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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division Technical Session - Interdisciplinary Capstone Projects, Pandemic Adapted Mechatronics Lab, Call for Change

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bart Johnson, Itasca Community College; Ronald Ulseth; Michael Raich, Itasca Community College

Conference in July 2002 [19]. The conference included 80representatives from nine regions (Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Alabama, Washington,North Dakota/Minnesota/Wyoming, California, and New York), for many it was their firstattendance at an engineering education conference. The conference, known as the Sugar LakeConference, simply focused on how to improve access to, interest in, and the quality ofengineering education on a national level. Outcomes of the Sugar Lake Conference [19]: • Development of vision statements and action plans by each region • Consensus that a national effort was required for: convening and sharing of effective practices; national policy advocacy; and tracking of engineering pipeline statistics

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT) Technical Session 7

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sagnik Nath, University of California, Santa Cruz; Jennifer Quynn, University of California, Santa Cruz; Jose Renau

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Diversity

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Computing and Information Technology Division (CIT)

Figure 5 CSE12 pass rate data from Fall ‘17 - Spring ‘22 In preparation for the greater ITL effort, we have been focused on closing equity gaps in ourlarge, gateway CSE12 course, beginning fall of 2021. We used institutional data and developed a processfor improvement as detailed in the later section Training Development Plan. Through a series of meetings,members of the ITL Team during academic year 2021 - 2022, collaborated in meetings to review 1)teaching methods, 2) assessments, and 3) scalability in relation to student outcomes and course data, andspecifically looking at equity gaps between URM and non-URM student subgroups. Inquiry was thefoundation for all pre-ITL meetings with the guiding question “How can we teach differently to

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 1: Recruitment and Support in Engineering Graduate Programs

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University; Volkmar Dierolf, Lehigh University; Anand Jagota, Lehigh University; Zilong Pan, Lehigh University; Nathan Urban, Lehigh University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

model [10]. A pervasive message of thisextensive report is, “.. the ideal, modern graduate STEM education will require substantial culturalchange throughout the system. As discussed throughout this report, the system must become morestudent-centric and must increase the value it places on best practices of mentorship andadvising… The mind-set that seems to most heavily value preparing students at the Ph.D. level foracademic research careers must readjust to recognize that some of the best students will not pursueacademic research but will enter careers in other sectors, such as industry or government.” Simplystated, the primary goal of PhD education must be the training of students and preparing them forthe career they plan to pursue, not

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Teaching Tools: Student Experience and Reflection (NEE)

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine B. Masters, Pennsylvania State University; Ibukun Samuel Osunbunmi, Pennsylvania State University

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New Engineering Educators Division (NEE)

the student’s time and recognizing that myclass is not the only thing they have going on. To demonstrate this core value, I inform studentsthat I set a timer for myself every class period that will go off when the class is scheduled to end.And no matter how critical the thought is that I am sharing at that moment, I stop class so theycan move on to their next activity. This practice serves two purposes. First, it significantlyreduced the shuffling students would do in the last 10 minutes of class, typically intended toremind the instructor that the period was ending. Second, it increases the likelihood that studentswill have time to come up and ask questions right after class.Office hoursI do not plan office hours to check off a box. This is

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 4: Mentoring Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nahndi Tirrell Kirk-Bradley, Texas A&M University; Cara London, Texas A&M University; Eldridge Raymond Jr., Texas A&M University; Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

, thisis rarely the case for interpersonal relationships. There are documented benchmarks forgraduate students such as degree plans, proposals, and theses. Although important for thedocumentation of work completed towards the degree, they are very rarely qualitative orquantitative of the experience had by the student. Just as a degree plan or a proposal setsexpectations and outlines a plan of action for work, an Individual Development Plan (IDP)additionally documents the expectations and action items for the working relationshipbetween a faculty mentor and their student. The IDP was developed by the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science and experts from multiple universities as a toolfor students to assess their skills and career

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Student Division (STDT) Technical Session 3: Student Innovative Practice

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam J Murrison, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Cameron Wian, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Sydney Kerivan, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jakob Sperry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Student Division (STDT)

educational material and workshops that are being output to thestudent users, and it is more commonly being asked whether “maker activities'' can beincorporated “into rigid instructional plans to align with standardized testing” (Dousay, 2017).This paper offers a framework to operate accessible educational hands-on workshops to students,while also presenting a system that can benefit the makerspaces that host these workshops. 1.2 State of the Art: The Maker Movement originated about two decades ago with the purpose of connectingpeople with the same interests, whether that be through finding new hobbies, gaining new skills,or encouraging collaboration (Deloitte and Maker Media, 2013). Since then, a significant amountof work has examined

