Collection

1999 Annual Conference

Authors

Daniel H. Linder

computerengineering curriculum. However, programming assignments in VHDL or other exercises that useCAD tools can be difficult to add to a course for several reasons. CAD tools often have complexinterfaces that take time to learn. An assignment using a CAD tool can quickly turn into a strugglewith tool usage rather than a reinforcement of lecture concepts. Licensing can be another prob-lem. Many students prefer to work on their own PCs instead of coming to a centralized lab, butCAD tool vendors may be reluctant to make an expensive tool available on all student machines.Finally, if every student has the same assignment, interactions among students can degeneratefrom discussing concepts to merely exchanging details of how to get the assignment working.When

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy Chan Hilton, Florida State University

. However, students often cite poor teaching as a reason for leaving engineeringmajors.6 Moreover, most teaching does not stimulate intellectual excitement because it ispassive and does not place material into real-world contexts. Thus a need exists to enhancestudent learning through the use of effective teaching techniques that include hands-on and real-world activities that are thoughtfully integrated into courses.At the ___ College of Engineering, minorities and women comprise approximately 50% of thestudents in the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) department. Thus students fromunderrepresented groups will be directly affected and involved in all aspects of this project. Thisproject addresses the need for more underrepresented

Conference Session

Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 1

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fred W. Depiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College; Lizabeth L. Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Stephen R. Beard

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)

lower division courses o Highly significant predictor in 4 of 4 cohorts o With an ideal transfer environment, students would not take any lower division coursework at their 4-year institution. o Appears to be a systemic issue due to curricular that are FTFY-oriented. Curriculum redesign is underway as part of the semester conversion. • Number of upper division courses o Highly significant predictor in 3 of 4 cohorts, or significant o An unusual result. Transfers take 3-4 more upper division courses, typically, compared to FTFY. The difference is significant, although with a small to moderate effect size. Issue deserves more

Conference Session

Promoting Inclusivity and Broadening Participation

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Risë Crum, Columbia University; Kristin Leigh Bennett, University of Washington; Stuart B. Adler, University of Washington; David S Bergsman, University of Washington; Nicole Minkoff, University of Washington; Alexis N Prybutok, University of Washington

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Diversity

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Chemical Engineering Division (ChED)

at Austin in 2016 and her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2022. Her areas of expertise include computational modeling of cell-based therapies and integrating social justice concepts into engineering curriculum. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024 To record or not to record? Collaborating through conflictPOSITIONALITY STATEMENTWe acknowledge that the authors all vary in disability status, and those disabilities representedby the authors are far from representative of the entire community. We also represent faculty,staff, and students from a wide range of backgrounds who were initially at conflict over theissues presented. Through surveys, discussions

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ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Eugene Niemi

Instruction Integrated Into an Introductory EngineeringCourse,” Journal of Engineering Education, v. 87, no. 4, October 1998, pp. 377-383.4. Petroski, Henry, “Polishing the Gem: A First-Year Design Project,” Journal of Engineering Education, v. 87, no.4, October 1998, pp. 445-448.5. Little, Patrick, and Mary Cardenas, “Use of “Studio” Methods in the Introductory Engineering DesignCurriculum,” Journal of Engineering Education, v. 90, no. 3, July 2001, pp. 309-318.6. Sorby, Sheryl A., and Beverly J. Baartmans, “The Development and Assessment of a Course for Enhancing the3-D Spatial Visualization Skills of First Year Engineering Students,” Journal of Engineering Education, v. 89, no. 3,July 2000, pp. 301-307.7. Fournier-Bonilla, Sheila D., Karan L

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First-year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout; Matthew Wigdahl, Oaklawn Elementary School; Charis Dawn Collins, Oaklawn Elementary School

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First-Year Programs

Paper ID #18170Assisstive Technology for Freshman Design and K-12 OutreachDr. Devin R. Berg, University of Wisconsin, Stout Devin Berg is an Associate Professor and Program Director of the B.S. Mechanical Engineering program in the Engineering and Technology Department at the University of Wisconsin - Stout.Mr. Matthew Wigdahl, Oaklawn Elementary School Matthew Wigdahl is a National Board Certified 5th grade teacher using Design Thinking to empower his students to solve problems. He has taught elementary grades for 17 years.Ms. Charis Dawn Collins, Oaklawn Elementary School Charis Collins is a writer and teacher, specializing

