Conference Session

IP, Incubation, and Business Plans

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Dean Burton; Ashbjorn Osland

incubators.A fifth incubator existed for three years under the name “Incubator Without Walls” (Dean, Burstein, Woodsmall, &Mathews, 2000). It was fully funded for three years by a HUD grant. Faculty-student teams engaged in servicelearning in projects designed to serve the needs of the 26 existing businesses and 67 potential businesses in theneighborhood surrounding the university. Business owners expressed satisfaction with the process. The incubatorceased operations when funding stopped.We will conclude with our findings regarding the critical role of industry clusters, access to resources,organizational learning, social networks within the incubation industry, and the pivotal role of mentoring/coaching.Literature ReviewBusiness incubators

Conference Session

Undergraduate Retention Activities

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Moshe Hartman; Harriet Hartman

academic achievements as males.Studies of why students migrate out of engineering have identified several factors at work. Theyinclude both “push” factors out of engineering (including poor academic performance,inadequate preparation, unwillingness to work) and “pull” factors attracting students into anothermajor (summarized in Seymour & Hewitt21). However, of more relevance to the present project,some of the reasons for switching out of engineering pertain to the very pedagogy with whichengineering is traditionally taught: hard “weeding out” classes rather than a nurturingenvironment; a lack of social and ethical context surrounding the academic work; a strongemphasis on individual competition; lack of warm and close interpersonal

Conference Session

NSF Grantees Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Larry Shuman, University of Pittsburgh; Mary Besterfield-Sacre, University of Pittsburgh; Tuba Pinar Yildirim, University of Pittsburgh; Nora Sieworiek, University of Pittsburgh

tool - we have focused on two additionalactivities: assessing the effectiveness of MEAs in various dimensions including improvingconceptual learning and problem solving, and assessing the MEA motivated problem solvingprocess.We summarize our achievements in these five activities over the first two and half years of ourfour year project. We provide an overview of the 18 MEAs we have developed or modified.Particular emphasis is placed on our mixed measurements of student learning and achievement,including the use of pre and post concept inventories, deconstruction of MEA solution paths andconceptual understanding, rubric scoring of completed MEAs and student reflections of the justcompleted problem solving process.Introduction“Collaborative

Conference Session

WIED: Faculty and Gender Issues

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Stefi Alison Baum, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

as part of the NSSA degree programs. She co- chaired the committee to design and develop the Bachelor of Science degree in Information Security and Forensics and has participated in numerous security working groups, conferences and training programs. Sharon is a co-PI on a $3.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the project ”CON- NECT: Increasing the Representation and Advancement of Women Faculty at RIT.” The NSF ADVANCE IT project, Creating Opportunity Networks for Engagement and Collective Transformation: Increasing the Representation and Advancement of Women Faculty @ RIT (Connect@RIT), is an effort across RIT’s nine colleges, all of which include STEM/SBS disciplines. The project’s goal is

Conference Session

College Industry Partnerships Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hadi Ali, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Robin Adams, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

College Industry Partnerships

-phase research project on characteristics of BPTconducted within a Fortune 500 Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) multi-national company.The aim of this research is to support ways to capture technical knowledge in industry and enablethe transfer of this knowledge to the next generation of professionals.BackgroundIn today’s organizations, human capital, and the potential it brings in terms of expert knowledge,efficiency, and insight,1 is more important than traditional assets such as equipment, facilities ornatural resources.2 Organizations that see themselves as “knowledge-generating communitiesmust continually determine what they know and do not know, find ways to efficiently share whatthey know among their members, and create or acquire knowledge

Conference Session

Engineering Student Experiences

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan Ph.D., Boise State University; Patricia Pyke, Boise State University; Susan Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University; R. Eric Landrum, Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

basedon solid data, has itself been the study of recent research. Borrego, Froyd and Hall (2010)10found that even high levels of awareness of innovative engineering education practices did nottranslate into high levels of adoption. Henderson, Beach and Finkelstein (2011)11, in ananalytical review of literature based on 191 conceptual and empirical journal articles publishedbetween 1995 and 2008, concluded that simply disseminating “best practice curricularmaterials…to other faculty does not work.” (Henderson et al., 2011, p. 971) Like Seymour(2001)12 they found weakness in the (unproven) theory that Seymour suggested as ascribed to bymany STEM reform projects and funding agencies, that “good ideas supported by convincingevidence of efficacy, will

