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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division Technical Session 9

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cheryl Q. Li, University of New Haven; Judy Randi, University of New Haven; Jenna Pack Sheffield, University of New Haven

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, she resigned from her faculty job and came to Connecticut for family reunion. Throughout her academic career in Australia and Sin- gapore, she had developed a very strong interest in learning psychology and educational measurement. She then opted for a second Ph.D. in educational psychology, specialized in measurement, evaluation and assessment at University of Connecticut. She earned her second Ph.D. in 2010. Li has a unique cross- disciplinary educational and research background in mechatronics engineering, specialized in control and robotics, and educational psychology, specialized in statistical analysis and program evaluation.Dr. Judy Randi, University of New Haven Judy Randi, Ed.D. is Professor of Education

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Technical Session 11: Topics related to Computer Science

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzana Rahman, Florida International University; Samy El-Tawab, James Madison University

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Computers in Education

the obvious benefit tosociety, socially conscious computing endeavors to exploit the finding that students’ desire tohave a positive societal impact is a strong determinant regarding their choice of career theychoose [40]. It is worth noting that this positive societal impact is considered an inclusive term,and therefore, it includes sustainability [7], ICT4D [8], ICT4Peace [9], value sensitive design[10] and so on. We wanted our students to learn to make positive social change through themobile application development course where design and development for socially consciouscomputing were weaved into the curriculum using various strategies. Through our course, wewanted to teach the following two primary knowledge areas to the upper-level CS

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregory Kulczycki, Virginia Tech; Steven Atkinson, Virginia Tech

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Software Engineering Division

courses, and develops online content for Virginia Tech’s highly-regarded Master of Information Technology program. Dr. Kulczycki has various publications on topics including formal specification and verification, web services, and software reuse. His interests include object-oriented programming, software specification and reasoning, design patterns, and online learning.Dr. Steven Atkinson, Virginia Tech Steven Atkinson started his research career at the Software Verification Center at the University of Queens- land, in Brisbane Australia. He worked as a postdoctoral research assistant professor at West Virginia University, before transitioning to industry for the last 18 years. He has worked at enterprise document

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bryon Kucharski, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Aaron Carpenter, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Joan Giblin, Wentworth Institute of Technology; Mehmet Ergezer, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Student

down orally through classes and peergroups, while published strategies tend to be from faculty or administrative perspectives. Thework presented here codifies the successful and unsuccessful strategies that students acrossnumerous technical disciplines and from different backgrounds have used through theiracademic careers. The advice given is from a range of students at Wentworth Institute ofTechnology with a number of engineering and technical programs, gathered and analyzed bya team consisting of students, faculty, and administrators. The work serves as a guidebook forstudents, by students, in a range of rigorous programs. A survey was distributed to recent graduates and upper-level students from variousengineering and science backgrounds

Conference Session

IED Technical Session: Preparing Students for the Future

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Kovalchuk, Montana State University; William J. Schell IV P.E., Montana State University

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Diversity

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Industrial Engineering

Editor for both the Engineering Management Journal and Quality Approaches in Higher Education. Prior to his academic career, Schell spent 14 years in industry where he held leadership positions focused on process improvement and organizational development. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Writing as a Method to Build Better Engineers: Examining Faculty Perceptions of Writing’s ImportanceAbstractWriting is a critical skill for professional communication, providing a way to develop and examineideas, and a method to test learning. When perceived as meaningful by the writer, writing isfundamental for identity formation in disciplines, such as engineering. The

Conference Session

Industrial Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Christian Enmanuel Lopez, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Omar Ashour, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Conrad Tucker, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Industrial Engineering

Behrend College. Dr. Ashour received the B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing Engi- neering and the M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He received his M.Eng. degree in Industrial Engineering/Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Ashour was the inaugural re- cipient of William and Wendy Korb Early Career Professorship in Industrial Engineering in 2016. Dr. Ashour’s research areas include applied decision making, modeling and simulation, and process improve- ment. He contributed

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Workforce Pathways and ATE

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; David M. Hata, Portland Community College; Emery DeWitt, Mentor-Connect/FDTC; Liesel Ritchie, Oklahoma State University; Nnenia Campbell, Collaborative for the Social Dimensions of Disasters ; Jamie Vickery, Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events, Oklahoma State University

