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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Margot A Vigeant, Bucknell University; Katharyn E. K. Nottis, Bucknell University

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

non-intervention case.Introduction and BackgroundStudents’ conceptual understanding forms the basis for their transfer of learningfrom one context, such as classrooms, to another, such as their jobs [1].Cultivating conceptual understanding is challenged by the preconceptionsstudents hold based on their prior experiences. When faculty fail to engage and Page 23.221.2challenge these misconceptions, students often revert to their prior state after aclass is completed.Several approaches have shown promise in misconception repair. Our work isinspired by the Workshop Physics approach of Laws et al [2]. In this approach,students participate in inquiry-based

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Capstone Design and Innovations in ECE

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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George York, U.S. Air Force Academy; Erlind George Royer, Academy Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, USAF Academy, CO; Daniel Harold Harold; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy

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Electrical and Computer

Computer Engineering, USAF Academy, CO Dr. Royer served for 30 years in the United States Air Force, 11 1/2 years of which was spent at the USAF Academy. His last USAF assignment was as the Dean of the Faculty, USAF Academy, in the grade of Brigadier General. After seven years in industry, Dr. Royer returned to the Academy as a Distinguished Visiting Professor for five years. He then joined the Academy Center for UAS Research and currently supports the Center as a part-time consultant.Lt. Daniel Harold HaroldDr. Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy Dr. Dan Jensen is a Professor of Engineering Mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he has been since 1997. He received his B.S. (Mechanical Engineering), M.S

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Teaching and Assessing Sustainability and Life Long Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Diane L. Bondehagen, Florida Gulf Coast University; Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Yusuf A Mehta, Rowan University

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Civil Engineering

majorsin Civil and Environmental, Chemical, Electrical and Computer and Mechanical Engineering.Rowan received full ABET accreditation in 2006-2007 with the next ABET visit scheduled in2013.The FGCU and Rowan University teaching missions foster excellence in teaching byproviding innovative lecture-lab classes.1 Both the Fluid Mechanics and Civil EngineeringMaterials courses provide this type of environment. The specific ABET Page 23.223.2 1(formerlyAccreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) outcome of Life- longlearning (LLL) is also integral to our missions and

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NSF Grantees' Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashland O. Brown, University of the Pacific; Richard H. Crawford, University of Texas, Austin; Daniel D. Jensen, U.S. Air Force Academy; Joseph J. Rencis P.E., Tennessee Technological University; Jiancheng Liu, University of the Pacific; Kyle A. Watson, University of the Pacific; Kathy Schmidt Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Rachelle Kisst Hackett, University of the Pacific; Paul Henry Schimpf, Eastern Washington University; Chuan-Chiang Chen, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ismail I Orabi, University of New Haven; Firas Akasheh, Tuskegee University; John J Wood, U.S. Air Force Academy; Brock U Dunlap, University of Texas, Austin; Ella R. Sargent, University of the Pacific

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

differences are found are being carefullyreviewed in an attempt to determine whether modifications should be made to better ensureequitable impact of the modules across students from specific personality and / or learning stylessubgroups (e.g., MBTI Intuitive versus Sensing; ILS Sequential versus Global). Page 23.224.4 1  Introduction As educators advance engineering education, active learning tools are becoming preferredchoices for addressing how students struggles with complex topics in engineering, especially asa function of their backgrounds

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ETAC/ABET RELATED OUTCOME BASED ISSUES

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Daniel K. Jones P.E., SUNYIT; Mohammed Abdallah, SUNYIT

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Engineering Technology

Page 23.225.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Assessment of Communication and Teamwork Skills in Engineering Technology ProgramsIntroductionInstitutions of higher education have acknowledged that an effective teaching/learning processmust involve assessing and evaluating what and how much students are learning. Assessmentand evaluation leads to improvements in the educational experiences.ETAC/ABET Criteria 3.B.e. and 3B.g. require that graduates demonstrate effective skills inteamwork and communication.1 Therefore, the goal of this project was to develop consistent andefficient methods for assessment of students’ skills in these areas for different programs

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Special Initiatives and Programs at Two-Year Colleges

