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ELOS Technical Session 6: Bring Your Own Experiment!

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Y Heil-heintz; Jacob Wojcicki, Rowan University; Mitja Trkov, Rowan University; Wei Xue, Rowan University; Smitesh Bakrania, Rowan University; Cassandra Sue Ellen Jamison, Rowan University

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

for engineering undergraduate students. The four phases listed above areimplemented to help students pace their progress on this project. While the primary studentaudience for this project is sophomore mechanical engineering majors, the project may also appealto chemical, electrical, and civil engineers at a similar point in their academic careers. Prior studentknowledge on electricity, magnetism, and 3D modeling is helpful but not required as it can beintroduced by the instructor. However, students might not be familiar with all of the concepts usedin soft robots. Proof can be found in [3], “A pneumatic clamp makes it easier for people with motordisabilities to safely wield kitchen knives. Prostheses utilize shape memory polymers to

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First-Year Programs Division WIPS 1: Projects, Teams, and Portfolios

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Danahe Marmolejo, Saint Louis University; Chris Carroll P.E., Saint Louis University; Michael A. Swartwout, Saint Louis University; Kyle Mitchell, Saint Louis University; Raymond LeBeau, Saint Louis University; Gary Bledsoe, Saint Louis University; Susheel Singh, Saint Louis University; Huliyar S. Mallikarjuna, Saint Louis University; Scott A. Sell, Saint Louis University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

replace all five of those courses with a single common introductory class. And as acommon course, one of the goals is to provide incoming students with information and experiencesto help them choose their major or at least confirm that they want to continue in their selectedmajor. At present, this goal is carried out in two ways. First, six class meetings are devoted to themajors; each major has one dedicated class period with each section: the Major Day. Typically, aMajor Day involves an overview of the major through a review of the curriculum and a discussionof career options. Then, the bulk of the time is spent in a hands-on design activity that illustratesaspects of the major (for example, building prosthetic hands to do a task in biomedical

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Engineering Empowered Communities: Place-Based Community Engaged Learning

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paula Alvarez Pino, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Fouad H. Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Andrew J. Sullivan, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Mona N Fouad, University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Diversity

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Community Engagement Division (COMMENG)

inneighborhood revitalization projects, students gain real-world experience, develop practicalskills, and build meaningful relationships with the community and with professionals andorganizations involved in the project. Furthermore, students have the opportunity to see thetangible results of their efforts, motivating them to pursue careers in civil engineering with acommitment to make a positive impact on society.This paper describes the framework developed for neighborhood revitalization projects,emphasizing the community engagement initiatives and student involvement efforts.Additionally, we discuss the methodology developed to assess the success of this program andhow we plan to integrate community-based projects into the engineering curriculum

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Broadening Perspectives in Construction Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muritala Hassan Ayinla Mr., University of Central Missouri; MariEtta Joleen Watson, University of Central Missouri

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering Division (CONST)

sector over the researcher’s 20+ year career in Nigerian media.Inputs such as building developers or merchants, artisans, engineers, bricklayers, block makers,government regulatory agencies and other experts in the industry as well as the victims ofbuilding collapse were included. The researcher’s published works and experience along withsecondary published works were gathered and analyzed to formulate the thematic concept of thisstudy [11].Collapsed building Cases: Nigeria’s casesNigeria stands as the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous globally.Situated in West Africa, it thrives with a diverse population distribution that mirrors its richcultural heritage. With an estimated population of 229,152,217 by the UN

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Inclusivity, Mentorship, and Entrepreneurial Thinking

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W Liberatore, University of Toledo

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

being part of largerorganizations. Many professional engineering organizations, e.g., IEEE, ASME, AIChE, ASCE,NSBE, SHPE, etc., offer opportunities to engage and lead during undergraduate study as well asthroughout a person’s career. In this contribution, I summarize and examine several iterations ofa goal-setting and leadership-development workshop focused on student chapters. Theoverarching objective of the workshop is to lead participants through exercises to help buildgreat student chapters. Specifically, AIChE students at a regional conference, STEM studentsand advisors on the author’s home campus, and student chapter advisors at the AIChE AnnualConference participated in different activities centered upon the entrepreneurial