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

ASEE and the IEEE.Emery DeWitt, Mentor-Connect/FDTCDr. Liesel Ritchie, Oklahoma State University Dr. Liesel Ritchie is Associate Director of the Center for the Study of Disasters and Extreme Events at Oklahoma State University and an Associate Professor in OSU’s Department of Sociology. During her career, Ritchie has studied a range of disaster events, including the Exxon Valdez and BP Deepwater Horizon oil spills; the Tennessee Valley Authority coal ash release; Hurricane Katrina; and earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand. Since 2000, her focus has been on the social impacts of disasters and com- munity resilience, with an emphasis on technological hazards and disasters, social capital, and renewable resource

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The Best of First-year Programs Division

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

George James Lamont, University of Waterloo; Kari D. Weaver, University of Waterloo; Rachel Figueiredo, University of Waterloo; Kate Mercer, University of Waterloo; Andrea Jonahs, University of Waterloo; Heather A. Love, University of Waterloo; Brad Mehlenbacher, University of Waterloo; Carter Neal, University of Waterloo; Katherine Zmetana, University of Waterloo; Rania Al-Hammoud P.Eng., University of Waterloo

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First-Year Programs

, withseveral articles identifying the amount of time practicing engineers devote to information seekingand use [16-20]. Leckie and Fullerton [21] investigated the engagement of faculty in thedevelopment of information literacy and communication skills across science and engineeringdisciplines. The study found faculty would prefer librarians take the lead in teaching informationliteracy skills, and expect students to be able to integrate what they learn about locating andevaluating information into their written or presented work. These research and communicationskills become critical in a curriculum where students engage in experiential or project-basedlearning methods as their academic careers progress [9], [22].MethodologyThis project is a

Conference Session

Key Educational & Professional Issues of Strategic Importance to the Civil Engineering Profession - and ASCE - Part 2

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Civil Engineering

Cornell Uni- versity, Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Long Island University, and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University. Dr. Lenox served for over 28 years as a commis- sioned officer in the U.S Army Field Artillery in a variety of leadership positions in the U.S., Europe, and East Asia. He retired at the rank of Colonel. During his military career, Dr. Lenox spent 15 years on the engineering faculty of USMA including five years as the Director of the Civil Engineering Division. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army in 1998, he joined the staff of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In his position as educational staff leader of ASCE, he managed several new

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Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Curriculum and Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Chean Chin Ngo, California State University, Fullerton; Sang June Oh, California State University, Fullerton

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Mechanical Engineering

to address is whether the current mechanical engineering curriculum isadequate to prepare the next generation of mechanical engineers for their profession in bothtraditional and emerging fields in mechanical engineering. The National Academy ofEngineering established a steering committee in 2001 to provide a vision for the engineers in2020 [5]. The career aspirations and desired attributes for future engineers were presented in thatreport. Similarly, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) also establishedASME Vision 2030 Task Force in 2008 to assess the state of ME education and providerecommendations for improving the curricula [6]-[7]. Four of the recommendations more closelyrelated to mechanical engineering curricula included

Conference Session

2-Year College Division: Transferring and Smoothing Transitions

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Dan G. Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Klaus B. Bartels, San Antonio College; Charles Chris Navarro, The DoSeum

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

strategies• develop team-building skills• involve students in community activities• provide personal and professional developmentIt is the only course that has the ability to expose the students to the variety of engineering fieldsand explain the differences between engineering functions. This is often the earliest source ofinformation to help them decide which engineering career/job to pursue and motivates them towithstand the rigors of an engineering education in order to succeed and graduate. The toy/gameproject contributes significantly to the achievement of the six primary course goals detailedabove.The DoSeum has coordinated this project as a culminating public program every semester. Sincethe first iteration of this project, the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Thought

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Andrew Olewnik, State University of New York at Buffalo; Randy K. Yerrick, State University of New York at Buffalo; Manoj Madabhushi; Rachith R. Ramaswamy, State University of New York at Buffalo; Yonghee Lee, State University of New York at Buffalo; Hala Alfadhli, State University of New York at Buffalo; Amanda A. Simmons, State University of New York at Buffalo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

typology. We feelthis research is an important contribution that can: 1) further our understanding of how studentproblem typology may (or may not) change during their undergraduate career; 2) contribute to ourevolving understanding of problem solving among novices and experts; and 3) provide afoundation for negotiating understanding of “good” problem solving among students, faculty, andpractitioners, serving as a feedback loop for engineering curricula.AcknowledgementThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.1830793. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National

