Conference Session

Novel Pedagogies 1

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Arthur C Heinricher, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Paula Quinn, Quinn Evaluation Consulting; Richard F. Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Kent J Rissmiller, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Educational Research and Methods

Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division at WPI, with oversight of WPI’s Global Perspective Program, a worldwide network of 35 Project Centers to which more than 600 students per year travel to address problems for local agencies and organizations under faculty supervision. Rick also oversees the Division’s academic unit, which focuses on local and regional sustainability in support of WPI’s interdisciplinary degree requirement. Rick’s teaching and research interests include service and experiential learning, engineering design and appropriate technology, and internationalizing engineering education. He has developed and advised hundreds of student research projects in the Americas, Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe. Rick

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Penelope Peterson; Frank Fisher

Engineering and Technology (ABET) EngineeringCriteria 2000, “engineering programs must be designed to prepare graduates for the practice ofengineering at a professional level”1. This statement can be interpreted as requiring more thansimply imparting in students a basic understanding of content knowledge in a particular domain. Astechnology continues to advance rapidly it will become more difficult to equip engineeringundergraduates with the knowledge and skills required in the workplace. Thus, while engineeringprograms must continue to cover as much content knowledge as possible, engineering programsmust also take an active role in developing the abilities of their graduates to successfully apply andextend the content knowledge that they have

Conference Session

Professional Graduate Education and Industry

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Stanford, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

previous problems, allows the engineer-leader toconsider new and possibly better ways to meet project goals in safe and economical manner.Creative Thinking The effective engineer-leader always will be willing to “think outside the box.” Newprojects require new, alternative solutions to the technological challenges posed. Experience, of course,plays an important role in creative problem solving. But the engineer-leader must develop the ability toproperly assess not only what has been done but also what can be done within the constraints of theproject. Page 15.1106.3Reflective Thinking As the engineer-leader grows in experience, his or

Conference Session

Measuring Perceptions of Engineering

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

John Ochs

entrepreneurship mapsPA standards for career pathways onto the divisions of the startup company including a)arts and humanities mapped to design and marketing, b) business and communication tomarketing and finance, c) engineering and industrial technology to production, and d)health and human services to human resources, safety, health and legal issues. Studentsform their own companies with president, division heads and team members. They searchout product ideas; perform market research, product research and development. Theyidentify their customers and market their products and /or services through the school’smorning TV show and fliers throughout the school and surrounding community. Thecompany’s board of directors must pitch the idea to the faculty and

Conference Session

Historical Perspectives for Engineering Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Slaton, Drexel University; Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

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Liberal Education

AC 2010-936: TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND THE ALLURE OF "NANO":UNDERSTANDING INSTITUTIONAL ENTHUSIASMSAmy Slaton, Drexel University Amy E. Slaton is an associate professor of history at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and director of Drexel's Master's Program in Science, Technology and Society. She holds a PhD in the History and Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and has written on social aspects of standards and instrumentation in American engineering, construction and manufacturing occupations. Her most recent book is _Race, Rigor, and Selectivity in U.S. Engineering: The History of an Occupational Color Line_ (Harvard University Press, 2010).Mary Ebeling, Drexel University

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division - Integration of Engineering and/or Technical Rigor with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen Sanford, Lafayette College; Philip Parker, University of Wisconsin - Platteville; Frederick Paige, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez, Colorado State University; Elizabeth Diacik, Lafayette College; Timothy Larsen, Lafayette College; Peter Canevari, Lafayette College

Equity Justice/ “Social justice”Courses Gender/Feminism Racism/RaceCurriculum/a Geotechnical Sociotechnical contextDiversity Identity Structural engineeringEducation Inclusion TransportationEngineering education InfrastructureTable 2. Initial code setCurricular Actions Reform Areas Specific DEI Topics Outcomes Community basedUse of technology Engineering ethics engineering DEI literacy Diverse studentCourse modules

