Conference Session

Systems Engineering Learning Outcomes and Assessment

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota

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Systems Engineering

move into a career. Without it, the robotic mining team would not have a memory.Successes and FailuresDuring the first year of the competition there was a lot of uncertainty as to what was needed tobe successful. The team created a mining robot much like a combine. It had a bucket ladder tocollect the regolith in a hopper and an auger to empty the hopper. The team tested themsuccessfully using sand. The problem was that, unknown to the team, regolith resembles amixture of flour, sand, and gravel. The gravel in the regolith jammed the auger during unloadingcausing the system to blow a fuse making it impossible to unload the hopper. This kept the teamfrom qualifying and was our first learning moment. To prevent this issue, future teams haveused

Conference Session

Teaching Methods in Mechancial Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Blake M. Ashby P.E., Grand Valley State University; Wendy S. Reffeor, Grand Valley State University

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Mechanical Engineering

theavailable literature (over 6700 papers are found when searching the ASEE conferenceproceeding search engine for “real world”) to encourage incorporation of these examples inindividual classrooms. Such examples may be found in many fields and increase the depth oflearning for a given principle while exposing the students to different career choices.Students in many engineering programs, including the one at the authors’ institution, are inmanufacturing dominated geographical areas. As students studying biomedical engineering arenot a large proportion of the population, most students are less likely to have been exposed tobiomedical applications of engineering principles than industrial ones. This lack of exposureblinds them to the potential of

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks Session I Study Abroad Programs

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2016 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Jeongkyu Lee, University of Bridgeport; Sarosh H Patel, University of Bridgeport; Brian Lim, University of Bridgeport; Roger Dianlei Geng PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology; Zhigang Jiang, Wuhan University of Science and Technology

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International Forum

was founded in 1927 as the Junior College of Connecticut – thefirst junior college chartered by any legislature in the northeastern states. In the words of itsfounders, the college’s purpose was to develop in students “a point of view and a habit ofmind that promotes clear thinking and sound judgment in later professional and businessexperience.” UB maintains its primary commitments and holds fast to its values. Academicprograms are offered through thirteen schools, colleges and institutes. Concern for studentdevelopment and support predominate. A career-oriented focus in academic programs iscomplemented at the undergraduate level with a state-of-the-art core curriculum that helpsstudents secure competencies for lifelong learning and

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Matherly, The University of Tulsa; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Sarah R. Phillips, Rice University & University of Hawaii - Manoa; Cody Alan Chapman, University of Tulsa

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Diversity

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International

engineer’s desire forinternational collaboration, including the relationship to education and career development. Thereport also called for studies to assess the impact of international collaboration on the careers ofscientists and engineers at all stages [13].3.0 Global Preparedness and STEM EducationInternational research experiences provide an opportunity for students to learn technical researchskills while also gaining experience working as part of a cross-cultural research team. For thisreason, they are assumed to be a useful experience for preparing students to be ‘globallycompetent,’ the term most frequently used in the engineering literature, but alternatively referredto as cultural competency, multicultural competency, intercultural

Conference Session

Assessment and Liberal Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jenn Stroud Rossmann, Lafayette College; Mary Roth, Lafayette College

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

from utilitarian goals supporting career development and professionalism to moreholistic goals of citizenship and broad liberal education. Appropriate definitions andmeasures of “success” for such efforts vary, and faculty members involved in theseefforts have concerns that narrow understanding of these efforts can marginalize theseinterdisciplinary and integrative experiences. The goal of this work is to support ongoingconversations in higher education about integrative and interdisciplinary education effortsby providing a shared language and classification system for understanding these efforts.This paper presents a classification system for integrative engineering education effortsand applies it to examples from our own institutions. This

Conference Session

Project-Based Learning

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul M. Yanik, Western Carolina University; Chip W. Ferguson, Western Carolina University; Sudhir Kaul, Western Carolina University; Yanjun Yan, Western Carolina University

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Educational Research and Methods

survey. Response options were oneof the following: Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (D), or Strongly Disagree (SD).The portion of the survey related to the Rube Goldberg projects and the compiled responses aregiven in Table 2, with the original question numbers preserved and questions grouped accordingto subject. Survey items were typically phrased with assent indicating a positive outcome. It canbe seen that students generally had positive perceptions of the project sequence. Items 4 and 6deal with students’ overall perception of the process and the broad likelihood of a positiveimpact of these activities on their future careers. These items show that the majority of studentshad a positive view of the process. Indeed, only one student