Conference Session

Reimagining Engineering Ethics

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Grant A. Fore, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Justin L. Hess, Purdue University; Andrew Katz, Virginia Tech

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Diversity

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Engineering Ethics

the degreeprogram.JH: I appreciate all of these insights. I would like to touch on two points. First, I would like toreference two studies supporting the argument that experiential education is optimal forpreparing students for ethical practice in their future careers. Second, I would like to add fodderto the iteration argument we have laid down regarding ethics.First, in light of one of our recent work [22], it is apparent that folks tend to teach ethics in amanner that is less experiential than Dewey (and we) would think ideal. Specifically, engineeringeducation seldom provides students with explicit opportunities to act ethically in real engineeringenvironments (which I define very broadly), let alone critically reflect; but is simply

Conference Session

Student Perceptions of Self-efficacy, Success, and Identity

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Hindolo Michael Kamanda, University of Georgia; Davis George Anderson Wilson, University of Georgia; Joachim Walther, University of Georgia; Nicola W. Sochacka, University of Georgia; Stephen Secules, Florida International University; James L. Huff, Harding University

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

are aligned with how engineering students develop in their career identity while also developing as whole persons. James received his Ph.D. in engineering education and his M.S. in electrical and computer engineering, both from Purdue University. He received his bachelor’s in computer engineering at Harding University. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Expectations in engineering programs – between social construction and internalized experienceAbstract:Prior research established that expectations play a significant role in students’ educationalexperiences. Academic and non-academic expectations can

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

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

through several different approaches [18, 19]. Hoitet al. [18] introduced a one credit hour lab-based course that introduces students to engineeringby rotating groups through each engineering discipline. The results showed that this approachhelped to improve retention rate by 17%. Dini et al. also demonstrated that the student who takesa design-based course in their freshman year are 19% more likely to retain engineering conceptsin their subsequence years in engineering field when compared to students who did notparticipate in a freshmen design course [19]. In short, providing a hands-on experience-basedlearning opportunity to the student early in their engineering career will improve learningretention.Along the same line, to mitigate these

Conference Session

Before the Capstone: Project-based Experiences Early in the Curriculum

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Nicholas Andres Brake, Lamar University; Thinesh Selvaratnam

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Civil Engineering

|| Microsoft Excel II 5 Engineering Tools - Fusion 360 I: Modelling || Fusion 360 II: Modelling 6 Engineering Tools - Fusion 360 III: Simulation || Fusion 360 IV: Iterative Design Process 7 Engineering Tools - Fusion 360 V: 3D Printing || MATLAB I: Introduction to MATLAB 8 Engineering Tools - MATLAB II: Basics || MATLAB III: Script Files 9 Engineering Tools - MATLAB IV: Functions || MATLAB V: Vector Creation, Plotting Guest Lecture: Professional Expectations, Career Outlook, Description of Local Civil Eng. Projects || 10 Engineering Tools - MATLAB VI: Vector Operations 11 Engineering Tools - MATLAB VII: Arrays || The Engineering Method and Design 12 Peer Mentored

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Learning Tools (Virtual)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Clara Novoa, Texas State University; Bobbi J. Spencer, Texas State University; Leona Hazlewood, Texas State University; Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

participants before and after the training were almost constant, apaired t-test indicated that the times to take the pre and post diagnostic went down (from anaverage of 1000.41 seconds or 16.67 minutes to 678.39 seconds or 11.31 minutes) in asignificant way (p-value 0.0002203). This result may indicate that the students felt more familiarwith the type of questions and their level of difficulty during subsequent testing.Analysis of the qualitative results gathered through the ET exit surveys shows that 89% of theparticipants completed them, 50% of them reported that the training improved awareness aboutthe level of applicability of SVS to their careers, but only 21% expressed satisfaction fromimproving SVS vs. the work that was needed for this project

Conference Session

Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Madeline Polmear, University of Florida; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Nathan E. Canney, CYS Structural Engineers Inc.; Chris Swan, Tufts University; Daniel Knight, University of Colorado Boulder

