Conference Session

Inclusive Leadership: A Panel Discussion

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Lewis Caulfield; Daniel Ivan Castaneda, James Madison University; Melissa Wood Aleman, James Madison University; Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University & Carthage College

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

Collection

2022 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Tina Powell, The Orange Public Schools; Devonii L Reid

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Diversity

approach in Grades 9-12 whileemphasizing the “soft-skills” necessary for today’s workplace–collaboration, communication, creativity,problem-solving, and perseverance. Founders of the Academy saw PBL as a dynamic approach to teaching.Within this type of active and engaged learning space, students are inspired to obtain a deeperunderstanding of the subjects they're studying as teachers are providing the scaffolds necessary to helpcraft the experiences.Figure 1: Design Thinking Model #1Image credit: Beth Holland courtesy of Stanford-School In the Summer of 2017 and prior to enrolling students, the Academy contracted with an entitywell known and highly regarded for its implementation of PBL designs and trained its founding body ofteachers on

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 5

Collection

2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE); Alanna Epstein, University of Michigan; Aileen Huang-Saad, Northeastern University

continue customer Traits of company discovery Why is project inactive Importance of “soft skills” Have you changed your (5) view on value of the Would you like further program? training in these “soft Usefulness (13) skills” (5)Node 4 Refused Refused Not usedNode 5 Not used Not used Not usedNode 6 Not used Not received

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Community Engagement Division Poster Session - Exploring the Transformative Power of Service, Engagement, and Research

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

research and design (i.e. apprenticeship style) projects have naturally been theprimary avenues for student research, as they remain the major modes of quantitative explorationin STEM professional and academic fields [12]. However, there are other presumed merits to theresearch interview approach utilized here in the STEM environment: ● It forces students to confront the impact of science and engineering on a broad population. ● It can “humanize” STEM work, connecting data to people. ● It strengthens soft skills like communication, socialization, and ethics. ● It provides additional training beyond lab or workshop attributes. ● It familiarizes students with government policies that intersect with their

Conference Session

Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS) Technical Session_Monday June 26, 3:15 - 4:45

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shreya Kumar, University of Notre Dame; Megan Levis, University of Notre Dame

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Engineering Ethics Division (ETHICS)

through validated lenses(ethical frameworks and identified cognitive biases). This notion was comforting to manyengineering students, most of whom were rising sophomores or rising juniors, who may havebeen apprehensive about the potentially subjective and soft skills nature of the course. This wasan important step towards getting buy-in and active and enthusiastic participation.Swan, Kulich and Wallace describe their examination of ethics gaps in the engineeringcurriculum 21 and its relation with student behavior in ethics code violations. They report thatmost engineering ethics curricula favor utilitarianism and deontology more than otherTable 1: List of ethical frameworks that we chose to use in the classroom for their different em-phasis areas

Conference Session

Energy Conversion and Conservation Division Technical Session 2: Solar Track

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Tessa Veurink, University of Pittsburgh; Bradley G. Fox, University of Pittsburgh; Sabrina R. Helbig, University of Pittsburgh; Duncan Penizotto, University of Pittsburgh; Robert J. Kerestes, University of Pittsburgh; Brandon M. Grainger, University of Pittsburgh

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Energy Conversion and Conservation

Conference Session

What Are Crucial Barriers and Opportunities to Bring Our Whole Selves to Engineering Education? Moving Watermelons Together

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder; Jon A. Leydens, Colorado School of Mines; Ann D. Christy P.E., The Ohio State University; Marybeth Lima P.E., Louisiana State University and A&M College; Malini Natarajarathinam, Texas A&M University; Julia D. Thompson, University of San Francisco

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Amanda Gonczi, Michigan Technological University; Whitney Nicole McCoy, University of Virginia; Robert M. Handler; Jennifer L. Maeng, University of Virginia

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

instruction canfoster the development of soft skills critical to success in the work place (Stohlman et al., 2011).For example, integrated ETS instruction promotes collaboration, compromise, problem solving,and communication (Hmelo-Silver, 2004; Stohlman et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2013). These softskills are becoming increasingly important to employers (Jones et al., 2017; Mardis et al., 2018;Patacsil & Tablatin, 2017).Technology and EngineeringTechnology integration has been encouraged for decades within general science education (e.g.,Bull & Bell, 2008; Hilton & Honey, 2011) and more recently within the engineeringopportunities teachers integrate into their science instruction (e.g., Wang et al., 2011, Maeng &Gonczi, 2020

