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2024 ASEE North East Section
Authors
Daniel Blessner, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus
terms is beneficial to these 2students. This is once again the aim of this paper to have under-preparedengineering students obtain a successful outcome in their intended engineeringmajor.IntroductionThe Standard Interval Method (SIM). For comparison purposes only, the SIMmethod will be presented here. The SIM requires locating numbers on a numberline. An example will be given here for a degree 2 polynomial.Solve the given Quadratic Inequality: đ‘„ 2 − đ‘„ − 12 < 0First, solve the given quadratic equation: đ‘„ 2 − đ‘„ − 12 = 0 (đ‘„ + 3)(đ‘„ − 4) = 0 {−3,4}The numbers -3, and
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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL) Technical Session - Effective Teaching 1
Collection
2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Corinna Marie Fleischmann P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Hudson V. Jackson P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy; Kassim M. Tarhini P.E., United States Coast Guard Academy
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Civil Engineering Division (CIVIL)
professional skills is an integral part of an effective undergraduateABET- accredited engineering program. Engineering programs throughout the country havedeveloped a variety of methods to hone these professional skills and a capstone project experienceis typical. The structure of these courses has evolved to incorporate changes in pedagogy,technology, needs of industry and changes in ABET accreditation requirements. There arenumerous examples in Engineering Education literature of successes in capstone courses includingtips and cases studies of programs running effective capstone projects. For example, Yost and Lane[1] reported the evolution of the civil engineering design capstone experience at a researchuniversity, discussed measures to assess
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Innovative Curricula and Outreach
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Sara Hise; Jim Clark; Bryant Kiedrowski; Aaron Jennings
begunmarketing “Oxy-alkaline” batteries that are reported to have extended lives in high drainapplications such as digital cameras (PIR, 2003). Oxy-alkaline batteries use an alkaline powerchemistry with a modified cathode formula that substitutes nickel oxy-hydroxide for a portion ofthe manganese dioxide to provide a higher capacity and more voltage under heavy load.However, this blurs the line between “alkaline” batteries that are classified as non-hazardoussolid waste and nickel-metal hydride batteries that generally fall under a more restricted disposalclassification (“universal” waste or household hazardous waste).Recent trends in U.S. consumer battery marketConsumer batteries come in many sizes such as lantern, multi-cell, button, button stack, K
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Faculty Development Division (FDD) Technical Session 4
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew L. Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University
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Faculty Development Division (FDD)
, higher-level reasoning, differentiating views ofothers, and teamwork [2], [3]. They are also highly effective with individual studentaccountability [4]. In addition, they have proven to be successful pedagogies within STEMeducation, in particular with regards to achievement, persistence, and attitudes [5].In May 2009, Lawrence Technological University (LTU) embarked on an eight-year facultydevelopment initiative that would modify 75% of the courses in the engineering curriculum toinclude active collaborative learning (ACL) and problem-based learning (PBL). Besidestraditional engineering courses, such as statics and design, the modified courses include those inthe general education core curriculum, such as calculus, history, literature
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FPD 3: Research on First-Year Courses
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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern University; Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University
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First-Year Programs
nationwide. These are often designedfrom scratch and tend to be “personal courses” – designed by instructors to cover what they feelis important. Therefore, while they may be prerequisites to second-year courses, first-yearengineering programs are not necessarily integrated into the curriculum. Further, since they areoften designed with little consideration for existing models, overall outcomes and content varywidely. This leads to, first, the issue of course developers “reinventing the wheel” as successfulmodels are not adequately disseminated. The problem is exacerbated by a lack of definition offirst year models: a developer may know what they want in a course, but how do they find acourse with similar outcomes with nothing more than “first-year
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Research on Engineering Ethics Education and Practice
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Greg Rulifson P.E., U.S. Agency for International Development; Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder
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Diversity
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Engineering Ethics
grade just because the engineering schools tend to be smaller and classes are only offered one semester especially if your higher up in the department. So if I would’ve taken a semester off it would mean taking a year off school
 the sports medicine said I was getting better and that he thought that taking a leave of absence would be a premature decision
.Miranda’s discussion brings in the structural aspects of engineering curriculum and courses thatmade her hesitant to withdraw from the semester after her injury. She goes on to discuss somelevel of continuing challenges in the following term: 
moving into the spring semester, I was still a little nervous and I was getting headaches still very frequently. I had an appointment with
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Student Division Technical Session 5
