Conference Session

Social Responsibility & Professionalism

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Louise Yates; Maura Borrego

, American Society for Engineering Educationto provide a framework for students to see how the challenging technical content in theirother courses will be applied later to creative careers which impact society. Engineeringstudents are often motivated by practical significance, and these seminars provide broadercontext for their required math, physics and chemistry courses.A key element of the courses is small class size, enabling faculty to facilitate originalteam projects. In the four introduction to engineering courses which feature projects, thesection size is 50 or more students. Each team uses an identical set of raw materials tomeet identical design specifications. These projects have powerful instructive value in thecontext of discipline

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Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Powell

Page 10.793.1 “Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2005, American Society for Engineering Education”have learned in school.1 The same can be said for some college graduates. Wherever educationis inadequate:1 Students know little about work. Students have no clear idea about what they must do to enter a particular career or occupation. Students do not know what might be expected of them at work since the teaching environment bears little to no resemblance to the engineering environment found in industrial companies. Schools do not teach the attitudes and maturity needed on the job. Schools isolate young people from adults who

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New Endeavors

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Vivian Bergel; Jean Fullerton; Troy McBride

topics of history of engineering,engineering majors and career paths, problem solving, design, project management, teamwork,oral presentation skills, technical writing, and some basic computing skills using a spreadsheet(statistics, solution of equations, and optimization). Most of these skills are relevant to allengineering majors and can be introduced without the need for a rigorous mathematicalframework. To connect all of this material together, team-based engineering projects aretypically assigned. A significant challenge for first semester first year engineering students is tofind projects which are both challenging enough to require real teamwork and projectmanagement, while not having unreasonable time and skill-level demands. We feel

Conference Session

Accreditation

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kenneth Brannan; Kevin Bower

individual’s outcomes are affected by others’ actions3. A study performed by Forbes etal.12 on the students’ perception of group-based PBL showed that students felt group work waseffective at focusing them on the reality of their roles as future clinical practitioners. It isreasonable to assume that students whose educational strategy focused on group interactions andbelieve they are preparing for their eventual career roles are more prepared to work in groupenvironments that mimic real world conditions. The second benefit stems from the discovery ofthe individuals’ roles in the group. In self-directed problem based learning, students are Page

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Innovations in ChE Labs

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Kirk Schulz; Adrienne Minerick

discussed for both experiments andavailable for instructor use.Keywords: Freshman course, Electrophoresis, Bioreactor, Experiment, Inexpensive equipmentIntroductionAt Mississippi State University, our 1-credit hour freshman seminar course has been designed tointroduce students to the Chemical Engineering field. The class meets once a week for 50minutes with about 15 contact sessions in the fall semester. The objectives of the course aremultifaceted and include having the students • Gain an appreciation and knowledge of chemical engineering as a career, • Perform laboratory activities that illustrate key chemical engineering concepts, • Gain experience in oral and written communication skills, • Gain an appreciation for chemical

Conference Session

Energy Projects and Laboratory Ideas

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2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Sarah Leach; Heather Cooper; Bill Hutzel

, consider a typical adult student pursuing an MET Associates degree atthe Purdue statewide location in New Albany, IN. Career and family obligations limit his/hercoursework to two evening courses each semester. The experimental work at New Albany islimited because the energy lab, hydraulics lab, and controls lab occupy the same space. It wouldstrengthen the overall Purdue MET program if sophisticated laboratory equipment were suppliedin a format that meets the constraints of this non-traditional student. In a stroke of good fortune, the key technology for improving energy efficiency incommercial buildings is also supplying a ready-made solution to the challenge of providingmodern laboratory equipment to large numbers of undergraduate

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Industry Participation and Ethics in BME

