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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

John G. Nee

greatest change has really occurred in the last 10 Page 3.565.2years. PROGRAM STRUCTUREAs programs evolved there were critical programmatic factors to consider such as: 1) industrialneeds and expectations, 2) staffing requirements, 3) financial resources, and 4) constantassessment and evaluation requirements. Course titles appearing in bold type are at least 50percent EDG/CAD/CAM content- based. The resulting program structures as of 1997-98,follow:Engineering TechnologyB.S.E.T. degreeThe engineering technology majors are designed to prepare students who aspire to careers relatedto electronic, manufacturing or

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1997 Annual Conference

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Robert P. Taylor; B.K. Hodge

Computers3 Changing nature of the job market4 ASEE5 ME career expectations and prestige6 Industry expects ME education to be more responsive to industry’s needs7 No more amateur programming8 Computer applications and utilization9 Reduced hours for BS degree10 Teaching/research balance for faculty11 International considerations12 Back to basics13 ABET14 Lifelong learning15 Remote instruction16 Design education17 Team projects18 MTV generation19 Ethics20 WWW versus the library21 Faculty aging22 Curriculum difficulty23

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

T.R. Kurfess; M.L. Nagurka

must be made clear to the sponsors that the needs of the academicpartner are somewhat different. For the university partner it is key that the research conducted ispublishable. The publication of a thesis is essential for a graduate student to complete a degree(at most schools), while archival journal publication is important for the faculty advisor’s career.It must be made clear to the industrial partner that the research content of the work must beworthy of a thesis and that it will (upon completion) be published in the public domain. There-fore, the supervising faculty member must ensure that the work performed simultaneously aidsthe industrial partner and supports his/her academic career as well as that of the student.Scheduling One

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1996 Annual Conference

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Richard A. King; Jack Van de Water

the world as easily as withthose in the same office complex. Beyond the simple act of “keeping up” with colleagues, it has become feasibleto share projects and research in the same manner. This capability will have a profound effect on professional lifein the future.This paper describes a program initiated by the higher education system of Oregon, to foster changes in theeducation paradigm which will embrace the coming global design arena. This new program - Global Graduates:the Oregon International Internship Program - is designed to improve the educational preparation for the“borderless” careers that present students will encounter upon graduation

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1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Allen Leybourne

individual’s own choosing is Page 4.90.1probably the most unique. With this freedom comes the associated burden and responsibility ofactually accomplishing at least a reasonable level of performance and expertise in the chosenspecialty. The hope of the academic administration is that those who have survived the tenureprocess will have developed good habits that will serve them throughout the remainder or theiracademic career (their personal internalized model.) The concepts presented herein can beutilized by new faculty and their mentors to further hone that model.II. AspirationsWhen starting a new position, for financial reasons alone, most individuals

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Kent Curtis, Northern Kentucky University; Niaz Latif, Purdue University - Calumet

individuals to support this growth andensure continued advancement.Program Objectives MST Task force surveyed (Table 2.) graduates of NKU for the proposed MST program.Fifty five percent indicated Engineering Technology as the major area of interest and 51%indicated Technology Administrator/ Manager as the primary career goal. The majority (88%)indicated that they were primarily interested in part-time (3-6 semester hours), evening courses.Based on these responses, the Team determined the following objectives for the MST program:1) Enhance the ability of graduates to move into technical management; Page 3.399.62) Enhance the ability of graduates

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

J. A. Isaacs

employers are nowplacing “high value on engineers and scientists who can communicate, collaborate and workacross disciplines.” The report recommends a degree program that enhances career options whilebroadening students’ horizons. It encourages greater versatility by avoiding overspecializationand by promoting experiences that supply skills that are desired by both academic andnonacademic employers. This includes ability to communicate complex ideas and to work in Page 3.31.2teams. The report also recommends that students be given better career information andguidance so that they can make good decisions in planning their professional careers

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert E. Zulinski; Jon A. Soper; Dennis O. Wiitanen; David Stone; Allan R. Hambley; Martha E. Sloan; Noel Schulz

high standards of professional ethics.13. Provides a forum for students to intensively practice oral and written communication skills.14. Conducts periodic seminars to educate our student participants regarding career and diversity issues.Accommodation of Student Cognitive PreferencesSeveral studies have shown that a variety of preferred approaches to learning exist amongengineering students.17,18 Traditional courses favor some learning styles and discourage others.Many creative students have left engineering as a result of mismatches between their cognitivepreferences and the way that many engineering courses are taught. We feel that such studentswill remain in engineering as a result of the curriculum changes we are making (such as

