Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sergio Celis, University of Michigan

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

in engineeringcomes from the capacity to resolve complex problems; with a scientific approach, engineeringwill achieve more efficiently its purpose of serving society. However, this faith in the power ofsciences can be described as an intrinsic characteristic of who practices sciences and resolvesproblems using its theories and methods. Thomas Kuhn suggests that a “normal” science has thecapacity to establish paradigms and more rigid definition of its field and its problems, rejectingthe vision of other disciplines and problems that are “just too problematic to be worth thetime.”57 Upon these assumptions, engineers could have projected an idealistic scientificengineering that overlooks other essential parts of professional work, such as

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES) Technical Session 4: Sociotechnical Integration

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark J. Povinelli, Syracuse University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)

transdisciplinary focus on love as a foundational element in student learning, paired with theuse of a Holistic Design Thinking (HDT) methodology rooted in love, has been applied acrossvarious educational levels. These include eight senior-level, year-long secondary courses, sevensingle-semester undergraduate courses, and four graduate-level courses. Additional applicationsincluded junior high courses, capstone projects, and independent studies. Elements of pedagogyand methodology continue to evolve and have been extended into postsecondarytransdisciplinary honors courses.At the secondary level, students from several different public schools met for half-day sessions atan off-campus location throughout the entire fourth year of high school. The

Conference Session

Pedagogy in Physics Education, Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D) Technical Session 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frank Efe; Antony Kinyua, Morgan State University; Ezana Negusse; Neda Bazyar Shourabi, Pennsylvania State University, Berks ; Pelumi Olaitan Abiodun, Morgan State University; Hannah Abedoh, Morgan State University; Oludare Adegbola Owolabi P.E., Morgan State University; Arnesto Bowman, Morgan State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Physics and Physics Division (EP2D)

Conference Session

Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Perspectives on Advancing Women and Gender Equity in Engineering - for the Next 130 Years

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Baishakhi Bose, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Haleh Barmaki Brotherton, Clemson University; Theo Hopper, University of Michigan; Pamela Martínez Oquendo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Lily M. Wang P.E., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Margaret E.B. Webb, Virginia Tech; Hannah Wilkinson, Utah State University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering Division (WIED)

engineers, students will be comforted to know they can achieve success inengineering and be prepared for the issues they will face in the field. By including social contextfor engineering design, the next generation of engineers will create socially conscious designs andfight for equity in their future careers. This inclusion of social context should be in the forms ofcase studies, debates, or role play, capstone projects rather than just historical examples, whichwill teach students how to critically think about such issues and consider ways in which largersocial structures serve to empower or disenfranchise people. Furthermore, education shouldinclude inclusivity training to discuss issues of equality and inclusion, including gender equity inthe

Conference Session

ERM: ERM Medley Session!

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Miel, Tufts University; Jessica Swenson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Aaron Johnson, University of Michigan

largerresearch project. The instructor did not ask students to use SolidWorks or any other drawingsoftware; the students came to this decision on their own. We include a description of this team’suse of SolidWorks because this process, while not typical of student work in the full data set,does provide an example of productive beginnings of making assumptions. We do not claim thatall students will or should demonstrate particular forms of emerging engineering judgment;rather, we believe that developing a diverse portfolio of forms of emerging judgment will help usrecognize additional forms of emerging judgment.In the transcript below, Greg recognizes that the SolidWorks sketch might be manipulable, andasks Kevin to try lowering the chair seat. The team

Conference Session

Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiangxiong Kong, Coastal Carolina University; Alex Fegely, Coastal Carolina University; Wout De Backer, University of South Carolina; Monica Gray, The University of Texas Permian Basin; George Hitt, Coastal Carolina University; Ryan Kerns

Paper ID #38113Work-in-Progress: Developing an Interactive, Immersive,360-Degree Virtual Media for Enhancing Student Learning inAdditive ManufacturingXiangxiong Kong Dr. Xiangxiong Kong is the Assistant Professor of Engineering Science at Coastal Carolina University. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Kansas. Kong currently teaches a few entry-level engineering courses, engineering mechanics, and capstone design courses. Before joining Coastal Carolina University, Kong had years of experience in civil engineering in both industry and academia. His research interests lie in the areas of