Conference Session

PCEE Technical Session 6: Engineering Design in High School

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Plaster, The University of Akron; Nidaa Makki

about who their customer is, what needs the customerhas, and how to meet them. In other words, they are developing an entrepreneurial mindset [2].In order to meet this shift in societal thinking, the importance of exposure to engineering [3] andentrepreneurship earlier in education increases. In this study, Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs) enrolled in an engineering educationcourse where they completed an entrepreneurial Problem-Based Learning (PBL) unit. ThroughPSTs’ reflections, post-assessments, and lesson plans, we gathered their perceptions regardingthe integration of entrepreneurial mindset within their content and future teaching. The researchquestions we investigated are: 1

Conference Session

ERM: Identity Impacts (Identity Part 2)

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Damas, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University

described elements ofengineering thriving and engineering identity that need to be further explored. There arecurrently no existing theories that explain Black student thriving in engineering. In this theorypaper, we present a new framework, Black Student Thriving in Engineering (BSTiE, pronounced“bestie”), that combines the tenets of Engineering Thriving by Juliana Ge, Engineering Identityby Allison Godwin, and Black Student science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) Identity by Kristina Collins. We aim to show that at the intersection of these threeframeworks there exists a unique space that can be used to capture the experiences of Blackstudent thriving in engineering.Theoretical Frameworks & SourcesEngineering

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 1: Looking at Study Abroad through an enhanced lens

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Meredith Blumthal; Luis Rodriguez; James Stubbins, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Brian Woodard, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Gretchen Forman, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Molly Goldstein, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Hannah Dougherty, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Ernest-John Ignacio, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Dawn Owens, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

technology that is used in the UnitedStates is likely the best technology to use to 3.40 1.88 3.03 1.27solve similar technical problems in othercountries.2. There is a single best solution to every 2.24 1.46 2.05 1.30engineering problem.3. It is important for engineers to consider thebroader potential impacts of technical reverse 1.69 1.14 1.54 .88solutions to problems on minority racial and scoredethnic groups in the affected population.4. Technical constraints and criteria are themost

Conference Session

WIED: Analysis, Challenges, Success, and Impacts

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kaitlyn Thomas, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelly Cross, University of Nevada, Reno

community. In the engineering community, where knowledge is thought ofas fixed, objective, and independent from the observer, the epistemologies of the Mbyá-Guaranícommunity would directly contradict the epistemologies of engineering, which carries theconsequence of exclusion of whole communities from the engineering field. Mejia and Paulareveal that the examination of community epistemologies is vital not only to celebrate theengineering technologies and practices of marginalized communities, but also to provide tensionand critique for the engineering field as it strives to provide inclusive communities of practice.The last insight that resulted from this study is that most studies seeking to understand womenand epistemology are qualitative

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED) Technical Session 12

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Dunham, Purdue University; Jennifer Deboer, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI)

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Design in Engineering Education Division (DEED)

, technology use and STEM learning, and educational environments forDr. Dhinesh Balaji Radhakrishnan, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Dhinesh Radhakrishnan is a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University.Nrupaja Bhide, Purdue University at West Lafayette (PPI) Nrupaja is a PhD student at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. She is interested in exploring how Indigenous Knowledges can be centered in STEM curricula. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Teacher and Student Perception of Engineering Design Notebook UtilityAbstractDesign is not the only important aspect of engineering, but it is “widely considered

Conference Session

Research Methods and Studies on Engineering Education Research

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathryn Elizabeth Shroyer, University of Washington; Jennifer A. Turns, University of Washington

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

design problems in engineering education. Inparticular, do we think we know what the design problems are and simply need to address whatdesigners before us have discovered? Have we finished finding the design problems or are wejust starting? In the field of HCI, those grappling with this question note that since our world issocially constructed, and that designers contribute technologies that change the sociallyconstructed nature of the world, then the design problems never go away. There are always newdesign problems emerging. We ascribe to this latter view and believe that we are only juststarting to see the kinds of design problems that we need to address in order to advanceengineering education. If this view is indeed the case, RtD will be a

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Carol S. Stwalley, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Robert Merton Stwalley III P.E., Purdue University at West Lafayette; Grace Lynn Baldwin; Virginia Lynn Booth-Womack, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Sarah Larose

