Highlights of the final day included a host of inspiring distinguished lectures and the annual ASEE awards lunch, sponsored by Dassault Systèmes, where authors of the best overall papers presented at last year’s Annual Conference were recognized. Then, in his last act as ASEE President, Louis Martin-Vega hosted a well-attended Farewell Reception, also sponsored by Dassault Systèmes, where he recognized members of the ASEE Board of Directors whose service continues for 2017/18 and welcomed the new board members. The occasion marked the beginning of Bevlee Watford’s service as ASEE President and the start of Stephanie Farrell’s term as President-elect.

The International Forum, which also took place on Wednesday, culminated in a lively poster session at the President’s Reception.

Georgia Tech engineering dean Gary S. May, who starts his new role as chancellor of UC Davis later this summer, discussed broadening participation in STEM and the long way engineering schools still must go despite substantial effort and progress.

Science & Diplomacy editor-in-chief and American Association for the Advancement of Science senior scholar William Colglazier offered recommendations on what engineering and engineering technology educators can do to help meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Software engineer Matt King, an accessibility specialist and Facebook’s first blind engineer, discussed how “embracing disabling constraints” can open new horizons in engineering education, similar to the way artificial intelligence has opened a way for sight-impaired Facebook users to “read” photos.

The 2016 best PIC and Zone papers spanned a wide array of topics, including active learning in a traditional machines-based course, student perceptions of navigating an interdisciplinary engineering program course, teaching computer security, and the challenges of developing intercultural engineers.

University of Illinois, Chicago, scholar James Pellegrino, whose research has shaped instruction and assessment for the past three decades, described a design-based approach to integrating teaching, learning, and assessment.

Andrew B. Williams, director of Marquette University’s Humanoid Engineering and Intelligent Robotics Lab and a professor of electrical and computer engineering, explored the role of igniting and sustaining creativity in diversifying P-12 education.

George Mason engineering professor Arthur Peyser argued for spicing up every engineer’s education with a pinch of systems engineering, while Ethan Karp of Ohio’s Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network discussed ways to make manufacturing cool again and a panel of industry and university ethics experts addressed the critical need for ethics education in the engineering workplace.

The Annual Awards Ceremony and Lunch, sponsored by Dassault Systèmes, recognized a number of accomplished educators and authors, including ASEE’s National Outstanding Teacher, Amelito Enriquez of Cañada College.

Outgoing ASEE President Louis Martin-Vega concluded the conference by recognizing the following members of the ASEE Board of Directors whose terms continue for another year: B. Grant Crawford, Vice President, Member Affairs; Bill Dunne, Chair, Engineering Research Council; Patricia Fox, Chair, Engineering Technology Council; Gary Steffen, Chair, Zone II; Sean St.Clair, Chair, Zone IV; Agnieszka Miguel, Chair, PIC I; Teri Reed, Chair, PIC IV; Julayne Moser, Chair, PIC V; and Norman Fortenberry, Executive Director.

He also thanked outgoing board members for their years of service: Joseph J. Rencis, Immediate Past President; Terri Morse, Vice President, Finance; Gerald Holder, Chair, Engineering Deans Council;  Catherine Skokan, Vice President, External Affairs; Dan Sayre, Chair, Corporate Member Council; Marjan Eggermont, Chair, PIC II; Sheryl Sorby, Chair, PIC III, who remains on the board as Vice President, External Affairs; Teri Reed, Chair, PIC IV; Navarun Gupta, Chair, Zone I; and Steve E. Watkins, Chair, Zone III.

President Martin-Vega then welcomed his successor, Bevlee Watford, and incoming members of the ASEE Board of Directors for 2017/18: Douglas Tougaw, Vice President, Finance; Sheryl Sorby, Vice President, External Affairs; Greg Washington, Engineering Deans Council; Howard Appelman, Chair, Corporate Member Council; Shane Rogers, Chair, Zone I; Raju Dandu, Chair, Zone III; Peter L. Schmidt, Chair, Pic II; and P.K. Imbrie, Chair, PIC III.

ASEE’s Francis Igot captured key moments throughout the day in photos. 

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Stop by ASEE’s Living Wall outside the Exhibit Hall to record your reflections for future generations of conference attendees.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM TUESDAY

Tuesday’s Plenary featured the Corporate Member Council keynote address by Aimee Kennedy, Battelle’s Senior Vice President of Education, STEM Learning, and Philanthropy. The former chief academic officer of Columbus’s STEM-focused Metro Early College High School, she now oversees an Ohio and nationwide network of STEM schools.

The authors of the Best Overall PIC, Zone, and Diversity Papers presented at the 2016 Annual Conference were recogognized.

BEST OVERALL ZONE PAPER—ZONE III:  “Clinical Faculty Development Program”
Authors: Norman Dennis and Edgar Clausen, University of Arkansas

BEST OVERALL PIC PAPER—PIC III: “Going is Not Knowing: Challenges in Creating Intercultural Engineers” 
Authors: Kurt Paterson, James Madison University; Chris Swan, Tufts University; David Watkins, Michigan Technological University

BEST DIVERSITY PAPER: “Mapping Assets of Diverse Groups for Chemical Engineering Design Problem Framing Ability” 
Authors: Vanessa Svihla, Abhaya Datye, Jamie Gomez, Victor Law, and Sophia Bowers, University of New Mexico

Amelito Enriquez, professor of engineering and mathematics at Cañada College in Redwood City, California, was recognized with ASEE’s National Outstanding Teaching Award.

Later, attendees interacted with makers and other presenters at the ASEE Division poster session, and enjoyed lunch while exploring the many exciting offerings in the Exhibit Hall.

WHAT’S ON FOR WEDNESDAY:

The day takes off with an optional visit to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB near Dayton. Buses leave the conference center at 7:30 a.m., and return at 1:30 p.m. Don’t forget to record your reflections on ASEE’s Living Wall – you have until 4 p.m. to share your thoughts with future conference goers.

