Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Carrell, Texas Tech University; Joshua M. Cruz; Andrew Mark Herbert; Michael Scott Laver, Rochester Institute of Technology; Emily Lazarus; Iris V. Rivero; Erika Nuñez, Texas Tech University; Nafisha Tabassum

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

curriculum since the fall of 2018, as atransferable and scalable implementation. However, it is important to note the preliminarynature of this work, and the need for further course build-up and analysis. Overall, empatheticdispositions in engineering students can be cultivated by asking them to empathize in theirproblem-solving endeavors. Further, the humanities with integrated STEM problem-solving canprovide optimal gains in empathic dispositions for engineering students.Implications from this preliminary work do show promise. The simple implementation of askingstudents to empathize before or during the problem-solving process could be a simple addition tocurrent engineering curriculum and design. Further, the process of writing should be

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

John B. Troy

constituents had been used to improve the educationaloutcomes of our program. This made the transition from the old ABET practices to EC2000relatively easy. Significantly, we had made a revolutionary change in our curriculum at the school-widelevel since our previous ABET review, and this change was motivated by feedback receivedfrom some of our constituents. The change entailed a new sequence of courses for first year Page 5.243.1engineering students where engineering analysis and design were integrated with math, physicsand written communication. Hence, from day one now, engineering students at Northwesternare introduced to engineering methods

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert Vance; Gloria Elliott; Craig W. Somerton

StateUniversity where during our transition from a quarter program to a semester program theinstrumentation course was eliminated with the understanding that instrumentation associatedwith a technical area, for example thermocouples with heat transfer and pressure transducers withfluid mechanics, would be integrated into appropriate technical laboratory course. A downside tothis approach is that several of the standard topics covered in an instrumentation course could beleft out in the cold. In particular, the teaching of the experiment design is a prime candidate forthis type of neglect. With the coming of Engineering Criteria 2000 and its specification inCriterion 3 that “engineering programs must demonstrate that their graduates have ... an ability

Conference Session

FPD2 -- Highlighting First-Year Programs

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marc Christensen, Southern Methodist University; David Willis, Southern Methodist University; Scott Douglas, Southern Methodist University

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First-Year Programs

strongly on thestructure of the particular college or university’s curriculum. Many college engineeringretention studies agree that the first year of study is extremely important in determining ifa student will persist and graduate with an engineering degree4. In institutions that have acommon first-year engineering curriculum, it is possible to completely change the first- Page 11.71.3year experiences of all engineering students through the retooling of the commoncourses. At other institutions where individual departments offer first-year introductorycourses, curriculum changes must involve activities in multiple departments to besuccessful across the

Conference Session

Circuits & Systems Education II

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen L. Butler-Purry, Texas A&M University; Mehmet Oren, Texas A&M University; Susan Pedersen, Texas A&M University; Justin Foreman, Prairie View A&M University; Pamela Obiomon, Prairie View A&M University; Ajay K. Katangur, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

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Electrical and Computer

improving the intervention, and gaining insights thatcan lead to shared theories with implications for designing other interventions [25].Two objectives of the research project are: (1) create new student learning materials andstrategies which vertically integrate a conceptual or pedagogical approach on digital systemdesign into sequences of courses in electrical and computer engineering (ECE) and computerscience (CS) curriculums, and (2) contribute to knowledge on undergraduate student attitudes onthe use of video games as a motivator for pursuing or persisting in an ECE or CS major, and theeffect on student performance, especially those from underrepresented groups. The effectivenessof the game is assessed using a comprehensive array of

Conference Session

Tools and Support for Software Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Scott Hawker, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Software Engineering Constituent Committee

. Page 11.1261.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 The Collaborative eNotebook: a Collaborative Learning and Knowledge Management TestbedAbstractWe envision an eNotebook, a software system that enables students and instructors to managetheir learning content across the software engineering curriculum, and to organize the content inmultiple ways. We also envision this as a Collaborative eNotebook, which students andinstructors use as they collaborate to create, share, and add to this content, and collaborate asthey create, share, and add to ways to organize the content. This paper describes the features of aCollaborative eNotebook; it describes a design that integrates existing technologies from