Conference Session

Software Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Stefan Christov, Quinnipiac University; James Walker, Michigan Technological University; Mark Hoffman, Quinnipiac University

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Software Engineering Division

withwaterfall-like processes, the support for agile processes, which are widely used nowadays, waslimited. Also, using computer simulation often makes it difficult to exercise certain SPM skills,particularly soft skills and human aspects of managing a team. The approaches reported in [18]and [19] focus on practicing SPM skills but outside of a long-term software development project([18] focuses on producing a paper and a presentation; [19] focuses on a game of sortingcandy).Other course collaborations not necessarily related to SPM have been reported. These includestudies of the feasibility of distributing large SE projects across the academic curriculum [20];students from different courses collaborating by taking different roles in a simulated

Conference Session

Enhancing K-12 STEM Education with Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Prevost, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mitchell Nathan, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Stein, University of Wisconsin; Natalie Tran, California State University, Bakersfield; Allen Phelps, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

to complete assignments. Further, much of the projectwork that students are asked to do as they are introduced to engineering as a profession address“soft skills.” For example, they are asked to research engineering careers using interviews or theInternet, and they are asked to research an engineering project in their community.As shown in Table 3, we found low rates of explicit integration of mathematics concepts with theengineering activities. This is perhaps due to the emphasis this course places on these softprojects along with the extensive use of computer software that we see gaps in the explicitintegration of mathematics.Table 3: Percent Explicit Integration in the Introduction to Engineering Design © 2000. Planning

Conference Session

Assessment and Curriculum Development

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Godfrey, University of Auckland; Rosalind Archer, University of Auckland; Paul Denny, University of Auckland; Margaret Hyland, University of Auckland; Chris Smaill, University of Auckland; Karl Stol, University of Auckland

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First-Year Programs

: Page 14.736.13"Really cool course, well organised. Especially enjoyed finding out about how biofuels worked, about energyand car engines, also the concept of desalination, and current events in ecology.""Liked the topicality of most parts of the course and the constant linking of it to current engineering problems."The 2006 restructuring had removed the First-year Professional Development course and thedevelopment of professional “soft” skills of writing, communication and team work weredistributed amongst the other first-year courses. Consequently, a web-based researchassignment was developed with the aid of a teaching grant. This assignment, based aroundthe theme of Biofuels incorporated library skills (tested via an online quiz), and

Conference Session

The Best in DEED

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gina M Quan, University of Maryland, College Park; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Emilia Dewi Tanu, University of Maryland, College Park

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

paper describes the embodiment of these goals byhighlighting several key features of the seminar. We conduct quantitative and qualitative analysisof several data sources (surveys, instructor reflections, field notes, and coursework) to assess theextent to which the embodiment of our values helped us meet our goals. Finally, we describechallenges and identify areas where we were not meeting our goals and describe some of theaspects of the seminar that we plan to revise in the next iteration.IntroductionEngineering education research has increasingly focused on the learning and teaching ofdesign,​1-7​ including design thinking and associated “soft” skills such as communication andteamwork. Another trend is the growing number of schools of

Conference Session

Innovations for Multidisciplinary Programs

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michaela E. Amoo, Howard University; Jack Bringardner, New York University; Jen-Yeu Chen, National Dong Hwa University; Edward J. Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology; Jillana Finnegan, Boise State University ; Charles J. Kim, Howard University; Patricia D. Koman, University of Michigan; Magdalini Z. Lagoudas, Texas A&M University; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Louise Logan, University of Strathclyde; Julie Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nadia Millis Trent, University of Pretoria; Scott Munro Strachan, University of Strathclyde; Bennett C. Ward, Virginia Commonwealth University College of Engineering

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

Conference Session

Studies in Engineering Design

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jackson Lyall Autrey, University of Oklahoma; Shalaka Subhash Ghaisas, University of Oklahoma; Xun Ge, University of Oklahoma; Zahed Siddique, University of Oklahoma; Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Conference Session

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kyle Dukart, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

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Diversity

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Design in Engineering Education