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Collaborations with Engineering Technology

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

PK Raju; Chetan Sankar; Glennelle Halpin; Gerald Halpin

mission of the laboratory is to develop and disseminate innovative instructionalmaterials that bring real-world issues into classrooms, using multimedia informationtechnologies and cross-disciplinary teams. We have developed seven multimedia case studiespartnering with industries to bring real-world engineering problems into classrooms. The casestudies illustrate how a problem in an industry is analyzed and solved. The format chosen by usenabled the students to experience the problem as it happened and develop and compare theirsolutions with what happened in the industry.These innovative educational materials received several awards including the Thomas C. Evans,Jr., Instructional Unit Award of ASEE Southeastern Section, Premier Award for

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1997 Annual Conference

Authors

Robert P. Hesketh; C. Stewart Slater

Engineering Education Milwaukee, WI, June 15-18, 1997ABSTRACTThis paper describes two demonstration experiments: an automatic drip coffee maker and amanually operated reverse osmosis unit, that have been used to show the basic principles ofchemical engineering processes to high school and multidisciplinary freshman engineering audi-ences. The demonstrations are integrated into a combined lecture/lab format and also can beutilized at various points in the curriculum as well as to pre-college students. The value of dem-onstrations and follow-up mini-laboratory experiments to reinforce the hands-on approach to en-gineering education will be mentioned. A particular focus of the paper is how chemical engi-neering

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Michael Sexton

Institute are exposed to the method ofenergy system design based on system simulation and optimization in several of the required andelective courses in the curriculum. These courses include a required course in Energy ConversionDesign, and elective courses, such as, Internal Combustion Engines and Aircraft Propulsion.These energy systems design courses contain design projects that require the application ofthermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer in the design of energy conversion systemsand system components using simulation and optimization in the design process. Several of thesedesign simulations have been previously published. Sexton [2] described the simulation of a gasturbine engine that was used as a project for a senior energy

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NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; Richard . Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; David Jonathan Woehr, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

and his team received Best Paper awards from the Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011. Dr. Ohland is Chair of the IEEE Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee and an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE and IEEE.Dr. Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University Misty L. Loughry is a Professor of Management at Georgia Southern University, where she teaches strat- egy and organizational behavior. She received her Ph.D. in management from University of Florida and was on the management faculty at Clemson University. Prior to her academic career, she had a ten-year career in banking. Dr

Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University; Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University; David Jonathan Woehr; Richard . Layton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

Journal of Engineering Education in 2008 and 2011 and from the IEEE Transactions on Education in 2011. Dr. Ohland is Chair of the IEEE Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee and an ABET Program Evaluator for ASEE. He was the 2002–2006 President of Tau Beta Pi and is a Fellow of the ASEE and IEEE.Dr. Misty L. Loughry, Georgia Southern University Misty L. Loughry is a Professor of Management at Georgia Southern University, where she teaches strat- egy and organizational behavior. She received her Ph.D. in management from University of Florida and was on the management faculty at Clemson University. Prior to her academic career, she had a ten-year career in banking. Dr. Loughry’s research focuses on teamwork and social control

Conference Session

Supporting the Capstone Experience

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Leslie R. Brunell, Stevens Institute of Technology; Alex Dubro, Stevens Institute of Technology; Viraj Vasudev Rokade, Stevens Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Civil Engineering

, streamlined standards would help assess thesustainability components, even if the project directly addresses sustainability, e.g. greeninfrastructure, solar energy. To fulfill the capstone requirement for a Masters of Science in aSustainability Management (SM) program at Stevens Institute of Technology, the Co-authordesigned the Sustainability Implications Scorecard (SIS) while working with several SeniorDesign capstone coordinators. The student additionally conducted field research, interviews, andbenchmarking against the UN SDGs, Envision, and ABET.The SIS is a flexible, adaptive, and project-focused rubric that simultaneously guides andevaluates how successfully an engineering design or project team integrates sustainabilitycomponents. In

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Joshua S Wiley, United States Military Academy; MICHAEL Robert GREIFENSTEIN, United States Military Academy, Department of Geography & Environmental Engineering; Andrew Ross Pfluger P.E., United States Military Academy