Conference Session

Engineering Design Graphics Division Technical Session 3: Spatial Visualization

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ziang Xiao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Yuqi Yao, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Chi-Hsien Yen, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Sanorita Dey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Helen Wauck, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; James M. Leake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Brian Woodard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Angela Wolters, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Design Graphics

great potential to lower the cost of evaluation and training. First, the automaticgrading feature can provide immediate feedback to the student, and the instructor can moreeasily manage multiple exercises to a wide range of students to make the training process moreefficient. A more efficient evaluation process enables the early assessment of visuospatial skills,which facilitate the identification of students with potentially inadequate visuospatial skills(Yoon, 2008). Early intervention can then be introduced to train their visuospatial skills, suchthat they will not become a barrier for them to pursue their career in engineering. Moreover,early assessments can provide information to better customize the course flowcharts for students.For

Conference Session

PCEE Evaluation Studies

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa LeBow, University of Arkansas; Michelle L. Bernhardt-Barry, University of Arkansas; Jyotishka Datta, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education

socioeconomic differences mean thatmany students that enter STEM fields may begin their careers at a disadvantage. It could also bea source of discouragement for these students, leading to a lack of diversity in engineering andother STEM fields. While this is an alarming problem, past data has shown that doing exercisesand activities that require using visual spatial skills can develop and enhance these skills. [19]The most effective tools and methods for promoting visual spatial retention and measuring theimprovements have been a topic of concern. Martin-Dorta et al. [20] created a game called“Virtual Blocks” for mobile devices to test its effectiveness in improving these skills andbridging the gap between genders. The game consisted of two activities

Conference Session

Graduate Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andres Alejandro Herrera, University of Arkansas; Eric Specking, University of Arkansas; Richard Ham, University of Arkansas

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Diversity

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Graduate Studies

United States Air Force after a distinguished career, serving as a senior air traffic controller, airfield manager, security executive, and commander of the command and control school. After his retirement, Dr. Ham worked for the United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA), holding positions as the senior executive responsible for regulatory compliance and managing the official enforcement automated data systems as well as the world’s largest K9 explosive program, general aviation, regulatory enforcement and regula- tory risk management.. Dr. Ham began his career at TSA by serving as an Assistant Federal Security Director for Inspections. In this role, Dr. Ham was responsible for the day-to-day

Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel B. Oerther, Missouri University of Science & Technology

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Diversity

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Engineering and Public Policy

with so many professional obligations competing for our time and few tangible short-term career rewards for such activities, we often fail to get involved. This year, resolve to tithe 2% of your time to public engagement. This translates to an average of about 1 h per week writing op-ed pieces, giving lecture to community groups, providing pro bono support to a civic group – essentially anything that brings you into contact with people who do not know the difference between an IC and GC [19].But this encouragement towards public engagement in 2018 seems to contradict a prior warningoffered in an editorial in September, 2016 entitled, “Crossing The Imaginary Line,” [20] inwhich Sedlak had previously shared

Conference Session

Biological & Agricultural Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janie M. Moore, Texas A&M University

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Biological and Agricultural Engineering

students with an opportunity tospecialize their learning in specific concentrations such as water and soil conservation, airquality, agricultural systems/power & machinery, renewable energy, and post-harvestprocessing/food engineering/bioprocess engineering. In an effort to identify distinguishingcharacteristics of a BAE, learning outcomes were mapped to specific concentrations and specificknowledge areas for the BAE curriculum at Texas A&M University. Learning outcomes havebeen viewed as the standard for measuring the knowledge, skills and attitudes a student hasobtained. Mapping of these learning outcomes could function as indicators of students’ abilitiesto perform in careers focused on their concentration and distinguish them from

Conference Session

Systems Engineering Division Technical Session 2: SE Applications

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicole A.C. Hutchison, Stevens Institute of Technology; Sergio Luna, Stevens Institute of Technology; William D. Miller, Stevens Institute of Technology; Hoong Yan See Tao, Stevens Institute of Technology; Dinesh Verma, Stevens Institute of Technology; Gregg T. Vesonder, Stevens Institute of Technology; Jon Patrick Wade, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Systems Engineering

model that supports the engineering community but also provides input to each acquisition career field such as program management, and test & evaluation, unique to their responsibilities to support and manage mission engineering • Conduct a gap analysis comparing current curricula against the competency requirements • Provide recommendations on creating a mission-engineering curriculum, as well as modifying the applicable career fields’ curricula to build interdisciplinary mission engineering knowledge and abilities.The research is based on a mixed-methods approach, utilizing grounded theory to extractmeaning from data collected in interviews as well as a traditional literature review. Weinterviewed