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Diversity

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Cooperative and Experiential Education

-state, residential students. This is particularly problematicfor low socioeconomic status (SES) students, because they tend to overwhelming select publicland grant universities as their schools of choice for higher education [1]. Most of the popularmajors offered at these institutions are in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics(STEM) fields, and those are especially competitive for admission. An additional burden on thelow-SES students is that many of them are in the first generation of their family to attend collegeor are underrepresented minorities (URM). These students contend with issues that manyaffluent, majority individuals cannot comprehend [2].An NSF S-STEM grant, Rising Scholars: Web of Support used as an Indicator of

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ning Gong, ECE Department of Temple University ; Brian P. Butz, Temple University; Saroj K Biswas, Temple University; Li Bai, Temple University; Daniel J Douglas, Temple University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

hands-on learning opportunity due to safety issues, expense, and lack of qualifiedteaching assistants. The IEEE Power Engineering Education Committee (PEEC) Task Force onEducation Resources [2] recently surveyed universities in the United States to determine thestate of power education. Of the 118 respondents providing data for the survey, 202 laboratorycourses (or less than 2 per program) were offered that were related to power systems orelectrical machines. In addition, 22 universities are delivering at least one of their powerengineering courses in a distance-education mode, and more than 26 universities are offeringpower-related courses without any laboratory support. Over decades of technological evolution of software engineering

Conference Session

Electrical and Computer Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University; Joseph Zambreno, Iowa State University; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Phillip H. Jones III, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University; Seda McKilligan, Iowa State University; Ashfaq A Khokhar, Iowa State University

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Electrical and Computer

technologies have evolved into dynamic, complex systemsthat profoundly change the world we live in. Designing these systems requires not only technicalknowledge and skills but also new ways of thinking and the development of social, professionaland ethical responsibility. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) atIowa State University was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in 2016 aimed attransforming curricula and practices to better respond to student, industry and society needs. Thisis being done through new structures for faculty collaboration and facilitated throughdepartmental change processes. Ironically, an impetus behind this effort was a failed attempt atdepartment-wide curricular reform. This failure led

Conference Session

Best Practices in Research & Assessment Tools for Pre-College Engineering Education

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education

Paper ID #25986Creation of an Engineering Epistemic Frame for K-12 Students (Fundamen-tal)Dr. Tamecia R. Jones, North Carolina State University Tamecia Jones is an assistant professor in Technology, Engineering, and Design program of the STEM Education Department at North Carolina State University College of Education with a research focus on K-12 engineering education, assessment, and informal and formal learning environments. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins, Stanford, and Purdue University. Originally trained as a biomedical engineer, she spent years in the middle school classroom, teaching math and science, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session I

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohamed F. Chouikha, Howard University; Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Dianna Newman, University at Albany-SUNY

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

STEM areas in general, engineering in particular.Prof. Kenneth A Connor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Kenneth Connor is a professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) where he teaches courses on electromagnetics, electronics and instrumentation, plasma physics, electric power, and general engineering. His research involves plasma physics, electromagnetics, photon- ics, biomedical sensors, engineering education, diversity in the engineering workforce, and technology enhanced learning. He learned problem solving from his father (ran a gray iron foundry), his mother (a nurse) and grandparents (dairy farmers). He has had the great good fortune to always work with amazing

Conference Session

Examining Social Ties and Networks

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Kenny Feister, Purdue University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Patrice Marie Buzzanell, Purdue University, West Lafayette; David Torres, Purdue University; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #13322Exploring the Social Processes of Ethics in Student Engineering Design TeamsMegan Kenny Feister, Purdue University Megan is a fourth year doctoral candidate in the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue Uni- versity pursuing a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication with a minor in mixed methods. Her research focuses on engineering education, design, organizational identity, identification and socialization, team communication, innovation, and technology. She is currently working on an NSF grant examining ethi- cal reasoning and decision-making in engineering project teams, and examining the relationship

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 10

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tobias Haertel, TU Dortmund University; Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University; Dominik May, TU Dortmund University