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI) Technical Session 7

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret A Hunter, Hofstra University; David M. Rooney, Hofstra University; Richard J. Puerzer, Hofstra University

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Diversity

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Multidisciplinary Engineering Division (MULTI)

Computing/Engineering (W-SPiCE) was utilized as an incentive for women to enter the school as first year students and continue past their first year. The program focuses on learning about five degree options available to them for future careers, devoting one week of instruction and design to each area, with five different faculty leading the activities. A stipend of $2500 is awarded to the participants. The program is limited to no more than 15 students per summer who have demonstrated academic proficiency in their first year. Measure of Success: The proportion of women undergraduate students increased from 20.9% in Fall 2019 to 23.9% in Fall 2022. Improvements can be seen from 2021 to 2022 when the

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE) Poster Session

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Cromley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jessica R Gladstone, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Juan Alvarez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Zhengyan Ye, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Parth Shastri, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Aizhan Daukenova, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Shiyu Sun, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Electrical and Computer Engineering Division (ECE)

in educationin general--students do not achieve the scores they desire on homework, quizzes, and exams.Thus, the ability to navigate and respond to failure as an opportunity for growth and learning is akey component of the engineering enterprise. However, engineering education research is sparseon how students respond to failure.Research on response to failure has been extensive in workplace settings, in which there is a verywide range of negative and positive responses to failure, which include emotional responses(denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance, shock, fear, renewed dedication, increasedsusceptibility to stereotypes, blame, shame, despair, changes in interest, reassessing career,reassessing self-perceived ability) and

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD) Technical Session 5: Skill Development in Graduate Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Peter Jamieson, Miami University

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Graduate Studies Division (GSD)

implementation details for this intervention.2.1 Learning to Read Academic PapersIn terms of how to read scientific papers, there is a small set of research papers related to the topicbroadly in the domain of graduate education, reading groups, literature searches, and focus paperson how to teach this skill. Reading comprehension is a broad topic in K-12 education andhigher-education research but is beyond the scope of this work. As for information on how to readscientific papers, there are some online articles such as “How to (seriously) read a scientificpaper” (Accessed January 10th, 2024 - http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/03/how-seriously-read-scientific-paper).From a graduate engineering education perspective, Jenkins et al. [17] in their

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Charting Inclusivity: Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Technology in Engineering and Computing Education

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Fatima Glovena Fairfax, Duke University; Jabari Kwesi, Duke University; Elyse McFalls, Duke University; Reagan Lenora Razon, Duke University; Alexandra Thursland, Duke University; Crystal E. Peoples, Duke University; Shaundra Bryant Daily, Duke University; Alicia Nicki Washington, Duke University; Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University; Brean Elizabeth Prefontaine, Duke University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

Athena Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Her career in higher education began at Howard University as the first Black female faculty member in the Department of Computer Science. Her professional experience also includes Winthrop University, The Aerospace Corporation, and IBM. She is a graduate of Johnson C. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 Paper ID #43790 Smith University (B.S., ’00) and North Carolina State University (M.S., ’02; Ph.D., ’05), becoming the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science at the university and 2019 Computer Science Hall of Fame

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First-Year Programs Division WIPS 1: Projects, Teams, and Portfolios

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew James, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Juan David Ortega-Alvarez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University / Universidad EAFIT; Cassie Wallwey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Michelle Soledad, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

that does not have a tangible product as an outcome or answer, and sometimes struggleto relate concepts that, while important, are more theoretical to their intended majors and careers[1]. In the authors’ experiences, foundational engineering courses that cover non-technical skillssuch as problem solving, teamwork, communication, recognition of holistic issues, and otherimportant transferable skills are especially prone to this challenge of engaging students whocome into the discipline expecting engineering to look more like the more concrete math orscience courses they are familiar with from their prior studies. Community engagement projects,also commonly referred to as service-learning projects, are one way that instructors facingsimilar

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2012 ASEE Midwest Section Conference