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Two Year College Division

traditional, topic-based curriculum. (Nickerson, et. al. 1985). The author haspreviously discussed the importance of these ideas in a previous ASEE publication, entitled“Assessment of The Four Features of Problem-Based Learning.” In that presentation, theauthor described how he had utilized the four features in the courses he has taught. He alsopresented analyses of the feedback data he had obtained and suggested guidelines for furtherimprovement (Ross, 1993; Tozman, 2004). Some of those ideas have been reproduced here forsake of clarity and completeness. Page 23.226.2Four Features 1. Learning must be cumulative: The subject matter is not learned by

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Assessment

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mysore Narayanan, Miami University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

teaching paradigm to learningparadigm that is based on the discovery approach. One must remember that the ultimate goal ofthe discovery approach, however, is to deliver the needed information to learners in the bestpossible manner, that suits the receiver’s optimum learning style. The author also strongly recommends and encourages students to utilize the resourcesthat are readily available at the university, such as University Library, Divisional Documents,Departmental Research Reports, Computer Laboratory, Writing Center, etc. 1. Discovery approach utilizes five principles and this has been documented in Appendix A. 2. Discovery Based ISD is recorded in Appendix B. According to Reuben Tozman, Instructional Systems Design is the

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Samantha Islam, University of South Alabama; Samuel H. Russ, University of South Alabama; Kevin D. White Ph.D., University of South Alabama

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First-Year Programs

femalestudents than their male counterparts. There was an 11.8% increase in the mean score of thefemale students, whereas there was a 6.9% increase in the mean score of the male students. Astatistical analysis of the pre- and post-test scores also demonstrated a statistically significantgain in average sores of the students. In addition to test results, student’s response to theassessment survey indicated that this initiative was effective in raising awareness in the studentsthat spatial visualization skill is very useful to become successful in engineering studies.1. IntroductionThis paper describes an attempt made at the University of South Alabama to assess and improvethe spatial visualization skills of engineering freshman students. The College of

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Innovations in Teaching and Research in Physics or Engineering Physics II

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Varun Kumar Karingula, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Hazim A El-Mounayri, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Tamer M. Wasfy, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis; Hatem M Wasfy, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.; Jeanne Michele Peters, Advanced Science and Automation Corp.

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Engineering Physics & Physics

analyzed to assess the effectiveness of the VPL. In general, a consistent improvement due to the training and practice in the virtual lab is observed. The VPL presents itself as a viable tool for high school students to better prepare for college physics in cost-effective, easily accessible, and effective way.     Introduction  Having grown with different kinds of digital technology, today’s student is aware of most technologies; as a result, he/she is being referred to as the ‘Digital student’ or part of the ‘Net Generation’ 1 , 2 . Information technology has brought unique capabilities to learning spaces, whether stimulating greater interaction through the use of collaborative tools, videoconferencing with

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CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Srikanth B Pidugu, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Mamdouh M. Bakr, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Swaminadham Midturi, University of Arkansas, Little Rock; George P Tebbetts, University of Arkansas, Little Rock

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Engineering Design Graphics

the ABET- EngineeringTechnology Accreditation criteria (a) through (k) as a part of their accreditation process [1].Different courses in the MET program are used to evaluate and assess these student outcomes. Theindirect student self-assessment scores and the direct student performance scores are correlated toassess the student outcomes. In addition to describing the general assessment method, this paperdescribes a specific course to explain the assessment process. We selected the first year computergraphics course to satisfy the student outcome (f) of the Associate of Science (AS) degree. Thestudent outcome (f) places significant emphasis on written, oral, and graphical communication.Though the assessment method is general, this paper

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First-Year Programs (FPD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mike Elmore, Binghamton University; Koenraad E Gieskes, Binghamton University

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First-Year Programs

the culmination of a two-year study of an alternative for freshmanengineering students to attending a large lecture in their introductory engineering course1.During the course of this study, in the fall semester, students were required to be physicallypresent in lecture. Following this, in the spring semester, students were given the choice ofeither: (1) being physically present, when the lecture was given, or (2) viewing the recordedlecture. The student’s in-class attendance was recorded via the iClicker™ classroom responsesystem. Students who chose to not attend lecture could access the video recording via theBlackboard™ course management system during the same week the lecture was given. Thispaper consists of several parts. First a

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andy S Zhang, New York City College of Technology; Sidi Berri, New York City College of Technology; Iem H Heng, New York City College of Technology; Farrukh Zia, New York City College of Technology CUNY