Conference Session

Culture, Race, and Gender Issues

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cindy E Foor, University of Oklahoma; Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

practice engineering technical andprofessional skills while engaged in competitive, design/build projects. Increasingly, SELECTare fore-fronted as the hallmark of engineering programs and are commonly featured in materialsshared with prospective students and donors. Teams, especially successful ones, featureprominently in alumni newsletters, recruiting brochures, outreach and recruiting tours, andpromotion of college activities. For example, when a SELECT member interviewed for thisproject was asked, “(D)o you believe your department, the College of Engineering and theuniversity value SELECT,” the student responded "Oh yeah, yeah. For sure, it makes ’em lookgood. The college always likes to throw out statistics, like, ‘Oh, we're number this or

Conference Session

Engineering Education in Muslim Worlds: Introductory Workshop

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Sedki Riad; Mostafa Kamel

Conference Session

Improving Multidisciplinary Engineering Education

Collection

2005 Annual Conference

Authors

Teresa Mayes; John Bennett

questions to senior design projects), complemented by data gathered throughsenior surveys.Measurement of the softer criteria (team work, communications, life-long learning, ethics, etc.)has nearly everyone concerned, as these criteria do not as readily lend themselves tomeasurement and because they are subjects that are taught in multiple places in the curriculum,sometimes outside of the direct control of the college.Use of FE exam data is spotty, used primarily in civil and mechanical engineering programs.Portfolios are not widely used, deemed by most to be unmanageable due to the large volume ofdata that must be collected and the possible turnover of students. Those programs usingportfolios tend either to be small, or in fields where having

Conference Session

Entrepreneurial/Innovative Communication

Collection

2004 Annual Conference

Authors

Roxanne Spray; Lori Donath; Nancy Thompson; Theresa McGarry; Elisabeth Alford

communication in educationalsettings promises considerable insights into the learning process.The Research Communications StudioThe Research Communications Studio (RCS) is a research and education project in threeengineering departments at the University of South Carolina(http://www.che.sc.edu/centers/rcs/rcsmain.htm). The project focuses on language andcommunications as tools for conducting research, as well as the written and oral means of Page 9.869.1disseminating the results of research. Supported in part by a grant from the National ScienceFoundation, the project investigates the effect of the Research Communications Studio conceptin improving

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Ronna Turner; Ken Vickers; Greg Salamo

technically proficient at their job and at the same timeunderstand the economic and engineering implications of their decisions.” 2. The Boeing CompanyCEO Philip Condit has stated that “… it is important that engineering education also have breadth.Students need to know about business economics: What does it cost to build a project? What’sinvolved in integration?” 6.On the other end of the business size spectrum, small entrepreneurial technology startups arerequiring their smaller employee base to not only develop the technology, but also to manufactureand market it. Robert Morgan has reported the results of a meeting of fifty leaders of the NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAE) that “Engineering employment in manufacturing has movedsomewhat from

Conference Session

Hey You: Effectively Engaging Students in the Classroom

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn W. Ellis, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Civil Engineering

difficulty, the problem or project must be engaging enough tosummon the motivated effort deep learning requires. Students have to care about learning andabout the problem to be solved. Unfortunately there is neither a sure-fire collection of ready-made problems nor a well-defined set of guidelines for producing these problems.After an introduction on knowledge building, the instructor presented examples of possiblegeotechnical knowledge building problems (such as understanding the levee failure in HurricaneKatrina or the consequences of a major earthquake striking the eastern United States). Thestudents then worked together to generate their own knowledge problems and voted to select theproblem they would all work on. These included: • What are

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Patricia Dee Zobel, Rowan University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

). Freshman Engineering Clinic I & II introduced students toEngineering and important college skills.Extracurricular activities for the two cohorts were used to forge student-student and studentfaculty bonds and promote academic success. Extracurricular activities over the first two yearsincluded: “get to know each other” socials; sessions on study skills, alcohol awareness,interviewing for jobs, Excel, and graphing calculators; cultural and social activities on campus;meetings with juniors and seniors to learn about upper level student projects; and a meet-and-greet with engineering alumni.Creating more and stronger bonds with peers, faculty, and the campus provides students withaccess to resources that help them study, complete homework, and

