Conference Session

NSF Grantees’ Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; David Reeping, Ohio Northern University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

classification scheme to accurately determine specific coursecontent when considering credit awarded for transfers, to develop introductory engineeringcoursework, formulate course foci, and to identify and fund efforts toward appropriateassessment gaps.MethodologyThis project involves a study and the development of a classification scheme for courses meant tointroduce engineering to first-year engineering students. Such courses are typically entitled“Introduction to Engineering” or similar; yet, this course title can describe fundamentally differentcourses. For instance, an introduction course with weekly presentations from differentdepartments is fundamentally different than one with an outcome to cover programming skills.With the various nuances and

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeremiah J. Neubert, University of North Dakota; Deborah Worley, University of North Dakota; Naima Kaabouch, University of North Dakota; Mohammad Khavanin, University of North Dakota

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

CoachingPeer mentoring and reciprocal peer coaching are integral components of our project, as weexpect the engineering peer mentors to provide real-time, instructive feedback as well asguidance on efficient study habits to students enrolled in calculus and who are consideringengineering as an academic major. Moreover, we use peer mentors to connect students to campusresources as well as to one another. Peer mentoring is regarded as a successful intervention toaddress issues of student retention in academic programs12. Peer mentoring, as defined byKram13 is “a helping relationship in which two individuals of similar age and/or experience cometogether … in the pursuit of fulfilling some combination of functions that are career-related andpsychosocial

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Weizhao Zhao, University of Miami; Ann G Bessell PhD; Nurgun Erdol, Florida Atlantic University; Anthony J McGoron, Florida International University; William T. Rhodes, Florida Atlantic University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

the viewer’s attention and conveying explanations more effectively22. On the otherhand, the Internet’s interactive feature is usually utilized well but its advantage to learningevaluation is often neglected. For example, the Internet provides the teaching-learning process anefficient and automatic means to receive un-biased feedback by designed assessmentfunctions19,26. A dynamic tracking system embedded in the Internet accessible interactivityteaching software is highly desirable to use the Internet’s un-biased and online feedback featureto influence evaluation.Educational Hypothesis and Project ObjectiveThe motivation to start the project was to match student’s learning style10, “I hear and I forget, Isee and I remember, I do and I

Conference Session

Environmental engineering pedagogy and innovation

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida; Sarina J. Ergas, University of South Florida; Ramesh K. Goel, University of Utah; Dilek Ozalp, University of South Florida; Teri Kristine Reed, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Environmental Engineering

Paper ID #6675Development of a Concept Inventory for Introductory Environmental Engi-neering CoursesDr. Sukalyan Sengupta, University of Massachusetts, DartmouthProf. Jeffrey A Cunningham, University of South Florida Dr Jeffrey Cunningham is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engi- neering at the University of South Florida (USF). Dr Cunningham’s research and teaching interests are related to the fate, transport, and remediation of contaminants in the environment. His current students are working on projects related to the clean-up of soil contaminated by hazardous chemicals, the fate of

Conference Session

Fresh Perspectives on Information Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

a complete reference list in written documents • Explain how research and information sources are related to making evidence-based engineering decisionsPortions of this content are taught at two different times during the semester. Initialconversations about high quality resources occur early in the semester, during the second week,when the students are being introduced to Model Eliciting Activities (MEA). MEAs are openended design projects in real-world, client driven scenarios 4. As an early step in completing andMEA, students need to find information to help define the context of the situation for which theyare designing a solution.Week 2 focuses on a discussion of trustworthy sources and data literacy through fact checkingand

Conference Session

Bringing Industrial Applications into the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emilia Golebiowska; Giovanni Kelly II; Yassir M. Samra; James P Abulencia, Manhattan College

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Chemical Engineering

the efficiency of both virgin and waste vegetable oil biodiesel whencompared to standard petroleum fuel. Studies were performed on the purity of the biodiesel andfuel efficiency when varying the alcohol and base. This initial research project evolved into another independent project involving fourChemical Engineering students that focused on the conversion of glycerin into other usefulproducts. Some products that can be manufactured from glycerin are: bar soap, liquid soap, andcandles. These projects evolved into a collaboration between the Chemical Engineeringundergraduates, and graduate students from the School of Business to produce a cost andfeasibility analysis on the products from the biodiesel reaction. These products have the