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Diversity

than the mean of thatsample’s time sum value. Differing QA/QC standards would influence some overall trends. 17Conclusions1. Additional subsequent weeks of data integration are necessary to differentiate between the threepossible framework explanations for faculty and cadet time relationships. In an 18-week semester,five or six weeks constitute a one-third slice of a continuous academic campaign including six-and ten-week grades reports (in the case of USMA), a significant quantity and diversity in gradedevents, course modules, extracurricular activities, and mandatory and optional beneficial furtheractivities. However, an expansion of the time period along with a greater sample size

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2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Bruce R. Dewey; Raymond Jacquot

buckling problems is integral to the study of civil, mechanical andaerospace engineering. The academic introduction to the bending of beams with constant crosssection is usually given to students of these disciplines early in the engineering curriculum in acourse in mechanics of materials. That which is presented here is not meant to supplant thefundamental understanding of the bending phenomenon but rather to provide an introduction tonumerical approximations often needed for real-world applications. It is important for students tofirst gain understanding of the static bending problems from an analytical and physical point ofview. Typical courses where static bending problems are encountered are structural analysis,advanced mechanics of materials

Conference Session

Advancing Research on Engineering Leaders’ Confidence, Careers, and Styles

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy Rottmann, University of Toronto; Doug Reeve P.Eng., University of Toronto; Serhiy Kovalchuk, University of Toronto; Mike Klassen, University of Toronto; Milan Maljkovic; Emily L. Moore, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Engineering Leadership Development

participants have actuallylearned along the way. Our study aims to fill this gap by tracing the career long leadershiplearning journeys of 28 Canadian engineers with at least twenty-five years of work experience.Theoretical perspective: Situated leadership learningThe notion of situated learning is central to our investigation of senior engineers’ leadershiplearning experiences [52]. In contrast to the didactic learning opportunities students encounter inschool, which follow a pre-existing curriculum and are tightly mediated by an instructor, situatedlearning opportunities are shaped by everyday practices and left largely to novices forinterpretation. Lave and Wenger’s situated learning theory [52] highlights the type of learningthat occurs in

Conference Session

Construction Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Sanjeev Adhikari, Kennesaw State University; Caroline Murrie Clevenger P.E.; Rui Zhang, University of Colorado Denver

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Diversity

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Construction Engineering

has always been praised by students and department for his outstanding teaching and research excellence. To supplement his teaching and research, he has been involved in numerous professional societies, including ASCE, ACI, ASEE, ASC, ATMAE and TRB. His research output has been well disseminated as he has published thirty journal papers and thirty-nine conference papers. His research interests are 1) Creating Innovative Sustainable Materials, 2) Structural BIM Integration, 3) 4D/5D BIM, 4) Virtual Testing Lab, 5) Innovative Construction Demolition, and 6) Carbon Footprint Analysis on Roadways.Dr. Caroline Murrie Clevenger P.E., Caroline M. Clevenger is an Associate Professor and Assistant Director of Construction

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Scott Blum, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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Educational Research and Methods

administrative policies, faculty interactions, curriculum andpedagogy, and peer relationships. Other factors included elements of the study environment,quality of effort on the part of both faculty and student, and integration of the student into theculture of the institution. The student outcomes are explained by Astin to encompass thoseaspects of student development that the university purposefully attempts to influence, thoughdefining the outputs of interest is “clearly the sine qua non of meaningful research on collegeimpact” (p. 224). Astin1 also explained the relationships between these three factors. The collegeenvironment was clearly affected by the kinds of students who enroll (shown in relationship A).The principal concern relating to

Conference Session

Committee on Educational Policy Presents: Pillars of Our Classrooms

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xi Wang, Drexel University; Hans M. Tritico, University of Mount Union; Kathleen M. Short; Vahraz Honary

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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)

toward community needs. It also,importantly, requires that students tie their work with the community to a deeper understandingof their discipline.Service learning plays an important role in engineering education because it connects the oftentheoretical engineering curriculum to the world they are seeking to better. Historically, mostengineering classes have been heavily focused on imparting science and math knowledge to thestudents. The students often solve simple technical problems or design well-defined technicalsolutions to theoretical problems. There is, therefore, a gap between what students are toldengineering will be (changing the world) and what they are practicing as students (theoretical,well-defined problems). Project-based service

