Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bill Guariento, University of Glasgow; Nazmi Abdel-Salam Almasri, The Islamic University of Gaza - Palestine; Anna Rolinska, University of Glasgow

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Diversity

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International

, Palestine and Libya.Dr. Nazmi Abdel-Salam Almasri, The Islamic University of Gaza - Palestine Nazmi Al-Masri is an associate professor of TEFL and curriculum development. Since he obtained his PhD from Manchester University, UK, in 1994, he has been working at the English Language Department, the Islamic University of Gaza- Palestine. He teaches Technology in TEFL, ELT Methodology, ELT Research Methods and ESp courses.He participated in building the English language curriculum and textbooks used in Palestinian schools and currently participating in four EU funded projects.Ms. Anna Rolinska, University of Glasgow Anna Rolinska has 15 years of experience in teaching English as a Foreign Language. For the last 6 years she

Conference Session

Innovative Techniques & Funding Research

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

La Verne Harris; Mary Sadowski

forced to be entrepreneurial to survive. These higher education institutionsare searching for alternative means of funding through external agents, and have moved from“an agency model to an enterprise model of investment.”4 Many Research I universities havelooked toward technology transfer, industrial collaboration, and federal grants, as a means ofrevenue production. This organizational survival and adaptation behavior can be explained by the resourcedependency theory,5 which is an organizational theory that justifies changes in academic labor.It is particularly valuable in informing our understanding of higher education organizations inthe midst of budget cuts and strategic reorganization. The resource dependency theory, which isa

Collection

2013 GSW

Authors

Amir Karimi; Randall D. Manteufel

factors include teaching, advising andcurriculum. Non-academic factors are related to cohorts and a sense of community. Studentswho believe they belong in engineering are more likely to be retained in engineering.The impact of freshmen-level courses on student retention have been studied4,5. The freshmanlevel classes do have an impact on 4-year retention. This finding is consistent with theunderstanding that curriculum and instruction have strong impacts on retention. Students whobuild connections between theoretical academic aspects of the curriculum and professionalengineering practice, are more likely to be retained in engineering. Likewise, those who buildconnections with other students develop a sense of belonging and are less likely to

Collection

2000 Annual Conference

Authors

Scott White; Kirsten Lowrey; George M. Bodner; Dawn Del Carlo; Ala Samarapungavan; William C. Oakes

-year’s effort was therefore devoted to a self study.SignificanceThe significance of this study revolves around five issues.• This study provides an example of the difference between the research paradigms known as phenomenology and phenomenography.• It provides an example of how research methodologies developed for use in science education can be adapted for institutional research that provides a basis for the self-study required by accrediting agencies such as NCA (The North Central Association Commission on Institutions of Higher Education) and ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology).• It provides an example of cross-discipline curriculum reform efforts that involve not only

Conference Session

Collaborations: International Case Studies & Exchanges

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Suzanne Scott

from CSM were brought over during the 2003-4 academic year to establish an engineering designprogram on the new campus. The program, modeled after CSM’s cutting edge EPICS Program (Engineering PracticesIntroductory Course Sequence) was given the new acronym of STEPS (Strategies for Team-based Engineering ProblemSolving). The translation of the program to the other-cultural setting has brought challenges to all major emphases ofthe Program – teamwork, communications, problem-solving, mentoring, and graphics. This paper will attempt toidentify the unique Arabic cultural aspects which either resist or embrace the Western design model, and begin toidentify a common core curriculum for engineering design programs in the Middle East

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 6

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sandra Furnbach Clavijo P.E., Stevens Institute of Technology; Leslie R. Brunell, Stevens Institute of Technology; Keith G. Sheppard, Stevens Institute of Technology; Kishore V. Pochiraju, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

-2013 6 1693 0.53%Table 1 shows that about a tenth of a percent of students can be expected to enroll for anentrepreneurship minor. This situation may not be unique to Stevens, as a major study by Cao etal. [4] found that just 18 students out of the 7197 that were surveyed had a minor inentrepreneurship (0.25 percent). Studies by Duval-Couetil et al. [11] have shown that interest inentrepreneurship strengthens when students take one or more courses in entrepreneurship. Tobuild entrepreneurial thinking into our curriculum, we concluded that a required course thatbuilds and integrates elements of entrepreneurial thinking into our existing curriculum wasnecessary.Integrating senior design and