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Design

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Josue Njock-Libii

design projects in advanced mechanics of materials; Atherton (1998) 1 discusses controls;Schilling & Hagen (2000) 34, sanitary engineering; Lightner, Carlson, Sullivan, Brandenmuehl &Reitsma (2000)17, the concept of a living laboratory in Colorado; and Westerberg &Subrahmanian (2000)43, product design.D. Senior year: Capstone Design courses: These courses are offered toward the end of theundergraduate career of students to allow them to integrate what they have learned. Typically,they solve a practical problem that is both substantial and relevant. Capstone design courses aretaught in a wide variety of approaches. Two sample references to capstone designs are: a casestudy in which senior designs were supervised and evaluated by

Conference Session

ASEE Multimedia Session

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

John Kaplan; Kathleen Kaplan

U.S. population and education statistics,the trend of some minority groups to obtain higher percentages of both bachelor andengineering degrees over other minority groups, the next-generation of college students,the projected future populations, and some possible solutions to increasing the numbers ofminority students in the engineering field.Literature SearchIn researching this area, one finds a plethora of information, yet not all address theaccurate state of minority students in engineering. Some references, including thosepublished by NSF1,2, state accurate information, but focus on the increase in the numbersof minority students, not the racial groups within the minority groups or the relationshipbetween these numbers and the U.S

Conference Session

Information Literacy

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Elizabeth Smith; Lawrence Whitman

The Engineering Economy course was taught in two separate sections at the same time.One section was taught aspects of MS Excel during the live class time. The second section hadlectures on MS Excel available online. Both groups were given a pre-test question requestingstudents to rate their skill level in MS Excel. A post-test question of self-assessment on skilllevel identical to the pre-test question was asked in the final week of the sixteen week course. A thirty-five point assignment allowed students to practice the learned concepts fromclass using MS Excel. The assignment required students to enter data, use multiple worksheets,create a bar graph, and use engineering economy MS Excel functions with an objective ofcomparing project

Conference Session

Energy Programs and Software Tools

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Sunil Appanaboyina; Rakesh Sreenivasa; Kendrick Aung

was presented and discussed. One of thetools is an energy calculator that does unit conversion of different energy resources and fuelunits, and estimates the cost of electricity generation using different fuels. The other tool is acycle analyzer that conducts the first and second law analyses of power cycles for different idealgases. These tools were beta tested in a senior elective class to evaluate their effectiveness. Thestudents found the tools useful for their assignments and projects. Future improvements of thetools based on suggestions of the students were presented. These improvements are beingincorporated in the tools to make them more useful for students.Introduction Increasing popularity of the Internet and information

Conference Session

Design Experiences in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Tim Meyers; Robert Weissbach

Society for Engineering Education” Session 2433Project conclusion and student evaluationDuring the fall semester of his senior year, the student decided to terminate work on hisundergraduate thesis project. A number of factors contributed to this decision. They include: • Time constraint – The student felt that there wasn’t sufficient time to simultaneously work on the thesis while also maintaining excellence in his schoolwork and being involved in extracurricular activities, such as student government and his fraternity. He was also concerned about making satisfactory progress on his capstone senior design project. This team

Conference Session

New Ideas in Energy Education

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Alan Scaroni; Jonathan Mathews; Sarma Pisupati

Learning and Teaching Methodology“Eighty- three percent of faculty nation wide report that lecturing is their preferredinstructional method, even while surveys of students say that question-and-answer periods,team projects, work on problem-based activities and face time with the instructor were thebiggest contributors to a positive learning experience”1.“The attention span of the students increases from the beginning of the lecture to 10 minutesinto the lecture and decreases after that point” 2.There is no formal text book for the course. Most of the lecture slides and referencematerials are posted on the web. This is facilitated by the course management program: ANew Global Learning Environment (ANGEL). ANGEL was developed by Cyber Learningand

Conference Session

International Engineering Education II

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Morteza Sadat-Hossieny

-enligne.prd.fr/, simulation libraries such as http://www.eoe.org, remote laboratories such ashttp://iawww.epfl.ch/, and virtual laboratories such as http://www.esr.ruhr-uni-bochum.De/VCLab/ and tutorials such as http://www.engin.umich.edu/group/ctm/. Projects for Page 8.471.1 “Proceedings of the 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering Education”pedagogical material capitalization and for open distance learning diffusion are strongly supportedby the European Commission, which considers education as one of the most strategic applicationsof