The International Forum kicks off on Wednesday at the Hyatt Regency Columbus Franklin Ballroom with a keynote address by Mike Murphy, Vice President and President-elect of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), who heads the Digital Campus & Learning Transformation initiative at Dublin Institute of Technology. Plenary speakers Fei-Yue Wang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences will discuss iSTREAM, iCDIOS and other technology for new education of K-12 and beyond, while Michael Auer of the International Association of Online Engineering is speaking on online engineering education as global challenge.

ASEE Annual Conference attendees can attend the International Forum for a discounted rate of $150.

Wednesday’s Annual Conference highlights include a host of fascinating Distinguished Lectures, all from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. The series, sponsored by WebsEdge, includes:

• Broadening Participation in STEM: How Far We Come, How Far We Have to Go, presented by Ohio State University and featuring Georgia Tech engineering dean Gary S. May (Room A122);
• The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: What Engineering and Engineering Technology Educators Can Do, by William Colglazier, Editor-in-Chief of Science & Diplomacy and Senior Scholar at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Room A111);
• The Integration of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment: A Design-Based Approach, by renowned assessment and learning expert James Pellegrino of the University of Illinois, Chicago (Union Station 2/Ballroom II);
• Embracing Disabling Constraints to Enable New Horizons in Engineering Education, with Matt King, a member of Facebook’s accessibility team and its first blind engineer (Union Station C/Ballroom III);
• Igniting and Sustaining Creativity and Innovation for Diverse P-12 Education, by Andrew B. Williams, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Marquette University and director of the Humanoid Engineering and Intelligent Robotics Lab (Union Station A/Ballroom I);
• Spice Up Every Engineer’s Education with a Pinch of Systems Engineering, by George Mason University systems engineering professor Arthur Peyser (Room A115);
• Making Manufacturing Cool Again, by Ethan Karp of the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network (Room A114);
• Addressing the Critical Need for Effectively Translating Ethics Education into the Engineering Workplace, a dialogue and Q&A with Michael Hiles, chief scientific officer of Cook Biotech, University of Central Florida ethics and digital culture assistant professor Jonathan Beever, Purdue’s assistant head for academic affairs Andrew Brightman, and Eli Lilly’s senior ethics and compliance director Ilissa Rassner (Room A113); and
• Presentation of the best PIC and Zone papers (Room 112).

New! The Annual Awards Ceremony and Lunch, sponsored by Dassault Systèmes, takes place on Wednesday this year, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Regency Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Columbus. Join friends and colleagues as we salute ASEE’s newest Fellows and outstanding educators, authors, and difference-makers!

ASEE President Louis Martin-Vega hosts a Farewell Reception sponsored by Dassault Systèmes (6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Battelle Grand, Columbus Convention Center). Come chat with him, President-elect Bevlee Watford, and others at this free ticketed event that closes the 2017 Annual Conference.

WORKSHOPS now take place on Wednesday, most from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Among them: Pigs in Space – The Workshop (Room 322) Vikram Shyam of NASA Glenn Research Center and University of Calgary associate dean and artist Marjan Eggermont Deconstructing and Assessing Motivation (Room B143) taps the collective wisdom of researchers from five universities to facilitate this interactive workshop in which pairs will work together to determine which theory of motivation best aligns with their research questions and how best to answer them; Humanitarian Engineering (Room B235) creators of Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s interdisciplinary two-course sequence in humanitarian engineering and ethics demonstrate active-learning techniques; Creativity and Creativity Techniques (1:30 to 5:30 p.m., Room B246), conducted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology engineering educators Glen Livesay, Patricia Brackin, and Allen White, explores role-playing as an approach for developing course content.  

NOTABLE SESSIONS

Quo Vadis? The Future of Engineering Education, 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., Room A111, Columbus Convention Center. Moderated by Bonnie H. Ferri and Richard DeMillo, director of the Center for 21st Century Universities and former dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Computing, this thought-provoking panel includes Purdue’s engineering dean, Leah Jamieson, Carnegie Mellon Provost Farnam Jahanian, McGraw-Hill Education President and CEO David Levin, and Kathy Pugh, vice president for education services at edX.

Flip Out! Nontraditional Teaching Methods, 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., Room A244, Columbus Convention Center. Moderated by Cederick Kwuimy and Barry Dupen, this session explores flipped classrooms, lessons learned from online courses for Chinese undergraduates, and other techniques.

Grace Notes.  Mechanics, Music, Meaning, and Mohr. 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Room B241, Columbus Convention Center. Let’s Break Stuff! and a musical twist on the standard bridge-building project are among the papers being presented in this Civil Engineering Division session moderated by Charles Riley P.E. and Allen C. Estes P.E.

Collaboration: Engaging Faculty Across Disciplines, Colleges, and Institutions, 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., Room C162A, Columbus Convention Center. Moderated by Zhaoshuo Jiang P.E., this session includes papers on The Journey to One, a multi-institution engineering education effort in Taiwan, and a review of the current state of the Grand Challenge Scholars Program.

Write on: Enhance Your Writing Productivity – Identifying Unproductive Habits and Developing Better Ones. 8:00 to 9:30 a.m., Room A121, Columbus Convention Center. This Ohio State University-sponsored technical session should be particularly useful for graduate students and junior faculty members.

The registration desk in the Columbus Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A&B, is open Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Need assistance on site? Visit the Info Kiosk in the foyer of Exhibit Hall A&B. Or you can text us at 614-219-9270 (text rates apply) or email infokiosk@asee.org during registration hours.