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rania Hussein, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

decisions and critique the accuracy of the information. Students who evaluate well can provide reflections on approaches taken to solve a problem and demonstrate their ability to assess underlying concepts in the process of choosing the best among multiple alternative solutions. ● Create: putting elements together to produce a new pattern or original work. In engineering, the previous levels of the taxonomy culminate to the design of a component or system that invokes all previous levels of the taxonomy. Such efforts to create are often stimulated in capstone design classes but can also be invoked in smaller projects in lower- level courses.Promoting the integration, design, and evaluation capabilities of students is

Conference Session

Diversity Research - Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Donna M. Riley, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Diversity, Diversity Research

diversity education into first year is an obviousimmediately achievable goal, with many programs already incorporating some elements atpresent. Another obvious place to include a deep dive in diversity would be in courses on ethicsand professionalism, or in co-op and capstone experiences. Here lessons about diversity can bereadily applied in workplace contexts, and future employers can readily build on educationaloutcomes in industry training settings. Finally, we must seriously consider how to build diversityeducation into the engineering core courses. One easily implementable way to do this would beto identify and highlight achievers in the field who are members of diverse groups. Studentscould do this as an assignment initially, and profiles

Conference Session

Improving ME instructional laboratories

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Volino, U.S. Naval Academy; Andrew Smith, U.S. Naval Academy

Tagged Divisions

Mechanical Engineering

projects provide this in a significant way, but a capstone course provides onlyone experience with a particular project. It is valuable to introduce the idea in smaller ways,when possible. Reciprocating engines provide a good vehicle for tying together manyengineering concepts. All students are familiar, at least as users, with piston engines. Theirpracticality is therefore obvious. Thermodynamics, heat transfer, combustion, fluid mechanics,mechanism design, material science, strength of materials, and electrical circuits are all needed toproduce an operating engine. Seeing this connection directly can provide motivation for study ofthe individual subjects, and a realization that required courses are not completely unrelated.Goals and Integration

Conference Session

International Collaborations

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashish Agrawal, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech; Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

International

. McNair, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Marie C. Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co-directs the

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session - Assessment

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Justin L Hess, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Grant A Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Brandon H Sorge, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; M A Coleman, Indiana U Purdue U Indianapolis; Mary F. Price; Thomas William Hahn, IUPUI

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Engineering Ethics

’ ethical formation. Theresearch question that we seek to address is, “In what different ways and to what extent doesparticipation in departmental engineering and science courses cultivate STEM students’ ethicalformation?” We define ethical formation in terms of several skills and dispositions, includingempathy [10], civic-mindedness [11], and ethical reasoning [12].This study is part of a larger project that strives to explore the effectiveness of integratingcommunity-engaged pedagogy and ethical reflection in the science and engineering curriculum[13]. During the 2018-2019 academic semesters, a subset of faculty from the courses surveyed inthis study participated in a faculty learning community focused on ethics instruction andcommunity-engaged

Conference Session

Assessment of Learning in BME

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Rivale, University of Texas, Austin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

, &Lee (2006) found that nearly all workplace problems are complex and ill-structured. Studentsoften only encounter complex ill-defined problems at the end of their four year engineeringprogram and enter the workforce without these critical skills requiring more on the job training.3How can we prepare students to solve these ill-defined complex problems that they willencounter as working engineers? The Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Texas-Harvard/MIT (VaNTH)Engineering Research Center attempted to answer this question in a Biomedical Engineeringcontext. The VaNTH project designed a biotransport engineering curriculum to help studentsdevelop innovation and efficiency.4,5,6 Innovation was operationalized as the adaptive ability toperform well in

