Conference Session

Lessons learned

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Ramiro g Gonzalez, Boston Arts Academy High School; Cassandra Wallace, Boston Arts Academy High School

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

concepts and makes the underlying mathematicalor scientific principles more relevant to the student, and in doing so it generates challenges andexcitement. It is our hypothesis that by adding EBL as an organizing principle to our STEMclasses, this will lead to increased student achievement and interest in STEM education asmeasured by the number of students taking elective science and math classes and the number ofstudents selecting STEM careers. Second, the EBL provides a general framework, skill set andtools that are applicable to any STEM subject or course. That is possible because EBL pedagogyuses the engineering design process (EDP) and the college-level known capstone experience. The paper will cover the details of our implementations

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Rachel B. Getman, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

togauge student perceptions. The assessment is broken down into two parts: student ratings of theirpersonal abilities in the learning goals and student perceptions of the importance of these skills totheir career goals. The instrument consisted of Likert items using a scale of 0 (no ability or notimportant) to 5 (excellent ability or very important). A complete list of the survey items can befound in the Appendix. Surveys were completed as a part of a homework grade via Google Docswithin the first two weeks of the semester and will be conducted again at the completion of thesemester. Identifying information was recorded only so that the resulting changes in theindividual student perceptions and self-assessed ability could be compared pairwise.To

Conference Session

Construction Curriculum Development

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric A. Holt, Purdue University; Scott Kelting, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Construction

AC 2012-4352: INCORPORATING NAHB PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONSINTO A UNIVERSITY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTSPECIALIZATIONProf. Eric A. Holt, Purdue University Eric A. Holt is a Graduate Instructor at Purdue University in the Building Construction Management Department. Holt earned a B.S. in building construction technology and spent 19 years in the residential construction industry. His career includes construction material sales and marketing, building inspector, customer home project management, and architectural design for homes and remodel projects. He earned a M.S. in technology from Purdue University, in construction management. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in construction management, focusing on

Conference Session

Computer Science-related Programs

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech University; G.B. Cazes, Cyber Innovation Center; JoAnn M. Marshall, Cyber Innovation Center

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

AC 2012-4460: JUNIOR CYBER DISCOVERY: CREATING A VERTICALLYINTEGRATED MIDDLE SCHOOL CYBER CAMPDr. Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech UniversityProf. Galen E. Turner III, Louisiana Tech UniversityMr. G.B. Cazes, Cyber Innovation Center G.B. Cazes currently serves as the Cyber Innovation Center’s (CIC) Vice President, responsible for its daily operations. In addition, Cazes has devoted countless hours to the development and implementation of a dynamic Academic Outreach and Workforce Development program. This program will assist the CIC in developing a knowledge-based workforce for the future. Cazes has spent his entire career in the information management and information technology sectors. His experience includes working in the

Conference Session

Focus on Elementary

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelly L. Lundstrom, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

inthese subjects by the conclusion of their formal education. Students’ attitudes with respect tomathematics and science are known to be developed at a young age and become entrenched bymiddle school. In an effort to encourage young students to eventually pursue careers in science,technology, engineering, and mathematics, the Colorado School of Mines has developed theBechtel K-5 Educational Excellence Initiative. This engineering outreach program is beingimplemented in five minority elementary schools located throughout the Denver area, eachschool including grades kindergarten through fifth. One measure of impact of this program is anattitudes survey in mathematics and science. This article presents a study that seeks tostatistically examine

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Priscilla J. Hill, Mississippi State University; Yaroslav Koshka, Mississippi State University; Oliver J. Myers, Mississippi State University; Giselle Thibaudeau, Mississippi State University; Carlen Henington, Mississippi State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