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Douglas H. Timmer, University of Texas, Pan American; Miguel Gonzalez, University of Texas, Pan American; Connie M. Borror, Arizona State University West

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NSF Grantees

and maintaining a strong reputation of excellence. He has developed a strong track record of teaching effectiveness based on consistently good teaching evaluations, and he has won some departmental awards in this area. Dr. Gonzalez and colleagues from UTPA and Michigan State University were awarded Honorable Mention in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2004 Curriculum Innovation Award competition. Furthermore, his service as an Associate Editor for The IEEE Transactions on Education has provided him with a means of enhancing and maintaining his knowledge on the issues affecting engineering education. In the area of professional achievement, he has been able to obtain over Four Million Dollars in funding

Conference Session

Aligning Graduate Programs with Industrial Needs

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Siny Joseph, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Jung Oh, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus; Raju S. Dandu, Kansas State University - Polytechnic Campus

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Graduate Studies

Data Mining & Statistics Search Methods Figure 3: Proposed integrated modular course assignmentDataThis section investigates the effectiveness of the COT 706 course in meeting industry needs, from theperspectives of students and instructors. The methodology includes an analysis of student alumni survey,student grade book, and teaching evaluations.Student SurveyAll student alumni from the induction of COT 706 as a core course in the curriculum were contacted, i.e.,from Spring 2015 to Spring 2018. Students were requested to complete a Qualtrics survey administeredonline to provide feedback on their experience with the course, comment on the proposed changes in thecourse and the applicability of skills learned in the course to their

Conference Session

Chemical Engineering Education: Underclass Years

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Bullard, North Carolina State University; Donald Visco, Tennessee Technological University; David Silverstein, University of Kentucky; Jason Keith, Michigan Technological University

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Chemical Engineering

emphasis on cooperative education at the upperclassmen levels.Some engineering programs are intentional in choosing to create a culture with aparticular focus. For example, Chamberlain and Benson describe their efforts to defineengineering as part of a community of practice through undergraduate research projectsin El Salvador with Engineers without Borders.33 In response to high student attrition Page 15.1096.5rates, an overloaded curriculum, and a perception of superficial learning and lack ofintegration on the part of students, Central Queensland University developed a uniqueprogram to integrate co-operative education, specific development of

Conference Session

Technical Session M5C

Collection

2022 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

William C. Oakes, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Srinivas Mohan Dustker, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)

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Diversity, Full Papers

, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Srinivas Dustker is a Ph.D. student in Engineering Education at Purdue University. His research interests include community engaged learning, integration of service-learning in undergraduate engineering cur- riculum, faculty development, curriculum development, education policy and technology integration in engineering education. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering and Manage- ment from B.M.S. College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India and his Master of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States. American c Society for

Collection

1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Ravi Jain

the part of the faculty.IEP students have access to the necessary humanities and social sciences (H&S) coursesconducted at other colleges in the University. The engineering curriculum has to meet rigorousABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) requirements for engineering,humanities, and social sciences courses. The IEP curriculum had to be tailored to meet theseconstraints. One course, Japanese Management Style, was also made available to studentsfocusing on Japan.International Design ClinicInternational Design Clinic conducted design programs with an international perspective.Clearly, in this global market, manufacturers cannot afford to ignore the revenue potential offoreign markets, the necessity of competing abroad

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

wasfun. The course addresses ABET student outcomes 2, 3, and 5. These outcomes focus onengineering design, communication, and teamwork, respectively.IntroductionTraditional first-semester engineering curriculum includes basic mathematics, sciences, andliberal arts courses in order to prepare students for rigorous engineering courses. This approachhelps highly motivated students who have clear understanding of their field of study. Most highschool graduates may have an understanding of the overall engineering field but may not knowabout a specific field of engineering. A hands-on introduction to each engineering field isnecessary in the early stage of the curriculum and the first semester is an ideal place to exposestudents to various engineering

