Conference Session

Design Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Pastirik; Michael Robertson; William Singhose; Joshua Vaughan; Donna Llewellyn; Marion Usselman

has, up to that point, been foreign to them.“Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright© 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”One of these experimental interventions was initiated at a 99% African American high school inDeKalb County as part of Georgia Tech’s Student and Teacher Enhancement Partnership (STEP)NSF GK-12 program, and consisted of involving high school students in a sophomore-levelmechatronics course.This paper will address the details of the program, how it aligns with the high school curriculum,and the many lessons learned regarding university/K-12 partnerships. The remainder of thepaper is organized as follows. Section 2 provides an overview of

Conference Session

Mechanics Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Allen Evenhouse, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Nick Stites, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Amy K. Dunford, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Rohit Kandakatla, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jeffrey F. Rhoads, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Edward J. Berger, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

their Dynamics curriculum, they encountered similardifficulties in translating research to practice10. These faculty members wanted to create a newresource- and technology-rich learning environment. However, while each component of theproposed classroom had its own robust body of literature, there was little existing research tohelp integrate these diverse methods into a single course. Thus, these instructors relied on their extensive past experience as educationalpractitioners to guide an initial course redesign. The resulting curriculum, now referred to as theFreeform learning environment, was successful by many metrics. For example, grades inDynamics improved as the percentage of students earning D, F, or W (withdrawal) grades

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Wendell, Tufts University; Jessica Watkins, Vanderbilt University; Natalie De Lucca, Vanderbilt University; Tyrine Jamella Pangan, Tufts University; Rae Woodcock; Chelsea Andrews, Tufts University

proposed for Mauna Kea, a technology related totheir science curriculum on the earth-moon-sun system. In the other class, at a different school,students viewed a video about a proposal for an agricultural dam in the Amazon rainforest. Thistechnology was related to their social studies curriculum on the features of different societies.After learning about the proposed designs, the students responded synchronously on acollaborative virtual whiteboard (a Jamboard; see Figure 1) to specific prompts related to theoverarching question of whether the technology should be constructed. In the Mauna Keatelescope design talk, the prompt was, “If this is a story, who are the characters? Make a list ofwho or what is being impacted by the building of the new

Collection

2025 PNW Section Annual Meeting

Authors

Yuliana Flores; Jennifer A. Turns

high school student group, providingfeedback and additional scaffolding.Research or No Research Around December 30th - January 2nd, I realized my winter quarter was already full. Iwasn't progressing on my dissertation proposal as I was still researching diary study structuresand question types for participants. I was interested in exploring settler colonial practices,reading relevant scholarship, and considering how to integrate this into diary studies withoutoverwhelming participants. As the quarter approached, I recognized that I was preparing for the high school projectwhere I would be an engineering instructor. I had also joined a DRG on "AI, Reflection, andResearch through Design." The first session of this DRG solidified my

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chetan Sankar, Auburn University; P K Raju, Auburn University

BHEL) in India, • opportunities for U.S. academics to collaborate with academic and industrial researchers in India, • opportunities for the researchers to integrate their findings into education through the development of new instructional materials, and • the excitement of discovery to undergraduate students when they use the resulting instructional materials in their classrooms.Description of the intellectual collaboration with foreign collaborators The projects focused on research connected with acoustics and non-destructiveevaluation, areas in which Auburn’s Dr. Raju, is an expert. Dr. A. Ramachandriah of the Dept. ofCivil Engineering at IIT Madras was his counter-part on

Conference Session

Exploring New Frontiers in Manufacturing Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Beverly Davis

response to ABET’s criteria8. A recent (May-June,2003) Prism cover title warned, “The Graduate: Educators struggle to prepare well-rounded engineers for today’s workplace.” In an article of the same name, an Exeloncorporate vice-president, is quoted: “I think universities are honestly trying to change andwork closely with corporations to do so, but I am not sure that the process has been set upto allow them to change as fast as business is.”8 This article continues by saying whilesuccess in engineering curriculum depends on ability to complete problem sets andexams, success in business classes depends on ability to analyze case studies, succeed ingroup projects, and develop and conduct effective presentations. Well ahead of thecurve, ABET warned

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Phy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Kohlmyer, Georgia Institute of Technology; Michael Schatz, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marcus Marr, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