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

students, make them to realize the intrinsic relations amongthe four STEM fields and their interdependency.1. IntroductionEngineering technology education has a l w a y s been a key in producing college graduates to workin today’s fast p a c e d , highly competitive public and private enterprises. Unfortunately, the supply ofqualified workforce has been reduced in the United States due to the steady drop of enrollment ofcollege and high school students in STEM related fields for the past twenty years. To tackle thedwindling enrollment of STEM students and low quality of STEM graduates, the National ScienceBoard submitted a report to Congress in 2007 suggesting all students need to develop theircapabilities in STEM to levels much beyond what was

Conference Session

CAD Assessments, Trends and Applications

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Whalen, Northeastern University; Chirag Patel; David Joseph Tortoriello; Justin Baldacci, ASME Northeastern chapter; Jeffrey Speroni

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Engineering Design Graphics

less facility.While exposure to the software is adequate for the purpose of an introduction, the onus isthen on the student to invest additional time to gain the necessary facility required fortheir first co-op position.AutoCAD. In the General Engineering and Design course AutoCAD is introduced firstwith the emphasis on 2-D graphical communication and orthographical projections.Students will use the basic draw and modify features of AutoCAD as well as practicecreating templates, layers and multi-view drawings. Upon completion of assessment inthe form of multiple drawing sets for homework and a 1 hour in class quiz, students aretransitioned into 3-D modeling using the SolidWorks software.SolidWorks. SolidWorks and the use of other 3-D modelers

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Using Communication and Writing Techniques to Improve Student Learning

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shannon Ciston, University of California, Berkeley; Sean Poust, University of California-Berkeley

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Chemical Engineering

rating communication among the top five most importantengineering skills, in a recent study reported in Enabling Engineering Student Success.1 Page 23.234.2Communication skills for engineers have been a focus of many prior papers and reports thatfocus on communication in the engineering workplace,2 development of written communicationskills,3 oral communication skills, 4 and international and global communications.5 The ABETEngineering Accreditation Commission has established communication skills as a StudentOutcome for all accredited engineering programs in Outcome g: an ability to communicateeffectively. 6This need to educate engineering

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Computer Based Grading and Learning Styles

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Keith Alan Hekman, California Baptist University; Mark T Gordon, California Baptist University

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Computers in Education

makes the program platform independent forthe students, solving the problem of not being able to use it on a Macintosh computer.The grading program is configured to check the email every two minutes, and grades all of thenew drawings that have arrived in that time frame. If the program does not recognize the subjectline as a problem for which it has a key, it sends an email to the student with the list of knownsolution files and the general grading program instructions. If the subject line is recognized,students then receive email feedback on their work consisting of a list of discrepancies betweentheir drawing and the answer key (Figure 1), and two jpg files containing pictures contrasting thetwo solutions (Figure 2).Figure 2A shows the

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Teaching with Technology

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luanna B Prevost, Michigan State University; Kevin C Haudek, Michigan State University; Emily Norton Henry, Michigan State University; Matthew C Berry, Michigan State University; Mark Urban-Lurain, Michigan State University

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Educational Research and Methods

day), so that instructors could use this feedback toinform their instruction. We present the results of this pilot study, including a description of thefeedback reports and faculty instruction in response to feedback on student writing. We alsodescribe lessons learned to improve the use of written assessments, automated analysis, rapidfeedback reports and instruction in large enrollment courses. Finally, we suggest some futuredirections for research based on our analysis of student writing.IntroductionEffective assessments allow instructors to observe how learners represents their knowledge in asubject domain 1 . Formative assessment, in particular, is important for modifying instruction toimprove student learning 2. Constructed response

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Aerospace Division Technical Session 3

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adeel Khalid, Southern Polytechnic State University (ENG)

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Aerospace

started with a fixed wing platform and a fixed camera. Several flights tests were performed.The off the shelf fixed wing UAV without a flight computer and with a small video camera isshown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Fixed Wing RC aircraft used for video capture capabilitySome pictures of the flight tests performed, using the fixed wing platform, are shown in Figure 2.These pictures are taken at SPSU campus from the height of approximately 200 feet above theground level. A view of the campus housing and a casual soccer game at a baseball field areshown in the pictures. Page 23.237.5 Figure 2: Aerial Photographs of SPSU campus using the

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Institutional Perspectives and Boundary Work

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth Reid, Ohio Northern University; Tyler J Hertenstein, Ohio Northern University; Graham Talmadge Fennell, Ohio Northern University; Elizabeth Marie Spingola, Virginia Tech Department of Engineering Education

