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Nicole Colston; Tyler Ley P.E.; Julie Thomas

Integrating Technology and Career Learning in Elementary Engineering Education: A Formative Curriculum Evaluation Nicole Colston1, Julie Thomas2, and Tyler Ley1 Oklahoma State University1 and University of Nebraska-Lincoln2 327 Willard Hall, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078IntroductionThe Engineering is Everywhere (E2) curriculum includes a series of video lessons led by a civilengineer who explains how he uses science, mathematics, and economics to solve practicalproblems. The engineer-led video lessons (a) highlight elementary grade-level applications ofmathematics and science in the work of engineers and (b

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Mwarumba Mwavita; Ranji Vaidyanathan; Pankaj Sarin

expected to increaseinterest in careers in STEM, improve retention of undergraduates in STEM fields andincrease the number of people interested in advanced STEM degrees. The Council ofUndergraduate Research (CUR), NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) program, and the Boyer Commission Report are major reform efforts advocatingfor undergraduate research, with the primary focus being the enhancement ofundergraduate education.The NSF has funded undergraduate research for over 30 years2, 4-6. Specifically,undergraduate research has received strong support from the NSF through thedevelopment and funding of many research opportunities, including ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates (REU), Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI

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Stuart Baur; R. Joe Stanley

career pursuits. Inthis study, we focus on a series of courses that specific target larger groups of students who are both intheir field of study and common courses that are required by all students. Specifically, we examinedcourses grades for courses taken by students pursuing engineering and computer science degree programswith at least 50 students with PLTW experience over the Spring 2015, to the Fall 2016 semesters. Usingthis criterion, we compared the average course grades for Missouri S&T students with and without PLTWexperience for 41 courses in subject areas covering math, speech, English, statistics, chemistry,economics, physics, freshman engineering, and seven engineering programs. Students with PLTW courseexperience had higher

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Suzanne Bilbeisi; Mohd Bilbeisi

partnership, as it is sponsored financially by professional architecture, engineering,and construction management firms in the state. Since inception, nearly 300 students haveparticipated in the program from the five state area of our region in the central USA; many ofthese students have subsequently enrolled at this university and completed or are currentlyworking towards a degree in these fields. The program serves as not only a recruiting tool forthe university, but also as a public service vehicle illustrating the many ways that design,engineering, and construction professionals add value to the quality of human life.Program DescriptionThe week long Discover Architecture career orientation summer program for high schoolstudents has been offered

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Virginia Charter P.E.

. (Chegg, Inc., 2013). Feutz and Zinser (2012), further emphasized this statement by pointing out to the instanceof when graduates of a Career and Technical Education program indicated that thecommunication course that they took while in school benefited them the most upon graduation.These graduates also indicated a project management driven curriculum could better preparethem for the workforce (Feutz & Zinser, 2012). However, is it just up to a specific program orhigher education institution to better prepare students for the workforce? Ejiwale (2014)indicates that all stakeholders, including students, educators, and the hiring industry need to takepart in addressing the skills gap issue. Students need to take initiative and

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R. Joe Stanley; Stuart Baur

A PRELIMINARY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYSTUDENTS WITH PROJECT LEAD THE WAY COURSE EXPERIENCE R. Joe Stanley and Stuart Baur AbstractThere have been a number of studies examining the impact of Science, Technology, Engineering andMathematics (STEM) education programs in providing college preparation. These studies have foundbenefits for pre-college students in STEM related career pursuits, academic performance, pre-collegecourse attendance, retention, student engagement, among many others. In a previous study, our researchgroup compared the academic performance of Missouri S&T students with and

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Becky DeGreeff; Kathy Brockway; Troy Brockway; Sue Guzek; Fred Guzek

Moving from STEM to STEAM: Broadening an Interdisciplinary Study Abroad ProgramAbstract:In order to encourage students to pursue STEM careers, and to broaden the perspectives ofstudents in STEM curricula with an infusion of the humanities in an effort to move toward aSTEAM model, a multidisciplinary team of five faculty members created a family of six six-credit courses for students with a variety of academic interests. Graduate students wereintegrated with undergraduate. Pedagogical techniques include face-to-face as well as bothsynchronous and asynchronous distance delivery, in addition to a faculty-led European studytour in each course. Courses in Intercultural Communication and Interpersonal

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Abu Asaduzzaman; Farshad Mashhadi; Manira Rani

capable of developing new/better solutions.Undergraduate research is receiving more attention than ever before. Various studies try toinvestigate and propose methodologies to help the students benefit more from experience ofdoing research (Kardash, 2000; Kremer et al., 1990). Most of the students who are involved withresearch on their undergraduate studies, show more interest to continue researching and attendmore to graduate studies (Kardash, 2000; Laursen et al., 2010; Lopatto et al., 2010).Furthermore, for the underrepresented minority students and also women, it can provide theenvironment to interact more with the other students and scientists, helping them to thrive morein their studies and careers (Barlow et al., 2004; Eagan et al., 2011