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Engineering Ethics

profession thataffects every aspect of modern life [1]. Reinforcing this sense of responsibility throughout thecurriculum helps increase students’ awareness and judgment, which supports their ethicaldecision-making in practice [33]. One student in Fluid Mechanics noted that the intervention“show[ed] how broad of an impact the technology we might be working on in the future canhave on the country and the world sometimes.” The hydraulic fracturing activity helped thisstudent understand the potential implications of his future career and this was an importantoutcome since he planned to pursue employment in the oil industry.The narrow technical focus of individual courses in the engineering curriculum can obscureconnections between, and implications of

Conference Session

Capstone Design Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kurt Stephen Stresau, University of Central Florida; Mark W. Steiner, University of Central Florida

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Design in Engineering Education

Capstone teams since 2012. Mr. Stresau has also taught a variety of Aerospace courses for the MAE Department. Prior to joining UCF, Mr. Stresau was a faculty member at Eastern Florida State Col- lege (2006-2012). Mr. Stresau began his industry career in mechanical design and manufacturing (1998), and joined United Space Alliance as an engineer on the Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) for the Space Shuttle Program in 2000. In 2004, he transitioned to a senior engineering position in Engineering Integration and Project Management, working with mechanical, thermal, hydraulic, electrical, pyrotechnic, and propul- sion subsystems. Mr. Stresau served in that capacity until the completion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011. Mr

Conference Session

New Tools in Teaching and Learning Biomedical Engineering Concepts

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vikki Hazelwood, Stevens Institute of Technology; Arthur Ritter, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Biomedical

perform the job. One student identified the experience as having ‘enlightened’ as to thetype of career opportunity he desired to pursue.Attrition/ retentionBecause student participation was on a volunteer basis, we presume that student retentioncorrelates well to student interest level. 54 retained out of 74 is 73% retention, which isreasonably good, especially given that student participation in the project was completely on avolunteer basis.Furthermore, it is important to consider that the attrition of 20 students included 11 students whoexpressed a desire to complete the study but who could not for logistical reasons. We can assumethat the other 9 students dropped out due to lack of interest. Re-examining student retentionbased upon those who

Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

sameer prabhu, The MathWorks; Zachariah Chambers, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Liz Callanan, The MathWorks; Marc Herniter, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

have electronic,hydraulic, and control elements. Some companies have focused on teaching modeling focused onmechatronics, typically by allying themselves with a university that offers formal curriculum inthis area.As can be seen, there is a variety of approaches practiced in the industry to train engineers inModel-Based Design. While some large companies can allocate the time and resources to offerformal training, a vast majority of engineers do not have access to such resources. Therefore, itwould be beneficial to industry if academia focused on training engineering students on Model-Based Design so that graduating engineers can minimize the ramp-up time when they begin theirprofessional careers

Conference Session

Assessing Design Coursework II

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Olga Pierrakos, Virginia Tech; Maura Borrego, Virginia Tech; Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech

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Design in Engineering Education

research interests center around interdisciplinary collaboration in engineering and engineering education, including studies of the collaborative relationships between engineers and education researchers. She was recently awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to study interdisciplinarity in engineering graduate programs nationwide.Jenny Lo, Virginia Tech Jenny Lo, assistant professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, is interested in understanding and improving engineering curriculum related to introductory engineering courses, engineering design, engineering ethics, and undergraduate research

Conference Session

Preparing the Future Workforce in Aerospace

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Narayanan Komerath, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Aerospace

andDillinger14 studied students’ perceptions of grading, and their expectations based on those. Theydefined grade inflation as students receiving a grade that exceeds the level of performance in thecourse. They found that “average” students expected “B” or “A”. They identified changes incourse format, grading policies, student evaluations of instructors, and alternatives offered forextra credit and reworking of assignments as factors contributing to grade inflation.From Kennedy15 “At Princeton, it was discovered that some faculty members had, over theirentire careers, given "A" or "A-" course grades to as few as 35 percent of their students ( "asfew"?) while others awarded these grades to as many as 87 percent of their students. In somerequired courses

Conference Session

Professional Development and Scholarship

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ahmed Khan, DeVry University; Amin Karim, DeVry University

