Conference Session

Emerging Trends in Engineering Education Poster Session

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared Berrett, Brigham Young University

psychology of learning and technology. He currently is a faculty member at Brigham Young University in the Technology Teacher Education program where he teaches heavily, serves as the Graduate Coordinator, and mentors numerous undergraduates in research projects. He is happily married, has 6 children, and loves to learn. His research interests are in technological literacy and engineering in the k-12 setting, teaching pedagogy that promotes higher order thinking skills, and creativity. Page 11.569.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2006 ENGINEERING and Technology IN THE ELEMENTARY

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2023 ASEE PNW Section Conference

Authors

Seung-Jin Lee, University of Washington Tacoma; Heather Dillon, University of Washington

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Diversity

in terms of additionaleligible majors, inclusion of first-year transfer students, and the definition of “low-income” willbe broadened to include students in the “middle zone.” All engineering majors at UWT,including Computer, Electrical, Mechanical and Civil are now eligible to apply for the program.Mechanical and Civil Engineering are two of the newest engineering programs, starting in 2021and 2022, respectively.As part of the second phase, a new introductory course was developed and offered for the firsttime in Autumn 2022. This project-based Introduction to Engineering course leveraged bestpractices from engineering education to engage students in their academic careers. The coursewas inspired by the successful coffee-based class

Collection

2021 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting

Authors

Kiril Alexandrov Nikolov, The University of Texas at Tyler; Mohammad Abu Rafe Biswas, The University of Texas at Tyler; Xuan Nguyen, The University of Texas at Tyler; Victor Eduardo Ortiz, The University of Texas at Tyler

the University of Texas at Tyler in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His expertise and interests include process dynamics and control, fuel cell systems and thermal fluid engineering education. He teaches courses in system dynamics and control, process control, energy conversion, and thermal fluids laboratory at the Houston Engineering Center. He also has been advisor and mentor to several senior design project groups.Ms. Xuan Nguyen, The University of Texas at Tyler Xuan Nguyen is an undergraduate mechanical engineering student at the University of Texas at Tyler. Her interests include renewable energy, robotic, design, and automatic and HVAC systems. Also, she has a passion and interest in DIY projects

Conference Session

The Care and Keeping of Graduate Students - GSD Tech Session 6

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine G.P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Katy Luchini-Colbry, Michigan State University

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Graduate Studies, New Engineering Educators

refer back to if conflicts arise.33 Mentor-mentee contracts should be reviewed andupdated regularly; in an academic environment, revising once per year at a minimum – or even atthe start of a new semester – helps to ensure that mentors and mentees remain focused on theircommon goals. Specific elements that may be helpful within a mentor-mentee contract include:  Goals. The goals statement should identify (1) the overarching goals for the project or timeframe (e.g., what is the purpose of the research, or what are the key goals to accomplish during the upcoming semester?); (2) the mentee’s personal and/or professional goals for the project/timeframe (e.g., to complete certain experiments, to submit a journal

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katherine Goodman, University of Colorado, Denver; Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado, Boulder

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CU-Boulder. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in measurement techniques, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, design and computer tools. She has pioneered a spectacular course on the art and physics of flow visualization, and is conducting research on the impact of the course with respect to visual perception and educational outcomes. Her disciplinary research centers around pulsatile, vortex dominated flows with applications in both combustion and bio-fluid dynamics. She is also interested in a variety of flow field measurement techniques. Current projects include electrospray atomization of jet fuel and velocity and vorticity in human cardiac ventricles and

Conference Session

ETD Accreditation and Assessment

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Behnam Shadravan, Florida A&M University; Yves J. Anglade, Florida A&M University/Florida State University; Emmanuel Cofie, Florida A&M University/Florida State University

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Diversity

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Engineering Technology

University, Erie, PA(8/12 - 8/14) Associate Professor, Engineering Tech. Department Com. College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA (8/10 - 8/12) Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Research on concrete structures retrofitting, Univer- sity of Pittsburgh, PA, USA (1/12 - 8/12) Part Time Professor, Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa, Canada (1/04 - 8/10) Part-Time Lecturer, University of Water and power technology, Tehran, Iran (8/99 - 8/01) Engineering Experience Consulting engineer, Structural, concrete & Geotechnical, Achievement Eng. Corp., CA (PT 04/10- Current) Professional Structural Building Design, in collaboration with R. Muhammad, Tallahassee, FL (PT Since 9/15) Project