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Huba; Frank Peters; Sarah Ryan; John Jackman; Sigurdur Olafsson

to formulatethe problem, devise a plan of action, and derive a final solution using the domain knowledgeacquired in class. In addition to improving understanding of the course material, the module isalso designed to improve more general cognitive skills and specifically to enhance themetacognitive ability of the participating students. A prototype of the module is currently beingused in a classroom setting and we report on our initial experiences and student outcomes. Wealso discuss how this will be extended to an active learning environment that uses informationtechnology across the curriculum to integrate all required undergraduate courses.1. IntroductionUsing information technology (IT) to improve engineering education offers much

Conference Session

Engineering Technology Division (ETD) Technical Session 6

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

He Shen, Northwestern Polytechnical University; Aren Petrossian; Joseph Anthony Vizcarra; Eva Schiorring, StemEval; Mark Tufenkjian, California State University, Los Angeles

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology Division (ETD)

prioritized research type by the NSF [3]. Compelling problem-driven anddeep cross-discipline integration are the two compiling characteristics of convergence research.Convergence engineering education is similar to interdisciplinary engineering education in that studentscross disciplinary boundaries and develop integrated knowledge. Different from interdisciplinaryengineering education, convergence engineering education emphasizes not only the growth of students’interdisciplinary knowledge and skills but also their development of self-efficacy and soft skills. Robotics is an excellent tool for practice convergence education, and it is becoming a more and morepopular tool for not only college but also k-12 for teaching Science, Technology

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary E. Sunderland, University of California, Berkeley; Joonhong Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Cathryn Carson, University of California, Berkeley; William E. Kastenberg, University of California, Berkeley

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

andexisting ethical frameworks, which may be expressed emotively. Rather than portraying emotionas a threat to rationality, we outline pedagogical strategies that encourage students to explore therelationship between emotions and feelings, logic and reason, and values and ethics. Thepedagogical strategies presented here are being piloted in an advanced (upper-division)undergraduate seminar course, “Ethics, Engineering, and Society.” This seminar, which was firsttaught during the 2011/12 Academic Year at the University of California, Berkeley, alsoinformed the development of our funded project. This paper describes early student responses tothe new curriculum. Our results suggest that engaging students’ emotions encourages andenables them to reflect

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division (ELD) Technical Session 4

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Uri Feldman, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Callie Cherry, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Engineering Libraries Division (ELD)

aspects of life [9]. Thisdefinition embodies the reality that use of AI will continue to grow and become an integral partof everyday life, and thus, it places the responsibility on the user to be a conscious consumer ofthe technology.AI Literacy Implementation Highlights To tackle the use of AI at our university head-on, a teaching team comprised of a first-year engineering instructor and a research-and-instruction librarian sought to explore how AIliteracy can be conscientiously, responsibly, and practically integrated into the first-yearengineering curriculum. The teaching team designed an instructional module with two goals inmind: first, to train students on how to use an AI large language model generative chatbot, andsecond, to train

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joe C. Guarino, Boise State University; James R Ferguson P.E., Boise State University; V Krishna C Pakala, Boise State University

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Educational Research and Methods

of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Boise State University created aprocess which integrates metrics from the FE results with other metrics in our loop for outcomesassessment and continuous improvement. Our process prevents us from taking inappropriateaction based upon isolated negative results from the FE exam. We have used our process tomake a demonstrable improvement in our curriculum. Two examples of faculty action taken dueto unsatisfactory and questionable results from the FE metric before our last ABET visit arepresented and discussed.IntroductionThe Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam is a common metric used to assess outcomes ofengineering programs. The FE exam is an eight-hour, multiple choice exam administered in thefall

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Satinderpaul Devgan

developing newprograms. This paper describes two such unique graduate programs that were developed througha systematic analysis of national critical technologies, future manpower demand projections,academic and research background of our faculty, and the interests of our students. The M.S.program in Computer and Information Systems Engineering (CISE), an interdisciplinary fieldthat integrates different aspects of computer engineering, computer science, electricalengineering, systems engineering and information systems, was implemented in fall 1997. It hassince experienced a phenomenal growth in student enrollment. A Ph.D. in CISE program, whichbuilds on the master’s program as its core, has since been developed and approved forimplementation.1

Conference Session

College-Industry Partnerships Division Technical Session I: Students

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University North Central; George Stefanek, Purdue University, North Central

