Conference Session

Assessing Teaching and Learning

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Khalid El Gaidi; Diane H. Soderholm; Doris Brodeur; Dava Newman

skills, or program outcomes, are also thecornerstone of the program's self-study report for ABET accreditation.) This paperaddresses the planning and development of portfolios for assessing students' achievementat the end of their programs in aerospace engineering at MIT.BackgroundIn its strategic plan of 1998, the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) committed to major reform of itscurriculum, teaching and learning methods, and laboratory environments. To achieve itsgoals, the department framed its curriculum to model a product system life cycle. Thefour phases in the curriculum are referred to as Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate(CDIO). The Conceive stage includes defining the need and

Conference Session

Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert

Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Educationmore apparent as worldwide manufacturing and experimentation becomes more automated.References1. Agilent Technologies staff, Advanced Programming Techniques, Ma rch 2000.2. Agilent Technologies staff, Agilent IO Libraries Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows, 4 th edition, May 2000.3. Agilent Technologies staff, User’s Guide, March 2000.4. Helsel, R., Visual Programming with HP VEE, third (1998) edition, Pren tice Hall, Inc.5. Hewlett Packard staff, Controlling Instruments with HP VEE, 1998 edition.6. Hewlett Packard staff, Getting Started with HP VEE, 1998 edition.7. Hewlett Packard staff, HP VEE Advanced

Conference Session

A Focus on Non-Traditional Students and Non-Traditional Course Delivery Methods

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jacqueline Bushey-McNeil, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University and Central Queensland University; Russell Andrew Long, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Two Year College Division

. Page 24.938.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Nontraditional Student Access and Success in EngineeringAbstractThere is a shortage of baccalaureate engineering majors in the United States. Engineeringinstitutions need to attract more students. The National Science Board has published a detailedreport about the importance of maintaining and increasing the number of Science, Technology,Engineering, and Math (STEM) majors in the U.S. to stay competitive in this increasing globaleconomy. Nontraditional students could be a huge, potential source of engineers in the UnitedStates. The number of nontraditional students is increasing in higher education but is still a smallpopulation in

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Michael J. Davidson

mistakes? This discussionpresents the author’ s view on how to balance the use of software with the “ archaic” methods ofour ancestors in teaching structural engineering courses.Keywords: Structural Engineering, Software, EducationBackgroundWentworth Institute of Technology has been a fixture in Boston, Massachusetts for over 100years. The Institute has graduated hundreds of students in the civil engineering technology field(BSCET) and graduated it first class of students in civil engineering (BSCE) in August, 2014.The Institute is well respected for its hands-on approach to education. As a graduationrequirement, all civil engineering and technology students are required to have two – onesemester long co-op experiences. In an ever changing

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2025 ASEE -GSW Annual Conference

Authors

Chassidy Miles, University of North Texas

Paper ID #49674Enhancing Engineering Education through Faculty-Library CollaborationChassidy Miles, University of North Texas Chassidy Miles is the Engineering and Learning Technologies Librarian at the University of North Texas. She possesses a unique blend of experiences that includes serving as a public librarian, system administrator, and user experience researcher. This multifaceted background equips her with a profound understanding of the intricacies of library services and the dynamics of user engagement. Her approach is rooted in innovation and tailored solutions, ensuring the library remains a valuable resource

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Integrated Engineering and Interdisciplinary Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marissa Forbes, University of San Diego; Susan Lord, University of San Diego; Gordon Hoople, University of San Diego; Diana Chen, University of San Diego; Joel Mejia, The University of Texas at San Antonio

decisions about energy consumption or conservation in your everyday life.The course differs from traditional engineering energy courses by introducing students to modernenergy concepts through a sociotechnical paradigm [6-18]. Instead of a myopic focus on thetechnical elements of engineering (i.e., the dominant historical discourse), the sociotechnicalparadigm equally values the social elements. The supposition is that one can’t design well norethically without doing so within social contexts. For this course, one vehicle we used for thisapproach was the PESTLE framework, which supported students in conducting energy analyseswithin Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal and Environmental contexts [33].The course is also

Conference Session

Preparing Engineering Students for Their Professional Practice

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yike Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Jiabin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Zhinan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Educational Research and Methods

includedengineers who were from varied industries, such as civil engineering constructionindustry, automobile manufacturing industry, software and information technologyindustry, etc. Moreover, thematic analysis was used to analyze interview transcripts[25]. Table 1 Demographic Information of Interviewees Pseudonym Gender Industry Work Cor.Type Education Position/Title Exp. (yrs) Allen M Automobile 1.5 State-owned Bachelor Process Engineer Bob M Information 1.5 Private Master Algorithm technology Engineer Carl

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Middle Atlantic ASEE Section Spring 2021 Conference