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 12

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shruti Misra, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington; Soyoung Kang, University of Washington

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

improve their non-technical skills (so-called “soft” skills, i.e., skills applicableto multiple career paths) during the capstone design experience [29]. Among the non-technicalskills desired by employers are effective communication, delivering high-quality presentations,project planning, teamwork, and time management [30]. In the process of their design work,students learn to communicate effectively with their peers and mentors through multiple modessuch as written reports, presentations, in-person work sessions, team meetings and other informalconversations [31]. Student teams also develop skills in project management, which includesproject planning, scheduling, and budgeting [32]. The development of such non-technical skillsin capstone design

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NEE Technical Session - the Best of NEE

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Haolin Zhu, Arizona State University; Alicia Baumann

focus groupdiscussions showed that students felt relief from stress and anxiety with this approach ofgamification because it allowed for contingency plans when student performance wasindividually impacted. Students reported that the gamified features made the courses moreenjoyable and helped them learn material better than traditional assessments.IntroductionWith learning environments ever-changing due to the continued prioritization of health andsafety requirements within the classroom setting, student engagement and motivation in highereducation is more crucial than ever. Implementing educational techniques that can be inclusiveof both in-person and online learning is a continual struggle, while still keeping the educationalcontent original

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Community Engagement Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lamyaa El-Gabry, Princeton University; Martina Sherin Jaskolski

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Engineering equal numbers of male and female students wereselected from AUC and Princeton. The wind pump was intended to serve as a test vehicle for useof wind energy in this community. It was moderately successful but because of its relative lowflow rates, it did not have a huge impact on the community (unless the diesel engine was brokenor out of fuel in which case it was better than nothing). While the wind pump could not producesufficient water for flood irrigation, it can produce enough water for other low-water usageagricultural methods like small integrated protected systems or hydroponics.For the second edition of the programmed planned for the Summer 2020, the team was to designan integrated aquaculture and hydroponic system for El Heiz that

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Business and Professional Literacy Within Chemical Engineering

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kristen Ferris, University of New Mexico; Pil Kang, University of New Mexico; Madalyn Wilson-Fetrow, University of New Mexico; Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Eva Chi, University of New Mexico; Jamie Gomez, University of New Mexico; Yan Chen, University of New Mexico; Susannah C. Davis, University of New Mexico; Sang M. Han, University of New Mexico; Abhaya K. Datye, University of New Mexico

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering

wherestudents share answers and aimed to create assignments and exams less susceptible to plagiarism.When faculty took a learner-centered approach to conscientiousness, they put in time and/oreffort to learn about their students’ interests, experiences, and lives; they used this information inplanning course activities and examples. For example, several faculty hired peer learningfacilitators—students who had just completed the course. Rather than simply asking thesestudents to grade, they sought their ideas in planning the course, situating the students as part ofthe instructional team. Such faculty also updated their course materials, but they put effort intoresearching authentic applications of course content and checking with peer learning

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The Role of Peers in Promoting Learning and Persistence

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Neha Kardam, University of Washington; Shruti Misra, University of Washington; Morgan Anderson, University of Washington; Ziyan Bai, University of Washington; Denise Wilson, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

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Career Advancement Through Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael B. O'Connor, New York University; Elizabeth Zofia Bialek PE, American Society of Civil Engineers; East Bay Municipal Utility District; Susan Davis, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Engineering Leadership Development

capital budget. Elizabeth has been responsible for advancing leadership development, design quality control, emergency response planning and workflow improvements. She has experience with labor relations and expert consultant services for litigation. In her role, Elizabeth also has made contributions to Emergency Response Planning and Dam Safety. She led the development of EBMUD’s Management Leadership Academy and has taught project management courses. Elizabeth has served as the past chair of the ASCE Public Agency Peer Review Committee, vice-chair of the ASCE Region 9 Water and Environment Committee and has held pas officer roles in the organization.Ms. Susan Davis, American Society of Civil Engineers Susan Davis

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Assessing Hard-to-Measure Constructs in Engineering Education: Assessment Design and Validation Studies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Daiki Hiramori, University of Washington; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