. Page 25.964.3In addition to preparing students for careers where a basic knowledge of nanotechnology isrequired, it is also essential to educate the general public regarding nanotechnology. Society isalready being affected by new developments in nanotechnology and will continue to be affectedin the future. In deciding the future of nanotechnology, both the technical experts and the publicwill participate in the decision making. Therefore it is essential to educate the general public sothat they can make informed decisions2. Although designed with science and engineering majorsin mind, this introductory course is open to and is accommodating to all majors increasing aninformed citizenry.ObjectivesThe objectives for the NanoExposed! course are

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giti Javidi, Virginia State University; Ehsan O. Sheybani, Virginia State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

students who were not participating. This early comparison provided ahelpful basis for future comparisons and helped clarify assertions about the selection and application process and thedegree to which it might influence the make-up of the participant group. If, for example, the selection processrecruited—by design or by accident—students who were disproportionally interested in STEM careers beforeparticipation, conclusions about the ability of the program to encourage students to pursue such opportunities mightbe reasonably questioned. Independent-samples t tests found no statistically significant differences between thegroups’ mean responses, indicating that even where differences between the Digispired participant group and thecomparison group

Conference Session

Attaining Academic Leadership Positions

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2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University; Chris S. Anderson, Michigan Technological University; Dianne Dorland, Rowan University; Sarah A. Rajala, Mississippi State University; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Women in Engineering

Anderson’s career began as a middle school science teacher and an instructor at the post-secondary level, which then led to program administration. She has extensive experience developing precollege academic programs and diversity, retention, and student support programs. Her current role involves es- tablishing and maintaining partnerships with secondary schools, community colleges, corporations, and state and national organizations that help strengthen the University’s outreach, recruitment, retention, and graduation of underrepresented student populations, as well as the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty and staff. Michigan Tech’s ongoing climate study is directed by Anderson. She advises and re- views unit

Conference Session

Teaching Technological Literacy - Engaging Students

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate Disney, Mission College

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Technological Literacy Constituent Committee

. Page 15.957.2Efforts to attract students to an engineering career must acknowledge that two-year institutionsor community colleges represent the fastest growing segment of higher education.15 Recent datashows that 40% of individuals earning bachelor or master’s engineering degrees started highereducation in a community college. The trend is higher in some states such as California forwhich more than 48% of graduates with science or engineering degrees started at a communitycollege.16Despite this contribution to the nation’s engineering workforce, engineering education in acommunity college environment presents formidable challenges for both students andinstructors. Most community colleges have small engineering programs with only a few faculty

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Diane Rover, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

program is designed to help students whoare • not engineering majors but are interested in understanding “how things work” • looking at directorship, management, technical marketing, sales, and related careers in an industry that continues to involve more technology • possibly interested in public policy decisions impacting government, education, industry, religious institutions, health care, and other areas of societal impact, and/or • thinking about working in bioengineering areas, but not on the technical side.The MES program overall and its constituent classes were designed and implemented in2006. All of the MES courses are designed with no prerequisite classes. In general, theprogram

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Duncan Moore, University of Rochester

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

as amember of an underrepresented group increased to 3.2 percent during that period. Forprofessional staff, the percent of underrepresented minorities increased to 6.4 percent betweenfall 2006 and fall 2008.There are several college level and graduate level programs that support and increase diversityon campus. At the college level, the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate AchievementProgram has the objective to increase the numbers of low-income, first-generation andunderrepresented minority undergraduates who pursue doctoral degrees (specifically the Ph.D.)and go on to careers in research and teaching at the University level. Another program at theundergraduate level, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholars program currentlysupports

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jui-Chen Yu, National Science Technology Museum; Hsieh-Hua Yang, Department of Health Care Administration, Oriental Institute of Technology; Lung-Hsing Kuo, National Kaohsiung Normal University; Hung-Jen Yang, National Kaohsiung Normal University

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International

University Dr. Yang is a professor in the department of technology education. Technology education is his major research area. He is also the director of centere for teaching and learning technology. He got his Ph.D from Iowa state university and Master degree from University of North Dakota. Page 15.708.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 In-service Professional Field Expansion Model of Vocational Senior-high Technology Teachers in TaiwanAbstractCoping with rapid knowledge growth, career expansion become an important consideration fortechnology teachers. By getting teacher license

