Conference Session

Learning and Assessment I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John K. Estell, Ohio Northern University; John-David S. Yoder, Ohio Northern University; Briana B. Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University; Fong K. Mak, Gannon University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

Conference Session

Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 7: Developing Graduate Students' Competencies and Identities

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret E.B. Webb, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

students themselves, that impact their interdisciplinary journey anddemotivate their interdisciplinary scholarship. For example, one of the main priorities graduatestudents discussed as in conflict to their interdisciplinary scholar identity development is theexpectation to have publications in certain disciplinary-acclaimed journals and to specifically bethe first author on those publications. In 2020, Student A said, So I was thinking about the IR program, and I think it is a little bit hard to be motivated, because PhD students need to be the first author of their dissertation. And everyone is PhD student so … their priority cannot be that interdisciplinary project. And I get also faculty have similar feeling, because

Conference Session

EMD Technical Session 2: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Laramie Potts, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Huiran Jin

bycolonial-era unequal land distribution [8], poor land conversion projects and land use policiesthat enabled unhealthy ecosystems and unsafe urban environments (e.g. [9]). For example,blurring of rural-urban spatial and social boundaries, mobilized by urban sprawl, have inducednew and unexpected changes in rural America at the expense of local solidarity and socialcohesion [10]. Inner city neighborhoods are disproportionately inhabited by socially vulnerablepopulations where a multiplicity of environmental stressors compromise quality of life (e.g. [9,11]). Transformation from agrarian to urban-industrial society urged by fiscal incentives frommultinational corporation further galvanized social discords through cross-migration andintercultural

Conference Session

Remote Physical Laboratories: Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Paper ID #32454Work in Progress: Combining At-home and On-campus Students in aMeasurements and Analysis Lab CourseDr. Bridget M. Smyser, Northeastern University Dr. Smyser is a Teaching Professor and the Lab Director of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Her research interests include lab design, lab pedagogy and capstone design. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 WIP: Combining at-home and on-campus students in a Measurements and Analysis Lab CourseThe global pandemic has forced many universities to adopt an online or

Conference Session

Working Against Unjust Social Forces

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Desen Sevi Ozkan, Tufts University; Avneet Hira, Boston College

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Culture & Social Justice in Education, Equity

courses that explored technical and societal integration,and more design courses and projects that included themes of human-centered design andsystems thinking (Wisnioski, 2012). Paul B. Daitch at Rochester Polytechnic Instituteemphasized design as "the major vehicle which relates technique and society" (Daitch, 1970, p.21).PurposeFirst-Year Engineering (FYE) courses have received attention from practitioners and scholarsalike in the past couple of decades (Pendergrass et al., 2001; Kilgore et al., 2007). The First-Year Programs division of ASEE had 28 papers associated with it in the 2020 Annualconference alone. There is some agreement on the content that is taught in these courses,which comprises concepts such as design, mathematical modeling

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Joseph Murphy, University of California, Los Angeles; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

Paper ID #29167The Engineering Education Experiences of Students Serving in theReserves or National GuardDr. Catherine Mobley, Clemson University Catherine Mobley, Ph.D., is a Professor of Sociology at Clemson University. She has over 30 years experience in project and program evaluation and has worked for a variety of consulting firms, non-profit agencies, and government organizations, including the Rand Corporation, the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Since 2004, she been a member of the NSF-funded MIDFIELD research project on

Conference Session

Design Tools and Skill Development

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maria R. Young, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan; Sara L. Hoffman, University of Michigan; Kathleen H. Sienko, University of Michigan; Madeline A. Gilleran, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

their courses. Second, administrative processes atuniversities make adding new courses and/or updating current offerings to incorporate socially engaged designcontent a long, difficult process that requires significant investment from faculty members. Third, non-traditionalengineering skills may not fit sequentially into engineering curricula. Students are typically most motivated toacquire these skills when confronted with the challenges of specific design projects, which they may encounterthrough both traditional coursework and co-curricular opportunities. Because of these factors, educationalprograms related to socially engaged design need not only to be accessible to faculty for incorporation into theirexisting courses, but also accessible