Authors

Charles Baukal; Floyd Ausburn; Lynna Ausburn

, Rinehart & Winston, 1954.3. E. Dale, Audiovisual Methods in Teaching. New York: Dryden Press, 1969.4. L.J. Ausburn and F.B. Ausburn, Effects of desktop virtual reality on learner performance and confidence in environment mastery: Opening a line of inquiry. Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 45(1), 54-87, 2008.5. F.B. Ausburn and L.J. Ausburn, Sending students anywhere without leaving the classroom: Virtual reality in CTE. Techniques: Connecting Education & Careers, 83(7), 43-46, 2008.6. R.E. Mayer, Multimedia Learning (2nd ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009.7. D. Lewalter, Cognitive strategies for learning from static and dynamic visuals. Learning and Instruction, 13, 177-189, 2003.8

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Sunil Dehipawala; Vazgen Shekoyan; Raul Armendariz; Chantale Damas; Todd Holden; David Lieberman; Tak Cheung

, as discussed above, to topics other than the Bohr atommodel.The student performance on the client- contractor simulation had been assessed as satisfactory (>75%) for the participated students. The rubric displayed in Figure 1 was followed. Studentfeedback includes observed non-participation, indifference, and enthusiastic attitude variations,which bear similarity to the grade histogram. The non-participation attitude could be attributedto a narrow mindset such as those focusing on taking the professional engineering exam as a firststep in their Professional Engineer career pursuit. The indifference attitude could be attributed toshyness as well as the traditional rote learning academic experience. A recent 2014 study onacademic

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Aparicio Carranza; Casimer DeCusatis

growing demand in this field4. While industrycertification programs are available5, they tend to emphasize memorization and repetition over adeeper cognitive framework or understanding. It can be quite challenging to prepare students forIT careers in this rapidly evolving field, or to integrate these offerings into a more traditionalundergraduate engineering curriculum. More hands-on experience is desirable, since studentsmust be prepared to deal with not only existing security threats but also new and increasinglycomplex exploits which emerge more frequently each year. However, students require a secure,isolated environment in which to practice their security skills without risking damage to thecampus data centers or servers on the Internet

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2015 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Vijay Kanabar; Carla Messikomer

Engineering DisciplineA subject that is broadly seen as being relevant across all engineering disciplines is ‘projectmanagement’, since the ‘project’ has become the way in which engineering organizations dotheir work4. As such undergraduates and graduates from engineering programs are invariablyexpected to have functional knowledge and skills in project management (PM) 2. A well-designed engineering curriculum should go a long way to preparing the future project managersinvolved in various engineering careers. Providing sound education to students and practitionerscan alleviate project failures. Engineers can be taught a baseline set of modern projectmanagement theory as well as practical tools and techniques that can be applied to both large

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2011 Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

Authors

Grant Crawford; Elizabeth Bristow

variety of projects in locations across theworld. Members have the opportunity to travel but need not do so in order to make valuablecontributions to their chapter's project.ConclusionOur experience is only one example of how a few engineers can make a significant impactbeyond their normal scope of influence. We took the knowledge and skills that we havedeveloped in our careers and used them in a capacity we had never anticipated. When asked,“What did you do with your summer vacation?”, in 2009 we can honestly say that, “We made adifference.” If asked, “Was it worth it?”, the answer is a resounding, “YES!”AcknowledgmentsThe views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not purport to reflect the position ofthe United States Military

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2011 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

AJ Almaguer

 (DAST). The test was administered before and after the 10 week program to gauge the ideas and preconceptions about science and engineering held by our mentees. By comparing the results and identifying key themes and trends in the students' drawings, we were able to qualitatively judge the impact our outreach program had on attitudes about technical careers. Mentors also developed their own forms of assessment and reported the results as part of their final project. ResultsThe achievement of mentor and mentee learning objectives is used to quantify the success of the BEAM program. The various assessment activities (mentor survey, draw a scientist test, final projects, etc) implemented provided a vehicle for qualitative and quantitative outcomes

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2009 Pacific Southwest Section Meeting

Authors

David Lanning

Pacific Southwest Regional Conference 220classes at Embry-Riddle (perhaps unfortunately), although students are encouraged to repeatclasses in which they receive a grade of D.Students with such transcripts are clearly at-risk. While only one of these students from theAutumn 2008 semester is currently on probation, the author knows enough about the rest of thesestudents to predict that at least three or four are rapidly nearing serious academic trouble, or arelikely to be leaving the degree program shortly. There are additional students from the othersemesters who also appear to be nearing the end of their academic career. However, we