Collection

2014 ASEE Zone 4 Conference

Authors

Bhaskar Sinha; Pradip Dey; Gordon Romney; Mohammad Amin; Debra Bowen

service to the community, improving student learning, and at the same time,meeting all required learning outcomes of the academic program.IntroductionPrograms at National University (NU) School of Engineering and Computing (SOEC) areprofessional degrees that integrate communication methods, problem solving skills, simulationtechniques and mathematical fundamentals with hands-on experiences required to solve real-world industry problems1,2. They are designed for professionals and managers to promote thelearning and application of skills in their respective fields, and use curriculums that emphasizemultidisciplinary knowledge. These programs combine theory, lectures, hands-on work, projects,research papers and presentations. They also require

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Rakesh Pangasa; David Scott; Marc Herniter

, Polar, Etc.) d. Handle Graphics 7. MATLAB Applications a. Curve Fitting b. Solving Equations c. Numerical Integration d. Solving Initial-Value and Boundary-Value Differential EquationsII.3. Example of Programs Covered in the MATLAB Programming CourseTwo types of programming problems are assigned in the class as homework. The first type aretraditional programs that would be covered in a conventional programming class. The idea is toteach a specific programming techniques. An example is the ask_q function below:function answer=ask_q(valid_answers, output_string);% function answer=ask_q(valid_answers, output_string);%% This function asks a question of the user and loops

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP) Technical Session 2

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter W Schilling Jr., Milwaukee School of Engineering; Derek David Riley, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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College Industry Partnerships Division (CIP)

or in any one ofseveral elective courses the student would enroll in. Programs themselves were also responsiblefor designating a location within the curriculum whereby each item would be assessed as well.Program assessments tend to fall toward the end of a student’s academic career, and many cases,this assessment was handled in one of the capstone courses.Computer ScienceGraduates of the MSOE Computer Science program will have an ability to: 1. Analyze a complex computing problem and apply principles of computing and other relevant disciplines to identify solutions. 2. Design, implement, and evaluate a computing-based solution to meet a given set of computing requirements in the context of the program’s discipline. 3

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ravi P. Ramachandran, Rowan University; Liang Hong, Tennessee State University; Sachin Shetty, Tennessee State University; Kevin D. Dahm, Rowan University; Richard J. Kozick, Bucknell University; Robert M Nickel, Bucknell University; Robi Polikar, Rowan University; Ying Tang, Rowan University; Steven H Chin, Rowan University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

to enhance engineering education. Her most recent educational research includes the collaboration with Tennessee State University and local high schools to infuse cyber- infrastructure learning experience into the pre-engineering and technology-based classrooms, the collab- oration with community colleges to develop interactive games in empowering students with engineering literacy and problem-solving, the integration of system-on-chip concepts across two year Engineering Science and four year ECE curricula, and the implementation of an educational innovation that demon- strates science and engineering principles using an aquarium. Her work has resulted in over 100 journal and conference papers and book

Conference Session

Architectural Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Negar Heidari Matin, Eastern Michigan University; Ali Eydgahi, Eastern Michigan University; Shinming Shyu, Eastern Michigan University; Payam Matin, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

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Architectural Engineering

NASA funded MIST Space Vehicle Mission Planning Laboratory at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. In 2010, he joined Eastern Michigan University as an Associate Dean in the College of Technology and currently is a Professor in the School of Engineer- ing Technology. He has an extensive experience in curriculum and laboratory design and development. Dr. Eydgahi has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Tau Alpha Pi, as a member of Advi- sory and Editorial boards for many International Journals in Engineering and Technology, as a member of review panel for NASA and Department of Education, as a regional and chapter chairman of IEEE, SME, and ASEE, and as a session chair and as a member of scientific

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 10

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan J Ely, University of Southern Indiana; Milad Rezvani Rad, University of Southern Indiana

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

written by students and those generated by AI. In light of the analysis conducted, thispaper aims to identify and explain the advantages and disadvantages of relying on AI tools andemphasize the need for careful consideration of ethical and pedagogical aspects to ensure aharmonious integration of AI into the educational landscape. Recommendations for best practiceswithin engineering curriculum, as well as samples of assignments are also presented in this work.Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Enhanced Learning Outcomes, Technical Writing, GenerativePre-trained Transformer, Real-Time Dynamic Feedback.Introduction:The recent noticeable advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have garnered the attention ofscientists across various fields. One