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Penelope Peterson; Frank Fisher

developed with the primary goal of “influencing student attitudes rather than impartingcognitive knowledge”11. Other researchers have realized the roles that student attitudes can play onstudent performance, and discuss the utility of studying these changes in students12. Ultimately, wefeel that it may be possible to introduce learning opportunities in the curriculum (in unit sizesranging from single assignments, to larger projects, to perhaps portions of an entire class), with thegoal of instilling both content knowledge and these additional attitudes and cognitive dispositions instudents.The initial focus of our work has been in the field of biomedical engineering, because the interactionamong professionals of different backgrounds (engineering

Collection

2001 Annual Conference

Authors

Judson Singer

class students have received two messages from their professor.The first introduces them to the lighter side of the engineering profession.“Three men: a project manager, a software engineer, and a hardware engineer are helping out on a project. About midweek they decide to walk up and down the beach during their lunch hour. Halfway up the beach, they stumbled upon a lamp. As they rub the lamp a genie appears and says "Normally I would grant you three wishes, but since there are Page 6.837.3Proceedings of the 2001 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition Copyright © 2001, American

Conference Session

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ying Lyu, Beihang University; Chuantao Yin, Beihang University; Qing Lei, Beihang University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative and Experiential Education Division (CEED)

placements are significant for shaping students' pre-professional identity. Research hasalso shown that participation in WIL provides opportunities for students to engage intransformative learning that shape professional identity formation (Trede, 2012). Bothfacilitating and impeding factors in implementing WIL have been studied (Choy & Delahaye,2011; Jackson, 2015; Patrick et al., 2008).Despite the amount of work carried out on the effect of WIL internships, there has beenscarce research on WIL internships implemented in a TNE situation. One such rare study wascarried out by Bilsland et al. (2019) on a group of business undergraduate alumni on thevalue of internship electives in a TNE project in Vietnam. WIL of French engineeringeducation has

Conference Session

Special Session: Engineering Leadership—The Courage to Change

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Emily Moore, University of Toronto; Lisa Romkey, University of Toronto; Amin Azad, University of Toronto

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division (LEAD)

, students must demonstrate a variety of skills, competencies, and attitudesto meet course outcomes, enabling a truly multidimensional learning experience.Learning is supported through lectures, guest speakers, case study discussions and activities, butalso through a major project in which student develop a system map of a complex problem.Examples of problems explored include responsible lithium mining in Chile, the transition toautomation in manufacturing, or improving transit access to underserved communities. Theemphasis is on problem definition rather than solution, giving students the opportunity to explorethe problem space in depth. Over the course of a semester, students work in teams to developsystems maps that incorporate both the technical

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Technical Session 6: Equity, Inclusion, and Access

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sonia Travaglini, Stanford University; Aya Mouallem, Stanford University; Sheri D. Sheppard, Stanford University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs Division (FYP)

, leading its engineering study. Sheppard has contributed to significant educational projects, including the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education and the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter). Her industry experience spans Detroit’s Big Three: Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler. At Stanford, she has served as faculty senate chair, associate vice provost for graduate education, founder of and adviser to MEwomen, and leads the Designing Education Lab (DEL), which aims to revolutionize engineering education. Her achievements have earned her numerous honors, such as Stanford’s Walter J. Gores Award and the American Society for Engineering Education’s Chester F. Carlson and

Conference Session

Krusty's Creations: Robotics and Electronics in Springfield STEAM, Hey Hey!

