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Diego Aldana; Alan Cheville; Gretchen Hueges; Joe Meiser; Nathan Siegel; Margot Vigeant

The Maker Movement at Bucknell: A Plan for Developing, Launching, and Managing On-Campus MakerSpaces Diego Aldana1, Alan Cheville2, Gretchen Hueges3, Joe Meiser4, Nathan Siegel1,*, Margot Vigeant5 1 Mechanical Engineering, Bucknell University 2 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bucknell University 3 th 7 St. Studio, Bucknell University 4 Art & Art History, Bucknell University 5

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Peter Mark Jansson; Neil M. Boyd

cost photovoltaicsystems and to professionally interact with real potential customers to review a system proposalfor their residence. Simultaneously, the student participants were learning to develop realbusiness plans for a venture located in a market of their choosing in the US or abroad. Thefaculty was able to bring in an excellent group of outside speakers consisting of individuals whonearly all started, operated (and potentially sold) a photovoltaic business. The majority of thesespeakers were alumni of the university. The companies included Solar City, Renewable EnergyAlliance, SoCore Energy, Lenape Solar, Mesa Solar, SunTechnics, KC Larson, and CommunityEnergy. Student teams carried out a dozen feasibility assessments as well as many

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Linda Musser

Developing a Decision Matrix for Data Sharing and Storage Linda Musser Pennsylvania State UniversityPaper files and filing cabinets have largely given way to digital files and storagedevices. Organizations are becoming more deliberative about records & datamanagement and many grant funding agencies now require plans for data sharing.These trends, coupled with time-pressed schedules, heighten the importance ofthoughtfully selecting one’s data storage methods at the beginning of a project.This presentation will highlight a number of factors and questions to considerwhen selecting data storage methods and media including: file sizes and costs,access, portability

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Linda R. Musser

Retaining Women Engineering Faculty – What Do We Know? Linda R. Musser, Pennsylvania State UniversityA recent ASEE Profiles survey reporting on percentages of engineering faculty by rank andgender found that women engineering faculty numbered less than a quarter of all engineeringfaculty in every rank. It went on to speculate that the overall number of women engineers inacademe were unlikely to change in the near future. Why is this the case? Are women engineersnot choosing to pursue academic posts? Are those that do not being retained? If so, why? A2011 study by Mason found that women who planned to have children opted out of the tenuretrack pipeline at research universities in favor of careers that they

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Scott Kiefer; Kala Meah; James Moscola; Tristan Ericson

, participated in planning meetings, and attended design reviews of the bike rentalsystem. We and our business partners hope that the bike rental system will increase the numberof students frequenting downtown York and its businesses.In the first stage of this project, in the 2014-15 academic year, two teams of engineering studentsdeveloped their own independent designs. Each team had about ten mechanical, electrical, andcomputer engineering students. Faculty advisors from all three disciplines advised on theprojects. The initial phase of the project was conducted over two semesters. The design workwas completed in the first semester (summer 2014), and the construction and testing of twoprototypes was completed in the second semester (spring 2015

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Richard C. Simpson

ArtificialIntelligence. Additional modules are planned for this course and for a course on ProgrammingLanguage Concepts.ReferencesArlin, Marshall. "Time, equality, and mastery learning." Review of Educational Research 54.1(1984): 65-86.1 https://www.smartsparrow.com/2 https://www.knewton.com/

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Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr.; Kate Peterson

Uncovering Elementary Teachers’ Notions of Science and Engineering Design Practices Using Video Captured Instruction Dr. Augusto Z. Macalalag Jr. and Kate Peterson Arcadia University, Glenside, PennsylvaniaThe Next Generation Science Standards and the Framework for K-12 Science Education(National Research Council, 2012) ask elementary, middle, and high school teachers toincorporate science inquiry and engineering design practices into their lessons and instructions.These set of practices included asking questions (for science) and defining problems (forengineering), developing and using models, planning and carrying out investigations, analyzingand interpreting data, constructing

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Julie Wang

companies’ guidance and assistance, the “real-world” projects have providedstudents with many useful tools for future careers in the Engineering profession. These includethe following: • Development of a high quality product definition • The ability to create a highly effective business case • Delivering effective stage-gate presentations • Creating designs for verification and validation • Go through design reviews with customers and other Engineers • Creating effective instruction manuals • Understanding risk management • Effective project management with planning creating solid action plansThe two projects successfully completed in one semester with the preparation during the fall.The projects have enhanced student team

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2015 Fall ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference

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Janine Glathar; Michelle Oswald Beiler; Kevin Gilmore

studentscultivate a broader, interdisciplinary perspective. Two courses (Sustainable TransportationPlanning and New Orleans in 12 Movements) are explored based on their connection to spatialanalysis methods and use of GIS as a way to enhance student learning. In addition, two researchprojects (Sea level Rise Vulnerability Mapping and Transport of Hydraulic Fracturing Water andWastes) are presented as examples of GIS integration into undergraduate research.PedagogySustainable Transportation Planning (CENG432) is a senior level civil and environmentalengineering elective that focuses on integrating social, economic and environmental perspectivesinto transportation engineering. Since the field of transportation requires spatial analysis andtypically involves

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Ashwin Satyanarayana; Tatiana Malyuta; Hong Li

ethical (i.e. authenticity of the material) as well as quality ofthe textbook. It also allows teachers to keep ownership of their work and make changes whennecessary. In two semesters of our trial study, we found that 100% of our students purchased thetextbook. In conclusion, we feel that self-publishing high quality textbooks have the potential tochange education for the better and we plan to continue using them in our classrooms in thesemesters ahead. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2015

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Alex C. Szatmary

significance of the procedure in predicting the behavior of the system andits relevance to biology. I developed an activity in which students can explore eigenvalueanalysis by sketching reaction trajectories. Following the 5E Model, I revised the lesson plan toplace this exploration of the eigenvalue analysis after engaging students in consideration of howchemical kinetics enable oscillations and prior to explanation and elaboration steps.