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Paul D. Schreuders; Arthur T. Johnson

been implemented. In the remainder of this paper,we will compare and contrast these two project paradigms and examine their impact on studentlearning. The project structure described in the left-hand column is that used in BiologicalProcess Engineering. The structure described on the right-hand side is that used in teachingBiological Responses to Environmental Stimuli.The Motivations and Benefits for the Project StructuresA major motivation for the structure of our projects is to, within the confines of an academicsetting, provide design experiences and develop skills that are directly applicable to our studentsneeds after graduation. Career choices for Biological Resources Engineering graduates are asdiverse as the program. Our graduates have

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Sharon M. Schlossberg

Session 2653 TECHNOLOGY CONNECTION-A PROGRAM FOR PRECOLLEGE ORIENTATION AND RECRUITING Karl K. Stevens and Sharon M. Schlossberg Florida Atlantic University ABSTRACTRecruitment of top-quality engineering students and orientation of K-12 students toward studiesand careers in engineering are challenging tasks. One of the ways the Florida Atlantic University(FAU) College of Engineering is working to meet these challenges is through its TechnologyConnection (TC) summer program for middle and

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Jon A. Leydens

desire to learn. I want to do everything I can to make sure we donot lose you at the beginning.”Nature and Human Values (NHV) is a writing-intensive course in part because we at theColorado School of Mines (CSM) do not wish to lose our students at the beginning. This courseintroduces students to many of the tools they will need to meet the expectations for writtencommunication in their academic and post-academic careers. Writing is also pivotal in thiscourse since it provides a means for students to process the environmental, economic, and ethicalramifications of the issues they encounter in readings and in lectures as well as an opportunity toexplore the issues they find most intriguing. Our hope is that the writing will kindle the kind

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Zhang Wenxue; Yuan Dening; Chen Zhi

two kinds of courses should play is concerned, we think that the previous basiccourses should not only or even not mainly serve for the specialties teaching and specializedcourses. Instead, the basic knowledge should be mixed with students’ potential and power ofunderstanding to become internalized as students’ scientific and cultural accomplishments,with which students can open new areas and adapt to new careers. The training of thespecialized courses which signifies a certain specialized direction and the training ofspecialties are necessary. However, for many specialties, they are not the bounds of careers,that is to say, specialties are not equal to careers; they are just indispensable “carriers” whichcan train students’ abilities. With

Conference Session

WIP: Student Success and Sustainability

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis; Glaucia Prado P.E., University of California, Davis

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

Paper ID #41234Evaluating Students’ Belonging in Two Engineering DepartmentsProf. Susan P. Gentry, University of California, Davis Prof. Susan P. Gentry is an Associate Professor of Teaching Materials Science and Engineering at the University of California, Davis. In her current position at UC Davis, she is interested in student well-being and alternative grading schemes.Glaucia Prado P.E., University of California, Davis Glaucia Prado is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Chemical Engineering at University of California Davis. She began her career in food engineering from the University of Campinas (Brazil) before

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 21

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Trevion S. Henderson, Tufts University; Collette Patricia Higgins, Tufts University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)

examining sense ofbelonging for students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM disciplines [16-20], weasked students to report key demographic characteristics, such as race/ethnicity, gender, andinternational student status. For example, existing research suggests that dimensions of socialidentity, such as race/ethnicity and gender, inform students’ sense of belonging, withimplications for students’ desires to pursue STEM careers, retention in secondary andpostsecondary education, and post-graduation career pursuits [13-20]. As such, we measureddemographic characteristics using a battery of items capturing racial/ethnic identity (1 =historically excluded student, 0 = non-historically excluded student), gender identity (1 = man, 0= non-man

Conference Session

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

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Isabel Miller, University of Michigan; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan

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Diversity

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

mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Experiences of Engineering Students with Disabilities in the Accommodations ProcessBackground and MotivationStudents with disabilities attend higher education institutions, but the exact number is not clear.In the 2019-2020 academic school year, 21% percent of undergraduate students reported havinga disability, of which eight percent were formally registered as having a disability with theirinstitution (Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI), 2022). These numbers are anunderestimation. Disabled students may not be

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Betsy Chesnutt, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

-Service STEM Teachers to Teach EngineeringAbstractIn recent years, engineering has been increasingly incorporated into K-12 classrooms, eventhough K-12 teachers commonly have no prior experience with engineering or training in how toteach engineering. Therefore, schools cannot scale their programs to meet the criteria needed toteach engineering effectively. As a result, many teachers hold common misconceptions aboutwhat engineers do and have low self-efficacy with teaching engineering, leading to a lack ofinterest in engineering among K-12 students. Research indicates that students tend to holdstereotypical and narrow perceptions of engineering, which in turn limits their interest inengineering as a future career choice. Previous