Complimentary Wi-Fi is available in all public areas of the Convention Center (FreeInternet) except for the Battelle Ballroom and Exhibit Hall, and in the Hyatt Regency’s meeting rooms and lobby (HyattMR, password ASEE17). Click HERE for instructions. Please note that this service is provided by the facilities and ASEE cannot alter or control the quality or reliability. All the major cellular phone services are supported in both buildings, should you wish to use your device as a mobile hot spot.

A Speaker Ready Room is available for presentation preparation in Exhibit Hall A&B, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The speaker ready room will have a computer, LCD projector, and screen for adding last-minute updates or reviewing your presentation. No Internet access is provided.

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How Tweet! Win gift cards in ASEE’s Social Media Contests. Post selfies with President Louis Martin-Vega, answer daily trivia questions, take the daily steps challenge, and more! Use #ASEEAnnual to share thoughts on the conference and connect. Follow @ASEEConferences for more information.

While you’re around the Exhibit Hall, stop by ASEE’s Living Wall and jot down your reflections to share with future conference attendees.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM MONDAY:

The day launched with a plenary address by astrophysicist France A. Córdova, director of the National Science Foundation and the subject of Prism’s February cover story, opening remarks by Caroline C. Whitacre, senior vice president for research at The Ohio State University, and presentation of the ASEE President’s Award to the University of Southern California’s Viterbi School of Engineering. The award was received by engineering dean Yannis C. Yortsos.

President Louis Martin-Vega also recognized several national high school STEM competition winners, who later fielded questions and demonstrated their projects.

Participants included:

• Ashton Cofer, a TED Talk speaker and student at Columbus Academy in Gahanna, Ohio, and Julie Bray, a student at Gahanna Lincoln High School in New Albany, Ohio, winners of the 2016 FIRST Global Innovation Award. 

• Alexandra Delazio, 2017 University of Pittsburgh bioengineering graduate and winner of the Society of Women Engineers WE16 Collegiate Technical Poster Competition.

• Nizhoni Tallas, Navajo Preparatory School, Chinle, Arizona, winner of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society Science Fair.

Micro-G Next Team, Los Medanos College, Brentwood, California.

Robotics fans cheered on student teams in the Two-Year College Division’s annual competition,  in which the autonomous robots they designed and built had to  transport colored barrels between “Spain” to each of six “islands” visited by Christopher Columbus in four trials.

The Focus on Exhibits Brunch and summertime social provided excellent opportunities to catch up with old friends, make new ones, and explore the learning technologies and other engineering education resources on display.

Other highlights included flying demonstrations and virtual reality experiences in the Drone Zone, and ASEE’s Living Wall.

WHAT’S ON TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JUNE 27

Start your day with a sunrise group walk, run, or gentle yoga stretch.

Tuesday’s Plenary gets underway from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. in the Columbus Convention Center’s Battelle Grand Ballroom with a keynote address by Aimee Kennedy, Battelle’s Senior Vice President of Education, STEM Learning, and Philanthropy, whose work includes efforts to foster innovative educational environments that prepare students for tomorrow’s career and college environment, such as the STEM-focused Metro Early College High School, where she was chief academic officer, and schools in the national STEMx Learning Network.

ASEE’s 2016 Best Overall PIC, Zone, and Diversity Paper authors and the 2017 Outstanding Teaching Award winner, Amelito Enriquez of Cañada College, also will be recognized.

Then head over to the Exhibit Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the Focus on Exhibits Lunch and ASEE Divison Poster Sessions, sponsored by Northrop Grumman. If there’s a booth you’ve yet to explore, this closing Exhibit Hall session will be your last chance. Also cheer on the student teams in the FIRST Robotics competition – back by popular demand from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall.

If you have time, drop by ASEE’s editorial table in the atrium to see the range of publications – from Prism to the Journal of Engineering Education to K-12 outreach materials – and chat with the editors.

TIMELY TOPICS

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Role of Engineering Education Toward Attaining U.N. Sustainable Development Goals 8:00 a.n. to 9:30 a.m., Room B241 Columbus Convention Center

Strategies for incorporating the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in engineering curricula and programs is the focus of this panel moderated by Yvette Pearson Weatherton P.E. and Claire L. A. Dancz.

Making, Hacking, and Extracurricular Design 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room A113, Columbus Convention Center

Hackathon events, a classification system for higher education maker spaces, and other topics will be covered in this Design in Engineering Education Division session moderated by Shawn S. Jordan.

Make It!  11:30 to 1:00 p.m., Exhibit Hall A&B

Join moderator and professional engineer Hugh Jack from Western Carolina University for this interactive session. Presentations include: Security Gadget for Tirumala Pilgrims; Taking Soft Robotics from the Laboratory to the Classroom; Generation of Electricity from Bacteria Present in Waste Water; and Use of Natural Products in Manufacturing Engineering Education at a Minority-based Land-grant Institution.

Public Policy Challenges for Colleges of Engineering 1: 30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room A114, Columbus Convention Center

Join former ASEE President Kenneth Galloway and members of the Engineering Deans Council’s public policy committee for this timely panel discussion of national issues facing colleges of engineering and the challenges of advocating for engineering to the U.S. Congress.

FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

What Engineering Educators Want You to Know about Teaching and Classroom Research 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room A111 Columbus Convention Center

Pat Ko moderates this informative panel featuring Michael Loui, Purdue University professor of engineering education and editor of the Journal of Engineering Education, and Stacy Klein-Gardner, Director of the Center for STEM Education for Girls at the Harpeth Hall School and Adjoint Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University.

As a result of this technical session, moderated by Katy Luchini Colbry, participants will be able to approach the “care and keeping” of their graduate students from a literature-based and scholarly perspective.

Strategies for Success and Sanity for Academic Mothers 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room A211, Columbus Convention Center

Rowan University’s Kaitlin Mallouk moderates this panel on the challenges and opportunities panelists encountered while raising children and trying to succeed in academia, with concrete, achievable strategies that helped them overcome hurdles.