Conference Session

Topics in Mechanical ET

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Emin Yilmaz; Kenny Fotouhi

combustion engines. Thepurpose of this project was to service gasoline engine, service the engine dynamometer,test the system and carry out some engine performance tests. If successful, engine testswill be incorporated into “EDTE 341-Power and Transportation course” or “ETME 301-Thermodynamics and Heat Power” course as one or two laboratory experiments. EDTE341 course is a technical elective and ETME 301 is a required course in MechanicalEngineering Technology (MET) program. Gasoline engine was disassembled andserviced as a requirement for the laboratory part of EDTE 341 course. Servicing of theengine-dynamometer was completed as an ETME 499 project. Instrumentation for fuelconsumption measurements were added and measurements were carried. Results

Conference Session

Innovative Teaching in Environmental Engineering

Collection

2003 Annual Conference

Authors

Enos Charles Inniss

Copyright © 2003, American Society for Engineering EducationIn addition to preparing and presenting their own topics students were asked to evaluate both thepresentation and content of information provided by their peers. Evaluation forms were providedto the class and they were encouraged to actively participate in the Q&A session.B. Use of WebCT Course Management ToolThe course management tool WebCT was critical to the success of this project because it allowedfor • Students to personally communicate with only their group members through the web; • Groups to submit their fact sheet drafts to the instructor for review; • Groups to upload their PowerPoint presentations to the web-platform for ease of presentation

Conference Session

International Engineering Education: Developments, Innovations, Implementations, and Pedagogical Challenges in Engineering Education

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Muge Mukaddes Darwish, Texas Tech University; Ali Nejat, Texas Tech University; Tewodros Ghebrab, Texas Tech University

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International

, domesticcompanies shoulder an equal share of foreign competition [24]. LLC, a subsidiary of aTurner/DallasTexas based construction company was recently selected to manage a $160 millionUSD renovation and upgrade project of 6 luxury hotels in the nation of Turkey throughcompetitive bidding [33]. Many foreign companies underbid for domestic construction work andpurchase others through coalitions, as such in the case of CINTRA, one of the largest privatedevelopers of transportation infrastructures in the world. Based in Madrid, Spain, the coalitionformed with ZACHARY, a San Antonio-based Construction Company, work throughcompetition and subcontracting work to that of companies like Technoserve Construction Co.Inc.[5,31,34]Globalization allows companies a

Conference Session

ChemE Potpourri

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua A. Enszer, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Victoria E. Goodrich, University of Notre Dame; Rachel B. Getman, Clemson University

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Chemical Engineering

engineering; rather, it is based on student interest alone.The chemical engineering computer methods course at Notre Dame is a three-credit, lecture-based course that is taken in the spring of the sophomore year. The course includes majorsemester projects that motivate the selection and timing of computational topics covered in thecourse, which include statistics, differential equations, and optimization. Regular homeworkassignments and exams are used to give students more practice and exposure to computationaltechniques. Applications from junior- and senior-level courses are distilled to their mathematicalcomponent for examples.The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is a medium-sized, Northeastern, publicinstitution whose student body is

Conference Session

The Role of Robotics in K-12 Engineering

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard S. Stansbury, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Farahzad Behi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

, reactivecontrol, deliberative control, robotic teams, and robot swarms. This topic is covered at a fairlyhigh level and reply video to demonstrate the concepts. The build project focuses upon thedevelopment of the NXT Explorer, which uses reactive controls following a finite state machine.Camp instructors walk each team of students through the program explaining how the systemtransitions between its states.Day 4: The fourth morning focuses on students learning to write their own programs. Up to thispoint, the students have merely downloaded their own programs from NXTPrograms.com3. Forthis final morning, the instructors demonstrate the development of some simple programs usingwhile loops, if/switch blocks, etc. to accomplish some simple goals. The

Conference Session

Epistemic Research

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Naomi C. Chesler, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Cynthia M. D'Angelo, University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Jamon W. Opgenorth; Carrie Beth Reardan, Epistemic Games; Nathan Patrick Haggerty, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Clayton Guy Lepak

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Educational Research and Methods