Conference Session

Enhancing Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Education

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Natalie Tran, California State University, Bakersfield; Amy Atwood, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Al Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

invent effective strategies and representations for solving math problems, and these methods can serve as bridges for instruction. He is also exploring the embodied nature of students’ knowledge, as exhibited by gestures, and the mediating effects of action on conceptual knowledge. His studies of teachers' beliefs about the development of students' mathematical reasoning showed that content experts can show evidence of expert blind spot, which influences teachers’ expectations of what makes things difficult for their students. He is currently co-principal investigator for the AWAKEN Project (funded by NSF-EEP), which examines the nature of high school pre-engineering

Conference Session

Developing Infrastructure Professionals

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew K Swenty P.E., Virginia Military Institute; Kacie Caple D'Alessandro, Washington & Lee University; Ben Dymond, California State University, Sacramento

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

structural engineering courses, en- joys working with the students on undergraduate research projects, and has research interests in concrete bridges, materials, and engineering education.Dr. Kacie Caple D’Alessandro, Washington & Lee University Kacie Caple D’Alessandro obtained her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering at Clemson University before obtaining her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech. Kacie is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering at Washington and Lee University. She teaches engineering mechanics, engineering design, and materials science courses at W&L, and her research interests include ultra-high performance concrete, concrete structures, and

Conference Session

Aerospace Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Antonette T. Cummings P.E., Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

by the individual, nor is it imposed from the outside, ‘it is constituted as an internal relation between them. There is only one world, but it is a world we experience, a world in which we live, a world that is ours’. The seminal research that developed phenomenography as a research methodology, forexample, investigated students’ understanding of velocity in a physics class[9]. Velocity was theconcept or “the thing”, but the researchers were actually interested in how students understoodvelocity, which is “the thing as it appeared”. It was the students’ understanding that was thephenomenon of research interest. In aerospace engineering, Subject Matter Experts are important assets to projects, andSMEs have deep

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society (LEES) Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Haas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lynn S. McElholm, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sonya M Renfro, University of Connecticut; Elizabeth S. Herkenham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ; Melissa Marshall, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

school visits, theAmbassadors present in pairs on topics chosen by the hosting teachers. Typically two to fourpairs of Ambassadors present on a given day for the entire school day. This allows theAmbassadors to give classroom presentations to most students at the targeted grade level.Oftentimes Ambassadors are invited to present on “What is Engineering” and “My CollegeExperience” in an auditorium setting to allow a second touch point for all students in the school.Additionally, the group selects two to four schools each semester to partner with on long-termprojects, which are modeled after UConn’s Capstone Senior Design projects. Typically, theEngineering Ambassadors present a project kick off, maintain communications with teams atlocal schools

Conference Session

Nuts and Bolts of Cooperative Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alexander Yin, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

his co-op experience, Spencer researched whether projects weretechnologically “feasible,” economically “doable,” and could be completed in a timely fashion. After completing her internship, Jill realized how her first-year student design projectsucceeded technically, but failed to consider contextual factors such as costs, and manpower. The [Unmanned Aerial Vehicle] system that we came up with, that we thought would be the best to use, realistically, it looked good on paper. It would have done exactly what it needed to be done, and we ended up getting an A on the project. However, realistically, it would have been very difficult to implement. With the price of materials always going up and down, it

Conference Session

Android TA: Course Automation and the Fate of the Professor

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

AC 2012-3360: A HALF BRAIN IS GOOD: A WHOLE BRAIN IS MUCHBETTERDr. Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting Stuart G. Walesh, Ph.D., P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, D.WRE, and F.NSPE, is an independent consultant provid- ing management, engineering, education/training, and marketing services. Prior to beginning his consul- tancy, he worked in the public, private, and academic sectors serving as a Project Engineer and Manager, Department Head, Discipline Manager, marketer, legal expert, professor, and Dean of an engineering college. Walesh authored or co-authored six books and many engineering and education publications and presentations. His most recent book is Engineering Your Future: The Professional Practice of En