Collection
2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Wei Yao, School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University; Chu Zhaowei, ZheJiang University; hu shunshun, zhejiang university; Bifeng Zhang, Zhejiang University
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Student
, Okudan G. Integrating systematic creativity into first-year engineering design curriculum[J]. International Journal of Engineering Education, 2006, 22(1):109-115(7).[9] Elvin Shields. Fostering Creativity in the Capstone Engineering Design Experience[A]. American Society for Engineering Education. ASEE Proceedings 2007[C]. IEEE,2007:12.756.1-12.483.10.[10] IlevbareI M, Probert D, Phaal R. A review of TRIZ, and its benefits and challenges in practice[J]. Technovation, 2013,33(2-3):30-37.[11] Chechurin L. Research and Practice on the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ)[M]. London, Springer, 2016:2-5.[12] Spreafico C, Russo D. TRIZ Industrial Case Studies: A Critical Survey ☆[J
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2011 North Midwest Section
Authors
Christa James-Byrnes; Mark Holdhusen
potentially all over theworld, team work becomes very challenging.Another integral part of the traditional introductory engineering course is the inclusion of theperspective of outside practicing engineers. This usually takes the form of either a field trip to he ac ici g e gi ee c a b i gi g he e gi ee c a a a i i i g ec e . Freasons stated above, this becomes a challenge in the online environment. Proceedings of the 2011 North Midwest Section ConferenceBeing able to give oral presentations is an i a a ec f a e gi ee ca ee . For thisreason, it is emphasized in the traditional introductory engineering course. Given that studentsare geographically dispersed and courses are generally delivered
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Instrumentation Poster Session
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Robert Angus; Thomas Hulbert
IndustrialEngineer for eight years. He has written numerous papers on educational innovation and has contributed to severaltextbooks. He is the Coordinator for the Professional Engineering Review courses at Northeastern.ROBERT B. ANGUS is a Senior Lecturer at Northeastern University with 55 years of part-time and full-timeteaching experience that includes mathematics, physics, and electrical -engineering courses. He has also been adesign engineer, engineering manager, and senior engineering specialist for more than 20 years. For the past 20years, he has been an engineering consultant specializing in circuit and system design, curriculum development,and technical-manual writing
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Jia Lu, Valdosta State University
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
.[4] J. Li et al., “Web GIS for Sustainable Education: Towards Natural Disaster Education forHigh School Students,” Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 5, p. 2694, Feb. 2022, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052694.[5] D. Goldstein and M. Alibrandi, “Integrating GIS in the Middle School Curriculum: Impactson Diverse Students’ Standardized Test Scores,” Journal of Geography, vol. 112, no. 2, pp. 68–74, Mar. 2013, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00221341.2012.692703.[6] M. B. Schlemper, V. C. Stewart, S. Shetty, and K. Czajkowski, “Including Students’Geographies in Geography Education: Spatial Narratives, Citizen Mapping, and Social Justice,”Theory & Research in Social Education, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 603–641, Feb. 2018, doi:https://doi.org/10.1080
Collection
ASEE Mid-Atlantic Section Spring Conference
Authors
Daniel Blessner, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus
sciencecourse. Therefore, reinforcement of common graphing terms is beneficial to thesestudents. This is once again the aim of this paper to have under-preparedengineering students obtain a successful outcome in their intended engineeringmajor.The Standard Interval Method (SIM)For comparison purposes only, the SIM method will be presented here. The SIMrequires locating numbers on a number line. An example will be given here for adegree 2 polynomial inequality.Solve the given Quadratic Inequality: đ‘„ 2 − đ‘„ − 12 < 0First, solve the given quadratic equation: đ‘„ 2 − đ‘„ − 12 = 0 (đ‘„ + 3)(đ‘„ − 4) = 0 {−3,4}The numbers -3
Collection
1999 Annual Conference
Authors
Patrick E. Connolly; Theodore Branoff
Press.Sorby, S. A. & Baartmans, B. J. (1996). A course for the development of 3-D spatial visualization skills. Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 60 (1), 13-20.VI. Biographical InformationTHEODORE J. BRANOFFTed is an assistant professor of Graphic Communications at North Carolina State University and has been anASEE member since 1986. He has taught courses in introductory engineering graphics, computer-aided design,descriptive geometry, and vocational education. Ted has a bachelor of science in Technical Education, a master ofscience in Occupational Education, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. His current academic interestsinclude spatial visualization ability, information processing theory, geometric dimensioning and
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Virtual & Distance Experiments
Collection
2003 Annual Conference
Authors
Jucain Butler; Jay Brockman
tools into traditional courses.Introduction The versatility of the World Wide Web as a learning tool has allowed it to be used Page 8.1296.1in engineering courses. Some courses use web-based, virtual laboratories exclusively toreplace traditional, physical labs, and in other courses virtual labs are not being used at all.Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & ExpositionCopyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIn this paper, we show how in an Introduction to Engineering Systems course at theUniversity of Notre Dame, we used a combination of a virtual lab and a physical
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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
