Conference Session

Communication as Performance

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stephanie Pulford, Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching (CELT); Cibele V. Falkenberg, Auburn University

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

groups’ ensemble-based experimental planning. Yet the classensemble did indeed learn “correct” things about pendulums, along with firsthand knowledge ofthe process by which we generate knowledge through empirical means.Dr. Gross’s experience illustrates several themes that came up among our intervieweesconcerning accepting and building on offers in a STEM paradigm.1. A generous initial offer from the instructor.An offer that serves only to test or evaluate members of an ensemble is rarely a generous offer.Generous offers help the ensemble to succeed together. When offering prompts for activelearning, a certain generosity helps the activity to be educational and satisfying. As Dr. Grossremarked, “If your goal is ‘I want this set of undergraduate

Conference Session

Exploring Student Affairs, Identities, and the Professional Persona

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Najla Mouchrek, Virginia Tech ; Liesl M Baum, Virginia Tech; Lisa D. McNair, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

research professor in instructionaldesign, had designed and taught the course for five previous semesters. In addition, a graduatestudent in human-centered design was present in each of the classes as well as in planningsessions with the instructors to observe and offer additional support. As the course also aimed toget students to engage in cross-disciplinary discussions, it was critical to offer a variety ofperspectives and areas of expertise. As such, the instructors created a list of guest speakers toperiodically visit class. These guests included representation from industry (strategy planning,user experience, design, marketing) as well as other departments (industrial design, business,library science).To help move through the design process

Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade - Experiences Designing Courses and Communities

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Khalilullah Mayar, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

is "planningthe learning experience" through which instructors plan their instructional activities.A. Curricular PrioritiesAccording to Wiggins & McTighe (2005) the first stage of Backward Design is identifying thedesired results that are organized based on their priorities in the following three categories:1. Enduring outcomesAs described by Wiggins & McTighe (2005) this portion of the curricular priorities encompassesthe content and "big ideas that have enduring value beyond the classroom" as well as "reside inthe heart of discipline” and also those that “require uncoverage and offer potential for studentsengagement". Based on the research findings as explained by Condoor et al. (2008); Steif andDollar (2005) the main output of

Conference Session

Community Engagement in Engineering Education Projects

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin Orner, University of South Florida; Christine Prouty, University of South Florida; Colleen Claire Naughton, University of South Florida; Nathan Daniel Manser, University of South Florida; Matthew E. Verbyla, University of South Florida; Maya A. Trotz, University of South Florida; James R. Mihelcic, University of South Florida

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Community Engagement Division

integrates varying levels of partnership withthe community, sharpening their teamwork and cross-cultural global competencies. Furthermore,a reinforcing loop has emerged over the years of the course’s evolution, as former students havebecome instructors for the course, grafting their global field experience (through participation inthe Master’s International program12) into lectures and community partnership development.This affords instructors opportunities to improve skills in lesson planning, teaching, andclassroom management.MethodsThis research employed a mixed methods approach to address the paper’s three objectives:1) to understand the evolution of the Sustainable Development Engineering course,2) to compare its outcomes to existing

Conference Session

Fundamental: Tools and Content for K-12 Engineering Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Moorhead, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Jennifer B Listman, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering; Vikram Kapila, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, larger-scale, quantitative scientific studies. Brown4points out that criteria against which to measure success of interventions or guide iterations ineducational DBR should consist of development of traits which the school system is chargedwith teaching, e.g., problem solving, critical thinking, and reflective learning.In this paper, we test the hypothesis that the flexibility and hands-on nature of a roboticsplatform will support different audio, visual, verbal (read/write), and kinesthetic learningstyles,5,6 offering teachers more versatility within lesson plans while effectively teaching STEMconcepts to students. Despite a lack of agreement7 within the education research communityregarding categories or, in some cases, the existence of

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathleen Meehan, University of Glasgow

Tagged Divisions

International

indicate the relative similarity of each of the terms. English spellings of words are usedwhen issues concerning the University of Glasgow are described while American spellings areused in the discussions about the UESTC educational system. American terms for terminologyused at the University of Glasgow are placed in parenthesis immediately after the UoG term. II. Programme Specification = Curriculum = Educational Plan (a) University of GlasgowThe Electronics and Electrical Engineering, abbreviated as EEE, undergraduate engineeringdegree offered by UoG, as is typical for Scottish universities, is four-year programme of studywhereas similar degrees offered in England are usually three-year courses of study. However, thelength of study for