48 7.3 I do not plan to get a bachelor’s degree 2 0.3 Other 121 18.3ResultsAn important decision in exploratory factor analysis is specifying how many factors to extract. Indetermining the number of factors, we use parallel analysis and Velicer’s minimum averagepartial (MAP) test. Although these tests are less common than other popular methods todetermine the number of factors, such as the Kaiser’s eigenvalue > 1 rule [25], research showsthat the eigenvalue > 1 rule almost always overestimates the number of factors to extract [26].The methods we use in this study are

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Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Eduardo Santillan-Jimenez, University of Kentucky; Julia E. Parker, University of Kentucky ; Keren Mabisi, University of Cincinnati; Carissa B. Schutzman, University of Cincinnati; Mark Crocker, University of Kentucky

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Graduate Studies

severalrecommendations vis-à-vis graduate student orientation and onboarding efforts. These includefollowing a number of steps designed to maximize their benefits, including 1) analyze studentrequirements, tasks, personnel, as well as knowledge, skills and attitudes needed; 2) identifylearning objectives and a plan of instruction that optimizes the learning, retention, and transfer ofthe information presented during orientation; 3) design and implement the orientation program;and 4) assess its effectiveness through a post-survey “designed to capture the reaction of theparticipants shortly after orientation” and a focus group “designed to provide more reflectivefeedback after the students completed most of their first semester in the program” [4]. Otherreports

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division Technical Session 14

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicolas Ivanov, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto; Nhien Tran-Nguyen, University of Toronto; Neal Callaghan, University of Toronto; Theresa Frost, Toronto District School Board; Jose Luis Cadavid, University of Toronto; Huntley H. Chang, University of Toronto; Ileana Louise Co; Patrick Diep, University of Toronto; Guijin Li, University of Toronto; Nancy T. Li, University of Toronto; Corinna Smith, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto; Joshua Yazbeck; Locke Davenport Huyer, Johns Hopkins University; Dawn M. Kilkenny, University of Toronto

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Pre-College Engineering Education

, students developed and executed their project plans. Student proposals definedeach group’s objective (i.e., the movement or posture position they wanted to detect, such aspoor back posture while working at a desk) and an experimental evaluation plan. Studentsexecuted the experiments themselves using the smartphone accelerometer application to recorddata. For the remainder of the program, students were provided time to execute and iterate ontheir plan. During the symposium, students presented their analyses from their experiments andprovided recommendations for future work based on their results.Students and Discovery MentorsFall 2020 Discovery participants included 70 university-preparatory chemistry and physicsstudents from two schools in the

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Fethiye Ozis P.E., Northern Arizona University; Tina Zecher, Northern Arizona University; Nena E. Bloom, Northern Arizona University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

identified positive experiences, including providing help to find an internship,insight and encouragement. Other areas of help included providing support or a “steadying hand”to a struggling student, helping students identify goals and planning for the future, and strategiesfor how to succeed in challenging times. One mentor identified that a friendship had developedbetween themselves and the student. Three mentors identified that the student was not consistentor not responsive. As one commented, “I was not sure of how best to help as (the) student wasn’tsure what they wanted out of (the) program.”Fall mentors identified a few recommendations, including having students identify theirexpectations and goals and then revisit these items at each meeting

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Studies of Student Teams and Student Interactions

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware; Amy Trauth, University of Delaware; Haritha Malladi, University of Delaware; Jenni Buckley, University of Delaware

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Projects: Students’ Perceptions of Time and TasksIntroductionTeam-based design projects are common in foundational engineering courses for many reasons.From a professional development perspective, team-based design projects offer studentsscaffolded apprenticeship with opportunities to engage in collaborative planning and work akinto that of the workforce. From a pedagogical perspective, they require students to think criticallyabout a wide range of engineering concepts and to complete a variety of practical tasks related tolearning objectives. Despite potential benefits, there are some formidable challenges—theoretical and methodological—to understanding how team-based projects shape individuals’ideas about

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Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 2 - Development, Assessment, and Impact of Experiential Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Beata Johnson, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