(e.g.nanotechnology, material science) and that will require computer modeling as well as analysisfor solving complex problems.As a result, faculty in the School of Physics at Georgia Tech became interested in modernizingboth the content and pedagogy of the introductory physics course. Beginning in Summer 2006,the School has been offering sections of its introductory physics course for scientists andengineers using the Matter & Interactions1,2 curriculum. Matter & Interactions (or M&I),developed by R. Chabay and B. Sherwood at North Carolina State University, is an innovative Page 13.707.2introductory calculus-based physics curriculum. It has

Conference Session

Biomedical Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Monica Dominique Okon, The Ohio State University ; Tanya M. Nocera Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

an ability tocommunicate effectively [ABET 2016]. Engineers need to document and report their technicalideas, designs, and solutions in a clear and succinct manner and to a variety of audiences. Oneway for students to gain and practice documentation and technical communication skills in apractical setting is through the experiential courses throughout the curriculum (i.e. laboratorycourses).Given the increasing presence of social media as well as other methods of electroniccommunication, computer mediated activities provide an opportunity to educate students in afamiliar setting. Electronic documentation is also gaining popularity in research laboratories andindustries, as well as in the medical and other professional fields, all in which

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering in the First-Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kleio Avrithi P.E., Mercer University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs, Multidisciplinary Engineering

. Studentsurveys conducted at two different institutions show why students select to become engineers andtheir preference for the different course components.Introduction “Introduction to Engineering” is a core course given to freshmen students of all engineeringdisciplines. The course aims to familiarize students with the engineering profession, the differentengineering disciplines, the design process for exploratory projects, the work in interdisciplinaryteams, the ethics and professional behavior, the lifelong learning, the written and oral presentationof technical concepts, and problem solving. As curriculum often changes, an online research wasconducted on the most current catalogs (2018-2019) of 182 higher education institutions offeringdegrees in

Conference Session

Modeling Student Data

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Daina Briedis, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

. Briedis has been involved in several areas of education research including student retention, curriculum redesign, and the use of technology in the classroom. She is a co- PI on two NSF grants in the areas of integration of computation in engineering curricula and in developing comprehensive strategies to retain early engineering students. She is active nationally and internationally in engineering accreditation and is a Fellow of ABET.Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University Dr. Neeraj Buch is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University. He is also the Director of Cornerstone Engineering and Residential Experience program at

Conference Session

Enviromental Engineering Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ivar G. Johannesen, HiOA

Tagged Divisions

Environmental Engineering

algebra and complex numbers,differential equations and convergence criteria for sequences and series. The curriculum studentsexperience is not always what they find most interesting, and motivation plays an important role intheir ability to follow the syllabus.During the last ten years, there has been growing interest in integrating pure mathematical topicsinto the specialized courses attended by the students. Students often ask teachers: “Why are welearning this?”; “What significance does it have to my study program?”; “Will I ever use thisknowledge as a practicing engineer?” Questions like this can be hard to answer concretely andhonestly. There are good reasons for the students to question the relevance of X in their studyprogram, but the

Conference Session

Approaches to Assessment and Student Reflection

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Jes Barron, U.S. Military Academy; Brad C. McCoy, U.S. Military Academy; Jakob C. Bruhl, U.S. Military Academy; John J. Case, U.S. Military Academy; John Andrew Kearby, U.S. Military Academy

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

provides a means for creative students to express lesson content creatively;however, assessment bias, selection bias, and the inherent difficulty in assessing creativity doesnot allow us to draw conclusions about the creativity of engineering students in any absolutesense from the collected data; (2) incorporating an emphasis on freehand sketching into theengineering curriculum could have positive effects toward developing creativity and pictorialcommunication skills; (3) there was evidence in the data suggesting that the sample populationsexamined in the study are experiencing degradation in creativity between sophomore and seniorlevel coursework, which was an idea expressed in the literature; (4) the sketch creativity scoresare higher when it is

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division (FYP) - WIPS 4: Projects

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christopher Daniel Winfrey, Middle Tennessee State University; Lei Miao, Middle Tennessee State University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

some of the desired changesto the schedule and curriculum lagged, such as the integration of multiple disciplines into thiscommon first-year plan, they did introduce methods of grouping students together to allow themto familiarize themselves with their peers and build relationships [3]. An example is the conceptof block scheduling, where students would register for defined set of classes, meaning theywould consistently be surrounded by their peers taking the same courses. While they did alsoprovide non-blocked schedule options for non-traditional students, the focus on building peer-to-peer relationships was more heavily emphasized on the block-scheduled courses [3]. Studentscould be introduced to topics in a more comfortable and familiar