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Joshua E. Katz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Robin Jephthah Rajarathinam, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yang Victoria Shao, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Yuting W. Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Pre-College Engineering Education Division (PCEE)

school students participated in a week-long summer camp thatfocused on electrical and computer engineering (ECE) concepts and practices. The five-daysummer camp consisted of hands-on activities, tours of different laboratories in ECE disciplines,and a group project that spanned the whole week where students built circuits using theSparkFun Inventor’s kit. During the group activity, the students were organized into eightgroups, and each group was mentored by an undergraduate mentor who facilitated thecollaborative hands-on activities. The middle school students completed validated and reliablepre and post-surveys adapted from the Student Attitudes Toward STEM (S-STEM) Survey andthe Group Work Skills Questionnaire Manual. The S-STEM survey is

Conference Session

ECE Division Poster Session

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kevin P. Pintong, Binghamton University; Douglas H. Summerville, Binghamton University

Tagged Divisions

Electrical and Computer

assistants. It is suggested that video chat or pictures beused to troubleshoot labs. It is also suggested that online basic tutorial videos on items such asbreadboards, batteries, basic troubleshooting skills and other items students need to use bedeveloped.3.6.4 Learning Outcomes for the Laboratory ComponentThe original proposal for our online course research project concluded that most of theeducational objectives of a laboratory experience could be replicated online. However, summer Page 22.1549.82010 experience also indicated that there were three learning outcomes that could not bereplicated. These include instrumentation, psychomotor, and

Conference Session

Methods, Techniques, and New Programs in Graduate Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michele L. Strutz, Purdue University, West Lafayette; James Edwin Cawthorne Jr., Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Michael Ferguson, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Mark T. Carnes, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Matthew W. Ohland, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies

probably looked at everything as its own project of how do I manage this? How do I get it done? What‟s the timeline? What are the critical tasks? – Ethan I also learned the lesson that you have to value peoples‟ life experiences beyond just what their degree, or what their … credentialed criteria might be. – Emma I‟ve also learned some of the flags for what, when interviewing for people where you kind of go … I should probably look into that a little more or should ask more about it or, beginning to understand where that line is on people who volunteer too much information and, when have they really… okay, this is beginning to show a personality issue that‟s going to be beyond where I want to

Conference Session

Reports from ADVANCE Institutions

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Margaret B. Bailey, Rochester Institute of Technology; Carol Elizabeth Marchetti, Rochester Institute of Technology; Elizabeth A. DeBartolo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jacqueline R. Mozrall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Gina M. Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute of Technology; Maureen S. Valentine P.E., Rochester Institute of Technology; Stefi Baum, Rochester Institute of Technology; Steven LaLonde, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

in Oracle HR process design, implementation and university reporting and metrics and affirmative action. Additional eleven years experience in Internal Audit in a University and Bank setting. Graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with BS in Business and a concentration in computer science. Currently working on providing research and analysis for the EFFORT@RIT project (a two-year study which supports institutional self-assessment activities focused on the recruitment, retention and promotion of female faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments.) Funding for the study comes from the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program.Prof. Sharon Patricia Mason, Rochester Institute

Conference Session

FPD I: Attacking the Problems of Retention in the First Year

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan D. Niemi, LeTourneau University; Robert W. Warke, LeTourneau University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

review was conducted to determine what other engineering programsacross the nation are currently doing to increase their retention and graduation rates. Mostarticles focused on freshman retention and the many efforts that have been undertaken toimprove first-year retention numbers. Unfortunately, in many cases it is still too early todetermine conclusively whether or not these have been successful. Therefore, this study focuseson efforts where substantial (two or more years of) increased retention have been documented.Successful efforts include:  First-year interest groups where students are clustered in common class sections.  Peer mentoring and/or supplemental instruction.  A first-semester, project-based, career-enlightening

Conference Session

Culture, Society, and Co-op

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Millward-Sadler, University of Applied Science, Graz; Annette Casey, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Frank Newman, University of Graz

Tagged Divisions

Cooperative & Experiential Education

offered by the department of Vehicle Technologycovers eight semesters over a four year period for an undergraduate and is based on theprinciples of Project Based Learning (PBL), a theme which has been elaborated upon inprevious ASEE conference papers (Bischof et al., 2007; Bratschitsch et al., 2009).Briefly, the degree’s structure is broken into three distinct project phases, which take place inthe 2nd and 3rd semesters (phase 1), the 5th and 6th semesters (phase 2) and the 7th semester(phase 3). In each phase, the subjects in the syllabus are designed to compliment each otherand motivate student learning, and the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programme isdesigned to support and correlate with each phase including the project objectives

Conference Session

Concurrent Paper Tracks - Session I

Collection

2015 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Maria Claudia Alves, Texas A&M University; Meghan M. Alexander, Texas A&M University; Victor Manuel Camara-Poot, Yucatan Government Ministry of Education; Martha Elena Ortega, CANIETI