Tips & Tricks for Assessing Student Performance 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Room C170, Columbus Convention Center.

“Homework is So 20th Century!” is among the papers being presented at this New Engineering Educators Division panel moderated by Kleio Avrithi and Ella Lee Ingram.

CORPORATE CONNECTIONS

Are engineering schools producing the graduates today’s industry needs? Closer ties with companies, using concept mapping to help small firms retain the special knowledge acquired by longtime employees, and developing curricula with business in mind are themes explored in these Industry Day sessions:

Industry Day Breakfast 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Delaware B, Hyatt Regency Columbus

Join the Corporate Member Council and College-Industry Partnerships Division for this kick-off breakfast. (Free ticketed event.)

Closing the Gap: Industry Perspectives on Undergraduate Preparation for Practice 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room A111, Columbus Convention Center

College-Industry Partnerships Technical Session Tuesday, from 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Room B242-243, Columbus Convention Center

STEM Education Redefined and a look at the impact of industry-sponsored research on faculy research experiences are among the topics covered in this technical session.

PreK-12 ENGINEERING

Fundamental Research in Engineering Education 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room C172, Columbus Convention Center.

Andrea Carneal Burrows moderates this session that includes papers on such topics as using the engineering design process to increase the science and math content knowledge of middle school teachers, and on elementary students’ reflection on failure within and outside of the engineering design process.

Sustainability and Hands-On Activities 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room B143, Columbus Convention Center

The effects of global warming and biological fuel cells are among the papers in this Energy Conversion and Conservation Division session moderated by Mary Ann Hellrigel and Masoud Naghedolfeizi.

Techniques and Programs for Promoting Engineering Education 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room B244-245, Columbus Convention Center

Liesl Hotaling moderates this panel on programs which explore techniques to engage PreK-12 students with engineering concepts and ways of thinking.

Pre-College Engineering Education Division Poster Session 11;30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Exhibit Hall A&B, Columbus Convention Center

A bike-lane traffic activity for high school students, introducing pre-service teachers to engineering, and applied creativity in a STEAM course are among the posters being presented.

Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room B244-245, Columbus Convention Center

Liesl Hotaling moderates this panel covering topics from the impact of dual-enrollment courses on female high school students’ pursuit of engineering to parent-child conversations about engineering. She moderates a second pathways panel from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. in room C172.

Working with Teachers to Improve K-12 Engineering Education 3:15 p./m. to 4:45 p.m., Room C162B, Columbus Convention Center

From Professor to Teacher: Who Knows What Engineering Is Best in the K-12 Classroom is the provocative title of one paper in this session moderated by Andrea Carneal Burrows.

ACTION ON DIVERSITY

Action on Diversity: Supporting Students at Multiple Levels 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Delaware B, Hyatt Regency Columbus

This session, moderated by Kristen P. Constant, focuses on papers that relate to student perceptions and programmatic supports for diversity and inclusion, including a report on a mechanical engineering department climate survey.

Action on Diversity – Disability Experiences & Empathy 1:30 p.m., to 3:00 p.m., Delaware B, Hyatt Regency Columbus

This session features papers on issues related to a broad range of disabilities and pedagogical, curricular, and institutional approaches to supporting students with disabilities, and to using empathy in K-12 design experiences.

Teamwork Practices  to Increase Gender Inclusivity 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room A112, Columbus Convention Center

Wendi M. Kappers moderates this panel discussion aimed at engineering design faculty and others interested in broadening participation of women in engineering.

Allies for Gender Equity and Allies for Gender Equity (Men Only) 3:15 p.m. to 4;45 p.m., Delaware A & B, Hyatt Regency Columbus

This interactive workshop encourages and equips participants to serve as effective allies for gender equity in STEM settings.

Minorities in Engineering Technical Session 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Union Station C/Ballroom III, Columbus Convention Center

Hashtag #ThinkBigDiversity: Social Media Hacking Activities as Hybridized Mentoring Mechanisms for Underrepresented Minorities in STEM is among the papers being presented in this technical session moderated by Mohsen Mosleh.

NOTABLE SESSIONS

Tuesday is the big day for Division poster sessions, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall.

The sessions are numerous and varied, with something for everyone! The Manufacturing Division’s “Make It!” poster session will be massive and hands-on. Other highlights include the Biomedical Division poster session, featuring #FunTimeswiththeTA and toy adaptation in undergraduate engineering education; the Engineering Technology Division poster session, including a look at homework with Try-It-Again feedback; and the Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division, with research on the impact of maker spaces, among other topics.

Novel Pedagogical Techniques: Online, Electronic, and Apps! 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Room B145, Columbus Convention Center

“What representations am I using in my courses? Here’s an “app” for that!” and other papers in this Chemical Engineering Division session.

Welcome to Columbus and the 124th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition!

We hope you are comfortably settled in after an exciting opening day. If you need urgent assistance, our conference staff will be available at the registration desk in the Columbus Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A&B, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Need assistance on site? Visit the Info Kiosk in the foyer of Exhibit Hall A&B. Or you can text us at 614-219-9270 (text rates apply) or email infokiosk@asee.org during registration hours.

Check the Interactive Conference Planner for session changes. Click HERE for an overview of new events and changes for 2017.

Rise and Shine! Start your day with ASEE Active! and an hour-long gentle yoga stretch (7:00 a.m. in the Hyatt Regency’s South Foyer) or run/walk along the scenic Scioto Mile (6:30 a.m. from the Arnold Schwarzenegger statue).

MONDAY HIGHLIGHTS kick off at 8:00 a.m. with the opening plenary, featuring a keynote address by National Science Foundation Director France A. Córdova – subject of Prism’s February cover story. The plenary also includes opening remarks by Caroline C. Whitacre, Ohio State University’s senior vice president for research,  an inspiring group of national student STEM competition winners, and the awarding of the ASEE President’s Award to the University of Southern California and engineering dean Yannis C. Yortsos.