Authors

Dorothy W. Skaf, Villanova University; Vito L. Punzi, Villanova University

from natural products. One promising candidate is moringaoleifera (MO) seed which is obtained from a plant which is available in many areas with limitedclean drinking water sources. MO provides a water-soluble protein that coagulates typical metaloxide and suspended material found in surface water [4]. Student interest has also driven newprojects involving the adsorption of heavy metals by MO seed solids and the bactericidal activityof MO. These research projects have provided students with an outlet to pursue their interests inhumanitarian engineering and offered experiences that foster creativity and innovation, bringinghumanitarian engineering into focus alongside engineering technology. Providing opportunitiesfor students to learn about

Conference Session

PBL and Flipped Classrooms in Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Civil Engineering

with respect to eight main outcomes: communication, engineering profession,math skills and applications, design, global interest, professional skills/latent curriculum,academic success, and engineering specific technology/tools. Reeping and Reid’s work indicatesthat while nearly all ItE courses include design as a topic, less than a quarter include authenticdesign and less than half of these design-focused courses include hypothesis testing, modeling,or realistic problem formulation/solving as learning outcomes.In the development of a new ItE course at Lafayette College, the author wanted to include anauthentic engineering experience related to geotechnical engineering that included studentlearning outcomes related to hypothesis testing

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Moore, Petroleum Institute; lana El Chaar, Petroleum Institute; Lisa Lamont, Petroleum Institute

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Women in Engineering

, the UAE struggles to entice its female graduates intothe workforce, especially in the fields of science, technology and engineering. This studycannot be complete until we see how many of this first year female STEPS studentsactually take up positions in ADNOC. Once there, the study will continue to evaluatetheir performance in the oil company’s CAMS system. Only then will we be able todetermine whether the ‘hands on’ education that they have received at the PetroleumInstitute has made any difference to their intrinsic motivation. It appears that at this stage,motivation and ability compares very favourably with the men. ADNOC’s brave andvisionary (and costly) decision to open its doors to female Emiratis looks as if it may wellpay dividends

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching Methods

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Beth Wittig, City College of the City University of New York

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Environmental Engineering

engineering projects7. Learn to professionally communicate technical findings and develop ability to work effectively in a groupThe objectives of the new EnvE course are as follows:1. Develop understanding of water quality parameters used in characterizing water and wastewater pollution (augmented by laboratory experiments)2. Motivate the need for water and domestic wastewater treatment3. Develop knowledge of commonly used technologies in water and wastewater treatment (augmented by laboratory experiments)4. Given raw water quality and effluent requirements, recommend and justify a train of treatment of processes5. Develop knowledge of commonly used technologies in air pollution treatment (augmented by laboratory experiments)6. Given input

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Wednesday Cornucopia (Educational Research)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele Yatchmeneff, University of Alaska, Anchorage; Matthew E. Calhoun, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

the Deputy Director of the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP). Professor Yatchmeneff earned her PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University in 2015. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her research focuses on belonging, motivation, and success for Alaska Native science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) students.Dr. Matthew E. Calhoun, University of Alaska, Anchorage Matt Calhoun is an Athabaskan Indian from the Upper Kuskokwim River region who grew up in Homer, Alaska. In 2002 he was one of the first students in the Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program ( ANSEPTM ) to graduate and earn a B.S. in

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radu F. Babiceanu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Systems Engineering

3-Dprinting technologies are employed in the design and development process.3.4 Software and Systems Project Management Teaching Pedagogy. Both the “EngineeringProject Management” and “Software Project Management” courses are introductory graduatecourse designed for students coming from different engineering disciplines, such as Electricaland Computer Engineering, and Software Engineering. In addition, many times the courses arepopulated with students coming from Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineeringgraduate programs. There are certain aspects of the courses that traditionally make the combinedsection more of an abstract, dry, course rather than an engineering hands-on course. First, thecombined course covers the entire systems

Conference Session

Innovations in Materials Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Qu Jin, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; P.K. Imbrie, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Materials

AC 2012-3628: MEASURING FIRST-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS’KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGI-NEERINGQu Jin, Purdue University, West Lafayette Qu Jin is a graduate student in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received a M.S. degree in biomedical engineering from Purdue University and a B.S. degree in material science and engineering from Tsinghua University in China. Her research focuses on modeling student success outcomes, which include placement, retention, academic performance, and graduation.Dr. Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette Senay Purzer is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Education and is the Director of Assessment Research for the

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2010-69: ENGINEERS OF THE ROUND TABLE: UTILIZING A DISCUSSIONFORUM TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING IN GEOTECHNICALENGINEERINGTanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr. TANYA KUNBERGER is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering in the U.A. Whitaker School of Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Kunberger received her B.C.E. and certificate in Geochemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology and her M.S. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with a minor in Soil Science from North Carolina State University. Her area of specialization is geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering.Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University Dr