Conference Session

Studying Engineering Education Research & Institutions

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

because of its size Denmark provides us with a kind of social laboratorywithin which to map out some of the responses that have been unfolding under Bologna. Thisbeing said, the institutional responses in Denmark are complicated enough to provide quiteinteresting things to report.The National Responses of DenmarkThe unique response of Denmark, along with the other Scandinavian countries, is partly due totheir social democratic traditions. While shortly after our visit there were student protests aroundthe planned reductions in government subsidy for students, historically Denmark has spent alarge percentage of its wealth on public education.9 Based on 2009 World Bank data, Denmarkspent 8.7% of its GDP on public education, as contrasted against

Conference Session

Innovation in Engineering Leadership Education

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A. Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ronald R. Ulseth, Iron Range Engineering; Dan Ewert

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division

students to build on their strengths andovercome their weaknesses as they navigate their education.13A guiding principle for the IRE model is that students own the responsibility for their learning.At the beginning of each project cycle, students identify which outcomes will be addressedduring the project. Working with faculty, they determine which learning modes will be appliedand determine what types of evidence they will need to acquire in order to demonstrate outcomeattainment by the end of the project cycle. Learning activities include planning, resourceidentification, self-directed knowledge acquisition, peer conversation, help-seeking, reflection,and evaluation.15 Each project cycle concludes with the presentation of two reports: a

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen C. Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers; Richard O. Anderson P.E., Somat Engineering, Inc.

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

accreditation. There will naturally be a gap between those two standards andthis paper will help define the size and extent of that gap.Future work of the committee. Once the Commentary is revised and approved, the CEPCTCwill be dissolved and the implementation of the program criteria will be the responsibility of theASCE Committee on Accreditation. Such work will not be complete by the submission date ofthis paper, so the remaining tasks will be described. The committee’s work is part of a longerrange plan to continuously update both the BOK and CEPC in a systematic manner.Composition of the CommitteeThe CEPCTC is comprised of a mix of distinguished civil engineering practitioners andexperienced academics with considerable experience in the

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division: Curricular Programs

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Olina Wisniewski, Northeastern University ; Rachel Lauren Shapiro, Northeastern University; Emma Kaeli, Northeastern University ; Kristen Barbara Coletti, Georgia Institute of Technology; Paul A. DiMilla, Northeastern University; Rachelle Reisberg, Northeastern University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

learning can advance academic success, quality of relationships, psychologicaladjustments, and attitudes toward the college experience. A number of relevant questions docome to mind, including: What needs to be done to move the process forward? What are the keycomponents of successful deployment of active learning in general and cooperative learning inparticular? How to foster and expand the community of engineering faculty who decide to usecooperative learning? What plans and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalizepedagogies of engagement including cooperative learning, at the department or college level?Achieving the change needed in engineering education across the Region does require acollective effort by all involved in the process

Conference Session

Integrating Social Justice in Engineering Science Courses

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn Johnson, Colorado School of Mines; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Barbara M. Moskal, Colorado School of Mines; Deborath Silva, Colorado School of Mines; Justin Stephen Fantasky, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

students who aremajoring in electrical engineering (EE) or mechanical engineering (ME) at the target institutions.The research questions that frame this investigation are as follows: RQ1. What exposure to social justice concepts have students had in their university courses prior to taking our Introduction to Feedback Control Systems (IFCS) course, which is required for both EE and ME majors? RQ2. How do students report their perceptions of control systems classes that explicitly include engineering and social justice units compared to similar classes that do not include social justice? RQ3. How does targeted social justice instruction impact student plans to pursue additional control systems courses and student ability to

Conference Session

Research to Practice: STRAND 1 – Addressing the NGSS: Supporting K-12 Teachers in Engineering Pedagogy and Engineering Science Connections (Part 2)

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Whitney Gaskins, University of Cincinnati; Anant R. Kukreti, University of Cincinnati; Catherine Maltbie, University of Cincinnati; Julie Steimle, University of Cincinnati

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

for the National Society of Black Engineers, a student-managed organization with more than 30,000 members. She served as the Planning Chairperson for the 2013 Annual Convention and is currently an advisor for the Great Lakes Region. Dr. Gaskins the Vice-President of the Sigma Omega graduate chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is also a member of the Society of Women Engineers, the Women’s Alliance, the National Technical Association, The Biomedical Engineering Society and the National Alliance of Black School Educators amongst other activities. She is Deaconess at New Friendship Baptist Church. Whitney was recognized in the 2013 Edition of Who’s Who in Black Cincinnati.Dr. Anant R. Kukreti, University

