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Lisa R. Lattuca, University of Michigan

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

broadly. A nationallyrepresentative study of engineering instructors and administrators showed that both programchairs and instructors reported their programs and courses gave only slight to moderate emphasison understanding how engineering solutions could be shaped by social, environmental, political,and cultural contexts or considerations, despite acknowledging the importance of such emphases[12]. Relatedly, in a longitudinal study of undergraduate engineering students, Cech [13], [14]found that students’ beliefs in the importance of professional and ethical responsibilities,awareness of the consequences of technology, understanding of how people use machines, andtheir social consciousness all declined over the course of their degree program

Conference Session

Introduction to Engineering: The Present State

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2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Katie Torrey; James Hertel; Douglas Oppliger; Gretchen Hein; Glen Archer; Jason Keith

Session 1653 Integrating Engineering Disciplines into a Common First Year Engineering Program Gretchen Hein1, Katie Torrey1, James Hertel1, Douglas Oppliger1, Jason M. Keith2, Glen Archer3 Department of Engineering Fundamentals1/Department of Chemical Engineering2/ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering3 Michigan Technological UniversityAbstractIn the fall of 2000, Michigan Technological University started a common first year program for allengineering students. One of the goals of this program was to introduce

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amitava 'Babi' Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Timothy Kassis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Yuan Lai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Justin A. Lavallee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Gregory L. Long PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alice Nasto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; M. Mehdi Salek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Rea Lavi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rebecca Shepardson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Paper ID #33461Pivot to Remote Teaching of an Undergraduate InterdisciplinaryProject-Based Program: Spring–Fall 2020Dr. Amitava ’Babi’ Mitra, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Amitava ’Babi’ Mitra linkedin.com/in/babimitra|+1-617-324-8131 | babi@mit.edu Dr. Amitava ’Babi’ Mitra is the founding Executive Director of the New Engineering Education Trans- formation (NEET) program at MIT. His expertise and interest are in setting up and leading innovative ’start-up’ educational initiatives; he has over twenty-five years’ experience in institution building, higher education, corporate e-learning, and distance education

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 1

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2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey C. Hayen, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Mechanics

Paper ID #25728An Alternative Form of Euler’s Equation for the Rotational Dynamics of aRigid Body Confined to Planar (2-D) MotionDr. Jeffrey C. Hayen, Oregon Institute of Technology Jeffrey Hayen joined the faculty in the MMET Department at the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) in 2011. Before arriving at OIT, Jeffrey served as a Professor of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics at Southwestern Oregon Community College for 16 years. Prior to that experience, he worked in the aerospace industry as a thermodynamicist and propellant analyst for high-performance upper-stage rock- ets at the Space Systems Division of the

Conference Session

Innovative Lower Division Programs

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology

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Two Year College Division

2006-857: CT COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY'S NSF ATE REGIONAL CENTERFOR NEXT GENERATION MANUFACTURINGKaren Wosczyna-Birch, CT College of Technology Karen Wosczyna-Birch has been a champion of engineering and technology education for the past 25 years. She has been the state director of the CT College of technology where through her leadership she has been instrumental in creating a nationally recognized seamless pathway between all 12 two year colleges in CT with six university and college technology and engineering programs. She has received numerous awards and grants and has been recognized for her accomplishments as a professor and for her passion for increasing the diversity of the engineering and

Conference Session

Materials Experiments, Labs, Demos, and Hands-On Activities

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Spencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Materials

AC 2011-447: DEVELOPMENT OF A LABORATORY MODULE IN HY-BRID BIODEGRADABLE CORNSTARCH MATERIALSSpencer Seung-hyun Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Dr. Spencer Seung-hyun Kim is Associate Professor in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Tech- nology/Packaging Science (MMETPS) Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He works as Associate Director in American Packaging Corp. (APC) Center for Packaging Innovation at RIT. Dr. Kim’s research interests are in advanced materials synthesis and characterization. His research area fo- cuses on packaging science and technology. Dr. S. Kim graduated with B.S. in Ceramics Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (1979) and obtained M.S. (1989) and

Conference Session

Computer Gaming and Virtual Reality for Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katrina Neville, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Peter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology; Ian Burnett, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