Conference Session

Engineering Technology

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Turner, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, West Lafayette; Rustin Webster, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, New Albany; Christopher Mark Schroder, Purdue University; Joseph F. Dues Jr., Purdue Polytechnic Institute, New Albany; Andrew McCart, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, New Albany

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Engineering Technology

concentrates on demand response technologies and the application of novel teaching and learning methods to power engineering education.Dr. Rustin Webster, Purdue Polytechnic Institute, New Albany Dr. Rustin Webster is an assistant professor at Purdue University. He teaches within the Purdue Poly- technic Institute and the department of engineering technology. He specializes in mechanical engineering and computer graphics technology. Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Webster worked in the Department of Defense field as an engineer, project manager, and researcher. His specialization was in mechanical de- sign, research and development, and business development. He studied at Murray State University and the University of Alabama

Conference Session

Pre-College: Fundamental Research in Engineering Education (1)

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico; Jill Marshall, University of Texas, Austin; Ara Winter, University of New Mexico, Department of Biology; Yang Liu, University of New Mexico, Department of Organization, Information, and Learning Sciences

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Diversity

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Pre-College Engineering Education Division

Paper ID #18208Progress toward Lofty Goals: A Meta-synthesis of the State of Research onK-12 Engineering Education (Fundamental)Dr. Vanessa Svihla, University of New Mexico Dr. Vanessa Svihla is a learning scientist and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico in the Organization, Information & Learning Sciences program, and in the Chemical & Biological Engineering Department. She served as Co-PI on an NSF RET Grant and a USDA NIFA grant, and is currently co-PI on three NSF-funded projects in engineering and computer science education, including a Revolutioniz- ing Engineering Departments project

Conference Session

Student Division Innovative Research Methods Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne Marguerite McAlister, The Ohio State University; Dennis M. Lee, Clemson University; Katherine M. Ehlert, Clemson University; Rachel Louis Kajfez, Ohio State University; Courtney June Faber, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Marian S. Kennedy, Clemson University

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Student

vague, researchers will often develop a codebook thatdescribes each code with a concrete definition and example quote from the data (Creswell,2014). This codebook can then be used by multiple researchers within the project or futureresearchers conducting similar studies. It is common to have multiple coders code the same dataset or split large data sets between multiple coders. Walther et al. (2013) suggested IRR as ameans to “mitigate interpretative bias” and ensure a “continuous dialogue between researchers tomaintain consistency of the coding” (p. 650). Miles and Huberman (1994) suggest that an IRR of80% agreement between coders on 95% of the codes is sufficient agreement among multiplecoders(Miles & Huberman, 1994)(Miles & Huberman

Conference Session

Women in Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jason Bazylak, University of Toronto; Ruth Childs, University of Toronto; Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto

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Diversity

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Women in Engineering

studies investigat- ing the design and equity of large-scale assessments, admissions processes, and other evaluation systems. Her most recent large research projects investigated how elementary students deal with uncertainty when answering multiple-choice questions and what Ontario’s universities are doing to improve access for un- derrepresented groups.Prof. Aimy Bazylak, University of Toronto Prof. Aimy Bazylak is an Associate Professor in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. She is the Tier II Canada Research Chair in Thermofluidics for Clean Energy and the Director of the University of Toronto Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE). In 2008, she received the inaugural Bullitt

Conference Session

Division Experimentation and Lab-Oriented Studies - Best of DELOS

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nebojsa I. Jaksic, Colorado State University, Pueblo; Boyan Li

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Division Experimentation & Lab-Oriented Studies

engineers do.IntroductionEngineering students often have difficulty explaining their chosen profession to non-engineeringstudents. Their motivation to finish an engineering degree and to fit within their socialenvironment can be enhanced by doing something interesting yet useful for the community. Withthis in mind, mechatronics engineering students approached the Humans vs. Robots WorkoutChallenge lab. The main justification for the lab was to use various pedagogical learninginstruments such as project-based learning, peer learning, and increased student engagement, allin the function of learning basic robotic concepts and robot programming, as well as developingcommunication skills. Student engagement was directed towards increasing awareness