Conference Session

ETAC/ABET Related Issues

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark A. Laingen, Illinois State University; Steven A. Freeman, Iowa State University; Thomas J Brumm, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

ofimportant program learning outcomes, while over 67% identify internships and community-based projects as useful in “evaluating the graduates’ potential for success” [2, p. 18], and half ofthe employers target them as the place where institutions should devote the most resources forassessment [2]. Experiential learning environments provide places where “knowledge is created throughthe transformation of experience” [14, p. 41], while enhancing their learning experience [13]. Itis an authentic assessment environment that more closely simulates later types of learningsituations, and is “one of the truest forms of active learning” [16, p. 80] where students candemonstrate their knowledge and skills, and receive valuable feedback from the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kimberly Ren, University of Toronto; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and the Troost Institute for Leadership Education in Engineering (ILead). She completed her PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studying product development decision-making during complex industry projects. Dr. Olechowski completed her BSc (Engineering) at Queen’s University and her MS at MIT, both in Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Olechowski and her research group Ready Lab study the processes and tools that teams of engineers use in industry as they design innovative new products. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

a particulartheme of inquiry, as well as the Senior Capstone project.”2 The freshmen inquiry course onDesign & Society is one of nine themes offered.In Fall 2002, SJSU began their MUSE program for incoming freshmen. MUSE was designed tobridge the gap from high school to college. MUSE includes academic seminars on a variety ofsubjects that help the freshmen students gain skills that are necessary to academic success. Inaddition, all MUSE classes are certified in one of SJSU’s General Education areas. Therefore,students taking the MUSE seminars receive three units of General Education credit. Theseminars qualify in one of the following areas: B1 (physical science), B2 (life science), C1(arts), C2 (letters), D1 (human behavior), or E

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Zunkel, Iowa State University; Jason Pontius; Thomas J Brumm, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

common tohave a scaffolding of courses built upon each other, creating a pre-requisite driven critical path ofsequenced courses. As an example, for computer engineering at Iowa State there is currently asix-semester sequence of required pre-requisite courses that starts with students taking anintroductory digital logic course and ends with a two semester senior design capstone experience.In addition, before students can take the introductory digital logic course

Conference Session

New Methods and Tools

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Melissa Grunow, Lawrence Technological University; Katie Hayes, Lawrence Technological University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

communication and business components in the engineeringprofession and includes a multi-disciplinary capstone design experience for which teams areeligible for student venture grants administered by the institution. Several multi-year grants havestrengthened the program through workshops, keynote speakers, faculty curriculum awards,student venture grants, and faculty incentives to work with industry sponsored student teams. Page 15.403.2Specifically, the College of Engineering received an invitation to participate as part of a largerinitiative to develop the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN). The invitation alsoprovided funding to develop

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacquelyn Kelly, Arizona State University; Aaron Graham, Arizona State University; Andrea Eller, Arizona State University; Dale Baker, Arizona State University; Amaneh Tasooji, Arizona State University; Stephen Krause, Arizona State University

education, design and selection of materials, general materials engineering, polymer science, and characterization of materials. His research interests are in innovative education in engineering and K-12 engineering outreach. He worked on Project Pathways, an NSF supported Math Science Partnership, in developing modules for Physics and Chemistry and also a course on Engineering Capstone Design. He has also co-developed a Page 15.1149.1 Materials Concept Inventory for assessing fundamental knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is currently working on NSF projects

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Dale R Baker, Arizona State University; Adam R Carberry, Arizona State University; Terry L. Alford, Arizona State University; Casey Jane Ankeny PhD, Arizona State University; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University; Bill Jay Brooks, Oregon State University; Cindy Waters, North Carolina A&T State University; Brady J. Gibbons, Oregon State University; Sean Maass; Candace K. Chan, Arizona State University

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Materials

Paper ID #10445Characterizing and Addressing Student Learning Issues and Misconceptions(SLIM) with Muddiest Point Reflections and Fast Formative FeedbackProf. Stephen J Krause, Arizona State University Stephen J. Krause is professor in the Materials Program in the Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He teaches in the areas of bridging engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials science and engineering. His research interests include strategies for web-based teaching and learning, misconceptions and their repair, and role of formative feedback on conceptual change. He has co