Conference Session

Developing Identities for Robust Careers in Engineering

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

DeLean Tolbert, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Monica E Cardella, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

field of engineering in order to predict the enduring engineeringattributes needed to support “success” and “relevance” in the profession. [10] As a collective theattributes are known as the “Attributes of Engineers in 2020.” Table 1 details the attributes andthe search terms used to find relevant literature. More detailed description of each attribute willbe presented in the results section. Table 1. Engineer of 2020 Attribute and synonyms used during literature search Engineer of 2020 Attribute Synonyms and Search Terms Strong Analytical Skills Analytical skills Practical Ingenuity Ingenuity, skill in planning, combining, and adapting to

Conference Session

Homework, Learning, and Problem Solving in Mechanics

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kai Jun Chew, Stanford University; Helen L. Chen, Stanford University; Beth Rieken, Stanford University; Autumn Turpin, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Divisions

Mechanics

=61) with a small percentage of freshmen and seniors(under 5 percent each). The planned major for 89 percent (n=62) of the students was in School ofEngineering. Underrepresented minority (URM) students made 31 percent (n=22) of the totalpopulation.3. Methods3.1 Wrapper Data Analysis Figure 2: Analysis OverviewTo explore the “impact” of wrappers on students’ learning, a qualitative analysis on open-endedresponses, descriptive and correlation statistics of quantitative responses, and a linear regressionmodel predicting exam performance improvement were undertaken, as detailed below. Theindependent and dependent variables are outlined in Figure 2 and Appendix A.A. Student Reaction to the AssignmentThe HW3 and HW4

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 8

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Stuart G. Walesh P.E., S. G. Walesh Consulting

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

pressure, heart rate, and breathing. • Accept and act on information received from our six senses, that is, vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and proprioception. The last term refers to sensing our body’s position, movement, and posture. Vision is the most dominant of the six senses, as stressed by biologist John Medina7 who says “vision trumps all other senses” by “taking up half of our brain’s resources.” • Manage physical motion such as walking, talking, standing, and sitting. • Enable us to dream, think, plan, create, and innovate.The first three categories of brain functions occur mostly without us having to think aboutthem. The last category, which we consciously initiate, often leads to amazing

Conference Session

Minorities in Engineering Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Rosario A. Gerhardt, Georgia Institute of Technology; Valerie Martin Conley Ph.D., University of Colorado, Colorado Springs; Sylvia L. Mendez, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

phase was launched. The groups were charged to communicate at least monthly (verbaldialogue, e-mail, etc.) with the URM scholars giving updates and receiving advisement andadvocacy aligned with their professional progression plans. Areas of attention were primarily toinclude the following. 1. Professional progression: This entailed emeriti faculty conveying insights across an assortment of professional responsibilities such as teaching and scholarship, effective networking/engagement within the engineering societies, building a funded research program, and understanding the nature of academic leadership positions. As detailed, the emeriti engineering faculty were not only able to conceptually speak on these topics, but

Conference Session

Developing Teaching and Mentoring Skills

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joseph C. Tise, Pennsylvania State University; Kirsten S Hochstedt, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Esther W. Gomez, Pennsylvania State University; Manish Kumar

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

students that they worked with in lab. Table 3 displays the results in order of whichbehaviors were most common. Note that this table includes all participants who participated inthe post-survey, regardless of whether they chose to participate in an interview or not. This wasdone to uncover a more comprehensive picture regarding mentors’ behaviors while mentoring,and because no comparison to the pre-survey was being drawn. The four most commonbehaviors include “sharing the big picture” and goals of the project with the REU student,organizing the research activities for the REU student, modifying the research plan/schedulebased on the student’s progress, and helping the REU student prepare a presentation. Table 3. Number of mentors reporting

Conference Session

Studies in Engineering Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jessie Marshall Zarazaga, Southern Methodist University, Lyle School of Engineering

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

were given a pre-testsite design exercise. A local site was introduced through maps, images and a description of civicand civil issues. Students were given a base map and a set of site-planning building blocksdrawn to scale including roads, structures, drainage systems, trees etc. and a stack of transparentpaper and colored markers. After four minutes to ‘investigate and think about ideas’ the studentshad 35 minutes to draw site-plan ideas. (Figure 1) Asked to ‘do as many different design ideasfor the site as you can in the time’, ‘write notes on the drawings’, and ‘move on to new ideaswhen you are ready’, the exercise context was purposefully casual and accompanied byconversation and laughter. Afterwards, a one-page survey assessed student