Conference Session

Student Division Development of Professional Skills Technical Session

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Zahra Shahbazi, Manhattan College; Mary Ann Jacobs Ed.D., Manhattan College; Alexandra Emma Lehnes, Manhattan College; Kathleen Christal Mancuso, Manhattan College; Anthony Scotti, Manhattan College

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Diversity

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Student

to real-life scenarios inschool project, at work, and in teaching.Peer-Presentation ReviewTo specifically enhance the presentation skills of the engineering ambassadors, the studentspractice the presentation portion of the lesson their group designed to their fellow ambassadorsand faculty. During the presentation, the audience took note on the presentation skills such asposture, filler words, body language verbal tone, volume, and eye contact are ranked on anexcellent to needs improvement scale. This provided the ambassadors with a list of requiredimprovements in their presentations. The presenting ambassadors received a similar sheet withthe combined results as shown in table 3. Table 3: Sample of

Conference Session

MET Papers 2

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shoji Nakayama, Purdue University Northwest (College of Technology); Ali Alavizadeh, Purdue University Northwest

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Engineering Technology

safety in a formal manner.Figure 1. The red arrows show a plastic cover on the cylinders and the motor.In this paper, the authors report the result of their investigation on identifying a gap between thecurrent safety related issues that are being taught in a fluid power course and what should betaught. This gap can then be fulfilled by creating new components to enhance MET laboratoryexperience. The core item in this paper will be to use of survey to identity this gap and processtaken to reduce the margin of this gap. This process can be applied to ET related disciplines aswell as other disciplines in the higher education, where program improvements are needed.Goals and ScopeThe present project has two phases. The first phase is a preliminary

Conference Session

Multidisciplinary Course Efforts

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary P. Halada, Stony Brook University

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Multidisciplinary Engineering

report; comments on peer presentationsTo support course development, we have leveraged institutional technologies to increase thequality of education, as well as affordability and accessibility. This includes: Blackboard course management software to coordinate activities, and provide assignments as well as background readings and videos (recorded as part of the proposed project as well as some gathered from other sources, including archival news footage). Blackboard is also used for moderated discussion forums (for specific topic discussion as well as open forums acting as peer-to-peer help sites and collaboration tools), as well as to distribute links to assessment

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Military and Veterans

Paper ID #27011Restructuring the Engineering Activities in a Pre-college Summer ProgramProf. Richard Wayne Freeman P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy Prof Richard Freeman is an Assistant Professor at the United States Coast Guard Academy in Mechani- cal Engineering. He is course coordinator for Engineering Experimentation. He is currently working on projects and capstones involving CubeSats and ThinSats. Prof Freeman has previously taught at North- western University, Valparaiso University and Iowa State University. Prof Freeman can be reached at richard.w.freeman@uscga.edu. c American Society for

Conference Session

ERM Technical Session

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dohn A. Bowden, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Christina Phillips, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Jay A. Weitzen, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

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Educational Research and Methods

. TABLE II FINAL COURSE GRADE Final course grades are displayed in the box graphs shown in Fig. 1. The box plotsindicate that the mean averages between the treatment and the control groups are nearlyidentical, with only a 2.03% difference as seen in Table II. Referring to Fig. 1, the maximumfinal course grade exceeds 100%, due to extra credit given during the project (exam #2). Thereare a number of outliers for each semester and for both groups. This is due in part to studentswho stopped attending the course and did not withdraw. Fig. 1 indicates that the median finalcourse grades for both groups was identical, once again indicating that the hybrid laboratory hadno negative effect on the student learning

Conference Session

SED Technical Session: Applications

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Odon M. Musimbi, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Julio Proano, Metropolitan State University of Denver

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Systems Engineering

equipment suppliers include theacquisition and installation costs only. The operating and maintenance costs are not included.Impact on CurriculumThe impact of the systems engineering approach to small satellite testing and the potentialchanges in the curriculum are discussed below.Students will be guided to follow a basic system engineering approach to the overall project oftesting small satellites. Each satellite to be tested has common and special characteristics andrequirements that need to be identified and addressed in the process of generating the testingprocedures, scheduling and implementation.The approach discussed here follows the engineering practices and basic procedures establishedby INCOSE (International Council of Systems Engineering

Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Maha Sultan Alsheeb, Texas A&M University at Qatar; Amy Hodges, Texas A&M University at Qatar

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Diversity

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Student

the Writing Across the Curriculum initiative and coordinates the undergraduate writing courses. Currently, she is working on a project examining writing strategies used by engineers in multinational workplaces and the impact of these findings on WAC/WID programs. Her primary research and teaching interests are multilingual writers, writing across the curriculum and writing in the disciplines (WAC/WID), and first-year writing. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 The Impact of Socio-Cultural Factors in Qatar on Females in EngineeringAbstractThis paper provides a detailed insight into the Arab culture, specifically, the perceptions ofQatari culture on women in engineering. The Qatari

Conference Session

Research, Innovation and Careers

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Megan Patberg Morin, North Carolina State University; Alireza Dayerizadeh, North Carolina State University; Kristen Booth, North Carolina State University

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Diversity

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Two-Year College

education, medium frequency transformer optimization, and electric vehicle fast charger design optimization. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 The Shift from the Two to Four-Year Institute: How Research Experiences Impact Community College StudentsIntroductionResearch is messy and ill-defined. It provides society with new ideas, innovations, andchallenges. Undergraduate research is a project-based learning experience with little structure orguidelines. It can be overwhelming and intimidating to a student. Typical classroom workconsists of textbook-based homework assignments or projects with rubrics, guidelines, andstraight forward

Conference Session

Technical Session 10: Simulation and Modeling

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yul Chu, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Computers in Education

memory in detail, such as howto access and process data in a cache scheme. Therefore, it can be achallenge for a student to learn, design, and implement a multi-core cache memory. In addition, in the aspect of teaching computerarchitecture, a practical teaching methodology is needed. Since thetraditional classroom lecture-based teaching has many limitationson the learning capability, team-based learning methodologieshave been adapted in many disciplines in the areas of science andengineering. For the disciplines of computer science and computerengineering, project-based learning has been used as a popularmethodology in helping students to understand course materialsand to apply theoretical knowledge to solve real-world

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Beams P.E., University of Texas, Tyler

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Diversity

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Instrumentation

to the principles ofoperation and electrical behavior of a number of electronic devices (principally the p-n junctiondiode, the MOSFET, and the BJT). An understanding of the I-V characteristics of these devicesis indispensable to understanding their use in circuits exploiting them as either linear or nonlineardevices. While simulation is valuable, it is arguably not a replacement of the demonstration ofthe I-V characteristics of real devices. A brief survey of ASEE literature on educational use ofcurve tracers is summarized below.Shwehdi et al [1] described a senior design project to build an instrument for measurement of thecurrent gain of NPN BJTs. This was not a curve tracer per se.Beams [2] described curve tracers that used an ad hoc

Conference Session

Instrumentation Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Asad Yousuf, Savannah State University; Claire Cynthia Lehman

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Instrumentation

right or left to reduce the horizontalposition error to a low range acceptable for a locked on target condition. If the rotation constant wastoo high the Drone could gyrate left and right never locking onto target. If the rotation constant was toolow the Drone would take a long time to lock onto the target.In addition to the above the students also needed to understand the Blue Green Red (BGR) and the HueSaturation Value (HSV) color model. The shape of the object or marker did not matter, so long as thecolor was within the HSV high/low limits set in the track/follow code. The students had to insure thoseacceptable HSL colors were not in the area where the Drone was operating.The students did not know how to program coming into the REAP project

Conference Session

ENT Division Technical Session: EM Across the Curriculum II

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Michael J. Rust, Western New England University

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Diversity

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

and calculate out its profit  Number of individuals w/ diabetes worldwide  It opened my eyes and made me realize producing and selling a medical device or any products is not as easy as it looks  I learned how to research a country’s economics and use that to see if a product is worth market share  Learned how to research and assess a market  Good group dynamic, interesting to look into different markets  This was a very interesting project that had us look objectively at a product and the market of it beyond the United States  Learned how to view a possible market for expansion based on economic status and need for the device  Learned how to compare markets based on

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Robert A. Ross, University of Detroit Mercy