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

present issues and opportunitiesfrom the perspective of students from the initial cohort, who have had an exceptional number andbreadth of opportunities as the first students in the program.Background: Establishing the NeedIn the 2006 National Academies study entitled Rising above the Gathering Storm: Energizingand Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 1, the authors noted that: Page 23.238.2 “Education in science, mathematics, and technology has become a focus of intense concern within the business and academic communities. The domestic and world economies depend more and more on science and engineering. But our

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Construction Industry Issues in the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, State University of New York, Farmingdale

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Construction

23.239.3Among the respondents, 35.7 % were architects, 28.6% were engineers, 14.3% were contractorsand 21.4% were under others that included project managers, A/E firms, and vendors.71.40% indicated they were very familiar with sustainable practices and 28.60% (fig. 1)indicated they were somewhat familiar with it. However, 31.70% mentioned the main source oftheir sustainability knowledge came from personal research whereas only 14.60% came from thecompany training. Prior education counted for 14.60%, voluntary educational workshopscounted for 26.8%, and 9.8% came from the clients and 2.4% from other sources. 78.60%indicated they were involved in sustainable projects within the last 5 years. Very Familiar

Conference Session

Engineering Identity 2

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rachel McCord Ellestad, Virginia Tech

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Educational Research and Methods

to the media is almost a certainty. Television,newspapers, magazines and the internet infiltrate American society every day. Professions suchas law, medicine and public service have been represented in popular television shows such asAlly McBeal, Law and Order, ER and NYPD Blue, just to name a few. Researchers havedocumented the impact that these popular shows have on professional identity. For example,studies have been conducted to look at the impact of media representations on professionalidentity in the areas of law, medicine and public service 1-3. Although television shows and othermedia outlets (such as comic strips) display representations of scientists and engineers in plotlines, little research has been done with regard to impact

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It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Luz M Rivas, Iridescent; Dara Olmsted, Iridescent

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Minorities in Engineering

Page 23.241.2learning more about science communication [1].STEM Programs and the Importance of Parent InvolvementMany URM children and their families are not aware of current science and engineeringdevelopments. Usually, their opportunities to learn about cutting-edge STEM researchand have direct interactions with scientists and engineers are very limited or non-existent.The scarcity of academic support, informal and formal mentorship, and academic rolemodels within friend and family networks exacerbate the educational challenges thatchildren from these communities face [2-4]. As a result, they are underrepresented inSTEM fields.Parents, universities and informal science education organizations present a rich,untapped resource for improving

Conference Session

Case Studies in Entrepreneurship

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Schar, Stanford University; Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University; Samantha Ruth Brunhaver, Stanford University; Mark Cuson; Michelle Marie Grau, Stanford University

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and career intent. Results show that studentscan increase their knowledge of targeted entrepreneurship concepts without diminishment oflearning core engineering concepts. While the case study experience did not significantly changeentrepreneurial career intentions it did grow students’ perceived entrepreneurial self-efficacy (asmeasured by confidence in business skills), which can be a precursor to changing career intent.The case study experience also appealed to a broad spectrum of students with career interestsranging from working for a start-up to working for an established global business. Theimplications of entrepreneurial case study instruction are discussed.1. IntroductionThe career pathway for engineering students

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Information Tools and Techniques for Engineering Education

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Giovanna Badia, McGill University; April Colosimo, McGill University

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Engineering Libraries

University’s Schulich Library of Science & Engineering. She holds an MLIS and a M.Sc. degree in Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. Page 23.243.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Best Practices for Engaging Users in a Web Conferencing EnvironmentAbstractThis paper reports on best practices for engaging individuals and groups in a web conferencingenvironment, and translating active learning techniques and exercises to synchronous onlinelearning. The best practices are arranged into: 1) introducing and orienting; 2) informing; 3

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Engineering Libraries (ELD) Poster Session

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy S. Van Epps, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Engineering Libraries

in several categories and totaled for an overall rating.The results will be presented as sorted lists of publications based on different rakings in severalcategories. The database of gathered information will be publicly available for users to search forpublication venues on the criteria most important to them.IntroductionThe purpose of this paper is to review potential journals for publication venues appropriate forengineering education research. An initial list was developed in 2002 1, along with a call for amore complete review and regular updating of a list of core publications within engineeringeducation. While there are several large conferences in this discipline and many related smallerconferences, which all present publication