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hui Shen, Ohio Northern University; Richard F. Miller, Ohio Northern University; David Sawyers, Ohio Northern University

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Mechanical Engineering

. This paper describes research activities conducted primarily in the mechanicalengineering department by undergraduate students. Projects in biomechanics and biomaterialsintegrate engineering mechanics and materials science with the life sciences to enableundergraduate engineering students to participate in cutting-edge research. These activities areexpected to attract more students, especially female students, to engineering and to expand thefuture career options of mechanical engineering students.There are a number of special circumstances that must be considered when developing researchprojects that are appropriate for undergraduate students. The undergraduate research activitiesare carefully designed to recruit suitable students and to

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Mathematics

engineering or aviation majors. So, acomputational mathematics degree was proposed taking the essence of these similar degreeprograms and adapting them to the strengths of our university.Computational Mathematics Degree ProgramAs mentioned earlier our university is a selective private masters granting technical university.The purpose of our university is “..to provide a comprehensive education to prepare graduates forproductive careers and responsible citizenship with special emphasis on the needs of aviation,aerospace, engineering, or related fields…”. To achieve this, the following education goalswere developed for the degree program with focus areas in computational engineering andsciences. a. The degree program will ensure that students

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James Bowen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Civil Engineering

, faculty, and employers alike see passing the FE exam as animportant first step in a Civil Engineering career. Historically, FE pass rates at our Universityhave slightly trailed both national averages and those for our Carnegie classification-basedcomparator group for those students taking the Civil Engineering specific afternoon exam. Therelative difference in pass rates, however, has been quite variable over the years. Recently,department faculty have responded to this situation by conducting an analysis of curriculumissues related to student preparation for the FE exam and by implementing new measuresdesigned to improve student preparation and FE exam pass rates. An analysis of the most recenttest performance found that there was a

Conference Session

Novel Methods in Engineering Ethics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Carlos Bertha, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Engineering Ethics

nature?This is how casuistic analysis works. The case study is deconstructed into its component moralfeatures. A judgment can then be made regarding whether the actors, be them from real-lifecases or fictional ones, acted morally. We need not be judgmental here: we can entertainquestions about whether the circumstances made it difficult or impossible to have actedotherwise, too. The author’s contention is that this is what makes case studies useful; that is tosay, case studies show us how to analyze the morally salient aspects of paradigm cases, which inturn help us identify similar moral questions in situations and activities we will encounter in ourown lives.In his own career, the author has encountered examples of ethics instruction that

Conference Session

Distance & Service Learning, K-12, Web & Work-Based Projects

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Vaz

undergraduates must complete three significantprojects, including a third-year interdisciplinary research project called the "InteractiveQualifying Project", or IQP. The IQP is not directly related to the students' major areas of study.Instead, by working on multidisciplinary teams to address problems related to technology,society, and human needs, students come to understand how their careers in technology willimpact, and be affected by, societal structures and values. A central learning outcome of thisproject is an understanding of the social and cultural contexts of technology and science. The Page 10.1065.1 Proceedings of the 2005 American

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Judith Miller; Paula Quinn; Jill Rulfs; John Orr

project, this paper reports the lessons learned in managing this rather large andcomplex project which brings together two quite different educational institutions. The results todate have been quite positive.IntroductionIn 2003 WPI began a three-year project, "K-6 Gets a Piece of the PIEE (PartnershipsImplementing Engineering Education)." This project is funded by the NSF Graduate TeachingFellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) program, the goal of which is to involve engineeringgraduate students with K-12 science and engineering education. Some small number of thesegraduate students will decide to pursue careers in K-12 education, but for most, the intenseexposure provided by the Fellowship program should lead to increased involvement with K

Conference Session

Engineering Economy Frontiers

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Williamson; Carol Considine; Paul Kauffmann; Tarek Abdel-Salam