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Dan Tenney; Naif Jalal

. Online Class in Business, Career, and Technical Education,"[11] J. K. Eastman and R. Iyer, "Interactive Technology In The Digital Education Review, vol. 12, pp. 34-43, 2010. Classroom: An Exploratory Look At Its Use And Effectiveness," [32] H. J. So and B. Kim, "Learning about problem based learning: Contemporary Issues in Education Research (CIER), vol. 2, pp. Student teachers integrating technology, pedagogy and content 31-38, 2011. knowledge," Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, vol.[12] R. Van Oostveen, W. Muirhead, and W. M. Goodman, "Tablet PCs 25, pp. 101-116, 2009. and

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2015 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

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Xingwu Wang; Bruce B. Rosenthal; Casey J. Busch; Jeff Porter; John L. Cusack

to thirty. This response rate suggests that the survey respondents represented anaverage population of businesses attending a career fair.The survey posed four questions. First, how would employers describe the need toconsider sustainability in their long-term planning? As illustrated in Figure 9, 47% chosethe “extremely important” category, 40% “important,” 13% “neutral” and 0% “notimportant.” The majority of the employers recognized the importance of sustainability,which could be compared with those in earlier surveys in the United Kingdom,20-21 andare consistent with the trend that sustainability is gradually being integrated intocorporate strategies in order to remain competitive.22-23 Figure 9. Need to consider

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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Vazgen Shekoyan; Sunil Dehipawala

,engineering technology majors, learning attitudes.IntroductionMany college students regard physics as a very difficult subject. They often hesitate to takephysics or change their career paths to avoid taking physics. To improve teaching methods,numerous faculty members are conducting rigorous research on how students learn physics1-4. Infact, physics departments of more than 20 well known universities offer PhD degree programs inphysics education research5. As a result, the physics education research field has produced alarge volume of literature over the past decade. Many physics faculty are aware of these findingsand many adapt these discoveries in their classrooms6-12. It is very difficult to determine the bestmethod of teaching that improves

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

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David Willis; Jeremy Vaillant

/introductory_electives.html, last ac- cessed 3/22/2015. 4. http://eeic.osu.edu/first-year/, last accessed 3/22/2015. 5. http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/academics/undergrad/firstyear/common, last accessed 3/22/2015. 6. http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/ge/es140/, last accessed 3/22/2015. 7. http://www.eng.ufl.edu/students/career-resources/egn1002/, last accessed 3/22/2015. 8. http://engineering.tufts.edu/docs/IntroEngF12.pdf, last accessed 3/22/2015. 9. http://www.engineering.cornell.edu/resources/advising/orientation/upload/ENGRI- Offerings-2013-FINAL.pdf, last accessed 3/22/2015 10. J. Weitzen, D.J. Willis, E. Maase, S.P. Johnston, M. D. Rashid, A Methodology for Re- structuring Our first year Introduction To Engineering

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Ashwag G. Battarjee

training should be carried out as an ongoing process toprovide opportunities for career growth and job satisfaction. Deeper training on basic concepts ofmedical care will ultimately contribute to improvement of quality in global health care.d) I mpr oving patient car e and safetyThe other factor that influences global health is the patient safety and care. Most reviewedresearches show that patient care and safety is closely related to cost, the competency of healthcare workers, level of motivation and the care facility equipment. Patients from low income areasare unable to access quality healthcare. A conducive working atmosphere such as the patient tonurses ratio, appropriate funding by the government, involvement of nurses in the decisionmaking

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2015 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Prerana Pal Karmokar; Shwetha Krishna Pondicherry; Elif Kongar

Journal of Project Management , 325-336.6. Boggs, M. (2014). Innovative approaches to procurement.(Management & Careers). Government Finance Review, , 46.7. Denyer, D., Kutsch, E., Lee-Kelley, E. (., & Hall, M. (2011). Exploring reliability in information systems programmes. International Journal of Project Management , 442-454.8. Doloi, H. K. (2011). Understanding stakeholders' perspective of cost estimation in project management. International Journal of Project Management, , 622-636.9. Fortune, J., & White, D. (2006). Framing of project critical success factors by a systems model . International Journal of Project Management , 53-56.10. Garel, G. (2011). A history of project management models: From