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Engineering and Public Policy I

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

James J. Pembridge, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach; Kacey Beddoes, Purdue University

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Engineering and Public Policy

Engineering StudentsIntroductionThe significance of economic considerations and financial aid in access to andpersistence in higher education is widely recognized [1-9]. In engineering educationspecifically, researchers have also increasingly begun to analyze economic factors inpersistence and attrition of engineering students [10-13]. Our analysis builds on such recentscholarship. In particular, it explores the role that individual financial need played in theattrition of high achieving engineering students at one institution and proposes individualfinancial status (IFS) as an important variable for future studies.An examination of students who left an engineering program at a private institution in thesouthern region of United States showed that

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FPD 9: First-Year Engineering Courses, Part III: Research, Sustainability, and Professionalism

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert L. Nagel, James Madison University; Kyle G. Gipson, James Madison University; Jonathan Howard Spindel, James Madison University; Elise M. Barrella, James Madison University

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First-Year Programs

sustainability. Prior to joining the JMU Engineering faculty in 2012, Dr. Barrella was at Georgia Tech completing her Ph.D. research as part of the Infrastructure Research Group (IRG). She also completed a teaching certificate and was actively involved with the Center for the En- hancement of Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Georgia Tech. Her academic interests focus on two primary areas of sustainable transportation: (1) community-based design and planning and (2) strategic planning and policy development. Dr. Barrella is also interested in investigating how to best integrate these research interests into classroom and project experiences for her students

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Difference, Disability, and (De)Politicization: The Invisible Axes of Diversity

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amy E. Slaton, Drexel University

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Liberal Education/Engineering & Society

structures arounddisability.The particular practices I am concerned with are perhaps those least likely to be construed ashaving a social aspect: measurement, data collection, and other instrument-based tasks ofengineers. Using frameworks established in Science and Technology Studies and the History ofScience, I understand these tasks to constitute the labor of producing and representing knowledgeabout materials but also to express the political and social relations from which engineering (onesocial collectivity functioning amidst others) derives.1-3 Among those relations are those thatdiscourage STEM involvement by persons with disabilities by means of epistemologicalarguments: for example, by denying that a visual representation of data might be

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Experiences in Engineering Community Engagement

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Marybeth Lima, Louisiana State University

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Community Engagement Division

isover, the faculty member in charge of the Playground Project works with a committed studentteam and the school community to consolidate the designs developed for each school into one,and to procure funds to build the playground, usually through a volunteer build process.Approximately 33% of students enrolled in the course volunteer to build the playground that theydesigned on paper. These efforts have resulted in 28 local playgrounds being constructed thatserve approximately 10,000 children every school day. In this paper, the author will (1) presentthe service-learning model used to develop this course, including how this model evolved overtime to better meet both student and community needs, (2) share pertinent data, includingcommunity

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Minority Student Success

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Annita Alting, Grove School of Engineering, The City College of the City University of New York; Feridun Delale, City College of the City University of New York; Joseph Barba, City College of the City University of New York

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Minorities in Engineering

Bridges to Engineering: Success for TransfersAbstractThe Grove School of Engineering (GSOE) of the City College of New York partnered with twocommunity colleges to improve the transfer and success of students moving into a bachelor’sprogram in engineering. A broader goal of the project was to increase the success of all studentsenrolling in the Grove School of Engineering.The project took place from fall 2005 through spring 2012. Its three main components were: 1)Introducing lower level undergraduate students to research, 2) A summer research course forcommunity college students considering the GSOE, and 3) Harmonization of science, math andsome entry level engineering science courses across the participating schools. We trackedenrollment

Conference Session

NSF Grantees' Poster Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Erin M Fitzgerald, Museum of Science; Christine M Cunningham, Museum of Science

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NSF Grantees Poster Session

attitudes towards teachingengineering and technology have changed as a result of participating in the BEST project, as wellas the remaining barriers that continue to impede implementation of these topics into theircourses.The second area has been assessed through a pre- and post-survey that measures students’ levelof agreement with a series of statements about engineering (presented item-by-item in Table 1below).Table 1 # Engineering Statements Q1 An engineer should test materials before creating a design that uses those materials. Q2 Analysis of data helps engineers make informed design decisions. Q6 Engineering design is an iterative process. Q7 Engineering failures are an