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furnbach Clavijo P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

computer.FindingsThree engineering associate teaching professors agreed to participate in the semi-structuredinterview and focus group pilot study. These participants will be referenced by the followinginitials: AB, CD, and EF. These participants are all at the same rank and in the mechanicalengineering department. They all have similar teaching experience and have taught designcourses and capstone design. This information is summarized in Table I below: TABLE I PARTICIPANT OVERVIEW Participant 1 Participant 2 Participant 3 Pseudonym AB CD EF Scheduled Date and

Conference Session

STEM Issues

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Laura Kasson Fiss, Michigan Technological University; John L. Irwin, Michigan Technological University; Sarah Tan, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

both from Michigan Tech. Her research program involves using complementary methods (e.g., statistical modeling and analytics, psychological assessment) to evaluate how individual differences are important and impact behaviors at a cultural, social, and behavioral level. She has served as a project evaluator in the multiple NSF funded projects. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 S-STEM Student Reflections and IDP ProcessIntroductionStudent reflections and using individual development plans (IDPs) for mentoring have been anintegral part of an NSF S-STEM project focusing on students pursuing baccalaureate degrees inEngineering

Collection

ASEE 2021 Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference

Authors

Tracy Anne Hammond, Texas A&M University; Karan Watson P.E., Texas A&M University; Samantha Ray, Texas A&M University; Robert Harold Lightfoot Jr, Texas A&M University; Drew Steven Casey, Texas A&M University; Shawna Thomas, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

14 ● George Floyd—Asked 92 students about what engineering faculty should do in a Google form; 87 said engineering faculty should discuss it in the classroom. Used the data to teach qualitative data coding. ● Juneteenth—Read the statement by the university president about Texas’s history and what our state was now doing, put students in random breakout rooms for 5 minutes. Students said it was “cathartic.” ● Protests—Students brainstormed a potential capstone project to aid the protesters. 10 students listed that as their preferred project. The project was eventually not chosen, as students worried about potential privacy implications. ● Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death—Asked students to discuss how her

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Design Methodology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn W. Jablokow, Pennsylvania State University; Aditya Vora, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel Allen Henderson, Pennsylvania State University; Jennifer Bracken, Pennsylvania State University; Neeraj Sonalkar, Stanford University; Stephen Harris, Community College of the Air Force

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

data collection are useful and valid, they also constrain participants’ responses to fixedoptions in the case of Likert-type scales and multiple-choice questions, and to verbal expressionsin the case of open-ended prompts. Few examples of other types of reflection activities (e.g.,graphing, sketching) have been presented or studied in the engineering education literature. In this project, which is part of a larger investigation into high performance design teams, weexplored the use of graphing and other visual techniques for recording designers’ perceptions oftheir design processes and products. Our primary aim was to introduce greater richness into theevaluation of designers’ behaviors and outcomes as we posed research questions about

Collection

2005 GSW

Authors

Amir Karimi

Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering EducationEngineering Seniors Survey: A survey is conducted every semester in the capstone designcourse to assess the opinions of graduating seniors on their success in achieving programoutcomes and on their attitudes toward the department. The results of the surveys are reviewedand summarized by the Chair and senior faculty and presented to the entire faculty at thedepartmental meetings.Student Exit Interview: The department chair interviews a diverse pool of graduating studentseach semester. Students provide feedback on their educational achievements, quality ofinstruction, facilities, laboratory equipment, and future plans. They also make suggestions onhow to improve the

Conference Session

WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlyn Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly Cross, University of Nevada, Reno

University; Epistemologies and Discourse Analysis Noa Bruhis, Arizona State University; for Transdisciplinary Capstone Projects in Nadia N. Kellam, Arizona State a Digital Media Program University; Suren Jayasuriya, Arizona State University5 2018 Understanding the Experience of Women Jessica Ohanian Perez, California State in Undergraduate Engineering Programs Polytechnic University, Pomona at Public Universities6 2021 "She's More Like a Guy"•: The Legacy Jeanne Christman