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Monday Cornucopia (Classroom Innovations)

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; James Moscola, York College of Pennsylvania; James A. Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Eleanor Leung, York College of Pennsylvania; Jason Forsyth, James Madison University

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First-Year Programs

fields and help them to make an informed decision about theirfuture career. To facilitate this idea, engineering programs at York College of Pennsylvania offer acommon first semester, where all engineering students (and some undeclared students curiousabout engineering) take a design-based engineering course, Engineering Practices and DesignStudio (EPADS), along with other common courses. This design course consists of two modules:an Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) module; and a Mechanical and Civil Engineering(MCE) module. Students spend seven weeks working on each module, exploring basic conceptsin each discipline. In the MCE module, students work with Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools,basic hand tools, and machine tools in a machine

Conference Session

Manufacturing Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Chiou, Drexel University; Carlos Michael Ruiz, Drexel University; Michael G. Mauk, Drexel University; M. Eric Carr, Drexel University; Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso

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Manufacturing

such as 3Dprinting, computer modeling and automated manufacturing the skills needed by workers are muchmore different today than in the past. The sizes of facilities has drastically reduced and manycompanies are making only a few very specialized products. The goal of the alliance is to get kidsin middle and high school interested in these types of careers, which can help employ more peoplelocally and grow the manufacturing in the city. There are thousands of manufacturers in the citythat have trouble finding qualified employees, which makes programs in high schools and middleschools that can teach how to work on the equipment for modern manufacturing as well as howthat equipment produces the products.Presentation #6Title: So......What Does

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ben D. Radhakrishnan, National University; Timothy J. Pettit, National University

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Engineering Management

establish Sustainable strategies for enterprises. He is an Affiliate Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, focusing on the energy efficiency of IT Equipment in a Data Centers. As a means of promoting student- centric learning, Prof. Radhakrishnan has successfully introduced games in to his sustainability classes where students demonstrate the 3s of sustainability, namely, Environment, Economics and Equity, through games. Students learn about conservation (energy, water, waste, equity, etc.) through games and quan- tifying the results. He has published papers on this subject and presented them in conferences. Before his teaching career, he had a very successful corporate management career

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rick Olson, University of San Diego; Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego; Ming Z. Huang, University of San Diego; Leonard A. Perry, University of San Diego; Breanne Przestrzelski, University of San Diego; Chell A. Roberts, University of San Diego

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

education community including serving as General Co-Chair of the 2006 Frontiers in Education (FIE) Conference, on the FIE Steering Committee, and as President of the IEEE Education Society for 2009-2010. She is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Education. She and her coauthors were awarded the 2011 Wickenden Award for the best paper in the Journal of Engineering Education and the 2011 and 2015 Best Paper Awards for the IEEE Transactions on Education. In Spring 2012, Dr. Lord spent a sabbatical at Southeast University in Nanjing, China teaching and doing research.Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego Michelle M. Camacho is Professor of Sociology at the University of San Diego. She began her career at

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Beever, University of Central Florida

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Engineering Ethics

technicians, not thinkers. If engineers do engage critically inthinking about the broader context of engineering, it is late in their careers once their technicalexpertise and professional engineering identity has been secured. Such late-career faculty havetime to begin work on what is, functionally, a second specialization, but neglect to see it as such.And given this neglect, philosophers may tend to see the perspectives of these engineer-philosophers as Socrates viewed his interlocuters: as naïve though importantly informed byexperience. Thus, philosophers are a necessary condition for ethical engineering, since theirprimary specialization is in critical conceptual analysis and problem-identification, if not inethics specifically. Interestingly

Conference Session

Design Thinking and Creativity

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Suzanne Eyerman, Fairhaven Research and Evaluation; Sarah Hug, University of Colorado, Boulder; Emily McLeod; Tania Tauer, Techbridge Girls