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

James Newell; Kevin Dahm

nature• It is a team presentation, rather than a seminar given by an individual• The “audience” participates actively throughout rather than waiting passively until the endDevelopment of Design Skills: Another recent trend in engineering education is the integrationof design experiences into the lower levels of the curriculum, in addition to the traditional seniorcapstone design course.1,3,8-12 Such integration is desirable because it provides more time forthese crucial skills to develop, and because it provides a practical context that helps studentsappreciate the significance and interrelationships of the many topics covered in their technicaleducation.This project is not at all technically esoteric; it is readily understandable and

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics I

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University; Santaneel Ghosh, Southeast Missouri State University; Ken Surendran, Southeast Missouri State University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2012-5262: REFLECTIONS ON TEACHING A CONSOLIDATED CAP-STONE DESIGN COURSE TO A MIXED STUDENT BODYDr. Jian Peng, Southeast Missouri State University Jian Peng is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at Southeast Missouri State University. He received his B.E. degree from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1992, his M.S. degree from Hangzhou Institute of Electronic Engineering, Hangzhou, China in 1995, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2004. His research focuses on intelligent robotics, computer vision, and characterization of nano-material. He is a member of ASEE and IEEE.Prof. Santaneel Ghosh, Southeast Missouri

Conference Session

Mathematics Division (MATH) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Juan David Yepes, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Raviv, Florida Atlantic University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics Division (MATH)

with minor modifications. This analogy illustrates that isotopes are essentiallythe same atom, possessing an identical number of protons and electrons but differingin the number of neutrons, akin to cars with minor changes (e.g., color). Severalcalculus textbooks incorporate visual explanations, as exemplified by references [2–11]. Notably, the work of Apostol and Mamikon from Caltech [11] is particularlyintriguing, as they successfully explained the integration of certain functions withoutrelying on mathematical formulas. Other books, such as [12, 13], have contributedto the understanding of concepts in “Control Systems” and the fundamentals of“Newton’s Laws of Motion.” Other successful attempts to teach basic understanding using

Conference Session

BIM and Other New Construction Practices

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony Mutai, Bowling Green State University; Stan Guidera, Bowling Green State University

Tagged Divisions

Construction

importantly, it can be assumed that there will be an expectationamong AEC professionals that construction curriculums will be integrating BIM skilldevelopment so that graduates will have developed competencies with BIM technology.However, in order to establish strategies for BIM skill development, documentation of the waysconstruction professionals are utilizing BIM could provide critical guidance for AEC educators.Purpose of the studySpecific skills can be associated with the level of BIM use. For example, small BIM skill setswould emphasize skill in generating accurate 3D that fully document a building or structure.Expertise with generating and storing information with a specific application such as Revit orArchiCad would have priority. In contrast

Conference Session

LEAD Tech Session #2: Assessing and Evaluating Engineering Leadership Development.

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Edward Latorre, University of Florida; Elizabeth Meier, University of Florida

providing leadership education concurrent to real-worldexperiences is effective.IntroductionDeveloping leadership skills is accepted by industry, faculty, and students as an important part ofthe engineering curriculum for engineers starting their careers [1] - [3]. However, it is widelyperceived that undergraduate engineering students lack leadership skills necessary for theircareers [2], [4], [5]. The importance of learning teamwork and leadership while in school isreflected in the ABET General Criteria for engineering programs [6]. Integrating leadershiptrainings specifically into senior capstone courses is often used by academia to educate studentson leadership, given it is the culminating curriculum work and they typically work in teams [7

Conference Session

Pay It Forward: Critical Thinking, Reflection and Faculty Engagement Promote Success in Engineering

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Caroline R. Noyes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Joe Ludlum, Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

Technology Page 22.1428.2 The Academic Effects of Cooperative Education Experiences: Does Co-op Make a Difference in Engineering Coursework?IntroductionCooperative education opportunities have been a staple of engineering training for over 100years. An idea conceived at Lehigh University and first implemented at the University ofCincinnati, in the early 21st century over 150 engineering and engineering technology programsincorporate cooperative education opportunities into their curriculum. Cooperative education isa unique form of experiential education, and is traditionally delivered through either analternating model, whereby student alternate work experience and academic