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Engineering Physics and Physics

engineering students.[1,2] We also useit as a gateway to motivate the introduction of Dirac notation into the engineeringcurriculum.[3,4]In this paper we provide some examples of useful applications of quantum entanglement that canbe simulated in an upper level modern physics course. We describe some simple algorithms thatstudents are guided to develop in the MATLAB environment. We also present the results ofsome simulations. These projects are well received by students and taking the time to introducethem does not harm their performance on a research-based assessment instrument.Schrödinger introduced “entanglement” into the scientific vocabulary in 1935.[5] It is interestingthat the phrase was essentially absent from publication until around 1990

Conference Session

Pre-college Engineering Education Division Technical Session 12

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Ayse Asatekin, Tufts University ; Isadora Shamah, Tufts University; Abigail Anne Klotz; Merredith D. Portsmore, Tufts University; Michael Forte, Tufts University; Russell Lincoln Shute

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Pre-College Engineering Education

/middleschoolchemeThis project was supported by NSF grant # 1553661

Conference Session

NSF Grantees: Student Learning 1

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Huanying Gu, New York Institute of Technology; N. Sertac Artan, New York Institute of Technology; Ziqian Dong, New York Institute of Technology; Reza Amineh, New York Institute of Technology; Houwei Cao, New York Institute of Technology; Sarah McPherson, New York Institute of Technology

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

as evaluator of three NSF grants awarded to New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), College of Engineering and Computer Science. She is recently retired as Associate Professor and Chair of Instructional Technology and Ed- ucational Leadership graduate programs at NYIT School of Education. Dr. McPherson has experience in national and international projects, such Social Media in Education in Abu Dhabi, UAE; Develop- ing Learning Objectives and Assessment Strategies in Curriculum for Cleaner Production for a US State Department project in Latin America; Technology Enriched Instruction Microsoft Teacher Education Ini- tiative Faculty Workshop Series at several locations worldwide, UNESCO meeting in Thailand, S. Korea

Conference Session

Mechanical Engineering Technical Session: Pedagogy I - Best Teaching Practices

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Autar Kaw, University of South Florida; Renee M. Clark, University of Pittsburgh

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Mechanical Engineering

Senate Resolution, ASEE Prism, and Voice of America.Dr. Renee M Clark, University of Pittsburgh Renee Clark is Research Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Director of Assessment for the Engineering Education Research Center (EERC) in the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. She conducts research on education projects that focus on active learning and engineering professional development. Current research includes the propagation of active learning throughout the Swanson School and the use of systematic reflection and metacognitive activities within coursework. She received the Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and the MS in Mechanical Engineering from

Conference Session

Engineering Libraries Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chelsea Leachman, Washington State University

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Engineering Libraries

Libraries (ACRL) Framework forInformation Literacy in Higher Education. The ACRL Framework includes a specific frame forauthority: “Authority is constructed in that various communities many recognized different typesof authority [5]” which is key when working with students across disciplines.When starting an interdisciplinary research project, it is essential that students can “…identify aninformation need and understanding the underpinnings of where to locate that informationprovides a solid foundation for being successful in the information probing, gathering, siftingand consolidation process[6]”. Other challenges in completing interdisciplinary literatureresearch include: 1. learning the disciplinary culture and language; 2. research

Conference Session

Materials Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A Heard, Carnegie Mellon University; Christiaan Job Nieman, Universidad de los Andes

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Materials

Paper ID #21452Exploration and Innovation in Creative Material EducationDr. Robert A Heard, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Heard holds a Teaching Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Past work includes activities as an industrial consultant, entrepreneur/president of two companies, and vice president positions in several engineering companies. His experience lies largely in the development and application of specialized new technologies and business opportunities, having significant international business and project experience. He has served on the Board of

Conference Session

Faculty Development Work-in-Progress Poster Session

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angeles Dominguez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Maria Elena Truyol, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

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Faculty Development Constituency Committee

Engineering (UNAB) that is engaged with the continuing teacher training in active learning methodologies at the three campuses of the School of Engineering (Santiago, Vi˜na del Mar and Con- cepci´on, Chile). She authored several manuscripts in the science education area, joined several research projects, participated in international conferences with oral presentations and key note lectures and serves as referee for journals, funding institutions and associations.Prof. Genaro Zavala, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago,Chile Genaro Zavala is a Full Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Engineering and Sciences at Tecnologico de Monterrey. Professor