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

engineeringeducation to more girls. That nonprofit, Techbridge, seeks particularly to serve girls of color andgirls in lower-income neighborhoods with a goal of inspiring girls to discover their passion forscience, engineering, and technology (SET). The major goal of Techbridge is to help girls seeSET careers as a possibility for their own futures because the girls know they have the ability tosucceed in those fields. To accomplish this, Techbridge helps girls learn some technical skills inSET fields, gauge their interest in a variety of areas, and have up-close experiences interactingwith SET professionals in their workplaces. In Techbridge’s afterschool programs, girls fromgrades 4 through 12 learn technical skills in science, engineering, and technology

Conference Session

Literature and Research Perspectives on Engineering Leadership Development

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University; Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University; Brett Tallman P.E., Montana State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

leadership and culture in process improvement. His research is supported by the NSF and industry and has received numerous national and international awards. He is an elected Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management and serves as an Associate Editor for both the Engineering Management Journal and Quality Approaches in Higher Education. Prior to his academic career, Schell spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development.Dr. Bryce E. Hughes, Montana State University Bryce E. Hughes is an Assistant Professor in Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University, and holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Organizational Change from

Conference Session

Ocean and Marine Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan John Washuta P.E., The Citadel; Jason Howison, The Citadel; Billy L. Clark, The Citadel; Robert Hudson Imhoff IV; Luiz Dos Reis

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Ocean and Marine

a fixed-wing aviator shortly after his graduation.Luiz Dos Reis Luiz Dos Reis is a mechanical engineer who graduated with a bachelor of science from The Citadel. He moved to the United States, from Brazil, at age eighteen and completed a six-year Active Duty contract in the US Air Force with a career in maintenance production management in the Civil Engineering Squadron. His interests include renewable energy, project management, and video game development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Water Tunnel Design: A Senior Capstone Project to Promote Hands-on Learning in FluidsAbstractMechanical Engineering courses in fluid mechanics typically

Conference Session

Engineering in a Societal Context

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Sievers, US Air Force Academy; Melissa Stewart Beauregard, United States Air Force Academy; James B. Pocock, U.S. Air Force Academy; Adam M Strecker P.E.; Kimberly Kays, United States Air Force Academy; John A. Christ, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

international policy have resulted in environmental sustainabilityemerging as a rapidly growing education objective. This is especially true in those fields relatedto STEM and at the post-secondary level. ABET, the accreditation board for engineering andtechnology programs, identifies sustainability as a realistic design constraint to be implementedinto undergraduate engineering curricula, and specifically requires sustainability to be covered inarchitectural, civil, and environmental engineering programs. However, an understanding ofsustainability and how and when decisions related to sustainable practices are made transcendsSTEM careers. Therefore, education in sustainability should reach all academic majors. Forexample, at the United States Air

Conference Session

Connecting BME education to the "real world"

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anthony E. Felder, University of Illinois, Chicago; Miiri Kotche, University of Illinois, Chicago; Jennifer D. Olson, University of Illinois at Chicago; Janet Aderemi Omitoyin, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Biomedical Engineering

Lake View Student population: 9% biomineralization inVJ 17 Asian Female High School African American, 71% ferritin proteins, led by Hispanic, 13% White, 4% Tolou Shokuhfar, Ph.D. Asian, 3% Other David G Neighborhood school, Design and 3D printing Farragut 99% Low income; of lab equipment for AfricanCM 7 Male Career Student population: 9% low-resources American Academy African American, 90% environments, led by

Collection

2018 ASEE Conferences - Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration / San Antonio proceedings

Authors

Gretchen Mosher

information is known about ET graduates and even less has been written about theacademic pathway of these graduates [6]. Conventional wisdom attributes high attrition fromengineering to other disciplines an unavoidable cost of under-prepared or unmotivated studentsentering engineering degree programs. As noted by [2] and others, not all those who exit theengineering discipline do so primarily because of low academic performance.Several researchers have examined the career pathways of students who have left engineeringand found success in other STEM disciplines [8, 9, 10] but largely absent from the publishedliterature is specific information on students who transfer from engineering into ET. Ortiz andSriraman [1] explored faculty perceptions on why

Conference Session

Track: Learning Spaces, Pedagogy, and Curriculum Design Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Elizabeth Hane, Rochester Institute of Technology; Scott Franklin, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Diversity, Learning Spaces, Pedagogy & Curriculum Design