curriculum enhancements that are confined tospecific activities within a course, or that involve the addition of entrepreneurship-related content and materials.Measuring growth in entrepreneurial experience or skills is also a potential outcome butis multifaceted (Duval-Couetil, 2013; Fayolle, 2005; Rideout and Gray, 2013; Yi &Duval-Couetil, 2021). On one end of the spectrum, this can consist of showingheightened interest in entrepreneurship, which can be implied from course participationnumbers or other activities. At the other end of the spectrum, it can consist of countingthe number of startups created by participants. Increasingly, however, there is consensusthat startup metrics provide an incomplete view of the long-term
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2001 Annual Conference
Authors
Nand Jha; Bahman Litkouhi
decisions made during design of materials, manufacturing process, sizes, etc affect more than 75% of the LCC. Materials and manufacturing process used will affect the cost associated with reuse, recycle, disposal as well as environment. In industry, a life cycle cost design indicates that the first cost alone is not enough to evaluate fully an article for system, but that all costs occurred over the life of the system must be considered. A thermal system needs heavy financial investment and must include capital cost, operating cost, service and repair cost including total retirement cost. It has been found that due to governmental regulation, environmental concern and safety considerations, it is
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Distance, Remote, and Virtual Experiments
Collection
2007 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John White, University of Massachusetts-Lowell; Leo Bobek, University of Massachusetts- Lowell
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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies
illustration, two specific cases are then highlighted: an introductory energy balancelaboratory that has been conducted for several groups of freshman Chemical Engineeringstudents, and a pool heat-up experiment that was used as the basis for a project in an EngineeringDifferential Equations course. Both these examples focus on the energy transfer and transportmechanisms that are an integral part of the reactor facility. The readily available data allow oneto illustrate a number of fundamental concepts of interest to each course using real informationfrom an operating facility -- and the real-world nature of these applications seems to really Page
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Engineering Management Division Technical Session 3
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2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sara Jansen Perry, Baylor University; Emily M Hunter, Baylor University; Steven C. Currall, University of California, Davis; Ed Frauenheim, The Great Place to Work Institute
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Engineering Management
Paper ID #11561Organized Innovation: A Framework for Effectively Managing InnovationDr. Sara Jansen Perry, Baylor University Sara Jansen Perry is an assistant professor of management in the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. She teaches organizational behavior and human resource management courses, including ne- gotiation and principles of management. She earned her PhD in 2009 from the University of Houston in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, also earning the Meredith P. Crawford fellowship in I-O Psychol- ogy from HumRRO that year. In the 2013-14 academic year, she held the Professional Land
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
Paper ID #36686Board 373: Renewable Energy Systems Training (REST) Project Final Re-portDr. Mohsen Azizi, New Jersey Institute of Technology Mohsen Azizi is an assistant professor in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. From 2010 to 2013, he was an R&D engineer at Aviya Tech Inc. and Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc., Longueuil, Canada, where he designed and developed control and fault diagnosis systems for jet
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Faculty Development II
Collection
2005 Annual Conference
Authors
Jason Keith; Adrienne Minerick
why. In order for thenew professor to smoothly integrate their course into the culture of the department, theauthors also suggest gaining familiarity with the entire departmental curriculum. Oneway to do this is review prerequisite classes with faculty or to read through the last ABETpacket submitted.During this information gathering phase, it may be beneficial to ask what worked andwhat did not work. For example, after teaching his course for one year, JMK realized thathis students had difficulty applying mathematical concepts to course material,particularly on exams. This may have been avoided by finding out more information fromother faculty prior to the start of the semester.To try to alleviate the problem, a handout was prepared for
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LIBED) Poster Session
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Johanna Bodenhamer, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis ; Robert Weissbach, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Ruth Camille Pflueger, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend College; Corinne C. Renguette, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Brandon Sorge, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis; Annwesa Dasgupta; Immanuel Edinbarough P.E., The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)
the director of the Learning Resource Center at Penn State Behrend for 20 years, where she is also an affiliate instructor of English. She has been involved in a number of federal grants, including two NSF STEM grants, an EU-AtlantDr. Corinne C. Renguette, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis Corinne Renguette, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Technical Communication, Chair of the Department of Technology Leadership and Communication, and Director of the Technical Communication Writing Center in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI. She is co-coordinator of the Di- versity Equity and Inclusion track of the Assessment Institute and her research focuses on inclusion in STEM
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Sociotechnical Thinking: Who, Why, and How?
