Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrysanthe Demetry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Elizabeth Long Lingo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

for a new Associate-to-Fullpromotion policy, including new criteria; definitions of multiple forms of scholarship includingdiscovery, integration, application and practice, teaching and learning, and engagement;standards for quality, impact, and peer review, including a call to reviewers to be aware ofpotential for bias; and procedures for promotion nomination and review. Overall, much moreguidance is provided, with the new policy occupying about six pages compared to the prior four.A key change in the criteria was to replace the “leadership” criterion with the following: “arecord of scholarly contributions that demonstrates a positive external impact beyond MU….Contributions to MU may demonstrate an external impact if they are disseminated

Collection

2013 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Steven Chetcuti; Hans Thomas; Brent Pafford

to progress beyond thelower tiers of Bloom’s taxonomy. [3] Over the past year, we have developed and implemented an instructional method thatemploys blended classroom methods to improve student learning. Dubbed “Thayer 2.0,” [Figure2], the method leverages technology and blends some of the best characteristics of the C&MEMethod, the original Thayer Method, and the Khan Academy. In conjunction with a literaturereview, a beta test of Thayer 2.0 was conducted during the spring semester of academic year2013 to gauge student feedback and to establish operating procedures and instructional best-practices for a broader implementation. The lessons learned from development and student inputare discussed in this paper. A broader test, which

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ronald W. Welch, The Citadel

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

will not make the timefor these activities based on research and teaching demands taking priority. The Citadel spendstime after every visit discussing if they also have the time and resources to continue supportingsix visits during a semester – all for only one school district. Without a doubt, the impact on theelementary students is profound based on the teacher’s anecdotal comments above and the thankyou notes sent by each student. Each student took something completely different away from thevisit: how to control robots, what power is required to get the right amount of lift with a rocket,making mathematics problems fun and showing them they already know something about thenext level of math (algebra), what really causes the different

Conference Session

Assessment and Accreditation in Engineering Management

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maxwell Reid, Auckland University of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy, Engineering Management, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering

be characterised by a sound knowledge and application of regulations and publicsafety. The graduate capabilities profile for this degree is divided into several areas in whichthe degree programme should contribute to the profile: 1 Knowledge of Engineering Sciences. 2 Analysis and Problem solving. 3 Design and Synthesis. 4 Investigation and research. 5 Risk Management. Page 25.553.6 6 Team Work. 7 Communication. 8 The Engineer and Society. 9 Management and Financial. 10 Practical Knowledge.These areas of learning are noted in brackets in the following two papers.Engineering Management 1Learning OutcomesOn

Conference Session

College Engineering K-12 Outreach III

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

William Carlsen; Robin Tallon; Phil Henning; Nicola Ferralis; Leanne Avery; Daniel Haworth; Elana Chapman

becomes of prime interest indetermining the context for making an evaluative judgment. The understanding of thecommunities of practice includes both its social and physical dimensions. As an exampleof this, the tensions that graduate teaching fellows hired by the project might feel as aresult of allocating their time to the project and meeting the stated student contact hoursas stipulated by the contract can perhaps be better understood when considered in termsof their membership in a lab research group. It is helpful to consider the organization ofthe lab group, and particularly of the attitude of advisors, regarding how many hours ittakes to become a full fledged member of the community of practice of scientists in aparticular field. This is

Conference Session

ERM: Find Out More About Faculty!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sarah Orton, University of Missouri - Columbia; Fan Yu, University of Missouri - Columbia; Johanna Milord; Lisa Flores, University of Missouri - Columbia; Rose Marra, University of Missouri - Columbia

strengthen structures, analysis and testing for reinforced concrete frames under disproportionate collapse, and risk and reliability analysis of bridges and offshore structures. She is a registered professional engineer in Missouri.Fan Yu Fan Yu is a doctoral student at the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is originally from China. Fan received her MS in Elementary Education Science and a graduate certificate in Curriculum and Instructions in 2017. She worked as a K12 educational products developer for four years. Fan’s research interests include STEM education and UX design in learning technologies. She concerns about how learning technologies encourage