Session 3542 Privatization Initiatives: A Source for Engineering Economy Case Studies Paul Kauffmann Tarek Abdel-Salam Keith Williamson East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Carol Considine Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VAIntroductionUndergraduate courses in engineering economy provide the opportunity to cover many topicsthat are essential for the career success of practicing engineers. Primary among these areknowledge of cost

Conference Session

Innovative Curriculum Developments

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Thomas Cathcart; Shanti Bhushan; Sandun Fernando

those with traditional engineeringdegrees. One argument is that agricultural engineers could get the required expertise in a graduateprogram. However, many of students from developing countries neither have the financialbacking nor the assurance for better career opportunities to justify a graduate program in theircountries.Many AE programs in developing countries have agricultural machinery/precision agriculture, Page 10.139.1soil and water resources engineering, and food engineering as the core areas in the curriculum. 2They place very little

Conference Session

Teaching Team Skills Through Design

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Harris; M. Bramhall; Ian Robinson; David Hick

the student as evidence that graduates could undertake tasks in a “compliant, dutiful andreliable manner” [2]. However, in the context of the changing nature of the engineering industry,the graduates of the new millennium are required to be equipped with skills to accommodatethese changes. Indeed graduates will have: “increasingly flexible and truncated careers. Hence graduates have to be more ‘flexible’ in theirattitudes towards work and more ‘adaptive’ in their behaviour in the labour market. They requirea broader portfolio of technical, social and personal skills than...were emphasised in the past.”[2].Therefore, the type of graduates we need to produce are those, not only with engineering skillsbut ones that are business-aware, with good

Conference Session

The Influence of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno; Quamrul Mazumder

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Cooperative & Experiential Education

Motivation and Maturity of Engineering and Engineering Technology Students with and without Co-Op ExperienceAbstractExperience-based education in the form of Co-Op is generally accepted as having a positivecorrelation with a student’s academic and early career performance. Unfortunately, most of theevidence is anecdotal or based on statistical studies of large databases. It does not explain whyand how a Co-Op experience correlates with enhanced student or employee performance. Thispaper proposes a model that can explain how Co-Op experience can result in better grades inschool and better performance at work. The paper also describes an experiment performed todetermine if students with Co-Op experience are more motivated

Conference Session

Industry Collaborations in Engineering Technology

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of Technology; Quamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint

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Engineering Technology

AC 2010-83: MOTIVATION AND MATURITY LEVEL OF ENGINEERING ANDENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS WITH AND WITHOUT COOPEXPERIENCEMario Castro-Cedeno, Rochester Institute of TechnologyQuamrul Mazumder, University of Michigan - Flint Page 15.889.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Motivation and Maturity of Engineering and Engineering Technology Students with and without Co-Op ExperienceAbstractExperience-based education in the form of Co-Op is generally accepted as having a positivecorrelation with a student’s academic and early career performance. Unfortunately, most of theevidence is anecdotal or based on statistical studies of large databases. It

Conference Session

Attracting Young MINDS in Engineering - Part II

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jamila Cola, Georgia Institute of Technology; Douglas Edwards, Westlake High School; Margaret Tarver, Tri-Cities High School; Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

underrepresented minoritiesto the STEM pipeline is the first step towards engaging them in the science, engineering, andtechnology enterprise. Despite several barriers preventing minorities from entering andremaining in STEM fields, there are many best practices to encourage and inspire minorities tocontribute to STEM careers. Page 15.747.2Page 15.747.3Page 15.747.4Page 15.747.5computer, aerospace, agricultural, biomedical, and mechanical engineering disciplines. Thirteenof the NSBE Jr. members that chose science and engineering fields were female. 15 10 Other