Tagged Topics

Diversity, International Forum

, established new models of study abroad including co-op and research abroad and established meaningful connection for research and attraction of funded international graduate students. Maria started working at Texas A&M in 2005 as Assistant Director for Latin American Programs and in 2009 she was promoted to Program Manager for South America in the same office. During her time at the Office for Latin America Programs she created, managed and developed projects to enhance the presence of Texas A&M University in Latin American and to support in the internationalization of the education, research, and outreach projects of the university. She was charged with the development and implementation of a strategic plan for

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Reginald Vachon P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University; Robert D. Kersten, University of Central Florida

Tagged Topics

Invited - Faculty Development

DMI optical strain technology. He served as President of the American Society of Me- chanical Engineering. He is a licensed attorney and admitted to practice before the US Supreme Court. He has international project experience in Venezuela, Honduras, Nicaragua, Brazil, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, Egypt, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cameroon and Belize, He has conducted research and devel- opment projects with the US Army, US Navy. NASA ,DoD, EPA, ERDA (predecessor to DOE), DOE, NSF and other agencies, as well as with industrial clients such as IBM, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Polish Air Force Institute of Technology, RUAG, Halliburton and others. He was the president of the engineering firm that was the

Conference Session

WIED: Strategies Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cate Samuelson, University of Washington; Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Candice L. Staples, University of Maryland; Paige E. Smith, University of Maryland, College Park; Catherine T. Amelink, Virginia Tech

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

Paper ID #9248Living, Learning, and Staying: The Impact of a Women in Engineering Liv-ing and Learning CommunityDr. Cate Samuelson, University of Washington Cate Samuelson, PhD, is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Washington Center for Work- force Development. She is responsible for the qualitative research analysis on the Sloan Foundation funded national study called Project to Assess Climate in Engineering (PACE). She also manages qual- itative components of several evaluation and needs assessment projects. She has worked as a Research Assistant and an Independent Research Consultant on a variety of

Conference Session

Trends in Engineering Education 2

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gerard P. Lennon, Lehigh University; John B. Ochs, Lehigh University; Derick G. Brown P.E., Lehigh University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

cofounder and director of Lehigh University’s Masters of Engineering in Technical Entrepreneurship (www.lehigh.edu/innovate/). He joined the Lehigh faculty in 1979 as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to associate professor in 1983, and to full professor in 1990. He founded and directed of the Computer-Aided Design Labs in the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department from 1980 to 2001. From 1996 to the present, he has directed the University’s Integrated Product Development (IPD) capstone program (www.lehigh.edu/ipd). The IPD and TE program bring together students from all three undergraduate colleges to work in multidisciplinary teams on industry-sponsored product development projects

Conference Session

Assessment of Student Learning 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jesse Pappas, James Madison University

Tagged Divisions

Educational Research and Methods

Paper ID #7256Multisource feedback for STEM students improves academic performanceDr. Jesse Pappas, James Madison University Jesse Pappas studied self-insight, intentional self-development, and the role of emotion in self-perception at the University of Virginia, where he received a Ph.D. in social psychology. His dissertation project involved adapting established professional development tools to facilitate the personal and academic suc- cess of college students and others. As a research fellow in the School of Engineering at James Madison University, Jesse currently leads efforts to equip future scientists and

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE) Technical Session 3

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kathryn A. Neeley, University of Virginia; William J Davis, University of Virginia; Bryn Elizabeth Seabrook, University of Virginia; Joshua Earle, University of Virginia

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division (TELPhE)

Engineers: The Promise of Theoretically Informed Empirical ResearchTheoretically informed empirical research on the behaviors needed in the workplace hasgenerated actionable insights that can inform engineering pedagogy. Here we give two examplesof large research projects that gathered rich ethnographic data, through interviewing andobserving engineering practitioners in workplace settings, and used theoretical frameworks fromthe humanities and social sciences to describe those behaviors in terms that connect them todisciplinary knowledge and make it clearer how they can be developed in classrooms andcourses.In “Value Creation in the Engineering Enterprise: An Educational Perspective,” Trevelyan andWilliams (2018) report on research and analysis