Collection

1998 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

a leadership role by using innovative methods ofteaching and learning, as recommended by ASEE1, to better prepare students for entry into arapidly changing and highly competitive marketplace. Key program features include: (i) inter-and multi-disciplinary education created through collaborative laboratory and coursework; (ii)stressing teamwork as the necessary framework for solving complex problems; (iii) incorporationof state-of-the-art technologies throughout the curricula; (iv) and creation of continuous opportu-nities for technical communication. To best meet these objectives, the four engineering programsof Chemical, Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering have a common engineering clinicthroughout their program of study. In

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Donna Milgram, Natl Inst for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (IWITTS)

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

). A nationally recognized expert on closing the gender gap for women and girls in STEM education, Ms. Milgram has testified before the U.S. Congress on women in STEM and personally conducted hundreds of WomenTech Educators Trainings in 46 states and Canada. She has presented papers included in conference proceedings at national conferences such as the Amer- ican Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network (WEPAN). In 2013, Ms. Milgram received a reader’s choice award recipient for the cover article ”How to Recruit Women & Girls to the STEM Classroom” published by International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) in Technology and

Conference Session

Energy Conservation and Conversions for Green Buildings

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Masoud Fathizadeh P.E., Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology)

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Paper ID #10801Educating Students about Energy: A Practical ApproachDr. Masoud Fathizadeh, Purdue University Calumet (College of Technology) Dr. Fathizadeh has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology since 2001. He has worked over 15 years for both private industries and national research labs such as NASA, Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories. Dr. Fathizadeh has established his own consulting and engi- neering company in 1995 and performed many private and government projects. His areas of interests are, control systems, power systems, power electronics, energy, and system integration

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ang Liu, University of Southern California; Stephen Y. Lu, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California

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International

initiated in 2009 by the Viterbi School of Engineering at University ofSouthern California. The goal is to leverage the emerging pedagogical and technologicalinnovations to enable students around the world to engage in collaborative and interactiveengineering learning across disciplinary, physical, institutional, and cultural boundaries. Usingmodern eLearning technologies enhanced by Telepresence capability over the Internet, studentsfrom different universities attend the same class in person at networked iPodia classrooms ontheir home campuses to learn with their classmates around the globe. iPodia students learntogether from the same teacher(s) with similar course syllabus and content materials, and theymust follow identical academic requirements

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

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2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel Maines, Cornell University

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Liberal Education

were framed in theintersection of medicine and science, not engineering.24,25 This is unsurprising in light ofOmran’s hypothesis regarding the “epidemiologic transition” from communicable diseases asnations develop. Omran asserts that An epidemiologic transition has paralleled the demographic and technologic transitions in the now developed countries of the world and is still underway in less- Page 15.477.4 4 developed societies. Ample evidence may be cited to document this transition in which degenerative and man-made diseases displace pandemics of infection as

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 6

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Walker, University of Texas at Dallas; Laura Gelles, University of Texas at Dallas

Junior Faculty Award, a DuPont Young Professor Grant (2006-2009), a 2008 ACS PROGRESS/Dreyfus Lectureship and a Fellow of the AVS (2015). Amy served as the 2020 AVS President and is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2022 Powered by www.slayte.com Exploring Climate and Student Persistence in Engineering and Computer Science through Engineering Culture (Work in Progress)AbstractThis work in progress (WIP) paper describes the initial stages of a project to explore students’perceived climate and how that influences their persistence within engineering and

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sarah Lilly, University of Virginia; Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia; Sarah J. Fick, University of Virginia; Jennifer L. Chiu, University of Virginia; Kevin W. McElhaney, Digital Promise

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

practices in technology-enhanced learning environments. Prior to beginning doctoral work, she taught secondary mathematics for four years as well as created and implemented an interdisciplinary, project-based mathematics, science, and principles-of-technology curriculum for fresh- men and sophomore high school students in Albemarle County, Virginia.Ms. Anne Marguerite McAlister, University of Virginia Anne McAlister is a PhD student in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from The Ohio State University. Her research centers on engineering education, focusing on identity development in higher

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University; Rosemary Sutton, Cleveland State University; William Beasley, Cleveland State University; Joshua Bagaka's, Cleveland State University

and Practice. Presentationshave been made to national meetings of ACI, ASCE and a national meeting of the ASEE. Theworkshop was also publicized on three separate email lists, to CE department chairs, the ACIFaculty Network, and an engineering technology list. Although the previous project was highly successful in developing case studies, theworkshop participants (as well as reviewers of previous follow-up proposals to NSF) identifiedthe need to assess the impact of case study implementation. Therefore, this new project focuseson implementation and assessment. The research team has been expanded to include facultyfrom the CSU College of Education and Human Resources. f. Example case study – The Quebec Bridge Collapse, 1907