Don’t miss the Focus on Exhibits Brunch and NSF Grantees’ Poster Session from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. and the Focus on Exhibits Summertime Social in the afternoon. And stop by ASEE’s first-ever Living Wall outside the Exhibit Hall to share your reflections.

Back by popular demand! #ASEE Includes T-shirts! Your ticket for this “event” can be redeemed for one gray t-shirt in your selected unisex adult size at the ASEE Diversity Booth during exhibit hall open hours on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. We will have fabric markers available so that you can personalize your shirt and help us broaden awareness of ASEE inclusivity.

Complimentary Wi-Fi is available in all public areas of the Convention Center (FreeInternet) except for the Battelle Ballroom and Exhibit Hall, and in the Hyatt Regency’s meeting rooms and lobby (HyattMR, password ASEE17). Please note that this service is provided by the facilities and ASEE cannot alter or control the quality or reliability. All the major cellular phone services are supported in both buildings, should you wish to use your device as a mobile hot spot.

A Speaker Ready Room is available for presentation preparation in Exhibit Hall A&B, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday. The speaker ready room will have a computer, LCD projector, and screen for adding last-minute updates or reviewing your presentation. No Internet access is provided.

New to Columbus? Check out Prism associate editor Jenn Pocock’s travel guide, or listen to her picks for what to see and do on the Prism Podcast.

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SUNDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

The 124th Annual Conference kicked off with ASEE Active!’s inaugural group run/walk and sunrise gentle yoga in the morning, followed by a full day of panel presentations, technical sessions, and business meetings.

New ASEE members and first-time conference attendees mingled with the ASEE Board of Directors at the “Greet the Stars” luncheon, while the ASEE Division Mixer, sponsored this year by Ohio State University, and “Focus on Exhibits” Welcome Reception were packed. Also drawing Exhibit Hall raves were the Drone Zone and Virtual Reality demonstrations, and adorable critters from the Columbus Zoo,

WHAT’S ON TOMORROW, MONDAY June 26:

For titles, times, and locations of all panel presentations and other events, use ASEE’s Interactive Conference Planner
for mobile devices at www.asee.org/icp.

Monday’s highlights start with the much-anticipated opening plenary, which opens the conference at 8 a.m. in the Convention Center’s Battelle Grande Ballroom. National Science Foundation Director France A. Córdova, the keynote speaker, was profiled in Prism’s February issue. The plenary also will feature Caroline C. Whitacre, Ohio State University’s senior vice president for research, an inspiring group of national student STEM competition winners, and presentation of the ASEE President’s Award to the University of Southern California and engineering dean Yannis C. Yortsos.

Take a mid-morning break immediately after the plenary to meet the national STEM student stars and learn about their projects at the back of the Exhibit Hall from 9:45 to 11;15 a.m.

While you’re there, view innovative products and services from industry, learn the results of more than 150 NSF-supported research projects (poster session) and join friends for the complimentary ASEE Focus on Exhibits Brunch – all in the Exhibit Hall F from 9:45 to 11: 15 a.m. And be sure to cheer on community college students from around the country at the annual Two-Year Model Design Competition!

Then join friends and colleagues for a complimentary glass of lemonade at the Focus on Exhibits Summertime Social from 5 to 6 p.m..

A number of divisions are hosting awards banquets, receptions, and meet-ups in the evening, including the ASEE Student Division Early Career Networking and Happy Hour at Gordon Biersch and the Mechanical Engineering Convivium from 6:00 to 9 p.m. at the Rodizio Grill.

SPOTLIGHT ON ABET

ABET, recognized globally as the leading accrediting body of engineering and engineering technology programs, figures in numerous conference sessions. Those who participated in last year’s Town Hall on proposed changes to ABET Accreditation Criteria 3 and 5 may wish to learn the latest at Monday’s Listening Session from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in Room A110 of the Columbus Convention Center. It’s preceded by an accreditation information session from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the same room. Several ABET sessions occur on Tuesday, including how to lead an on-site visit at 8:00 a.m., and another on becoming a program evaluator from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., both in Room A110, with Wednesday reserved for a listening session exploring the novel concept of alternative site visits (8 to 9:30 a.m., Room A110), and a workshop on measuring student outcomes that includes a case study and videos (1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Room A124).

SPOTLIGHT ON DIVERSITY

A rich array of sessions explores successful efforts to broaden participation in engineering and the reasons for persistent underrepresentation of women and minorities. Several will examine particular challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community and students with disabilities. Here’s just a smattering:

Experiences of Diverse Students, including first-generation students and Latinx teens, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Room C151 Columbus Convention Center.

Best Diversity Papers 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., Delaware B, Hyatt Regency Columbus.

Diversity and Inclusion (2) LEED Technical Session, includes a report on inequities for LGBTQ students in eight engineering programs, Monday. 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m., Convention Center Room A224, and Education Research and Methods Division panel 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Room C160A.

Safe Zone Ally Training. Delaware B, Hyatt Regency Columbus

SIZZLE & SALES: Some 2,100 colleges and universities now have entrepreneurship programs. The Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division presents a number of sessions examining the nexus of engineering and entrepreneurship, with papers such as “What makes an Inquisitive Engineer?” (11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Room B235) and “Exploring the Entrepreneurial Mindset” (1:30 to 3:00 p.m., Room B235).  Rose-Hulman reflects on promoting innovation, making, and entrepreneurship through hands-on projects that benefit society while University of Virginia researchers discuss the social mechanism of supporting entrepreneurial projects beyond the classroom. (3:15 to 4:45 p.m., Room B235) – and much more.