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Rainer Jonas; Peter Winter; Peter Eichelmann; Paul King; Jeannie Scriven; Hunter Lauten; Hans-Jorg Jacobsen; Claudia Berger; Bernhard Huchzermeyer; Angelika Appenzeller; Jerry Collins; Todd Giorgio; Jean Alley

project, and a more comprehensive writeup and reporting.Undergraduate engineering programs in the U.S. and Europe, therefore, differ substantially induration, content and philosophy. The U.S. undergraduate experience typically leaves thestudent with a range of choices for career or professional development, including medical school,graduate school in a range of disciplines, or work in one of a variety of marketplaceopportunities, not necessarily limited to engineering. In contrast, European engineering trainingtends to be much more focused on preparation for practice in a particular specialty ofengineering. Meaningful student and faculty interaction between European and U.S. engineerin gacademic and industrial sites requires recognition of and

Conference Session

Assessment & Quality Assurance in engr edu

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Creese

incomparison to one or two courses. The sophomore projects at AAU are approximatelyequivalent to many senior projects in the US. The final projects at AAU generally exceed theMS thesis and problems reports in most US universities. Employers in Denmark (4) haveindicated that the AAU graduates are better prepared and more productive as they begin theirprofessional careers. The differences between project-based and course-based systems and some of the reasonsfor better projects at AAU are: 1) Students do several team projects, not just one. 2) Studentshave offices on campus and are expected to be in their office when not in class. 3) Students havea common class schedule and typically have at most one course difference. 4) Each project has aproject

Conference Session

Freshman Curriculum Development

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mark Palmer

Copyright  2002, American Society for Engineering EducationMuch of this dissatisfaction and disinterest in engineering was found to occur during the firsttwo years of an engineer’s education when they are exposed to the scientific concepts they willapply during their careers. Ninety percent of engineering majors who switched to anon-engineering major, and seventy five percent who persevered, described the quality ofteaching as poor overall. Seniors about to graduate in engineering made it clear their experiencein these introductory courses had given them a shaky foundation for higher level work.The National Science Foundation, in a recent call for proposals (Action in Engineering), hasidentified several needed changes to address these findings

Conference Session

Assessment in EM Education

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Sami Ainane; Janet Schmidt; Gary Pertmer

looking for in qualified applicants. They are also asked to rate thecandidates they have interviewed as a group in terms of how well the group matched the criteriathey were looking for. Further, employers are asked which types of engineering majors they arerecruiting and if they have found significant differences in preparation of the applicants by major.Surveys are collected through the Co-Op office and the university’s Career Center. In addition,chairs were supplied with copies of the survey for use in their own career related events. Finally,at the “half way point” in the six year accreditation visit cycle, the Director of Student Researchwill both initiate an additional comprehensive survey of engineering employers which will bemailed and

Conference Session

Knowing Students:Diversity and Retention

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Demel

thestudents with motivation, information, an opportunity to get to know their classmates throughteamwork, skills that they will need for their careers (and help meet ABET 2000 guidelines),information about the various disciplines, a chance to be creative, and, most importantly, that theCollege through its personnel care about them and want to help them to succeed. They feel thatthey are part of the College from the beginning.Putting Engineering Up FrontPrior to the 1990s, many engineering programs had mathematics and science up front rather thanengineering. The students viewed courses that covered these subjects as barriers to get intoengineering. The Drexel E4 program put the emphasis on engineering – hands-on labs anddesign up front - and the Ohio

Conference Session

Mentoring Graduate Students for Success

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Mara Wasburn

. (1992). In pursuit of the Ph.D. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.3. Garcia, M. E. (1987). Preventing the “all but thesis” phenomenon. (Doctoral Dissertation, Western Michigan University, 1987.) Dissertation Abstracts International, 48, 2089-B.4. National Council for Research on Women. (2001). Balancing the equation: Where are women and girls in science, engineering and technology? New York: National Council for Research on Women.5. Martin, J. R. (2000). Coming of age in academe. New York: Routledge.6. National Academy of Sciences. (2000). Who will do the science of the future? A symposium on careers of women in science. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.7. Schmidt, P. (1996, 29 March

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Graduate Student Experiences