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division (MVD) Technical Session 2

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles William Weigandt, Austin Peay State University; Mahesh Kumar Pallikonda, Austin Peay State University; Ravi C. Manimaran, Austin Peay State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans Division (MVD)

, Project Director, and a faculty member since 1997. He has served as the PI / Project Director for multiple agencies includ- ing NSF, DOL, DOD, and Perkin’s Grant. His research interests include Industrial Automation Systems, VLSI, ASIC, and FPGA. Other areas of interest are Higher Education Leadership and Accreditation in- cluding ABET. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Building a Rotary Wing Aviation Program to Facilitate Integration of Military Veterans and Service MembersAbstract: During the last decade, the commercial aviation industry has been increasingly affected bythe shortage of skilled pilots, both fixed-wing and rotary-wing (helicopter). In the

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 4: Curriculum and Programmatic Effects

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amin Azad, University of Toronto; Emily Moore P.Eng., University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

between entrepreneurship and strategicthinking." Neostrategic management: an international perspective on trends andchallenges (2016): 75-93[26] QS Ranking 2022 - Canada - Results | UniversityRankings.ch,https://www.universityrankings.ch/results/QS/2022?ranking=QS&year=2022&region=&q=Canada, Accessed: 2023-02-13[27] Systems Innovation Capstone Project - Institute of Health Policy, Management andEvaluation, https://ihpme.utoronto.ca/course/had2040y/?highlight=systems%20thinking,Accessed: 2023-02-13[28] INFO 4620 - Systems Thinking and Changemaking Studio - Acalog ACMS™,https://catalog.mtroyal.ca/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=17&coid=30732, Accessed: 2023-02-13 © American Society for Engineering Education

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 2: Understanding Our Users

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Kurr, University of Tennessee - Knoxville; Jimmy A. Landmesser Jr., UT-Battelle

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

receiving his degree in fire protection engineering from the University of Maryland in 2009, he joined the Nonreactor Nuclear Division (NNFD) at ORNL as a fire protection system engineer and designer. In this role, he developed his skills as a system engineer overseeing the design, installation and modification of unique FP systems protecting special nuclear materials. To better his understanding of the additional hazards and specialized operations of NNFD, Mr. Landmesser earned a master’s degree in nuclear engineering. For the past five years, he has served as a design engineer and project manager for the Laboratory Modernization Division (LMD) supporting new construction and modernization of existing infrastructure. In

Conference Session

External Factors, Shifting Identity Trajectories, Persistence Analysis of Cultural Models, and Exploring the Experiences of Black University Students

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Hug, Colorado Evaluation & Research Consulting

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

developing as a CoP. While CS educationresearchers have shown concern that CoP was not a viable theory for discussing traditional formsof higher education [6] subcommunities such as those defined by specific courses in CS highereducation (e.g., capstone course development teams, service learning programs in computing)have been investigated using the CoP approach. In this study, the scholarship program serves asa sub-population of the department situated within the department and with access to nationaland local activity beyond the typical student experience.Utilizing this theory, the notions of identity and learning are intertwined—as Margulieux, Dornand Searle [7] put it, “learning is identity construction.” (p.216). In this case, the notion

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Giannina Costa, Universidad Andres Bello; Juan Felipe Calderón, Universidad Andres Bello; David Ruete, Universidad Andres Bello; Danilo Leal, Universidad Andres Bello; Lilian Pamela San Martín Medina, Universidad Andres Bello

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Engineering Sciences. At present, his position is Director of the School of Engineering of the Andres Bello University, and responsible for the curricular innovation processes of the undergraduate programs of the Faculty of Engineering. His research area is Educational Management, undergraduate and graduate programs, using predictive models based on machine learning algorithms.Ing. Danilo Leal, Universidad Andres Bello Doctor (c) in Statistics, thesis in Spatio-temporal point processes on the sphere, Master in industrial en- gineering, Master in Management (minor in Finance) and Commercial Engineer, professional experience in evaluation projects, and management control focused on budget control and provides several types