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Greg Murray

also earned a Master of BusinessAdministration degree from Wake Forest University.Prior to his academic career Mr. [Last Name] spent 14 years in the plastics manufacturing, andnatural gas distribution industries. While at Tyco Electronics in Greensboro, NC he designedmold tooling and injection molding processes for electrical connectors used in the automotiveand communications industries. As the Service Supervisor and Engineer for Kansas Gas Servicein Pittsburg, KS he was responsible for designing commercial and residential distributionsystems for all of SE Kansas.[Names removed for Double Blind submission]

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Kim Fowler; Don Gruenbacher

three-credit course in the Fall of 2013.Between the authors, we have nearly 40 years of industrial experience outside of academia. Wedesigned this course to build on those experiences.This paper describes ECE 590 and the lessons that we have learned from conducting the courseover the four years between the Fall semester of 2013 and the Spring semester of 2017.Vision, Mission, and GoalsThe vision is "Integrity - understanding the big picture." The desire is that students begin to learnthe full meaning of integrity and how that definitive concept will guide them in problem solvingin their future professional life.The mission is for students to take the next step toward a professional career. The class strives tohelp students pull together

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appeal to their desire to produce broader impacts on their local community.8. xperiential Ethics Instruction in Three Parts Alsion J Kerr, Chase Winterberg, Jeremy Daily, Bradley J. Brummel (The University of Tulsa, USA)Teaching students how to recognize and handle ethical situations is a challenging feat. Lectures and case studies only go so far towards providing students with the tools they will need tofaithfully conduct themselves throughout their career. Experiential role-play simulation serves as a promising auxiliary technique for teaching ethics. For the last seven years, the authors havebeen conducting an interactive ethics training program which involves simulating a litigation experience in which engineering students perform

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Edgar Clausen; Roy Penney; Robert Babcock

) through asharp-edged orifice. A mathematical model was developed to predict the pressure of the air tankas a function of time using flow equations and an Euler integration. The model predicted theexperimental data very well, with a maximum variance from the data of 14% for the initial timestep of 0 - 75 s.KeywordsTank depressurization, overpressurization, vacuum failure, incompressible flow, modelingIntroductionStudents are likely to encounter a vast array of teaching techniques and styles during theiracademic careers, and this variety generally adds to the educational experience. However, ifstudents were given a choice, they would most likely select an interactive teaching style for theirclasses. In a survey of 47 University of Michigan

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Nicolas Ali Libre

and joined Missouri S&T as a visiting scholar and served as an assistantteaching professor since 2015. In that capacity, he had the opportunity of leading several scientificand industrial research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Libre ismanager of Materials Testing lab at Missouri S&T, teaches mechanics of materials and developsdigital educational resources for the engineering mechanics courses. Over the span of his career,Dr. Libre authored and co-authored 3 chapter books, 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over60 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 7 graduate students and mentored over 30undergraduate students. He has collaborated with scholars from several countries, including Iran

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Rachel Mosier P.E.; Virginia Charter P.E.; Carisa Ramming; John Reck; Heather Yates

” or better is required to move into the nextcourse. The overall average grade is not telling. However, the Calculus and Engineering Staticshave much higher averages at 2.94 and 3.03 respectively. This points to a possible issue with thePhysics course, with an average of 2.56.Comparing the results of this study to the previous studies, the Engineering and Technologystudents do have some differences and similarities to other engineering students. As the studentsstudied all have a general association with construction careers, it is not surprising that they areslightly more visually oriented than other engineers. The Engineering and Technology studentsare average 11.2% more visually oriented, for all majors scores are in the 90% plus

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Nicolas Ali Libre; Jeff Jennings; Amy Skyles

Materials Institute (2011-2013) at the University of Tehran. In April 2013 herelocated to the US and joined Missouri S&T as a visiting scholar and served as an assistantteaching professor since 2015. In that capacity, he had the opportunity of leading several scientificand industrial research projects and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Dr. Libre ismanager of Materials Testing lab at Missouri S&T, teaches mechanics of materials and developsdigital educational resources for the engineering mechanics courses. Over the span of his career,Dr. Libre authored and co-authored 3 chapter books, 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and over60 conference papers. He has advised and co-advised 7 graduate students and mentored over

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Tammy Lutz-Rechtin; Edgar Clausen

Safety Culture inOur Universities. CoR Paper 1. Washington, DC: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.Benderly, Beryl Lieff. (2016) , "University of Hawaii Fined for Safety Violations in Lab Explosion." Science |AAAS. < http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2016/10/university-hawaii-fined-safety-violations-lab-explosion>(Sept. 30, 2016). © American Society for Engineering Education, 2017 2017 ASEE Midwest Section ConferenceBenderly, Beryl Lieff. (2016) "Urging Universities to Act on Safety." Science, (June 4, 2017).Carhart, Victoria. (2015) "A Comparative Examination of the Safety Programs at UCLA, UMN, and UVM inResponse to Recent Chemistry Laboratory Incidents