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Reischman; Eugene Brown

in “Best and Brightest Part Two: Are Sciences and EngineeringGraduate Programs Still Attracting the Best Students?” (IFAD2) Another way of framing thequestion is to ask why students migrate to other disciplines. Some answers can be found inTalking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences (IFAD3). Perhaps studentsare not as well prepared for a career in engineering as they might be. What some view as thesorry state of preparation in science and mathematics that is provided by our primary andsecondary schools in pursued in (IFQP1). This reference introduces yet another question: “Whyisn’t engineering as popular among college-age students in the US as it is in other countries?”Food for thought on this question can be found in IFIP1

Conference Session

Design, Assessment, and Curriculum

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Teodora Rutar; Steven Beyerlein; Phillip Thompson; Lawrence McKenzie; Denny Davis; Kenneth Gentili; Patricia Daniels; Michael Trevisan

methodsfor assessing achievement and stimulating improvement in supporting skill sets 2. Because theseskill sets are multi-faceted and span developmental levels, they are ideally addressed andassessed at multiple points in the curriculum3,4. A special challenge occurs in assessingcapabilities of students who transfer among institutions and degree programs during theiracademic career. This situation, along with a passion for improving the quality of designeducation, was the challenge that inspired the formation of the Transferable Integrated DesignEngineering Education (TIDEE) consortium5. Page 7.257.1 Proceedings of the 2002 American

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Doran; Leo Denton; Dawn McKinney

vocabulary and reflective framework consistent with Maslow.Through reflection, students will anticipate and recognize how the achievement of specific goalssatisfies deeper objectives in their overall intellectual growth and self-actualization. Byparticipating in self-reflection, students will be able to carry associated self-regulated learninghabits into later courses and achieve a more active role in their learning experiences. While atfirst being an expected behavior that is prompted by the educational setting, motivated learningshould ultimately become an internalized life-habit. This approach prepares students to embarkon careers that require the practice of lifelong learning. This effort to address the motivationfactor should not disturb but

Conference Session

Trends in Mechanical Engineering

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

David Torvi

am just beginning to assemble some small-scale test facilitieshere at the University of Saskatchewan, I have had to rely on videotape of fire tests to help thestudents to gain an appreciation for these facilities and for the growth of a fire. Page 7.1080.5 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Con ference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationDuring the introductory part of the course, I show the students videotape of fire tests that I havebeen involved in during my research career, first as a graduate student at the University

Conference Session

Innovative Courses for ChE Students

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Colin Grant; Brian Dickson

other views on the world at work.”Whereas the Process Technology & Management course,“Expands the narrow view of first degrees in engineering or science. The match of advancedtechnical skills and management material from Strathclyde’s MBA Programme really makes adifference to individuals.”3. CONCLUSIONSWhat are the lessons here from this approach to learning? We would suggest that: - It forces a multi-disciplinary/multi-organisation approach on student - It builds multi-skilled individuals - Work based assignments build competencies - It provides support in career development - It offers a CPD opportunity to the Chemical Engineering

Conference Session

Program Assessment in ET

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Maryanne Weiss; Mark Pagano; Margaret Weeks

but offers limited career opportunity is unacceptable. Technologygraduates often find themselves restricted by skills with a short “half life.” In other words, theyare unable to move forward in their careers or their education and forced to start the learningprocess over again.Since 1992, when Congress enacted the Scientific and Advanced Technology Act (SATA),technician education has been given increased attention. SATA called for the establishment of"a national advanced technician program, utilizing the resources of the Nation's two-yearassociate-degree-granting colleges, to expand the pool of skilled technicians in strategicadvanced technology fields to increase the productivity of the Nation's industries, and to improvethe competitiveness