AC 2012-3103: NEPHROTEX: MEASURING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’WAYS OF PROFESSIONAL THINKING IN A VIRTUAL INTERNSHIPMs. Golnaz Arastoopour, University of Wisconsin, Madison Before becoming interested in education, Golnaz Arastoopour studied mechanical engineering and Span- ish at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. While earning her bachelor’s degree, she worked as a computer science instructor at Campus Middle School for Girls. Along with a team of undergraduates, she headlined a project to develop a unique computer science curriculum for middle school students. She then earned her secondary mathematics teaching certification in New York City at Columbia University. Arastoopour then accepted a position teaching

Conference Session

Computer-based Measurements

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mohammad Rafiq Muqri, DeVry University, Pomona; Shih Ek Chng, DeVry University, Pomona; Furqan Muqri, University of Texas; Aceela Muqri, VCU School of Medicine

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Instrumentation

project, we must choose a platform SDK. The platform SDK contains everything that isrequired for developing software for a given platform and operating-system release. The SDK foriOS (like MAC OS X SDK) consists of frameworks, libraries, header files and system tools butincludes a platform-specific compiler and other tools. There is also a separate SDK for iOSSimulator. All SDKs include build settings and project templates appropriate to their platform.Xcode is the engine that powers Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE) for Mac OSX and iOS. It allows us to create and manage projects; and specify platforms, targetrequirements, dependencies, and build configurations. Xcode 5 allows us to write source code ineditors with features such as

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Curriculum Development, Improvements, and Partnerships

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Imelda Olague, New Mexico State University; Ian H Leslie, New Mexico State University; Thomas D. Burton, New Mexico State University; Ricardo R. Torres Knight, University of Chihuahua

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International

at NMSU. The proposal was to takeadvantage of the long history of collaboration between these universities and to explore thepossibility to create an innovative cross-border engineering dual degree program challenging thecurrent policies in student mobility, credit transfer, cost of education, cultural adaptation, andlanguage barriers at both institutions. The difficulties posed by this initiative were abundant butthe desire to develop this partnership fueled the initiative and immediately an agenda was set toevaluate the feasibility of this project. Once both parties agreed that a project of this magnitudewould benefit their respective institutions, they moved forward to define the operationalguidelines and administrative requirements to

Conference Session

Global Engineering Models: Developments and Implementations

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gearold Johnson, Colorado State University; Thomas Siller, Colorado State University

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International

three sponsoring programs. Each panel session ended withinput or questions from the audience. There may have been as many as 800 attendees andthe symposium was quite interesting because of the diverse nature of the grandchallenges. The breadth of topics placed the symposium at the opposite end of thespectrum of typical single topic engineering symposia or conferences. But what was theprocess that had led up to this symposium?In 2006 the National Academy of Engineering started a project titled Grand Challengesfor Engineering. The stated purpose of this National Academy of Engineering project1is In a fourteen-month project, the NAE will convene a select, international committee to evaluate ideas on the greatest challenges and

Conference Session

Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanja Magoc, University of Texas at El Paso; Eric Freudenthal, University of Texas, El Paso; Francois Modave, Central Washington University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

scienceclasses principally focuses on the syntax of a particular programming language. Furthermore,programming projects are typically structured to provide practice of programming concepts ratherthan examining the application of programming to STEM studies. Computer Programming forScientists and Engineers (CPSE) is a course offered at the University of Texas at El Paso intendedto teach basic computer programming skills to undergraduate students majoring in STEM Page 15.834.2disciplines other than computer science. This course, which previously focused on the syntax andsemantics of the C language, attracted too few students and was largely viewed as

Conference Session

Post BS Entrepreneurship Education Needs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Borchers, Kettering University; Sung Hee Park, Kettering University; Michael Harris, Kettering University; William Riffe, Kettering University; Massoud Tavakoli, Kettering University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, journals and funded projects. Engineering curricula are crowded, however, and leave little room for new courses. Beginning with the “writing across the curriculum” movement in the 1980’s, the literature reveals that many disciplines have mounted “across the curriculum” movements. These include writing, mathematics, critical thinking, citizenship, ethics and other fields. Given crowded engineering curricula, an “across the curriculum” approach is a logical means to address the need to add entrepreneurial thinking without adding additional courses. Measurement tools are a critical requirement to assess the efficacy or any curriculum intervention. This is especially true when dealing with a new and