Collection

2021 ASEE Pacific Southwest Conference - "Pushing Past Pandemic Pedagogy: Learning from Disruption"

Authors

Jenna Wong P.E., San Francisco State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

minimized due to the adjustment.However, the core material was maintained with the breadth of the course still covered. As thiscourse serves as a core prerequisite, the removal of topics would impact follow-on courses and thefoundation for practice in engineering. The intent of reduced course material is to humanize thecourse by acknowledging that students do not comprehend the material online in the same waythey do in-person. However, this is countered by the requirements for students to have exposureto certain topics and skills. There is no right or wrong answer to this issue as both sides are equallysupported. SFSU’s CEETL has encouraged reasonable course adjustments such as changes inactivities, methods of student interactions and class topic

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nasser Alaraje, Michigan Technological University; Aleksandr Sergeyev, Michigan Technological University; John Reutter III, J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College; Craig J. Kief, COSMIAC at UNM; Bassam H Matar, Chandler Gilbert Community College; David M. Hata, TEMPlaTe Educational Consulting

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

reconfigurableelectronics with a new world of possibilities for student projects, such as robot competitions,video game design, embedded systems and more. Finally, the project will develop industry, K-12 and university partnerships to facilitate pathways to careers in the exciting field ofreconfigurable electronics for first-generation, minority and other under-served populations,including veterans. In summary, this project will provide the training and educational resourcesand promote best practices for community college, university, and high school instructors toenable them to teach new hardware technologies to a broad range of students, including thosewho have not previously had access to this level of training and career choice.The paper will address third

Conference Session

Inclusivity at Two Year Colleges

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kimberly Luthi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide

institutional structures of support. Identifying these factorsis critical to future growth of the STEM academic workforce and may inform policy movingforward on best practices to support women who seek to advance.Next steps in the research will focus on documenting successful strategies implemented at two-year institutions focused on developing a diverse representation of academic leaders in theSTEM higher education workforce. This includes further exploration of core questionssurrounding the factors that positively impact female academic professionals' advancement andretention in STEM-related administrative and senior-ranked positions. As institutions build moreequitable conditions for women, women have greater opportunities to move into these types

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nada Elfiki, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; George Toye; Micah Lande, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Felix Kempf, King's College London; Lauren Marie Aquino Shluzas, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Technology from the Technical University of Munich, with specializations in Mechanical Engineering, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Finance. She is also an alumna scholar of the entrepreneurial qualification program at Munich’s Center for Innovation and Business Creation (UnternehmerTUM). Professionally, Nada currently works as a Senior Corporate Strategy Manager at a SaaS company. Her student practical experiences include roles as venture capital investment analyst, startup strategy consultant and entrepreneurial coach, alongside being team lead for innovation projects in the automotive industry.Dr. Helen L. Chen, Stanford University Helen L. Chen is a Research Scientist in the Designing Education Lab in Mechanical

Conference Session

Work-In-Progress Postcard Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael David Mau Barankin, Colorado School of Mines; Justin Franklin Shaffer, Colorado School of Mines; Logan Riley Nimer

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

students exhibit aslight to strong preference for this mode of learning [10]–[12], and further that the technique canbe used to free up valuable class time (contact hours) for more tailored and interactivetechniques, especially active learning [13].There have been a number of articles which present suggestions or even guidelines on producinginstructional videos of varying types (e.g., lecture material, example problems/solutions,software tutorials) [14-15], and some of their best practices have been incorporated by theauthors, as shown below in the Methods section, including: keeping individual videos as short aspossible, focusing a video on no more than 3-4 learning outcomes, recording high-quality audioat sufficient volume, and more.MethodsThis

Conference Session

Middle School Engineering Programs, Curriculum, and Evaluation

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, Not So MuchAbstractThe broad objective of this research was to investigate middle school students' attitudes towards,and perceptions of, engineering and science. Additionally, the research investigated what impact,if any, long-term school-based collaboration with graduate level students from STEM disciplineshad on middle school student attitudes and perceptions of engineering and science. To capturestudent attitudes, two surveys were designed. The first assessed student attitudes towards, andperceptions of, engineering while the second assessed attitudes towards, and perceptions of,science. Surveys were administered to middle school students in science classrooms taking partin a NSF-funded Graduate STEM Fellowship in K-12 Education program

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Pickard, East Carolina University; John B. Southworth, East Carolina University