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College Industry Partnerships

thecurriculum. We wanted to ascertain whether they would like to have “mini-capstone” projectsincorporated into the curriculum in order to give them experience with solving practicalproblems earlier in their degree program. Finally, we wanted to know whether they would beinterested in having a series of project presentations by industry professionals integrated into themain-capstone course. The survey that we distributed to the students is found in Appendix A.Presenter Survey: We also conducted another survey in which we distributed a questionnaire tothe project presenters (see Appendix B). This survey was designed to gain an industryprofessional’s perspective on the following issues:1. The level of preparedness that fresh engineering graduates have

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ismail Jouny, Lafayette College; Polly Piergiovanni, Lafayette College

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First-Year Programs

longer tube shows conditions where assumptions are no longer valid. A similar lab has been discussed in [1]. ≠ Differential equations. A heat transfer lab using a cup heater with a conducting surface on top demonstrates another application of engineering modeling. The model solution includes the error function, which is introduced to the students in Excel and Matlab. ≠ Logarithms and exponential equations. A pressurized vessel provides another example of engineering modeling. The model solution is an exponential equation. The students find model parameters by linearizing the equation. They also plot the data on logarithmic paper, and skill we have found students lack. ≠ Integration. An

Conference Session

Materials Division (MATS) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew D Goodman, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Saadeddine Shehab, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Nicholas Robert Pozza; Blake Everett Johnson, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; jean-charles stinville, University of Illionis Urbana-Champaign

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Materials Division (MATS)

throughout the program’s curriculum to complete a design project. This paperinvestigates the ongoing work of restructuring a traditional one-semester, 3-credit springcapstone experience in materials science and engineering into a two-semester fall (1-credit) andspring (2-credit) experience. During the restructuring of the capstone experience, the Human-Centered Design (HCD) framework, a method to formalize the design process in discrete stages,was integrated into the course content. Due to course catalog constraints, a 1-credit fall coursewas piloted in Fall 2022 as an elective for seniors (enrollment was approximately 30% of thesenior population); the traditional 3-credit course was still required of all seniors in Spring 2023.Aspects of HCD were

Collection

2003 GSW

Authors

William E. Simon; Dr. Terrence. L Chambers

achievement. If this cannot be done, then other means of gathering data must beused to verify that all outcomes are being achieved by all students who successfully complete theprogram.The selected instruments must be chosen judiciously, used regularly, and not expected to providedata outside the scope of the assessment parameter(s) for which each was selected. A typical setof measurement instruments is shown in Table 2. Proceedings of the 2003 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference The University of Texas at Arlington Copyright  2003, American Society for Engineering Education Triple-Feedback Process for Continuous ImprovementFigure 2 depicts an integrated

Conference Session

Institutional and Curricular Reform

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pierre Lafleur, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Yves Boudreault, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal; Richard Prégent, École Polytechnique de Montréal

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Educational Research and Methods

project includes: • the list of courses which will be set up jointly with other programs; • the list of courses which will be delegated to the departments of support; • the sequence of the courses; • the process of integration of the courses which will be privileged; • strategies to include an internship in the program; • strategies to include an international aspect in the curriculum; • strategies to facilitate access to the graduate levels; • the supervision process which will be set up; • various methods of assessment which will be adopted; • various methods of teaching and learning which will be used.The development of the curriculum is based on the principles exposed in the framework of thiseducational

Collection

2008 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Lawrence Whitman; Zulma Toro-Ramos; Dan Allison; Colin Davidson; Martha Shawver; Shelly Belles; Chris Wilkinson

A Global Design Competition Lawrence Whitman, Zulma Toro-Ramos, Dan Allison, Colin Davidson, Martha Shawver, Shelly Belles and Chris Wilkinson Wichita State University Spirit AeroSystemsAbstractIndustry has made it clear that engineering graduates should be more prepared tointeract in an integrated product team with colleagues around the world. WichitaState University has initiated the Spirit Global Design Challenge mainly due toindustry and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)and the College of Engineering’s Engineering 2020 program which have stressedthe need for engineering graduates to function on multi-disciplinary teams and ina