Skills The Enhancement of Soft Skills 6 4 2 The Strengthening of Problem- 8 4 4 Solving Skills Perceptions of Gain in Student Group and Peer Affinity 9 5 4 Engagement Professional and Disciplinary 10 6 4 Affiliation Community Involvement and 5 3 2 Spirit Perceptions in Gain in Self- Social Confidence 8 4 4 Efficacy Technical Confidence

Conference Session

Undergraduate Peer Educators: Mentoring, Observing, Learning

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Ayush Gupta, University of Maryland, College Park; Jennifer Radoff, University of Maryland, College Park; Andrew Elby, University of Maryland, College Park; Hannah Sabo; Gina Marie Quan, University of Maryland, College Park

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ASEE Board of Directors, Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

private profit-oriented organizations and on industrial,commercial, and military problems.” (Riley, p. 40), (5) Narrow Technical Focus/Lack of Otherskills, and (6) Uncritical Acceptance of Authority. These mindsets characterize part of thebroader culture of engineering and manifest themselves in the ways that engineering work isorganized: from the reduction of a complex project into a set of smaller components, valuingaccountability of work and success on project components, often hierarchical organization inteams, valuing technical skills over “soft” skills such as collaboration and communication, andthe devaluing of engineering work focused on social welfare

Conference Session

Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karl D. Schubert FIET, University of Arkansas; Leslie Bartsch Massey, University of Arkansas; Alan E. Ellstrand, University of Arkansas

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

Conference Session

International Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dianne J DeTurris, California Polytechnic State University; Alana Christine Snelling; Nhu Y Tran; Lia Marie Applegarth

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International

& Business Development Professionals to Create Globally Competent Engineers via On- and Off-Campus ActivitiesAbstractEfforts to scale curricular and co-curricular experiences designed to foster globally competentengineers sit at an important crossroads. Education for global competency, along with thedevelopment of other “professional” or “soft” skills, is an important part of the formation of 21stcentury engineers. There is broad agreement that, “US engineers [of 2020] will face totallydifferent problems from the ones we face today” and “will have to be open to different religions,different ways of thinking, and different social values.”1 However, consensus does not existregarding how to cultivate globally

Conference Session

Pedagogies of Making and Design

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geetanjali R. Date, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

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Diversity

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

courses in Sustainability, Humanitiesand Social Sciences, Ethics, as well as soft skills such as writing, communication and teamwork.7,8,9 Strategies for pedagogical reforms included cornerstone and capstone courses, projectand problem-based learning, active participatory learning opportunities, instructionallaboratories, learning a second language, and foreign country internships.10,11,12,13Nevertheless, most engineering education programs continue to emphasize the technical aspects,while the social and environmental aspects remain externalized.14 Barbara Olds15 notes that “theeducation of science and engineering students has for too long been merely “technical”, oftenneglecting human complexity in order to achieve quantifiable correctness

Conference Session

Retention

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University Northwest; George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods

Conference Session

Integrating Liberal Education and Engineering

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mehmet Vurkac, Oregon Institute of Technology

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

, … the testing of hypotheses, and … the risk of failure” (Ibid.). He givesexamples of art-class projects that are almost identical to undergraduate engineering challengeslike the concrete canoe.The existence of problem-solving in arts curricula is also attested to in Glass et al.’s 2013 articleon Universal Design for Learning24 which discusses the contributions of an arts education tosuch engineering-critical soft skills as “the ability to respond to variability”25, “finding patternsand connections, drawing inferences, … solving problems”26, and being able to generate amultitude of ideas27. These claims are echoed by Louisiana Tech’s Gullat who argues for the roleof an arts education in making students positively disposed to dealing with

Conference Session

Novel Classrooms

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Julie L. P. Jessop, University of Iowa; Anna L. Flaming, University of Iowa

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Chemical Engineering

like jigsaws.34 I’ve used them for problem-solving exercises (e.g., each teamlearns and teaches a method to calculate the pure component vapor pressure) and for soft-skill      exercises (e.g., each team considers an ethical case study and then presents it to other teams fordeeper discussion). I can cover a lot of ground without taking a lot of time in class.Anna – The best learning activity is one that aligns well to the learning objective. One flexible,low-prep activity is the minute paper. It engages every member of the class as individuals, andyou can use their responses as the basis for

Conference Session

Engineering Management Program Management / IE and EM Program Mangement / Engineering Management Program Management

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rose Mary Cordova-Wentling, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign; Raymond Price, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign