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Computers in Education

AC 2010-685: A SECOND LIFE VIRTUAL STUDIO AS AN ONLINE TEACHINGENVIRONMENTKatrina Neville, Royal Melbourne Institute of TechnologyPeter Burton, Royal Melbourne Institute of TechnologyIan Burnett, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Page 15.86.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 A Second Life Virtual Studio as an Online Teaching EnvironmentAbstractIn this paper the development of a virtual learning environment in Second Life is detailed. Thelearning environment described is in the form of a virtual television studio for use in multimediaengineering courses, with an example implementation described for RMIT University’s offshorecampus.This paper

Conference Session

Track 5: Technical Session 2: Adoption of an Advocates and Allies Program to a Predominantly STEM Campus

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Sonia Goltz, Michigan Tech; andrew storer, Michigan Technological University; Patricia Sotirin, Michigan Technological University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Paper ID #40801Adoption of an Advocates and Allies Program to a Predominantly STEMCampusDr. Adrienne Robyn Minerick, Michigan Technological University Adrienne Minerick is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of ADVANCE at Michigan Tech- nological University. She earned her B.S. from Michigan Tech and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. Her administrative experience has included Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the College of Engineering, Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development, Dean of the School of Technology, founding Dean of the College of Computing, and Interim

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

William Bambrick

Session 1339 Computer Tools for Integrating Engineering Design and Engineering Economics By William L. Bambrick PDM Division of Inso Corporation1Abstract“World-class” manufacturing companies have recognized the economic importance of thedecisions made during the engineering design phase of the life of a product. 75% to 95%of a product’s cost is committed before manufacturing beginsi. Initiatives such asconcurrent engineering, target costing, and quality function deployment are a result of thisrecognition of the impact the design process has on product cost.Major

Conference Session

Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON) Technical Session 2 - Engineering for One Planet (EOP)

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Matthew, Broadening Impacts; Andrew Schulz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Reese Emily Simancek; Emma Telepo, Michigan State University; Jo Machesky, Yale University; Hadley Willman, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Abdulmalik Bamidele Ismail, The University of Alabama

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Environmental Engineering Division (ENVIRON)

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Mechanical Engineering in 2022 and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from Oklahoma State University in 2018.Reese Emily Simancek Reese Simancek is a Mechanical Engineering major at the University of Miami who is looking to help the world through more sustainable technology.Emma Telepo, Michigan State University Emma Telepo is a junior at Michigan State University studying mechanical engineering, with minors in business and environmental & sustainability studies. Emma is committed to advancing modern technology and innovation, and aims to integrate the principles of sustainability into her work.Jo Machesky, Yale University Jo Machesky recently

Conference Session

Engineering Librarians: Impacting the Past, Present, and Future

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniela Solomon, Case Western Reserve University; Matthew R Marsteller, Carnegie Mellon University

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Engineering Libraries

) and has served as Chair of the Science & Technology Section of the Association of College & Research Libraries of the American Library Association. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2016 Research Impact for Engineering: a National Survey of Engineering LibrariansAbstractIn recent years, the demand on scholars and institutions worldwide to demonstrate their researchimpact has become an increasingly important part of funding applications, promotion dossiersand ranking analytics. The need for impact assessment has steered the development of metrics,altmetrics, and metrics services. Some research metric services have been in place at academicinstitutions

Conference Session

Trends in ME Education Poster Session

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Said Shakerin

WATER FOUNTAINS BLEND ART AND ENGINEERING: A RESOUCE FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION Said Shakerin, Ph.D., PE Department of Mechanical Engineering University of the Pacific Stockton, CA 95211 Email: sshakerin@pacific.eduKeywords: water fountain, special effect, design, patent, engineering educationAbstractBecause water fountains have a rich history and are multidisciplinary entities, there is a greatpotential for enhancing engineering education by incorporating fountain-related activities in thecurricula. To assist educators in this endeavor, this

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2024 Rocky Mountain Section Conference

Authors

Timothy Frank; Daphne DePorres; Emily Stoneham; Joel Sloan P.E.; Vincent Bongionanni; Eric Tucker

who came from underrepresented groupsin engineering. Results indicate students increased their skills in several engineering tasks, theirconfidence and sense of belonging in engineering increased slightly, and students had fewerhesitations to declare an engineering major at the conclusion of the course than prior to thecourse.BackgroundInstitutions of higher learning, including the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), areactively seeking to broaden participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics(STEM) education and have systemic efforts in place to accomplish this goal. However, thestrategies of STEM programs that prioritize expanding access and inclusion of students fromunderrepresented groups into the classroom have