Conference Session

Promoting ET with K-12 Projects

Collection

2002 Annual Conference

Authors

Terri Nordin; Dana DeGeeter; Jenny Golder

technology for their future. 5ObjectivesThe primary goal during the FLL season was for the students to have fun while learning aboutengineering. Developing a FLL team helped those who participated develop problem solvingskills, critical thinking skills, interpersonal skills, personal responsibility, time management, andparticipants also gained a better understanding of engineering. Participants also gained newconfidence, interests, and involvement in science and math. One of the other most importantgoals for the team was not to win but to succeed as a team.One considerable goal of this program was to set an example to other middle schools across thestate of Iowa. Prior to the 2001 FLL season Iowa was not involved in FIRST TM LEGO®League; last

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1998 Annual Conference

Authors

E. L. Gerber

conditions to obtain the complete solution to the circuit.This process can be repeated with other voltage sources applied, including piecewise functionsdefined earlier.• Now consider the RLC circuit shown below with the voltage source and initialconditions known, i(0) = 5A and di(0)/dt = -3A/s.The Kirchhoff voltage equation of this circuit, written below, is an integral-differential equation andit can be solved with Maple in one statement. t t di 1 di v s(t) = Ri(t) + L + ∫ i(t)dt = 3i(t) + 1 + 2 ∫ i(t)dt dt C o dt o

Conference Session

ELOS Technical Session 6: Bring Your Own Experiment!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lisa Weeks, University of Maine; Raymond Kennard, University of Maine

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division (DELOS)

assembling the spectrometer box, six 5mm ~3.0 V whiteLEDs were inserted into the LED Bracket. The holes of the LED bracket were angled inward at~18.2 degrees so that each LED right and left pairs’ illumination would overlap at a distance of ~6cm, coinciding with the distance of the cuvette. Figure 1. The cover of the spectrometer (A). The base of the spectrometer box with an integrated semi-microcuvette holder (B). The back wall of the spectrometer with a slit to accommodate Raspberry Pi Camera ribbon cable and wires for LED power (C). The bracket is to hold six white LEDs (D). The mounting bracket for the Pi Camera (E).Once the LEDs were placed in the bracket, they were wired in parallel to

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jay McCormack, University of Idaho; Denny C. Davis, Washington State University; Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow; Howard P. Davis, Washington State University; Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University; Susannah Howe, Smith College; Javed Khan, Tuskegee University; Patricia Brackin P.E., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Paul R. Leiffer, LeTourneau University; Phillip L. Thompson, Seattle University

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NSF Grantees

and testing assessments and curriculum materials for engineering design and professional skills, especially for use in capstone engineering design courses. He has been a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education since 2002.Steven W. Beyerlein, University of Idaho, Moscow Dr. Beyerlein serves as the coordinator for an inter-disciplinary capstone design course in the College of Engineering at the University of Idaho. In this endeavor, he collaborates with five other colleagues from the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Biological Engineering, and Computer Science. He is engaged in multiple research projects associated with engine testing, alternative

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Atsushi Akera, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Soheil Fatehiboroujeni, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Sarah Appelhans, University at Albany-SUNY; Joerene Acerrador Aviles, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Eva Dibong; Beatrice Mendiola, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Michelle Murray, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Melissa Shuey, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Marta Tsyndra, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Makayla Wahaus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Diversity

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Student

ways that impact their educational experiences, and shapes the choices and thecareer pathways that they take. It is also clear from this literature, some of which is cited below,that those choices are not always entirely of their own choosing.In this paper, we wish to present some preliminary results from a pilot study on studentperspectives about engineering education, and how students navigate through their owneducational transformation. What we provide in the paper is an early analysis of interview datagained from student interviews, where undergraduate URP/REU students interviewed otherstudents about their educational experiences. Our initial analysis suggests that student pathwaysare determined in largely interactionist terms, namely

Conference Session

Instrumentation and Laboratory Systems

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Alex See

9. Custom-written virtual instrumentation (VI) can be easily delivered by relatively low-cost personal computers (PC). With the use of LabVIEWTM software, it instantaneously transforms the PC into a virtual instrument. It is believed that software is the most important component of a virtual instrument 10. Table 3.1 shows some comparisons between traditional and virtual instruments. As mentioned in 10, LabVIEWTM software is an integral part of virtual instrumentation because it provides an easy-to-use application development environment designed specifically to meet the needs of engineers and scientists. The ease of using LabVIEWTM and rapid prototyping were