Conference Session

Curriculum and Assessment I

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Peter J. Clarke, Florida International University; Debra Lee Davis, Florida International University; Ingrid A. Buckley, Florida Gulf Coast University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University; Mandayam Thirunarayanan, Florida International University; Edward L. Jones, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

the courses includes: test plan creation, test case generation, program inspections,black-box testing, white-box testing, GUI testing, and the use of testing tools. The prerequisite forCEN4072 is the data structures course. The grading policy for the course is based on 2 midtermexams (25 % each), a group project (25%), attendance and class participation (5%) and a finalexam (20%). The course is structured as a lecture section with no lab component, and students areexpected to work on the project outside of class on their own time, with some in class question ses-sions. The textbook currently used in the course is “Foundations of Software Testing”’ by Mathur[21]. Other reading material includes class notes and tutorials on testing tools.The

Conference Session

Design in Engineering Education Division: Student Empathy & Human-centered Design

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Colin Dixon, Concord Consortium; Corey T. Schimpf, The Concord Consoritum; Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

needs to“plan and carry out fair tests,” which involves identifying failure points and difficulties, thenidentifying and gathering relevant data [9]. Designers are intentional and can explain the designrationale with each suggested iteration. Experienced designers run quick, valid tests, conductfocused diagnostic troubleshooting, and actively look for potential faults. These help them moveefficiently through progressively better ideas and prototypes. This stands in contrast to naivedesigners who tend to run random and confounded experiments, brush aside unanticipatedresults, and often remain intent on original ideas [8], [10]. Though novice engineers may beengaging in iteration, they may not be able to explain their choices and their practices

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael Alley, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Tagged Topics

ASEE Board of Directors

Tagged Divisions

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

instructor is progressively scaling up the course toaccommodate larger numbers of students than what an instructor could handle in traditionaltechnical writing courses. In the fall 2017 semester, the instructor accommodated 50 students intwo sections, and in the spring 2018 semester, the instructor allowed that number to rise 75students across two sections. For the fall 2018 semester, the plan is to accommodate 100 studentsacross two sections. To assist the instructor in the mentoring and grading, the course uses a teamof undergraduate mentors. These undergraduates have excelled in the engineering writing course. While technical writing courses such as at the University of Texas at Austin [3] andengineering courses such as in the Mechanical

Conference Session

Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Decker B Hains P.E., Western Michigan University; Stephen J. Ressler P.E., Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, U.S. Military Academy; Thomas A. Lenox , Dist.M.ASCE, F.ASEE, American Society of Civil Engineers

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

Credentialing toRaise the Bar—subsequently renamed the Task Committee on Credentialing (TCC). The TCCwas charged to “Develop a plan identifying how ASCE can best utilize an internal credentialingprogram to validate fulfillment of the Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (CEBOK),including a timeline for implementation, an estimated budget, and a marketing plan to promote acredentialing program(s) to members and owners [3][6].”The TCC began its work in July 2018. Also starting in July 2018 but working independently ofthe TCC, the authors of this paper supported the TCC’s work by (1) analyzing the credentialingsystem used in the medical profession and (2) using this model as the basis for a proposed civilengineering credentialing system. A draft of the

Conference Session

Managing Dual Careers

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jena Shafai Asgarpoor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Robyn Sandekian, University of Colorado, Boulder; Jill K Nelson, George Mason University; Lee Kemp Rynearson, Campbell University; Shannon Bartelt-Hunt P.E., University of Nebraska - Lincoln; Janet Callahan, Michigan Technological University

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Electrical and Computer, Faculty Development Division, Women in Engineering

desirable for both partners at one institution or inone geographical area. In that case, stating unequivocally that you will not sign unless a partnergets a better deal or putting other offers on the table for direct comparison. Women andminorities will face the usual penalties to bargaining hard (high chance of being perceived ashostile, out-of-place, unreasonable, etc.) and may wish to be a bit more circumspect dependingon their assessment of the decision makers they are negotiating with.Somewhere in the middle, it depends more highly on the relationship and planning for the future.An agreement might be made that the first job would hit the priorities of one partner but thatanother move / change would be guaranteed after tenure or some other time