Conference Session

Knowing Our Students, Faculty, and Profession

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2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Anderson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sandra Courter, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Thomas McGlamery, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Traci Nathans-Kelly, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Christine Nicometo, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Educational Research and Methods

lacking. Many groups defineengineering circuitously, by using technology or engineering within the definition itself. He thenworks to define engineering through the ethical considerations of the profession. Additionally,to define engineering, he differentiates it from science. In a workshop given to scientists andengineers, he asked whether they would rather “invent something useful” or “discover newknowledge” 16. The scientists had a hard time answering and ended up split in their decision,while all of the engineers chose something useful. Therefore, he claims, “The primarycommitment of engineers is not to knowledge, theoretical or applied, as one would expect ofscientists, but to human welfare” 17. He concludes that engineers believe they are

Conference Session

Professional Development for Teachers

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2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hillary E. Merzdorf, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amanda C. Johnston, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Kerrie A. Douglas, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Tamara J. Moore, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Pre-College Engineering Education

implementation strategies of thenotebooks, we asked the following overarching research question: What are the variety of waysin which teachers implement structured engineering notebooks during an engineeringdesign-based STEM integration unit? To address our research question, we used a multiple casestudy approach and a cross case analysis based on videos of teacher implementation and theirstudents’ notebooks.Literature reviewIn science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), formative assessment is anintegral part of high-quality instruction. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) expectteachers to provide multidimensional science instruction of disciplinary core ideas, science andengineering practices, and crosscutting concepts [10

Conference Session

Fundamental: K-12 Students and Engineering Design Practices (Part 1)

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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary McCormick, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Tufts University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

Page 26.804.3expectations to reflect their current situation. In this view, students’ novice-like behaviorsmay be explained by their previous experiences in school settings: when framing a designactivity as a “classroom game” 25 or “doing school” 26, students may treat designproblems as well-defined textbook problems with clearly articulated initial states,identifiable collections of known variables, and set procedures for generating solutions27,28, 29 . Students may also draw from their other experiences (e.g., imaginative play,storytelling, problem solving) as they are making sense of an engineering design activity.In these instances, incorporating fantastical technologies might be justifiable; while inothers, navigating complex

Conference Session

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering Division: Research to Practice: K-12 Engineering Resources: Best Practices in Curriculum Design (Part 1)

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan D. Hertel, Museum of Science; Christine M. Cunningham, Museum of Science; Gregory John Kelly, Pennsylvania State University; Cathy P. Lachapelle, Museum of Science

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

director of engineering education research at the Tufts University Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, where her work focused on integrating engineering with science, technology, and math in professional development for K-12 teachers. She also directed the Women’s Experiences in College Engineering (WECE) project, the first national, longitudinal, large-scale study of the factors that support young women pursuing engineering degrees. Cunningham is a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education and was awarded the 2014 International Society for Design and Development in Education Prize. She holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in biology from Yale and a Ph.D. in Science Education from Cornell University.Dr

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cate Samuelson, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

to examine the culture for women and underrepresented minorities in 22 engineering colleges nationwide. She also directs the external eval- uation for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). In addition to her lead- ership in the office, Dr. Litzler is a member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a Board Member of Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN). Her research interests include the educational climate for students in science and engineering and gender and race stratification in education and the workforce.Ms. Cate Samuelson, University of Washington Cate Samuelson is a Doctoral Candidate in Education and Leadership Policy Studies at the University

Conference Session

Computing in the classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ryan R. Goyings, Civil & Mechanical Engineering Department at The United States Military Academy; James Ledlie Klosky, United States Military Academy, West Point; Bobby G Crawford, U.S. Military Academy

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Mechanical Engineering

Point, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He earned a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas in 2004. He has taught courses in aeronautics, thermal-fluid systems, heat transfer, computer- aided design, and aerospace and mechanical engineering design. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and is a rated pilot in both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Page 23.833.1 c American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Research in Engineering Education II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan McNeill, University of Florida; Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida; Mirka Koro-Ljungberg, University of Florida; David J Therriault, University of Florida

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-4029: INSTITUTIONAL DISCOURSES IN ENGINEERING ED-UCATION AND PRACTICENathan McNeill, University of Florida Nathan McNeill is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida, where he is studying the factors that contribute to success in open-ended problem-solving. He has a Ph.D. in engineering education from Purdue University, an M.S. in mechan- ical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in engineering from Walla Walla University.Dr. Elliot P. Douglas, University of Florida Elliot P. Douglas is Associate Chair, Associate Professor, and Distinguished Teaching Scholar in the De- partment of Materials Science and