Conference Session

Design and Innovation

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robin Adams; Pimpida Punnakanta; Craig D. Lewis; Cynthia Atman

their design activities may differ significantly from their actualperformance in solving “messy” open-ended problems. In the Pacific Northwest, multi-university participants in aNational Science Foundation supported project (Transferable Integrated Design Engineering Education, TIDEE)have implemented and disseminated a Mid-Program Assessment instrument for assessing engineering studentdesign competency. One part of the instrument requires student teams to document (e.g., self-report) their designdecisions and processes while engaged in a design task. These written self-reports are scored using a rubric thathas demonstrated a high inter-rater reliability. We are interested in comparing the scores derived from these self-reports with measures of

Conference Session

Active and Inquiry-Based Learning

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muhsin Menekse, Arizona State University; Glenda Stump, Arizona State University; Stephen J. Krause, Arizona State University; Michelene T.H. Chi, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

engineering and education, capstone design, and introductory materials engineering. His research interests are evaluating conceptual knowledge, miscon- ceptions and their repair, and conceptual change. He has co-developed a Materials Concept Inventory for assessing conceptual knowledge of students in introductory materials engineering classes. He is cur- rently conducting research with NSF sponsored projects in the areas of: Modules to Promote Conceptual Change in an Introductory Materials Course, Tracking Student Learning Trajectories of Atomic Structure and Macroscopic Property Relationships, and Assessing the Effect of Learning Modes on Conceptual Change.Michelene T.H. Chi, Arizona State University Micki Chi is a

Conference Session

Outstanding Contributions: Mechanical Engineering Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patrick W. Pace, University of Texas, Austin; Kristin L. Wood, University of Texas, Austin; John J. Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Brian K Skibba, Air Force Research Laboratory

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Mechanical Engineering

U.S. Air Force. After completing his Ph.D. in 2002, he returned to the Air Force Academy where he has been on the faculty ever since. The current focus of Dr. Wood’s research is the continued development of empirical testing methods using similitude-based approaches. This approach provides significant potential for increasing the efficiency of the design process through a reduction in required full-scale testing and an expansion of the projected performance profiles using empirically-based prediction techniques. Dr. Wood’s research also includes the development of micro air vehicle systems using innovative conceptual design techniques for current technology implementations, as well as futuristic projections

Conference Session

Potpouri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nehal I. Abu-lail, Washington State University; Fatin Aliah Phang, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Ashley Ater Kranov, ABET; Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia; Robert G. Olsen, Washington State University; Rochelle Letrice Williams, ABET; Azizan Zainal Abidin, Universiti Teknologi Petronas

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Women in Engineering

department is responsi- ble for ensuring the quality training of program evaluators, partnering with faculty and industry to conduct robust and innovative technical education research, and providing educational opportunities on sustainable assessment processes for program continuous improvement worldwide. She is Principal Investigator of a NSF-funded validity study of her direct method for teaching and measur- ing the ABET engineering professional skills and is adjunct associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University where she co-teaches the senior design capstone sequence.Dr. Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Khairiyah Mohd-Yusof is

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Melody Ivory; Kathleen Luker; Kathleen Coppock; Erol Tutumluer; David Hill; Christine Masters; Amelia Regan; Alkim Akyurtlu; Eric Matsumoto; Sandra Shaw Courter; Sarah Pfatteicher

small group activities. I also reliedupon the teaching philosophy that I had outlined during the diversity and learning stylesworkshop.The CPPD syllabus incorporated a wide range of topics that I felt were consistent with mymission and teaching philosophy. Topics varied from developing a positive self-image andattitude, time management, developing a career plan and successful career management toproblem solving, analysis, technical writing, and interpersonal skills. I also identified bothtraditional and non-traditional activities to accompany my lesson units, such as journal writing,role-playing and solving logic problems. The course culminated with a final project for whichstudents had to prepare and present a very detailed career plan in

Conference Session

Electrical & Computer Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Engelken

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Electrical and Computer

Engineering courses taught through the author‟sprogram, the College of Engineering has an Engineering Internship course that facilitates coursecredit for real world, off-campus experience with employers. Although rarely an avenue forpure/basic research, it does support applied research and development activities of undergraduatesunder the supervision of engineering personnel at regional industries.Research can also be tied to the Honors Program at the author‟s institution through HonorsSenior Thesis courses in which students, directed by an advisor and a committee which alsoincludes the Director of the Honors Program, define and conduct a high-level research, scholarly,or creative/artistic project, and complete and defend a comprehensive thesis over