Collection

2018 St.Lawrence Section Meeting

Authors

Jikai Du

ASEE St. Lawrence Section Conference, 2018 Cornell University April 20-21, 2018 INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES Jikai Du State University of New York College at Buffalo Engineering Technology Department Buffalo, NY 14222AbstractUndergraduate research not only can give students the opportunity to apply classroomknowledge to real world situations, but it also help them to explore career directions. In thispaper, an undergraduate student in Engineering Technology Department at SUNY College atBuffalo conducted energy

Conference Session

Where are We Going? The Future of Civil Engineering Education

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Allen Estes, U.S. Military Academy; Ronald Welch, U.S. Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

,integration or application as defined by Boyer4, but the important attribute is that scholars arelife-long learners who are continually gaining and applying new knowledge. Because studentlearning is directly tied to effective teaching, the ability and willingness to be an outstandingclassroom teacher remains important. Effective teaching is defined in terms of Lowman’s two-dimensional model of intellectual excitement and interpersonal rapport5 and the ExCEEdTeaching Model6. Because civil engineering education for many students is preparation forprofessional licensure and a career in civil engineering practice, those who teach it should havepractical experience as an employed engineer in a consulting firm, industry or a governmentagency. How can one

Conference Session

Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Harold R. Underwood, Messiah College

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Experimentation and Laboratory-Oriented Studies

. [Accessed January 12, 2019].[12] Aspencore, “The Colpitts Oscillator” Electronics Tutorials [Online]. Available: https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/oscillator/colpitts.html. [Accessed January 12, 2019].[13] N. Lucas and F. Goodman, “Well-being, leadership and positive organizational scholarship: A case study of project-based learning in higher education” in Journal of Leadership Education, vol. 14, issue 4, 2015.[14] R. Savage, K. Chen and L. Vanasupa, “Integrating Project-based Learning throughout the Undergraduate Engineering Curriculum” in Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, vol. 8, issue 3/4, 2007.[15] R. Spearrin and F. Bendana, “Design-build-launch: a hybrid project-based laboratory course for aerospace

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Track 4: Technical Session 8: ROPES: Rowan University's Opportunity for Postsecondary Excellence and Success

Collection

2024 Collaborative Network for Engineering & Computing Diversity (CoNECD)

Authors

Kauser Jahan, Rowan University; Adaugo Mary-Frances Enuka, Rowan University; Elisa M Di Lolle, Rowan University; Gaetane Jean-Marie, Rowan University

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CoNECD Paper Sessions, Diversity

Success (ROPES):Mitigating and Expanding Students’ Learning OpportunitiesAbstractR.O.P.E.S. is a dual enrollment initiative that was funded by the U.S. Department of Educationand aligned with the New Jersey Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund II and the CRRSAAct. It aimed to create pathways to college for high school juniors in South Jersey, focusing onfive select fields that included teacher education, music business, social services, computer scienceand engineering. The program exposed students to five career pathways, employed targetedstrategies to support underrepresented communities, and integrated social and emotional learning.This paper showcases the program's objectives, student participation, impact on South Jerseystudents, and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas M. Katona, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Sarah E. Zappe, Pennsylvania State University; Cade Robert Creason, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

engineering being amongst the most active participants in embeddingentrepreneurship into curricular and cocurricular activities [1]. Well-developed and theoreticallygrounded educational interventions have been shown to increase entrepreneurial skills andperception among students [1] - [4]. Organizations including the National Science Foundationthrough the Lean Launch Curriculum and I-Corps program, VentureWell through curriculumdevelopment grants and their E-Team program, and the Kern Family Foundation through theKern Entrepreneurial Education Network (KEEN) have provided significant funding to embedand transform entrepreneurial teaching and practice into colleges of engineering [5] - [7]. Thisactivity combines with an added emphasis among

Conference Session

Building Bridges with Community Colleges

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

William Blanton

they complete the requirements for graduation at EastTennessee State University. Presently, the Industrial Technology Program has 50 students in itscohort program, and the Construction Engineering Technology Program has 35 students. The Electronic Engineering Technology Program at East Tennessee State University haswatched with envy while these cohort programs have flourished, realizing the dilemma ofteaching a laboratory equipment intensive curriculum using the cohort system, especially off site.Required laboratory equipment is too expensive to be used irregularly and too cumbersome tohaul the back and forth to offsite locations.The Solution ELVIS has left the building! National Instruments has pioneered a new educational suite, NIELVIS