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Engineering Management

Conference Session

Professional Aspects of Graduate Engineering Programs

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joy Watson, University of South Carolina; Jed S. Lyons, University of South Carolina

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Graduate Studies

. Researchersmust discuss subjects and ideas outside of their comfort zone when it comes to research. Hiscompany wants passionate people who can work in teams. Being able to think broadly is alsoimportant. He did state that if a person is passionate, the “soft” skills can be developed. Page 25.860.9Chris had several internships as a graduate student sponsored by his current company. Hecommented that one of the biggest challenges many Ph.D.s face in transitioning from academiato industry is their way of thinking. They have to be able to think of not only a specific topic, asthey do in academia, but the big picture as well. The big picture is often missed by

Conference Session

Normative Commitments and Public Engagement in Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Downey, Virginia Tech

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Liberal Education

Conference Session

Graduate Ethics Education & Professional Codes

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yanna Lambrinidou, Virginia Tech; William Joseph Rhoads, Virginia Tech; Siddhartha Roy, Virginia Tech; Erin Heaney, Clean Air: Organizing for Health and Justice; Glenn Andrew Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York; Jennifer Holly Ratajczak, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York

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Engineering Ethics

manytools you need to aid your decision-making. Listening and reflection are extremelyvital as well. Unfortunately, they are institutionally (and personally) undervaluedengineering instruments.Siddhartha Roy, Graduate Student, Virginia TechDuring the four years of my Chemical Engineering undergraduate program, therewas a barrage of technical “know-how” and a smorgasbord of activities thatexposed us to the industrial sector (e.g., lectures, seminars, site visits, internships).The idea was to get us “up to speed” on the big production facilities ChemicalEngineers build – oil and gas, for instance – and how these facilities fulfill theneeds of mankind and advance the global economy. There was an emphasis on“soft skills” too – including interpersonal

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jelena Trajkovic, California State University, Long Beach ; Lisa M Martin-Hansen, California State University, Long Beach; Anna Bargagliotti, Loyola Marymount University; Christine Alvarado, University of California, San Diego; Cassandra M Guarino, University of California, Riverside; Janel Ancayan, California State University, Long Beach; Joseph Alex Chorbajian, California State University, Long Beach; Kent Vi, California State University, Long Beach

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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session

has been known to significantly increase success, retention, and graduationrates. We noticed the differences in the level of preparedness and its influence on the student’sperception of their journey. We also explored the influence of soft skills, outlook, scholarlyattributes, and support on the perception of the journey through the program. Although ourparticipants have reported that they did not perceive any overt sexism or racism, we present thefindings correlated with gender and race/ethnicity.Our future work will include fine-tuning the protocol to explore intersectionality and reflect uponthe situations where the students might feel minoritized. Additionally, the students in the futurestudy will be purposefully selected to examine

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Diane L. Peters, University of Michigan; Shanna R. Daly, University of Michigan

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Graduate Studies

it’s mostly soft skills which are the things you tend not to get the Page 22.1431.6 experience with in school.The development of these skills, while critical to his success, presented certain challenges indealing with traditional students.Theme #2: Frustrations and Challenges Working in Teams with Traditional StudentsAndrew felt disadvantaged as a returning student in his team interactions. He felt different fromthe group in his abilities and struggled with those interactions. The strange, maybe, disadvantage that I noticed, but it depends on how you look at it, was that I found I had a harder time doing group projects

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra Gilbuena, Oregon State University; Audrey Briggs Champagne, University at Albany, SUNY; Milo Koretsky, Oregon State University

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Educational Research and Methods

define what “professional skills” means and which skills fit into thatcategory, varies widely. When it comes to clearly defining the term “professional skills,” mostresearchers provide a list of included skills rather than defining the category. Even the lists ofskills that fit into the category of professional skills vary. As noted by Colwell, “if one were toask educators in…engineering…what is meant by the term ‘soft skills’, there would likely besome consensus on the list, but each educator asked would probably have a different list (p.3)”.10 Despite the variation, many authors representing practicing engineers 9, alumni ofengineering programs 11, and engineering educators 7, 11 agree that the following skills areprofessional skills

Conference Session

Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM) Technical Session 13

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marjan Naghshbandi, University of Toronto; Sharon Ferguson, University of Toronto; Alison Olechowski, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Educational Research and Methods Division (ERM)