Conference Session

Ethical Awareness and Social Responsibility in a Corporate/Team Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Rulifson P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Carrie J. McClelland P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Linda A. Battalora, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

changing the status quo of higher education.Project-Based Learning (PBL) offers promise for providing engineering students an avenue forbridging this “disconnect” by providing practice solving complex, open-ended problems withsocio-technical contexts. PBL is a pedagogy that centers curriculum around projects that involvestudents in design, problem solving, decision making, and other investigative activities. Studentsengaged in PBL typically work autonomously over extended periods of time to create realisticproducts or presentations4. These assignments provide opportunities for students to solvecomplex, open-ended, socio-technical problems, and to practice serving specific groups ofpeople in our society3-6. In addition, PBL enriches students

Conference Session

ConstDiv Technical Session 5 - Pedagogy & Accreditation II

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tom Michael Leathem, Auburn University; Eric M. Wetzel, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Construction Engineering

Paper ID #26480Delivering Multidisciplinary Experiences in Education: A Study of Construc-tion Program Practices to Meet Accreditation RequirementsDr. Tom Michael Leathem, Auburn University Tom Leathem is an Assistant Professor in the McWhorter School of Building Science at Auburn Univer- sity where he teaches courses in Estimating, Construction Documents, Scheduling, and Project Delivery. He has 11 years industry experience in commercial construction management, holds a Ph.D. in Educa- tion, an M.S. in Integrated Design & Construction, and a B.S. in Construction Management. His areas of research include construction

Conference Session

CEED Paper Session 1: Using Co-Op and Internships to Improve Diversity, Retention, Learning, and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny, Northern Kentucky University; Mauricio Torres, Northern Kentucky University

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

] states, the continuous improvement process is integral to theaccreditation and evaluation of the engineering technology curriculum at NKU. The mixedmethods of experiential learning and co-op work examines these practices using co-op industrycompetency assessment feedback in the continuous improvement process.This paper examines how assessment rankings of the co-op experiences by students andemployers has strengthened and supported competency achievement related to the ETAC-ABET[8] Criterion 3 (a,b,c,f,g,h,i,j) outcomes across the stated timeline of January to December 2015.Also demonstrated is the method by which acquired competencies are used to support continuousimprovement of Engineering Technology programs curricula at NKU.EGT 301 findings

Conference Session

Instructional Methods and Tools in BME

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mia Markey, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Biomedical

technologies influence theireducational experience and learning. Yet their attitudes and perceptions must be considered in Proceedings of the 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2008 American Society for Engineering Educationthe use of instructional technology if the end result is to have the technology enhance theirlearning. In order to investigate student perceptions in these areas: general attitudes aboutlearning; reactions to their experiences with technologies in the classroom; and faculty use oftechnology, an online survey was administered to the students.2. MethodsThese courses integrate instructional technologies across the curriculum and we used

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Phys

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evan Lemley, University of Central Oklahoma; Baha Jassemnejad, University of Central Oklahoma; Matthew Mounce, US Navy; Jamie Weber, Parsons; Sudarshan Rai, Unknown; Willy Duffle, University of Central Oklahoma; Jesse Haubrich, University of Central Oklahoma

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Engineering Physics & Physics

, John Jonides, and Biren A. Nagda. “Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Partnerships Affect Student Retention.” The Review of Higher Education, 22(1), 1998, pp. 55-72.7. Mahbub Uddin and A. Raj Chowdhury. “Integration of Nanotechnology into the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum.” International Conference on Engineering Education, August 6-10, 2001, Oslo Norway, Session 8B2.8. Beena Sukumaran, Kauser Jahan, Dianne Dorland, Jess Everett, Jennifer Kadlowec, Zenaida Gephardt and Steven Chin. “Engineering Clinics: An Integration of Research into the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum Rowan University.” Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, March 2006, 26(3), pp. 115-121.9. Cristina Gonzalez

Conference Session

Innovation in Laboratory Studies and Outreach Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Gumaer, Central Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