WHAT WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT LEARNING

The leading lights of engineering education research and methods will offer new insights on classroom culture and its impact on students, predicting success, faculty response to curriculum change, and the challenges confronting education researchers when they accept faculty positions. Sessions over the course of the conference include these:

Applied Frameworks answers the question: “I want to be an engineer, why should I study biology?” Monday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Convention Center, Room C150.

Faculty Utilizing Value Propositions to Support Faculty Members’ Focus, Success, and Satisfaction. Monday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Convention Center, Room C160A.

Instrument Development Monday, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Convention Center, Room C151.

Life After Graduation Monday, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Convention Center, Room 160A.

Creating Capacity and Funding for Studying How Students Learn Engineering Monday, 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Convention Center, Room A115.

Learning from Industry includes papers on “Interns in the Wild” and informal mentorships. Monday, 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Convention Center, Room C161A.

NOTABLE SESSIONS: Monday Poster Session 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., Columbus Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A&B

Investigators with currently funded NSF educational projects will be available to discuss their work. Additional authors will be presenting at Tuesday’s poster session.

Highlights of Monday’s extensive poster session include papers on the societal impact of robots; a study of adult engineering undergraduates;  algae for STEM education; broadening participation of female studetnsin STEM: Significant outcomes in less than a year; a culturally relevant engineering design curriculum for the Navajo nation; early predicting of student struggles using body language; Go With Your Gut evaluations of student learning; promoting STEM education in community college students via research;  a six-year evaluation of retention efforts; and rethinking engineering diversity.

Hot topic:  Unmanned Aerial Systems 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room B140, Columbus Convention Center. Benjamin Ahn moderates this Aerospace Division session on Integrating smaller-scale, design-build-fly experiences.

Negotiate: Listening and Negotiation 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., Room C171, Columbus Convention Center. Janet Callahan moderates this Women in Engineering Division and Minorities in Engineering Division session featuring an academic dean and professors from diverse engineering disciplines, who will discuss strategies for negotiation in an academic setting.

Give and Take: Flexible Engineering Curricula 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Room A124, Columbus Convention Center. Moderated by Mehmet Vurkac, this session includes papers on “Classical Engineering Education Revisited – Why It Matters” and envisioning a new general engineering program within the liberal arts.

Do the Math! Mathematics Division Technical Session 3. 3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m., Room A215, Columbus Convention Center. My 50 Years in Calculus is among the papers being presented at this division technical session.

Student-Centric Highlights:

Here are some notable Student Division activities and sessions that might be of interest to students studying engineering education.

Business: What Can Our Sponsors Do For You? (Monday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. p.m. in the Grant room of the Hyatt Regency). Meet with representatives from producers of educational courseware in this interactive session on engineering education research needs in industry, followed by the Division Business Meeting (1:30 to 3:00 p.m., Nationwide B, Hyatt Regency). Then make your voice heard at the Interdivisional Town Hall Meeting on the Culture of Teaching, moderated by Atushi Akera (3:15 to 4:45 p.m., Franklin AB, Hyatt Regency).

Pleasure: The student social scene will be booming, with a happy hour (Monday, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m., Gordon Biersch) and dinner (7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Buca di Beppo). There’s also an ASEE Student Chapter meet-and-greet Tuesday (7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Melt Bar and Grilled). Stay tuned on the ASEE Students Facebook and Twitter feed to post conference highlights and find out where your colleagues are meeting!

Session Highlights: You Can Be a Peer Reviewer! Learn how Monday from two top-tier academics and editors, Michael Loui (Journal of Engineering Education) and Larry Shuman (Advances in Engineering Education).  Tuesday has a deluge of opportunities, including the graduate pathways into engineering education, the Student Division Poster Session, and a panel on Strategies for Success and Sanity for Academic Mothers. Wednesday will offer technical sessions on getting into graduate school and diversity and persistence, as well as several distinguished lectures that students should find particularly relevant.

Welcome to Columbus and the 124th ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition!

We hope you’re comfortably settled in. If you need urgent assistance, our conference staff is available at the Information Kiosk in the Columbus Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A & B, on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Or you can contact us at conferences@asee.org

Need assistance on site? Visit the Info Kiosk in the foyer of Exhibit Hall A&B. Or you can text us at 614-219-9270 (text rates apply) or email infokiosk@asee.org during registration hours.

Sunday highlights start with the inaugural ASEE Active! group run/walk or  sunrise gentle yoga in the morning, followed by a full day of technical sessions, the “Greet the Stars” luncheon for new ASEE members and first-time conference attendees, and the popular ASEE Division Mixer, sponsored this year by Ohio State University, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Then join ASEE President Louis Martin-Vega and Ohio State engineering dean David B. Williams for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Welcome Reception opening Exhibit Hall at 5:45 p.m. And don’t miss the flying demonstrations in ASEE’s first-ever Drone Zone, the Virtual Reality experiences, or visits from denizens of the Columbus Zoo taking place in the Exhibit Hall Sunday evening through mid-day Tuesday.

See Interactive Conference Planner for session schedules and changes. Click HERE for an overview of new events and changes for 2017.

New! Ohio State, with over 8,000 undergraduate engineering students, hosts a campus tour from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.  This free, ticketed event, “Teaching at Scale: See How a Large University Provides Hands-on Experiences for Engineering Students,” starts at the Convention Center entrance.

Whether you’re into aviation, ale, or art, Columbus has something to suit every taste. Check out Prism associate editor Jenn Pocock’s travel guide, or listen to her picks for what to see and do on the Prism Podcast.

Tweeting? Use #ASEEAnnual for a chance to win gift cards in the Social Media contests. Post selfies with ASEE President Louis Martin-Vega, answer daily trivia questions, take the steps challenge, and more! Follow @ASEE_DC for details… and check out ASEE’s Do You Know fun facts!