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

stereotyping create an unwelcome climate for women, describes theclimate for some at North Dakota State University.3 Women faculty at North Dakota StateUniversity are significantly less satisfied than their male counterparts in areas of climate, natureof work, and balance of career and family. Areas associated with greater attrition of womenfaculty include stress based on subtle or overt discrimination, work-related stress, stress due totime pressure, lack of personal time, difficulties in departmental communication, conflict with adirect supervisor and conflict within the department, and other reasons, including climate-oriented explanations such as isolation and being ignored. Preliminary results from a 2009 work-life survey suggest that these

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heath Tims, Louisiana Tech University; Jim Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University; Missy Wooley, Ruston High School; Marvin Nelson, Benton High School

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

enrollment and retention in science and engineering. In The Scienceand Engineering Workforce: Realizing America‟s Potential, the NSB strongly recommendsnational-level action to provide an adequate number of science and engineering graduates toensure competitiveness in the ever-changing global economy2. Moreover, there is a critical needfor partnerships between universities and K12 schools to increase the mathematics and scienceabilities of high school graduates – preparing them for any career path, particularly for STEMdisciplines.In addition to the quantity of engineering and science graduates, many studies have focused onthe qualities needed of these graduates by today’s society. Not only do they need technicalfundamentals, but they also need to

Conference Session

Attracting, Developing and Retaining Talented ME Students

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marius D Ellingsen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cassandra M Birrenkott, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Mark David Bedillion, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

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Mechanical Engineering

Dakota School of Mines and Technology in January 2011 as an Associate Professor. Dr. Bedillion received the B.S. degree in 1998, the M.S. in 2001, and the Ph.D. degree in 2005, all from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining SDSM&T, Dr. Bedillion had an eight year career in the hard disk drive industry working on advanced data storage concepts. Dr. Bedillion’s research interests include distributed manipulation systems, robotics, control for data storage systems, control for advanced manufacturing systems, and STEM education.Dr. Karim Heinz Muci-Kuchler, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Karim Muci-K¨uchler is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Co

Conference Session

Integrating Engineering & Liberal Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dara R. Fisher, Harvard University; Aikaterini Bagiati, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sanjay E. Sarma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

368 individuals contacted with interview requests,ten volunteered to participate in this study.We selected an open-ended, responsive interviewing model for this study to ensure flexibility incommunication with respondents14. To this end, our interview protocol was divided into threeloose stages: (1) biographic background and experiences at MIT; (2) post-graduation career pathand experiences transitioning from college to the workplace; and (3) impressions of entry-levelengineers based on their experiences as managers or supervisors. In total, each interview lastedapproximately 30-40 minutes, and interviewee responses began to saturate after approximatelysix to seven interviews.When examining the final interview data, skills or attributes were

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan Fries, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Ryan W. Krauss, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

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First-Year Programs

the freshmanand sophomore level can help increase retention rates for engineering students and help studentsbetter appreciate what engineers actually do. These courses and experiences can also form acornerstone for the students’ learning and motivate students to learn engineering analysistechniques.Because of widespread inaccuracies about what engineers do,1 one of the learning goals of manyfirst-year engineering courses is to clarify the perception of the engineering profession in theeyes of students. In theory, students can then identify themselves as engineers and thus makeconfident, informed decisions regarding their career path in one of the engineering disciplines.This increased confidence leads to better academic performance and

Conference Session

Improvements in ECE Signals and Systems

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Berenice Verdin, University of Texas at El Paso; Ricardo Von Borries, University of Texas, El Paso; Patricia A. Nava P.E., University of Texas, El Paso; Andrew C. Butler, Duke University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

workforceneeded the rate of graduates in these areas needs to be increased. 2 In addition, an improvedteaching and learning environment is required at undergraduate engineering disciplines toprepare graduates capable of pursuing engineering related careers. Page 24.158.2There is an existing crisis in engineering education: stagnant or decreasing student enrollment,underprepared students, and instructional methods disconnected from students’ preferredmethods of communication and interaction. To address these problems, we are implementing,assessing and evaluating effective teaching strategies that integrate technology-based materialsintended to enhance