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charlotte Erdmann, Purdue University

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators

safety, speed, and productivity, (3) to ensure uniformity, reliability, and excellence of product quality, (4) to achieve overall efficiency and economy. Page 15.1088.3Subramanyan states that the topic covers a “variety of documents including standards,specifications, codes of practice, recommendations, guidelines, nomenclature and terminology,and so on.” A document may also be a “composite” of these.Linda Musser (1990)4 wrote a straight forward overview of “Standards Collections for AcademicLibraries” including why a library should collect standards and described ways to build thecollection while Taylor (1999) does a similar project but

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University; Jessica Uscinski, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

outcomes of our assessment was an increase in the number of courses offered as wellas an increase in the frequency in which we can offer them. As a result of our assessment effortswe have been able to expand our physics program by adding the following upper-level courses:  Astrophysics  Mathematical and Computational Physics  Physics Capstone Seminar  Statistical Mechanics  Waves and OpticsPrior to 2007, the physics program included two “tracks” that students could follow as theyprogressed through the curriculum. These tracks were in computational and applied physics.Since our initial assessment, we’ve added a traditional physics track and the applied physicstrack is now a track in chemical physics. We have also been able

Conference Session

Student Services & Supports

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Carnegie Mellon University; Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University; Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Scott R Hamilton P.E., York College of Pennsylvania; Kaitlyn T Hanley P.E., New York University Tandon School of Engineering; Tanya Kunberger P.E., University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Monica Palomo P.E., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Jennifer Retherford P.E., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; David A Saftner, University of Minnesota Duluth; Camilla M. Saviz P.E., University of the Pacific

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

faculty member at Northern Arizona University.Dr. Kyle Nathan Winfree, Northern Arizona University Dr. Winfree is the Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems as Northern Arizona University. His research focuses on wearable technologies as applied to health assessment and rehabilitation.Dr. Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy CAPT Corinna Fleischmann is a licensed Professional Engineer with military, academic and research experience in water resources engineering, environmental engineering, coastal resiliency, construction project management and engineering education. CAPT Fleischmann is a career educator who has been a

Conference Session

Preparing Future Chemical Engineers

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sourojeet Chakraborty Ph.D., EIT, Johns Hopkins University; Daniela Galatro, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

towardsthe Society 5.0 global vision. Coupled with the use of conscious, ethical Artificial Intelligence tools (ChatGPT, JasperAI, Copilot, Gemini, etc.) and learning modalities (active/experiential/inquiry-driven, flipped-classroom, etc.) willempower students to individualize learning experiences/outcomes. However, e-learning must be supplemented byopen discussions [13], and project-based/textbook-based learning, especially for foundational subjects. Withinchemical engineering, core subjects and topics like calculus, transport phenomena, chemical thermodynamics,separation processes, and plant/process design (undergraduate capstone) must be taught through a mix of pedagogicalstrategies. Our results reveal an increase (especially since 2017

Conference Session

Computers in Education Division (COED) Track 2.B

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephany Coffman-Wolph, Ohio Northern University; Abigail Clark, Ohio Northern University; J. Blake Hylton, Ohio Northern University; Bryan Alan Lutz, Ohio Northern University; Gabriel Mott, Ohio Northern University

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Computers in Education Division (COED)

assignmentsIntroductionPurposeThe practice and evaluation of technical writing in an engineering course context has long been asubject of discussion. While recognized as valuable to student development, there is a tension oftime and attention between traditional technical content and technical writing content, both onthe side of the students, who have only so much bandwidth to dedicate to a course, and theinstructor, who necessarily must minimize the assessment burden wherever possible and has onlylimited lecture time available. Technical writing most commonly makes its way into theengineering coursework through the avenue of laboratory courses and cross-disciplinary designcourses, such as capstone and first-year engineering. In the case of first-year