Conference Session

Aerospace Technical Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brian German, Georgia Tech

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Aerospace

throughout theireducation, whereas a case approach could form a holistic teaching and learning approach thatcould be integrated throughout the curriculum. Second, these design activities are oftenformulated for students to execute one design from start to finish during an academic term.Cases, on the other hand, can deal with a more limited scope of a larger problem and still provideeffective real-world context and experiential learning opportunities.The inclusion of inspiring historical case studies in aerospace engineering alongside otherapproaches is anticipated to broaden the spectrum of student learning styles engaged. Thisspectrum of styles has been described by Felder,6, 7, 8, 9 and interspersing teaching methodstailored to each style in a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Indira Chatterjee, University of Nevada, Reno; Kelsey Scalaro, University of Nevada, Reno; Ann-Marie Vollstedt, University of Nevada, Reno; Jeffrey C. LaCombe, University of Nevada, Reno; Julia M. Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

goal setting. All these sessions were conducted by guests invited from acrosscampus and the project PIs. In addition, design, based on an engineering challenge and hands-oncohort team building activities were integrated into the seminars to promote social interaction.For the design activities, scholars were divided into teams of four, with facilitation provided by apeer mentor. They were given constraints on the materials and supplies they could use. Theseminars and design activities were held in person before the pandemic but due to safetyguidelines during the pandemic, they were moved to an online video format. All theme seminarsand team activities were followed by food and soft drinks. When activities were held remotely,the scholars joined

Collection

2017 FYEE Conference

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach

Paper ID #20916Adopting Evidence-based Instruction through Video-Annotated Peer ReviewDr. James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach James J. Pembridge is an Assistant Professor in the Freshman Engineering Department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He earned a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, M.A. Education in Curriculum and Instruction, and Ph.D. in Engineering Education from Virginia Tech. His research has focused on mentoring as pedagogy for project-based courses and understanding the adult learning characteristics of undergraduate students.Ms. Lisa K Davids, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ

Conference Session

Medley of Undergraduate Programming and Pedagogies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

David Reeping, University of Michigan; Dustin Grote, Weber State University

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Educational Research and Methods

model- ing of educational systems, and advancing quantitative and fully integrated mixed methods.Dustin Grote, Weber State University Dustin currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at Weber State University and leads the higher education leadership program. He holds a PhD from Virginia Tech in Higher Education. His interdisciplinary research agenda includes graduate funding in STEM, transdisciplinary, experiential and adaptive lifelong learning, undergraduate education policies, systems thinking, organizational change, broadening participation in engineering, improving community college transfer pathways in engineering, curricular complexity in engineering, and assessment and evaluation in

Conference Session

Educating the Whole Engineer - Building Life Skills

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christine Drew, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Richard Vaz, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Engineering Libraries

to IL:Graduates of WPI will:_ be able to make connections between disciplines and to integrate information from multiple sources._ have the skills, diligence, and commitment to excellence needed to engage in lifelong learning.The IQP has been in place for almost 40 years; specific Interactive Qualifying Project outcomeswere adopted by faculty in 2004. The numbers in parentheses correspond with WPI curriculum-wide undergraduate outcomes.3 Students who complete an Interactive Qualifying Project will: _ Demonstrate an understanding of the project’s technical, social and humanistic context. (1, 7, 8) _ Define clear, achievable goals and objectives for the project. (6) _ Critically identify, utilize, and properly cite information

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tzu-Liang Bill Tseng, University of Texas, El Paso; Rong Pan, Arizona State University; Jun Zheng, University of Texas, El Paso; Carolyn Joy Awalt, University of Texas, El Paso, College of Education; Maria Veronica Gonzalez, University of Texas, El Paso; Francisco Medina

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NSF Grantees

calibration sequence b. The control panel of the virtual RP machine d. Slices the model into layers Figure 1 a-d: The Rapid Prototyping (RP) simulator developed by University of XXXX Page 22.501.4 3To date, there is no comprehensive education model fully integrating available Internettechnologies and virtual reality into classroom with an emphasis on the improvement ofstudents’ skills in problem solving and information seeking 15. Therefore, the authorspropose to use a digital simulator based approach to explore the use of Internet for activelearning and