Joyce B. Main is Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She received an Ed.M. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. degree in Learning, Teaching, and Social Policy from Cornell University. Dr. Main examines student academic pathways and transitions to the workforce in science and engineering. She was a recipi- ent of the 2014 American Society for Engineering Education Educational Research and Methods Division Apprentice Faculty Award, the 2015 Frontiers in Education Faculty Fellow Award, and the 2019 Betty Vetter Award for Research from WEPAN. In 2017, Dr. Main received a National Science Foundation CAREER award to examine

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Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mais Kayyali, Florida International University; Mohamed ElZomor, Florida International University; Piyush Pradhananga, Florida International University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

from this experience will allow us to understand thedifferent types of costs that influence the student’s decision to stay another year and completetheir master’s degree. Studies found that exposure to research at an undergraduate level createspositive experiences for students which as a result, leads engineering students to pursue theirgraduate studies [1], [15]. Moreover, social interactions with graduate students, mentors, as wellas professors, can play a role in the decision to pursue post-graduate degrees. Lastly, Abhyankaret al. studied the socializer influence on engineering students’ career planning, which revealedthat these different socializer categories influence students’ post-graduation plans in three areas:“thinking about

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandy Chang, University of Calgary

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

financingoptions through university grants and partnerships with local environmental groups and firms.Their hope was to roll this system out in our university, then to other universities in the area, andeventually to universities nation-wide. The goal was to change the social norm of a disposablesociety, divert thousands of pounds of waste from landfills, and generate conversation about foodpackaging and alternatives.As one of the groups that ranked in the top five, they met with advisors from the start upincubator to assess next steps for actualizing their plan. The advisors helped the students clarifytheir goals, what they would consider for profit margins, and what resources they may haveaccess to as they move forward towards implementation. To

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John M. Santiago Jr, Colorado Technical University; Jing Guo, Colorado Technical University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

to practice systems thinking and apply the Vee-Model.The course deliverables listed in Table 2 includes: Project Plan and Journal (22.5%),Communication Skills (47.5%) and Technical Merit (30%). Students must take an ill-definedproblem to implement a proof-of-concept solution. A detailed description of the weeklydeliverables is given elsewhere and will not be described here due to space limitations. TheCritical Design Review (CDR) rubric was also developed to balance the course weightingbetween system-level thinking fostered by weekly deliverables and acquired technical skillsetsfrom the MSEE program. The weekly deliverables are guided by the Vee Model [9] [10] [11].Several years ago, the College of Engineering (COE) Master of Science in

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The Human Element of Librarianship

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertha P. Chang, North Carolina State University; Honora N. Eskridge, North Carolina State University

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Engineering Libraries

building, the James B. Hunt Jr. Library. At this stage of the process,space- and service-model planning was initiated and in support of this work, various user studieswere undertaken. These studies, which were conducted up until the last months before thebuilding opened in January 2013, helped to answer planning questions, as well as build supportand awareness of the library among faculty and students.1 After the building opened, it quicklybecame apparent that assessment of the effectiveness of the new spaces and the service modelwas needed and as a result, more studies were initiated. The resulting body of five years ofresearch provides many practical insights into the needs and preferences of Hunt Library users.The Hunt Library is situated on

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Women in Engineering Division: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Evelyn R. Sowells, North Carolina A&T State University; Nina Exner, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University; Sherry F. Abernathy, North Carolina A&T State University; Rajeev K. Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University ; Brenda S. Faison Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

, 76 percentof the single mothers are gainfully employed versus 85 percent for single fathers 10. When weconsider the standard of living for these households, single mothers and their children are twiceas likely to live in poverty as the general population. Low income students typically come fromnon-college- educated families and are potentially first-generation college students fromfamilies where neither parent had more than a high-school education11. These students tend toface a number of challenges, such as poor academic preparation in high school, inadequatefinances, deficient educational degree expectations and plans, a lack of appropriate role modelsor mentors, and a lack of support from peers or family members12. For low income

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Design in Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nirmala Gnanapragasam, Seattle University; Nathan E Canney PE, Seattle University

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Design in Engineering Education

agency. The Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)Department has completed almost 150 projects for 50 different sponsors, ranging from publicagencies, private companies, non-profit organizations and universities. Each year the CEE seniorclass size ranges from 15 to 30 students resulting in the completion of about 4 to 8 projects. Thetypical team size is 4 students though in certain years some teams have had 3 to 5 students.The team’s main deliverable at the end of the fall term is a written proposal describing theproject background, scope of work, plan of implementation with detailed work break downstructure and deliverables. The teams work on the project itself in winter and spring terms. Atthe end of spring quarter the teams deliver a final