Conference Session

Professional Formation and Career Experiences

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stephen Campbell Rea, Colorado School of Mines; Kylee Shiekh, Colorado School of Mines; Qin Zhu, Colorado School of Mines; Dean Nieusma, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, D.F., & Jolly, L. (2003). Dilemmas in Framing Research Studies in EngineeringEducation. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.Riley, D.M. (2012). Aiding and ABETing: The Bankruptcy of Outcomes-Based Education as aChange Strategy. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.Rottman, C., Reeve, D., Sacks, R., & Klassen, M. (2018). Where’s My Code? EngineersNavigating Ethical Issues on an Uneven Terrain. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.Rowe, J.W.K. (2005). Measure What You Value: Developing Detailed Assessment Criteria forEngineering Capstone Projects. ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings.Shepard, T., & Altobell, C.T. (2012). Engineering in Summer Camps: Tapping the Potential.ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University; Elizabeth Glass, Northern Arizona University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

settings [3]. The concerns about discrepancy between the industry expectations and graduate practice readiness has been alluded to for general engineering [6], studied within software engineering [11], civil engineering [10], and chemical engineering graduates [12]. Literature has shown that there are a number of approaches higher education institutions have taken to improve their graduates’ practice readiness, some of which have enhanced students’ employability through developing generic skills or holistic competencies [4]. Additionally, some institutions have implemented capstone design classes, in an effort to meet ABET criteria on student outcomes and address concerns regarding graduates ill-prepared for industrial

Conference Session

Sociotechnical Thinking I: Classroom Experiences, Identity, and Theory

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Desen Sevi Ozkan, Tufts University; Kenyetta Anisah Rose Neal Akowa

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

dimensions of curricular change.Ms. Kenyetta Anisah Rose Neal Akowa American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021 Before Engineering: How do students consider social and technical dimensions when solving complex problems early in their academic engineering career?Abstract. Engineering education has made strides towards integrating social context intoengineering problems. Real-world problems are one way educators have sought to contextualizetechnical problems; however, these problems are usually in capstone or design courses thatstudents take later in their engineering coursework. Instead, students learn technical skills asabstracted from

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: Creativity and Innovation

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tess Hartog, University of Oklahoma; Megan Marshall, University of Oklahoma; Amin G. Alhashim, University of Oklahoma; Md Tanvir Ahad, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Siddique is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering of University of Oklahoma. His research interest include product family design, advanced material and engineering education. He is interested in motivation of engineering students, peer-to-peer learning, flat learning environments, technology assisted engineering education and experiential learning. He is the coordinator of the industry sponsored capstone from at his school and is the advisor of OU’s FSAE team. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020WIP: Using neuro-responses to understand creativity, the engineering design process

Collection

Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE PSW Section Conference, canceled

Authors

Natalie Schaal, Loyola Marymount University; Meredith Jane Richter, Loyola Marymount University; Christian Tiong-Smith, Loyola Marymount University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

to reduce the weight and increase the efficiency of a weld gun for General Motors.Mr. Christian Tiong-Smith, Loyola Marymount University Christian Tiong-Smith is an undergraduate student at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He is passionate about increasing STEM persistence for underrepresented minority students in order to promote a culture of inclusion and to diversify thinking within STEM fields. He is currently involved in restarting LMU’s National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) chapter, as well as in his senior capstone project that looks to take a creative approach towards traditional ASME challenges by constructing autonomous robots with particular objectives

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine C Tetrick, Washington State University; John B. Schneider, Washington State University; Charles Pezeshki, Washington State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

, Washington State University Charles (Chuck) Pezeshki is the Director of the Industrial Design Clinic in the School of MME at Wash- ington State University. The Industrial Design Clinic is the primary capstone vehicle for the School and focuses on industrially sponsored projects with hard deliverables that students must complete for gradua- tion. His research area is in knowledge construction as a function of social/relational organization. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2017Measuring the Factors Associated with Student Persistence in the Washington State STARS ProgramAbstractAs the state of Washington continues to face a shortage of qualified workers needed to fill