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Milton Franke

at AFIT began over 40 years ago. The Astronautics Program began in 1958as a two-year program. A Space Facilities Program was started in 1962 to provide engineeringcompetence to design, develop, test, operate, and maintain fixed facilities and supporting systemsin free space and on the lunar surface. 3 Today, the Astronautics Program is called the GraduateAstronautical Engineering Program. It is 18 months long, and its curriculum, which will bedescribed later, has changed considerably from its early beginning. The Space FacilitiesProgram no longer exists, but “a special program in space facilities is offered for officers in theCivil Engineering career field to prepare them for roles in the development and operation oflaunch facilities and

Conference Session

Freshman Design

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2002 Annual Conference

Authors

John Lake; John Anderson; Charles Yarnoff; J. Edward Colgate; Barbara Shwom; Penny Hirsch

. Page 7.514.9 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright ©2002, American Society for Engineering Education It is to a design company’s advantage to influence, through their direct participation, what students are taught about the design process, teamwork, and communication.• Second, some designers benefit from the opportunity to meet students early in their educational careers and to recruit them for internships and full-time positions. In their roles as clients and faculty, designers get to know these students well and can maintain contact with those that especially interest them.• Third, in their role as clients, designers benefit

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ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference

Authors

Stephanie L. Walkup PE, Villanova University; Shawn P. Gross, Villanova University; Jeffrey Joseph Cook, Villanova University

meeting prescribedstrain and deflection constraints.The course is project-based with an introduction to civil, mechanical, electrical, and computerengineering topics and showcasing the interdisciplinary relationship of the engineeringdisciplines. This introduction allows students to develop domain identification – the extent towhich students define themselves through a role or performance in activities related to thedomain, such as engineering7. Domain identification has been linked to positive outcomes inclassroom participation8, higher achievement in grades and academic honors9, and intention topursue a career in engineering10.Major aspects of this mini project include an early focus on performing individually focusedlaboratory experiments to

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2023 ASEE GSW

Authors

Derek T. Gwin; Ozgur Aktunc

professional career, what has been the outcome? 7. Would you choose agile over a traditional methodology for every project?When interviewees answered no to question 7, indicating they would not choose agile overtraditional project management practices for every project, they were asked to elaborate on theresponse. After answering the interview questions, interviewees were prompted to describe theirtotal professional experience and their experience with agile practices.Interviewees’ descriptions of traditional project management and agile coalesced around a commonunderstanding of traditional project management as oriented toward the delivery of a pre-determinedsolution and agile toward problem solving and adapting to change. None of the

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2024 ASEE-GSW

Authors

Denise Emily Pahang, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Isabella Treviño, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Jimena B Alegria, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Brooke McGill, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Nehal I. Abu-Lail, Washington State University; Gongchen Sun, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity

her first year in the joint biomedical engineering master’s program offered by UTHealth San Antonio and The University of Texas at San Antonio. Her decision to pursue a career in biomedical engineering came from her love of healthcare and her love for innovative problem-solving. Upon receiving her Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Jimena hopes to work in the Biotechnology industry.Ms. Brooke McGill, The University of Texas at San Antonio Brooke McGill is pursuing a Bachelor of Science, directed in Chemical Engineering, at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She wishes to specialize in biomedical and medical science within the Chemical Engineering field, which is why she takes her job as Dr. Nehal Abu

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2024 South East Section Meeting

Authors

Steven Wright, Georgia State University

economy), or some industrial policymaker (in more centralized economies). Other narrative styles (e.g., “technologicalparasitism”22, “Kondratiev waves”23, etc.) have also been proposed to describe technologyevolution at a macro scale as emergent behavior. From an ethical perspective, the underlyingtechnology still lacks agency as it is the humans around it that are making decisions to developor adopt it for further use.Engineering Roles in Technology AdoptionPathways for engineering careers are increasingly diverse with varying emphasis on professionalcompetencies24. While engineering competencies are associated with innovation and technologydevelopment, personality assessments are often at odds with the personality attributes associatedwith

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Track 8: Technical Session 7: Designing an open course to highlight the work of underrepresented STEM scholars

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

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Brianna B Buljung, Colorado School of Mines; Seth Vuletich, Colorado School of Mines; Madison Schaefer