Collection

1996 Annual Conference

Authors

Richard H. Selfridge; Karl F. Warnick; David V. Arnold

ProceedingsAlthough Deschamps’s article and others are quite useful in introducing differential forms to specialists inelectromagnetics, they have done little to promote the use of differential forms in the broaderelectromagnetics community. If differential forms are to gain a wider acceptance in electrical engineering,not only should researchers and practitioners be made familiar with them, but students should be exposed tothem in the undergraduate curriculum. Presentation of differential forms to undergraduates in electrical engineering requires a differentapproach than teaching forms to graduates. In currently available articles and texts differential forms areusually presented in the most general and complex manner even to beginners. Presenters begin

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First-year Experiences

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger P.E., Florida Gulf Coast University; Chris Geiger, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Multidisciplinary Engineering

Challenges was one of the first decisionswe made in revising this course. The Grand Challenges Scholars Program at FGCU had beenrecently approved, and an additional opportunity to further integrate the Grand Challenges intothe Engineering curriculum and promote the opportunity to encourage students to participate inthe scholars program was seen to be a positive. Furthermore, the Grand Challenges offered aplatform onto which almost any faculty across the College could integrate their areas of expertiseto the class. However, because we wanted the projects to remain student-driven, we didn’t wantto immediately present the Grand Challenges to the students and force their research into aspecific area. We wanted to regain the active learning component

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary First Year Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Timothy Hinds, Michigan State University; Thomas Wolff, Michigan State University; Amanda Idema, Michigan State University; Neeraj Buch, Michigan State University; Carmellia Davis-King, Michigan State University

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First-Year Programs

Cornerstone Engineering InitiativeThe newly designed Cornerstone Engineering program by the MSU College of Engineering,seeks to address the concerns stated above, by developing curriculum and learning experiencesthat will allow students to remain agile and adaptive in the ever-changing employment market.As an integrated first-year engineering experience, the Cornerstone Engineering program seeksto provide early engineering students with a broad introduction to engineering design, theengineering profession and its expectations (e.g. working in the global workplace, engineeringethics, etc.), engineering problem-solving skills and teamwork skills. This component, which werefer to as design engineering, aligns directly with the recommendations of the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rebecca L. Damron, Oklahoma State University; Sohum A Sohoni, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; YoonJung Cho, Oklahoma State University; Kerri S Kearney, Oklahoma State University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

PLP onstudent learning in an introductory microprocessors class. To examine the impact on learning,students were required to write reflections about their learning every week after their labexperience. Reflections were then analyzed from a corpus-based discourse analytic perspective forwhat kind of knowledge the students gained in the PLP experience, procedural or declarative.Additionally, the language in the reflections was analyzed for stance—the students’ perspectiveson what they claimed they had learned. Results showed that students were gaining proceduralknowledge throughout the semester. In this PLP experience, which follows a trajectory of research,implementation and integration, the procedural knowledge was articulated with less

Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Donald J., Jr. Fournier; Cyndi Gaudet

have been designed to academicallyprepare training professionals to meet industry’s requirements for technical instructors who canidentify performance requirements and interventions directly linked to the operational andbusiness goals of an organization. Each curriculum was designed to address the keycompetencies identified by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and theU.S. Department of Labor.1 In addition to the ASTD research, the American Petroleum Institute(API) and the National Environmental Training Association (NETA) recently developed trainercompetency recommendations.2 The SET WTD program blends these sets of nationallyrecognized standards for training professionals.Within the undergraduate WTD program, students

Conference Session

Achieving the Civil Engineering Body of Knowlegde

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Conley, U.S. Military Academy; Decker Hains, U.S. Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

faculty interaction. These events can be tied to specific milestones in the academic year such as start of the term, end of the term, FE exam, or tied to a holiday, an organization’s special project or just an opportunity to get students together.6. Host Branch/Section meetings: Allows students to interact with local professionals on their home turf and integrates them into professional societies. This also serves as a way for the local ASCE Sections and Branches to see what students are doing and to meet with them.7. Attend Branch/Section meetings: Provides an introduction to professional society activities.8. Organization business meetings: Gives students the opportunity to become involved with running an organization, running a