Teaching Microcontroller Applications Using Laptop ComputersAbstractThis paper presents an inexpensive technique of teaching an introductory microcontrollerapplications course to technology students in a laptop-based curriculum. The focus of the courseis learning to apply microcontrollers in various control applications. Related topics covered inthe course include assembly language programming and computer architecture. Students in thecourse are each equipped with a laptop computer. The microcontroller platform used in thiscourse is the Microchip PICKit1 development board. This development board features 8- and 14-pin microcontrollers with a 35 word instruction set. This is an ideal platform because the deviceshave enough resources to develop

Conference Session

Teaching Tools: Communication (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meghan Williams, Elizabethtown College; Elizabeth Dolin Dalton; Mark Brinton, Elizabethtown College

Tagged Divisions

New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

more control over their education [8]. Mastery-based-learning (MBL) alsoeliminates the “one-shot” mindset for students taking exams. If students are not able todemonstrate mastery on their first attempt, they are given additional chances and, if theydemonstrate mastery, they will receive the same score as students who succeeded on their firstattempt [9]. This allows students to learn from their mistakes and try again without anypenalties.Since the curriculum in engineering courses continually builds on itself, it is extremely importantthat students have an understanding of prerequisite materials. If students are struggling with themore basic content, they will inevitably struggle with subsequent content. Falling behind canlead students to

Conference Session

Faculty and Student Perspective on Instructional Strategies

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Roxana Maria Carbonell, University of Texas at Austin; Audrey Boklage, University of Texas at Austin; Patricia Clayton, University of Texas at Austin; Maura J. Borrego, University of Texas at Austin

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

only 5 studies that used qualitative methods, one ofwhich used a case study approach to study student experiences in an extracurricular makerspace(O'Connell, 2015). This review also pointed out that while empirical research is focusing onstudent outcomes and curricular integration, many of the reports on academic makerspaces focuson the equipment and physical space of the makerspace itself (i.e., 18 out of 22 reports cited).While qualitative methods are being used as a methodology to study experiences withinmakerspaces, reports on systems and space are still happening. For example, as recently as 2019at the 2019 International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces, Wildbolz and colleagues(2019) shared best practices for managing access to space

Conference Session

Software and Web-based Learning in ECE

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed Tawfik, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Elio Sancristobal, uned; Sergio Martin, UNED - Spanish University for Distance Education; Rosario Gil, Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED); Alberto Pesquera, UNED; SANTIAGO MONTESO FERNANDEZ, UNED; Félix García Loro, Predoctoral fellow; Maria José Albert Gomez, UNED; GABRIEL DIAZ ORUETA, UNED; Nevena Mileva, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"; Mihail Milev; juan peire; Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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Electrical and Computer

(Madrid). She got a grant in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of UNED in 2005 and since December 2010 she is an assistant professor. Her research interest is the integration of different biometric techniques in educational environment by providing them with security and access control.Alberto Pesquera, UNED Computer Science Engineer by Spanish University for Distance Education (UNED). He was a collabora- tor member of Telematic Laboratory of UNED (Telelab) in systems of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). Nowdays is working for Innovation and Technological Development Centre of UNED (CiNDETEC). He is an expert in Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Web development appli- cations. Currently

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Faculty Development 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Alexandra Coso Strong, Florida International University; Cheryl A. Bodnar, Rowan University; Courtney S. Smith-Orr, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Erin McCave, University of Houston

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

research aims to improve the design of educational experiences for students by critically examining the work and learning environments of practitioners. Specifically, she focuses on (1) how to design and change educational and work systems through studies of practicing engineers and educators and (2) how to help students transition into, through and out of educational and work systems.Dr. Cheryl A Bodnar, Rowan University Dr. Bodnar is an Associate Professor in the Experiential Engineering Education Department at Rowan University. Her research interests relate to the incorporation of active learning techniques such as game- based learning in undergraduate classes as well as integration of innovation and entrepreneurship

Conference Session

Accreditation

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Brannan; Kevin Bower

Implementing Self-Directed Problem Based Learning in a Multidisciplinary Environmental Engineering Capstone Class Kevin C. Bower and Kenneth P. Brannan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering The CitadelAbstractThe Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Citadel offers three differentcapstone classes during the second semester senior year. In an effort to meet ABET 2004-2005Criteria for Accrediting Engineering Programs Criterion 3(d) requiring students to work in multi-disciplinary teams, the department has developed an artificial project that incorporates a “real-world” feel and integrates the three disciplines