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Patrice Marie Buzzanell, University of South Florida; Sean M. Eddington, Kansas State University; Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE)
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Diversity
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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society Division (LEES)
. Eddington, Kansas State University Sean Eddington (Ph.D., Purdue University) is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Kansas State University. Sean’s primary research interests exist at the intersections of organizational communi- cation, new media, gender, and organizing.Dr. Carla B. Zoltowski, Purdue University at West Lafayette (COE) Carla B. Zoltowski is an assistant professor of engineering practice in the Elmore Family School of Elec- trical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and (by courtesy) the School of Engineering Education, and Director of the Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program within the College of Engineering at Pur- due. She holds a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in
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Thermodynamics, Fluids and Heat Transfer - II
Collection
2008 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Gerhart, Lawrence Technological University; Philip Gerhart, University of Evansville; Robert Fletcher, Lawrence Technological University
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Mechanical Engineering
Comparison of Differing Credit Hour Allotments for Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics CoursesAbstractEach institution determines how many credit hours will be allotted for each course.Thermodynamics and fluid mechanics in an undergraduate Bachelor of Science MechanicalEngineering curriculum in the United States typically are allotted three or four credit hours. Fora semester system, this allows for 42-45 or 56-60 fifty-minute class sessions in three and fourcredit hour courses, respectively.Opinions vary whether thermodynamics and fluid mechanics should each be three credit hours,each be four credit hours, or one should be three and the other four. Two universities haveconducted a study to determine the advantages, disadvantages
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Mechanical Engineering Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Tanveer Singh Chawla, Western Washington University; Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University
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Diversity
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Mechanical Engineering
Paper ID #23889Two Approaches to Optimize Formula SAE Chassis Design Using Finite Ele-ment AnalysisDr. Tanveer Singh Chawla, Western Washington University Dr. Chawla is an Assistant Professor in Plastics and Composites Engineering, Engineering & Design De- partment at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA. His background is in solid mechanics and materials. Research interests other than in mechanics of materials include manufacturing, characterization and repair of fiber reinforced polymer composites, and diversity in STEM.Mr. Eric Leonhardt, Western Washington University I have been working to develop lower
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First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 14: Introductory Programming Assessment, Plagiarism, Motivation, Engagement, and Textbooks
Collection
2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
P.K. Imbrie, University of Cincinnati; Jeff Kastner, University of Cincinnati; Dylan Ryman, University of Cincinnati
Powered by www.slayte.com Sensitivity Preservation and Precision of Plagiarism Detection Engines for Modified Short ProgramsAbstractSource code plagiarism presents a continual threat to the integrity and effectiveness ofengineering education, as habitual cheating often has devastating impacts on students’ academicand professional careers. As programming becomes an increasingly central component offirst-year engineering curricula, it is essential that instructors are able to uphold academicintegrity by identifying students who engage in misconduct, either through direct plagiarism orexcessive peer collaboration. Instructors have an arsenal of plagiarism detection tools at theirdisposal, and students are keenly
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Student Beliefs, Motivation and Self Efficacy
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Micah Stickel, University of Toronto; Siddarth Hari, University of Toronto; Qin Liu, University of Toronto
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Educational Research and Methods
Paper ID #10492The Effect of the Inverted Classroom Teaching Approach on Student/FacultyInteraction and Students’ Self-EfficacyDr. Micah Stickel, University of Toronto Dr. Micah Stickel (ECE) is Chair, First Year, in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering. He is also a Senior Lecturer in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. Dr. Stickel first came to the Faculty when he started as an undergraduate in 1993. Since that time, he has completed his BASc (1997), MASc (1999), and a PhD (2006) — all with a focus on electromagnetics and the development of novel devices for high