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-oriented Studies Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hitesh D. Vora, Oklahoma State University; Brad Rowland, Oklahoma State University; Joe Conner, Oklahoma State University; Brian K. Norton P.E., Oklahoma State University; Qinang Hu, Oklahoma State University; Toni Ivey, Oklahoma State University

Tagged Divisions

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

Education through the Experience-based learning.AbstractPrevious studies show that ~50% of engineering students withdraw or change to other majorsmainly due to the poor teaching and advising; the difficulty of the engineering curriculum; andmore importantly - the lack of “belonging” within engineering. Few studies link this problem tonon-engineering courses since most of their first-year courses are demanding and focusing ontopics other than engineering, such as chemistry, mathematics, and physics. To tackle suchissues, the College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology (CEAT) at Oklahoma StateUniversity (OSU) is in the process of a multiyear plan to transform undergraduate education. TheENDEAVOR is the centerpiece of a

Conference Session

Best In DEED

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert T. Bailey P.E., Loyola University Maryland; Billy Friebele, Loyola University Maryland

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education

“how function and aesthetic form can contributeto the improvement of an engineered object.” The students did not create art as part of thiscourse, but they explored various engineering themes through the study of art. Beams, et al. [8]describe an experimental course that replaced (temporarily) a “Design Methodology” course forelectrical engineering majors, dubbed the “Leonardo Project.” The intent was that “engineerswould experience the design process through direct participation in the arts as artists in multiplefields of artistic expression.” Individual students worked directly with arts faculty mentors tocreate an artistic product. Students were required to prepare project plans in a way thatemphasized parallels between engineering design

Conference Session

Our Future in Manufacturing

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Danielson, Arizona State University; Trian Georgeou, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Manufacturing

respondents, or 14%, offered a MET associates degreeonly.The second question in the 2005 MET survey asked if the programs planed on maintaining theirABET accreditation with all sixteen MET programs, 100%, indicating that they planned to do so.All of these programs indicated that ABET accreditation is a very important aspect of aManufacturing Engineering Technology degree. Therefore, ABET accreditation is an importantaspect of both two and four year MET degrees. Of course, this is a biased group as all currentlymaintain ABET accreditation. If surveys were completed of NAIT and un-accreditedmanufacturing programs, more general conclusions about accreditation could be drawn.Question three asked participants to complete a data table indicating their

Conference Session

Case Studies & Engineering Education Around the Globe

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Waddah Akili, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

International

howcooperative learning can advance academic success, quality of relationships, psychologicaladjustments, and attitudes toward the college experience. A number of relevant questions docome to mind, including: What needs to be done to move the process forward? What are the keycomponents of successful deployment of active learning in general and cooperative learning inparticular? How to foster and expand the community of engineering faculty who decide to usecooperative learning? What plans and resources need to be mobilized to institutionalizepedagogies of engagement including cooperative learning, at the department or college level?Achieving the change needed in engineering education across the Region does require acollective effort by all involved in

Conference Session

Issues of Diversity

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fonda Swimmer, Northern Arizona University; Karen Jarratt-Ziemski, Ft. Lewis College

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Camp – 2005In partnership with the NAU Educational Support program, the NAU Multicultural EngineeringProgram (MEP) took the lead in the development of the first NAU engineering camp. Due tosignificant interest from the Siemens Corporation and support from the NAU HewlettEngineering Talent Pipeline, the pilot camp was developed for implementation in summer 2005.The planning team comprised of MEP staff (1 full time employee, 1 graduate assistant, 2 studentworkers) and Educational Support staff (2 full time employees) and engineering faculty (1) whomet over the course of seven months developed the week long residential camp based uponhands-on activities, week long design challenge, industry panel and workshop sessions, andextra-curricular

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University-Addison; Shawn Schumacher, DeVry University; Lynn Burks, DeVry University

and specific feedback to students about theirlearning. The results also agree with the recommendations (use of active learningtechniques, providing feedback) made by Chickering and Gasmson [4] for effectiveundergraduate education.More than 90 percent of seniors agreed that professor’s lectures, coordinating lab withlecture, and organization and preparation for class and lab activities, are important fortheir learning and success. These results support the findings reported by Guskeyregarding the importance of planning and organization. The majority of EET seniorsperceive that coordinating lab with lecture is important for their learning. When a facultymember tries to coordinate lab with class, students see the application of technical