Teaching Teachers to Think Like Engineers Using NetLogo

Burrows, Andrea C.; Borowczak, Mike

doi:10.18260/1-2--28926

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“…The Autonomous Robot Competition rewards technical performance, while the other two competitions rely on excelling in both technical and professional skills. This finding supports the hypothesis that female engineering students value professional skills or "soft-skills" more than their male counterparts [19]. Entrepreneurial thinking course competitions seem to attract more female students and may be helpful to encourage and retain women in engineering programs.…”

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Competitions in Courses: Adding Value to Both Under-achieving and High-achieving Engineering Students

Clavijo,

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2022 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Working with the Associate Dean, Sandra is responsible for collaboratively working with the Dean, department chairs, associate chairs, faculty and staff to further build and enhance the School of Engineering and Science's undergraduate academic programs at Stevens. Sandra assists with new program development monitors enrollment and graduation performance and implements curricular modifications. She directs and manages the instructional delivery, student registration and scheduling logistics and collection of assessment data for all core courses in the undergraduate engineering and science programs with three full-time staff members. Sandra previously worked in the Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and managed programs encouraging and supporting entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking for faculty and students at Stevens. Sandra teaches courses in Entrepreneurial Thinking and Innovation at Baruch College, Lafayette College, and Stevens. Before coming to Stevens, Sandra worked as a consulting engineer with Stantec and T&M Associates specializing in Urban Land Redevelopment and Municipal Engineering. Sandra holds a B.S. Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering, an A. B. degree in Art History from Lafayette College and a Master of Engineering degree in Engineering Management from Stevens Institute of Technology. She is currently perusing her doctorate degree in Education from Drexel University with a concentration in innovation and creativity. She is currently the Program Chair for ASEE Entrepreneurship and Innovation Division (2022 Conference). She also holds a Professional Engineering license in NJ.

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confidence: 78%