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ASEE Multimedia Session
Collection
2002 Annual Conference
Authors
Samira Hasan; Tom Roberts
leaders learn what is and isn’t possible, new students change,university policy’s and procedures change, and Arts and Science Departments makeimprovements to their courses. The evaluation and discussion of any proposed changes serve asan effective leadership development tool for older students.Conclusions · The Engineering Student Council / Dean’s Office partnership has effectively implemented positive change in freshman student behavior and performance. (Figure 2) · All 8 College of Engineering departments have improved first semester contact with new students. Six degree programs have added an orientation course to their curriculum. · The New Student Orientation Handbook is an excellent summary of materials, is
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2001 Annual Conference
Authors
Raghu Korrapati; Nikunja Swain; Mrutyunjaya Swain; James A. Anderson
Engineering Laboratory (CBVEL). This CBVEL will help us inproviding an interdisciplinary Integrated Teaching and Learning experiences that integrates team-oriented, hands-on learning experiences throughout the engineering technology and sciencescurriculum, and engages students in the design and analysis process beginning with their first year. Thiswill modify our existing laboratories, and help us better educate and train our graduates to serve theneeds of the technological and engineering community. Students can use this CBVEL along with othersoftware and test equipment in engineering technology hall and in other buildings. This CBVEL canalso be accessed from remote sites using Internet
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Impacts on K-12 Student Identity, Career Choice, and Perceptions of Engineers
Collection
2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Adriana Anunciatto Depieri, University of Sao Paulo; Roseli de Deus Lopes P.E., Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo
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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering
Paper ID #9828High School Students’ Attitudes to Engineering and Engineers related totheir Career ChoiceMrs. Adriana Anunciatto Depieri, University of Sao Paulo For almost 10 years I have worked as an assintant professor and since 2003, I have worked for the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and innovation in the Popularization of Science and Technology issues. Besides policy formulation and implementation of programs to popularize S & T, we give support to improve science teaching in schools, in partnership with the Ministry of Education. Authorized by deads, I have dedicated most of time as a PhD candidate
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NSF Grantees Poster Session
Collection
2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Catherine Cohan, Pennsylvania State University; Pradip K. Bandyopadhyay; Amy L. Freeman Ph.D., Tufts University; Ryan Scott Hassler; Mark William Johnson, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus; Mikhail Kagan, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz Campus; Ann Marie Schmiedekamp; Peter J. Shull, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus
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Diversity, NSF Grantees Poster Session
. Shull’s peda- gogical efforts include meta-cognitive strategy learning to improve student academic success, an interest in women’s issues within the engineering environment, integrated, experiential techniques to improve engineering students’ social emotional development as applied to teamwork and communication, and program assessment methods that minimize stakeholders’ efforts while maximizing the effectiveness of the measurement tool. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2018 Sustainable bridges from campus to campus: Progress after Year 2 (NSF IUSE #1525367)AbstractPurpose: The purpose of the Sustainable
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Mentoring First Year Students
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh; Alaine Allen, University of Pittsburgh; Jeremy Tartt, University of Pittsburgh
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First-Year Programs
them butto inspire them to succeed. By the end of the battle Jane and the Dragon were best friends. That is something what wasonce an enemy now became allies. The battle taught them to respect each other and to trust oneanother. The same can be said about knowledge. The same materials they are struggling with inthe classroom with become the tools of their trade in the future, and they will learn to respecteach science and the value it adds to engineering. In the end Jane returns to become a hero. The same people that made fun of her in thebeginning now respect her. Thus, do not let your present conditions predict your futurepossibilities.DOES IT WORK?As the Table 7 shows, the changes we made to the Freshman Curriculum including focusing