Conference Session

Engineering Management Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gene Dixon, East Carolina University; Gordon Thomas Beverly III, East Carolina University

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Diversity

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Engineering Management

. Manycolleges wait until the later stages of their programs to begin instruction in presentations. Thispractice leaves students and faculty with little time to promote, practice, and hone skills. Oralcommunication skills must be introduced and developed early, and not delayed until postgraduate or after they enter the workforce8. A high value has been placed on developing theseskills early in an undergraduate curriculum and when students have this early experience they aregiven a strong foundation for developing their presentations skills17. Late integration of oralcommunication education are deemed to be less effectively developed, according to surveyedacademics. These academics believe that if left to a late capstone experience or independentpractice

Conference Session

BME Education

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Janet Brelin-Fornari; Betsy Homsher; Laura Sullivan

to the learning process. In some areas,students present project posters at the end of the two-week period. Overall, the studentsparticipate in an interactive curriculum that shows them firsthand how they can applybioengineering to societal concerns.Benefits to the high school students are both perceived and measured. The students have achance to interact with female professors who are balancing family and work, therefore showingfirst hand that women can achieve professional and personal aspirations. The undergraduateswho serve as LITE mentors demonstrate collegiate success. Both faculty and coeds are positiverole models for the high school women. A post-program assessment of the LITE participantsindicates that after attending the two-week

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) Technical Session 6: Undergraduate and Faculty Research

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; Liping Liu, Lawrence Technological University; Anthony M. Jacobi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sophie Wang; Kyriaki Kalaitzidou

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division (ENT)

Motivation,Efficient Team Training, Faculty & Mentor Development, and Dissemination & Collaboration. Figure 1. An EM-Driven Framework for Undergraduate ResearchTo educate and aid faculty with integrating undergraduates in research, a series of initiatives arebeing developed to focus on student early exposure to the concept of research, training ofstudents in research topics, and helping faculty see the value of using undergraduates in theirresearch programs. For all initiatives, videos and accompanying activities will be available foruse at any university. The universities represented in this project are diverse. There are publicand private universities and both large and small universities as well. The challenge of theproject

Conference Session

Classroom Skills

Collection

ASEE Southeast Section Conference

Authors

Jason Yao, East Carolina University; Ricky T Castles, East Carolina University; Joshua Edison Pitzer, College of Engineering and Technology, East Carolina University; Qin Ding, East Carolina University; Max Rohrman; Yilei Huang, East Carolina University

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Professional Engineering Education Papers

Mol Biol Educ. 2021;49:9–14. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/bmb 5. ANDREWL. ZYDNEY. Department of Chemical Engineering University of Delaware JOANS. BENNETT AND ABDUSSHAHID Undergraduate Research Program University of Delaware KARENW. BAUER. Faculty Perspectives Regarding the Undergraduate Research Experience in Science and Engineering. July 2002 Journal of Engineering Education 6. Colin Koproske Integrating Academic and Career Development, Strategies to Scale Experiential Learning and Reflection Across the Curriculum The Education Advisory Board (EAB) is a division of The Advisory Board Company 7. Ives, J., & Castillo-Montoya, M. (2020). First-Generation College Students as Academic Learners: A

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Poster

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Douglas Gorham

other technical professionals may have an Page 7.955.2interest in attending. Sessions will describe programs and projects that feature the “Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2002, American Society for Engineering Education”integration of the SMET disciplines and will focus on collaborations between engineersand educators, both in and outside the classroom. The emphasis of all the sessions will behands-on, demonstrated activities that provide attendees with useful teaching tools orpractical ideas for program implementation.ASME Resources“The

Conference Session

Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 7

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University; William M. Jordan P.E., Baylor University

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

examine current engineering programs in light of these anticipated changes and tosuggest improvements to the curriculum/programs. Increasingly, the Industrial Advisory Boardswill become an important source of industry trends to help define the skills needed for thegraduating engineer.At Baylor University, these skill requirements can be broken down in to five main areas. Firststudents need academic skills as broadly identified by ABET and the individual institution.While some standardization does exist, there is much each institution can control to make theexperience unique to their institution and to emphasize what is important for their programs.Second, professional skills are necessary so that the graduating engineer can function in