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

. 1, pp. 4–8, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.010.[10] M.-E. Baylor, J. R. Hoehn, and N. Finkelstein, “Infusing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Throughout Our Physics Curriculum: (Re)defining What It Means to Be a Physicist,” The Physics Teacher, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 172–175, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.1119/5.0032998.[11] G. Potvin et al., “Gendered Interests in Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering: Intersections With Career Outcome Expectations,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 298–304, Nov. 2018, doi: 10.1109/TE.2018.2859825.[12] J. Rohde et al., “Design Experiences, Engineering Identity, and Belongingness in Early Career Electrical and Computer Engineering Students,” IEEE Transactions on

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Track 2: Technical Session 3: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: a Practitioner's Look "Under the Hood" of Implemented Program Recommendations Four Years After a Needs Assessmentor supporting LGBTQIA+ engineering students

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2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Kathrine Ehrlich-Scheffer, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

eventually led her to a position in IT for a semiconductor IP start-up. Fast forward through coast-to-coast moves to Boston, San Diego and finally Rochester, Kathy spent many years in the fitness industry while raising her daughter, wearing every hat from personal trainer and cycling instructor to owner and director of Cycledelic Indoor Cycling Studio. Kathy draws upon these many diverse career and life experiences while directing WE@RIT. In the spring of 2020, Kathy earned her Master of Science degree in Program Design, Analysis & Manage- ment through RIT’s School of Individualized Study, combining concentrations in Project Management, Analytics and Research, & Group Leadership and Development. An unabashed

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2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference

Authors

Aiden James Landis, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; David V.P. Sanchez, University of Pittsburgh; Tony Lee Kerzmann, University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh. After graduation, Dr. Kerzmann began his career as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Robert Morris University which afforded him the opportunity to research, teach, and advise in numerous engineering roles. He served as the mechanical coordinator for the RMU Engineering Department for six years, and was the Director of Outreach for the Research and Outreach Center in the School of Engineering, Mathematics and Science. In 2019, Dr. Kerzmann joined the Me- chanical Engineering and Material Science (MEMS) department at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the advising coordinator and associate professor in the MEMS department, where he positively engages with numerous mechanical

Conference Session

Teaching Communication II

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Victoria Vadyak; Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Joanna K. Garner, Old Dominion University; Christine Haas, Christine Haas Consulting

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

part of being in the group or to identify the waysin which UTREE is preparing students for the next stage of their careers. Other questionsprobed for specific details such as the number of UTREE activities that a studentparticipated in or the number of class periods that a mentor has taught. Eighteen of those26 members responded to this survey. To identify the impact that UTREE classes have on the students who view thepresentations, ten faculty members at Penn State were surveyed. Six of those tenresponded. The questions of this survey addressed to the effectiveness of the UTREE classperiods. As with the first survey, the actual questions of this survey appear in theAppendix. The main audiences of the UTREE classes, including

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 2

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anton E. Bowden, Brigham Young University; Gregg Morris Warnick, Brigham Young University; Spencer P. Magleby, Brigham Young University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

Paper ID #9105Longitudinal Evolution of an Inclusive, College-Wide Integrated EngineeringLeadership CurriculumProf. Anton E Bowden, Brigham Young University Anton E. Bowden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Brigham Young University. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Utah State University and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from University of Utah. He received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for his work investigating the role of ligaments as related to biomechanics of the lumbar spine. He is actively involved in the development and teaching of the

Conference Session

Teaching Communication I

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech; Holly M Matusovich, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

Paper ID #10703Match or Mismatch: Engineering Faculty Beliefs about Communication andTeamwork versus Published CriteriaDr. Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech Marie C. Paretti is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she co- directs the Virginia Tech Engineering Communications Center (VTECC). Her research focuses on com- munication in engineering design, interdisciplinary communication and collaboration, design education, and gender in engineering. She was awarded a CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation to study expert teaching in capstone design courses, and is co-PI on numerous