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Paper ID #16542The Shark Tank Experience: How Engineering Students Learn to BecomeEntrepreneursDr. Tobias Haertel, TU Dortmund University Tobias Haertel studied social sciences and put his research focus on science and technology studies as well as creativity in higher engineering education. In his work, he always tries to combine the depth and sophisticated spirit of the analogue world with the interconnectedness and usability of digital techniques.Mr. Claudius Terkowsky, TU Dortmund University Since 2009, he is senior researcher, lecturer and trainer in higher engineering education. Since 2012, he is scientific lead of

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas D. Fila, Purdue University; Todd M. Fernandez, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Senay Purzer, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Austin Spencer Bohlin, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

perspectivesand actions evidenced by their teammates caused students to actively reflect and view thesituation in a new light. As an example, Ivan (an industrial engineer) described how electricalengineering students assisted him in achieving a new understanding of the project technology,which aided innovation. Everything in this project was something that none of us had done before, regardless of major or experience. Another thing that was innovative was all of us got to work with each other at some level. I worked with EE's and I learned from them how they design solar panel arrangements and how they use some of their power generation formulas and how they store energy in some of their battery systems. And I got to work

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Postcard Session 2: Identity and Sense of Belonging

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sura Al-Qudah, Western Washington University ; Jill Davishahl, Bellingham Technical College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Michael Andrew Greiner

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

Technical College Jill Davishahl is a faculty member in the engineering department at Bellingham Technical College where she teaches courses ranging from Intro to Engineering Design to Engineering Statics. Outside of teach- ing, Jill is working on the development of a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Technology and is currently PI on the NSF funded ATE project grant in renewable energy as well as PI on an NSF funded S-STEM project. She holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.Mr. Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College Eric Davishahl is faculty and engineering program coordinator at Whatcom Community College. His teaching and research interests include

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie Aldridge, Ohio State University; So Yoon Yoon, Texas A&M University; Monica Farmer Cox, Ohio State University; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University-Main Campus, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Ebony Omotola McGee, Vanderbilt University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

on work climate forpersistence. Therefore, study aims to evaluate the PEAS scale constructs and items throughpsychometric evaluation, providing reliability and construct validity evidence. Followingresearch questions guided this study. As we aimed to survey engineering faculty using the validand reliable PEAS, we targeted science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)faculty in general during the scale development procedure of this study. 1. To what extent does construct validity of the PEAS scale hold for STEM faculty? 2. What level of internal consistency reliability exists for STEM faculty’s data from the PEAS scale?II. MethodA. Survey DevelopmentWe undertook several steps during the scale development process to create

Conference Session

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew M. Johnson, Penn State University; Amber Cesare, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools; Gabe Knowles, Center for Science and the Schools, Penn State University; Taylor S. Wood, Penn State Center for Science and the Schools

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Pre-College Engineering Education

State University scientists, engineers, and graduate students to develop and deliver professional development opportunities for K-12 teachers. Gabe’s primary focus of work is creating professional development opportunities for elementary teachers related to STEM education. Gabe has extensive experience in public education having taught for 16 years in the classroom. During this time he taught math and science classes in grades 4, 5, and 6 as well as teaching middle school technology courses for grades 6-8. He also has taught all subjects in an inclusion classroom for several years. Gabe facilitated his classroom by engaging his students in an interdisciplinary thematic format as well as using project-based and

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robyn Paul, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat P.Eng., University of Calgary; Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

of Calgary Dr. Laleh Behjat is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Univer- sity of Calgary. Her research interests include designing computer chips, electronic design automation and developing software for computer hardware. She has won several awards for her work on the devel- opment of software tools for computer engineering. In addition, Dr. Behjat has a passion for increasing the status of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Dr. Behjat was the re- cipient of the 2015 Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) Women in Engineering Champion Award.Dr. Bob Brennan P.Eng., University of Calgary Robert W

Conference Session

Teams and Teamwork in Design II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ralph Sandfry, US Air Force Academy; michael bettner, US Air Force Academy; Tim Lawrence, US Air Force Academy; Michael Sobers, US Air Force Academy