Conference Session

Flaming Moe's Influence: Bio-Inspired STEM Explorations, Hot Stuff!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kimberly Quell; Cristian Robbins, United States Military Academy; Kathryn Blair Newhart; Andrew Ross Pfluger, United States Military Academy

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

Merit Camp and Environmental Communication Week: Targeted Approaches to Environmental Engineering Education Quintana-Cifuentes et al. Sustainability Competencies in STEM Education at Secondary Schools: A (2019) Systemized Literature Review Martinez Ortiz et al. (2015) Engaging Students in Sustainability Education and Awareness of Green Engineering Design and Careers through a Pre-Engineering Program Monaco et al. (2016) Design of an Interactive Multidisciplinary Residential Summer Program for Recruitment of High School Females to Engineering. A Each discrete inquiry provides a

Conference Session

Innovative Strategies for Enhancing Engineering Education Across Diverse Learning Environments

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Haniye Mehraban, Oklahoma State University; Jennifer Dawn Cribbs, Oklahoma State University; John Hu, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

semiconductor knowledge, feedbacknoted that the questions lean toward manufacturing aspects. It was suggested to focus onexploring the bottlenecks faced in reducing channel length and how challenges were addressed inadvanced nodes, such as the introduction of SOI FET, FinFET, and the latest GAAFET in 3nmand below.Finally, when asked about the proposed interpretation and use, a recommendation was made toprovide RET participants with a guide on how to direct high school students if they are interestedin pursuing a career in semiconductor engineering. This validation is based on AERA standard[12].Participants and Data CollectionParticipants include 10 high school, middle school, and community college STEM teachers whoparticipated in a RET program. Data

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Instructional Technology 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Battistini, Angelo State University

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

aninstructor, it is frustrating that students can spend hours watching mindless videos online butcannot spare 30 minutes to read a foundational literature article related to their classwork andfuture careers. In order to engage these students, instructors must adapt to their lifestyles, includingtheir online viewing habits.The following paper presents a case study on the development of the AISC Days of Steel videoseries. These videos explore typical undergraduate steel design topics in a fun, amusing, yeteducational manner, combining quirky humor with equations.The intent of the video series is to provide content to students outside the classroom setting toincrease engagement and interest in the technical topics. The videos will be made available

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Karin Jensen, University of Michigan; Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

University of Michigan. Her research interests include mental health and wellness, engineering student career pathways, and engagement of engineering faculty in engineering education research.Dr. Joseph Francis Mirabelli, University of Michigan Joseph Mirabelli is a postdoctoral fellow in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor who researches engineering education. He earned his PhD in Educational Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a focus in Engineering Education. His interests are centered around mentorship, mental health, and retention in STEM students and faculty. Additionally, he helps support the development of new engineering education scholars and researches

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 2

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mitra Varun Anand, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Curtis Abel, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ahmet Can Sabuncu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

uncertain future that lies ahead. Evidence suggests thatproficiency in innovation, critical thinking, complex problem-solving, and effectivecommunication positions students for success in sustainable engineering careers [2-4]. However,a prevalent culture of risk aversion among students stifles exploration into unchartedtechnological territories, thereby limiting their comprehensive academic growth [5].In response to these challenges, this paper presents an evaluative study of an inventive, multi-disciplinary, project-based course known as "Innovation Through Making." This course isdesigned to blend the foundational Engineering Sciences (ES) curriculum with anEntrepreneurial Mindset, thereby endowing students with critical knowledge and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Connie Syharat, University of Connecticut; Alexandra Hain, University of Connecticut; Arash Esmaili Zaghi P.E., University of Connecticut

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

diversity. He started his engineering education research endeavor through an NSF RIGEE grant in 2014. The promising findings of this research and the encouraging feedback of the student community motivated him to pursue this line of research in his NSF CAREER award in 2017. Since then, he has built a coalition within the university to expand this work through multiple NSF-funded research grants including IUSE/PFE: RED titled ”Innovation Beyond Accommodation: Leveraging Neurodiversity for Engineering Innovation”. Because of the importance of neurodiversity at all levels of education, he expanded his work to graduate STEM education through an NSF IGE grant. In addition, he recently received his Mid-CAREER award through

Conference Session

Strategies for Building Engineering Education Research Capabilities

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Cady, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Russell Korte, The George Washington University; Karl A Smith, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

work of practicing engineers, as well as the preparation of professionals for their future careers. Dr. Korte is an Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Learning at The George Washington University where he combines his practical experiences of work in education, business, and industry with his research and teaching in professional education, professional practice, and the social foundations of work. He has published on topics ranging from organizational socialization (onboarding), workplace learning, organization studies, social science, and philosophy. He also works on a variety of topics supporting his students’ work on decision-making, the meaning of work, and social connectedness in school and the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division WIPS 2: Students and Peer Mentors