Collection

2010 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Andrzej Zarzycki

problem solving. In asimilar way, the abstract painting project builds on the notion of surprise, placing studentsoutside their comfort zone, and then facilitating their search for new ways to address a designproblem.Between analog and digital modelsAnalogous to the brick project, which was done with traditional materials and methods usingphysical models, are digital environments that utilize behavior and dynamics and considermaterial properties as an integral component of the design simulation. An example of such aproject (shown in fig.3) was developed by student Mike Litus, in which he exploredarchitectural forms that result in or mimic the tectonics of a drape, including facades similar tothe artist Christo’s wrapping of the Reichstag building

Conference Session

First-year Programs Division Technical Session 11: Curricular and Program Innovations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay A. Weitzen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Md Mamunur Rashid, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Stephen Johnston, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Eric L. Maase, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; David J. Willis, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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First-Year Programs

1000 students. 7) Be ready with the restructured program at the start of the next academic year.II. Process for Choosing a New First-Year Curriculum Model A wide variety of first-year engineering program models exist and the committee decidedtake a two-pronged systematic approach to figuring out what the new course model should be.The committee believed that to a large degree, students who are in years 2 through 4 have a goodidea about what kinds of skills they would want to learn in an introductory class, so we wouldgive great weight to their input. Since the first-year program had not been changed in more thantwo decades, the committee wanted to look at what other schools were doing with their first-yearprograms. The first

Conference Session

Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jinsung Cho, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Giuseppe Lomiento, California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Gad M. Ghada, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Katrin Terstegen, Cal Poly Pomona

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

’ integration in the industry, with constraints set from conception to delivery. It takes itfurther by using assessment tools to evaluate, not only the student knowledge about the variousdisciplines, but also by monitoring students’ change in perceptions about the roles andresponsibilities of the various disciplines, including their own roles.MethodologyThe proposed educational model consists of a thread developed in the Civil Engineering (CE)Curriculum in order to integrate students from different technical areas. The thread consists of thecombination of an existing Architectural course with a newly developed Senior Project experience.Through the overlap of the CE 491/492/493 civil engineering senior project sequence, the ETC461/462 construction

Conference Session

Non-Technical Skills for ET Students

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Marilyn Dyrud

Ethics 101 Marilyn A. Dyrud Oregon Institute of TechnologyIntroductionEthics training, now somewhat formalized as ABET EAC criterion 3f and TAC criterion2i, is by necessity becoming a more integral part of engineering and technology curricula,whether via stand-alone ethics courses or inclusion in technical courses and programs.Instructors new to the field, however, may find themselves in a quandary as to coursecontent and methodology; ethics is an enormous and ancient field of study, and tailoringphilosophical content to fit a technical class poses a challenge. Pedagogy in philosophy,too, varies a great deal and tends to be

Conference Session

Student Entrepreneurial Skills and Mindset II

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Calvin C. Jen, Calvin College; Tyler Scott Helmus, Calvin College; Steven H. VanderLeest, Calvin College

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

solving. If they are only studied and are not used in practice by astudent, then the “head” knowledge is not integrated with the rest of the worldview and is noteasily or readily applied.Wisdom can be taught in tandem with diligence – pushing and stretching students to evaluaterisks and opportunities, to ask the right questions, and to be self-motivated in an iterative processof constant refinement – all of these activities to promote diligence can then lead students toconsider and wrestle with broader contextual questions beyond just solving a specific problembut generalizing and seeing the larger pattern.4.4 Curriculum4.4.1 Incremental and repeatedMultiple classes, projects, and problems allow students to grow and learn at a reasonable

Conference Session

TC2K Methods and Models

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Neff, Purdue University-Calumet; Susan Scachitti, Purdue University-Calumet; Lash Mapa, Purdue University-Calumet; James Higley, Purdue University-Calumet; Mohammad Zahraee, Purdue University-Calumet

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Engineering Technology

2006-1985: LESSONS LEARNED: REFLECTIONS ON A DEPARTMENT’S FIRSTTC2K EVALUATIONGregory Neff, Purdue University-Calumet Greg is Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Purdue University Calumet. He has graduate degrees in mechanical engineering, physics, and mathematics. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Certified Manufacturing Engineer, and a Certified Manufacturing Technologist. He served as a TAC/ABET MET program accreditation visitor from 1996 to 2003, as secretary, program chair, chair and past chair of the MET Department Heads Committee of ASME. He was first elected to the Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET in 2003 and is currently an alternate member. He won