Wi-Fi Availability.  Complimentary Wi-Fi will be available in all public areas of the Convention Center (FreeInternet) except for the Battelle Ballroom and Exhibit Hall, and in the Hyatt Regency’s meeting rooms and lobby (HyattMR, password ASEE17). Please note that this service is provided by the facilities and ASEE cannot alter or control the quality or reliability. All the major cellular phone services are supported in both buildings, should you wish to use your device as a mobile hot spot.

A Speaker Ready Room is available for presentation preparation in Exhibit Hall A&B, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The speaker ready room will have a computer, LCD projector, and screen for adding last-minute updates or reviewing your presentation. No Internet access is provided.

Peruse ASEE publications (Prism, Journal of Engineering Education, Advances in Engineering Education, Profiles, Journal of Engineering Technology, Engineering Design Graphics Journal, and more), and chat with editors at our table near the registration booth.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM SATURDAY, JUNE 25

Inspiring the Next Generation to Take Flight with PreK-12 Engineering was the theme of the 14^th annual ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education, presented by Dassault Systèmes. The daylong event featured hands-on activities and expert panels designed to help teachers integrate engineering and inquiry into their classrooms. Click HERE for the full program.

The workshop kicked off with a keynote address by Xavier Fouger, Dassault’s Senior Director for Global Academia Programs. Noteworthy interactive sessions included Incredible Wearables (University of Nebraska); Code+Chords: Teen Tech, Squishy Circuits, and Circus Science (University of St, Thomas); Novel Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Engineering and Literacy (Tufts University) ; Harnessing the Wind (U.S. Military Academy); Make it STEAMy: Effortless Integration of the Arts in STEM Learning (Texas A&M, Qatar); and Ensuring Equity in Project-Based Learning (National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity). Afterwards. teachers and presenters swapped tips at the Curriculum Showcase.

ASEE’s Francis Igot captured these highlights:

Also on Saturday, ASEE’s Community Engagement Division and Ohio State’s Toy Adaptation Program hosted a workshop to reverse engineer everyday playthings. The toys then were donated to local families and toy libraries, broadening their access to these toys. The event included opportunities to learn about how the program was established and might be replicated at participants’ campuses.

Saturday concluded on a delicious note – with a smorgasbord of Taste of Columbus cuisine and sampling of the various “Flavors of P-12 Engineering Education.”

Thanks to all the sponsors, educators, and volunteers who helped make ASEE’s 2017 PreK-12 Workshop, community engagement event, and Taste of Columbus such a success!

WHAT’S ON FOR TOMORROW, SUNDAY, JUNE 25

For titles, times, and locations of all workshops and other events, visit the ASEE’s Interactive Conference Planner for mobile devices at www.asee.org/icp. Every time you:
• Search for sessions or changes in schedule or room number
• Add a session to your schedule
• Rate a session
• Add a comment to your session rating

View this short ASEE YouTube video or brief webinar to learn more about using the mobile app.

Note: Most workshops have moved from their traditional Sunday time slot to Wednesday, June 28. Exceptions are the Teaching Engineering Through Making workshop (8:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Room A110) and the PreK Teacher workshop (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Room A110)

Sunday’s highlights include a full day of technical sessions, such as the Women in Engineering Division’s morning session featuring an oral history project; the “Greet the Stars” luncheon for new ASEE members and first-time conference attendees; the perennially popular ASEE Division Mixer, sponsored this year by Ohio State University; and the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Welcome Reception opening the Exhibit Hall at 5:45 p.m.

There’s also an all-day conclave for Engineering and Engineering Technology chairs at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, Franklin AB (see agenda). and the Student Division Welcome Social from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.. Delaware C, Hyatt Regency Columbus.

NOTABLE SESSIONS

Morning topics range from Making and the Maker Movement (8:00 to 9:30 a.m., Room C160A) to First-Year Programs “Birds of a Feather” meet-up (8:00 to 9:30 a.m., Room A211); Merging Disciplines, Practice and Benefits (8:00 to 9:30 a.m., Room B145); First-Year Programs’ Paying Attention to Retention and five-minute “works in progress” poster sessions; Engineering in Societal Context.

Midday sessions include Safe Zone Ally Training (11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Delaware B, Hyatt Regency Columbus); Pre-College Perceptions and Attitudes on the Pathway to Engineering (2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Room B141); Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching (2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Room C172)

FOCUS ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Tips & Tricks For Actively Engaging Students, Sunday, 8 a.m. to 9:30 a..m. Room B244-245, Columbus Convention Center.

Aspects of Engineering Literacy and Community and Industry Engagement Sunday, 9:45 to 11:15 a.m., Room B140, Columbus Convention Center

Among the papers presented at this session, is the University of Texas, El Paso’s “Bringing the Great Pumpkin to Life, with Technology, Art, and Engineering.” 

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition June 25-28, Columbus Ohio

Conference highlights

• Interactive Conference Planner app
• At-a-glance Program Grid

Conference Overview

The ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition is the only conference dedicated to all disciplines of engineering education. It is committed to fostering the exchange of ideas, enhancing teaching methods and curriculum, and providing prime networking opportunities for engineering and technology education stakeholders such as deans, faculty members, classroom teachers, and industry and government representatives.

Now in its 124th year, the ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition hosts over 400 technical sessions, with peer-reviewed papers spanning topics from accreditation to industry partnerships to PreK-12 engineering. Click HERE for short webinars on how to make the most of your time at the conference and to see what’s new for 2017. There’s also a guide (and how-to video) for using  the Interactive Conference Planner and session locator mobile app.

The 2017 event kicks off Saturday, June 24 with the annual PreK-12 Workshop on Engineering Education, presented by Dassault Systèmes. Also on Saturday, ASEE’s Community Engagement Division and Ohio State’s Toy Adaptation Program host a workshop to reverse engineer everyday playthings, which will be donated to local families and toy libraries. In the evening, join ASEE for the Taste of Columbus showcase – where you can sample the city’s great fare along with the various “flavors” of PreK-12 engineering education – and the debut of ASEE’s Living Wall!