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International Engineering Education II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Kelly, Dublin Institute of Technology; Mike Murphy

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International

College and NQAI to evaluate the College’s internaldecision making structures and processes as well as its internal arrangements forquality. The College got quite a good review, the EUA referring to the College as adynamic and rapidly changing institution consolidating a new identity. It welcomed theintroduction of modularisation and the planned move to a single campus with theunique once-off opportunities this brings with it. The EUA supported the College inbeing aware and supportive of staff who may not wish to become involved in researchactivities but who can benefit from professional development activities. They believedthe realistic approach taken by the College to research and scholarly activity wouldencourage and facilitate the development

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Innovative K-12 Engineering Programs

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Summer Dann Johnson; Warren Waggenspack, Louisiana State University; Brenda Nixon, Louisiana State University; Daivon Craft, Louisiana State University; Cheryle Peters, Louisiana State University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

REHAMS students reported adissatisfaction with the workload in the time provided which resulted in very little free time. Tosome extent contradictory to the REHAMS students, the majority of the SEHS students wereextremely positive in their feedback of the program and have recommended younger students tothe mentors and vice versa. In reviewing the SEHS students’ weekly journals, as expected, the students keptinformation concerning their projects, such as research notes and experiment details. However,several students also included questions that they would ask their mentors, prepared individualbudgets, and developed basic plans and portfolios for college. These students also took notes atthe various academic preparedness courses

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FPD2 - First-Year Advising and Transition

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jean Kampe, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Whitney Edmister, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Christi Boone, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Bevlee Watford, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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First-Year Programs

very different for transferstudents, and so too are their motivations. So, in the presentation of course content, adjustmentswere made from the basic freshman plans to teach at a somewhat higher level but to maintain thefreshman expectations when grading work. In the design of assignments, it was important tomake strong links between class time activities/content and assigned homework. Also, makinglinks between course efforts and real-life engineering was mandatory to keep students engaged.For the team-based design project, we needed to create a project that would be interesting andchallenging, but also one that would ensure a team effort from these students who had so littlebeyond the class connecting them. The project statement for

Conference Session

Successful Outcomes of Student Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khanjan Mehta, Pennsylvania State University; Sven Bilen, Pennsylvania State University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

preparationfor the Venture design reviews.Software Interfacing: Covers the interlinking of various programming languages andapplication programs like LabVIEW, C/C++, MATLAB, SQL, MS Office, ActiveX, .Net, etc.Students also learn how to access and develop Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) and spawnexternal applications.Functional Verification and System Characterization: Deals with topics like technical riskidentification and management, verification and validation, and developing test plans andimplementing them using automated testing equipment.Controlling Devices and Sub-systems: During this session, the students learn concepts likecurrent sourcing and sinking; button debouncing; pulse width modulation (PWM); controltechniques; proportional, PI, and PID

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Course-Based Approaches to Entrepreneurship

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

business plan competitions, speaker series, student entrepreneurship clubs, andseminars. At LTU, the grant provided the funding to integrate the existing entrepreneurialprograms into a new innovative interdisciplinary program focused on developing the“entrepreneurial mindset” on our campus. The skills associated with the entrepreneurial mindsetare communication, teamwork, leadership, ethics and ethical decision-making, opportunityrecognition, persistence, creativity, innovation, tolerance for ambiguity, risk analysis, creativeproblem solving, critical thinking, and business skills (including marketing, financial analysis,and strategic planning). The course described within this paper (EME 4981 Creative ProblemSolving) was one of the courses

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Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Froyd, Texas A&M University; Charles Henderson, Western Michigan University; Jean Layne, Texas A&M University; Andrea Beach, Western Michigan University; Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado; R. Sam Larson, Kaiser Permanente Colorado

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Educational Research and Methods

initiative?), (2) barriers to change (what will makeit hard for you to reach your goals?), (3) foci for change (what parts of the system will you seekto change?), and (4) strategies for change (what is the big picture of how you plan to bring aboutthe change?). Page 13.906.2GoalsGoals for change convey expectations for desired conditions at the conclusion of a changeinitiative. Change agents should start with their goals for change, since clearly articulated,compelling, widely supported goals for change will facilitate explicit decision-making processes.For example, some engineering departments across the country are facing the challenge to reducethe