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Engineering Technology

, teaching effectiveness, technical currency, scholarly activity, professional society participation, communication skills, extracurricular support for student activities, and similar attributes appropriate to the program objectives. Individual faculty members must have educational backgrounds, industrial experience, professional practice, communication skills, and technologically current knowledge that support the field of instruction and program objectives. Collectively, the faculty must be capable of providing students an appropriate breadth of perspective and effective instruction in the use of modern technical and non-technical methodologies in careers appropriate to the program objectives

Conference Session

Capstone Design I

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susannah Howe, Smith College; Jessica Wilbarger, Smith College

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Design in Engineering Education

surveying innovations in capstone design education, modeling systems in biological applications, and analyzing genetic drift in insects. She hopes to pursue a career in sustainable and renewable energy in developing nations. Page 11.4.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 2005 National Survey of Engineering Capstone Design CoursesAbstractThis work details a survey of engineering capstone design courses nationwide conducted in2005. The survey is a follow-up to one conducted in 1994 by Todd et al.1, reprising thequestions of its predecessor plus requesting additional information. The 2005 survey

Conference Session

The Impact of Curriculum on the Retention of Women Students

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Patricia Backer, San Jose State University

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Women in Engineering

article. As you read this article, you should review it with respect to the above student learning objective. Here are some questions about the reading that might help you with this article. a. What is the historical and social impact of Martha Stewart and how does it interact with the dimensions of race, class and gender? b. The author discusses the roles of work and family to be competing areas for women. How does the history of paid work versus unpaid work (housework) compare for women of different ethnic, cultural and class groups? c. The author compares the career of Martha Stewart and the career of Oprah Winfrey and

Conference Session

Issues in Advising and Mentoring

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen Zunkel, Iowa State University; Jason Pontius; Thomas J Brumm, Iowa State University

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Educational Research and Methods

Foundation Course Availability Committee Course Release Working Group Office of the Registrar University Career Services Council Academic Success Center Departments of Mathematics and English (Departments representing courses most frequently brought in by students)Each group responded to a set of semi-structured questions focused on the challenges andopportunities for both the students and the institution associated with students entering with earlycollege credit. Each focus group lasted or interview lasted approximately 60 minutes.Participants also asked to identify any existing policies, processes, or institutional practices thatmerit review based on their experiences working with early

Conference Session

New Concepts for Alternative and Renewable Energy Courses

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Radian G Belu, Drexel University (Tech.)

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

and senior con- sultant. He has taught and developed undergraduate and graduate courses in electronics, power systems, control and power electronics, electric machines, instrumentation, radar and remote sensing, numerical methods and data analysis, space and atmosphere physics, and physics. His research interests included power system stability, control and protection, renewable energy system analysis, assessment and design, power electronics and electric machines for wind energy conversion, radar and remote sensing, wave and turbulence simulation, measurement and modeling, numerical modeling, electromagnetic compatibility and engineering education. During his career Dr. Belu published several papers in referred

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part II

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kelsey Joy Rodgers, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Krishna Madhavan, Purdue University, West Lafayette; William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Program 2006 and was the curriculum director for the Supercomputing Education Program 2005. In January 2008, he was awarded the NSF CAREER award for work on transforming en- gineering education through learner-centric, adaptive cyber-tools and cyber-environments. He was one of 49 faculty members selected as the nation’s top engineering educators and researchers by the US National Academy of Engineering to the Frontiers in Engineering Education symposium.Dr. William C. Oakes, Purdue University, West Lafayette William (Bill) Oakes is the Director of the EPICS Program and one of the founding faculty members of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University. He has held courtesy appointments in Mechanical

Conference Session

Capstone Design Courses and Tools in support of Systems Engineering Education

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University; Runchang Lin, Texas A&M International University

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Systems Engineering

-generation of college students. Therefore, a significantnumber of first-generation college students do not get the academic support from their familymembers [Dennis et al.[9]]. Table 1 represents the enrollment data based on students’ profilesfrom fiscal year 2008 to 2013. Therefore, the students need to depend on the teachers andmentors for their success in their college career specially in Science, Technology, Engineering,and Mathematics (STEM) fields.Due to lack of proper education in the high school level, the incoming freshmen at TAMIU havefaced difficulty to deal with college level mathematics. Therefore, a significant class drop rate isfound in such lower division courses. Table 2 represents the student enrollment, successfulcompletion, and