Tagged Divisions

Computing & Information Technology

Carolina University, in 2005. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in technology management at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. From 2004 to 2006 he worked as a Graduate Assistant with the Global Academic Initiatives program. Since 2006, he has been a Technology Support Specialist with the Information Technology and Computer Services Department at East Carolina University. His research interests include IPv6 adoption, VoIP PBX systems, and utilizing translation technologies residing in virtualized environments. Mr. Southworth is a member of the Association of Technology Management and Applied Engineering (ATMAE) and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and received the Certificate of Appreciation for lead

Conference Session

STEM and the Two-Year College

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

students.Palm Beach State College (PBSC): Serving more than 40,000 students, with 27.5% identifyingas Hispanic and 53% of full-time students eligible for need-based aid. PBSC offers 130 programsand 13 primary areas of study, including Computer Science & Information Technology andScience & Environment. It is a significant producer of Associate degrees and serves as a crucialpathway for students to seamlessly transfer to FAU, a requirement for participation in the presentproject.III. Student Enrollment and Graduation TrendsIII.1 National Trends in 2-Year College Enrollment and Graduation of AA STEM MajorsThe plethora of data and institutional/organizational reports provide clear evidence of the more-than-anticipated impact of Covid-19 not only on

Conference Session

Materials Science and Engineering of 2020

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Linda Vanasupa, California Polytechnic State University; Blair London, California Polytechnic State University; Katherine Chen, California Polytechnic State University; Richard Savage, California Polytechnic State University

Tagged Divisions

Materials

faculty to do a better job of integrating science, math and communication in the engineering curricula.17,18,19 In 1995, the National Research Council’s (NRC) Board on Engineering Education called upon all engineering colleges to provide more exposure to interdisciplinary/cross-disciplinary aspects of teamwork, hands-on experience, creative design, and exposure to “real” engineering and industrial practices, identifying integration of key fundamental concepts in science and engineering as the number-one principle for new engineering curricula and culture.20 Ideally, entire curricula would comprehensively integrate these subjects. However, integrating these subject domains into engineering is most critical at the freshman level

Conference Session

ET Administrative Issues

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne M. Lucietto, Purdue Polytechnic Institute; Lesley M. Berhan, University of Toledo

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

Development. Recognizing a trend of under-represented students choosing engineeringtechnology as a major in far greater percentage than engineering, the authors developed an onlinesurvey of engineering technology students. The overall goal of this work and later research is todiscover more about engineering technology students, the choices they make, and the things theyare considering for their future.An outline was developed to address the research questions, particularly designed to assure thatanswers to the research questions would be available for analysis. A combination of multiplechoice questions were designed to obtain demographic data, while other question types wereutilized to obtain data and open-ended responses to questions relevant to

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education III

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Roberts, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Michael Thompson, University of Wisconsin, Platteville

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

learn-ing from the course will be presented at the conference.The course was developed as part of a National Science Foundation grant in the Course, Curricu-lum, and Laboratory Improvement program. The course was piloted in Spring 2010. Prelimi-nary assessment efforts from this pilot offering will be presented at the conference and feedbackwill be sought from conference participants to help the researchers on the project.BackgroundThe University of Wisconsin—Platteville (UWP) is a four year comprehensive public universityenrolling 6,700 undergraduates with 2,100 students in the college of Engineering, Mathematics,and Science. The university is best known for its engineering programs, which include Civil,Environmental, Mechanical, Industrial

Conference Session

First-year Programs: Professional Development and Skills

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Olukemi Akintewe, University of South Florida; Jonathan Elliot Gaines, University of South Florida; Anna Maria Bateman, University of South Florida; Lynn Chisholm, University of South Florida

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

makes timely effective assessment and feedback a logisticalchallenge. As a result, building a knowledge base for how to successfully implement PD intolarge first-year engineering programs is appealing.Several universities are now structuring programs to include PD components earlier becausethe impact on pluralistic outcomes is clear [12]. First-year engineering and computing studentsare being exposed to environments that contextualize the curriculum. Many large universitieshave taken steps to afford their students opportunities to work with real stakeholders andindustry partners – taking part in engineering design processes, rapid prototyping, problemsolving, organizational leadership, and systems communication. But, for large lecture courses

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1: Looking at Study Abroad through an enhanced lens