Conference Session

Standards For Future Engineering Practitioners

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruce Harding, Purdue University; Paul McPherson, Purdue University

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New Engineering Educators

importanceof standards, students entering the workforce within these countries will become an essentialasset to companies in a growing global economy. Examples of the international educationcourses include the “87 standardization courses held at 46 Korean universities” in 2006 which“were attended by 6,681 students,” the Asian Link Project on Standardization Education, and a“secondary school program on standardization education in Thailand (2003-2006), where 2,354teachers were trained and 444,600 students received standardization education” (2). Howeveramong these success stories, there are major roadblocks when considering these approaches inthe United States. The complexity of the US decentralized standards system and the lack of

Conference Session

TC2K Assessment: How to Really Do It

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Satyajit Verma

student. Itcan also be considered as a contract between a student and the course instructor.Assessment ActivitiesTypical classroom assessment activities include mid-term and final examinations, quizzes,homework assignments, laboratory exercises and reports, project work and reports, oralpresentations etc. However, assessment activities need not be confined to the classrooms. Thecourse instructor usually assigns % weights to each of these assessment activities (e.g. 15% each Page 10.923.2for each exam, 10% for laboratory reports etc.). Proceedings of the 2005 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition

Conference Session

Undergraduate Aerospace Labs/Design I

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Keith Koenig; Emmanuel Okoro; Viva Austin; Thomas Hannigan

almostentirely experiential in nature, changes to the curriculum and rapidly changing technologies arenecessitating some changes to the character and substance of these labs. These courses are beingmodified to provide general guidance in experimental methods and analysis, and to specificallyprovide an introduction to data acquisition and control of experiments directly related toanalytical coursework. Lab classes continue to be a forum for individual research projects andseminar presentations. Individual laboratory experiences have also become an important part ofthree introductory courses taught in the freshman and sophomore years, with experimentsranging from simple exercises to complex analytical and experimental correlations. Additionallaboratory

Conference Session

Innovations in Civil Engineering Education II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Kunberger, Florida Gulf Coast University; Robert O'Neill, Florida Gulf Coast University

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Civil Engineering

. Page 15.502.2 1Educational EnvironmentCivil Engineering students at Florida Gulf Coast University take a two course sequence inGeotechnical Engineering. The first course is a junior level course offered in the spring semesterand focused on an introduction to basic principles of soil mechanics. Emphasis in the firstcourse is on the development of a firm foundation of key concepts. Learning is reinforcedthrough homework, projects, and exams, heavily augmented with in class and laboratoryactivities. The second is a senior level course offered in the fall semester and focused onretaining walls, slope stability, and shallow and deep foundations. Emphasis is on theapplication of key concepts to the

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Canan Bilen-Green, North Dakota State University; Elizabeth Birmingham, North Dakota State University; Ann Burnett, North Dakota State University; Roger Green, North Dakota State University

and/oradopted by ADVANCE institutions. The committee met monthly to discuss goals and strategiesfor achieving institutional transformation through recruiting, retaining, and advancing women,particularly in the traditional science and engineering disciplines at North Dakota StateUniversity. The group applied for the grant but was unsuccessful in 2005; however, afteradditional research and honing of project plans, the group re-applied and received the grant in2008. In the meantime, during the 2002-2008 time period, the FORWARD group also advocatedfor and succeeded in obtaining additional childcare facilities, lactation rooms, and changingtables on campus.In this same time frame, North Dakota State University had been poised for change, making

Conference Session

Knowing our Students, Faculty, and Profession

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anna Pereira, Michigan Technological University; Michele Miller, Michigan Technological University; William Helton, Michigan Technological University; Leonard Bohmann, Michigan Technological University; Chris VanArsdale, Michigan Technological University

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Educational Research and Methods

, lowimportance, to 5, high importance. A definition was provided to clarify the meaning of each traitname. Table 1 lists the nine traits and their definitions.Table 1: Trait definitions given in first version of surveyStudent Trait DefinitionAcademic ability The student has a high college grade point averageCommunication The student writes well, is comfortable making oral presentations, and isskill able to communicate effectively with people that have different job functionsLeadership ability The student has held leadership positions in student organizations or on project teamsHands-on ability The student has tinkered with machinery or