Physics and Astronomy and Director of the CASTLE Center for Advancing STEM Teaching, Learning & Evaluation at Rochester Institute of Technology. His educa- tion research includes projects on the development of identity and affiliation in physics majors throughout their undergraduate career, and, separately, how physicists express conceptual meaning in mathemati- cal formalism. He has co-directed the PEER faculty development program for four years, integrating emerging research projects into ongoing programmatic activities that seek to improve the retention of first-generation and deaf/hard-of hearing students in STEM disciplines. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019Improving

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Track: Graduate - Technical Session 12

Collection

2019 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Authors

Kerrie G. Wilkins-Yel, Indiana University ; Bianca L. Bernstein, Arizona State University; Jennifer M. Bekki, Arizona State University; Amanda James Reed

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Diversity, Graduate Education

. Dr. Bernstein is Principal Investigator of the CareerWISE research program, supported by the National Science Foundation since 2006. Her over 250 publications and presentations and over $4 M in external support have focused on the application of psychological science to the career advancement of women and underrepresented minorities and the development of effective learning environments for graduate education.She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Association for the Advancement of Science and has won a number of awards for her work on equity, inclusiveness and mentoring of students and faculty. Dr. Bern- stein holds a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of California at

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Christine E King, University of California Irvine

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

undergraduate engineering settings.Introduction:Group work is becoming common practice in engineering education, as it allows students tolearn teamwork skills while learning the course material at the same time1. Desirable teamworkskills developed through group work include understanding group dynamics, supportingrelationships between individuals, teams, and the task, and establishing practices that build trust2.Furthermore, employers have found that graduates who function well in a team-basedenvironment and have these skills are more successful in their careers as new hires3.In order to understand whether new engineering graduates are prepared for the team-basedstructure of the workforce, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Council

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

James M Widmann, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; John Chen P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Brian P. Self, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Camaryn Elizabeth Chambers, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Alidod Ghazvini; Lisa Marie Kusakabe

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Benchmarking SUCCESS: How do Non-Cognitive and Affective Factors Vary Among Engineering Undergraduates?AbstractThe Studying Underlying Characteristics of Computing and Engineering Student Success(SUCCESS) survey has been distributed at three major universities in the United States to measurehow non-cognitive and affective factors influence student success. One goal of this NationalScience Foundation-sponsored study is to measure these traits and find correlations between themeasured constructs and a student’s academic performance over his or her career as an engineeringundergraduate. After compiling and analyzing data, we benchmarked engineering and computerscience

Conference Session

PSW Section Meeting Papers - Disregard start and end time - for online paper access only

Collection

2019 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

Zhen Yu, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ha Thu Le, California State Polytechnic University Pomona

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Diversity, Pacific Southwest Section Meeting Paper Submissions

through learn-by-doing.This service learning is a good opportunity to educate students that what they learned in theclassrooms is not just academic knowledge, but should be applicable to the society and shouldserve the community. This project will better prepare the students involved by exposing them tocutting-edge technology, which will prepare them to be successful alumni. This project offersstudents active, hands on learning experiences in and out classroom, thus following the learn-by-doing paradigm. The project also helps create a collaborative network of community partnersthat can provide career and internship opportunities to college students.Benefits for university and College of EngineeringGuided by CPP’s signature motto of “learn by

Conference Session

Innovative Course Structures and Learning Environments

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Neda Melanie Bassir Kazeruni, Columbia University; Henry Hess, Columbia University

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Biomedical Engineering

the author’s professional career. First, the historybehind the scientific article was investigated through questions about the time it took to get results,the publishing process, the easiest or hardest part of the experiments, etc. Then, to expose studentsto different career paths that exist in nanobiotechnology, the authors were questioned about theircareer and its evolution since they finished their graduate studies.Thanks to this course format, the students were active in learning the course material before, duringand after the time allocated to the class (Table 1). Before the class During the class After the class Lectures Watch lecture videos Participate in discussions Prepare for the next

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Focusing on Student Success

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephen Roberts, University of Florida; Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Curtis R. Taylor, University of Florida

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Diversity

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First-Year Programs

, seminars, and workshops, and has developed courses, videos and software packages during his career. His areas of specialization include transportation planning, Engineering and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, Renewable Energy and public works.Dr. Curtis R. Taylor, University of Florida Dr. Curtis R. Taylor, Ph.D. is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering and Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida (UF). Dr. Taylor leads and manages all undergraduate student service activities including aca- demic, professional, and extra-curricular activities in the College. Dr. Taylor directs the soft