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yulia Skrupskaya; Victor Taratukhin; Yury Kupriyanov; Joerg Becker

platforms.Design thinking as a semi-formal method demonstrated application efficiency. This method sets atime frame and general approaches, but at the same time does not limit participants in the choiceof specific techniques. This research continues the series of studies about the future of project-based learning using design thinking published in ASEE in 2018 and 2021 (Taratukhin, 2018,2021).This paper explores innovative educational events held in pandemic and post-pandemic times bySAP University Alliances mostly in collaboration with the University of Muenster: IdeathonChallenge 2020, Virtual Research experience – International Project (VRE-IP), Bizarre IT-IDEATHON, International Conference for Information Systems and Design (ICID). For instance,VRE-IP

Conference Session

Cooperative and Project-based Global Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David W. Gatchell Ph.D., Northwestern University; Akinniyi Adediran Osuntoki Ph.D., University of Lagos; Akinwale Oladotun Coker P.E., University of Ibadan; Matthew R. Glucksberg, Northwestern University; Tania Douglas, University of Cape Town; Kara M. Palamountain

Tagged Divisions

International

journal has the mission of advancing and disseminating knowledge on all aspects of social and technological innovation for improved health and healthcare, with an emphasis on research addressing developing settings and with a developmental focus. Studies across a broad range of innovation activities are covered. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: design, implementation and evaluation of innovations in the global health context; development and implementation of appropriate health technologies; theories and methodologies that support health innovation practice; training and curricula in global health innovation; and interdisciplinary research that highlights the interface

Conference Session

Assessment and Its Implications in IE

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard Storch; Catherine Scott; Cynthia Atman

“screwed” insociety—in the world—by helping others. It may be impossible to look at the global aspect ofnot harming anyone, because your supervisor may fire you for not doing it the way the companywants the IE to do it.When the group defines understanding the impact of engineering solutions, then the last part ofthe outcome—in a global and societal context—seems to grow dimmer or to take on a morerestricted meaning. A mid-program student says that IEs need a broad education in order to seeopportunities for IEs within companies that would call forth their IE skills and to explain whatIEs can do for the companies. The graduating student says that with a broad education, an IE canvoice an opinion on whether it was a good engineering design and why

Collection

2010 North Midwest Section

Authors

Robert W. Williams; Salam F. Rahmatalla

; Environmental Engineering students at the University ofIowa. At the end of each semester, students complete a survey to evaluate the condition of thelab, curriculum, and equipment, what they felt worked well and not so well, and to note any testsor materials that were not done which they would have liked to do. This evaluation was thensummarized and used to guide further development of the lab space and the curriculum. The useof the surveys together with significant equipment upgrades and purchases has led to asubstantial improvement in the lab experience for the students.Introduction As a “practical” profession, it can be argued that engineering is intrinsically hands-on,but at the undergraduate engineering education level, a solid laboratory

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephan Durham, University of Colorado at Denver; Micah Hale, University of Arkansas; Seamus Freyne, Manhattan College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

in Figure 12. Students typically account in their laboratory reports howthe lower w/c concrete mixtures are more difficult to compact in the cylinder molds than thehigher w/c mixtures. (a) (b) Figure 12. Comparison Between (a) 0.40 and (b) 0.60 W/C MixturesThis experiment also has a “real world” portion. Students are asked to provide cases where 0.40,0.50, and 0.60 w/c concrete mixtures would be used in engineering practice. This provides anopportunity for students to research engineering projects and determine what w/c is frequentlyused for certain structures (bridge beams, highway pavements, sidewalks, etc…).Concrete Curing ExperimentThe concrete curing experiment is a

Conference Session

Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dayoung Kim, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Alison J. Kerr, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering

Champaign Alison Kerr received a doctoral degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from The University of Tulsa. Her research interests include training development and evaluation as explored across a variety of academic disciplines and organizational settings. She is currently assisting on a number of training projects aimed at developing engineering students on relevant non-technical professional skills including ethical practice and presentation. American c Society for Engineering Education, 2021Chemical Engineers’ Experiences of Ethics in the Health Products IndustryAbstractWhile ethics education for chemical engineers has been emphasized, potential