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Chris Cagle

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

’ success, including the challengesassociated with adapting to a new campus environment and the potential loss of academic creditsduring the transfer process. Conversely, alternative studies indicate that transfer students whoeffectively integrate into their new educational environment, receive appropriate support, andpossess well-defined academic and career objectives can achieve similar, if not superior, levels ofretention and academic success in comparison to traditional students.Peer mentoring presents an invaluable opportunity for first-year engineering students to establisha meaningful connection with experienced upperclassmen who can provide guidance onnavigating the challenges associated with coursework and the adjustments encountered

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah L. Rodriguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Paul Charles Bigby, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Antarjot Kaur, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

research projects focused on institutional environments and STEM identity development are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kapor Center. In recent years, she was selected as an Early Career Awardee and Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and a NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader. She also received the Barbara Townsend Early Career Scholar Award by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) and gave the distinguished ASHE-CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture. To learn more about her current projects, visit http://sarahlrodriguez.com/Paul Charles Bigby, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Paul C. Bigby is a graduate student at

Conference Session

Descriptions of Outreach Programs

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rayshun J. Dorsey, WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, Inc.; Ayanna M. Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Activities in Underserved K-12 Communities outside the ClassroomAbstractStudents from at risk or underserved communities need exposure to real world situations andshould be given such opportunities early in their education, to stay competitive in the worldarena of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). New and exciting challenges mustbe made available that brings these students closer to careers in science and technology. Today,scientific research and exploration within underserved K-12 schools consists of old fashionedmethods of students gathered into classrooms and taught with curricula that keep the childreninformed, yet isolated from the reality of true scientific processes. Teachers from these areas trytheir best

Conference Session

New Teaching Methods in Construction Eduction

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Walewski, Texas A&M University; Amy Ahim Kim

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Construction

education occurs within multiple disciplines governed by differentaccreditation organizations (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), andAmerican Council for Construction Education (ACCE)), and it is difficult to develop acomprehensive process to identify the skills needed by university graduates interested in aconstruction industry career. To date, most evaluations of the skills needed for the constructionindustry have been limited to a specific university department or degree major.Skills IdentificationNumerous studies have been conducted on evaluating the practitioners’ expectations of recentgraduates and few have extended the assessment to the relationship of what being taught at theuniversity-level. In technical professions

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen W. Laguette, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2011-1226: PROGRESS REPORT - THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHPERFORMANCE CAPSTONE PROJECT TEAMS AND THE SELECTIONPROCESSStephen W. Laguette, University of California, Santa Barbara Stephen Laguette is currently a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the College of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and the Technology Management Pro- gram and is responsible for the undergraduate ME Capstone Design program. He received his BS, MS in ME from the University of California, Los Angeles. His professional career has included executive Research and Development management positions with a number of medical device companies. He has been responsible for the creation of complex medical

Conference Session

Assessment Methods and Learning Pedagogy I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qiu Liu, McNeese State University

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Engineering Technology

Page 22.1369.2 Teach and Assess an Instrumentation and Control Class for Electronics Technology StudentsAbstractMcNeese State University is located in the Gulf of Mexico corridor between Houston and NewOrleans. The majority of electronics graduates from the Department of Engineering Technologywill find their careers in local process plants together with our process technology andinstrumentation graduates. The department investigation found out that a lot of electronicsstudents are assigned jobs of instrumentation while being electricians at the sametime. Traditionally, electronics students take electronic classes such as circuit analysis, solid-state devices, amplifiers, computer networking etc. There

Conference Session

FPD VIII: Crossing Bridges and Easing Transitions into the First Year

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Theodore Demetrius Caldwell, Michigan State University, Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering; Kyle P. Foster, Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering, Michigan State University; Tonisha Brandy Lane, Michigan State University; Rickey Alfred Caldwell Jr, Michigan State University; Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

engineering afternominally 5 years of study.Undergraduate Research ConsortiumParticipation in research is a proven way to enhance the quality of undergraduate education andencourage students to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics(STEM) fields7,  8. Nationally, the numbers of undergraduate students participating in research hasbeen relatively small and most efforts selectively engage upper level undergraduates9. Withgrowing concerns about the declining number of students earning STEM degrees and the lack ofdiversity of the STEM workforce3, there is increased emphasis on expanding researchopportunities for undergraduate students, in particular those from underrepresented groups (i.e.ethnic minorities and women)10