Sunday highlights start with the inaugural ASEE Active! group run/walk or  sunrise gentle yoga in the morning, followed by a full day of technical sessions, the “Greet the Stars” luncheon for new ASEE members and first-time conference attendees, the ASEE Division Mixer, sponsored this year by Ohio State University – click HERE for participating divisions and table assignments – and the “Focus on Exhibits” Welcome Reception. Join ASEE President Louis Martin-Vega and Ohio State engineering dean David B. Williams for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony opening the Exhibit Hall at 5:45 p.m. And don’t miss the flying demonstrations in ASEE’s first-ever Drone Zone, Virtual Reality experiences, or visits from denizens of the Columbus Zoo taking place in the Exhibit Hall near the Diversity pavilion Sunday through Tuesday.

Note: Workshops take place on Wednesday this year, not the traditional Sunday time slot.

Monday highlights include the opening plenary, featuring a keynote address by National Science Foundation Director France A. Córdova – subject of Prism’s February cover story – along with remarks by Caroline C. Whitacre, Ohio State University’s senior vice president for research, an inspiring group of national student STEM competition winners, and the awarding of the ASEE President’s Award to the University of Southern California and engineering dean Yannis C. Yortsos. Also check out the Focus on Exhibits Brunch and NSF Grantees’ Poster Session, and a late afternoon Focus on Exhibits Summertime Social. 

Tuesday features a plenary with a keynote address by Aimee Kennedy, Battelle’s Senior Vice President of Education, STEM Learning, and Philanthropy, and awards for Outstanding Teaching, Best Overall PIC, Zone, and Diversity Papers, and Excellence in Engineering Education Collaboration. Following the plenary is the Focus on Exhibits Lunch & ASEE Division Poster Session (xls download), sponsored by Northrop Grumman, and, back by popular demand, the FIRST Robotics competition!

Wednesday wraps up with a host of distinguished lectures on topics ranging from sustainability to ethics, along with Best PIC and Zone paper presentations. Featured speakers include Georgia Tech’s engineering dean, Gary S. May, nationally renowned assessment expert James W. Pellegrino from the University of Illinois, Chicago. and Matt King, Facebook’s first blind engineer. Workshops and the International Forum also take place today. Must-attend events include the annual ASEE Awards Ceremony Luncheon and President’s Farewell Reception featuring the International Forum’s poster session, both sponsored by Dassault Systèmes.

Whether you’re into aviation, ale, or art, Columbus has something to suit every taste. Check out Prism associate editor Jenn Pocock’s travel guide, or listen to her picks for what to see and do on the Prism Podcast.

This year’s conference features several fun opportunities to socialize, including the Taste of Columbus on Saturday evening, as well as a chance to win prizes in ASEE’s social media contests and daily steps challenge.

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WHAT’S ON FOR SATURDAY, JUNE 24

Inspiring the Next Generation to Take Flight with PreK-12 Engineering is the theme of the 14^th annual ASEE Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education, presented by Dassault Systèmes. The daylong workshop features hands-on activities and expert panels designed to help Prek-12 teachers integrate engineering and inquiry into their classrooms.

Noteworthy interactive sessions include Seeds of STEM: A Problem-Based STEM Curriculum for Early Childhood Classrooms (Worcester Polytechnic Institute); Incredible Wearables (University of Nebraska); Code+Chords: Teen Tech, Squishy Circuits, and Circus Science (University of St, Thomas); Novel Engineering: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Engineering and Literacy (Tufts University) ; Harnessing the Wind (U.S. Military Academy); Discover Robotics with MATLAB (Mathworks); Make it STEAMy: Effortless Integration of the Arts in STEM Learning (Texas A&M, Qatar); Mineral Mayhem: A Design-based STEM Integration Earth Science Unit (Purdue); Ensuring Equity in Project-Based Learning (National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity); Taking a Leadership Role in K-12 Engineering Education (North Carolina State University of Calgary); and Challenging Students to Improve Their World: Integrating Authentic Design Challenges in K-12 Classrooms (Ohio State University). Teachers also can try their hand at designing Interactive 3-D Digital Learning Applications in Dassault Systèmes’ popular, hour-long session.

See the complete program HERE (PDF).

For the most up-to-date details, please use the Interactive Conference Planner: www.asee.org.icp

Featured luncheon speakers include the National Academy of Engineering’s Greg Pearson, who will discuss LinkEngineering, an online tool to connect PreK-12 educators with engineering experts and content, and Elizabeth Parry, an engineer and PreK-12 engineering education pioneer who directed North Carolina State University’s engineering outreach program for many years. The day concludes with a Curriculum Showcase, where teachers and engineering educators can share resources, teaching tips, and more!

PreK-12 Workshop attendees are invited to attend Saturday’s Taste of Columbus & Flavors of P-12 Engineering Education on Saturday evening. PreK-12 teachers also will receive a complimentary Sunday pass for Annual Conference & Exposition Pre-College Division panel sessions on summer experiences for students and teachers; blending computers, computational thinking, and engineering education, and perceptions and attitudes of students on the pathway to engineering education.

Note: The Exhibit Hall at the Columbus Convention Center will be open from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Sunday evening. Click HERE for a list of exhibitors and their booths.

ASEE thanks our sponsors for their generous support of the 2017 ASEE Annual Conference. ASEE is proud to recognize the commitment of these innovative companies and universities in pursuit of a shared vision to promote excellence in engineering and technology education.

Become an ASEE Annual Conference sponsor today! For more information on exhibit and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ashley Krawiec, Event Sales Manager, at 202-649-3838 or a.krawiec@asee.org.

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