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

office, Lawrence was a program manager for space technology. His collaborative research with the Russians led to a text book in electric propulsion and development of the world’s first low power Hall Effect electric thruster. He has served as an instructor, research director, division chief, and systems engineering chairman in the Department of Astronautics at the Air Force Academy. Lt Col Lawrence is a co-chairman for the International Astronautics Federation’s advanced propulsion technical committee. Lt Col Lawrence is an open water swimmer, and has swum the English Channel, around the islands of Jersey (UK – 41 miles), Manhattan, and Key West, from Vis to Split Croatia (37 miles), Lake Zurich

Conference Session

Two-Year College Division Transfer Topics Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

Paper ID #6838First-year Project-Based Engineering: Secret Weapon for Student SuccessProf. Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College Pelletier is an adjunct instructor and professor emeritus of Computer Technology & Engineering at North- ern Essex Community College. He holds a B.E.E. from Villanova University, a M.S.E.E. from Northeast- ern University and completed additional graduate work in Computer Engineering at Northeastern Univer- sity.Prof. Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community CollegeProf. Paul Chanley, Northern Essex Community College Chanley is program coordinator of Engineering Science

Conference Session

Early Engineering Design Experiences

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania; Timothy Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; James Kearns, York College of Pennsylvania; Gregory Link, York College of Pennsylvania; Laura Garrison, York College of Pennsylvania; Wayne Blanding, York College of Pennsylvania; Emine Celik, York College of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Dawson, York College of Pennsylvania; Stephen Kuchnicki, York College of Pennsylvania; Barry McFarland, York College of Pennsylvania

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Design in Engineering Education

AC 2010-136: AN AUTOMATED BOTTLE FILLING AND CAPPING PROJECTFOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING STUDENTSKala Meah, York College of Pennsylvania Kala Meah received his B.Sc. from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1998, M.Sc. from South Dakota State University in 2003, and Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming in 2007, all in Electrical Engineering. Between 1998 and 2000 he worked for several power industries in Bangladesh. Dr. Meah is an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Physical Science at York College of Pennsylvania. His research interest includes electrical power, HVDC transmission, renewable energy, power engineering education, and energy

Conference Session

Mathematics in Transition

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Mary Crawford, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, The University of Texas at Austin

the AIM for Engineering project include a professional development programfor secondary algebra and calculus teachers, development of an online database of resources,high school outreach through school and campus visits, support for first year women andminority engineering students, and ongoing evaluation. Targeting eleven Austin public schoolswith high populations of under-represented students, the project combines the efforts of theCollege’s Faculty Innovation Center, Information Technology Group, Equal Opportunity inEngineering, and Women in Engineering Program.This paper explores the challenges we have faced and provide advice on avoiding potentialpitfalls. Some of the issues we examine include: ‚ Working with local schools

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Programs: Look Ahead

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Jean-Pierre Delplanque; Joan Gosink

and faculty at CSM, resulting in theplanning of a second minor degree in Humanitarian Studies and Technology, which would servestudents in applied science and economics. In this paper, we present some of the problems andissues associated with this multidisciplinary endeavor, involving engineering, the sciences andthe humanities.1. IntroductionThe 21st century has brought Americans a new awareness of anguish and discontent in lowerincome countries, and an emerging recognition of the need for U.S. participation to amelioratethis suffering. Attendant with these issues is the demand for enhanced security, safety, andequity for the disadvantaged. At the same time, engineering graduates shy away from politicallife, community service, and

Conference Session

Pre-College Programs

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Lori Bassman; Patrick Little

technology in their curricula;and 3) girls’ schools. All have a demonstrated interest in improved teaching of science,mathematics and technology. With a mix of participants from communities local to HMC (LosAngeles area) and participants from across the country, the workshop has a geographical balancethat allows for several types of networking among teachers when they return to their schools. Page 7.916.3 Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright Ó 2002, American Society for Engineering EducationRecruitment of the attendees primarily is done by letters