Conference Session

Integrating Curriculum and Labs in ET Programs

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Grant P. Richards, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Donald (Don) D. Cummings, Endress+Hauser; Bradley C. Harriger, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

developing students readily capable of participating in the workforce upon graduation. Hiringcompanies directly benefit, as these programs provide industry relevant experiences andknowledge that significantly reduce the training development time and costs to provide similarexperiences in-house. This model has worked well for decades but is challenged by rapidtechnical advances, reduced academic funding, and an expanding impetus to maintainaffordability in undergraduate education.This confluence of factors has the potential to impact the ability of universities to keep facilitiesat a state representative of current industry practice, possibly resulting in a transition towardsimulation-based experiences and a reduction in equipment-based experiences

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University; Kristina Maruyama Tank, Iowa State University; Aran W. Glancy, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Emilie A. Siverling, Purdue University; Corey A. Mathis, Purdue University

Tagged Topics

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Diversity Kona 7&8 Mohan Jr. High Urban/High DiversityCasesTo report the findings from this research, each of the 5 curricular module “cases” will bepresented. This will include a short description of each curricular module followed by adescription of how each module used content and/or context integration. Finally, a cross caseanalysis of the findings will be discussed.Human Impact on Mississippi River Recreational Area DesignThis 7-lesson curricular module aimed at 5th grade students invites students to design a way topreserve the land in a park from human impacts related to landforms, in

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Lauren Summers, University of Washington; Joanna Wright, University of Washington

Tagged Topics

Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

Education at the University of Washington, Seat- tle. Her research interests focus on the potential roles of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, gender, and other political identifiers in determining undergraduate engagement across a variety of majors, including engineering.Joanna Wright, University of Washington Joanna Wright is an M.Ed. student in Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Washington, Seattle. Her education research interests span early childhood through higher education, with a focus on the impact of pedagogical practices and contexts on learning and development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Engagement Patterns Across Race, Gender

Conference Session

Women in K-12 Engineeering & Outreach Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arlisa Labrie Richardson, Estrella Mountain Community College; Maria Reyes, Estrella Mountain Community College; Marge Goodman, Intel Corporation

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

; specifically examining the impact of team interactions and gender. Arlisa's research interest includes issues of engineering recruitment, retention, and equity in science, engineering and technology,which stems from her personal academic and professional experience as an engineer. Before returning to graduate school to pursue a Doctorate degree, she worked as an engineer in the semiconductor manufacturing industry for ten years. In her current position, Director of Learning Support Services at Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC)in Avondale,AZ, she utilizes her academic and professional background to prepare students for successful careers in the science, technology

Conference Session

Thermal Fluid Related

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Siu Ling Leung, Pennsylvania State University; Eric Marsh, Pennsylvania State University; Stephen Lynch, Pennsylvania State University; H. J. Sommer III, Pennsylvania State University; Sean N. Brennan, Pennsylvania State University; Tak-Sing Wong, The Pennsylvania State University; Brian M. Foley, The Pennsylvania State University; Jean-Michel Mongeau, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel H. Cortes, Penn State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

investigationson a series of engineering problems with increased complexity. Opportunities to utilize essentialpractical skills for engineers, include Data Acquisition, Data Analysis, Critical Thinking,Numerical Simulation, Problem Solving, Design of Experiments, and Communication Skills, havealso been incorporated into these lab modules. In this work, we summarize a total of nine multiple-week lab activities, which are designed to prepare students to work in fields related to both thermaland mechanical systems.Introduction and Literature ReviewThe engineering teaching laboratory is intended to be a place to integrate theory with practice. Itspurpose is widely accepted as a place to develop technical and personal skills and establishcognitive abilities to

Conference Session

Teaching Statics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University; Andrew Walters, Mississippi State University; Anthony Vizzini, Western Michigan University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

AC 2010-610: EMPORIUM BASED REDESIGN OF STATICS: AN INNOVATIVEAPPROACH TO ENHANCE LEARNING AND REDUCE COSTSMasoud Rais-Rohani, Mississippi State University Masoud Rais-Rohani is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. He teaches courses in aircraft structures, structural mechanics, and design optimization, and his primary research activities are in the area of structural and multidisciplinary design optimization.Andrew Walters, Mississippi State University Andrew Walters is an instructor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. His primary area of teaching is undergraduate engineering mechanics courses such as Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials. Prior to joining