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Joseph A. Levert; Andy Grosso

Albany, NY. Mr.Grosso’s career has spanned 30 years in consulting, wholesale distribution,publishing, higher-education and, direct mail. Mr. Grosso's accomplishments have been recognized by Consumer Reportsfor providing Best Service in Industry as well as achieving Best of the Bestawards for both corporate communications and service innovation from theNational Paper Trade Association.

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Matthew Baideme P.E.; Cristian Robbins; Jeffrey Starke

participate I. INTRODUCTION and perform well in an in-class debate, they must be able to communicate effectively the salient points of their position.C LASSROOM debates can be a tool to promote active learning in a classroom and to develop critical thinkingskills of the students. Active learning in the context of a Debates allow students to apply oral communication skills, which are vital for success in most careers [6]. Debates allow

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Carolyn Jean Sher-DeCusatis; Casimer DeCusatis

networks are statically configured. Changing these configurations is a978-1-4799-5233-5/14/$31.00 ©2014 IEEEmanually intensive process requiring days or weeks. By challenging to prepare students for IT careers in this rapidlycontrast, it is now possible to create several virtual machines evolving field, or to integrate these offerings into a more(VMs) on one physical server in a matter of minutes [4]. SDN traditional undergraduate engineering curriculum.enables network functions to be dynamically provisioned asrapidly as virtual servers, enabling faster deployment of new Students in this field benefit from more practical, hands

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2010 Northeast Section Meeting

Authors

Barbara E. Mizdail

. Larson, Janelle M., Stephen M. Smith, David G. Abler and Carolina Trevelli, An Economic Analysis of Land Titling in Peru, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture. 42(1):79-97, 2003.8. Waks, S. and Sabag, N., Technology Project Learning versus Lab Experimentation, Journal of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 333-342, Sept. 2004.9. Boyer Commission (1998), Reinventing undergraduate education: A blueprint for America's research universities. Stony Brook, New York: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.10. Nicholas Basta, Opportunities in Engineering Careers, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2003.

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Sofia M Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Ashish Sunny Abraham

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Professional Papers

attends and presents refereed papers at international, national, and local professional meetings and conferences. Lastly, Najafi attends courses, seminars, and workshops and has developed courses, videos, and software packages during his career. Najafi has more than 300 refereed articles. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, public works, and Renewable Energy.Dr. Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College Rajarajan Subramanian currently holds the position of Associate Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering and Construction (SDCET) programs at Pennsylvania State University at

Conference Session

Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Fazil T. Najafi, University of Florida; Vani Ruchika Pabba, University of Florida; Rajarajan Subramanian, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College; Sofia M Vidalis, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, The Capital College

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Diversity, Professional Papers

international, national, and local professional meetings and conferences. Lastly, Najafi attends courses, seminars, and workshops and has developed courses, videos, and software packages during his career. Najafi has more than 300 refereed articles. His areas of specialization include transportation planning and management, legal aspects, construction contract administration, public works, and Renewable Energy.Vani Ruchika Pabba, University of Florida Vani Ruchika Pabba holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida, where she served as a Graduate Research Assistant. Her research focuses on artificial intelligence in education, including natural

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Professional Papers

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2025 ASEE Southeast Conference

Authors

Kenneth Stafford Sands II, Auburn University

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Professional Papers

construction and engineering programs, the incorporation of real-worldchallenges into academic discussions, and the enhancement of faculty-student engagement. Theinternship experience fostered stronger ties between the academic program and industry partnermembers and positively influenced student development by providing up-to-date content, newpedagogical approaches, and expanded career opportunities. Additionally, the paper underscoresthe importance of internships in promoting faculty professional development, strengtheningindustry partnerships, and advancing construction and engineering education. These internshipsplay a critical role in closing the gap between theory and practice, ensuring educators stayaligned with evolving industry standards and